Are the seagulls in Finding Nemo saying ‘mate’ (as I think) or ‘mine’ (as my girlfriend thinks)? Is there anyway I can prove this as we are having a minor dispute and she asked me to find out for sure.
It’s “mine”.
They are saying, “Mine?” The purpose is to indicate that they are dim-witted scavengers that can think of nothing more than food. If you are in doubt, turn on the English subtitles on the DVD.
Thanks, I don’t have the DVD (nor will I probabley ever have it) but i’ll take your word for it. We both figured that each explanation was reasonable, ‘mine’, because they always want stuff and they are greedy or ‘mate’ because they are Australian and the way they say mine and mate is quite similar in OZ ie. they kind of say ‘mite’ like that. Well thanks guys…
On the DVD there’s a cute little bit where they show the dubs of the seagulls into other languages. It’s definitely “Mine?”
As long as there’s a Nemo thread open, what was the deal with the crabs and the bubbles? Do crabs like bubbles?
I believe the crabs are scavenging particles of food out of the leaks in the sewer pipe (eewww!).
I thought they were pretty funny “EEEY! EEEY! EEY!” waving their little claws about in a hostile manner 
I don’t think it was the bubbles they were after. More like, they were after the, erm, “stuff” that filtered out of the undersea sewer pipe. Crabs don’t izzakly gots discriminatin’ palates.
I figured as much, too, but the whole “sweet nectar of life” thing made me wonder if I was missing something.
One man’s sewage, I guess… (yuck).
It’s “mine.” No other word could better discribe what a seagull (“flying rat of the sea”) would be saying.
BTW, the design of the seagulls was cribbed from the penguin in “The Wrong Trousers.”
I went to the video shop today and noticed that there were about 20 copies of Freaky Friday out but only about 5 copies of Finding Nemo and it’s fresh out this week. Is it a similar rental dud elsewhere?
Don’t forget that most of us with small children were absolutely hammered into buying it when it came available a while back.
Hence, no need to rent.
I’m not sur it’s on sale here yet. Usually the video shops get a head start.
I have a cousin that is 15. She told me that in her school, particullary at lunch, if one person say ‘Mine’ that the rest of the room would start in with ‘Mine’ ‘Mine’ ‘Mine’.
I bet the teachers got sick of that one really quickly.
don’t ask - It went on sale in Australia on January 16. It’s doing pretty well at my store, I think. Don’t know about the rental situation.
In our house, Ardred and I’s favorite thing is to shout “MINE! MINE!” at every opportunity and raise our arms and “hey! hey!”, mostly at the cats and dog.
We’re geeks, though.
In our house, Ardred and I’s favorite thing is to shout “MINE! MINE!” at every opportunity and raise our arms and “hey! hey!”, mostly at the cats and dog.
We’re geeks, though.
According to an online chat with Nemo’s director (and the voice of Crush), Andrew Stanton, the similarity to Feathers McGraw is a coincidence. “We just wanted to make the birds look as stupid as possible. But I don’t mind being compared to such a great character,” says he.
As anyone who has even lived on a seagull-infested coastline can tell you, “mine” is an entirely appropriate translation for their obnoxious noises.
I lived in northern California when I was in junior high. Our school allowed us to eat our lunches outside the cafeteria, but very few people did – because of the seagulls. I have witnessed these “rats with wings” grabbing food from off of the picnic table while the hapless diner tries vainly to wave them away. I even watched as a bird snatched a morsel off of some kid’s fork as he raised it to his mouth.
Ahh! I’d wondered who this “Mike” fellow was that the seagulls kept going on about. It makes a lot more sense now.
Daniel