CLOSE SHOT OF RILEY ANDERSEN (13) getting ready to play
hockey: taping up her stick.
INTERCUT with shots of EMOTIONS getting ready. Anger and Fear
straightening their ties. Disgust filing her nails. Sadness
cleaning her glasses.
Joy rubs her hands together in anticipation.
WITH RILEY
Riley hits her gloves together.
IN HQ
Joy steps into frame.
WITH RILEY
Riley steps into frame in her skates. Camera pans up on
Riley’s smiling face, and into her head--
IN HQ
JOY with the same smile -- turns to the camera.
JOY
Let's play some hockey!
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Family"]
Ratings
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2 -
Game Day Tensions
INT. HOCKEY RINK - DAY
Riley opens the rink door and skates out onto the ice,
followed by Grace, Bree and the rest of the Foghorns.
...the INSIDE OUT 2 logo appears in the middle of the screen.
IN HQ
Joy puts on a headset.
JOY
This is Joy, coming to you live in
Riley’s mind, and we’re expecting a
GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP today with the
Foghorns!
The Foghorns WARM UP... Riley, Bree and Grace high five.
IN HQ
JOY
Riley fans, get up on your feet,
and make some NOISE!
Confetti cannons fire from behind her.
WITH RILEY
Mom and Dad are going crazy in the stands!
MOM
Go go go!
DAD/MOM
(chanting)
Let’s go foghorns!
They get the crowd to chant and clap along.
The HORN BLARES. Riley calls out to other teammates--
RILEY
BRING IT IN!
See the girls HANDS in a circle as they all put their gloved
hands together.
RILEY (CONT'D)
Foghorns on three! One, two, three!
CAMERA circles around the girls faces -- and THEN the CAMERA
HAS TO PAN UP -- to see Riley -- because she’s so tall!
FOGHORNS
FOGHORNS!
Riley skates out onto the ice to start the game. The ref
lifts the puck over the ice...
He drops the puck---
IN HQ
Joy watches on in excited anticipation--
WITH RILEY
and the game begins!
IN HQ
JOY (CONT'D)
Now it’s time to greet your-- TEAM
RILEY! Playing in his 13th year,
and fresh from the penalty box--
ANGER steps up to the console...
JOY
It’s Riley’s ANGER!
ANGER
Lemme at ‘em!
Anger drives.
WITH RILEY
She skates forward...
Riley makes a goal! The crowd goes wild!
SCOREBOARD -- FOGHORNS 1. SEA LIONS 0.
RILEY
Woo!
IN HQ
A memory rolls out. Fear walks up while looking at a
clipboard.
FEAR
(confidence, bravado)
Helmet, pads, gloves, safety
checklist is complete. It should be
nothing but smooth sailing from--
He sees Riley is about to COLLIDE WITH SOMEONE and FREAKS
OUT, lunging for the console to drive.
FEAR (CONT'D)
(yelling)
AHHH!! LOOK OUT!!!
WITH RILEY
She is startled -- BARELY MISSING AN OPPOSING TEAM MEMBER.
IN HQ
JOY
And that’s Fear, keeping Riley on
her toes!
FEAR
We gotta get our mouthguard people!
WITH RILEY
Riley skates over and picks up her mouth guard and puts it in
her mouth when--
IN HQ
Disgust lunges for the console.
DISGUST
(gasp)
No-no-no-no! That’s not ours!
WITH RILEY
RILEY SPITS IT OUT -- clearly grossed out.
IN HQ
Joy leans into Disgust.
JOY
And that folks is the infamous
Disgust! Glad to have her on our
team.
WITH RILEY
Riley goes after the puck and accidentally trips an opposing
player -- WHISTLE. The Ref points at Riley.
REFEREE
28, Andersen, tripping!
SADNESS (O.S.)
Oh no...
Riley skates over to the penalty box.
IN HQ
JOY
And bringing up the rear, you know
her, you love her, the ONE, the
ONLY--
SADNESS
Oh, we got a penalty...
(crying)
Sadness puts her head down on the console.
JOY
That’s right-- Sadness is in the
house!
Sadness waves a tiny flag.
SADNESS
Yay.
WITH RILEY
Riley enters the penalty box.
ANNOUNCER (O.S.)
Andersen goes to the box. Two
minutes for tripping.
WE FREEZE FRAME ON RILEY IN THE PENALTY BOX--
JOY (V.O.)
Ok, looks like we have a couple of
minutes while Riley takes a
breather. Let me catch you up.
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Family"]
Ratings
Scene
3 -
A Taste of Triumph
EXT. RILEY’S KITCHEN
Riley, wearing an apron, and with the confidence of a 5 star
chef, brings a covered plate to her parents at the table, and
reveals an extremely charred chicken that she cooked.
JOY (V.O.)
Riley is still... exceptional.
RILEY
Tada!
She uncovers the food. It looks terrible. But mom and dad
smile anyway.
MOM
Oh, yum.
EXT. MIDDLE SCHOOL STAGE - DAY
JOY (V.O.)
And not just because she’s the top
of her class; which by the way she
is...
FEMALE TEACHER (O.S.)
Riley Andersen.
Riley walks up on stage. Mr. Kelsey hands her a Middle School
diploma. Dad takes pictures of Riley with a giant camera.
DAD
Riley Riley! Over here!
Genres:
["Comedy","Family","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
4 -
Riley's Acts of Kindness
INT. ICE RINK - DAY
An opposing player trips and falls. Riley stops to help her
up.
JOY (V.O.)
She’s also really kind...
EXT. RILEY’S HOUSE - DAY
Riley sets out milk for a stray cat.
JOY (V.O.)
And she’s nice to stray cats? I
mean, come on!
Genres:
["Animation","Family","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
5 -
Growing Pains: Riley's 13th Birthday
INT. DINING ROOM - DAY
Mom puts a birthday cake in front of Riley. Riley blows out a
“13” birthday candle. Dad films the moment with his phone
while Mom and Dad sing.
JOY (V.O.)
Oh and she’s officially a teenager
now!
MOM/DAD
(singing)
Happy Birthday to you!
(celebratory cheering)
INT. RILEY’S BEDROOM - MORNING
Riley finishes getting dressed, but all of it is too small
for her (she’s wearing the rainbow shirt outfit from IO).
JOY (V.O.)
She got very tall very fast...
ANGER (O.S.)
Did we grow overnight?!
SADNESS (O.S.)
Aw, that was our favorite shirt.
Genres:
["Family","Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
6 -
Braces and Beliefs
INT. ORTHODONTICS OFFICE - DAY
Riley getting her braces on.
JOY (V.O.)
We even got braces with extra
rubber bands!
MALE DENTIST (O.S.)
How does it feel?
RILEY
(mouth wide open in the
dentist chair)
Great...
One of the rubber bands shoots out of Riley’s mouth, hitting
the dentist in the face.
MALE DENTIST
Ow.
RILEY
Sorry.
IN HQ
JOY (V.O.)
Riley’s personality islands are
still going strong.
We see THE CORE FOUR PERSONALITY ISLANDS outside HQ.
The emotions walk into frame, looking out at the islands.
DISGUST
Glad to see Boy Band Island finally
broke up.
FEAR
But Goofball is still monkeyin’
around.
(laughs)
SADNESS
But, where’s Family Island?
JOY
It’s right there!
Joy hands Sadness some binoculars. Sadness sees the tiny
island through the viewfinder.
SADNESS
(looking thru binoculars)
Oh, there it is. But, what’s that
blocking it?
We PAN OVER AND SEE THE BIGGEST ISLAND OF ALL - FRIENDSHIP
JOY
Oh, that’s Friendship Island. Isn’t
it amazing?
JOY (V.O.)
But we realized her islands aren’t
the only things made by memories.
Camera tracks down the stem of headquarters.
JOY (V.O.)
Way down at the root level these
memories were also creating
beliefs.
Joy strums a belief.
RILEY (V.O.)
(from belief)
Homework should be illegal.
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Family"]
Ratings
Scene
7 -
Homework Blues and Musical Escapes
INT. RILEY’S KITCHEN - DAY
Riley doing homework.
RILEY
Ughhhh.
INT. BACK OF MOM AND DAD’S CAR
Riley listening to music on her headphones.
RILEY (V.O.)
Get Up and Glow is the best band
EVER.
Genres:
["Family","Coming-of-age"]
Ratings
Scene
8 -
A Coincidental Connection
INT. MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOM - DAY
JOY (V.O.)
And my personal favorite:
RILEY (V.O.)
(from belief)
I’m a really good friend.
