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Dr. Philip Sherman

Background information
Feature films	Finding Nemo
Television programs
Video games
Park attractions
Portrayed by
Portrayed by
Animators
Voice	Bill Hunter
Performance model
Designer
Inspiration
Honors and awards
Character information
Full name	Dr. Phillip Sherman
Other names	The Dentist, Phillip Sherman, P. Sherman
Personality	Good-natured, enthusiastic, funny
Appearance	Slender, both gray eyebrows and hair, blue eyes, dentist uniform
Birthday
Occupation	Dentist
Affiliations	Neutral, later good
Goal
Home
Relatives	Darla Sherman (niece)
Pets	Nemo, Gill, Peach, Bloat, Bubbles, Gurgle, Jacques, Chuckles (all formerly)
Allies	His niece Darla, Barbara
Minions
Enemies	Nigel
Likes	His fish, diving
Dislikes	Nigel standing near his fish tank
Powers and abilities
Weapons
Fate	Is forced to clean the fish tank after the filter breaks and puts the fish in plastic bags, only to discover that they all have escaped.
Quote	"Good thing I pulled the right one, eh, Prime Minister?"

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Dr. Philip Sherman, also known as (P. Sherman and The Dentist), is the main antagonist in Disney's 2003 film Finding Nemo. He was voiced by the late Bill Hunter.

Personality

Philip is the dentist who takes Nemo and makes him into one of his fishes at the dentist fish tank. He is Darla's uncle and is supposedly going to offer Nemo to her as her new pet fish. He isn't technically a villain; he only caught Nemo because he thought he would die in the ocean, and when he sees Nigel by his office fish tank, he probably thinks the pelican wants to eat the fish, so he shoos him away.

Role in the film

On the day Dr. Sherman enters the office to take care of patient Davey Reynolds, he finds his tank dirty. He asks Barbara to leave the time before his earliest appointment open so that he can clean the tank prior to Darla's arrival. Rather than putting his fish into bags and clean the tank himself like what he used to do, he installs an AquaScum 2003 into his tank to let the device do the job, thus sabotaging any chance of his fish escaping the office. Coincidentally, it is also the day when Darla is coming to the office, so he prepares his gift for his niece by scooping Nemo out of the tank with a net, but Nemo, with help from the Tank Gang, swims down, causing the dentist to drop the net. The dentist then scoops Nemo out with a plastic bag, and to prevent Nemo from escaping, he puts the bag into a plastic storage bin. After Darla arrives at the office, Nemo plays dead to try to have the dentist flush him down the toilet. When the dentist finds Nemo in that state, he assumes that Nemo has died, but instead of flushing him down the toilet, the dentist instead heads for the trash to dispose Nemo. However, he is interrupted by Darla's scream due to Nigel the pelican invading the office. In the ensuing melee, Dr. Sherman, still holding Nemo's bag, tries to grab Nigel, but bumps into the pelican, causing him to drop the bag onto the tray of dentist's tools. Dr. Sherman pushes the pelican out of the office and closes the window. Darla picks up Nemo's bag and starts shaking it, prompting Gill to have his gang fire him out of the tank and land onto Darla's head, causing Darla to drop the bag onto the same tray, and the bag pops, freeing Nemo. Dr. Sherman turns to notice the animals going mad, and hits his head into a scope suspending from the ceiling, knocking him to the floor. While the dentist is knocked down, Gill jumps onto the dentist's mirror to catapult Nemo onto the sink, letting the juvenile clownfish escape the office through the drain, through the sewers, and back into the ocean. After recovering, Dr. Sherman finds Gill on his tray and puts him back into the tank.

At the end of the film, he complains to Barbara that his new AquaScum 2003, which has a lifetime guarantee, is broken, much to his dismay, prompting him to take the fish out, put them into bags, and clean the tank himself, but the fish has all escaped, much to his shock.

Trivia

The hand that grabs the sheep in Boundin' is his.
"P. Sherman" is a pun on the word "fisherman."
His address is 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. It is unclear if the address is his home or his dentist office.
He is not deliberately evil; he only caught Nemo because the former thought the latter would die in the ocean, and believed that Nigel wants to eat the fish. To the point, Nemo was a victim of Dr. Sherman's good intentions whereas Nigel was falsely accused.
Dr. Sherman's receptionist is named Barbara.
In the Finding Nemo musical, his name is said to be Pablo Sherman.