Inside Out 2015 full script

Inside Out 2015 full script

Directed by: Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Produced by: Jonas Rivera
Screenplay by: Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
Story by: Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Starring: Carlos Alazraqui, Lewis Black, Josh Cooley, Kaitlyn Dias, Flea, Dave Goelz, Bill Hader, Rashida Jones, Mindy Kaling, Richard Kind, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Bobby Moynihan, Frank Oz, Paula Pell, Amy Poehler, Paula Poundstone, John Ratzenberger, Peter Sagal, Phyllis Smith
Music by: Michael Giacchino
Cinematography: Patrick Lin, Kim White
Edited by: Kevin Nolting
Production company: Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Theatrical release dates: May 18, 2015 (Cannes), June 19, 2015 (United States)
DVD/Blu-Ray release date: November 3, 2015
Running time: 94 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $175 million
Box office: $856.1 million
MPAA Rating: PG: "Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children." (for mild thematic elements and some action)
Rotten Tomatoes: Critic Score: 98% Certified Fresh. Average Rating: 9/10. Reviews Counted: 301. Fresh: 296. Rotten: 5. Critic Consensus: Inventive, gorgeously animated, and powerfully moving, Inside Out is another outstanding addition to the Pixar library of modern animated classics.
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
English Subtitles SDH: (WHITE)
CinemaScore Grade: A-

(WALT DISNEY PICTURES: On a night sky background, we see a star, a la Pinocchio. Then, some clouds appear, a la Mary Poppins, and a pirate ship, a la Peter Pan. We then see the castle, a la Cinderella, done in CGI, while different fireworks are appearing. A circular line is drawn over the castle (in the same vein as the previous logo), then the castle enters many dots from the bottom of the screen to reveal "DiSNEY", in the post-1979 Disney script logo font, albeit slightly revised. The circular line is nearly staying visible on the logo. The instrumental theme "Bundle of Joy" plays over the logo)
(PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS: We see the text: PIXAR. Then a lamp, named Luxo Jr., hops by. He stops once he notices the "I". He shakes his body and bounces on the "I" until it squishes it. Luxo Jr. looks around as the text "ANIMATION STUDIOS" fades in. He then faces the camera. The light slowly dims until it's completely dark. The instrumental theme "Bundle of Joy" plays over the logo)
(BLACK)
JOY: Do you ever look at someone and wonder, "What is going on inside their head?" Well, I know. I know Riley's head.
(WHITE. FADE IN...)
(INT. HOSPITAL — DAY. A newborn baby swaddled in a blanket, held by her parents. Push in... and ZOOM IN TO HER HEAD)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Out of the blackness steps a glowing figure. This is JOY. The room is black except for a bright CONSCIOUSNESS SCREEN)
Joy: Hmm?
(In front of Joy is a single large BUTTON. She pushes it)
(INT. HOSPITAL — CONTINUOUS. The baby gurgles and wiggles happily)
JOY: And there she was...
(INT. HEADQUARTERS — CONTINUOUS. ON THE CONSCIOUSNESS SCREEN:)
Mom: Hello. Riley.
Dad: Oh, look at you. Aren't you a little bundle of joy?
(A GOLDEN GLOWING SPHERE rolls from behind the screen. It's a MEMORY of what we just saw: Mom and Dad cooing at Riley)
Dad: (repeated) Aren't you a little bundle of joy?
Joy: Whoa.
(Joy rolls the memory on its track, illuminating the room. She turns back to the button and pushes it again)
(INT. HOSPITAL — CONTINUOUS. Baby Riley gurgles happily)
JOY: It was amazing. Just Riley and me. Forever.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS — CONTINUOUS. Baby Riley CRIES)
JOY: Er, for 33 seconds?
(Joy looks to her side. There's a new, droopy, blue character touching the button)
Sadness: I'm Sadness.
Joy: Oh, hello. I... I'm Joy. So...
(Joy tries to muscle past Sadness to press the button)
Joy: Can I just... If you could... I just want to fix that. Thanks.
(The two struggle)
JOY: And that was just the beginning. Headquarters only got more crowded from there.
(INT. MINNESOTA HOUSE — DAY. Riley, now age 3, barrels through the house pulling a wagon)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. ON THE SCREEN: Riley's POV as she runs through the house. Fear "supervises" Joy, who drives)
Fear: Very nice. Okay, looks like you got this. Very good. Whoa, sharp turn!
(Riley approaches a POWER CORD on the ground)
FEAR: No! Look out! No!
(Fear leaps to the console)
JOY: That's Fear. He's really good at keeping Riley safe.
(INT. MINNESOTA HOUSE — CONTINUOUS. Riley stops. She cautiously steps over the power cord)
FEAR: Easy, easy. Ah! (EXCLAIMS) Oh, we're good. We're good.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. A fear memory (purple) rolls in)
Joy/Sadness: Whew! Good job./Nice job.
Fear: Thank you. Thank you very much.
(Joy jumps back into driving position)
Joy: And we're back!
(INT. MINNESOTA HOUSE — CONTINUOUS. Riley continues her sprint through the house. Suddenly she's picked up)
(INT. KITCHEN — CONTINUOUS. PLOP into highchair. Bib. Tray. Bowl)
Dad: Here we go. All right, open.
(Dad lifts a spoonful of food to Riley's mouth)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Hmm. This looks new.
Fear: You think it's safe?
Sadness: What is it?
(ON THE SCREEN: a spoonful of broccoli. DISGUST enters)
Disgust: Okay, caution. There is a dangerous smell, people. Hold on. What is that?
JOY: This is Disgust. She basically keeps Riley from being poisoned. Physically and socially.
Disgust: That is not brightly colored or shaped like a dinosaur. Hold on guys. It's broccoli! (EXCLAIMS IN DISGUST)
(Disgust GAGS and pulls a lever)
(INT. KITCHEN)
Young Riley: Yucky!
(YOUNG RILEY Riley swats the broccoli. It flies into Dad's face)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. A disgust memory (green) rolls in)
Disgust: Well, I just saved our lives. Yeah. You're welcome.
(INT. KITCHEN)
Dad: Riley, if you don't eat your dinner, you're not gonna get any dessert.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. ANGER looks up from reading his newspaper)
Anger: Wait. Did he just say we couldn't have dessert?
JOY: That's Anger. He cares very deeply about things being fair.
Anger: So that's how you want to play it, old man? No dessert? Oh, sure, we'll eat our dinner! Right after you eat this! GrrrraaaAAHH!!!!
(Anger takes the controls as FLAMES blast out of his head. An anger memory (red) rolls in)
(INT. KITCHEN. Riley throws a fit. Dad distracts her)
Dad: ('flying' the spoon) Riley, Riley, here comes an airplane!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Anger stops screaming)
Anger: Oh, airplane. We got an airplane, everybody.
Disgust/Fear/Sadness/Joy (Emotions): Ohh!/Ahh!
(INT. KITCHEN. Dad "lands" the food into Riley's smiling mouth)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. A happy memory (golden) rolls in)
(The others leave Joy alone at the console with Sadness)
JOY: And you've met Sadness. She... Well, she...
(FLASH CUTS of Riley crying: broken toy, spilled ice cream, tantrum in the supermarket, wanting out of her car seat)
JOY: I'm not actually sure what she does. And I've checked, there's no place for her to go, so... She's good, we're good. It's all great!
(Sadness exits. Joy turns to the wall of golden memories)
Joy: Anyway, these are Riley's memories and they're mostly happy, you'll notice, not to brag.
(She inspects one of the golden memories: Riley and her friend MEG (both age 3) going down a slide)
MEG: Whoo-hoo!
(She REWINDS it, relishing the happy moment)
JOY: But the really important ones are over here. I don't want to get too technical, but these are called Core Memories.
(Joy pops up the CORE MEMORY HOLDER. Inside are five intensely bright golden memories)
Joy: Each one came from a super important time in Riley's life. Uh, like when she first scored a goal? Oh, that was so amazing!
(EXT. MINNESOTA LAKE, WINTER — DAY. Two-and-a-half-year-old Riley shoots a hockey puck across the ice. She trips and accidentally scores a goal)
Dad: (cheering) Hey! Would you look at that? Very nice!
Mom: (cheering) We got a future center here!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. A super-bright CORE MEMORY rolls in)
(It rolls to the Core Memory Holder. Clicking into position, a LIGHTLINE shoots out. The Emotions follow it to the back window and watch a new ISLAND OF PERSONALITY form)
JOY: And each Core Memory powers a different aspect of Riley's personality. Like Hockey Island.
(Five ISLANDS OF PERSONALITY float in space, miles from Headquarters, connected by LIGHTLINES -- their power sources)
Joy: Goofball Island is my personal favorite.
(INT. MINNESOTA LIVING ROOM — NIGHT. Toddler Riley runs naked from the bathroom, underpants on her head, laughing wildly. Dad chases her with a towel)
Dad: Ah, come back here, you little monkey!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Goofball Island activates: lights, movement, etc.)
(INT. MINNESOTA LIVING ROOM. Naked Riley does the goofy dance on the sofa)
DAD: (LAUGHING) Oh, you're silly.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
JOY: Yep, Goofball is the best. Friendship Island is pretty good too.
(Joy looks at FRIENDSHIP ISLAND)
(EXT. SIDEWALK — DAY. Riley and Meg walk leg over leg, arms linked, laughing)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy inspects Honesty Island.
JOY: Oh, I love Honesty Island. And that's the truth!
(INT. MINNESOTA HOUSE — DAY. A guilty Riley stands by a broken plate. She reveals a HAMMER from behind her back)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy examines Family Island)
Joy: And, of course, Family Island is amazing.
(EXT. MINNESOTA KITCHEN TABLE — DAY. The family decorate cookies together. Riley stuffs one into Dad's mouth)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. The Emotions look out over the Islands of Personality)
JOY: The point is, the Islands of Personality are what make Riley... Riley!
(INT. BATHROOM. Riley splashes in the bathtub)
Young Riley: Look out, mermaid! (SPLASHING)
(INT. MINNESOTA LIVING ROOM. Riley climbs the couch. She looks at the floor)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy projects an IMAGINATION of LAVA onto the screen)
(INT. MINNESOTA LIVING ROOM)
Young Riley: Lava! Whee!
(Riley jumps from couch to chair to avoid the lava)
(INT. MINNESOTA HOUSE. Riley draws. Pull back to reveal she's drawing on the wall)
Young Riley: ♪ Who's your friend who likes to play? Bing Bong, Bing Bong! ♪
(EXT. MINNESOTA LAKE — DAY. Six-year-old Riley skates across the ice backwards)
Dad: Hey! Very nice!
Mom: Where did you learn that?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy skates around the room, in sync with Riley)
(EXT. MINNESOTA FRONT STEPS — DAY. Riley and Meg slurp frozen drinks. Riley grimaces: ice headache!)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: Brain freeze!
(The Emotions scream as Headquarters freezes over)
(EXT. MINNESOTA LAKE — DAY. A kids' hockey game. Riley takes a shot and scores!)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Yeah!
(INT. RILEY'S MINNESOTA BEDROOM — NIGHT. Parents tuck Riley into bed and turn off the light)
Dad: Good night, kiddo.
Riley: Good night, Dad.
(She looks up at the stars on her ceiling and falls asleep)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy watches the screen go DARK. She inspects the shelves mostly populated with GOLDEN MEMORIES)
Joy: And...we're out. That's what I'm talking about! Whoo! Another perfect day! Nice job everybody! Let's get those memories down to Long Term.
(Joy pulls a lever. Memories cascade down the shelves)
Fear: All right, we did not die today! I call that an unqualified success.
(The memories pachinko down the shelves and up a tube. Joy runs to the back window to watch them glide through the distant tubes towards Long-Term Memory like falling stars)
JOY: And that's it. We love our girl. She's got great friends and a great house. Things couldn't be better. After all, Riley's 11 now. What could happen?
(EXT. MINNESOTA HOUSE FRONT YARD — DAY. Moving sign: Sold!)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: What...
Sadness/Fear/Anger/Disgust (Emotions): Aah!
(EXT. DRIVEWAY — DAY. SLAM! A packed car hatchback closes)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Huh?
Sadness/Fear/Anger/Disgust (Emotions): AIIIIIGHH!!!
(EXT. MINNESOTA STREET — DAY. VROOM! A moving van drives away)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Okay, not what I had in mind.
Sadness/Fear/Anger/Disgust (Emotions): AIIIIIGHH!!!
(EXT. AMERICAN HIGHWAYS. A SERIES OF SHOTS: the family car drives across America. The car passes corn fields and rolling hills)
(TITLE CARD: DISNEY PRESENTS)
(TITLE CARD: A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS FILM)
(Riley sleeps in the back seat. The car zips around a mountain curve, down a desert highway)
(Riley looks out the back window)
(The car emerges from a tunnel onto the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE)
(TITLE CARD: INSIDE OUT)
(The car drives across the bridge. Riley looks out the window)
JOY: Hey, look! The Golden Gate Bridge! Isn't that great?! It's not made out of solid gold like we thought, which is kind of a disappointment, but still...
(The car drives past the Ferry Building)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
FEAR: I sure am glad you told me earthquakes are a myth, Joy. Otherwise I'd be terrified right now! (CHUCKLES)
(Everyone eyes each other behind Fear's back)
Joy: Uh, yeah...
(EXT. LOMBARD STREET — DAY. The car is stuck in traffic. Cars HONK and people YELL)
WOMAN: Are you kidding? Get out of the street!
MAN: Oh, for Pete's sake! Move it!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: These are my kind of people.
(EXT. MARKET STREET — DAY)
DAD: All right, just a few more blocks. We're almost to our new house!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Step on it, Daddy!
Disgust: Why don't we just live in this smelly car? We've already been in it forever.
Joy: Which, actually, was really lucky, because that gave us plenty of time to think about what our new house is going to look like! What! Let's review the top five daydreams.
(Joy plugs in DAYDREAMS showing fantasy houses: tree house, water-slide house, etc.)
Fear: Ooh! That looks safe!
SADNESS: That one's nice.
Joy: Oh, this is will be great for Riley! Oh, no, no, no, no, this one.