Grace gets up in front of the class, nervous. A large jar of
coins perched on the edge of the teacher’s desk.
GRACE
Did you know-- the change in your
couch could change the wor-- oh no!
(drops coins)
Grace goes to pick up the jar by the lid but the bottom falls
out and the coins spill everywhere. Grace scrambles to pick
them up but knocks over a lectern which knocks over other
stuff.
The class laughs as Grace makes a bad situation worse.
Riley’s not laughing though.
IN HQ
JOY
Oh no, we should do something--
DISGUST
No. That girl is a social Titanic.
Do not get on that ship!
FEAR
Uh... guys?
Just then something magical starts to happen behind them. The
Sense of Self forming.
FEAR
Wow...
ANGER DISGUST
What is that thing? So pretty.
WITH RILEY
...and we see Riley’s look change to one of determination.
She knows what to do. Riley goes up to help Grace pick up her
stuff.
RILEY
It’s ok. I drop things all the
time.
IN HQ
The Sense of Self activates and glows...
WITH RILEY
RILEY
I’m Riley.
GRACE
I’m Grace.
They’re joined by Bree who hands Grace a coin.
BREE
I’m Bree.
They all meet for the first time.
IN HQ
The emotions curiously approach the new Sense of Self.
JOY (V.O.)
Turns out when you put all of those
beliefs together they make the most
wonderful thing of all: Her Sense
of Self.
Joy strums the beliefs at the base of the sense of self.
RILEY (V.O.)
(as Sense of Self)
I’m a good person.
JOY (V.O.)
It’s what helps Riley make good
choices.
SHOTS OF RILEY, BREE AND GRACE TAKING UGLY SELFIES
JOY (V.O.)
13 years of hard work all wrapped
up in what some might call...
IN HQ
All the emotions gather around the Sense of Self.
JOY (V.O.)
...our masterpiece.
They all smile.
JOY (V.O.)
You know, one of the hardest
challenges we found--
020 DOING GREAT
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
9 -
The Winning Play
INT. HOCKEY RINK - DAY
Riley in the penalty box.
JOY (V.O.)
--OH MY GOSH WE’RE BACK IN THE
GAME.
We see the score is tied 3 to 3.
SADNESS (V.O.)
(gasp)
We’re tied...!
Riley leaves the penalty box.
IN HQ
DISGUST
How are we gonna score in time?
WITH RILEY
Contemplating.
IN HQ
FEAR
We use our slap shot!
ANGER
No, no no. We charge the goalie!
SADNESS
But Grace hasn’t scored yet!
Joy looks back at Riley’s Sense of Self, which is emerging
from the floor.
JOY
Riley's got this.
The SENSE OF SELF glows and hums.
WITH RILEY
Riley smiles and skates to the center.
RILEY
(to Grace)
Thread the needle!
Riley looks at Brie and Grace -- they all nod to each other.
CLOSE ON MOM AND DAD, DAD WITH HIS EYES CLOSED.
IN HQ
JOY
(to herself)
C’mon Riley.
WITH RILEY
The puck is dropped! Riley passes it back to Bree who
ricochets it off the wall back to Riley!
SCOREBOARD TIME: 6 seconds left!
The crowd is cheering wildly.
With the time running out, Riley is on a solo breakaway
heading right for the goalie!
IN HQ
The Sense of Self glowing...
WITH RILEY
In the last few seconds, Riley passes the puck between her
opponent’s legs to Grace who’s right behind her! Grace swings
back and shoots!
And -- she scores!
RILEY
Woo!
BUZZER -- game over -- The crowd goes CRAZY.
SCOREBOARD -- FOGHORNS 4. SEA LIONS 3.
Riley, Bree and Grace do their celly dance together.
RILEY/BREE/GRACE
(laughing)
Awwwooogaaa!
IN HQ
THE EMOTIONS ALL DANCE TOGETHER -- excited!
EMOTIONS/JOY
Awwwooogaaa!
IN HQ
IN THE STANDS -- MOM and DAD going crazy!
Dad grabs a guy in the stands and starts shaking him with
excitement!
DAD
Yeah that’s what I’m talkin’ about!
Look at that! That’s my girl!
MOM
You did it!
ANNOUNCER
And the Foghorns win the
Championship!
Riley and Grace hug.
Bree flies in and dog piles Riley and Grace. They fall
together laughing.
The rest of Riley’s teammates join the pile!
FOGHORNS
Champions!/Go Riley!/Woo!
IN HQ
A memory of the championship rolls in.
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Family"]
Ratings
Scene
10 -
Championship Celebration and New Opportunities
INT. HOCKEY RINK - EVENING
Riley, Bree and Grace hang out rinkside after the game,
celebrating with their team, hoisting the trophy in the air.
FOGHORNS
Go Foghorns!/Woohoo!/Oh Yeah!
As they walk past, they reveal Bree, Grace, and Riley.
RILEY
GRACE! Woo!
BREE
We’re the best! Champions baby!
Riley high fives Grace in celebration.
RILEY (CONT'D)
She SHOOTS! And she scores!
COACH ROBERTS
Hey girls! Congratulations on your
win!
They turn to see Coach Roberts.
IN HQ
JOY
(gasp)
That’s the high school coach!
WITH RILEY
COACH ROBERTS
What a game! That last play. Woo!
The three of you were impressive.
Riley beams.
RILEY
Thanks, Coach Roberts.
COACH ROBERTS
Look, it’s last minute. But every
year I do a three day skills camp.
I invite all the best players in
the area. I’d love for you girls to
come.
IN HQ
FEAR
Are we in a dream right now?
Please, can somebody pinch me?
Anger walks over and punches him. Fear falls over.
FEAR
Ow! Definitely awake.
JOY
If we impress Coach she’ll put the
three of us on the team next year!
Anger puts on a “FIRE HAWKS” FOAM PUCK HAT (LOGO & TEXT IN
RED).
ANGER
Oooh, the Fire Hawks! Finally a
team I can get behind!
RILEY
My penalty almost lost us the game
today. What if I get to camp and I
screw it up?
DAD
Hey, don’t talk like that.
MOM
Yeah, you did great today honey!
IN HQ
JOY
Exactly! Mom gets it.
Joy grabs THE MEMORY out of recall.
WITH RILEY
She smiles.
RILEY
Yeah, I guess.
MOM
We are so proud of you.
DAD
Night Monkey.
Riley and Dad act like monkeys.
MOM (O.S.)
Alright, alright. Sleep tight
honey.
Mom and Dad leave. Riley turns the light off, smiles and goes
to sleep.
IN HQ
The emotions are upset about what happened, looking at Joy.
SADNESS
Oh, Riley’s so hard on herself.
JOY
But!
(taking the memory)
We can make everything easier.
Joy pulls down a JERRY RIGGED TUBE.
JOY
(efforts)
Behold: My super high tech, Riley
protection system.
A piece falls off and Joy struggles to pop it back into
place.
JOY
(awkward chuckle)
Don't look it’s fine. This is for
all those memories that belong in
the Back of the Mind. Like, this
penalty one. It’s weighing on her,
so let’s lighten the load!
Joy places the PENALTY MEMORY she’s holding into the tube.
JOY (CONT'D)
A one way expressway to ‘We’re not
gonna think about that right now’!
Woo!
SHE SHOOTS THE MEMORY TO THE BACK OF THE MIND.
The other emotions nod, they like this.
ANGER FEAR
Not bad Joy. Wow! Joy you worked hard!
DISGUST SADNESS
That’s pretty impressive. You take such good care of
Riley.
JOY
Thanks I try. Okay, let’s do a
sweep!
All the emotions (except for Sadness) go to the memory wall
and look at the memories--
DISGUST pulls a memory from the shelf.
DISGUST
Oh, here’s one where she waved at a
guy who was actually waving at a
girl behind her.
JOY
Ohhh that was so bad. Good choice.
ANGER
Oh, here’s when she forgot that
girl’s name.
JOY
Oh yeah, that was super awkward.
DISGUST
What WAS her name?
JOY
I don’t know, Janet or something?
Whatever, let’s just get rid of it.
Joy’s arms are getting full with memories. So full she
struggles to hold them all.
Joy (AND ALL THE EMOTIONS) PUT THE MEMORIES THEY COLLECTED IN
THE TUBE --
Joy closes the tube and pulls back on the plunger...
JOY (CONT'D)
We keep the best and toss the rest!
And fires! The memories fly out of HQ to the Back of the
Mind. She grabs one yellow memory off the wall.
JOY (CONT'D)
Woo, nice work everyone. Alright
Anger, the rest of these babies can
go to Long Term!
