Inside Out Page #4

RILEY:

Woo hoo!

INT. HEADQUARTERS

SADNESS:

It’s just that... I wanted to maybe

hold one.

She reaches out to touch one, AND IT STARTS TO GO BLUE.

FEAR:

JOY!

Joy pushes Sadness away before she can touch it.

JOY:

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The core memory TURNS BACK TO YELLOW.

JOY (CONT’D)

Sadness! You nearly touched a core

memory. And when you touch them, we

can’t change them back!

SADNESS:

I know. I’m sorry. Something’s

wrong with me. It’s like I’m having

a breakdown.

JOY:

You are not having a breakdown.

It’s stress.

INSIDE OUT 25.

SADNESS:

I keep making mistakes like that.

I’m awful...

JOY:

Nooo, you’re not.

SADNESS:

...and annoying.

JOY:

Well... uh... You know what? You

can’t focus on what’s going wrong.

There’s always a way to turn things

around, to find the fun!

SADNESS:

Yeah. Find the fun. I don’t know

how to do that.

JOY:

Okay. Well, try think of something

funny!

Long pause.

SADNESS:

Oh! Remember the funny movie where

the dog dies?

JOY:

Yeah, that’s not...

(tries another approach)

What about that time with Meg, when

Riley laughed so hard milk came out

of her nose? I mean come on...

INSERT:
Riley spitting milk out of her nose, Meg laughing.

SADNESS:

Yeah, that hurt. It felt like fire.

JOY:

Okay, okay, don’t think of that.

Let’s try something else. What are

your favorite things to do?

SADNESS:

My favorite? Um, well, I like it

when we’re outside.

JOY:

That’s good! Like there’s the beach

and sunshine... Oh!

(MORE)

INSIDE OUT 26.

JOY (CONT'D)

Like that time we buried Dad in the

sand up to his neck?

INSERT:
Riley at beach, Dad buried in sand.

SADNESS (V.O.)

I was thinking more like rain.

INSERT:
Riley stands in a downpour.

JOY:

Rain? Rain... is my favorite too!

We can stomp around in puddles...

INSERT:
Riley happily jumps through puddles.

JOY (CONT’D)

There’s cool umbrellas, lightning

storms...

SADNESS (V.O.)

More like when the rain runs down

our back and makes our shoes soggy.

And we get all cold and shivery...

INSERT:
Riley’s shoes fill with water. She looks miserable.

SADNESS:

...and everything just starts

feeling droopy...

Sadness melts to the floor, crying.

JOY:

Oh, hey, hey... easy. Why are you

crying? That’s really the opposite

of what we’re going for here.

SADNESS:

Crying helps me slow down and

obsess over the weight of life's

problems.

JOY:

Ugh, you know what? Let’s think

about something else. How about we

read some mind manuals, huh? Sounds

fun!

She drags Sadness over to a shelf of technical manuals.

SADNESS:

I’ve read most of them.

INSIDE OUT 27.

JOY:

Well have you read this one? This

seems interesting: “Long-Term

Memory Retrieval, Volume 47?”

SADNESS:

No.

JOY:

Ohhh! A real page turner!

SADNESS:

(opens manual; reads)

“Long-Term Memory Data Selection

via channel sub-grouping?”

JOY:

See? Fun already! You lucky dog,

you’re reading these cool things and

I gotta go work. Life is so unfair.

Joy walks away. But just as she thinks things are handled...

DING! Another memory -- Disgust -- slides in. Joy groans.

INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE - NIGHT

Riley hops down the stairs towards the living room.

DAD (O.S.)

(on phone)

What can we do? We’ve only got

capital to last a month, maybe two.

If we can't find investors by then,

we’re going to have to lay people

off.

Riley hears the stress in Dad’s voice.

RILEY:

Mom! Dad! Come kiss me g’night!

MOM:

Be right there!

DAD:

(on phone)

I know, I know! We’ve got to land

this, okay?

Riley heads back upstairs.

INSIDE OUT 28.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Riley climbs into her sleeping bag.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

FEAR:

Did you hear Dad? He sounded really

upset.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

STRANGE NOISES from outside. Headlights cast shadows on the

wall. Riley looks scared.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

FEAR:

What was that? Was it a bear? It’s

a bear!

DISGUST:

There are no bears in San

Francisco!

ANGER:

I saw a really hairy guy. He looked

like a bear.

FEAR:

Oh, I’m so jumpy, my nerves are

shot!

DISGUST:

Ew, I don’t want to hear about your

nerves!

ANGER:

I’ll tell you what it is. This move

has been a bust.

FEAR:

That’s what I’ve been telling you

guys! There are at least 37 things

for Riley to be scared of right now!

DISGUST:

The smell alone is enough to make

her gag.

INSIDE OUT 29.

ANGER:

I can’t believe Mom and Dad moved

us here!

JOY:

Look, I get it. You guys have

concerns. But we’ve been through

worse! Tell you what: let’s make a

list of all the things Riley should

be HAPPY about!

ANGER:

Fine. Let’s see... this house

stinks, our room stinks...

DISGUST:

Pizza is weird here...

SADNESS:

Our friends are back home...

FEAR:

And all of our stuff is in the

missing van!

JOY:

Oh c’mon, it could be worse...

DISGUST:

Yeah, Joy. We could be lying on the

dirty floor. In a bag.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

Riley is lying on the dirty floor in a sleeping bag.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

JOY:

Okay, I admit it, we had a rough

start. But think of all the good

things that-

ANGER:

No, Joy. There’s absolutely no

reason for Riley to be happy right

now. Let us handle this.

FEAR:

I say we skip school tomorrow and

lock ourselves in the bedroom.

INSIDE OUT 30.

DISGUST:

We have no clean clothes. I mean,

no one should see us.

SADNESS:

Yeah, we could cry until we can’t

breathe.

ANGER:

We should lock the door and scream

that curse word we know. It’s a

good one!

JOY:

Now hold on! Look, we all have our

off days. You know, I-

ON THE SCREEN:
Mom opens Riley’s bedroom door.

MOM:

Hi honey.

ANGER:

The Mom Bad News Train is pulling

in! Toot toot!

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

Mom sits next to Riley.

MOM:

Still no moving van. Now they’re

saying it won’t be here ‘til

Tuesday, can you believe it?

INT. HEADQUARTERS

ANGER:

Toot toot toot!

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

RILEY:

Where’s Dad?

MOM:

On the phone. This new venture is

keeping him pretty busy. Your dad’s

a little stressed -- you know,

about getting his new company up

and running...

INSIDE OUT 31.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

ANGER:

I rest my case!

Joy sighs. She falls back from the controls. Anger steps up

to the console.

ANGER (CONT’D)

Now for a few well-placed withering

scowls.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

MOM:

I guess all I really want to say

is:
thank you.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

ANGER:

Huh?

Anger drops the controls.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

MOM:

You know, through all this

confusion you’ve stayed... well,

you’ve stayed our happy girl!

Mom brushes Riley’s cheek.

MOM (CONT’D)

Your dad’s under a lot of pressure.

But if you and I can keep smiling,

it would be a big help. We can do

that for him, right?

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Joy, smiling with renewed purpose, steps back to the console.

JOY:

Whoa! Well.

INSIDE OUT 32.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

RILEY:

(smiles)

Yeah! Sure.

MOM:

What did we do to deserve you?

(kisses Riley)

Sweet dreams.

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