Did anyone catch that she said it runs in her family...how would she remember that...but not her family in general...?

Her attitude is indeed very fishy

Pixar: Makes an event in a movie slightly innacurate Matpat: *THEORIZING INTESIFIES*

Matthew has this uncanny ability to make everything absolutely terrifying. I’m scared Dory’s about to break into my house and end me. Thanks, Matpat

If I ever have a lawyer I want it to be MatPat

Dory: 'My short-term memory loss runs in the family." ...I thought she didn't *remember* her family...

So, I have something to add; I have memory problems due to traumatic brain injuries. Something I've noticed is that everyone is focusing on things she SHOULD remember or SHOULD NOT remember, when in reality brains are incredibly complex with different types of injuries dictating what kinds of memory issues you have. Having issues with memory like Dory does is a symptom of PCS, or Post Concussive Syndrome. When someone experiences a traumatic injury to the head, this usually results in a concussion. Many people recover completely from concussions, and have little to no side effects from them. PCS develops when the brain retains some symptoms of a concussion, e.g. memory problems, but Finding Nemo makes Dory's amnesia very cut and dry. She can't remember things that happen, and Matpat's assertion of procedural memory is spot on. Something I wanted to add is that memories can be recalled through triggers. I walk to the store, and see someone drop a watermelon. I take in the information, then forget it. Later, someone mentions that they had watermelon as a snack. I remember seeing a watermelon being dropped at the store. Then I forget that I remembered it. As long as my brain makes the connection that someone mentioning a watermelon brings up that memory, I'll continue to forget and remember that person dropping a watermelon at the store until it goes into my long term. That's what I think happened with Dory and the boat. She saw it, forgot it, and then someone mentioning the boat triggered an abrupt recall. (When your brain goes 'oh look a memory you didn't ask for' and you think about it out of nowhere.) To the people saying 'shouldn't she have forgotten that her amnesia runs in the family, if she can't remember her family in general?' Forgetting the injury that caused the trauma is really common. I personally can't remember any of mine. Sometimes the brain does this as a coping mechanism. If her way of coping was to believe that her amnesia was hereditary, instead of due to an injury, that's normal. Since she repeats that, it goes with procedural memory. She may not remember her family if she got the injury when she was young, because long term memory in ANYONE is faulty after a certain age. It's like how you know you've met a relative when you were younger, but can't say a thing about them. This turned into an essay so I know anyone who comments didn't read the whole thing, which is honestly fine. I just wanted to stake my claims.

You forgot another thing (spoiler): In finding Dory when she meets her parents again they remember her name, and she knows they're her parents. they all recognize each other the moment they meet and therefore it's obvious it doesn't run in the family. No way the parents would even remember they had a kid after that many years, let alone her name.

Now I know how to fake amnesia correctly ; )

Thanks for telling me how to fake amnesia convincingly

I KNEW IT!!! Ever since I re-watched the first movie, I always thought there was something off with the whole short term memory thing. Now there is clear evidence that she was lying. And this is the part where I realize that pixar screenwriters are inconsistent and she might not be lying. Or the screenwriters are inconsistent but she still might be lying.

Imagine how Disney and Pixar feel about this. XD "Dear gosh, they've found out!"

matpat would be a very good detective

50% matpat proving dory is faking 50% matpat teaching how to accurately fake amnesia

Matpat: -talking about severe brain trauma - Cartoon matpat: *getting smacked in the head with a baseball basketball,soccerball, and football*

DORY "I have short term memory loss." ME How would you remember you had short term memory loss

I think dory’s mom and dad taught her that if she is in a situation that was bad she needs to act helpless so that she can survive

Matpat you would remember to say welcome to film theory. It's basically procedural memory by now.

1:31 idk about you but the edited dory face is absolutely terrifying.

Technically, MatPat WOULD remember the phrase "Hello Internet and welcome to film theory" because he says it every episode and it's his catchphrase [Declarative memory]

I have a theory: *Disney didn't do their research.*

matpat teaches me more about science than school ever did

This is actually one of those theories that give me actual (kinda) useful knowledge I had fun learning the complete story of a man with amnesia on a theory video about a fish

She does remember that an octopus has 3 hearts, but until she meets Hank in Finding Nemo, she connects the dots about where she learned that fact. Same with Bailey’s echolocation. Also, she couldn’t remember the address, she was sad that Marlin was abandoning her. Sometimes even my son does that. Same with her first sad breakdown moment.

