
Gill then fires himself out of the tank and lands in her hair, causing her to drop Nemo bursting his bag. 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. The last fish she received, Chuckles, was killed by her because she wouldn't stop shaking the bag Chuckles was in. Gill and the other fishes in Sherman's fish tank describe Darla as a fish killer and that Nemo is supposed to be her new pet fish. 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.

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 previous pet fish, Chuckles was flushed.Darla then looks down the drain and screams, "FISHY!" which inadvertently breaks the sink. Gill then fires himself out of the tank and lands in her hair, causing her to drop Nemo and his bag pops.Īfter Gill catapults Nemo into the air, Darla tries to grab him, but he lands in a sink and is sucked into a drain leading to a sewer. The last fish she received, Chuckles, was "killed" by her because she wouldn't stop shaking the bag Chuckles was in. 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. She is the niece of Philip Sherman, a dentist. During Nemo's escape, Gill manages to land in her hair, freak her out, and get revenge for some of the terror she's caused over the years." The tank gang live in terror of Darla's visits as she likes to scream at the fish and thump the tank to liven them up. Sadly, they don't last very long-like poor Chuckles, her goldfish gift from last year. Her uncle likes to give her reef fish as pets. Sherman's niece loves fish, especially piranhas. Peach: "She's a fish killer!" - Nemo and the Tank Gang, explaining about Darla Gurgle: "She wouldn't stop shaking the bag!"ĭeb: "He was her present last year."īloat: "Hitched a ride on the porcelain express."


In the picture from the dentist's office, Darla wore pink overalls with white buttons and a teal long-sleeved shirt. Darla Sherman is small and 8 years old (according to Philip in the film and Pixarpedia), she has fair skin, red hair with pigtails, green eyes, braces with headgear, white turtleneck with a black spot in the center, purple long-sleeved shirt with white and pink sparkling letters that say "Rock n Roll Girl," yellow skirt with dark brown plaid, white socks and black Mary Jane shoes.
