Onion Trouble

Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo presents a 3D animated short film, The Tank Gang in: Onion trouble

It was an early morning in the dentist office. The dentist was cutting onions, using safety goggles. It was hard to cut the onion, so he accidentally tossed it into the fish tank. Deb heard a thump sound, so she swam to the "Ring of Fire" and saw a half onion laying on it. Deb started crying when the chemical stung her eyes, tears rolling down her face. Gurgle heard her crying, so he swam to her side. "Deb, what's wrong?" He asked her "My eyes hurt!" Sobbed Deb, as she starts hugging him, tears staining on his shoulder. Then, the wave flew past Gurgle and burned his eyes. Gurgle felt tears sting his own eyes and slowly rolling down his violet face. Bloat heard his friends crying and swam over to them "Why are you guys crying?" He asked them, Gurgle said nothing, while Deb cried on his shoulder. Then the wave stung Bloat's eyes as well, tears started rolling down his cheeks, as he started crying painfully. Then, they heard someone else crying in a muffled way. It was Peach the starfish, she was crying on the wall where she usually sticks to, her face stained with tears as well as the wall. Then, Bubbles was playing with the bubbles stone chest, suddenly one of the bubbles caught the chemicals of the onion after it flew past it. Once the bubble popped, it stung Bubbles' eyes, which caused him to burst into tears, as he started crying in hysterics. While Jacques was cleaning around the tank, he heard his friends crying. He ignored the sound of crying and continued cleaning. When he approached the "Ring of Fire", the wave stung his eyeballs. Jacques then started crying, tears rolled down his shrimpy face. Gill got out of the skull stone and finds that the gang is crying. He had no idea why, but when he approached, the wave stung his eyes as well. He tried to keep himself from crying, but he couldn't, tears were slowly rolling down his face, as he shuts his eyes tightly. "Gill, I do have one request." Said Deb "what's that, Deb?" Asked Gill, wiping his eyes "could you please get the dentist to stop cutting those onions?" Deb asked tearfully, Gill shook his head "I'm sorry, Deb." He replied, Then, the dentist noticed that he tossed the onion in the tank, so he removed it from the tank. Gill was the only one who noticed it. "Alright, everyone stop crying, the onion's gone." He told the gang, the gang sighed in relief "thank goodness." Sighed Deb "I do not want to see those things ever again. Besides, this onion was covered in germs, I nearly freaked out." Gurgle suggested "I'm sure it was just a one-time thing." Said Gill

Characters

. Gill, a Moorish Idol, leader of the "Tank Gang"

. Peach, a Pink Starfish

. Bloat, a Pufferfish

. Bubbles,na Yellow Tang

. Deb (& Flo) a Four-Striped Damselfish

. Gurgle, a Royal Gramma

. Jacques, a Pacific Cleaner Shrimp

. The Dentist

Transcript

(Scene opens inside the fish tank)

Peach: (offscreen) it's morning, everyone!

Gill: (sigh) any news, Peach?

Peach: (Offscreen) not yet.

(Dentist struggles on cutting onions)

Dentist: oh! That's it! I'm throwing this away!

(Dentist aims at the trash can, but accidentally tossed it into the fish tank instead)

Deb: (Turns away from the wall) woah, what was that?

(Deb swims to the "Ring of Fire" and notices the onion)

Deb: now, what on earth is that thing?

(Onion chemical irritates Deb's eyes)

(Deb begins to cry)

Deb: ugh, my eyes!

(Gurgle notices that Deb was crying and swims to her side)

Gurgle: Deb, what's wrong?

Deb: (chokes) my eyes hurt!

(Deb embraces Gurgle and buries her face into his shoulder)

Gurgle: hm..your eyes do look a little red. It's probably just dust.

(Onion chemical irritates Gurgle's eyes)

(Gurgle begins to cry as well)

Gurgle: oh! Why does this always happen to me?!

(Bloat notices what was going on)

Bloat: why are you guys crying?

(Nether Deb or Gurgle said a single word)

Bloat: uhh...okay...

(Onion chemical irritates Bloat's eyes)

(Bloat begins to cry as well)

Bloat: my eyes! Ugh!

(Then, they heard Peach crying in a muffled way)

Peach: oh! Make it stop! My eyes can't take it!

(Stone chest opens up with a bunch of bubbles coming out)

Bubbles: BUBBLES! I LOVE BUBBLES!

(One of the bubbles caught the chemicals of the onion, once it popped, it irritates Bubbles' eyes)

(Bubbles begins to cry as well)

Bubbles: (hysterically) oh! My eyes! I can't even see anything!

(Jacques was humming while cleaning around the tank and hearing his friends crying)

Jacques: huh? Que see passé-t-ill?...whatever.

(Jacques ignores the crying and continued to clean around the tank and approaches the "Ring of Fire", however, the chemical irritates his eyeballs)

(Jacques begins to cry as well)

Jacques: oh! I can't see anything!

(Gill got out of the skull stone and notices that the gang is crying)

Gill: Huh, I'm not surprised.

(Right when Gill approached what was going on, the chemical irritates his eyes as well)

Gill: (trying to fight back the tears) oh, c'mon...ugh, unacceptable.

Deb: Gill, I do have one request.

Gill: (wiping his eyes) what's that, Deb?

Deb: (tearfully) could you please get the dentist to stop cutting those onions?

(Gill shook his head)

Gill: I'm sorry, Deb.

(The dentist noticed that he tossed the onion in the tank)

Dentist: criky, I must have tossed that onion in the tank.

(The dentist takes the onion out of the tank)

(Gill was the only one noticing)

Gill: alright, everyone stop crying, the onion's gone.

(The gang sighed in relief)

Deb: thank goodness.

Gurgle: phew..I do not want to see those things ever again. Besides, this onion was covered in germs. I nearly freaked out.

Gill: I'm sure it was just a one-time thing.

(Scene closes)

Credits

Written directed and animated by: Daniella Lara and Morr Meroz

Cast

Gill: Willem Dafoe

Peach: Allison Janney

Bloat: Brad Garrett

Bubbles: Stephen Root

Deb: Vicki Lewis

Gurgle: Austin Pendleton

Jacques: Jerome Ranft

The Dentist: Bill Hunter

Music: Ayal Tsubery

Character modeling: Tavvon Reynolds

Sound design: Morr Meroz

Thesis instructors: Anca Risca and Jeffery Lerrer