Anger pushes the floor button - making the gears turn and the
memories roll out and get disbursed THROUGH THE TUBE.
JOY
Ok, let’s get some shut-eye, big
day tomorrow.
They head off to bed. Joy falls behind a bit admiring the
Sense of Self. But Sadness watches her.
SADNESS
Joy, are you taking that where I
think you’re taking that?
JOY
Wanna come this time?
SADNESS
Yes. I-I mean no. I - oh no. I-I
really shouldn’t.
JOY
You know, you’re the only one who
hasn’t been to the Belief System.
SADNESS
Yeah, it’s just that it’s new and I
know how important it is and I
don’t want to mess it up or break
it or burn it to the ground or
anything.
JOY
Sadness, you won’t hurt it. I
promise. Have I ever steered you
wrong before?
SADNESS
Yeah, many times.
JOY
Come on.
Joy hits some buttons and an elevator rises from the floor.
JOY
Where I go, you go...
They get in. Joy holds the memory. Sadness takes Joy’s hand.
She looks to Joy, smiles. She’s excited.
The doors close and the elevator disappears into the floor...
We take an epic elevator ride down the stem of headquarters,
down down down to the depths of Riley. When the doors open, a
gold hue lights up their faces.
Genres:
["Animation","Family","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
12 -
Nurturing Beliefs
INT. BELIEF SYSTEM
They step out to reveal a subterranean root system fed by a
flowing stream of memories.
SADNESS
Oh my goodness.
They begin to explore. Joy plucks at a gold string. Riley’s
voice says her belief.
SADNESS
Whoa.
YOUNG RILEY (V.O.)
(in belief)
Mom and Dad are proud of me.
JOY
An oldie but a goodie.
Sadness plucks one.
RILEY/YOUNG RILEY (V.O.)
(in belief)
I’m kind.
SADNESS
Awwww. That’s nice.
Joy runs through a forest of beliefs strumming a row of them
as she passes.
RILEY (V.O.)
(in belief)
I’m strong.
RILEY (V.O.)
(in belief)
I’m brave.
RILEY (V.O.)
(in belief)
I’m a really good friend.
Joy and Sadness walk down to the water. They look at the
memory Joy is holding: Riley, Bree and Grace celebrating
their championship win.
Joy puts the championship memory in the stream. It glows,
spreading light everywhere, feeding a belief that grows from
it and attaches to the root system. Joy plucks it.
RILEY (V.O.)
(in belief, echo)
I’m a winner.
And as light from the belief rises to HQ:
JOY (V.O.)
And all those beliefs come together
to make... our Riley.
IN HQ: The Sense of Self glows.
RILEY (V.O.)
(in Sense of Self)
I’m a good person.
WITH RILEY
Riley smiles a little in her sleep.
Genres:
["Animation","Family","Fantasy"]
Ratings
Scene
13 -
Awakening to Confusion
INT. EMOTIONS BEDROOM - NIGHT
Joy, Sadness, Anger, and Disgust are all asleep in their
beds.
BEEP. BEEP.
Joy rouses, her hair all messed up.
She rests her head back down and immediately rouses again.
BEEP.
JOY (CONT'D)
(groggy)
Huh? Uh?
She gets out of bed. Sadness leans over the top bunk.
SADNESS
What the heck is that?
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Family"]
Ratings
Scene
14 -
Chaos at Headquarters
INT. HEADQUARTERS - NIGHT
Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger (HOLDING A BAT), and Fear all in
a line-come down the stairs.
BEEP. Joy hunts for the noise, going down the console. Until
she comes to a tiny, red flashing light...
JOY
Hmmm.
The emotions all huddled around the console.
BEEP...
BEEEEEPPPPPPP!!!!!
All the emotions freak out!
Anger goes ON FIRE, Joy frantically hitting buttons. Disgust
looking disgusted! Sadness is starting to cry! Fear
screaming!
FEAR JOY
(freaking out) (voc: freaking out, hitting
This is the end people! It's buttons)
the apocalypse!
DISGUST SADNESS
Turn that off Joy! (voc: crying)
Joy tries to smother the alarm with her hands. Anger tries to
smash it with his bat.
ANGER
Ahhhhh!
But Disgust stops him.
DISGUST
No! What are you doing?!
Joy is able to get the alarm off the console and gets an
idea; she activates her jerry rigged tube...
...and sends the alarm to the Back of the Mind.
JOY
Whew! Problem solved.
BEAT. A GIANT WRECKING BALL HEADS TOWARDS HEADQUARTERS --
SADNESS
Joy!
BAM! -- SMASH... A WRECKING BALL COMES THROUGH THE BACK
WINDOW!
EMOTIONS/JOY
AHHHH!
A construction lift, carrying CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, slowly
raises outside the broken window. It comes to a stop.
FOREMAN
Okay, let’s clear it all out! IT’S
DEMO DAY!
The workers pour into HQ, carrying supplies.
The emotions watch horrified as construction workers take
sledgehammers to the wall and jackhammers to the floor!
JOY
DEMO?! Wait, wait what’s happening?
ANGER
What's going on?! Ahhhh!!!
Anger lights on fire next to a box of dynamite, lighting one
of the dynamite sticks. Joy pulls him away, and then quickly
zips back to extinguish the flame.
JOY
Woah woah woah woah woah, stop!
A construction workers starts smashing near Disgust and
Sadness.
DISGUST
Ah! Who are you people?!
A Construction worker slices the couch in half with a
chainsaw as FEAR barely saves his Teddybear from being cut.
Joy sees a MIND WORKER carrying a stack of papers and runs
over to him.
JOY
Hey! Uh, are you the one in charge
here?
Something crashes behind her.
JOY
Ah!
(back to the Mind Worker)
Could do me a favor and stop
tearing Headquarters apart?
Anger and a Mind Worker play tug-of-war over equipment.
FOREMAN
No can do, didn’t ya hear? Permits
just came through.
The foreman drops a stack of permits in Joy’s hands.
JOY
Permits? For what?!
FOREMAN
For expanding the place! You know,
for the others!
BOOM! Something explodes off screen and Joy gets a face full
of dust.
JOY (CONT'D)
(coughing)
What others?
FOREMAN
They’re not here yet? Aye aye aye.
(calling out)
Hey Margie, you got that console?
CUT TO a construction worker key into the console and open it
up like the hood of a car. Exposing all the inner wires,
fans, and circuit boards.
MARGIE
Yeah, yeah, yeah gimmie a sec!
She starts reaching in and messing with all of it.
JOY
Hey! Hey! What are you doing?!
Margie slams the lid shut and locks it.
MARGIE
Alright, she’s all set!
JOY
Set with what?
ALL THE LIGHTS GO ON!
DAD (O.S.)
Come on Riley get up! Camp time!
WITH RILEY
Riley slowly opens her eyes.
A WHISTLE BLOWS!
FOREMAN
(calling out)
Lunch break!
All the workers drop their tools and head out.
JOY
Whoah whoah, wait wait! You can’t
leave it like this!
FOREMAN
Don’t worry, we’ll be back.
They all exit. The emotions look around HQ. It’s a TOTAL
MESS.
DAD (O.S.)
Come on! We’re gonna be late! Grace
is waiting.
JOY
No no no!
The emotions, with urgency, rush to the console!
WITH RILEY
Riley sits up, barely awake. A glaring pimple sits on her
chin.
Mom looks down at an incomplete suitcase.
MOM
Riley, you aren’t packed yet?
IN HQ
The emotions come forward -- Anger barely pushes a button --
WITH RILEY
RILEY
UGH! YOU’RE ALWAYS ON ME, CAN’T YOU
JUST LAY OFF FOR LIKE ONE SECOND??!
Mom goes wide-eyed.
IN HQ
DISGUST
(to Anger)
Uh, overreact much?!
ANGER
I barely touched it! Those morons
broke the console!
WITH RILEY
MOM
Riley. What’s wrong?
IN HQ
Sadness reaches forward...
SADNESS
Oh, Mom looks sad.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
(crying)
I’m the worst!
MOM
Oh no, honey...
IN HQ
SADNESS
I barely touched it!
ANGER
That’s what I said!
WITH RILEY
Riley totally crying.
Then she stops suddenly, smells her arm pit--
IN HQ
DISGUST
Let the professional handle this.
She cracks her knuckles and touches the console.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
I’M TOO GROSS TO GO TO CAMP OR
ANYWHERE EVER AGAIN.
IN HQ
Disgust takes her finger off the console.
DISGUST
Oh yeah, this is totally broken.