Every time I hear the beginning of one of these episodes I'm like "there's no way this ones true" then the video starts and...

Guys, what if Dory's parents manipulated her thinking at a young age, telling her she had short term memory loss? If this was the case, she would not know what "true" short term memory loss was, but her parents would reinforce traits that would make her dependent on them. Even in Finding Dory her mother and father are crying saying, will she be okay? Which we assume in the movie is just worried parents hoping their child with memory loss will properly enter into society, but it could be parent who have deluded their child into being less than they are. This has happened in some cases with children, loving parents with good intentions that isolate their baby or keep their kids from feeling "normal". Kids are super impressionable

Rewatching a bunch of these during a MatPat binge session. I love how I just accept these theories as fact! 😂

I wrote finding nemo and finding dory. You figured it out. Finally someone who understands my writing.

Disney pixar: doesn't do their research properly. Matpat: DORI DOESN'T HAVE AMNESIA-

This is either true or Disney is just really lazy

I love how this was 4 years ago and ZeFrank did come back! He releases videos slower but I am so glad he's back!

I asked myself a question while watching this video and even did a google search to see if any KZfaqrs actually did it, and no, not a single one has. The question is: Dory can't speak whale on account of Dentiny the whale shark that she speaks to and claims to have learned whale from. Yet she apparently "speaks" to an actual whale in finding nemo.

Wow that was deep! I never new Dory was so fishy! I can really sea were MatPat is coming from though!

Dory faking a mental disability? What is she, a tumblr user?

Disney: let’s make movies that have backstories so Matpat can find them out.

Maybe dory forgets she’s faking having short term memory loss

Why is it that a fish can remember more than me, I can't even remember what I ate like 3 hours ago.

Also she is able to remember she has short term memory loss in the first place. Doesn't sound right.

6:16 ....I actually wasnt paying attention LMAO

You know this man loves his job when you see the excitement when he beat an animation blue fish

If I ever need a lawyer, I want Matthew Patrick to be it.

Matt: Welcome to Film- wait, what was I saying again? See, if I had anterograde amnesia, I wouldn't remember what I was saying. Me: Oh yeah? If I remember correctly, that phrase is something you've been saying for the past few years and should therefore fall under procedural memory.

Dory : hey I saw a boat Matpat : THIS IS GROUND BRAKING

to whoever made the subtitles your welcome for reading the subtitles and thanks for putting a small thank you in the captions at the end its always cool to find a hidden message

Could Dory really fake a disorder through her whole childhood, as seen in "Finding Dory"? I need answers.

You are way to good at this become a lawyer

At 11:07 the helicoprion shown is not actually a shark, Mat being accurate about fiiiiish.

I think they made a little mistake at the end because even if Marlin wanted to welcome her into his home it wouldn't be possible, clown fish are one of the only spieces of fish that are imune to the Sea Anemone. However she can live close and be his friend.

You would remember having to say "Welcome To Film Theory" because you say it every video

So basically Dory is a goldfish digger.

Last night I watch this whole channel all day long

i’ve known finding Nemo my whole life to the point where I know the dialogue and the order of each event so I know these characters by now

Disney probably saw this then made the second movie

This theory: exists Finding dory: comes out Mat pat: ah shit, here we go again

dory: "I have short-term memory loss." Matpat: "OBJECTION!"

I would argue Mat would remember the phrase "Hello Internet!" Cuz like Dory's "Just Leep Swimming" he says it so often he'd probably remember it

A fish Wolverine? SOMEONE DRAW WOLVERINE AS A MERMAID *STAT*!

2:03 Look, it's Nemo! I FOUND HIM!

I have a theory: dory’s parents told her she had short term memory loss all through her life because they wanted her to be safe. That’s why she always fakes forgetting things. She’s used to being told to fake it til she makes it

i Almost Though He was Gonna Say "But Thats Just a Theory!! A Fish Theory!!"

For running in family part maybe Dory made up the story because she forgot

Matt pat is wayyyy underpaid for all this... Who agrees?