(A gingerbread house)
DISGUST: Oh, Joy, for the last time, she cannot live in a cookie.
(A castle)
ANGER: That's the one! It comes with a dragon.
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — DAY.)
JOY: Now we're getting close, I can feel it. Here it is, here's our new house. And...
(The car stops and Riley steps out)
(REVEAL: a run-down Victorian. Nothing like the daydreams)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Everyone looks slackjawed)
Joy: Maybe it's nice on the inside.
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — CONTINUOUS. Riley steps inside. The room is dark, dusty, uninviting)
ANGER: We're supposed to live here?
SADNESS: Do we have to?
DISGUST: I'm telling you, it smells like something died in here.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. A disgust memory rolls in)
Fear: Can you die from moving?
Joy: Guys, you're overreacting. Nobody is dying...
Disgust: A dead mouse!
(FEAR SCREAMS)
(ON THE SCREEN: A dead mouse in the corner)
ANGER: Great. This is just great.
DISGUST: I'm gonna be sick.
Fear: It's the house of the dead! What are we gonna do? We're gonna get rabies!
(Fear jumps into Anger's arms. Anger fires up the flames)
Anger: Get off of me!
(Fear runs around on fire. Joy puts him out with a fire extinguisher)
Joy: Hey. All through the drive, Dad talked about how cool our new room is. Let's go check it out!
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE. Riley dashes up the stairs)
DISGUST: Let's go!
ANGER: It's gonna be great!
FEAR: Yes, yes, yes.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — CONTINUOUS. It's tiny. Depressing)
Fear: No, no, no, no, no.
DISGUST: I'm starting to envy the dead mouse.
ANGER: Get out the rubber ball, we're in solitary confinement.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Sadness: Riley can't live here.
Anger: She's right.
Disgust: It's the worst.
FEAR: Really bad.
DISGUST: It's absolutely the worst.
ANGER: This house stinks.
DISGUST: It's the worst place I've ever been in my entire life.
(Memories roll in: anger, disgust, fear)
Joy: Hey, it's nothing our butterfly curtains couldn't fix. I read somewhere that an empty room is an opportunity.
Anger: Where did you read that?
Joy: It doesn't matter. I read it and it's great. We'll put the bed there. And the desk over there.
(Joy projects an IMAGINATION of Riley's furniture)
FEAR: The hockey lamp goes there.
ANGER: Uh, put the chair there.
JOY: The trophy collection goes there.
Sadness: Posters...
FEAR: Stars! I like that!
JOY: Now we're talking! Let's go get our stuff from the moving van!
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — DAY. Riley dashes down the stairs as Mom and Dad enter the house. Dad is on the phone)
DAD: All right. Goodbye. (hangs up; to Mom) Well, guess what? The moving van won't be here until Thursday.
Mom: You're kidding.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: The van is lost? It is the worst day ever!
DISGUST: That figures. The van is lost.
(ON THE SCREEN: Mom and Dad ARGUE)
Mom: You said it would be here yesterday!
Dad: I know that's what I said. That's what they told me!
FEAR: Mom and Dad are stressed out!
ANGER: They're stressed out?
FEAR: What are we going to do?
Disgust: They're arguing!
Anger: This is so stressful.
Sadness: What is their problem?
(Joy runs to storage and grabs what looks to be a LIGHTBULB)
Joy: I've got a great idea!
(She clicks the IDEA into the console)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO LIVING ROOM — DAY. Riley's face lights up. Riley grabs her hockey stick. Puts a wad of paper in play)
Mom: Did you even read the contract?
Dad: Honey, you act like this is my fault--
Riley: Andersen makes her move. She's closing in!
Dad: (grabbing a broom) Hey! (LAUGHS) Oh, no, you're not!
Riley: She's lining up for the shot!
DAD: Coming behind you. Watch out! Watch out!
(She slides past him. Knocks the "puck" into the fireplace)
Riley: She shoots and she scores! Yeah!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. The Emotions cheer. Out the back window, Family Island runs)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO LIVING ROOM — CONTINUOUS)
Riley: (taunting Mom) Come on, Grandma!
Mom: Ha! "Grandma"?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Uh-oh, she put her hair up, we're in for it!
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO LIVING ROOM. They all play hockey, Mom using a pillow to guard the "goal." Dad picks her up to shoot past her)
Mom: (laughing) Woo! Hey, put me down!
(Dad scoops up Riley, too. Riley giggles.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. A happy memory rolls in. Joy's back in charge)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO LIVING ROOM. Dad's cell phone beeps)
Dad: Ah! Sorry. Hold on. Hold on. (answers) Hello?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Wait. Wh...
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO LIVING ROOM)
DAD: You're kidding. (SIGHS) All right. Stall for me. I'll be right there. (hangs up) The investor's supposed to show up on Thursday, not today! I got to go.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy is disappointed)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO LIVING ROOM)
Mom: It's okay. We get it.
Dad: You're the best. Thanks, hon. (to Riley, as he leaves) See you, sweetie.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
FEAR: Dad just left us.
Sadness: He doesn't love us anymore. That's sad. I should drive, right?
(JOY BLOCKS HER)
Sadness: Joy? What are you doing?
Joy: Uh, just give me one second. Um, you know what I've realized? Riley hasn't had lunch! (takes a memory off the wall and plays it) Remember?
(MEMORY: A PIZZA SHOP)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO LIVING ROOM)
Riley: Hey I saw a pizza place down the street. Maybe we could try that?
Mom: Pizza sounds delicious!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear/Anger/Disgust (Emotions): Yeah!/Pizza!/Good idea, Joy.
(Joy smiles)
(INT. PIZZA PLACE — DAY. Riley and Mom get their pizza. On it: broccoli)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
FEAR: What the heck is that?
JOY: Who puts broccoli on pizza?
Disgust: That's it. I'm done.
Anger: Congratulations, San Francisco, you've ruined pizza! First the Hawaiians, and now you!
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — LATER. Mom and Riley walk home. Riley looks disappointed.
Mom: What kind of a pizza place only serves one kind of pizza? Must be a San Francisco thing, huh?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy glances at the wall of multi-colored memories. She sighs: things are not going well)
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — CONTINUOUS)
Mom: Still, it's not as bad as the soup. At that diner in Nebraska.
Riley: Oh, yeah. The spoon stood up in the soup by itself! That was disgusting.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy looks out the back window. Family Island is going.
JOY: Oh, good. Family is running.
RILEY: Dad's got a steel stomach.
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET)
Mom: The drive out was pretty fun, huh? What was your favorite part?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Spitting out the car window!
Disgust: Definitely not when Dad was singing.
Fear: Wearing a seat belt!
Joy: Oh! What about the time with the dinosaur?
(Joy pulls up a memory)
Sadness/Fear/Anger/Disgust (Emotions): Yeah./Yup./That's the one.
(ON THE SCREEN: Riley and Mom pose in front of a roadside cement dinosaur in Vernal, Utah)
DAD: Say cheese!
(Behind Dad, the car rolls down the hill. No brakes!)
Riley: Dad! Dad! Look behind you.
MOM: Honey.
DAD: Hold still.
MOM: The car!
Dad: Huh? (runs off after the car) Stop! No, no, no! (GRUNTING)
(Stegosaurus tail through the back window. The family laughs)
(Enjoying the memory, Joy and the others chuckle)
Fear: (LAUGHS) Nice one, Joy.
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET)
Riley: (smiling) I liked that time at the dinosaur. That was pretty funny.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy's cheer is cut short when the dinosaur memory TURNS BLUE)
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — DAY. Riley's smile fades)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Wait. What? What happened?
(Joy looks back. Sadness is touching the memory)
FEAR: She did something to the memory.
(Joy tries to fix the memory)
Joy: What did you do?
Sadness: I just touched it.
Joy: That shouldn't make it change.
Fear: Change it back, Joy!
(Joy rubs it, but the memory stays blue)
Joy: I'm trying.
Anger: You can't change it back?
Joy: No! I guess I can't!
Disgust: Good going, Sadness. Now when Riley thinks of that moment with Dad, she's gonna feel sad. Bravo.
Sadness: I'm sorry Joy. I don't really know... I thought maybe, if you... (STAMMERING)
Disgust: Joy, we've got a stairway coming up.
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — DAY. Riley runs towards a stairway and handrail)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Just don't touch any other memories until we figure out what's going on.
Sadness: Okay.
JOY: All right. (stepping up to controls) Get ready. This is a monster railing and we are riding it all the way down!
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — CONTINUOUS. Riley sits on the railing, ready to slide)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy looks back: GOOFBALL ISLAND is whirring like crazy)
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET. Riley goes to slide... but hops off and walks down instead)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Wait, what? What happened?
(Suddenly a CORE MEMORY ROLLS up to Joy's feet)
Fear: A Core Memory!
Joy: Oh, no!
(Out the back window, GOOFBALL ISLAND GOES DARK. Joy rushes to the Core Memory Holder)
Joy: Sadness, what are you doing?
SADNESS: It looked like one was crooked so I opened it and then it fell out.
(Joy pops the memory back in. GOOFBALL ISLAND comes back on)
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET. Riley jumps back on the railing and slides down)
Riley: Whoo-hoo!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Sadness: It's just that... I wanted to maybe hold one.
(She reaches out to touch one, AND IT STARTS TO GO BLUE)
FEAR: Joy!
(Joy pushes Sadness away before she can touch it)
Joy: Whoa, whoa!
(The core memory TURNS BACK TO YELLOW)
Joy: Sadness, you nearly touched a Core Memory. And when you touch them, we can't change them back.
Sadness: I know. I'm sorry. Something's wrong with me. It's like I'm having a breakdown.
Joy: You are not having a breakdown. It's stress.
Sadness: I keep making mistakes like that. I'm awful.
Joy: No, you're not.
Sadness: And annoying.
Joy: STUTTERING) You know what? You can't focus on what's going wrong. There's always a way to turn things around, to find the fun!
Sadness: Yeah. Find the fun. I don't know how to do that.
Joy: Okay, well, try think of something funny.
(Long pause)
Sadness: Um... Oh! Remember the funny movie where the dog dies?
Joy: Oh. Yeah, that's not... (tries another approach) What about that time with Meg when Riley laughed so hard milk came out of her nose? I mean come on...
(INSERT: Riley spitting milk out of her nose, Meg laughing)
Sadness: Yeah. That hurt. It felt like fire.
Joy: Okay, okay, don't think of that. Let's try something else. Uh, what are your favorite things to do?
Sadness: My favorite? Um... Well, I like it when we're outside.
Joy: That's good! Like there's the beach and sunshine. Oh! Like that time we buried Dad in the
sand up to his neck.
(INSERT: Riley at beach, Dad buried in sand)
SADNESS: I was thinking more like rain.
(INSERT: Riley stands in a downpour)
Joy: Rain? Rain is my favorite, too! We can stomp around in puddles.
(INSERT: Riley happily jumps through puddles)
JOY: You know, there's cool umbrellas, lightning storms.
SADNESS: More like when the rain runs down our back and makes our shoes soggy. And we get all cold and shivery, and
(INSERT: Riley's shoes fill with water. She looks miserable)
Sadness: everything just starts feeling droopy. (CRYING)
(Sadness melts to the floor, crying)
Joy: Oh, hey, hey. Hey, easy. Why are you crying? It's just like really the opposite of what we're going for here.
Sadness: Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems.
Joy: You know what? Let's, uh, think about something else. (GRUNTS) How about we read some mind manuals, huh? Sounds fun.
(She drags Sadness over to a shelf of technical manuals)
Sadness: I've read most of them.
Joy: Well, have you read this one? This seems interesting. "Long-Term Memory Retrieval, Volume 47?"
Sadness: No.
Joy: Ooh, a real page-turner!
Sadness: (opens manual; reads) "Long-Term Memory Data Selection via channel sub-grouping?"
Joy: See? Fun already! You lucky dog. You're reading these cool things. I gotta go work. Life is so unfair.
(Joy walks away. But just as she thinks things are handled... DING! Another memory -- Disgust -- slides in. Joy groans)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — NIGHT. Riley hops down the stairs towards the living room)
DAD: What can we do? We've only got capital to last a month, maybe two. (on phone) If we can't find investors by then, we're going to have to lay people off.
(Riley hears the stress in Dad's voice)
Riley: Mom! Dad! Come kiss me good night!
DAD: I know. I know.
MOM: Be right there!
DAD: We've got to land this, okay?
(Riley heads back upstairs)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — MOMENTS LATER. Riley climbs into her sleeping bag)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: Did you hear Dad? He sounded really upset.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM. STRANGE NOISES from outside. Headlights cast shadows on the wall. Riley looks scared)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: What was that? Was it a bear? It's a bear!
Disgust: There are no bears in San Francisco.
Anger: I saw a really hairy guy. He looked like a bear.
Fear: Oh, I'm so jumpy. My nerves are shot.
Disgust: Ew! I don't want to hear about your nerves.
Anger: I'll tell you what it is. This move has been a bust.
FEAR: That's what I've been telling you guys! There are at least 37 things for Riley to be scared of right now.
Disgust: The smell alone is enough to make her gag.
ANGER: I can't believe Mom and Dad moved us here!
Joy: Look, I get it. You guys have concerns. But we've been through worse! Tell you what, let's make a list of all the things Riley should be happy about.
Anger: Fine. Let's see, this house stinks, our room stinks.
Disgust: Pizza is weird here.
Sadness: Our friends are back home.
Fear: And all of our stuff is in the missing van!
Joy: Oh come one. It could be worse.
Disgust: Yeah, Joy. We could be lying on the dirty floor. In a bag.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM. Riley is lying on the dirty floor in a sleeping bag)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: Okay, I admit it, we had a rough start. But think of all the good things that...
Anger: No, Joy. There's absolutely no reason for Riley to be happy right now. Let us handle this.
Fear: I say we skip school tomorrow and lock ourselves in the bedroom.
Disgust: We have no clean clothes. I mean, no one should see us.
Sadness: Yeah, we could cry until we can't breathe.
Anger: We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!
Joy: Now hold on! Look, we all have our off days. You know...
