Alright, well that's a bit overboard on the title, but I got your attention huh? It's not totally untrue, sort of, either. Pixar is rereleasing Finding Nemo in 3D soon, and while that's all great for little kids and animation lovers alike, it's may not be so good for the clown fish.
Conservationists reported that, following the original release of the movie, some populations of clownfish in certain reefs decreased by 75% to feed the demand for the attractive little dudes. Many people didn't realize that tropical fish need more than the simple bowl, and thus a large percentage of those fish died or were rereleased into the wild, some in the wrong ecosystems. Basically, the interest in the fish boomed and resulted in tons of fish dying, many ecosystems being hurt by the lack of fish or tactics used to get them, and many ecosystems being raided by the rereleased, non-native species...
Take a read...
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2012/01/Finding-Nemo-3D-Kill-Fish.html
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