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However, the night goes by, and the two are still lost, until they come across Bing Bong, Riley's long-forgotten imaginary friend.
#INSIDE OUT THE MOVIE TELLS US ABOUT THE SELF MANUALS#
Joy then recruits Sadness as her "map", as the latters' knowledge from the Mind Manuals comes in handy to navigate the maze. Their only choice then, is to venture into the maze-like Long Term Memory, to find another way. However, the island crumbles down, and Joy and Sadness narrowly escape. Joy collects the core memories, and heads to Goofball Island, in hopes of reaching Headquarters through it. Joy and Sadness, completely lost, are alarmed to see that without the core memories, all of Riley's Islands of Personality are down, and that in Joy's absence, Riley cannot be happy. Things go haywire and all of Riley's core memories end up accidentally sucked out of Headquarters, along with Joy and Sadness. She activates the memory evacuation system to dispose of it, but Sadness opposes herself to it. Joy, panic stricken by the turn of the events, prevents the core memory from being used. In the ensuing confusion, Sadness takes command of the console, without Joys' consent, and has Riley end up crying, which creates a new, sad core memory. However, the joyful memory from Minnesota that Joy recalls unexpectedly turns sad, being touched by Sadness. When Riley is asked to present herself to the class, Joy takes things in charge. Joy gives every Emotion a job except Sadness, which she entrusts of staying aside.
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The next day is Riley's first day at her new school. Despite knowing that she's not supposed to turn off the dream, Joy does so, and plays a happy memory where Riley is skating with her family. As Riley goes to sleep, Joy takes over dream duty, but to her dismay, Dream Productions made a nightmare out of all the negative things that happened that day. But after Riley's mother thanks Riley for being happy, Joy appears as being the right emotion after all. The other Emotions begin to question whether Joy should still be taking the lead, considering that Riley's situation is definitively negative. Thinking Sadness is the last thing Riley needs in these difficult times, Joy keeps her away from the control panel more than ever, and forbids her from touching any memory. What's more, Sadness gains the ability to turn previously joyful memories sad. In this unfamiliar situation, Joy sees Riley's other Emotions suddenly become more prominent. Joy tries to keep things positive, but Riley's new situation appears less than thrilling. This all changes when Riley turns 11, and her family makes a move to San Francisco. Because of this, she often distracts Sadness to get her away from the controls. Joy eventually recognizes a function to each of the other Emotions, with the exception of Sadness, of whom she finds does not do any good for Riley. It is a time composed of "perfect days" for Joy. Nevertheless, Joy remains Riley's main Emotion, making almost all of Riley's memories joyful, including the five core memories that power the Islands of Personality. However, starting just 33 seconds after her is Sadness, and from then on, other Emotions materialize. Joy finds contentment in this moment, whereas she was alone with Riley. When Riley is born, Joy is the first Emotion to materialize inside her mind. As long as Riley is happy, so is Joy." Inside Out Joy sees challenges in Riley’s life as opportunities, and the less happy moments as hiccups on the way back to something great. She is lighthearted, optimistic, and determined to find the fun in every situation.
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"Joy’s goal has always been to make sure Riley stays happy.