Inside Out Page #14

ANGER (CONT’D)

Stupid Mom and Dad. If they hadn't

moved us, none of this would've

happened. Who’s with me?

Fear stammers nervously. Anger looks to Disgust.

DISGUST:

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’re we gonna get to

Minnesota from here?

ANGER:

Well, why don’t we go to the

elephant lot and rent an elephant?

INSIDE OUT 101.

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:

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:

NOOOO!!!

(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.

INSIDE OUT 102.

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 (CONT’D)

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 (CONT’D)

She’s so big now. She won’t fit in

my rocket. How’re we gonna get to

the moon?

JOY:

(taking the memory)

Oh, it's that time in the twisty

tree, remember? The hockey team

showed up and Mom and Dad were

there cheering. Look at her, having

fun and laughing. I love this one.

SADNESS:

Mmm. I love that one too.

INSIDE OUT 103.

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 (CONT’D)

Sorry. I went sad again, didn’t I?

JOY:

I’ll tell ya what. We’ll keep

working on that when we get back.

Okay?

SADNESS:

Okay.

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:

(on phone)

But I just don’t understand, why

did our moving van even go to

Texas?

Riley spots Mom’s purse on the table.

MOM (CONT’D)

Multiple customers?

Riley opens the purse.

MOM (O.S) (CONT’D)

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.

INSIDE OUT 104.

MOM (CONT’D)

(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.

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

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 is running

away.

JOY:

What?!

INT. RILEY’S ROOM - MORNING

Riley packs her clothes when her expression changes to worry.

INSIDE OUT 105.

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:

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:

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.

INSIDE OUT 106.

JOY (CONT’D)

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.

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!

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 (CONT’D)

Woah woah! 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, I did it again...

INSIDE OUT 107.

JOY:

If you get in here, these core

memories will get sad!

Joy watches FAMILY ISLAND crumble. She looks down at Sadness.

Joy, pained, decides.

JOY (CONT’D)

I’m sorry. Riley needs to be happy.

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 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

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