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The Barracuda is the overarching antagonist of Pixar's 5th full-length animated feature film Finding Nemo.

It is a predator that is responsible for most of the film's events due to killing Coral and most of her and Marlin's unborn children.

Its vocal sound effects were provided by Frank Welker.

Biography[]

Finding Nemo[]

The Barracuda is seen at the beginning of the first film invading the reef where Marlin and Coral have made their home. Ignoring Marlin's orders to hide, Coral rushes to protect her eggs, causing the Barracuda to strike towards her. Marlin attempts to defend Coral, but he is no match for the Barracuda and is knocked into his anemone unconscious.

That night, Marlin awakens to find that the Barracuda has left from sight. He looks around, only to discover that Coral and their eggs have been eaten by the Barracuda. Crying over the loss of his family, Marlin notices that one egg (which presumably fell out of the Barracuda's mouth while it was eating the eggs) survived the attack. To honor Coral's dying wish, Marlin names the egg Nemo, whose right fin becomes unusually small due to slight damage his egg took from the Barracuda's attack.

After this, the Barracuda is not seen again for the rest of the film. However, its attack on Marlin's family results in Marlin becoming overprotective of Nemo, which Nemo gradually becomes tired of, leading to the events of the remainder of the film.

Finding Dory[]

The Barracuda does not return in the second film, but it does still play an important role as the unseen overarching antagonist, as its actions at the start of the first film indirectly led to Marlin meeting Dory, which is what ultimately led to the events of the sequel.

As revealed through the Finding Dory commentary, one of the writers for Finding Dory wanted the final shot of the sequel to be the Barracuda looking hungrily at the reef right before "the end" appears on screen. The Barracuda was also originally intended to speak in the sequel, in which it would have been voiced by the late David L. Lander, who also voiced Thumper in outtakes of A Bug's Life. However, this idea was eventually dropped for unknown reasons.

Other appearances[]

The Barracuda makes a cameo appearance as an Easter egg in Toy Story 4 (the 4th installment of the Toy Story franchise), where it is seen stuffed and mounted on the wall of the antique store.

Trivia[]

  • The Barracuda is the only villain in Finding Nemo franchise.
  • Some people have believed that the Barracuda isn't a villain, although the Barracuda is a villain because it's actually the sentient predator.
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