WITH RILEY dramatically crying into her blanket.
ON MOM’S STUNNED LOOK - WE ZOOM INSIDE MOM’S HEAD.
MOM’S ANGER
Well, we all knew this day would
come.
MOM’S SADNESS
Remember: We agreed not to make a
big deal about this.
MOM’S DISGUST
(matter-of-fact)
But she really does stink.
MOM’S EMOTIONS
Yep/Mmm hmm/Oh it’s bad.
MOM’S SADNESS
Remain calm. Stick to the prepared
script.
All Mom’s emotions nod in agreement.
Mom’s Sadness drives.
MOM BREATHS OUT.
She sits next to Riley on the bed like she’s sitting next to
a bomb.
MOM
You are not gross honey. You’re
just changing. Remember that
beautiful butterfly we saw in the
park last week?
Riley looks up at her, perplexed.
IN HQ
The emotions stand away from the console with a long stick,
trying to BARELY TOUCH THE CONSOLE...
MOM (O.S.)
Well that butterfly began as a
caterpillar, and just like that
caterpillar you’re about to get
your wings. Not literal wings.
JOY
Easy... easy....
The stick barely touches a button.
WITH RILEY
MOM
But if you have questions--
RILEY
OH MY GOSH MOM! JUST GO AWAY! UGH!
She jumps out of bed and leaves.
INSIDE MOM’S HEAD
MOM'S ANGER
Welp, that’s a preview of the next
10 years.
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Family"]
Ratings
Scene
15 -
Excitement on the Road to Hockey Camp
INT. FAMILY CAR
Riley, Bree and Grace sit in the back of Mom and Dad’s car.
Mom drives with Dad in the passenger seat.
BREE
Riley!
GRACE
Oh my gosh!
BREE
We’re gonna have so much fun!
DAD
Alright, who’s ready for hockey
camp?!
RILEY/BREE/GRACE
Woo! Yeah!
IN HQ
The emotions huddled around the console.
JOY
Ok, until we can figure this out,
nobody touch the console unless you
really need to!
Genres:
["Family","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
16 -
Facing Change: A Friendship Tested
INT. FAMILY CAR
Mom and Dad continue their conversation in background as the
girls excitedly discuss their plans...
DAD
So big weekend for us, what do you
want to do?
MOM
Well, we could finally clean out
the garage. Or actually the
upstairs closet is really bad. We
should probably start there.
WITH RILEY
GRACE
You guys I’m so psyched!
BREE
Me too!
RILEY
I know! How great is next year
gonna be?! Coach Roberts’ team has
been state champs like every year!
She holds up her phone with a picture of the varsity team.
Zooms in on the captain.
RILEY (CONT'D)
AND, Val Ortiz is the captain now!
IN HQ
ANGER
This Valentina Ortiz obsession is
outta control.
DISGUST
Uh, she made the Fire Hawks when
she was only a Freshman.
SADNESS
That’s really hard...
WITH RILEY
RILEY
All we have to do is be super
awesome at camp. Coach will put us
on the team, and we’ll all be Fire
Hawks!
Bree and Grace share a quick look at each other.
IN HQ
DISGUST
Wait. What was that?
JOY
What was what?
DISGUST
We got a look. I don’t like this.
JOY
What? You’re paranoid.
DISGUST
I never miss a look.
Disgust hits a button we don’t see with her foot.
An additional mini-workstation rises from the floor. CSI-like
synth music plays.
Disgust recalls a memory of the look they just got.
Disgust freezes the image.
DISGUST
Enhance 224-176. Track right. Zoom
in.
The screen zooms in on Bree’s eyebrow.
DISGUST
Riiighhhhht... There!
Disgust shows Bree moving her eyebrow a tenth of an inch.
Cut back to the emotions: who don’t get it.
ANGER
So?
DISGUST
She’s hiding something! But what?!
ON RILEY
Riley makes the tiniest facial change.
ZOOM INTO BREE’S HEAD
BREE’S SADNESS
What is she doing?
On screen: Riley looking at her.
BREE’S ANGER
She’s looking at our look!
BREE’S DISGUST
No, it’s much more than that.
Bree’s Disgust hits a button with HER foot and pulls up HER
workstation. The frame of Riley freezes.
BREE’S JOY
She looks the same to me.
BREE’S DISGUST
Overlay and compare!
Bree recalls a nearly identical freeze frame of Riley on top
of the current one and uses a slider to slide between the two
overlaid images.
There’s clearly a marked difference the other emotions didn’t
see before.
BREE’S FEAR/BREE’S JOY/BREE’S
SADNESS/BREE’S ANGER
Whoa!/Ooooh!/You’re Right!/How did
I miss it? It’s so obvious!
BREE’S SADNESS
But, what does it mean?
BREE’S DISGUST
She knows we’re hiding something.
ON GRACE
Grace’s eyes ping pong back and forth between Riley and Bree
intently staring at each other.
ZOOM INTO GRACE’S HEAD
Grace’s Disgust stands by the console and work station.
GRACE’S DISGUST
What is happening right now?
Grace’s Fear holding a saucer and a cup of tea, rattling with
nerves.
GRACE’S FEAR
I don’t know! I don’t know!
GRACE’S ANGER
I can’t take this anymore!
Grace’s Anger moves to the console, while bumping Grace’s
Fear which causes him to spill his tea on the console.
GRACE’S FEAR
Ah!
GRACE’S DISGUST
You spilled the tea!
WITH RILEY
GRACE
Coach Roberts isn’t gonna be our
coach next year!
BREE
Grace!
Bree hits Grace on the shoulder and gives her a look.
BREE
We--we got assigned to a different
high school.
IN HQ
DISGUST
Aha!
(then, realizing)
Oh. Oh no.
WITH RILEY
Riley seems almost ok with this.
RILEY
Oh ok. Um, yeah. No big deal.
IN HQ
ANGER FEAR
OUR LIFE IS OVER! This is a HUGE deal!
DISGUST FEAR
IS SHE SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?! (hyperventilating)
I can’t breathe I can’t
breathe!
DISGUST SADNESS
How long have they known WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!
this?!
ANGER
We can’t go to high school without
Bree and Grace!
SADNESS
We wont know anybody...
WITH RILEY
BREE
We’ll still get to hang out...
GRACE
And we’ll have this weekend? Which
means we’ll get one last time
playing on the same team?
BREE
Friends are forever. Right?
Bree and Grace offer a fist bump. Riley forces a smile.
RILEY
Yeah. Of course.
Riley returns the fist bump.
BREE/GRACE
Woo!
Bree and Grace excitedly go back to talking in the
background.
GRACE
I can’t wait to get on the rink!
BREE
When do we get our schedules?
GRACE
(trailing off)
I heard...
Riley, clearly upset, looks out the window.
IN HQ
Sadness reaching for the console...
SADNESS
Oh this is so sad!
Sadness can’t help herself. She lunges for the console.
Everybody jumps in to hold her back.
JOY
No wait! Sadness!
ANGER DISGUST
Don’t do it! No, no, no, no, no!
FEAR SADNESS
I don’t have a good grip! (voc: efforts)
DISGUST
Just keep it together until we’re
out of the car!
Genres:
["Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
17 -
First Day Jitters
EXT. HOCKEY RINK - DAY
CLOSE ON SIGN: “WELCOME! HOCKEY CAMP”.
We PAN OVER to see Riley’s parents CAR pulling into the drop
off area.
Riley sits in the back seat with Bree and Grace.
DAD (O.S.)
Here we are! This looks really
cool! You sure you don’t need an
assistant coach? Cause I am
available!
MOM
Bill!
DAD
No? Alright. We’ll see you in a few
days!
MOM
Have fun!
As Bree and Grace start to exit Riley hesitates.
BREE
Thanks so much! Bye!
GRACE
Bye! Thanks for the ride!
Riley watches them laugh and leave.
DAD
Don’t miss us too much!
RILEY
Ok bye!
MOM
Wait! Riley, are you sure you have
everything? Stick?
RILEY
Yes.
MOM
Gloves?
RILEY
(annoyed)
Yes.
DAD
You have your phone?
RILEY
Yes, of course.
DAD
Fully charged?
RILEY
Yeah, it’s like 50...
DAD
What?!
RILEY
Dad, it’s fine.
DAD
Ok. Call us if you need us. I love
you. Go get ‘em.
RILEY
Ok love you guys.
MOM
Don’t forget the deodorant!
Riley gets out of the car.
RILEY
MOM!
DAD
Bye monkey!
Mom and Dad drive away, leaving Riley alone...
