Inside Out Page #16

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 (CONT’D)

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. IMAGINATIONLAND, 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.

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INT. IMAGINATIONLAND, CLOUD TOWN

Two MIND WORKER COPS are questioning a CLOUD WITNESS.

MIND WORKER COP #1

So 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.

MIND WORKER COP #1 (CONT’D)

Was he with anyone?

CLOUD WITNESS:

Yes! And there she is!

Joy runs right through the Cloud Witness, dissipating her.

MIND WORKER COP #1

(runs after Joy)

Hey! Come back here!

MIND WORKER COP #2

Forget it, Jake. It’s Cloud Town.

EXT. IMAGINATIONLAND, 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:

What? Sadness!

SADNESS:

(crying)

I only make everything worse!

JOY:

Wait-- Sadness! We've gotta 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.

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ANGER:

It’s stuck!

DISGUST:

Oh great.

FEAR:

Whadayamean it’s stuck?!?

DISGUST:

Now what?

A strange BLACKNESS spreads over the console.

FEAR:

Oh, 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:

Oh, 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.

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FEAR:

Ahh! 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!

ANGER:

Let me do it!

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. IMAGINATIONLAND, BOYFRIEND GENERATOR

Joy runs up to Riley’s Imaginary Boyfriend.

JOY:

Hey! Hey, look at me. Did you mean

what you said before?

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IMAGINARY BOYFRIEND

I would die for Riley! I would die

for Riley!

JOY:

Yeah, 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. IMAGINATIONLAND

Joy spots Sadness ahead, and runs past her.

EXT. IMAGINATIONLAND, 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. IMAGINATIONLAND, BOYFRIEND GENERATOR

Joy sprints by grabbing the SATCHEL, now full of boyfriends.

EXT. IMAGINATIONLAND, 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.

JOY:

(to herself)

This is crazy, this is crazy... No,

no, no! Joy! Be positive.

(beat)

I am POSITIVE this is crazy!

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Joy spots the trampoline on Family Island, then Sadness

floating away. She times it...

JOY (CONT’D)

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...

JOY:

Gotcha!

SADNESS:

Joy?

JOY:

Hang on!

They launch towards Headquarters. Will they make it?

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Anger, Fear and Disgust watch the screen, worried.

FEAR:

Ohhh, 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! Arrrrgh!

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.

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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:
Duuuuhhhhh.

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!

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’ve got to fix this. Get up

there.

JOY:

Sadness, it’s up to you.

SADNESS:

Me?

Joy pushes Sadness towards the console.

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ANGER/FEAR/DISGUST

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 wanna get off.

The bus stops. Riley runs to the front and out the door.

EXT. BUS STOP - NIGHT

Riley runs away from the bus.

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