PLOTWIST:Dory Doesn’t Have Short Term Memory Loss She Just Has *Short Term Memory*

Your theme song is so catchy!

Film Theory: how many days was Bill Murray stuck on Groundhog Day?

Mat Pat, do we *really* need to bully “disabled” fish? *yes, yes we do*

for 7 years i had no idea this existed and thought it was a 1-part cliffhanger

I wouldn't say this is the first theory to ruin my childhood, but I definitely would insert the "I do not see it" meme here.

*Matt pat*: tries to explain why amnesia cant be passed down in your family *Meanwhile me*: uhhh if she has amnesia, how can she remember what the cause of her amnesia is? --__--

(in court) Guy: why does he carry around a stand like that when he walks around...its wierd Jury: it's just a thing he does...

On 8:12 a short term memory loss dude could cheat the system by having captions on

MatPat: Teaching everyone that Dory is lying about her amnesia Also MatPat: Teaching everyone how to fake amnesia extremely well

you missed the chance in saying "fish theory" insted of film theory

i didn't even remember any of those numbers Lol

My biggest problem with this theory is this: why would she fake having short term memory loss as a child within the aquarium? The whole crux of the argument is that she does this as a survival tactic, but if that we’re the case, she wouldn’t have a need to do this while WITHIN the walls of the aquarium, especially since any sort of fish that could potentially be a predator to her would be kept separate from her habitat. Even if she REALLY was faking it since she was a child for whatever reason, why would she even CONSIDER leaving the aquarium? No, I think it’s way more likely that she genuinely developed or was even born with short term memory loss from the very beginning.

Matpat: Dory is faking Short-term memory loss! She shouldn't remember the boat! The writers who didn't research on STML:

In finding Dory, they say that Dory is a blue tang

Matpat teaches me more about science then my school teachers ever did

Wouldn’t: “hey everyone, welcome to film theory” be a numatic sentence, so if u had antarograde amnesia you would still remember it

That usual suspects reference is incredible

What if Dory's amnesia is Munchausen by Proxy? Which is when a person thinks they're sick because they have been convinced by someone else that they are. In Finding Dory, Dory's parents are practically paranoid about Dory forgetting things so easily that they hover over her. What if Dory hit her head when she was very young and forgot something temporarily, but her parents still treated her as if she was sick, convincing her young mind that she IS sick. The flashes of memories of her parents wouldn't happen if she actually had amnesia, but if she had repressed memories from the traumatic experience of being separated from her parents that would reinforce her "amnesia" but also allow the possibility of memories resurfacing so she goes looking for her parents in the second movie. ALSO Dory's parents actually told her that if anyone asks, to tell them that she has short term memory loss. Just a thought. Ps: if she did repress memories of losing her parents, it is possible that the only she remembered from her past is her parents telling her to say "my name is Dory and I have short term memory loss" so for all she knows she actually DOES have short term memory loss.

How can dory fake amnesia if she had it as a child. She was too young to know to fake amnesia. BUT HEY THATS JUST A THEORY A COMMENT THEORY.

And that’s just a theroy allways gets me

Exposing Dory Part 2. She's faking Short-term memory loss

Now I know how to fake sickness like a pro👌😎

Teachers should just let us watch theories like this in school, we would learn more

i always love that meme at the end.

Anyone else wondering why they continue destroying their childhood memories and favorite movies by watching these film Theories?

You do realize that you've taught over 2 million people how to properly fake their amnesia? You've provided us with a dangerous tool Matthew

MatPat: "I've got more evidence in part 2" Me: "Oh fuck you" .... Clicks part 2

I love the captions from the editors

This was soooo great it is one of my favorite videos.

something smells fishy about Dory I know that was bad

Thanks for explaining me how to fake amnesia! I could use this every once in a while!

alternate title: matpat publicly criticizes and gaslights girl that can’t remember her family

Finding Dory proved that yeah, she was actually born like this. The opening scene is literally her parents trying to help her with her memory. Disney just didn't do proper research into short term memory loss

THE PICTURES OF DORY SCARE ME

she can't have fire in her eyes, because she's underwater.

When he showed the numbers I couldn’t remeber any of them lol

Finally someone uses a Ferris Bueller reference correctly. Hands down one of the best movies of the 80s. I just LOVE the car he 'borrowed' lol