You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t know the Finding Nemo franchise. (Even former President Trump screened Finding Dory while at White House!).
But the world was introduced to such a person recently when a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire didn’t know the color of the character Dory.
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As you can imagine, Disney fans have not been impressed with this blunder.
There have been *plenty* of game show blunders over the years.
With a clock ticking down and tons of money on the line, some tend to say and do some questionable things.
Like the time Jeopardy contestant Tom gave an answer that he regretted immediately…
Host Alex Trebek had said,
“In common law, the age of this, signaling adulthood, is presumed to be 14 in boys and 12 in girls.”
Tom then gave a mortifying reply: “What is the age of consent?” Yikes! The correct answer was puberty.
Not surprisingly, a lot of awkward silence followed immediately.
Or the time a *Wheel of Fortune* contestant gave the darkest introduction the show has ever seen.
Everything started off innocently enough with host Pat asking contestant, Blair Davis from California, about himself.
But instead of gushing about his family like most contestants do, Blair went a different route.
“I’ve been trapped in a loveless marriage for the last 12 years to an old battle-ax named Kim,” he said while completely deadpan.
“She cursed my life with three step-children named Star, RJ, and Ryan, and I have one rotten grandson.”
Um… While he ended up saying he was joking, he was still classified as the “darkest contestant ever.”
Finally, we come to this latest game show blunder that is seriously hard to watch.
It took place on the U.K. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire .
Preschool teacher, Dan Huxley, was well on his way to winning the million dollars when he reached the $11,000 question.
“In the films Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, which of these characters are mainly blue in color?” was the question.
The options were all main characters in the movies: Marlin, Nemo, Dory, and Bubbles.
While you would think that the question was simple enough (who in the world hasn’t seen Finding Nemo ?), Dan surprisingly found it difficult.
“I think Nemo is some sort of goldfish, but I don’t know,” Huxley said.
Since he was so unsure, he used not one but two lifelines. First, he used his “phone a friend” lifeline to call his dad who also didn’t have the answer.
Then, he used his 50/50 lifeline, which he said was “so embarrassing.”
While Dan chose Dory in the end (after a lot of help) and walked away with around $175,000 in winnings, he didn’t win over many fans.
They soon took to Twitter to express outrage over a preschool teacher not knowing who Dory is from Finding Nemo .
“Who doesn’t know Dory is blue?” one Twitter wrote, alongside a facepalm emoji.
“Absolutely fuming with this guy for using a lifeline on this question for £8k #whowantstobeamillionaire,” wrote another .
They have a point since most lifelines are saved until the really hard questions close to the million-dollar prize.
Many questioned whether Dan is color blind.
I mean, it has to be the only explanation.
Next, he’ll be saying that Ariel from The Little Mermaid has blonde hair or that Woody from Toy Story has been rocking a pink cowboy hat.
Some fans even questioned whether Dan is an actor, paid to fool us all.
“Is this a parody show? Who doesn’t know Dory? Dodgy actor,” this fan wrote.
Since this fail is pretty unbelievable, we’re going to chalk it up to Dan acting just like Dory: a forgetful fish.
If you can handle the cringe, here’s the moment on video!
What do you think about Dan’s blunder? Let us know in the comments!