(ON THE SCREEN: Mom opens Riley's bedroom door)
Mom: Hi, honey.
Anger: The Mom bad news train is pulling in! Toot-toot!
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM. Mom sits next to Riley)
Mom: Still no moving van. (SCOFFS) Now they're saying it won't be here till Tuesday, can you believe it?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Toot-toot-toot!
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM)
Riley: Where's Dad?
Mom: On the phone. This new venture is keeping him pretty busy.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: I rest my case!
MOM: Oh, your dad's a little stressed, you know, about getting his new company up and running.
(Joy sighs. She falls back from the controls. Anger steps up to the console)
Anger: Now for a few well-placed withering scowls.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM)
Mom: I guess all I really want to say is, thank you.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Huh?
(Anger drops the controls)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM)
MOM: You know, through all this confusion you've stayed... (LAUGHS) Well, you've stayed our happy girl.
(Mom brushes Riley's cheek)
MOM: Your dad's under a lot of pressure, but if you and I can keep smiling, it would be a big help. We can do that for him, right?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy, smiling with renewed purpose, steps back to the console)
Joy: Whoa. Well.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM)
Riley: (smiles) Yeah, sure.
Mom: What did we do to deserve you? (kisses Riley) Sweet dreams.
RILEY: Good night.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Well, you can't argue with Mom. Happy it is.
Fear: Team Happy! Sounds great!
Disgust: Totally behind you, Joy.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM. Riley goes to sleep)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. The screen goes black)
Joy: Looks like we're going into REM. I got Dream Duty, so I'll take care of sending these to Long Term. Great day today, guys! Oh, sleep well, Team Happy!
(The team heads off to bed)
(Harp music plays)
Joy: All right, what's on tonight, Dream Production?
(ON THE SCREEN: a DREAM COMES UP)
(The family FLIES happily through the air in the car. They land in front of the house--)
Dad: Well, this is it. The new place.
(-- except it's haunted! Organ music. Ghosts howling. The dead mouse rises up into frame)
Mouse: Come live with me, Riley. (GRUNTS)
(The mouse falls over, dead. A bear enters, holding a pizza)
Pizza Bear: Somebody order a broccoli pizza?
(The pizza slices hop up and dance a jig)
Pizza Slice: Eat me! I'm organic!
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM. Riley frowns in her sleep)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: (SIGHS) No! Who is in charge of programming down there? I know I'm not supposed to do this, but...
(Joy ducks behind the console and REBOOTS it. The dream ends)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. Riley still looks troubled)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: We are not going to end the day like this.
(Joy has a thought. She recalls a memory)
(ON THE SCREEN: Riley ice skates with her parents)
(Joy watches, loving this kid. She shadows Riley, "skating" around headquarters)
Joy: Don't you worry. I'm gonna make sure that tomorrow is another great day. I promise.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. Riley SMILES in her sleep)
(INT. KITCHEN — MORNING. Riley excitedly snarfs down breakfast cereal)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS — MORNING. Joy plays the accordion around Headquarters. The others appear, looking grumpy. Joy yells over the noise)
Joy: Hello! Did I wake you?
ANGER: Do you have to play that?
Joy: Well, I have to practice. And I don't think of it as playing so much as hugging.
(She tosses aside the accordion and runs off)
Joy: Okay, first day of school! Very, very exciting. I was up late last night figuring out a new plan. Here it is! (to Fear) Fear. I need a list of all the possible negative outcomes on the first day at a new school.
Fear: Way ahead of you there. Does anyone know how to spell "meteor"?
Joy: Disgust. Make sure Riley stands out today. But also blends in.
Disgust: When I'm through, Riley will look so good, the other kids will look at their own outfits and barf.
Joy: (addressing herself) "Joy." "Yes Joy?" "You'll be in charge of the console, keeping Riley happy all day long. And may I add I love your dress? It's adorable. Oh, this old thing? Thank you so much. I love the way it twirls."
(TOOT TOOT! A TRAIN rushes by outside)
Joy: Train of Thought! Right on schedule.
(The engineer waves from the cab and drops off a large bag)
Joy: Anger. Unload the daydreams. I ordered extra in case things get slow in class.
Anger: Might come in handy. If this new school is full of boring, useless classes. Which it probably will be.
(Sadness walks by. Joy stops her)
Joy: Oh. Sadness. I have a super important job just for you.
Sadness: Really?
Joy: Mmm-hmm. Follow me.
(THE BACK OF THE ROOM. Joy draws a chalk circle on the floor around Sadness's feet)
Sadness: What are you doing?
Joy: (finishing the circle) And there. Perfect! This is circle of Sadness. Your job is make sure that all the Sadness stays inside of it.
Sadness: So you want me to just stand here?
Joy: Hey, it's not my place to tell you how to do your job. Just make sure (nudging Sadness' foot back
over the line) all the Sadness stays in the circle!
(Sadness stands there)
Joy: See? You're a pro at this! Isn't this fun?
Sadness: No.
Joy: (heading to the console) Atta girl. All right, everyone, fresh start. We are gonna to have a good day, which will turn into a good week, which will turn into a good year, which turns into a good life!
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — MORNING. Mom helps Riley on with her backpack. Dad is on the phone)
Mom: So, the big day! New school, new friends, huh?
Riley: I know! I'm kind of nervous, but I'm mostly excited. How do I look? Do you like my shirt?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy looks back at Family Island, working away)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — CONTINUOUS)
MOM: Very cute! Are you gonna be okay? You want us to walk with you?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust: Mom and Dad? With us in public? No thank you.
Joy: (operating console) Uh...I'm on it!
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE)
Riley: Nope! I'm fine. Bye Mom. Bye Dad.
Dad: (covering phone) Have a good day at school, monkey.
(All three make monkey sounds at each other)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Goofball Island works out the back window)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE. Riley giggles as she exits)
MOM: Have a great day, sweetheart!
(EXT. SCHOOL — MORNING. Riley walks up to her new school. New kids everywhere)
GIRL 1: That's crazy. It really is.
GIRL 2: That was so funny.
BOY: Do you know what basketball game is coming up?
(She hesitates)
FEAR: Are you sure we want to do this?
JOY: In we go!
FEAR: Okay! Going in! Yes!
(Riley perks up and walks in)
(INT. CLASSROOM — MORNING. Riley sits at her desk and looks at the other kids in class)
GIRL: Did you see her? Hello!
DISGUST: Okay, we've got a group of cool girls at two o'clock.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS — CONTINUOUS)
Joy: How do you know?
Disgust: Double ears pierced, infinity scarf.
(A group of makeup-wearing girls look back at Riley)
JOY: Whoa. Is she wearing eye shadow?
Disgust: Yeah, we want to be friends with them.
Joy: Let's go talk to them!
Disgust: Are you kidding? We're not talking to them. We want them to like us.
Joy: Oh. Yeah. (then) Wait, what?
Fear: (drops a giant stack of paper on the console) Almost finished with the potential disasters. Worst scenario is either quicksand, spontaneous combustion, or getting called on by the teacher. So as long as none of those happen...
(INT. CLASSROOM)
Teacher: Okay, everybody. We have a new student in class today.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: Are you kidding me? Out of the gate? This is not happening!
(INT. CLASSROOM)
Teacher: Riley would you like to tell us something about yourself?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: No! Pretend we can't speak English.
Joy: Don't worry. I got this.
(Joy pushes a lever)
(INT. CLASSROOM)
Riley: Uh... Okay. My name is Riley Andersen. I'm from Minnesota and now I live here.
TEACHER: And how about Minnesota? Can you tell us something about it? Well, you certainly get a lot more snow than we do.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: (LAUGHING) She's hilarious!
(She turns a lever)
(INT. CLASSROOM. Riley smiles, in spite of all the eyes on her)
Riley: Yeah, it gets pretty cold. The lake freezes over, and that's when we play hockey. I'm on a great team. We're called the Prairie Dogs. My friend Meg plays forward. And my dad's the coach. Pretty much everyone in my family skates.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy recalls a MEMORY: the family skating together)
(INT. CLASSROOM. Riley "watches" the memory, smiling)
Riley: It's a kind of family tradition. We go out on the lake almost every weekend.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy smiles. Then, mysteriously, the IMAGE TURNS BLUE)
(INT. CLASSROOM. Riley's smile fades, her brow furrows)
Riley: Or we did, till I moved away.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Confused, Joy looks around)
Disgust: Hey, what gives?
Fear: Wait, what?
(Joy spots Sadness, who is guiltily touching the memory)
Joy: Hey, Sadness! You touched a memory? We talked about this.
Sadness: Oh, yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
Joy: Get back in your circle. (trying to eject memory) (SIGHS) What's going on? Why won't it eject?
(She fiddles with the console, but the blue memory won't move)
Fear: Get it out of there, Joy!
(INT. CLASSROOM)
Riley: (SNIFFLING) We used to play tag and stuff.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust: Cool kids whispering at three o'clock!
(INT. CLASSROOM. The other kids whisper and stare)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
FEAR: Did you see that look?
JOY: Oh, no.
Fear: They're judging us!
(Joy tries pulling the memory. Anger, Fear and Disgust help)
JOY: Somebody help me! Grab that... Everybody put...
(They pull with all their might, but the memory's not budging)
(INT. CLASSROOM)
Riley: But everything's different now. Since we moved.
(TEARS stream down Riley's face)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: Oh, no! We're crying! At school!
(Joy turns to the console. SADNESS IS DRIVING)
Joy: What? Sadness! What are you doing?
(Joy finally yanks the memory out. She runs to the console and pulls Sadness away from the controls)
Sadness: Oh, no! Oh, I'm sorry!
(PING! A memory is created. BRIGHT BLUE)
JOY: Huh?
FEAR: (GASPS) It's a Core Memory!
Disgust: But it's blue!
(The bright blue core memory rolls through the memory shelf and STARTS TOWARDS THE CORE MEMORY HOLDER!)
Joy: No! Wait! Stop it! No! Ah! No!
(Joy leaps to the holder and pops it open, preventing the new blue core memory from going in. Joy grabs it)
(She pushes the end-of-day "memory flush" button. The tube comes down from the ceiling)
Sadness: Joy, no. (trying to take her memory back from Joy) That's a Core Memory!
Joy: Hey!
Sadness: Joy, wait!
Joy: Stop it! Let go!
(As they struggle, they bump into the Core Memory Holder, KNOCKING ALL OF THE CORE MEMORIES OUT onto the floor)
FEAR: Ah! The Core Memories!
(Out the window, the ISLANDS OF PERSONALITY GO DARK)
(INT. CLASSROOM. Riley, her face tear-stained, looks up)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Joy: (EXCLAIMS)
(Joy tosses the blue core memory aside to collect the yellow core memories)
(Sadness grabs the blue core memory and heads to the Core Memory Holder to plug it in. Joy lunges, knocking the blue core memory out of Sadness's hands. It's SUCKED UP the vacuum tube)
(Joy trips backward. In the chaos a yellow core memory rolls toward the tube)
Joy: No, no, no, no!
(She reaches to grab it and gets sucked up the tube herself, along with the other core memories -- and Sadness!)
(Fear, Anger and Disgust now stand alone in Headquarters. A stunned silence as the tube retracts)
(INT. CLASSROOM. Riley sits and wipes her tears)
TEACHER: Thank you, Riley. I know it can be tough moving to a new place, but we're happy to have you here. All right, everyone, get out your history books and turn to chapter seven.
(Riley hides behind her book)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Can I say that curse word now?
(INT. TUBE. Joy and Sadness scream as they rocket down the tube. Joy desperately tries to hold on to the core memories)
(The blue core memory is sorted to a side tube)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY CLIFF EDGE. Joy lands in a bin of memories. Sadness crashes next to her)
Joy: Oh. no! (gathering memories) One, two, three. Okay. I got them. Where are we?
(Joy takes in the shelving around her)
Joy: Long-Term Memory? Wait...
(Joy grabs the core memories and jumps out of the dumpster. She sees GOOFBALL ISLAND, silent and dark)
Joy: Goofball Island?
(Joy surveys the islands beyond. They're all dark)
SADNESS: Riley's Islands of Personality. They're all down! Oh! This is bad.
Joy: We... We can fix this! We just have to get back to Headquarters, plug the Core Memories in, and Riley will be back to normal.
(Joy and Sadness hurry towards headquarters)
Sadness: Riley has no Core Memories. No Personality Islands and no... (GASPS)
Joy: What? What is it?
Sadness: You. You're not in Headquarters. Without you, Riley can't be happy. We got to get you back up there.
Joy: I'm coming, Riley.
(They set off across the bridge to Goofball Island. We see the LIGHTLINE beyond it, leading towards Headquarters)
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE — EVENING. Riley and her parents eat dinner)
Mom: So, as it turns out, the green trash can is not recycling, it's for greens. Like compost. And eggshells.
Dad: (not really listening) Mmm.
Mom: And the blue one is recycling. And the black one is trash.
(Riley pushes food around on her plate)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust: Riley is acting so weird. Why is she acting so weird?
Anger: What do you expect? All the Islands are down.
Disgust: Joy would know what to do.
Fear: That's it. Until she gets back, we just do what Joy would do!
Disgust: Great idea. Anger, Fear, Disgust, how are we supposed to be happy?
MOM: Hey, Riley. I've got good news!
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE — CONTINUOUS)
Mom: I found a junior hockey league right here in San Francisco. And get this: Try-outs are tomorrow after school. What luck, right?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Hockey?
Disgust: Uh-oh. What do we do?
Fear: (STUTTERING) Guys, this is... You pretend to be Joy.
(Fear pushes Disgust forward. She steps up to drive)
(ON THE SCREEN:)
Mom: Won't it be great to be back out on the ice?
(INT. KITCHEN DINING TABLE)
Riley: (sarcastic) Oh, yeah, that sounds fantastic.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: What was that? That wasn't anything like Joy!
Disgust: Uh, because I'm not Joy.
Fear: Yeah, no kidding.
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE. Mom, taken aback, eyes Riley. Zoom in to Mom's head...)
(INT. MOM'S HEADQUARTERS)
Sadness (Mother): Did you guys pick up on that?
Mom's Emotions: Oh yeah/Definitely.
