Well, I just got back from watching Finding Nemo, and as always, Pixar did a fantastic job. About three-quarters of the way through the movie, though, I did a double-take: in the Sydney harbor, behind the boat named “The Surly Mermaid” was another boat with the partially visible name “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah,” a reference to Song of the South‘s Academy Award-winning song. I checked out IMDB.com’s Trivia page on Finding Nemo for confirmation, and sure enough, I wasn’t the only one who spotted it.
Interestingly, the partially obstructed name on the boat is reminiscent of Splash Mountain’s sole reference to “Song of the South” during the showboat finale, which can be seen on the marquee behind the fox to the right of the paddlewheel.