Inside Out Page #15

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 (CONT’D)

Joy!

He finds Joy desperately clawing her way up the hill.

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BING BONG (CONT’D)

Joy? Joy, what are you doing? Will

you stop it please?

Joy ignores him; keeps trying.

BING BONG (CONT’D)

Don’t you get it, Joy? We’re stuck

down here. We’re forgotten.

This stops Joy. All around, memories are fading to dust.

Vapors blowing in the atmosphere, they disappear.

RILEY (O.S.)

We used to play tag and stuff.

Joy recognizes this. She finds Sadness’ BLUE CORE MEMORY:

Riley crying in class.

RILEY (O.S.) (CONT’D)

But everything’s different now

since we moved.

Seeing Riley cry breaks Joy’s heart. She falls to her knees.

She picks up a nearby MEMORY of young happy Riley coloring.

JOY:

Do you remember how she used to

stick her tongue out when she was

coloring?

Another memory:
Riley talking to a bug.

JOY (CONT’D)

I could listen to her stories all

day.

Another memory:
Riley spinning.

JOY (CONT'D)

I just wanted Riley to be happy.

And now...

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.

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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 (V.O.)

It was the day the Prairie Dogs

lost the big playoff game. Riley

missed the winning shot. She felt

awful. She wanted to quit.

IN THE MEMORY:
Mom and Dad come to console Riley.

Joy fast forwards.

IN THE MEMORY:
The hockey team lifts Riley on their shoulders

and cheers. Riley smiles.

JOY:

Sadness. Mom and Dad, the team...

they came to help because of

Sadness.

She turns to Bing Bong, ready to take action.

JOY (CONT’D)

We have to get back up there!

BING BONG:

Joy, we’re stuck down here. We

might as well be on another planet.

JOY:

(getting an idea)

Another planet.

(sings)

Who’s your friend who likes to

play?

Silence.

JOY (CONT’D)

(sings louder)

Who’s your friend who likes to

play?

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BING BONG:

(understanding; excited)

His rocket makes you yell "Hooray!"

Far off, BING BONG’S ROCKET answers. They run towards it.

BING BONG (CONT’D)

Who's the best in every way and

wants to sing this song to say,

who's your friend who likes to

play? Bing Bong Bing Bong!

Joy and Bing Bong find the rocket!

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 (CONT’D)

C’mon!

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’ve

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.

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BING BONG:

Louder! Louder, Joy! Sing louder!

Bing Bong times it just right... and jumps out of the wagon.

Without his weight, the Joy gains momentum. She’s unaware of

Bing Bong’s absence.

JOY:

We’re gonna make it!

The rocket makes it over the ledge! It crashes atop the

cliff.

JOY (CONT'D)

Woohoo! Bing Bong, we did it! We-

She turns around. She’s alone.

JOY (CONT'D)

Bing Bong? Bing Bong!

She runs to the cliff side. Below, Bing Bong laughs

excitedly, happy to help Riley in the only way he can.

BING BONG:

Ya ha ha! You made it! Ha ha! Go!

Go save Riley!

(pause)

Take her to the moon for me. Okay?

He waves as the last of him vanishes into the air. Joy’s eyes

widen in awe; he’s sacrificed his life for her.

JOY:

I'll try, Bing Bong. I promise.

Joy gets up and soldiers on.

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.

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EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET - EVENING

Riley walks through a sketchy part of the city.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

FEAR:

This is terrible. Wait. Is that

someone walking towards us? Let’s

cross the street.

Riley’s cell phone rings. MOM is calling.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

FEAR:

It's Mom! She's on to us! Where's

my bag?

Fear finds a paper bag and breathes into it to calm himself.

DISGUST:

What do we do?

ANGER:

Riley needs to get core memories.

We keep going.

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.

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EXT. LONG-TERM MEMORY

Joy runs through a long corridor.

JOY:

Sadness? Sadness?

(no answer; desperate)

C’mon Sadness, where are you? Okay.

If I were Sadness, where would I be?

Joy slumps to the ground. She kicks a leg up in the air.

JOY (CONT'D)

(Sadness voice)

Ohhh... 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... 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.

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ANGER:

This is madness! She shouldn’t run

away!

DISGUST:

Let’s get this idea out of her

head.

They rush to unplug the idea.

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