Disgust (Mother): Something's wrong.
Anger (Mother): Should we ask her?
Sadness (Mother): Let's probe. But keep it subtle, so she doesn't notice.
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Mom: So, how was the first day of school?
(INT. RILEY'S HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: She's probing us.
Disgust: I'm done. (to Fear) You pretend to be Joy.
Fear: What? Okay. Um, hmm.
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Riley: (nervous) It was fine, I guess. I don't know.
(INT. RILEY'S HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust: Oh. Very smooth. That was just like Joy.
(INT. MOM'S HEADQUARTERS)
Anger (Mother): Something is definitely going on.
Disgust (Mother): She's never acted like this before. What should we do?
Sadness (Mother): We're going to find out what's happening. But we'll need support. Signal the husband.
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE. Mom clears her throat at Dad. He doesn't notice. Zoom in to Dad's head...)
(INT. DAD'S HEADQUARTERS. All of Dad's emotions are watching a HOCKEY MATCH, cheering)
ANNOUNCER: With a nice pass over to Reeves, comes across... and nice!
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE. Again Mom stares, clears her throat. Dad looks up, clueless)
(INT. DAD'S HEADQUARTERS)
Anger (Father): Uh-oh. She's looking at us. (turns off the memory) Uh, what did she say?
Fear (Father): What? Oh! Sorry, sir. No one was listening.
Anger (Father): Is it garbage night? We left the toilet seat up? What? What is it, woman? What?
(INT. MOM'S HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust (Mother): (re: Dad on the screen) Ugh, he's making that stupid face again.
ANGER (MOTHER): I could strangle him right now.
Sadness (Mother): Signal him again.
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE. Mom raises her eyebrows and tilts her head towards Riley. Dad finally gets it)
Dad: Ah! So, Riley, how was school?
(INT. MOM'S HEADQUARTERS. Mom's Emotions give up)
Mom's Emotions: You gotta be kidding me!/He really needs to start paying attention./Is he paying attention at all?
Anger (Mother): For this we gave up that Brazilian helicopter pilot?
(INT. RILEY'S HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Move! I'll be Joy.
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Riley: (snarky) School was great, all right?
Mom: Riley. Is everything okay?
(Riley rolls her eyes)
(INT. DAD'S HEADQUARTERS)
Fear (Father): Sir, she just rolled her eyes at us.
Anger (Father): What is her deal? All right, make a show of force. I don't want to have to put "the foot" down.
Fear (Father): No, not the foot!
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Dad: Riley, I do not like this new attitude.
(INT. RILEY'S HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Oh, I'll show you attitude, old man.
Fear: No. No, no, no! Stay happy!
(Anger shoves him away and hits a button)
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Riley: What is your problem? Just leave me alone!
(INT. DAD'S HEADQUARTERS)
Fear (Father): Sir, reporting high levels of sass!
Anger (Father): Take it to DEFCON Two.
(Sirens begin to BLARE)
Fear (Father): You heard that, gentleman. DEFCON Two.
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Dad: Listen, young lady, I don't know where this disrespectful attitude came from...
(INT. RILEY'S HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: You want a piece of this, pops? Come and get it!
(Anger grasps two levers with all his might)
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Riley: Yeah, well... Well...
(INT. DAD'S HEADQUARTERS)
Anger (Father): Here it comes. Prepare the foot!
(Dad's Emotions uncover "Launch Station" buttons, insert keys)
Fear (Father): Keys to safety position. Ready to launch on your command, sir!
(INT. RILEY'S HEADQUARTERS. ANGER, flames and yell at full blast, pushes up the levers)
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Riley: Just shut up!
(Dad and Mom are shocked)
(INT. DAD'S HEADQUARTERS)
Anger (Father): Fire!
(INT. KITCHEN TABLE)
Dad: That's it! Go to your room! Now!
(Riley pushes away from the table and goes upstairs in a huff)
(INT. DAD'S HEADQUARTERS)
Fear (Father): The foot is down! The foot is down!
(They all CHEER)
Anger (Father): Good job, gentlemen. That could have been a disaster.
(INT. MOM'S HEADQUARTERS)
Sadness (Mother): Well, that was a disaster.
(Mom's Anger recalls a memory: the Brazilian helicopter pilot)
Brazilian Helicopter Pilot: Come fly with me, gatinha.
(They all SIGH)
(INT. HALLWAY — CONTINUOUS. Riley slams her bedroom door)
(EXT. MIND WORLD, LIGHTLINE. In the distance, Family Island RUMBLES)
(Joy and Sadness have made it across Goofball Island and must now walk across the thin lightline. Below is the darkness of the Memory Dump)
Sadness: We're gonna walk out there? On that?
JOY: It's the quickest way back.
Sadness: But it's right over the Memory Dump. If we fall, we'll be forgotten forever.
Joy: We have to do this for Riley. Just follow my footsteps.
Sadness: Oh, okay.
Joy: (stepping onto lightline) It's not that high. It's totally fine... Whoa...
(She loses her balance. Almost drops a memory over the side. Sadness steps out onto the lightline. They inch along)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — LATER. Dad knocks on Riley's door, peeks in)
Dad: Hey.
(Riley's in her sleeping bag. She doesn't answer)
Dad: So, uh, things got a little out of hand downstairs. Do you want to talk about it? (still no answer) Come on, where's my happy girl? Monkey. (he tries monkey noises) (IMITATING MONKEY GRUNTING)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: Oh, he's trying to start up Goofball.
(Fear looks at the empty Core Memory Holder, then out the window: GOOFBALL ISLAND is dark and silent)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM)
DAD: Come on! (tries more monkey noises)
(Riley looks at Dad, but TURNS AWAY)
(EXT. GOOFBALL ISLAND. Goofball Island crumbles and breaks)
(EXT. GOOFBALL ISLAND LIGHTLINE. Joy sees the lightline breaking ahead)
Joy: (GASPS) Ah! Go back! Run, run, run!
(They run back onto Goofball Island as the lightline crumbles)
(EXT. GOOFBALL ISLAND. Joy and Sadness frantically outrun collapsing debris)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY CLIFF EDGE. They leap across the buckling bridge, making it over to the cliff just in time to see Goofball Island fall into the dump)
Joy: What...
(Joy watches it sink)
(FLASH CUTS of Young Riley:
* Riley twirling until she falls over.
* The family jumping on a trampoline.
* Riley riding on Dad's shoulders, making silly faces with ice cream all over her face)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — CONTINUOUS)
Dad: I get it. You need some alone time. We'll talk later.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. The Emotions stare out the back window in disbelief)
DISGUST: We have a major problem.
FEAR: Oh, Joy, where are you?
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY CLIFF EDGE. Joy and Sadness stare down into the abyss)
SADNESS: We lost Goofball Island. That means she can lose Friendship and Hockey and Honesty and Family. You can fix this, right, Joy?
Joy: I, uh... I don't know. (Sadness sighs in despair) But we have to try. Okay, come on.
(The sky darkens)
Joy: Riley's gone to sleep. (more sighs from Sadness) Which is a good thing. When you think about it because nothing else bad can happen while she's asleep. We'll be back to Headquarters before she wakes up. We'll just go across Friendship Island.
(Shelves just out over the cliff edge, making Friendship Island inaccessible)
Sadness: Oh, we'll never make it. Oh, no!
Joy: No, no, no! Don't obsess over the weight of life's problems. Remember the funny movie where the dog dies?
(Sadness face plants)
Joy: Oh, Sadness, we don't have time for this.
(She looks to her side. Memory shelves wind into the distance. Joy heads off into the maze)
Joy: We'll just have to go around. Take the scenic route.
SADNESS: Wait, Joy, you could get lost in there!
Joy: Think positive!
SADNESS: Okay. I'm positive you will get lost in there. That's Long Term Memory. An endless warren of corridors and shelves. I read about it in the manuals.
(Joy stops. Sadness is right. But wait!)
Joy: The manuals? The manuals! You read the manuals!
Sadness: Yeah.
Joy: So you know the way back to Headquarters!
Sadness: I guess.
Joy: Ooh! (CHUCKLES EXCITEDLY) You are my map! Let's go! Lead on, my map! Show me where we're going!)
Sadness: Okay. Only I'm too sad to walk. Just give me a few...hours.
(Joy grabs Sadness' leg and DRAGS her into the shelves)
JOY: Which way? Left?
SADNESS: Right. (Joy turns right) No. I mean, go left. I said left was right. Like "correct."
JOY: Okay.
SADNESS: This actually feels kind of nice.
(Joy heads off into the COMPLICATED LABYRINTH ahead of them)
Joy: Okay, here we go! We'll be back to Headquarters before morning. We can do it! This will be easy! This is working!
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY — LATER. Joy, exhausted, drags Sadness through the maze of shelves)
Joy: This is not working. Are we getting close?
SADNESS: Yeah, just another right. And...a left and then another left and...
Joy: Are you sure you know where we're going? Because we seem to be walking away from Headquarters.
(The SKY BRIGHTENS. Day. And they're still lost)
Joy: Riley's awake.
(Joy drops a core memory. Sadness reaches to grab it)
Joy: (EXCLAIMS NERVOUSLY) Don't touch. Remember? If you touch them, they stay sad.
Sadness: Oh, sorry. I won't.
(Joy looks behind her. The bottom row of memories are BLUE)
Sadness: Starting now.
Joy: Oh, I can't take much more of this.
FORGETTER BOBBY: Forget them!
Joy: Mind workers!
(Joy runs off toward the voice)
Sadness: But, Joy, we're almost... (SIGHS)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY — LATER. Joy finds two workers vacuuming up memories from the shelves)
Forgetter Paula: Phone numbers. We don't need all of these. They're in her phone.
Forgetter Bobby: Just forget all of that. Please. Forget it!
Joy: Excuse me, hi. I need to find Friendship Island.
Forgetter Paula: (pointing to memories) Look at this. Four years of piano lessons.
FORGETTER BOBBY: Yeah, it looks pretty faded.
Forgetter Paula: You know what? Save Chopsticks and Heart and Soul, get rid of the rest.
(Zoop! The memories get vacuumed up)
Joy: Are you...
Forgetter Paula: US Presidents. What do you think?
Forgetter Bobby: Yeah, just keep Washington, Lincoln and the fat one.
Forgetter Paula: Forget 'em!
Joy: Hey! You can't throw those away! Those are perfectly good memories.
Forgetter Bobby: The names of every "Cutie Pie Princess" doll?
Joy: Yes! That is critical information! Glitterstorm, Honeypants, Officer Justice...
Forgetter Paula: Forget 'em!
(He vacuums up the memories behind Joy)
(EXT. CLIFFSIDE — CONTINUOUS. The memories shoot out a sewer pipe and fall into the darkness of the Memory Dump)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY — CONTINUOUS)
Joy: Hey! Bring those back!
Forgetter Paula: They're in the dump. Nothing comes back from the dump.
Forgetter Bobby: Yeah. Look, lady, this is our job, okay?
Forgetter Paula: When Riley doesn't care about a memory, it fades.
Joy: Fades?
Forgetter Paula: Happens to the best of them.
Forgetter Bobby: (pulls memory from a cart) Yeah, except for this bad boy. (LAUGHS) This one will never fade.
Gum Memory: ♪ TripleDent gum will make you smile ♪
Joy: (recognizing it) (GASPS) The song from the gum commercial?
Forgetter Bobby: (conspiratorial) You know, sometimes we send that one up to Headquarters for no reason.
Forgetter Paula: It just plays in Riley's head over and over again. Like a million times! Ha! Let's watch it again!
(She rewinds it and plays it again. They sing along)
Gum Memory: ♪ TripleDent gum ♪
Forgetter Bobby: TripleDent gum will make you smile! TripleDent gum! It lasts a while! TripleDent gum will help you, mister, to punch bad breath right in the kisser.
Joy: Yeah, I know. We all know the song. Okay. Yeah, real catchy. Okay.
Forgetter Bobby: (to Forgetter Paula) Hey, what do you think? Should we do it?
Forgetter Paula: Yeah!
Forgetter Bobby: Okay, here we go!
(He tips the gum memory into the inner workings of the shelf. FWOOM! It shoots up towards Headquarters)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS — CONTINUOUS. Fear, Anger and Disgust are having a peaceful morning. The memory drops into Headquarters, playing at full volume)
Gum Memory: ♪ TripleDent gum will make you smile! TripleDent gum! It lasts a while ♪
Anger: What the... This again?
(INT. LONG-TERM MEMORY. The Forgetters walk away, laughing and singing)
Joy: (following them) Wait! Do you know how to get to Friendship Island?
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — DAY. Riley, laptop on her stomach, hums the TripleDent gum song)
Meg: (O.S.) (on the computer) Do you like it there? Did you feel any earthquakes? Is the bridge cool?
Riley: Yeah, it's good. What happened with the playoffs?
Meg: We won the first game. Coach says we might actually go to the finals this year. Oh, and we've got this new girl on the team. She's so cool.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust: Uh, she did not just say that.
Fear: A new girl? Meg has a new friend already?
(Anger GROWLS)
Disgust: Hey, hey! Stay happy! We do not want to lose any more islands here, guys!
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM)
MEG: We can pass the puck to each other without even looking. It's like mind reading!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: You like to read minds, Meg? I got something for you to read, right here! (grabbing the controls)
Disgust: No, no, no, what are you doing?
Fear: Let's just be calm for one second! Ahhh!
(Anger snaps Fear's nose like a rubber band. Anger slams the controls forward like a lunatic)
Anger: GAAAAAA!!!!
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM)
MEG: I heard they have parrots...
Riley: I've got to go.
Meg: What?
Riley: I got to go!
(Riley slams down the computer and SCOWLS)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY. Joy follows the Forgetters, trying to get directions. They ignore her, singing the gum-commercial jingle)
Joy: Okay, could you just please tell me which way is...
(A horrible mechanical GROANING sound. Joy reacts)
Joy: Oh, no!
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY. Joy rounds a corner and sees Friendship Island crumbling)
Joy: Friendship Island!
(The FRIENDSHIP CORE MEMORY Joy holds fades. She runs forward)
Joy: What?