IN HQ
JOY
(releasing Sadness)
Okay, now.
WITH RILEY
Riley starts to cry.
IN HQ
Joy tenderly hugs Sadness.
JOY
It’s ok, we need this.
WITH RILEY
Riley turns around, still crying. Realizing that there’s a
bunch of kids there.
WITH RILEY
Riley pulls herself together.
DISGUST (O.S.)
GUYS these are high schoolers!
IN HQ
SADNESS
Oh...
Sadness steps away from the console.
DISGUST (CONT'D)
We do not want to be red and puffy
do we?
SADNESS
No...
JOY
Don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of
time to think about this after
camp.
Joy drives on the console.
WITH RILEY
She turns to find her friends...
JOY (O.S.)
Now where did Bree and Grace go...
She spots them in the distance.
JOY (O.S.)
Oh! There they are.
Riley hustles off.
ANGER
Wait, aren’t those traitors dead to
us?!
JOY
Our best friends? No.
BANG! She runs into someone and lands on her butt...
VALENTINA
(startled)
Woah! Hey--
RILEY LOOKS UP AND SEES -- Valentina Ortiz reaching down to
help her up.
RILEY ON THE GROUND LOOKING UP AT --
VALENTINA
Are you okay?
Riley stares at her, mouth open.
IN HQ
JOY
(gasp)
Everybody act regular! It’s
Valentina Ortiz!
FEAR
Ah!
DISGUST
We gotta say something!
WITH RILEY
Riley is on the ground, so overwhelmed she can’t speak.
RILEY
Ahhh...
Val helps Riley off the ground.
VALENTINA
Hey, hi. I’m Val.
RILEY
I know! You’re the Varsity Captain,
you set the all time goal record as
a junior, your favorite color is
red, and your skate size is nine
and a half...
IN HQ
DISGUST
What are we saying?!
SADNESS
We are so uncool.
FEAR
WHY ARE WE STILL HOLDING HER HAND?!
Fear rushes to the console.
WITH RILEY
She awkwardly lets go of Val’s hand.
RILEY
...just like me!
(awkward chuckle)
VALENTINA
Oh! You’re the one Coach told us
about. Riley, from Michigan, right?
IN HQ
ANGER
It’s Minnesota, sweetie!
DISGUST
No no no no! We can not correct VAL
ORTIZ!
Suddenly the console lights up a NEW COLOR -- ORANGE.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
(nervous laugh)
Yeah, that’s me. Riley from good
'ol Michigan.
IN HQ
Joy looks down at the console lit all orange.
JOY
Orange? Who made the console
orange?
ANGER
Do I look orange?!
FEAR
I didn’t touch it!
DISGUST
Orange is not my color.
SADNESS
Not me.
The camera pans over TO SEE -- A NEW EMOTION.
ANXIETY
Hello everybody!
The other emotions run and hide behind Joy.
ANXIETY
Oh my gosh, I am just such a HUGE
fan of yours. And now here I am
meeting you face to face.
(squeal)
Ok, how can I help?
JOY
Um...
Anxiety starts popping all around the room.
ANXIETY
I can take notes, get coffee,
manage your calendar, walk your
dog, carry your things, watch you
sleep?
Joy stops her from moving around.
JOY
WOW, you have a lot of energy!
Maybe you could just stay in one
place?
ANXIETY
Anything. Just call my name and I
am here for you.
JOY
Ok love that. And what was your
name again?
ANXIETY
Oh, I’m sorry, I can get ahead of
myself. I’m Anxiety. I’m one of
Riley’s new emotions! And we are
just super jazzed to be here. Where
can I put my stuff?
Anxiety displays a large collection of suitcases.
DISGUST
Ah-ah-ah, what do you mean WE?
Suddenly a tiny hand comes up and tries to reach the console,
but can’t.
ENVY
(grunt)
I wish I was as tall as all of you.
ANGER
Who the heck are YOU?
ENVY (CONT'D)
I’m Envy.
(noticing Disgust’s hair)
Ooo! Look at your hair.
Envy reaches out to touch Disgust’s hair.
DISGUST
(stopping Envy)
Oh yeah not happening.
Envy immediately goes to the next thing-- sees Valentina on
the screen--
ENVY
(gasp)
Look at HER hair! We need hair like
that!
Envy presses a button.
WITH RILEY
Noticing a RED STREAK in Val’s hair.
RILEY
Oh my gosh, I love the red in your
hair.
Riley reaches out to touch it.
VALENTINA
(awkwardly pulls away)
Oh, I--
IN HQ
Disgust snatches Envy off the console.
DISGUST
(gasp)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
WITH RILEY
RILEY
Hey, maybe when I make the team, I
can join team “Red Head” too! Yeah
yeah!
IN HQ
We see a HAND on the console. Suddenly the console lights up
PINK.
We pan up to see a HUGE NEW EMOTION, EMBARRASSMENT.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: embarrassed)
WITH RILEY
Riley FLUSHES PINK.
IN HQ
ANGER
OK, WHO’S THIS GUY?!
SADNESS
What’s your name, big fella?
Anxiety pops up over Joy’s shoulder. Surprise!
ANXIETY
That’s Embarrassment!
ANXIETY
He’s not big on eye contact or uh,
like talking, but he’s a really
sweet guy.
JOY
Well, welcome to Headquarters
Embarrassment!
Joy goes to shake his hand but he does a fist bump.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: uncomfortable)
Joys tries again but it just doesn’t quite work.
JOY
Oh, we’re doing a fi-? No-- oop--
nope, goin high--
(shakes his hand)
Oh, you got a real sweaty palm
there buddy.
Embarrassment blushes and pulls his sweatshirt around his
face.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: hiding)
WITH RILEY
VALENTINA
Hey, you wanna come with me
actually? You can meet some of the
other Fire Hawks.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Ooo! This is exciting!
(then)
But we can’t let her know we’re
excited.
WITH RILEY
Riley acts like she doesn’t care.
RILEY
Yeah, sounds good.
IN HQ
Anger looks down at the console all lit up, but no one is
touching it.
ANGER
What emotion was that?
ANXIETY
That’s Ennui.
JOY
Enn-what?
PAN TO A LONG DROOPY EMOTION LYING ON THE COUCH, LOOKING AT
HER PHONE.
ENNUI
(annoyed sigh)
Enn-UI. It’s what you would call
the ‘boredom.’
JOY
Well come on up here Ennn-wurrr. Am
I saying it right? En-waa. No.
(gives up)
Oh, nicknames! I’m gonna call you
wee wee.
ENNUI
Non.
Fear notices the console continuing to light up in Ennui’s
color.
FEAR
How are you driving?
Ennui lifts her phone with an image of the console on it.
ENNUI
Console app.
Anger’s had enough.
ANGER
Hey! Stop it! That’s enough!
Joy comes to their defense.
JOY
Now now, I know new emotions can
sometimes feel unhelpful at first,
and you just wanna--
(MORE)
JOY (CONT’D)
(puts arm around Sadness
a little too tightly;
efforts)
Say to them, why are you so
annoying.
(releases Sadness)
But, I’ve learned, that every
emotion is good for Riley.
(squeezes her again)
Even this turkey.
ANGER
Ok fine.
Ennui side eyes them and drives.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
Cool. Lead the way.
VALENTINA
Alright. Grab your stuff and follow
me.
Riley grabs her bag and starts to follow... but stops.
SADNESS (O.S.)
Oh but what about our friends?
We see Bree and Grace NEAR BY, but they don’t see Riley.
Valentina is walking away.
ENVY (O.S.)
Val is our future.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Yes, I agree completely. We need
new friends or else we’ll be
totally alone in high school.
Anxiety appears on the other side of Joy.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
Right Joy?
JOY
Well, I mean maybe, um--
Anxiety starts driving.
ANXIETY
Here we go!
WITH RILEY
RILEY
Wait up! Thanks for showing me
around!
Riley runs up to Valentina who smiles as they walk inside.
IN HQ
JOY
Wait, why did you do that?
ANXIETY
Sorry what did I do?!
JOY
We just left our best friends
behind.
Joy confronts Anxiety, wants to stop the new kid from getting
ahead of herself...
ANXIETY
But what about the new ones that
we’re about to meet?!
Joy looks at them like they’re nuts.
JOY
No. Ok. These next three days need
to be about Bree and Grace.
Anxiety approaches cautiously.
ANXIETY
Joy, the next three days could
determine the next FOUR YEARS OF
OURS LIVES.
JOY
(laughs)
Now I think that’s overstating
things a bit.
