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Darl
Darla Sherman
Background information
Feature films Finding Nemo
Television programs
Video games
Park attractions
Portrayed by
Portrayed by
Animators
Voice Lulu Ebeling
Performance model
Designer
Inspiration
Honors and awards 8th place in WatchMojo.com's Top 10 Pixar Villains
Character information
Full name
Other names
Personality Selfish, bratty, hyperactive, irresponsible, spoiled, greedy, careless, desperate, evil
Appearance Small, slender, 8 years old, red pigtailed hair, green eyes, freckles, long dental braces, purple sweatshirt that reads "Rock 'n' Roll Girl" with silver letterings, white socks, black Mary Jane shoes
Birthday May 17, 1994
Occupation Elementary/Primary school student
Affiliations Bad/Neutral
Goal To get Nemo from her uncle
Home
Relatives Philip Sherman (uncle)
Pets Chuckles (goldfish/deceased)
Allies Her uncle Dr. Philip Sherman
Minions
Enemies Nemo, the Tank Gang, Chuckles, Nigel, Marlin, Dory
Likes Fish, gifts
Dislikes Dead fish, not having her gifts
Powers and abilities
Weapons
Fate Tries to fetch Nemo after he escapes through the sink drain, but breaks it and gets sprayed in the face with water.
Quote "Fishy? Fishy! Wake up! WAKE UP!!!! Why are you sleeping?!"

Darla Sherman is the main antagonist from the Disney/Pixar 2003 film Finding Nemo. She is voiced by Lulu Ebeling.

Appearances

Finding Nemo

Darla is the niece of Philip Sherman, a dentist. She is not antagonistic through evil or malicious intent but rather through rambunctiousness and the overexcitement of having pet fish, which ironically has frequently resulted in her killing them by accident.

Gill and the other fish in Sherman's fish tank describe Darla as a fish killer and that Nemo is supposed to be her new pet fish. The last fish she received, Chuckles, was killed by her because she wouldn't stop shaking the bag Chuckles was in. In the scene where Darla is about to take Nemo from her uncle, Nemo plays dead, but Darla thinks he is just sleeping and starts shaking the bag. Gill then fires himself out of the tank and lands in her hair, causing her to drop Nemo and his bag bursts. After Gill catapults Nemo into the air, Darla tries to grab him, but he lands in a sink and is swallowed into a drain leading to a sewer. Darla then looks down the drain and screams "FISHY!", and then the drain squirts water in her face. It is unknown what happens to Darla afterwards.

Disney Parks

Darla appears in some Finding Nemo related attractions such as the Finding Nemo: The Musical show at Disney's Animal Kingdom playing the same part she did in the film, and in the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage attraction in the lagoon diving with her uncle.

Gallery



Trivia

  • According to one of the Finding Nemo books, the shirt Darla was wearing in the film was given to her by her uncle after her pet fish Chuckles died.
  • Darla was named after Darla K. Anderson, a Pixar employee.
    • She is one of three characters in the Pixar universe to be named for Darla K. Anderson. The other two being Bonnie Anderson in Toy Story 3, and Riley Anderson in Inside Out. Both of which share last names, while Darla obviously shares a first name.
  • Darla appears in Toy Story 3 in Molly Davis' magazine.
  • Darla, in a way, is very similar to Sid Phillips, as they are both naughty human children who serve as antagonists towards the main character's races (toys and fish, respectively), although while Sid is a genuinely nasty child (in the first Toy Story) who relishes in his sick experiments, Darla appears to be much more innocent and seemingly did not mean Chuckles and Nemo any real harm, and apparently genuinely caring for Nemo (evidenced by her calling out to Nemo when he went down the drain).
  • During Darla's visit, the patients sitting in the waiting room who hear the commotion between Dr. Sherman, Darla, and Nigel are a young boy (reading an Incredibles comic) and his mother, a brunette-haired woman, and a balding man.
  • Darla is the first female Pixar villain.
  • Darla is the first Pixar villain to have Red Hair.
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