(She looks on in horror as Friendship Island falls)
Joy: Oh, not Friendship.
(Joy hugs the core memories. One of them is memory of young Riley and Meg walking together)
Sadness: Oh, Riley loved that one. And now it's gone. Goodbye, friendship. Hello, loneliness.
(Joy sees Hockey Island in the distance)
Joy: (trying to stay positive) We'll just have to go the long way.
(They turn to look back into the deep memory shelves)
Sadness: Yeah. The long, long, long, long way. I'm ready.
(Sadness lies down on the ground, offering her leg. Joy sighs. She doesn't want to do this again)
Joy: (pulling Sadness) There's gotta be a better way.
(Joy sees a strange figure up ahead, gathering memories)
BING BONG: Ooh! Look at you! You're a keeper!
Joy: Huh?
Bing Bong: I will take you, but not you. (beat) Oh, who am I kidding? I can't leave you!
Joy: Hello!
(The figure sees Joy -- and bolts)
Joy: Wait! Hey! Wait! Stop!
(Joy chases after him)
Joy: Oh, wait! Stop!
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY DEAD END. Joy rounds a corner to find the figure crouched on the ground, hiding his face in his hands like a three year old)
Joy: Excuse me.
Bing Bong: (jumping up; cornered) Ah! Uh, I was looking for, um... (grabs a memory) Diversion!
(He THROWS IT and makes a run for it)
JOY: What?
Bing Bong: Ha-ha! So long, sucker!
(He immediately crashes into a cart of memories)
BING BONG: Ow, I hurt all over.
Joy: Wait. I know you.
Bing Bong: No, you don't. I get that a lot. I look like a lot of people.
Joy: No, no, no, I do. (GASPS) Bing Bong! Riley's Imaginary Friend!
Bing Bong: You really do know me?
Joy: Well, of course! Riley loved playing with you! You two were best friends! Oh! You would know. We're trying to get back to Headquarters.
Bing Bong: Headquarters? You guys are from Headquarters?
Joy: (mock modesty) Well, yeah. I'm Joy. This is Sadness.
Bing Bong: You're Joy? The Joy?
JOY: Mmm-hmm.
Bing Bong: What the heck are you doing out here?
Joy: That's a good question. You want to answer that, Sadness?
Bing Bong: Wow. Without you, Riley won't ever be happy. We can't have that. We gotta get you back. I'll tell you what. Follow me!
Joy: Oh, thank you!
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY. Bing Bong leads them on through the memory shelves)
Joy: It is so great to see you again. I gotta tell you, I am such a huge fan of your work. Do you remember when you and Riley were in a band?
(FLASH CUTS of their adventures:
*Riley bangs on pots and pans, Bing Bong plays his trunk)
Joy: (V.O.) (LAUGHS) I went to all of your concerts.
BING BONG: Yeah, I blow a mean nose.
(*Bing Bong runs on ceiling, Riley chases after him)
JOY: Watching you play tag was such a treat.
BING BONG: Two-time world champ.
(*Riley and Bing Bong sit in her wagon ("rocket").)
JOY: Oh! And remember your rockets?
BING BONG: Of course! It runs on song power!
Joy: That's right! Your theme song! ♪ Who's your friend who likes to play?
Bing Bong: ♪ Bing Bong, Bing Bong
Joy: ♪ His rocket makes you yell "Hooray!"
BOTH: ♪ Bing Bong, Bing Bong
(Sadness eyes Bing Bong, who is a pink elephant made with a cat tail.
Sadness: What exactly are you supposed to be?
Bing Bong: You know, it's unclear. I'm mostly cotton candy. But shape-wise I'm part cat, part elephant, part dolphin.
Joy: Dolphin?
(Bing Bong does a spot-on dolphin impression)
Bing Bong: You got to remember, when Riley was three, animals were all the rage. The cow goes moo. The horse goes neigh. That's all people talked about back then.
Joy: Yeah. Yeah. I guess that's true. What are you doing out here?
Bing Bong: Well, there's not much call for imaginary friends lately. So, uh, I, you know, um... (SIGHS)
Joy: Hey, hey. Don't be sad. Tell you what. When I get back up to Headquarters, I'll make sure Riley remembers you.
Bing Bong: You will?
Joy: Of course! She'd love that.
Bing Bong: (LAUGHING) This is the greatest day of my life!
(He launches into a jig, but hurts himself and bursts into tears. Candy pours out of his tear ducts)
Joy: Oh, are you okay?
Sadness: Hey, what's going on?
Bing Bong: I cry candy. Try the caramel. It's delicious.
Joy: Ooh. (fumbles memories) Whoa!
Bing Bong: Ooh, here, use this. (offers his satchel)
Joy: Thanks!
Bing Bong: Whoa, hold on, wait a second.
(He empties out an impossible amount of stuff: tons of memories--)
Bing Bong: It always gets stuck at the bottom.
(-- a boot, an anchor, a cat... Joy and Sadness stare in amazement)
Bing Bong: Here. What? It's imaginary.
(Joy accepts the satchel and puts in the core memories)
Joy: Thanks. This will make it a lot easier to walk back to Headquarters.
Bing Bong: Walk? We're not walking. We're taking the Train of Thought!
(He points to the train speeding towards Headquarters)
JOY: The train, of course! That is so much faster! But how do we catch it?
Bing Bong: Well, it kind of goes all over the place, but there is a station in Imagination Land. I know a short cut. Come on, this way!
JOY: Oh, I am so glad we ran into you!
(A giant BUILDING blocks their progress. Bing Bong opens a door. It's dark inside)
Bing Bong: The station is right through here.
(The train station is visible through a door on the other side.
Bing Bong: After you.
Sadness: Joy.
Joy: What?
Sadness: I read about this place in the manual. We shouldn't go in there.
Joy: Bing Bong says it's the quickest way to Headquarters.
Sadness: No, but Joy, this is abstract thought.
Bing Bong: What are you talking about? I go in here all the time. It's a shortcut, you see?
(He points to a "Danger" sign above the door)
Bing Bong: D-A-N-G-E-R. Shortcut. I'll prove it to you. (he climbs in) Look at me. I'm closer to the station because I'm taking the shortcut.
Sadness: Let's go around. This way.
(She points: the building is huge -- it's a long way around)
BING BONG: Almost there!
(Joy looks back at Bing Bong. The station is right there)
Joy: (to Sadness) If you want to walk the long way, go for it. But Riley needs to be happy. I'm not missing that train. (walks in) Bing Bong knows what he's doing. He's part dolphin. They're very smart.
SADNESS: Well, I guess.
(She climbs in)
(EXT. SCHOOL LUNCH YARD — LUNCHTIME. Riley carries her lunch tray outside)
GIRL 1: What did you get?
GIRL 2: I don't know.
(The yard is full of chatty, happy kids, but Riley finds an empty bench and eats by herself)
(EXT. ABSTRACT THOUGHT BUILDING — HATCH DOOR — MOMENTS LATER. Two Mind Workers approach the same door our trio entered)
Abstract Worker #1: Okay, what abstract concept are we trying to comprehend today?
Abstract Worker #2: (checking a clipboard) Um... Loneliness.
Abstract Worker #1: Hmm. Looks like there's something in there. I'm going to turn it on for a minute and burn out the gunk.
(She closes the door)
(INT. ABSTRACT THOUGHT BUILDING)
BING BONG: What did I tell you? You'll be at Headquarters in no time.
(BAM! The door closes behind them. The LIGHTS GO ON)
SADNESS: Whoa!
BING BONG: Say, would you look at that?
(Around them, strange SHAPES float into space)
Joy: Whoa! What's happening?
Sadness: Oh, no, they turned it on.
Bing Bong: Huh. Never seen this before.
(Bing Bong's head turns into a Picasso-like form. Joy and Sadness scream as they become Cubist versions of themselves)
Bing Bong: My face! My beautiful face! Oh!
Joy: What is going on?
Sadness: We're abstracting! There are four stages. This is the first: Non-objective Fragmentation!
Bing Bong: All right, do not panic. What is important is that we all stay together.
(His arm falls off)
Joy: (EXCLAIMS)
(Joy's head falls off. Sadness' leg goes. She topples)
Sadness: We're in the second stage. We're deconstructing!
Bing Bong: Run! Ah!
(Bing Bing falls into pieces)
Bing Bong: I can't feel my legs! (his disassembled arm finds them) Oh, there they are.
Joy: Come here, me!
(They gather their pieces as they rush to the exit)
Sadness: We've got to get out of here (YELLS IN PAIN) before we're nothing but shape and color! Ow! We'll get stuck here forever!
Joy: Stuck? Why did we come in here?
Bing Bong: I told you, it's a shortcut!
Joy: (GASPS) The train!
(Though the window, the TRAIN OF THOUGHT pulls in)
(POP! They change into FLAT COLOR VERSIONS of themselves)
SADNESS: Oh, no. We're two-dimensional! That's stage three!
Joy: We're getting nowhere!
Bing Bong: Depth! I'm lacking depth!
(It's hard to move. They struggle towards the window)
Joy: Come on.
(Sadness and Bing Bong follow and try to squeeze through. But because of the broken perspective, they are now all HUGE compared to the door)
Joy: We can't fit.
(POP! They abstract into ABSTRACT COLORED BLOBS)
SADNESS: Oh, no, we're Nonfigurative. This is the last stage!
BING BONG: We're not going to make it!
(Sadness slumps to the ground... and becomes a line!)
SADNESS: Wait! We're two dimensional. Fall on your face! (crawls like an inchworm)
Joy: Oh!
(They follow Sadness and inch safely out the window)
(EXT. ABSTRACT THOUGHT BUILDING. The three lines land outside just as the train pulls out. They get up to go, but as lines they can barely move)
(POP! Joy goes from non-representational to two-dimensional. She falls down flat as the train speeds off)
JOY: Stop! Stop!
(POP! The three transform back to normal)
Joy: Oh, no! (to Bing Bong) I thought you said that was a shortcut.
Bing Bong: I did, but wow, we should not have gone in there. That was dangerous! They really should put up a sign.
Joy: How long until the next train?
Bing Bong: Who knows? But don't worry. There's another station. That way. (points O.S.) The train always stops there. Right before it goes to Headquarters. If we hurry, we can catch it.
Joy: This isn't another one of your short cuts, is it?
Bing Bong: (laughing exuberantly) (LAUGHING) Yeah!
(Joy skeptically watches him head off)
Joy: (to Sadness) (WHISPERING) Is there really another station?
Sadness: Uh-huh. Through there.
(Bing Bong leads them towards the impressive gates of...)
BING BONG: Welcome to Imagination Land!
(INT. IMAGINATION LAND — CONTINUOUS)
Joy: (GASPS) Imagination Land?
BING BONG: Sure! I come here all the time. I'm practically the mayor. Hey, you guys hungry? There's French Fry Forest! (starts eating) Mmm! Delicious.
(Joy is loving this)
Joy: No way! (LAUGHING)
BING BONG: Check it out! Trophy Town! Medals! Ribbons! Everyone's a winner!
(Bing Bong kicks a soccer ball into a giant goal and workers appear out of nowhere to shower him with awards)
Bing Bong: I won first place!
(Workers give Joy a medal and Sadness a ribbon)
Joy: Me too!
Sadness: Oh, participation award.
Joy: Wait, is that... Sadness, look, it's Cloud Town! (GASPS) That is my favorite!
(Joy rips off a chunk of cloud and floats up into the air)
Joy: (WHOOPING) Oh, it's so soft!
(Joy jumps down and runs off)
Bing Bong: Oh! Let me try.
(Bing Bong rips off some cloud. A CLOUD MAN emerges from the house, angry)
Cloud Man: Hey! What's the big idea? You better fix that wall, or else you're in big troub...
(POOF! Bing Bong blows the Cloud Man away and walks off nervously)
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND, LAVA DAYDREAM. Joy and Bing Bong gleefully jump between couch cushions)
Joy: Oh, no! Lava! Whoo! Oh! Whawhoooo!
Bing Bong: Whawhoooo! Imagination Land is the best!
(Sadness tries to jump to a rock, barely makes it)
Sadness: Oh, is it all going to be so interactive?
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND, HOUSE OF CARDS)
Bing Bong: Hey, look! The House of Cards! Oh, wait. Hang on just a minute.
(From a nearby garage made of cards, Bing Bong pulls a wagon)
JOY: (GASPS) Your rocket!
Bing Bong: Yeah. I stashed it in there for safekeeping, and now I'm all set to take Riley to the moon!
(He gestures proudly -- accidentally knocking over the house)
Bing Bong: Oh, I'm sorry.
House of Cards Worker: Great.
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND)
Joy: Oh, I love Imagination Land.
Bing Bong: Isn't it great? And there's always something new, like...
(A giant machine. A conveyer belt reveals a handsome teenager)
BING BONG: Who the heck is that?
Boyfriend Generator Worker: Imaginary boyfriend.
Imaginary Boyfriend: I would die for Riley.
(Joy grimaces)
Bing Bong: Oh, I've never seen him before.
Imaginary Boyfriend: I live in Canada.
Bing Bong: Anyway, this way. Through Preschool World! We're nearly to the train!
Joy: Riley, here we come! Whoo-hoo!
(EXT. HOCKEY RINK — FOOT OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE — SUNSET)
(INT. HOCKEY RINK — BLEACHERS — CONTINUOUS. Mom and Riley sit on the bleachers)
Mom: This should be fun! New team, new friends. These kids look pretty good, considering they're from San Francisco. Heh heh!
COACH: Okay, Andersen, you're up!
Riley: Got to go.
(Riley heads onto the ice)
Mom: Okay. Good luck, sweetie!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust: Luck isn't gonna help us now. If she tries to use Hockey Island, it's going down.
Fear: Which is why I've recalled every hockey memory I can think of.
(The Emotions are standing ankle deep in memories)
Fear: One of these has got to work in place of the Core Memory.
(O.S. Hockey whistle)
Anger: She's about to play!
Disgust: Hurry!
(Fear loads a memory into the core holder)
(INT. HOCKEY RINK. Riley skates onto the ice)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Out the window, Hockey Island lights up feebly)
Fear: Ha-ha! We did it gang! It's working!
