Bruce, Anchor, and Chum

Partners in Justice
Full Names	Bruce Anchor Chum
Alias	Brucey (referred to by himself) Chum the Great Shark
Origin	Finding Nemo
Occupation	Bruce: Anchor and Chum's 'boss' and leader of the Fish-Friendly Club Anchor: One of Bruce's sidekicks Chum: One of Bruce's sidekicks
Powers/Skills	Swimming abilities Abnormal strength Advanced speed
Hobbies	Eating fish (formerly) Talking with other fish and befriending them
Goals	Avoid eating fish. Bruce: Eat every fish (when he's crazy, failed). Anchor and Chum: Please their boss
Family	Bruce: Unnamed father (only mentioned) His Friends:Unknown
Friends	Nemo Each other Marlin Dory
Enemies	Humans
Type of Heroes	Anti-Predatory Animals

“	I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.	„
	~ The sharks' motto.

Bruce, Anchor, and Chum are supporting characters in Finding Nemo. Despite their intimidating presence, they are actually very social kind sharks who are against eating fish.

Bruce was voiced by the late Barry Humphries, Anchor was voiced by Eric Bana, and Chum was voiced by Bruce Spence.

Appearance/Personality

Bruce is a gentle, friendly, but very intimidating great white shark who is the leader of the sharks in the therapy sessions they attend. He has the ability to dilate his pupils and go predatorily insane if he smells one whiff of blood (which is an uncontrollable sixth sense), as shown when he smelled Dory's blood after Marlin accidentally hit her nose with Phillip Sherman's diving mask and could not control himself from chasing Marlin and Dory around the entire ship in his berserk bid to eat them. It is also revealed that Bruce never knew his father and gets very sad whenever he brings it up. His inspiration is Firewater.

Anchor is a scalloped hammerhead shark who is friends with Chum. He is more tamer of the sharks as he brought a live fish named Blenny with him, without eating him. His inspiration is Mr. Grits.

Chum is a lively and comedic shortfin mako shark with a hook piercing on his right nose, and bottom teeth that jut out from his mouth. He's the second less tame of the shark trio as he already ate his friend, he was going to bring to the shark therapy sessions. Chum also hates dolphins and loves jokes. His inspiration is Twinkie.

History

Marlin and Dory first encounter Bruce while Marlin is trying to find his son. Bruce invites the duo to a get-together with his other shark friends Anchor and Chum, who attend the shark therapy in a sunken ship. After a while, the sharks let Dory introduce herself and clap for her. They then ask Marlin to introduce himself and tell them some jokes. Just as Marlin is about to tell them the joke, he is interrupted by the presence of the divers' mask. Dory suggests to a reluctant Marlin to find a fish who can read the address on the back of the mask. This causes a tug-of-war between the two, which accidentally causes Marlin to sling the mask at Dory, causing her nose to bleed and Bruce to get the whiff of blood. Bruce then can't control himself as he chases after Dory and Marlin with Anchor and Chum trying to snap him out of it. After an ensuing chase throughout the entire ship, Bruce accidentally spits a launched torpedo from his mouth. He snaps out of his blood-crazed rage, and when he notices that the ensuing torpedo is about to land on an underwater mine field, he gives the orders to his friends to swim away, which they do as Marlin and Dory watch the torpedo touches the mines. This causes an explosive chain reaction which Marlin and Dory survive from.

The shark trio are seen again towards the end of the film escorting Dory back home to the Great Barrier Reef and as they swim back, they remind Dory to not forget their mantra.

Gallery

Images

Bruce the Great White.

Anchor the Hammerhead.

Chum the Mako.

The sharks reciting their motto. "I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food."

Bruce

Bruce's feral instinct overtakes his reasoning upon smelling the blood after Marlin accidentally hit Dory on her nose with Phillip Sherman's diving mask.
"Bruce: Oh, ooooooh, that's good..."

Anchor and Chum don't let Bruce eat their fish friends.
"Chum,and Anchor: (GASPS) Intervention!"

Anchor shouting telling Bruce was a difficult childhood.

"Hello" (Bruce's scary-looking grin.)

Trivia

• Bruce is a great white shark, Anchor is a scalloped hammerhead shark, and Chum is a shortfin mako shark as shown by their appearance and size.
• Bruce's name is based same name from the 1975 Steven Spielberg film Jaws.
• A lot of people think that the sharks are actually antagonists of the film. Turns out, they are generally neutral and treat fish as friends and are biased on having fish as food.
• They are said to be Pixar villains because they look very intimidating. However in the movie, they are very neutral and misunderstood.
• Bruce's words when he tries to break through the door, "Here's Brucey", are a reference to the horror film The Shining and The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror V.

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Heroes

Movies Finding Nemo: Marlin | Dory | Nemo | Mr. Ray | Bruce, Anchor, and Chum | Tank Gang (Gill, Jacques, Gurgle, Peach, Deb, Bubbles, & Bloat) | Nigel | Tank | Crush | Squirt | Coral Finding Dory: Jenny | Charlie | Hank | Destiny | Bailey | Fluke and Rudder