60 Fun Facts About Inside Out

Which studio made Inside Out?

It was Pete Docter's third film as director for the studio, after Monsters, Inc. and Up.

What is the name of the girl whose mind the emotions live in?

She is 11 in the first film and 13 in the sequel.

How many emotions run Riley's mind in the first Inside Out?

Early drafts considered as many as 27 emotions before the number was cut for simplicity.

Who voices Joy?

She was the last of the five emotions to be cast, and helped the writers shape Joy's character.

Which comedian, best known as Kevin on The Office, voices Sadness?

She was the first emotion cast; producer Jonas Rivera picked her after seeing a lunch scene in Bad Teacher.

Which colour is Sadness?

Her earliest concept design was simply a teardrop shape.

Which colour is Fear?

His first design was a raw nerve, just as Anger began as a brick and Joy as a star.

Which stand-up comedian voices Anger in both films?

Docter said Black 'exemplified' the character; the filmmakers had his voice in mind from the start.

Which emotion is green?

She uses Riley's likes and dislikes to judge whether something might poison her, literally or figuratively.

Riley moves from which state to San Francisco at the start of the first film?

Co-director Ronnie del Carmen made her a hockey fan because of the sport's popularity there.

What form do Riley's most important memories take in her personality?

Goofball, Friendship, Hockey, Honesty and Family are the five islands at the start.

What kind of creature is Bing Bong, Riley's imaginary friend?

Richard Kind based his performance on Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante and John Candy.

How do Joy and Sadness try to get back to the control room from long-term memory?

The train stops running whenever Riley falls asleep, which strands the trio at Dream Productions.

What powers Bing Bong's rocket wagon?

He jumps out mid-flight so Joy can escape, then fades away.

Where do forgotten memories go to disappear forever?

Three of Riley's personality islands collapse into it when Joy and Sadness are missing.

Which character is Riley's scariest memory, freed from the Subconscious to wake her up?

He is voiced by co-writer Josh Cooley, who later directed Toy Story 4.

Which part of Riley's personality collapses when she steals her mother's credit card?

Only Family Island is left standing after that, and it too nearly falls before the ending.

What warning light do the emotions notice on the new console at the end of the first film?

They decide it is not important yet, a joke that sets up the sequel nine years later.

Who directed the first Inside Out?

He got the idea in 2009 after noticing changes in his own daughter's personality as she grew.

Which emotion originally went on the journey with Joy in early drafts, before being swapped for Sadness?

Docter told John Lasseter the story wasn't working after two years and proposed the swap.

Which emotion from Paul Ekman's list did Docter cut because it was too similar to Fear?

Contempt was dropped too, leaving five emotions for the film.

At which festival did Inside Out premiere in May 2015?

It received an eight-minute standing ovation there before its June release.

Inside Out was the first Pixar film not to open at number one at the US box office. Which film beat it?

Even so, its $90.4 million was the biggest opening ever for an original film at the time.

Which short film played before Inside Out in cinemas?

The musical short is about a lonely volcano; a second short, Riley's First Date?, came on the home release.

Which Academy Award did Inside Out win?

It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay, a rare honour for an animated film.

Who composed the score for the first Inside Out?

After a first screening he wrote an eight-minute suite based purely on how the film made him feel.

Whose archival recordings from Monsters, Inc. are used for baby Riley?

Gibbs voiced Boo in the 2001 film; Docter directed both.

Which Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist voices Mind Worker Cop Jake in Imagination Land?

He returned for the sequel alongside Muppet performers Frank Oz and Dave Goelz as the Subconscious guards.

Roughly how much did the first Inside Out gross worldwide?

It finished as the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2015 on a budget of about $175 million.

How long did development of the first Inside Out take?

Production designer Ralph Eggleston called it the hardest and longest film he had ever worked on.

Who directed Inside Out 2?

It was his feature debut; the idea came to him while looking at photos of one of his own childhood birthday parties.

How old is Riley in Inside Out 2?

The sequel is set two years after the move to San Francisco, as she starts high school.

Which colour is the new emotion voiced by Maya Hawke, who takes over Headquarters in the sequel?

Anxiety's frantic scenes were inspired by the 2019 thriller Uncut Gems, and Hawke's Zoom audition made the director cry.

