Box Office
Flop · 0.5xBudget$10M
Worldwide Gross$4.8M
The Pout-Pout Fish
movie·PG·Mar 20, 2026·
Box OfficeFlop · 0.5x
The Pout-Pout Fish earns a 1/10 woke score as pure, traditional storytelling that celebrates kindness, teamwork, and empathy without any activist messaging or identity politics.
The Pout-Pout Fish is a straightforward animated family adventure expanding on Deborah Diesen's 2008 children's book.
The core story follows grumpy Mr. Fish (voiced by Nick Offerman) and energetic young sea dragon Pip (Nina Oyama) as they destroy their homes in a misunderstanding, then embark on a quest for the mythical wish-granting fish Shimmer (Jordin Sparks) while helping reef creatures along the way. Themes center on traditional values like kindness turning a frown upside down, teamwork, empathy, perseverance, and self-discovery through helping others—classic storytelling tropes with no activist framing or identity politics.
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We've run a full content analysis on The Pout-Pout Fish and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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Nick Offerman
Mr. Fish (voice)
Nina Oyama
Pip (voice)
Miranda Otto
Marin (voice)
Amy Sedaris
The Pink Dolphins – Brigitta, Greta and Karina (voice)
Jordin Sparks
Shimmer (voice)
Remy Hii
Benji (voice)
Mark Coles Smith
Hector (voice)
Nazeem Hussain
Archie (voice)
Mel Buttle
Shaz (voice)
Bessie Holland
Baz (voice)
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