ENNUI
Ooh la la. Joy is so old school.
JOY
What?
ANXIETY
Look, we all have a job to do. You
make Riley happy, Sadness makes her
sad, Fear protects her from the
scary stuff she can see. And my job
is to protect her from the scary
stuff she can’t see. I plan for the
future. Oh! I can show you! You’re
gonna love this.
Anxiety pushes a hole in the console and suddenly raises up
and swivels into a SCREEN that Anxiety can tap.
JOY
Hm, I was using that as a cup
holder.
ANXIETY
Ok so my team has run all the data
and we’re looking at the following
likely scenarios...
PROJECTION: Riley goofing off with Bree and Grace in front of
Val.
ANXIETY
First, we don’t take this camp
seriously and we goof off with Bree
and Grace...
The emotions watch on concerned.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
Riley looks really uncool in front
of Val.
PROJECTION: Coach kicks Riley out of camp, all the older
girls are laughing
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
She fails to impress the Coach,
does not become a Fire Hawk...
PROJECTION: Riley alone in the halls of high school. Everyone
staring at her.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
...and finally arrives at high
school:
PROJECTION: Riley alone at a lunch table.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
She has no one. She eats alone and
only the teachers know her name.
DISGUST
Ew.
FEAR
Ok, you and I are gonna be friends
SADNESS
Oh, this is a sad story.
JOY
It’s a ridiculous story! Look,
again, love the energy. But you’re
being silly. None of this will
actually happen.
ANXIETY
Right. Whatever you say. You’re the
boss.
AN OLD LADY EMOTION enters HQ. She’s teary, looking around.
NOSTALGIA
Oh, remember when we all finally
came up to Headquarters?
ENNUI
That was like thirty seconds ago,
Nostalgia.
NOSTALGIA
Yeah.
(sigh)
Those were the days.
Anxiety comes up, guides Nostalgia back to A DOOR IN HQ.
ANXIETY
Nostalgia, you aren’t supposed to
be here yet.
(checks clipboard)
You still have about, ten years,
two graduations and a best friend’s
wedding before you’re invited. But
I will keep you in the loop I
promise.
She slams the door on Nostalgia.
Envy points up to the console to refocus everyone.
VALENTINA
Alright, you ready Riley?
ENVY
Hey! Hey! Everybody focus! Val’s
leading us into their holy inner
sanctum.
Genres:
["Comedy","Drama","Family"]
Ratings
Scene
18 -
Locker Room Dynamics
INT. LOCKER ROOM - SAME
Val and Riley enter the locker room.
VALENTINA
And here we are...
Val walks off towards her friends as Riley stops to take it
in.
ENVY
These girls are so cool!
DISGUST
And older. We are NOT changing in
front of them.
IN HQ
JOY
It’s fine! Locker rooms are places
of mutual respect.
WITH RILEY
VALENTINA
(to Riley)
Hey come on! I want you to meet the
other Fire Hawks!
Val walks over to Riley with the other Fire Hawks.
FIRE HAWKS
Hey girl!/Hi!/What’s up?
RILEY
Hey.
VALENTINA
Riley is from Michigan.
IN HQ
FEAR
Ok, we’re stuck with that.
WITH RILEY
DANI
Oh, cool. Where in Michigan are you
from?
RILEY
Uh...
IN HQ
FEAR
Oh no, what now?
JOY
Ok, looks like we’re committing to
this. Uh cities in Michigan...
ANXIETY
We need to make something up!
WITH RILEY
RILEY
I’m from... all over.
DANI
Nice! See ya out there.
VALENTINA
(to Riley; laughing)
Hey, you wanna sit with us?
ANXIETY (O.S.)
Oh, she wants to sit with us.
Everything is beautiful.
IN HQ
Anxiety pushes Joy towards the console.
Joy shoots her a disapproving head tilt.
JOY
There’s not enough room for Bree
and Grace. Oh! Let’s go sit over
there.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
I was gonna go save seats for my
friends. But, thanks anyway.
VALENTINA
Oh. Uh, yeah, okay. No worries.
Valentina walks away.
IN HQ
JOY
See? Was that so hard?
ANXIETY
(eye twitching)
No, you’re totally right, that
decision’s not gonna haunt us for
the rest of our lives at all.
WITH RILEY
Bree and Grace walk in.
BREE
No way!
RILEY
Bree and Grace!
BREE GRACE
Riley! There you are!
Riley hugs her friends, laughing and being silly.
IN HQ
JOY
Time to celebrate!
WITH RILEY
Riley pulls her phone out.
RILEY
Say Ahhhwooga!
They do their little Ahhwoooga dance and take selfies.
RILEY/BREE/GRACE
Ahhwooooga!
Coach enters.
COACH ROBERTS
Okay ladies, let’s all settle in.
Riley, Bree, and Grace haven’t noticed the Coach and are
still having fun and taking silly selfies.
ON JOY driving the console, doing the same move.
Anxiety looks at the screen-- SHE IS NOT SURE ABOUT THIS.
ANXIETY
(warning)
Uh, Joy--
WITH RILEY
Coach sees Riley with her phone out.
COACH ROBERTS (CONT'D)
Ladies, settle in means settle
down. I need your focus. Which
means now I’m gonna need your cell
phones. All of ‘em.
All the girls groan.
CAMP GIRLS
What?! / Thanks, new girl / No
phones?! / Are you serious?
Coach heads over to grab a basket.
COACH ROBERTS
You’re here to work. Not goof
around. Got that, Andersen?
IN HQ
See Joy’s reaction
EMBARRASSMENT drives.
RILEY
Yes, coach.
WITH RILEY
She turns BEAT RED.
Coach holds out a basket. Everyone tosses their phone in as
coach passes with the basket.
COACH ROBERTS
Please put all your phones in the
basket. You’ll get them back at the
end of camp.
Riley tosses her phone in the basket.
One by one the girls drop their phones in and shoot Riley a
death stare.
Grace whispers to Riley.
GRACE
Wow. Coach is so serious.
IN HQ
Anxiety interrupts as Joy is frantically driving the console.
ANXIETY
Joy, I’m just curious, maybe um, I
could help--?
JOY
Thank you, not now.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
(small laugh)
I know, right?
Coach clocks the laugh.
COACH ROBERTS
Oh, you think this is funny? Uh,
huh, well, you know what else is
funny: Skating lines. Now hit the
ice ladies!
CAMP GIRLS
Ugh! / Great. / Come on! / Thanks a
lot, new girl. / What? / Seriously?
IN HQ
ENNUI
Bravo Joy, she’s totally fitting in
now.
JOY
(sarcastic)
Oh, thanks so much Wee Wee.
Genres:
["Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
19 -
Skating Under Pressure
INT. HOCKEY RINK - SAME
COACH ROBERTS (O.S.)
You’re laggin’ behind Andersen.
Skate harder!
The girls are all skating lines, Riley is exhausted.
She skates by some of the Fire Hawks.
CAMP GIRLS
(groaning)
Ugh! This is the worst.
The Coach BLOWS HER WHISTLE.
COACH ROBERTS
Alright ladies! Take a breather!
Then we’ll divide into teams.
Riley starts to head for the locker room but overhears the
Fire Hawks talking-- they don’t see her below...
ALLY (O.S.)
Oof that Michigan girl is off to a
rough start.
IN HQ
The emotions are STUNNED.
Joy looks shocked and steps back from the console.
ANXIETY
Oh no, are they are talking ABOUT
US?
BACK WITH RILEY
Riley stops and peaks through the stair railing, listening to
the older girls...
DANI
Yeah, there is no way Coach is
putting her on the team if she
can’t get it together.
VALENTINA
(sarcastic)
Uh, ok Dani, like you had it all
together when you were a Freshman?
DANI
I wasn’t that immature.
Riley turns, STUNNED, red faced--
The Fire Hawks start to walk off.
IN HQ
EMBARRASSMENT IS OVERWHELMED, LAYING ACROSS THE CONSOLE --
(hitting every button, but one button is just out of reach)
SOFIA (O.S.)
Dani, you stuck straws up your nose
like, last night.
ALLY (O.S.)
(laughing)
You are like the most immature!
DANI (O.S.)
Oh come on, you were laughing!
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: oh my gosh this is
the worst day ever)
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: I missed a button)
SADNESS
Oh, I got you big guy.
She sadly PUSHES A BUTTON...
WITH RILEY
Red faced, she starts to tear up.
IN HQ
ENVY
I always wanted people to talk
about us. But not like this.
SADNESS
Oh Joy, what do we do now?
