Inside Out: Riley's Emotional Journey

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The document describes events inside Riley's mind as her emotions debate whether she should run away from home after her family moves. Joy searches for Sadness to stop Riley from leaving. Th…

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Khánh Linh Phan
  • Scene 1 Introduction
  • Scene 2 Conflict Emerges
  • Scene 3 Climax
  • Scene 4 Resolution Attempts
  • Scene 5 Concluding Events

(1h1p30s-1h21p25s)

Joy: Hiếu
Fear + [Link] + mindworker cop2: đào
Anger + binbong: thuỳ linh
Sadness + mindworker + mindworker cop 1: thuỳ
Disgust + dad + riley: Phan
Disgust: What is going on?
Anger: He did it again.
Fear: We were at school and we were naked, and there was a dog... The back half was... was
chasing it... It was Bing Bong.
Anger: You idiot! It was a dream! This is ridiculous. We can't even get a good night sleep
anymore!
Anger: Time to take action. Stupid Mom and Dad, if they hadn't moved us none of this
would have happened. Who's with me?
Fear: Oh, uh... no no no no no no.
Disgust: Haizzz, Yeah, let's do it.
Anger: She took it. There's no turning back.
Disgust: So, how are we going to get to Minnesota from here?
Anger: Well, why don't we go down to the elephant lot and rent an elephant?
Fear: Hey, that sounds nice!
Anger: We're taking the bus, nitwit!
Anger: There's a bus leaving tomorrow. Perfect!
Disgust: A ticket costs money. How do we get money?
Anger: Mom's purse.
Fear: Oh, you wouldn't!
Anger: Oh, but I would. Where was it we saw it last?
[He punches up a memory. It comes up and plays.]
♪ Tripledent gum...
Anger: NO! [slams controls]
Fear: Aah!
Anger: It's downstairs somewhere. Mom and Dad got us into this mess, they can pay to get
us out.
20 Train of Thought
The train speeds ahead. The trio look out the train door.
Bing Bong: How about this, huh? Isn’t this nice? You can see everything from up here!
Look, there's Inductive Reasoning. There's Deja Vu. There's Language Processing! There's
Deja Vu. There's Critical Thinking! There's Deja Vu. Hey look at this, guys! Memories!
[Bing Bong ducks inside the train. Joy looks over to Sadness.]
Joy: Hey, that was a good idea. About scaring Riley awake. You’re not so bad.
Sadness: Really?
Joy: Nice work.
Joy: I can’t wait to get the old Riley back. As soon as we get there I’m going to fix this whole
mess.
Bing Bong: Whoa. Is this Riley? She’s so big now. She won’t fit in my rocket. How’re we
gonna get to the moon?
Joy: (taking the memory) Oh, it's that time in the twisty tree, remember? The hockey team
showed up and Mom and Dad were there cheering. Look at her, having fun and laughing. I
love this one.
Sadness: hmm, I love that one too.
Joy: Atta girl! Now you’re getting it!
Sadness: Yeah. It was the day the Prairie Dogs lost the big playoff game. Riley missed the
winning shot. She felt awful. She wanted to quit.
Sadness: Sorry. I went sad again, didn’t I?
Joy: I’ll tell ya what. We’ll keep working on that when we get back. Okay?
Sadness: Okay.
Mrs. Andersen: I just don't understand.
Mrs. Andersen: Why did our moving van even go to Texas?
(Once the coast is clear, Riley makes her move and approaches the purse.)
Mrs. Andersen: Multiple customers?
(Riley takes the purse and opens it.)
Mrs. Andersen: Well, we were promised delivery on the 5th.
(Riley gets out the wallet, opens it, and takes out Mrs. Andersen's credit card. Suddenly, Mrs.
Andersen turns around.)
Mrs. Andersen: Uh-huh.
(Riley gets nervous; Mrs. Andersen looks up...and Riley has vanished.)
Mrs. Andersen: Excuse me, isn't there any way that you can rush it?
Joy: Honesty Island?
WORKER #1: LOOK OUT!
[The train CRASHES onto the cliffside. It slips towards the edge. Joy struggles to get up, but
the floor is pitching.]
BING BONG: Hold on!
[Workers grab Joy, Sadness and Bing Bong just as the train slides off the cliff and drops into
the dump below. Joy looks towards Headquarters.]
Joy: That was our way home. We lost another island. What is happening?
Mind Worker: Haven't you heard? Riley's running away.