(BOOM! The Core Memory Holder ejects a memory, slamming Anger in the face. Hockey Island shakes. Fear SHRIEKS)
(INT. HOCKEY RINK. Riley struggles to dribble the puck)
COACH: Line change! Line change! Change it up! Change it up!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Fear frantically loads memories into the Holder, which spits them out like dodge balls. Disgust and Anger run for cover)
(The Holder spins furiously, flinging Fear against the window. Memories pelt him)
DISGUST: It's like we don't learn anything.
(INT. HOCKEY RINK)
RILEY: Come on!
COACH: Let's pick it up out there!
GIRL: Pass! Shoot it! Shoot it!
(Riley attempts to slap the puck, misses, and TRIPS)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: That's it!
Fear: No, no, no! Breathe! Find your happy place. (CHOKES)
(Anger grabs Fear by the neck and ricochets him off the console, then furiously takes the controls)
(INT. HOCKEY RINK. Riley angrily throws her stick to the ice and skates off. The other players stop and watch)
GIRL: What's her problem?
(INT. HOCKEY RINK — BLEACHERS — CONTINUOUS. Mom stands up, concerned)
(Riley heads to the stands and removes her skates)
Mom: Riley, what's wrong?
Riley: Let's go.
MOM: You're not going to finish tryouts?
Riley: What's the point?
Mom: Hey. It'll be all right. Let's just go back...
Riley: Stop saying everything will be all right!
(Riley stomps towards the exit. She looks back at the rink. All the players cheer and high five)
COACH: Nice hustle, ladies!
(Riley turns away from the rink and walks out)
(INT. IMAGINATION LAND, PRESCHOOL WORLD ENTRANCE. Boom! Joy turns around and watches Hockey Island crumble)
Joy: Hockey? Oh no, no, she loves hockey. She can't give up hockey.
(Joy pulls out the HOCKEY CORE MEMORY: Riley's first goal)
DAD: Hey! Look at that! Very nice shot!
MOM: Hey!
(INT. IMAGINATION LAND, PRESCHOOL WORLD)
Joy: Bing Bong, we have to get to that station.
Bing Bong: Sure thing. This way, just past Graham Cracker Castle. Hey. That's weird. Graham Cracker Castle used to be right here. I wonder why they moved it?
(He walks on, concerned, LEAVING HIS WAGON BEHIND HIM)
BING BONG: Wow, that's not... I would have sworn Sparkle Pony Mountain was right here. Hey, what's going on?
Joy: Yeah, yeah... I don't know... We'll have to come back.
Bing Bong: (GASPS) Princess Dream World!
(A wrecking ball hits a pink castle. Glitter dust plumes)
Bing Bong: Oh, no! The stuffed Animal Hall of Fame!
(RIIIP! The head of a bear comes off. Too late, Bing Bong notices some construction workers CARRYING AWAY HIS ROCKET)
Bing Bong: (GASPS) My rocket! (running after them) Wait! Riley and I, we're still using that rocket! It still has some song power left! ♪ Who's your friend who likes to play? ♪
(THE ROCKET RESPONDS weakly, propelling it forward. The workers toss it onto a junk pile. A bulldozer pushes the pile towards the CLIFF EDGE)
Bing Bong: No! No, no, no! No, you can't take my rocket to the dump! Riley and I are going to the moon! Oh!
(Over it goes, into the darkness)
Bing Bong: (BING BONG WHIMPERING) Riley can't be done with me.
(Bing Bong sits, stunned. Joy approaches gingerly)
Joy: Hey, it's going to be okay! We can fix this! We just need to get back to Headquarters. Which way to the train station?
Bing Bong: (still stunned) I had a whole trip planned for us.
(Joy tries another tactic)
Joy: (GASPS) Hey, who's ticklish, huh? Here comes the tickle monster!
(No response)
Joy: Hey, Bing Bong! Look at this! (MAKING FUNNY SOUNDS)
(She makes a silly face. Nothing)
Joy: Oh! Here's a fun game! You point to the train station and we all go there! Won't that be fun? Come on, let's go to the train station!
(Joy walks off, attempting to lead)
Sadness: (sits beside Bing Bong) I'm sorry they took your rocket. They took something that you loved. It's gone. Forever.
Joy: Sadness. Don't make him feel worse.
Sadness: Sorry.
Bing Bong: It's all I had left of Riley.
Sadness: I bet you and Riley had great adventures.
Bing Bong: Oh, they were wonderful. Once we flew back in time. We had breakfast twice that day.
Joy: Sadness...
Sadness: It sounds amazing. I bet Riley liked it.
Bing Bong: (SNIFFLING) Oh, she did. We were best friends.
Sadness: Yeah. It's sad.
(Bing Bong puts his head on Sadness' shoulder and CRIES. Sadness keeps her arm around him until he's done)
Bing Bong: I'm okay now. (stands) Come on. The train station is this way.
(He walks off. Joy and Sadness follow)
Joy: How did you do that?
Sadness: I don't know. He was sad. So I listened to what...
Bing Bong: (O.S.) Hey! There's the train!
(INT. TRAIN CAR — DAY. Our trio climb aboard just as the train moves)
Joy: Oh! We made it! We're finally going to get home!
(Twirling, she knocks over two boxes labeled "FACTS" and "OPINIONS." Small objects spill out of both)
Joy: Oh, no! These Facts and Opinions look so similar.
(He dumps them into the "FACTS" box)
Bing Bong: Oh, don't worry about it. Happens all the time.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. Riley drops her gear and throws herself on her sleeping bag)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust: On a scale of one to ten, I give this day an F.
Anger: Well why don't we quit standing around and do something?
Disgust: Like what, genius?
(Fear enters with a suitcase)
Fear: Like quitting. That's what I'm doing.
(He stomps on the recall button)
Fear: Sure it's the coward's way out. But this coward is gonna survive.
(The tube drops over him, but pummels Fear with dozens of memories. The tube shuts off and retracts. Fear drops to the floor in pain)
DISGUST: Emotions can't quit, genius!
(Fear spits up a memory)
Disgust: Ugh! I thought we were supposed to be keeping Riley happy.
Anger: Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
(Anger runs to the back and rummages through the ideas)
Anger: Aha! (LAUGHING)
Fear: What is it?
Anger: (holds up the lightbulb) Oh, nothing. Just the best idea ever.
Disgust: What?
Anger: All the good Core Memories were made in Minnesota. Ergo, we go back to Minnesota and make more. Ta-da!
FEAR: Wait, wait, wait. You're saying we run away?
Anger: Well, I wouldn't call it that. I'd call it, the Happy Core Memory Development program.
Fear: You can't be serious.
Anger: Hey! Our life was perfect until Mom and Dad decided to move to San Fran Stinktown.
Fear: (STAMMERING) I mean, it's just so drastic!
Anger: Need I remind you of how great things were there? Our room? Our back yard? Our friends?
(He punches up a memory. It plays on the screen)
Gum Memory: ♪ TripleDent gum will make you smile TripleDent gum! It lasts ♪
Anger: Did I ask for the gum commercial? (he ejects the memory) Anyway, it was better, that's my point.
Disgust: (considering) Yeah, Riley was happier in Minnesota.
Fear: Wait. Hold on. Shouldn't we just sleep on this or something?
Anger: Fine. (CHUCKLES) Let's sleep on it. Because, hey, I'm sure jolly fun-filled times are just around the corner.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. Riley goes to sleep)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY CLIFFS. The train slows to a stop)
Joy: Huh?
(The engineer and his assistant hop off the engine)
Joy: Hey hey! Why aren't we moving?
Train Engineer: Riley's gone to sleep. We're all on break.
Sadness: You mean we're stuck here until morning?
Bing Bong: Yeah, the Train of Thought doesn't run while she's asleep.
Joy: Oh, we can't wait that long.
Sadness: How about we wake her up?
Joy: Sadness, that's ridiculous! How could we possibly... (GASPS)
(She follows Sadness' gaze and spots DREAM PRODUCTIONS)
JOY: How about we wake her up?
Sadness: Great idea, Joy.
Joy: Thanks. Come on!
(EXT. DREAM PRODUCTIONS — NIGHT. Pan down from the DREAM PRODUCTIONS GATE: a busy backlot.
Joy: Whoa! This place is huge!
Sadness: Yeah, it looks so much smaller than I expected.
(They walk past dream "movie posters.")
Bing Bong: Whoa! I Can Fly? I love that one!
(Joy spots a Unicorn sitting in a director's chair)
Joy: (GASPS) Rainbow Unicorn! She's right there!
(Joy tries to play it cool as they walk past)
Sadness: My friend says you're famous. She wants your autograph.
Joy: No, no, Sadness, don't bother Miss Unicorn, okay? (to unicorn) Sorry, she's from out of town. That was so embarrassing, right?
(She pushes Sadness away. Joy pops back in)
Joy: I loved you in Fairy Dream Adventure Part 7. Okay, bye. I love you!
(They reach STAGE B. A sign below a red flashing light reads, "DO NOT ENTER WHEN LIGHT FLASHING.")
Bing Bong: Huh. Wonder what that means. Oh well, let's go in.
(They enter)
(INT. STAGE B — BUSTLING SOUND STAGE. Workers scramble to get ready for the production. A Director distributes scripts)
DIRECTOR: Set up the classroom set! Today's memories are in! We've got a lot to work with here. Riley dumped her best friend, had a miserable day at school, and quit hockey. The writers have put together a killer script!
(INT. STAGE B — COSTUME AREA. Joy cringes at the news as the three hide behind costumes)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Fear enters drinking tea)
Fear: (grumbling to self) Just because Joy and Sadness are gone, I have to do stupid dream duty. (GRUMBLING)
(INT. STAGE B — COSTUME AREA. Joy, Sadness and Bing Bong watch from behind boxes)
Joy: Okay. How are we gonna wake her up?
Sadness: Well, she wakes up sometimes when she has a scary dream. We could scare her.
Joy: Scare her? No, she's been through enough already.
Sadness: But, Joy...
Joy: Sadness you may know your way around down here, but I know Riley. We're gonna make her so happy, she'll wake up with exhilaration. We'll excite her awake!
Sadness: That's never happened before.
(Joy spots a nearby dog costume and tosses it to Sadness)
Joy: (GASPS) Ooh! Riley loves dogs. Put this on.
Sadness: I don't think that'll work.
Joy: Bing Bong.
BING BONG: Yeah?
(She gives him the satchel containing the CORE MEMORIES)
Joy: Don't let anything happen to these.
Bing Bong: Got it.
(INT. STAGE B — STAGE AREA, CLASSROOM SET. DREAM DIRECTOR checks the monitor.
Director: Mmm-hmm. Add the reality distortion filter.
(A WORKER slips a filter over the camera lens, transforming the MIND WORKERS into replicates of Riley's classmates)
Director: Love it. (to actors) Remember, play to the camera, everyone! Riley is the camera! Makeup, get out of there, we are on in five , four, three...
(A UNION HARP PLAYER strums: the dream is starting)
(From the camera's POV: the classroom set. STUDENTS at desks. An EXTRA playing Riley's teacher reads cue cards badly.
Extra: Hello, class. Before we begin today's pop quiz,
(INT. HEADQUARTERS — CONTINUOUS)
Fear: Man, she is one bad actress.
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET. The CUE CARD GUY flips over the next card)
Extra: which counts for 90% of your final grade. I want to introduce our new student. Riley. Would you like to stand up and introduce yourself?
Director: Camera.
(The camera adjusts as if Riley is standing)
Director: And cue Riley.
(A CREW MEMBER clears his throat and reads into a megaphone)
RILEY'S VOICE: My name is Riley Andersen. I'm from Minnesota and now I live here.
(A STUDENT points to the camera)
Dream Student #1: Ew, look! Her teeth are falling out!
(A crew member drops handfuls of teeth in front of the camera)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: (dismissive) Teeth falling out. (SPITS) Yeah, I'm used to that one. Let me guess, we have no pants on.
(ON THE SCREEN:)
Dream Student #2: Hey look! She came to school with no pants on!
(The camera adjusts down to reveal Riley's bare legs. Riley's hands try to block them)
FEAR: Called it!
(INT. STAGE B — BACKSTAGE. Joy and Sadness are in the dog costume, waiting to go on)
Joy: Ready?
Sadness: I don't think this happy thing is going to work. But if we scare her...
Joy: Just follow my lead. Here we go.
(Joy yanks Sadness onto the set)
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET. They run around in playful circles. Joy makes puppy noises)
Director: (flipping through script) Who is that?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: Uh, what's going on?
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET. Joy and Sadness run around, Joy licking students and barking. Through the reality distortion they look like a happy puppy)
(Joy looks at the sleep indicator: Riley is still asleep)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — CONTINUOUS. Riley is sound sleep)
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET)
Joy: (to Bing Bong) Psst! You're on! Go!
(Bing Bong pulls a rope. Balloons drop! A colorful backdrop!)
Joy: Whoo! Let's party! Let's dance! Woo!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: Hey, a party.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM. Riley is still sound asleep)
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET. On stage, Joy and Sadness run in circles, barking)
Sadness: Joy, this isn't working.
(Bing Bong knocks over a light,)
BING BONG: Huh!
(causing spooky uplighting. Sadness tries to stop. The dog costume RIPS IN HALF)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Fear does a spit take. On screen, a real dog is in two pieces)
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET. Joy runs after Sadness)
Joy: Huh? Sadness, what are you doing? Come back here!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. On screen, the front half of a dog chases the rear half)
Fear: It's just a dream, it's just a dream, it's just a dream.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM. Riley stirs in her sleep)
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET)
Director: They're trying to wake her up. Call security!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Bing Bong appears on screen)
Bing Bong: Hi, Riley, it's me!
Fear: Bing Bong?
Bing Bong: ♪ Who's you friend who likes to play? Bing Bong, Bing Bong! ♪
JOY: Sadness, stop! It was working!
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET. Bing Bong slips, tipping over the set wall)
BING BONG: Ow.
Joy: Sadness! You are ruining this dream! You're scaring her!
Sadness: But look, it's working!