They all look at Joy-- who is clearly overwhelmed. She puts
on a brave face and starts to drive (she walks to the
console).
JOY
Um, we can just um--
Anxiety appears next to Joy, surprising her.
ANXIETY
I have an idea!
She holds up an idea, approaches the console--
JOY
(hesitant)
Okay.
ANXIETY
If we can get Val on our side,
everything will be great.
Anxiety puts the idea in the console. RILEY TAKES THE IDEA...
WITH RILEY
At the bottom of the bleachers -- Riley, timid, nervous,
approaches Val.
RILEY
(in a rush, anxious)
I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to get
the whole team skating lines. I
feel terrible. I respect you so
much. And I would never do anything
to mess it up--
IN HQ
Joy tries to step back in to control the console--
JOY
Uh, that’s laying it on a bit
thick, don’t you think?
ANXIETY
Shhhh Joy!
WITH RILEY
RILEY
--You’re a great hockey player and
you lead the team so amazingly, and
I really look up to you and--
VALENTINA
(small laugh)
Okay, okay-- thanks... listen,
Coach was pretty hard on you today.
But that’s not a bad thing. It
means you’re on her radar.
RILEY
(feeling a little better)
Really?
Riley reacts to this impossible advice.
VALENTINA (CONT'D)
Listen, I’m glad you came to talk
with me. Hey, let’s try to be on
the same team later ok?
RILEY
Oh, yeah! Cool.
IN HQ
The new emotions clap for Anxiety. Even Joy’s impressed. How
did she do that?
ENVY
Wow. I wish I could do that!
ENNUI
Good job. Wow.
FEAR
(impressed)
Woo! Wow!
ANXIETY
(humble, excited)
Aw you guys. I mean, it really
wasn’t anything. I’m just trying to
help.
Joy — suddenly conscious of her humbled expression — quickly
changes it:
JOY
(faking it)
I agree. Great job Anxiety. I
stepped back, you stepped in, you
got Riley back on track, now I’m
ready to step back in.
ANXIETY
Uh-- but that was just part one of
my plan.
JOY
There’s a part two?
ANXIETY
A good plan has many parts, Joy.
WITH RILEY
COACH ROBERTS
Ok ladies, we’re gonna form your
teams for the rest of camp. Now
split yourselves down the middle.
Team 1 on the right, Team 2 on the
left.
The girls all divide between both sides of the ice. Val and
the Fire Hawks go one way. Bree and Grace go the other.
BREE
Let’s do this.
GRACE
One more time on the same team,
right?
RILEY
Right.
Riley looks over at Val, who’s motioning for her to be on her
team. Riley’s not sure what to do.
IN HQ
ENVY
Val wants us!
JOY
But we promised Bree and Grace!
ANXIETY
Joy, we have to plan for the
future.
Anxiety taps away at the console but it’s not responding.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
Come on Riley, move. Move those
feet. Val’s on team one you wanna
be on team one let’s go.
JOY
She made a promise to her friends.
She’s not gonna break it.
ANXIETY
Oh you’re so right Joy.
Anxiety starts pulling on THE SENSE OF SELF.
Anxiety rips the Sense of Self out completely.
JOY
WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?
Genres:
["Drama","Comedy","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
20 -
Identity Crisis: The Battle for Riley's Sense of Self
EXT. HQ
The lights emanating from the HQ stem disappears.
WITH RILEY
Her expression changes to indifference - a look we’ve never
seen on Riley. She turns to skate towards Val.
INT. HQ
Joy runs at Anxiety, grabbing the Sense of Self from her
hands.
JOY
No, you can’t have that! Put that
back!
Joy grabs the Sense of Self from Anxiety and replaces it in
the holder as the stem regenerates.
WITH RILEY
Her expression changes back to concern, and she turns towards
Bree and Grace.
IN HQ
Anxiety zips around and YANKS LOOSE the Sense of Self again.
ANXIETY
Joy, I don’t mean to overstep but
it has to be done.
WITH RILEY
Her face returns to indifference and she doubles back towards
Val.
IN HQ
Anxiety pulls down the Back of the Mind tube, loads in the
Sense of Self...
JOY
What are you--
Joy races to stop her.
JOY
No!
...and launches it to the farthest reaches of Riley. We see
it land on a pile of discarded memories.
Joy looks on in shock.
JOY
(gasp)
No.
ANXIETY
I know change is scary but-but
watch!
Anxiety heads back to the console and continues driving.
WITH RILEY
Bree and Grace heading over to one side of the ice.
GRACE
So excited...
Riley goes over to Val’s side.
Bree and Grace react.
Val welcomes her.
VALENTINA
Alright! Welcome to our team
Michigan.
Riley looks around. She’s a Fire Hawk now. Well, almost.
Riley looks to Bree and Grace, who shake their heads in
disappointment.
Riley turns away.
IN HQ
JOY
That is NOT Riley!
ANXIETY
(excited)
I know! It’s a better Riley.
ENVY
A Riley who won’t be alone next
year.
Anxiety walks over to the core memory holder where the Sense
of Self used to be.
ANXIETY
We build her a new Sense of Self. A
BRAND NEW HER!
Envy jumps down off console. Anxiety grabs the orange memory
Val memory from the wall.
Anxiety walks over with the memory while Envy enters the code
for the belief system elevator. The elevator rises and the
doors open.
JOY
No, no, no. You can’t go down there
with that!
The old emotions get between Anxiety and the elevator.
ANGER
Over my dead, flaming body.
ANXIETY
I am truly sorry, I was so looking
forward to working with you guys.
Embarrassment picks up the old emotions to restrain them.
JOY
Hey! What do you think you’re
doing?
ANGER
Get off me.
ANXIETY
Riley's life is more complex now.
It requires more sophisticated
emotions than all of you. You just
aren’t what she needs anymore Joy.
Joy is visibly hurt.
FEAR
HOW DARE YOU, Madame!
JOY
You can’t just bottle us up!
ANXIETY
Oh! That’s a great idea!
TIME CUT: Embarrassment drops the emotions into the jar. He
closes the lid and pokes holes in the top.
FEAR
I can’t breathe I can’t breathe!
ANGER
You are making a huge mistake!
ANXIETY
It’s not forever it’s just until
Riley makes varsity or until she
turns 18, or--or maybe forever--I
don’t know! We’ll have to see uh--
bye!
Joy and the gang in the jar are lowered down outside of the
window until they are GONE.
JOY
Anxiety! Riley needs us!
OLD EMOTIONS
Stop!/No!/Let us out!/We don't
belong here!
Anxiety and the new emotions watch the old emotions
disappear. Anxiety looks to the orange memory in her hands.
ANXIETY
Ok. Don’t worry Riley. You’re in
good hands.
Anxiety looks down at the memory in her hands.
ANXIETY
Now let’s change everything about
you.
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
21 -
Emergence of a New Belief
INT. BELIEF SYSTEM
Elevator comes down. Doors open to reveal:
Anxiety and Embarrassment crammed into the elevator. Anxiety
easily steps out, Embarrassment has to squeeze out
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: struggling)
He finally comes free. He turns around revealing Ennui and
Envy squished onto his back.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: oops)
ENVY
Quick question: How do we build a
new Riley-- which, I’m loving by
the way, amazing concept, if it
took them 13 years to build the old
one?
ANXIETY
Well, good news is, we’re not
starting from scratch.
Anxiety kneels down to the water’s edge, holding the memory.
ENVY
(gasp)
I wanna plant one.
ANXIETY
Next time.
Anxiety releases the memory she brought down into the water.
An orange belief grows. It’s more jagged than the others.
She plucks the new belief.
RILEY (V.O.)
(as belief)
If I’m a Fire Hawk I won’t be
alone.
Orange light begins to rise up the stalk. Up in headquarters
we see the start of new jagged, orange Sense of Self
beginning to grow.
Genres:
["Drama","Fantasy"]
Ratings
Scene
22 -
Trapped in The Vault
INT. MIND WORLD
Joy and the emotions in the back of the police truck being
driven towards The Vault.
Joy faces HQ and watches with concern.
FEAR SADNESS
No, no, no, no, no! (voc: crying)
ANGER DISGUST
Let us out now! What are you Stop! Let us out!
doing?!
ANGER FEAR
You are making a huge Uh, Joy? Ah!
mistake!
INT. THE VAULT - DAY
The EMOTIONS IN A BOTTLE are rolled through The Vault by the
TWO MIND COPS (from IO Subconscious).
SADNESS
(crying)
We’re gonna be in here forever!
