Inside Out Page #5

RILEY:

Good night.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

ANGER:

Well, you can’t argue with Mom.

“Happy” it is.

FEAR DISGUST:

Team Happy! Sounds great! I’m totally behind you, Joy.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

Riley goes to sleep.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

The screen goes black.

JOY:

Looks like we’re going into REM. I

got Dream Duty, so I’ll take care

of sending these to Long Term.

Great day today, guys! Sleep well

TEAM HAPPY!

The team heads off to bed.

Harp music plays.

JOY (CONT’D)

Alright, what's on tonight, Dream

Production?

ON THE SCREEN:
a DREAM COMES UP.

The family FLIES happily through the air in the car. They

land in front of the house-

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DAD:

Well, this is it. The new place.

-- except it’s haunted! Organ music. Ghosts howling. The dead

mouse rises up into frame.

MOUSE:

Come live with me, Riley!

The mouse falls over, dead. A bear enters, holding a pizza.

PIZZA BEAR:

Somebody order a broccoli pizza?

The pizza slices hop up and dance a jig.

PIZZA SLICE:

Eat me! I’m organic!

INT. RILEY’S ROOM

Riley frowns in her sleep.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

JOY:

Ah, NO, who is in charge of

programming down there?! I know I’m

not supposed to do this, but...

Joy ducks behind the console and REBOOTS it. The dream ends.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM - NIGHT

Riley still looks troubled.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

JOY:

We are not going to end the day

like this.

Joy has a thought. She recalls a memory.

ON THE SCREEN:
Riley ice skates with her parents.

Joy watches, loving this kid. She shadows Riley, “skating”

around headquarters.

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JOY (CONT’D)

Don’t you worry. I’m gonna make

sure that tomorrow is another great

day. I promise.

INT. RILEY’S ROOM - NIGHT

Riley SMILES in her sleep.

INT. KITCHEN - MORNING

Riley excitedly snarfs down breakfast cereal.

INT. HEADQUARTERS - MORNING

Joy plays the accordion around Headquarters. The others

appear, looking grumpy. Joy yells over the noise.

JOY:

Hello! Did I wake you?

ANGER:

DO you have to play that?

JOY:

Well, I have to practice. And I

don’t think of it as playing so

much as hugging.

She tosses aside the accordion and runs off.

JOY (CONT’D)

Okay, first day of school! Very,

very exciting! I was up late last

night figuring out a new plan. Here

it is.

(to Fear)

Fear! I need a list of all the

possible negative outcomes on the

first day at a new school.

FEAR:

Way ahead of you there. Does anyone

know how to spell “meteor?”

JOY:

Disgust! Make sure Riley stands out

today... but also blends in.

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DISGUST:

When I’m through, Riley will look

so good the other kids will look at

their own outfits and barf.

JOY:

(addressing herself)

Joy! Yes Joy? You’ll be in charge

of the console, keeping Riley happy

all day long. And may I add I love

your dress, it’s adorable. Oh, This

ol’ thing? Thank you so much, I

love the way it twirls...

TOOT TOOT! A TRAIN rushes by outside.

JOY (CONT’D)

Train of Thought! Right on

schedule.

The engineer waves from the cab and drops off a large bag.

JOY (CONT’D)

Anger! Unload the daydreams. I

ordered extra in case things get

slow in class.

ANGER:

Might come in handy, if this new

school is full of boring useless

classes, which it probably will

be...

Sadness walks by. Joy stops her.

JOY:

Oh - Sadness! I have a super

important job just for you.

SADNESS:

Really?

JOY:

Mmm-hmmm. Follow me.

CUT TO:

THE BACK OF THE ROOM

Joy draws a chalk circle on the floor around Sadness’s feet.

SADNESS:

What are you doing?

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JOY:

(finishing the circle)

And... there. Perfect. This is the

circle of Sadness. Your job is to

make sure that all the Sadness

stays inside of it.

SADNESS:

So... you want me to just stand

here?

JOY:

Hey, it’s not MY place to tell you

how to do your job. Just make sure-

(nudging Sadness’ foot back

over the line)

--ALL the Sadness stays in the

circle.

Sadness stands there.

JOY (CONT’D)

See? You’re a pro at this! Isn’t

this fun?!

SADNESS:

No.

JOY:

(heading to the console)

Atta girl. Alright everyone, fresh

start! We are gonna to have a good

day, which will turn into a good

week, which will turn into a good

year, which turns into a good LIFE!

INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE - MORNING

Mom helps Riley on with her backpack. Dad is on the phone.

MOM:

So, the big day! New school, new

friends, huh?

RILEY:

I know! I’m kinda nervous, but I’m

mostly excited! How do I look? Do

you like my shirt?

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Joy looks back at Family Island, working away.

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INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

MOM:

Very cute! You gonna be okay? You

want us to walk with you?

INT. HEADQUARTERS

DISGUST:

Mom and Dad? With us in public? No

thank you.

JOY:

(operating console)

I’m on it.

INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE

RILEY:

Nope, I’m fine. Bye Mom! Bye Dad!

DAD:

(covering phone)

Have a good day at school, Monkey!

All three make monkey sounds at each other.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Goofball Island works out the back window.

INT. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE

Riley giggles as she exits.

MOM:

Have a great day, sweetheart.

EXT. SCHOOL - MORNING

Riley walks up to her new school. New kids everywhere. She

hesitates.

FEAR (O.S.)

Are you sure we want to do this?

JOY (O.S.)

In we go!

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FEAR (O.S.)

Okayyy! Going in! Yes.

Riley perks up and walks in.

INT. CLASSROOM - MORNING

Riley sits at her desk and looks at the other kids in class.

DISGUST (O.S.)

Okay, we’ve got a group of cool

girls at 2 o’clock.

INT. HEADQUARTERS - CONTINUOUS

JOY:

How do you know?

DISGUST:

Double ears pierced, infinity

scarf...

A group of makeup-wearing girls look back at Riley.

JOY:

Whoa. Is she wearing eye shadow?

DISGUST:

Yeah, we want to be friends with

them.

JOY:

Let’s go talk to ‘em!

DISGUST:

Are you kidding?? We’re not TALKING

to them, we want them to like us.

JOY:

Oh!

(then)

Wait, what?

FEAR:

(drops a giant stack of

paper on the console)

Almost finished with the potential

disasters. Worst scenario is either

quicksand, spontaneous combustion,

or getting called on by the

teacher. So as long as none of

those happen...

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INT. CLASSROOM

TEACHER:

Okay, everybody. We have a new

student in class today.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

FEAR:

Are you kidding me?! Out of the

gate? This is not happening!

INT. CLASSROOM

TEACHER:

Riley would you like to tell us

something about yourself?

INT. HEADQUARTERS

FEAR:

Nooooooo! Pretend we can’t speak

English!

JOY:

Don't worry. I got this.

Joy pushes a lever.

INT. CLASSROOM

RILEY:

Uhh... okay. My name is Riley

Andersen. I’m from Minnesota. And

now I live here.

TEACHER:

And how about Minnesota?... Can you

tell us something about it? Well

you certainly get a lot more snow

than we do.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

JOY:

(laughs)

She’s hilarious!

She turns a lever.

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INT. CLASSROOM

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