Joy: What?
(It is the next morning; Riley is packing her things to run away. Soon Fear takes command,
and she hesitates.)
Fear: Wait, wait! Hang on, guys. Are we really doing this? This is serious.
Anger: Look, we have no core memories.
Anger: You want Riley to be happy? Let's get back to Minnesota and make more.
(With firm resolve, Riley finishes packing and zips her backpack.)
Sadness: Joy, if we hurry, we can still stop her.
Joy: Family Island. Let's go!
Sadness: Joy! Joy, it's too dangerous, we won't make it in time.
Joy: But, that's our only way back.
Joy: A recall tube!
Sadness: We can get recalled!
Mrs. Andersen: Have a great day, sweetheart.
DAD: See you after school, monkey.
Mrs. Andersen: We love you!
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Joy: Go! Run! RUN!
Joy: Woah woah! Sadness! (pushing her back) Sadness, stop! You’re hurting Riley!
Sadness: Oh no, I did it again...
Joy: If you get in here, these core memories will get sad!
[Joy watches FAMILY ISLAND crumble. She looks down at Sadness. Joy, pained, decides.]
Joy: (CONT’D) I’m sorry. Riley needs to be happy.
Sadness: Joy?
Joy: Awwwwww
Bing Bong: Joy! awwww
Sadness: JOY!
(Joy keeps falling until she lands, tumbling down a pile of faded memories until she stops.)
BING BONG: Joy?
Bing Bong notices his hand beginning to fade. He gasps.
BING BONG (CONT’D): Joy!
He finds Joy desperately clawing her way up the hill.
BING BONG (CONT’D): Joy? Joy, what are you doing? Will you stop it please?
[Joy ignores him; keeps trying.]
BING BONG: (CONT’D) Don’t you get it, Joy? We’re stuck down here. We’re forgotten.
RILEY: (O.S.) (nó i thầ m, nhỏ , nghẹn ngà o) We used to play tag and stuff.
[Joy recognizes this. She finds Sadness’ BLUE CORE MEMORY.]
RILEY: (O.S.) (nó i thầ m, nhỏ , nghẹn ngà o) (CONT’D) But everything’s different now since
we moved.
[Seeing Riley cry breaks Joy’s heart. She falls to her knees. She picks up a nearby MEMORY
of young happy Riley coloring.]
JOY: Do you remember how she used to stick her tongue out when she was coloring?
Another memory: Riley talking to a bug.
JOY: (CONT’D) I could listen to her stories all day.
Another memory: Riley spinning.
JOY: (CONT'D) I just wanted Riley to be happy. And now...
SADNESS: (V.O.) It was the day the Prairie Dogs lost the big playoff game. Riley missed the
winning shot. She felt awful. She wanted to quit.
IN THE MEMORY: Mom and Dad come to console Riley. Joy fast forwards. IN THE MEMORY:
The hockey team lifts Riley on their shoulders and cheers. Riley smiles.
JOY: Sadness. Mom and Dad, the team... they came to help because of Sadness.
She turns to Bing Bong, ready to take action.
JOY: (CONT’D) We have to get back up there.
BING BONG: Joy, we’re stuck down here. We might as well be on another planet.
JOY: (getting an idea) Another planet. (sings) Who’s your friend who likes to play?
Silence.
JOY: (CONT’D) (sings louder) Who’s your friend who likes to play?
BING BONG: (understanding; excited) His rocket makes you yell "Hooray!"
Far off, BING BONG’S ROCKET answers. They run towards it.
BING BONG: (CONT’D) Who's the best in every way and wants to sing this song to say,
who's your friend who likes to play? Bing Bong Bing Bong!
Joy and Bing Bong find the rocket!They perch the wagon atop a hill. Joy looks resigned.
JOY: Hop in!
Both inside, Bing Bong pushes off. They speed down a slope to gain momentum, singing all
the way. They reach the bottom and shoot up another hill, launching up towards the cliff
top. Joy and Bing Bong enthusiastically, if not desperately, sing at the top of their lungs. Not
even close. They crash back to the bottom.
JOY (CONT’D) C’mon!
They shoot down a taller hill for another go. They SING faster and louder. Joy reaches for
the ledge but they fall with a thud. Bing Bong stands. There’s no way they’ll make it. He
looks up at the ledge and then to his hand -- it’s disappearing!
BING BONG: Come on, Joy. One more time. I’ve got a feeling about this one.