(The SLEEP INDICATOR is starting to tip. Joy's eyes widen)
Joy: Whoa.
(But before she can do anything, Security enters)
Director: (to Security) They are not part of this dream. Get them!
(Sadness pulls Joy out of harms way as guards GRAB Bing Bong)
SECURITY: Stop right there!
BING BONG: Ow!
Director: (to camera operator) Pan away! Pan away!
(The camera pans away to Rainbow Unicorn making off with a giant cupcake platter from the craft services table)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: Boo! Pick a plot line!
(INT. STAGE B — CLASSROOM SET. Joy and Sadness watch as guards haul off Bing Bong)
Bing Bong: Ow! Careful!
GUARD: Hold still!
BING BONG: You can't do this! I know people in Headquarters!
(EXT. STAGE B. Joy and Sadness exit Stage B)
BING BONG: Ow! Cut that out! Ow! Please! Do you like candy? You look hungry. I can get you candy! Oh no!
(Joy and Sadness watch Bing Bong being dragged far off to the dark, menacing entry of SUBCONSCIOUS)
JOY: No, no. No no! There go the Core Memories!
(The door opens. SPOOKY LIGHT spills out)
BING BONG: I can't go in there! I'm scared of the dark! Please!
(He's thrown in and the door SLAMS SHUT)
Joy: Oh, come on.
(Joy and Sadness head after him, down the long stairway)
(EXT. SUBCONSCIOUS STAIRS)
JOY: What is this place?
SADNESS: The Subconscious. (hushed tone) It's where they take all the troublemakers.
(EXT. SUBCONSCIOUS GATE. Joy and Sadness hide. TWO CLUELESS GUARDS block the gate)
Dave: My hat feels loose.
Joy: How to get in?
FRANK: Let me see.
(Sadness has an idea)
(EXT. SUBCONSCIOUS GATE. Sadness leads Joy around and behind the guards)
DAVE: You got my hat? Or, is that your hat?
FRANK: Yeah, it's my hat.
DAVE: You sure? I don't know, look in the label.
Frank: Yeah, it says, "My Hat."
Dave: Wait, it says, "My Hat"?
Frank: My hat, it says.
Dave: That's what I wrote in my hat.
Frank: What are you talking about?
Dave: You've got my hat on.
Frank: Okay, but it's my handwriting.
(Sadness loudly SHAKES the door)
Dave: Hey! You!
Sadness: Oh! You caught us! Heh.
FRANK: Get back in there! No escaping!
(The guards shove them through and slam the door)
(INT. SUBCONSCIOUS CAVE. Joy gives Sadness an approving nod: nice work. They head forward. This place is spooky)
Sadness: I don't like it here. It's where they keep Riley's darkest fears.
(Joy spots a dark shape ahead:)
Joy: (GASPS) It's broccoli!
(Behind them:)
SADNESS: The stairs to the basement!
(They SCAMPER AWAY like frightened mice)
JOY: Grandma's vacuum cleaner!
(The vacuum gives chase. Joy and Sadness lose it and hide behind a rock)
Joy: (catching her breath) Okay, come on.
(Sadness makes a loud CRINKLING NOISE with each step)
Joy: Would you walk quieter?
Sadness: I'm trying.
Joy: What is going... (looking down) Candy wrappers? (GASPS)
(They follow a trail of candy wrappers into the cave to find--)
(INT. SUBCONSCIOUS CAVE, CLOWN LAIR. --a crying Bing Bong in a balloon cage, atop a large mound)
JOY: Bing Bong!
Bing Bong: Joy?
Joy: There you are.
Bing Bong: (points) Shhh!
(They are standing in front of a giant SLEEPING CLOWN)
Joy: (terrified) It's Jangles.
Jangles: (talking in his sleep) Who's the birthday girl? Who's the birthday girl?
(They gingerly approach Jangles. Joy climbs up to Bing Bong)
Joy: Do you have the Core Memories?
Bing Bong: Yeah.
(He gives her the satchel. Joy holds them close)
Bing Bong: All he cared about was the candy!
(Joy helps Bing Bong squeeze through, but the balloon-bars make loud twisting noises. Jangles stirs. Joy freezes. She stretches them further...)
(Success! Joy and Bing Bong hurry down and the trio rush away)
Bing Bong: We're out of here! Let's get to that train!
Joy: Wait! The train's not running. We still have to wake up Riley.
Sadness: But how?
(Joy and Sadness look back at the clown.
Bing Bong: Oh, no!
(Together, Joy and Sadness approach Jangles and HONK HIS NOSE. His eyes open. He stands. He's HUGE, towering over them)
Joy: (loudly) Hey, Sadness. (STAMMERING) Did you hear about the pa-pa-party that were having?
Sadness: Oh, yeah. Oh, yes, Joy. (STUTTERING) Isn't it a birthday party?
Jangles: Did you say birthday? (LAUGHS)
Joy: And there's going to be cake and presents.
Sadness: And games and balloons...
Jangles: (pulls out a giant mallet) A birthday?
Joy: Okay. Follow us!
(All three run towards the gate, followed by the giant clown!)
Joy: Nothing like a good scare to wake you up, right?
(EXT. SUBCONSCIOUS GATE — CONTINUOUS. The guards inspect each others' hats)
Frank: Okay, but it's my handwriting.
Dave: No, it isn't. That's my... I wrote that.
Frank: No, but this one's my handwriting.
(BASH! Jangles' mallet smashes through, laughing maniacally. Our trio run up the stairs, Jangles close behind)
(INT. DREAM PRODUCTIONS — STAGE B — MOMENTS LATER. The UNICORN DREAM is mid-production: a Glitter Dance Party, rainbows and sparkles aplenty. The crew is bored)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Fear is practically asleep)
(INT. STAGE B. The set begins to shake. BLAAAM! Jangles crashes in)
Jangles: Who's the birthday girl?
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Fear SHRIEKS, bashes a button and passes out)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. Riley bolts upright in bed)
(INT. STAGE B. The meter reads "AWAKE." Joy and Sadness do a happy dance)
Bing Bong: Come on, let's go!
(They bolt, leaving Jangles gleefully demolishing the sets)
(EXT. TRAIN STATION — MOMENTS LATER. Our trio leap aboard just as the train picks up speed)
JOY: Ha-ha! We made it!
Sadness: Whoo-hoo! Ha ha!
Joy: Guess who's on their way to Headquarters?
SADNESS: We are!
BING BONG: Whoo-hoo!
JOY: Whoo!
(Joy grabs Sadness and picks her up in celebration)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. Riley sitting up in bed after being scared awake)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS — MORNING. Anger and Disgust come out looking tired, rumpled...)
Disgust: What is going on?
Anger: He did it again!
Fear: (huddled on the floor) We were at school, and we were naked, and there was a dog, and his back half was chasing him and then we saw Bing Bong!
Anger: You idiot! It was a dream! This is ridiculous! We can't even get a good night's sleep anymore. Time to take action.
(He goes and gets the Idea Bulb he held up earlier)
Anger: Stupid Mom and Dad. If they hadn't moved us, none of this would've happened. Who's with me?
(Fear stammers nervously)
Fear: (STUTTERING) Um... No no no no no.
(Anger looks to Disgust)
Disgust: (SIGHS) Yeah. Let's do it.
(Anger plugs the Idea Bulb in)
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. Riley gets the idea. She takes out her computer)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
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!
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. On her laptop, Riley pulls up the Transway Bus Lines website)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
ANGER: There's a bus leaving tomorrow. Perfect!
Disgust: A ticket costs money. How do we get money?
Anger: Mom's purse.
Disgust: (GASPS) 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)
Gum Memory: (O.S.) ♪ TripleDent gum will ♪
Anger: No! (slams his fist, canceling the memory) It's downstairs somewhere. Mom and Dad got us into this mess. They can pay to get us out.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — NIGHT. Riley's face grows angry)
(EXT. MIND WORLD — MORNING. 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 turns to sit on a crate inside the train)
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 looks at a memory)
Bing Bong: Whoa. Is this Riley?
(A RECENT MEMORY: Riley hoisted in the air by her teammates)
Bing Bong: She's so big now. She won't fit in my rocket. How are 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. Oh, 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.
(Joy's smile fades)
Sadness: Sorry. I went sad again, didn't I?
Joy: I'll tell you what. We can keep working on that when we get back. Okay?
Sadness: Okay.
(Joy puts the memory in the satchel)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — NIGHT. Riley sneaks down the stairs. Mom is on the phone in the kitchen with her back to Riley)
MOM: But I just don't understand. (on phone) Why did our moving van even go to Texas?
(Riley spots Mom's purse on the table)
Mom: Multiple customers?
(Riley opens the purse)
Mom: Well, we were promised delivery on the fifth. Uh-huh.
(Riley takes out Mom's credit card. She pauses. Is she really doing this? Suddenly Mom turns. Riley panics)
(Mom looks up. Empty room)
Mom: (still on phone) Excuse me, isn't there any way that you can rush it?
(Riley slips off with the credit card)
(EXT. MIND WORLD — CONTINUOUS. The train passes crumbling HONESTY ISLAND)
JOY: Honesty Island?
(INT. TRAIN CAR. Honesty Island crashes into the train tracks)
(Joy, Sadness and Bing Bong scream)
(Workers below see the train falling towards them)
Worker #1: (GASPS) 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?
Worker #1: Haven't you heard? Riley's running away.
Joy: What?
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — MORNING. Riley packs her clothes when her expression changes to worry)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Fear is driving)
FEAR: Wait, wait, hang on, guys. Are we really doing this? I mean, this is serious.
(Anger pushes Fear aside and works the console)
Anger: (O.S.) Look. We have no Core Memories. You want Riley to be happy? Let's get back to Minnesota and make more.
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM. Riley's worried face goes angry. She packs and exits)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY CLIFFS)
Sadness: Joy, if we hurry, we can still stop her. (points)
Joy: Family Island. Let's go!
(The trio run along the cliff edge towards the last island)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — STAIRWAY — DAY. Riley walks downstairs)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY CLIFFS. Family Island shakes and crumbles)
Sadness: (GASPS) Joy! Joy! It's too dangerous! We won't make it in time.
Joy: But that's our only way back!
(The rumbling causes an END CAP of a nearby shelf to break, exposing an open tube. A memory gets sucked up and shot towards Headquarters)
Joy: A recall tube!
Sadness: We can get recalled!
(They run towards it)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — DAY. Riley goes to the front door. Mom and Dad are in the kitchen)
MOM: Have a great day, sweetheart.
Dad: See you after school, monkey. (IMITATING MONKEY GRUNTING)
Mom: We love you!
(Riley doesn't respond. She turns and walks out the door)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY CLIFFS. Family Island rumbles. A LARGE CHUNK of cliff edge breaks off behind them, driving Joy and Sadness forward)
Joy: Go! Run, run! Go!
(Joy steps into the disconnected TUBE, ready to sail up to Headquarters)
(Sadness tries to climb in, but there's not enough room; she jostles, pressing against the satchel. The CORE MEMORIES start to turn blue)
Joy: Whoa! Whoa! Sadness! (pushing her back) Sadness, stop! You're hurting Riley!
(Joy pulls a core memory from the satchel. It is BRIGHT BLUE, but slowly fades back to normal)
Sadness: Oh, no, no, 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: I'm sorry. Riley needs to be happy.
Sadness: Joy?
(She pulls the tube closed and starts up alone)
(Sadness and Bing Bong watch, betrayed and despondent)
(Joy looks guilt-ridden, but looks on towards Headquarters)
(Suddenly, the cliffside rumbles. Joy's tube BREAKS. Joy FALLS!)
Bing Bong: Joy! (SCREAMING)
(Bing Bong runs forward to help her, but the ground beneath him crumbles away)
(Joy and Bing Bong tumble into the abyss)
Sadness: Joy!
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO ALLEY — DAY. Riley walks off into the fog)
(EXT. MEMORY DUMP — MOMENTS LATER. Joy falls, clutching the satchel of core memories)
(She lands hard, rolling down a hill of faded memories. She sits up, looks around. The satchel! All the memories are still there. Panicked, Joy runs up the hills of memories)
(Off in another part of the dump, Bing Bong comes to)
Bing Bong: Joy?
(Bing Bong notices his hand beginning to fade. He gasps)
Bing Bong: Joy!
(He finds Joy desperately clawing her way up the hill)
Bing Bong: Joy, what are you doing? Will you stop it, please?
(Joy ignores him; keeps trying)
Bing Bong: Don't you get it, Joy? We're stuck down here. We're forgotten.
(This stops Joy. All around, memories are fading to dust. Vapors blowing in the atmosphere, they disappear)
RILEY: We used to play tag and stuff.
(Joy recognizes this. She finds Sadness' BLUE CORE MEMORY: Riley crying in class)
Riley: 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: I could listen to her stories all day.
(Another memory: Riley spinning)
Joy: I just wanted Riley to be happy. And now...
(She holds the recent blue memory of Riley in class. Joy hugs them all until the memories fall out of her arms)
(Joy cries. A long, deep, painful cry)
(Joy has lost everything)
(Around her, memories fade and disappear)
(A tear falls onto the faded TWISTY-TREE MEMORY. Joy wipes it)
(In wiping the tear, the memory rewinds. Its color CHANGES from GOLD TO BLUE)
(IN THE MEMORY: Riley sits in the tree with her parents, the team approaching in the distance.
Joy looks closer. What's this? She rewinds more)
(IN THE MEMORY: Riley sits in the tree, crying, alone. Joy remembers what Sadness said about the memory...)
SADNESS: 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: 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. ♪ Who's your friend who likes to play?
(Silence)
Joy: (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: ♪ 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! His rocket make you yell "Hooray!"
(Joy and Bing Bong find the rocket!)
(EXT. MEMORY DUMP — LATER. 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: Come on!
(EXT. MEMORY DUMP — MOMENTS LATER. 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 got a feeling about this one.
(EXT. MEMORY DUMP — MOMENTS LATER. Hurdling down the largest hill yet, they continue to sing Bing Bong's song)
Bing Bong: 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: Whoo-hoo! Bing Bong! We did it! We...