Which new emotion has a French accent and lounges on the couch scrolling a phone?

Adèle Exarchopoulos also voiced her in both the European and Canadian French dubs.

Which new emotion hides his face inside a hoodie?

Voiced by Paul Walter Hauser, he quietly helps Sadness stay hidden in Headquarters.

Which star of The Bear voices Envy?

Envy is the smallest of the new emotions, coloured cyan.

Who replaced Bill Hader as the voice of Fear in the sequel?

Hader and Mindy Kaling both declined to return after a pay dispute; Liza Lapira took over Disgust.

Which veteran actress voices Nostalgia, the elderly emotion who keeps being sent back to her room?

The character was added after a group of teenagers called 'Riley's Crew' gave feedback on the film.

What sport is Riley playing at camp during Inside Out 2?

Early drafts built the story around a talent show instead, before Turning Red director Domee Shi's advice helped steer it to hockey.

What is the name of the high-school team Riley hopes to make at camp?

Popular player Val Ortiz is already on the team and becomes Riley's new role model.

What is the new part of Riley's mind that holds her beliefs, which Anxiety and Joy fight over?

Joy tries to fill it only with good memories, launching the bad ones to the back of the mind with a spring-loaded catapult.

Bloofy, the character from Riley's favourite childhood TV show, has a sidekick that is what?

Pouchy is voiced by SNL's James Austin Johnson; Bloofy by Ron Funches.

Lance Slashblade, locked in the vault with the old emotions, is what kind of character?

Riley had a crush on him when she was younger; he is voiced by Yong Yea.

What is Riley's Deep Dark Secret, according to the shadowy figure in the vault?

The timid giant is voiced by Pixar veteran Steve Purcell.

Inside Out 2 was the first Pixar feature scored by a woman. Who composed it?

She took over from Michael Giacchino, who scored the original.

Roughly how much did Inside Out 2 gross worldwide?

It passed the first film's entire total in just sixteen days.

Inside Out 2 became the highest-grossing animated film ever in September 2024 by passing which film?

It held the crown only until February 2025, when China's Ne Zha 2 overtook it.

Which Chinese animated film overtook Inside Out 2 as the highest-grossing animated film in 2025?

It happened just nine months after Inside Out 2's release.

Which clinical psychologist and author was the sequel's main consultant on teenage emotions?

The team also recruited nine real teenagers, dubbed 'Riley's Crew', to check the film for authenticity.

Which emotion was cut from the sequel director's early drafts but left traces in Anxiety's introduction?

Mann's first pass had nine new emotions; Schadenfreude and Jealousy were also dropped.

Who voices Riley's mother, Jill Andersen, in both films?

Kyle MacLachlan, her Twin Peaks-era contemporary, voices Riley's father Bill.

Which two writers co-wrote the first Inside Out with Pete Docter?

Cooley also voices Jangles the Clown, and Ronnie del Carmen served as co-director.

Which Twin Peaks star voices Riley's father, Bill Andersen?

Diane Lane voices Riley's mother, and Kaitlyn Dias voices 11-year-old Riley herself.

Which two Muppet performers voice the pair of guards in Riley's Subconscious?

In an in-joke, Goelz plays Guard Frank and Oz plays Guard Dave.

Which comedian voices the Mind Worker who disposes of Riley's obsolete long-term memories?

Bobby Moynihan voices her colleague Forgetter Bobby, and Paula Pell voices the Dream Director.

Richard Kind modelled Bing Bong's personality on John Candy, Jimmy Durante and which comedian?

Docter called Kind his perfect choice, and Kind aimed for the same innocence as his earlier Pixar roles.

In early character designs, Anger was a brick, Joy a star and Sadness a what?

Sadness's look later shifted toward Saturday Night Live's Debbie Downer, complete with a planned pyjama costume.

Roughly how many emotions were considered for early versions of the film before the cast was cut to five?

Candidates included schadenfreude, ennui, greed and hope; several returned for the sequel.

How much did Inside Out gross in its opening weekend in the US and Canada?

It debuted at number two behind Jurassic World's $106.6 million across 3,946 theatres.

How many Annie Awards did Inside Out win from its 14 nominations?

It also won a Golden Globe and one of two BAFTA nominations, plus the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.