degeneres frequently plays games with audience members and awards prizes based upon their performance. games have included "pictionary"-style drawing games, finding hidden objects within the studio, category, current event or pop-culture-based trivia, and various other stunt and charade-based games. degeneres also joked several times on the show about when a sequel to "finding nemo", in which she famously had a lead role, would eventually release, as well as make references to the film. eventually, the sequel, "finding dory", was officially announced by degeneres.