Hurdling down the largest hill yet, they continue to sing Bing Bong’s song.
BING BONG: Louder! Louder, Joy! Sing louder!
Bing Bong times it just right... and jumps out of the wagon. Without his weight, the Joy gains
momentum. She’s unaware of Bing Bong’s absence.
JOY: We’re gonna make it!
The rocket makes it over the ledge! It crashes atop the cliff.
JOY: (CONT'D) Woohoo! Bing Bong, we did it! We--
She turns around. She’s alone.
JOY: (CONT'D) Bing Bong? Bing Bong!
She runs to the cliff side. Below, Bing Bong laughs excitedly, happy to help Riley in the only
way he can.
BING BONG: Ya ha ha! You made it! Ha ha! Go! Go save Riley! (pause) Take her to the moon
for me. Okay?
He waves as the last of him vanishes into the air. Joy’s eyes widen in awe; he’s sacrificed his
life for her.
Joy: I'll try, Bing Bong. I promise.
Joy gets up and soldiers on.
[Mom and Dad walk in.]
Mrs. Andersen: We’re home! Riley? Riley!
(They check in Riley's room, but she's not here.]
Mrs. Andersen: I’ll call her cell.
[Riley walks through a sketchy part of the city.]
Fear: This is terrible. Wait. Is that someone walking towards us? Let’s cross the street.
Fear: It's Mom! She's on to us! Where's my bag?
[Fear finds a paper bag and breathes into it to calm himself.]
Disgust: What do we do?
Anger: Riley needs to get core memories. We keep going.
[Riley ignores the call and walks on.]
Joy runs through the Long-Term Memory stacks.
Joy: Sadness!
[She sees Family Island rumble, pieces beginning to break off. She frantically continues on.
Joy runs through a long corridor.]
Joy: Sadness? Sadness? (no answer; desperate) C’mon Sadness, where are you? Okay. If I
were Sadness, where would I be?
Joy: (Sadness voice) Ohhh... everything is awful and my legs don’t work and you have to
drag me around while I touch all the…
Disgust: Oh no. It’s Mom again. What do we do?!
Anger: Uh... Uh...
ANGER: This is madness! She shouldn’t run away!
DISGUST: Let’s get this idea out of her head.
They rush to unplug the idea.
Joy runs, following the path of blue memories.
Joy: Sadness!
[Joy rounds a corner and spots Sadness far down the next row.]
Joy: Sadness!
[Sadness turns around.]
Sadness: Joy?
[Inexplicably, Sadness turns and runs away.]
Joy: Wait, Sadness! [chases after her.]
Sadness: Just let me go! Riley’s better off without me!
[Joy follows Sadness straight into Imagination land. Sadness topples giant french fries in
Joy’s path.]
Joy: Come back!
[Joy uses a super-long fry to vault over the mound of fries. In Cloud Town, two MIND
WORKER COPS are questioning a CLOUD WITNESS.]
MIND WORKER COP #1: So you’re saying your husband was blown away by an elephant.
[The Cloud Witness nods. Sadness runs past the crime scene. They don’t notice.]
MIND WORKER COP #1 (CONT’D): Was he with anyone?
CLOUD WITNESS: Yes! And there she is!
[Joy runs right through the Cloud Witness, dissipating her.]
MIND WORKER COP #1: (runs after Joy) Hey! Come back here!
MIND WORKER COP #2: Forget it, Jake. It’s Cloud Town.
[Joy searches for Sadness. Suddenly, rain falls on her. Above, Sadness is floating on a chunk
of rain cloud, away from Headquarters.]
Joy: What? Sadness!
Sadness: (crying) I only make everything worse!
Joy: Wait, Sadness! We've gotta get you back to... (Sadness is too far away) Ugh.
[Joy looks back at Family Island crumbling. She looks around: what does she have to work
with? The Boyfriend Generator...]
[Anger tries to untwist the Idea Bulb, but IT WON’T MOVE.]
Anger: It’s stuck!
Disgust: Oh great.
Fear: What do you mean it’s stuck?!
Disgust: Now what?
[A strange BLACKNESS spreads over the console.]
Fear: Oh, no, no, no. What is THIS?!
[Anger slams a chair down on the console. It bounces off with no effect. Fear lunges in with
a crowbar. He loses control and it smacks him in the face. Riley walks down the aisle of the
bus to take a seat.]
Fear: Oh, how do we stop it?
