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Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” underwent a major last-minute change after team members who worked on the film were afraid it wouldn’t be successful, according to an animator of the film. The death of Nemo’s mother was originally supposed to be revealed through flashbacks, but it was moved to the beginning of the film so viewers could better understand his father’s character.

Pixar animator Jason Deamer: “Originally you found out [about Nemo’s mom’s death] through flashbacks. We all went to the last screening before it was going to be finished, and we all walked out the theater and no one was saying anything... [We thought] ‘Did we just just make our first bad movie?’”

“We were a little concerned, and [the editor] said ‘Let me try something,’ and he took those flashbacks and he recut them all in the beginning. When you didn’t know [about Nemo’s mom’s death] in the beginning, you thought Marlin was an overprotective, annoying character.”

“It was the same footage. We didn’t animate anything new. [He just told the audience that sooner. I know it's heart-wrenching, but otherwise, you just didn’t empathize with [Marlin’s] overprotective behavior. They're trying to make you understand where characters are coming from.”