(She turns around. She's alone)
Joy: 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: (BING BONG WHOOPING) You made it! (BING BONG LAUGHING) 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)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE — EVENING. Mom and Dad walk in)
Mom: We're home! Riley? Riley!
(INT. RILEY'S ROOM — EVENING. Dad opens the door. The room is empty)
Mom: I'll call her cell.
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — EVENING. Riley walks through a sketchy part of the city)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: Oh, this is terrible. Wait, is that someone walking towards us? Yep, let's cross the street.
(Riley's cell phone rings. MOM is calling)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: (GASPS) It's Mom. She's on to us!
Disgust: What do we do?
Fear: Where's my bag?
(Fear finds a paper bag and breathes into it to calm himself)
Anger: Riley needs to get Core Memories.
FEAR: That's the stuff.
Anger: We keep going.
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — CONTINUOUS. Riley ignores the call and walks on)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY. Joy runs through the Long-Term Memory stacks)
Joy: Sadness!
(She sees Family Island rumble, pieces beginning to break off. She frantically continues on)
(EXT. BUS DEPOT — EVENING. Riley walks into the bus depot)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY. Joy runs through a long corridor)
Joy: Sadness! Sadness? (no answer; desperate) Come on, Sadness. Where are you? Okay. If I were Sadness, where would I be?
(Joy slumps to the ground. She kicks a leg up in the air)
Joy: (Sadness voice) Oh. Everything is awful and my legs don't work, and you have to drag me around while I touch all the...
(Joy stops. Something has caught her eye)
(REVEAL: a path of blue memories on the bottom shelves. Joy follows the path)
(EXT. BUS DEPOT — MOMENT LATER. Riley walks out of the bus depot and into the advancing line. Her cell phone rings again: "Mom.")
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Fear breathes faster into his paper bag)
Disgust: Oh, no! It's Mom again! What do we do?
Anger: Uh...
(Boom! Family Island rumbles behind them)
(QUICK INTERCUTS between the line getting shorter, Riley declining Mom's call, and Family Island crumbling. Finally...)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Fear's bag POPS)
Anger: This is madness! She shouldn't run away!
Disgust: Let's get this idea out of her head. (STRAINING)
(They rush to unplug the idea)
(INT. LONG-TERM MEMORY. Joy runs, following the path of blue memories)
Joy: Sadness?
(Joy rounds a corner and spots Sadness far down the next row)
Joy: (GASPS) Sadness!
(Sadness turns around)
Sadness: Joy?
(Inexplicably, Sadness turns and runs away)
Joy: Wait! Sadness!
(Joy chases after her. Sadness doesn't stop)
Sadness: Just let me go! Riley's better off without me!
(Joy follows Sadness straight into...)
(INT. IMAGINATION LAND, FRENCH FRY FOREST. 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)
(INT. IMAGINATION LAND, CLOUD TOWN. Two MIND WORKER COPS are questioning a CLOUD WITNESS)
Jake: Okay, 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)
Jake: Was he with anyone?
Cloud Witness: Yes! And there she is!
(Joy runs right through the Cloud Witness, dissipating her)
Jake: (runs after Joy) Hey! Come back here!
Mind Worker Cop: Forget it, Jake. It's Cloud Town.
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND, CLIFF EDGE. Joy searches for Sadness. Suddenly, rain falls on her) (Above, Sadness is floating on a chunk of rain cloud, away from Headquarters)
Joy: Oh! What? Sadness!
Sadness: (crying) (SOBBING) I only make everything worse!
Joy: Wait! Sadness! We got to 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...)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. 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 no. What is this?
(INT. BUS — EVENING. Riley boards the bus)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. 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)
(INT. BUS — CONTINUOUS. Riley walks down the aisle of the bus)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Fear: 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: Ah! 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! Don't touch that!
Anger: Let me do it! Get out of here!
(INT. BUS — CONTINUOUS. Riley takes a seat)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. By now, the console is mostly black)
Fear: Guys, we can't make Riley feel anything.
(INT. BUS — CONTINUOUS. Riley sits on the bus)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Anger: What have we done?
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND, BOYFRIEND GENERATOR. 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, okay, haircut. Time to prove it.
(Joy scoops him into her satchel. She activates the generator. Imaginary Boyfriends pour out, directly into Joy's satchel)
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND. Joy spots Sadness ahead, and runs past her)
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND, BALLOON TREES. Joy pulls a balloon free from a TWISTY BALLOON PALM TREE. She aims it towards the approaching Sadness and unties it)
(PTHHPT! The balloon blows Sadness back over the MEMORY DUMP. In the process, the HOUSE OF CARDS behind them collapses)
House of Cards Worker: (angry) That's it! I fold!
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND, BOYFRIEND GENERATOR. Joy sprints by grabbing the SATCHEL, now full of boyfriends)
(EXT. IMAGINATION LAND, CLIFFSIDE. Sadness floats out over the Memory Dump. Joy runs along the cliff edge, parallel to Sadness, towards Family Island)
(EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY CLIFFS, NEAR FAMILY ISLAND. Joy sights Sadness and aligns herself with Family Island. She dumps the satchel, pouring out the Boyfriends. Their momentum pulls her to the top of a TOWER OF BOYFRIENDS)
IMAGINARY BOYFRIENDS: Whoa!
Joy: (to herself) This is crazy. This is crazy. No, no, no. Joy. Be positive. (beat) I am positive this is crazy!
(Joy spots the trampoline on Family Island, then Sadness floating away. She times it...)
Joy: 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?)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Anger, Fear and Disgust watch the screen, worried)
Fear: Oh, 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)
Disgust: It's Joy!
ANGER: Stand back!
(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?
(He's smoldering. Disgust's eyes light up)
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. Duh!
(Anger explodes, bursting into full blowtorch flames. Disgust, sporting a welding mask, picks him up and blows a hole in the window. Joy and Sadness climb through)
(Anger Fear and Disgust all talk at the same time, explaining:
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 just trying to make happy memories.
(Joy looks at the screen)
(ON THE SCREEN: Riley stares vacantly out the bus window)
(EXT. BUS DEPOT — NIGHT. The bus starts to pull away.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS)
Disgust: Joy, you got to fix this! Get up there.
Joy: Sadness, it's up to you.
Sadness: Me?
(Joy pushes Sadness towards the console)
Anger/Fear/Disgust (ALL): Sadness?
Sadness: I can't, Joy.
Joy: Yes, you can. Riley needs you.
(Sadness looks at Joy. Really? Joy nods)
(INT. BUS — CONTINUOUS. The bus pulls out onto the street)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Sadness approaches the console and takes charge)
Sadness: Okay.
(She grips the Idea Bulb. The console is now completely black)
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — NIGHT. The bus is on the road)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Sadness works... and ejects the Idea Bulb. The blackness retracts.
(INT. BUS — NIGHT. Feeling comes back to Riley: her expression changes from listless to sad. She stands)
Riley: Wait! Stop! I want to get off!
(The bus stops. Riley runs to the front and out the door)
(EXT. BUS STOP — NIGHT. Riley runs away from the bus)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. The Emotions watch the screen in anticipation)
(EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET — NIGHT. Riley runs back towards home)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM — NIGHT. Mom sits at the table, on the phone. Dad hovers)
Mom: (on phone) All right. Thank you. We will. (to Dad) Her teacher hasn't even seen Riley all day.
Dad: What?
Mom: What was she wearing last? Do you even remember what...
Dad: I can't believe this.
(The door opens. Riley walks in. They rush over to her)
Mom: Riley!
DAD: Riley, there you are! Thank goodness!
MOM: We were worried sick! Where have you been? It's so late!
DAD: Oh, honey! What happened? Are you all right?
MOM: We asked the neighbors, I called the school, we talked to your teacher.
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Sadness drives. Joy walks to her, holding the golden core memories. She hands them over to Sadness)
(The core memories turn BLUE)
(Sadness places one in the recall unit)
(THE MEMORY PLAYS ON SCREEN:)
(Young Riley and young Meg walk side by side)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM — CONTINUOUS. Riley remembers)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Sadness places another blue memory in the recall unit)
(MEMORIES PLAY ON SCREEN:)
(Young Riley makes cookies with Mom and Dad. Riley runs around with underpants on her head, Dad chasing. Riley scores her first goal. Riley skates with Mom and Dad)
(Sadness places her hand on the console. It turns BLUE)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM. Riley cries)
Riley: I know you don't want me to but... I miss home. I miss Minnesota.
(Mom and Dad, concerned, listen quietly)
Riley: You need me to be happy, but... I want my old friends, and my hockey team. I want to go home. Please don't be mad.
Mom: Oh. sweetie.
Dad: We're not mad. You know what? I miss Minnesota too. I miss the woods where we took hikes.
Mom: And the backyard where you used to play.
Dad: Spring Lake, where you learned to skate.
(Riley cries harder)
Dad: Come here.
(He pulls Riley towards them. The three hug)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy steps forward with one more gift for Sadness: the blue core memory)
(Sadness pulls Joy by the hand and places it on the console)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM. Still in an embrace, Riley smiles through her tears)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. BING! Joy and Sadness hear the sound of a new memory being produced. It's a NEW CORE MEMORY: BLUE AND GOLD, swirled together. A first)
(The Emotions react in awe)
(The memory travels down the track and into the holder. A lightline extends out the back of Headquarters. It is a new FAMILY ISLAND, bigger than before)
(Joy and Sadness turn back to the console together)
(INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM. Riley, Mom and Dad embrace)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Watching the screen, Joy rests her head on Sadness. They're a team)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS — DAYS LATER. We see many new, multicolored core memories in the Core Memory Holder)
(The Emotions admire the new Islands of Personality)
FEAR: Hey, I'm liking this new view.
ANGER: Friendship Island has expanded. Glad they finally opened that Friendly Arguments section.
Sadness: I like Tragic Vampire Romance Island.
Disgust: Fashion Island? Oh. Everyone shut up.
Fear: Boy Band Island? Hope that's just a phase.
Joy: Say what you want, I think it's all beautiful.
Worker Fritz: All right.
(The Emotions turn to see workers at a new, larger console)
Worker Fritz: Here you go. Your new expanded console is up and runnin'.
(The new console lights up)
Joy/Sadness/Fear/Anger/Disgust (Emotions): Whoa!
Disgust: Cool! Upgrade!
Joy: Ooh!
(Fear leans on the console. BEEP!)
Fear: Hey! Whoa-ho! Whoops, wait. Did I just do that?
Disgust: (re: a warning light label) Hey, guys? What's pub-er-ty?
Joy: I don't know. It's probably not important.
Anger: Whoa. I have access to the entire curse word library! This new console is the...
(BEEP!)
Fear: Sorry. I did it again. My bad.
Disgust: (pointing to screen) They're getting to the rink.
(EXT. HOCKEY RINK — DAY. The same rink Riley left before. The Golden Gate gleams in the background)
(INT. HOCKEY RINK. A pep talk from Riley's parents. We don't see their faces)
DAD: Now when you get out there, you be aggressive!
Riley: (embarrassed) I know, Dad.
MOM: But not too aggressive.
Riley: You know, you guys don't have to come to every game.
(REVEAL: Mom and Dad's faces are painted blue and green)
Dad: Are you kidding? I'm not missing one! Go Foghorns!
Mom: Go Riley! Foghorns are the best!
Riley: Okay! I got to go.
(Riley walks away, mortified, as Dad makes foghorn noises)
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. All the Emotions at the control panel)
Joy: Aw!
Fear: They love us.
Anger: Yeah, Mom and Dad are pretty cool.
Disgust: Guys, of course they are. But we can't show it.
(INT. HOCKEY RINK. Zoom in to Dad's head...)
(INT. DAD'S HEADQUARTERS. Dad's Emotions cheer. They all have their faces painted)
(ON THE SCREEN: Mom beams at Dad)
Fear (Father): She loved the face painting!
Anger (Father): Ha! Told you it was a great idea!
(Dad turns to Mom. She smiles, and we zoom in to her head...)
(INT. MOM'S HEADQUARTERS. All Mom's Emotions are also painted)
Anger (Mother): Best idea he's had in a while.
Sadness (Mother): He's a really good guy.
(They all sigh. Mom's Anger tosses the MEMORY of the Brazilian helicopter pilot. Mom's Fear retrieves it)
Fear (Mother): Just in case.
(INT. HOCKEY RINK. Riley walks towards the ice and bumps into A TEEN BOY. He drops his water bottle. She picks it up for him)
Riley: Sorry.
(She smiles)
(ZOOM IN TO THE BOY'S HEAD)
(INT. BOY'S HEADQUARTERS. A dirty, chaotic room. Stuff everywhere)
ALARM: Girl! Girl! Girl!
(WARNING LIGHTS ARE BLARING. His Emotions run around in a panic, screaming. One of them is HUDDLED, CRYING)
(INT. HOCKEY RINK. The boy stands stunned, unable to speak. Riley hands him the water bottle)
Riley: Uh... Okay. Bye.
(Riley skates out onto the ice, looking back over her shoulder... with a hint of a smile?)
COACH: Remember, just hustle.
Hockey Teammate: (O.S.) All set, Riley?
GIRL 1: Go, Riley!
(She HIGH-FIVES a new teammate. They skate into position as Mom and Dad cheer from the stands)
GIRL 2: You got this!
(INT. HEADQUARTERS. Joy and Sadness stand side by side at the new console, flanked by the others)
Joy: You ready?
Sadness: Yeah.
Joy: All right. Let's play some hockey!
(We ZOOM OUT of Riley's head)
(INT. HOCKEY RINK. Riley faces off. The puck drops)
JOY: All right, Anger, take it!
ANGER: Give us that puck or you're dead meat!
(Riley gets it!)
FEAR: On our left. On our left!
(An opponent steals the puck)
DISGUST: Let's just try not to get all smelly this time.
SADNESS: Oh. Mom and Dad are watching us fail.
ANGER: Not for long!
(Riley regains the puck and skates off with a smile)
JOY: We've been through a lot lately, that's for sure. But we still love our girl. She has great new friends, a great new house. Things couldn't be better. After all, Riley's twelve now. What could happen?
(THE END)