Disgust: I got it! Make her feel scared! That’ll make her change her mind!
Fear: Brilliant!
Disgust: I know it’s brilliant. Do it!
[Fear frantically pushes buttons.]
Fear: Ahh! Nothing’s working! Why isn’t it working??
Anger: Let me try!
Disgust and Fear pound on the console buttons.
Disgust: Great, you broke it!
Fear: No, I didn’t!
Anger: Let me do it!
[By now, the console is mostly black. No matter how many times they tried, they kept
fighting. Fear stops.]
Fear: Guys..... we can’t make Riley feel anything.
Anger: What have we done?
[Joy runs up to Riley’s Imaginary Boyfriend.]
Joy: Hey! Hey, look at me. Did you mean what you said before?
IMAGINARY BOYFRIEND: I would die for Riley! I would die for Riley!
Joy: Yeah, yeah, okay, Haircut. Time to prove it.
HOUSE OF CARDS WORKER: (angry) That’s it! I fold!
Joy: (to herself) Wao, waoThis is crazy, this is crazy... No, no, no! Joy! Be positive. (beat) I
am POSITIVE this is crazy! I
Joy spots the trampoline on Family Island, then Sadness floating away. She times it...
Joy: (CONT’D) NOW!
The tower tips forward.
IMAGINARY BOYFRIENDS FOR RILEY!!!
[Joy falls towards Family Island, bounces on the TRAMPOLINE, flying up towards Sadness.
She intercepts Sadness midair...]
Sadness: Joy?
Joy: Hang on!
[They launch towards Headquarters. Will they make it? Anger, Fear and Disgust watch the
screen, worried.]
Fear: Ohhh, I wish Joy was here!
[SPLAT! Joy and Sadness hit the back window and slide down, grabbing the window edge.
The Emotions run to the window.]
Disgus:t It’s Joy!
Anger: Stand back! Arrrrgh!
[Anger throws a chair at the window. It bounces off.]
Disgust: (sarcastically) That worked.
Anger: Well, what would you do, if you’re so smart?!
(Anger's head is igniting; this gives Disgust an idea.)
Disgust: I'd tell you, but you're too dumb to understand.
Anger: WHAT!?!
Disgust: Of course, your tiny brain is confused. Guess I'll just have to dumb it down to your
level. Sorry I don't speak moron as well as you. But let me try. Duhhhhhh!
Fear: Oh, thank goodness you're back!
Disgust: Things are really messed up.
Anger: We found this idea and now Riley’s on a bus heading for Minnesota!
Fear: We were trying to make happy memories!
(On the screen, Riley stares out the bus window. The bus is pulling out; nearby the depot is the
highway leading to Bay Bridge, which leads out of San Francisco with no turning back.)
Disgust: Joy, you got to fix this. Get out there.
Joy: Sadness, it's up to you.
Sadness: Me?
All: Sadness?!
Sadness: I can't, Joy.
Joy: Yes you can. Riley needs you.
(Sadness is surprised; Joy nods in affirmation The bus is exiting the parking lot; Realizing her
true purpose, Sadness walks over to the console. The console is almost completely black.)
Sadness: Okay...
Riley: Wait, stop! I wanna get off!

(1h1p30s-1h21p25s)
Joy: Hiếu
Fear + mrs.andersen + mindworker cop2: đào
Anger + binbong: thuỳ linh
Sadness + mindworker + min
Bing Bong: How about this, huh? Isn’t this nice? You can see everything from up here! 
Look, there's Inductive Reasoning. The
BING BONG: Hold on!
[Workers grab Joy, Sadness and Bing Bong just as the train slides off the cliff and drops into
the dump b
He finds Joy desperately clawing her way up the hill.
BING BONG (CONT’D): Joy? Joy, what are you doing? Will you stop it plea
JOY (CONT’D) C’mon!
They shoot down a taller hill for another go. They SING faster and louder. Joy reaches for 
the ledge but
[She sees Family Island rumble, pieces beginning to break off. She frantically continues on. 
Joy runs through a long corrido
Joy: Wait, Sadness! We've gotta get you back to... (Sadness is too far away) Ugh.
[Joy looks back at Family Island crumbling.
Joy: (CONT’D) NOW!
The tower tips forward.
IMAGINARY BOYFRIENDS FOR RILEY!!!
[Joy falls towards Family Island, bounces on the
Sadness: Okay...
Riley: Wait, stop! I wanna get off!

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