Genres:
["Animation","Adventure","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
23 -
Trapped Emotions: A Vault of Despair
INT. VAULT SAFE - SAME
The emotions are rolled down a long hallway lined with CLOSED
VAULTS. The cops open a VAULT door--
FEAR
Ah! Where are you putting us?!
COP FRANK
The same place we keep all of
Riley’s secrets.
FEAR
We're NOT SECRETS!
As they keep rolling the jar into the vault.
COP DAVE
Oh yeah yeah yeah, ‘we’re not
secrets. We’re making a big
mistake’.
COP FRANK
Never heard that before.
As they deposit the jar and walk away--
BOOM-- the vault door closes... BEAT...
FEAR
We are... SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS!
ANGER SADNESS
Let us out right now! Get us (crying)
outta here. Poor Riley!
DISGUST
Let us out! We don't belong in a
jar!
JOY
No! No! No! Riley’s gonna be fine.
Totally fine!
BLOOFY (O.S.)
(kid show host)
Hey there! You know what we call
that? Denial. Can you say “denial”?
The emotions all stop their uproar -- as BLOOFY walks out
from the back of the vault.
EMOTIONS/JOY
Ahhhhh!
He’s a PRESCHOOL SHOW HOST, a CARTOONY LOOKING DOG that talks
like he’s still hosting the show.
BLOOFY
Hi friends! Welcome! It’s so good
to have you here with us today.
JOY
(laughing)
It’s Bloofy!
DISGUST
From that preschool show Riley used
to like?
BLOOFY
That’s RIGHT! And here’s a little
secret...
Bloofy leans into the emotions in the jar.
FEAR
Ah!
BLOOFY (CONT'D)
Riley STILL likes the show.
He dances around singing his theme song.
BLOOFY
(singing)
Stomp like an elephant
Scurry like a mouse
Make your way down to Bloofy’s
House!
The emotions watch him dumbfounded.
ANGER
Please kill me.
JOY
Bloofy! We’re in a real pickle!
Could you help us get outta here?!
Bloofy turns and walks towards an IMAGINARY AUDIENCE (camera)-
- his butt to the emotions.
BLOOFY
Uh-oh! We’re gonna need your help!
Can YOU find a way out?
ANGER
Who are you talking to?!
Reveal that Bloofy is actually speaking to a wall.
BLOOFY
My friends!
(to the wall)
Do YOU see a key?
(LONG PAUSE)
Hmmm... I don’t either.
FEAR
(matter-of-fact)
Ok. We’re doomed.
AN ANIME HERO walks towards them. This is LANCE SLASHBLADE.
Androgynous, long hair, piercing eyes, a dramatic, tragic
hero. He’s very serious about his angst. He carries a HUGE
SWORD.
LANCE SLASHBLADE
Indeed, welcome, to your eternal
FATE.
DISGUST
(gasp)
Lance Slashblade?!
SADNESS
But he’s a video game character.
Why is he here?
Lance strikes a pose.
DISGUST
Yeah, I always thought Riley had a
secret crush on him.
JOY
I never saw the appeal.
Lance Slashblade lifts his giant sword in a dramatic pose.
LANCE TURNS ON THE CHARISMA-- looking right at the emotions--
sizzle...
LANCE SLASHBLADE
I long to be a hero, but darkness
haunts my past.
ANGER FEAR
Oh I get it. I’m in a hundred percent.
DISGUST
(sigh)
I just wanna brush his hair.
We see a HUGE DARK HOODED FIGURE growl behind Lance
Slashblade.
DEEP DARK SECRET
(voc: growl)
FEAR
Uh who’s that?
BLOOFY
Oh! That’s Riley’s DEEP DARK
SECRET!
FEAR
(scared)
What-what is the secret?
LANCE SLASHBLADE
(dramatic)
You don’t wanna know.
JOY
Riley’s secrets! A rogue emotion
has taken over Headquarters. Now if
you could just open the jar...
BLOOFY
(speaking to camera)
Hey kids! Lets learn some Latin! Do
you know Quid pro Quo? We get you
out of that jar. Then YOU get us
out of this safe!
LANCE SLASHBLADE
No Bloofy, their destiny is not
ours to change. We were all
banished here... deemed unfit...
worthless.
DISGUST
(gasp)
Don’t you dare say that! You do not
deserve to be thrown away!
Joy pulls her aside.
JOY
Uh, one second Lance. Don’t you
remember his POWER move?
CUT TO -- FLASHBACK
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Adventure"]
Ratings
Scene
24 -
Chaos in the Living Room: The Great Vault Escape
INT. RILEY’S LIVING ROOM
RILEY PLAYING VIDEO GAME WITH BREE AND GRACE...
Riley is a very active game player -- standing and jumping--
GRACE
I’m comin’ for you Riley!
RILEY
Oh yeah? Watch this!
But we see ON THE VIDEO SCREEN--
--LANCE LAYS DOWN HIS SWORD, CURLS UP INTO A BALL, AND SLOWLY
ROLLS TOWARD HIS OPPONENT. It’s utterly ineffectual and
Grace’s character, PUGU, easily does its SUPER SPECIAL
FINISHING MOVE and hits Lance off screen.
RILEY (O.S.)
Come on!
BACK IN THE VAULT
DISGUST
You listen to me Lance Slashblade!
No one is totally worthless.
LANCE SLASHBLADE
But I am a warrior cursed with a
feeble attack.
DISGUST
Then you must make your curse your
gift!
He backs up, preparing himself.
LANCE SLASHBLADE
Shield yourself my friends. For I
shall set you all FREE!
He DROPS DOWN AND ROLLS AT THE JAR, trying to break the glass
over and over but can’t.
JOY (CONT'D)
(to Dark Secret)
Hey, little help?
DEEP DARK SECRET, breaks the jar with one blow.
DEEP DARK SECRET
(voc: growls)
BLOOFY
Great job Dark Secret!
DEEP DARK SECRET
(voc: proud scary grunt)
BLOOFY
(to emotions)
Now it’s your turn to help us! My
pouch has just the thing to get us
out of here. Everybody say “Oh
Pouchy!”
BLOOFY/EMOTIONS/DEEP DARK SECRET/LANCE
SLASHBLADE
OH POUCHY!
Music kicks in and Bloofy’s fanny pack lights up and spins
off his body! Revealing POUCHY -- a fanny pack with eyes.
It’s mouth is the zipper pouch.
POUCHY
Hi everybody! I’M POUCHY!
BLOOFY
Pouchy, we need to escape. Do you
have anything that can help us?
POUCHY
I have lots of items! Which one do
you think will work the best?
Items magically appear by Pouchy’s head, coming from inside
of the pouch and floating in mid air as they list them.
POUCHY
A tomato?
A TOMATO appears.
POUCHY
A frog?
A FROG appears. It CROAKS.
POUCHY
Or... EXPLODING DYNAMITE?!
A STICK OF DYNAMITE appears. Anger can’t take it anymore.
ANGER
Oh for cryin’ out loud!
He grabs the DYNAMITE.
OUTSIDE THE SAFE-- BOOM! An explosion blows the door off! The
emotions all rush out.
BLOOFY
Yay! We did it everyone! Let’s all
sing the we did it song!
(inhales like he’s about
to start singing)
EMOTIONS/JOY
NO TIME!
Lance struggles to exit the safe door, stuck in the geometry.
When he finally makes it through, he’s dejected, head down.
LANCE SLASHBLADE
Thank you friends. I must I must--
be leaving you.
SADNESS
What about Dark Secret?
We see DEEP DARK SECRET closing the door on himself.
DEEP DARK SECRET
Not yettttttt.
Boom. Door closes.
JOY
Yeah that’s probably best for
everybody.
COP FRANK
HEY!
COP DAVE
Who let you out?! Get back in
there!
They see the cops rushing towards them...
FEAR
Oh no!
DISGUST
What are we gonna do?!
Lance’s eyes narrow, he kneels and tenderly holds Disgust’s
cheek.
LANCE SLASHBLADE
(to Disgust)
Oh Disgusted one, as you once
believed in me, I will now believe
in myself.
Lance lays down his sword, curls into a ball and rolls
towards the cops.
Lance continues rolling right through the middle of the cops
missing them all.
VAULT COP 1
Wait-wait what?
As he passes a mop, he hits it and it hits COP DAVE in the
head.
COP DAVE wobbles backwards bumping into COP 1
COP 1 falls into COP FRANK who spills his coffee all over
himself and falls to into the vault door handle.
The Vault door starts to open hitting COP DAVE as he is just
starting to stand. The impact making him drop his handcuffs.
The cuffs wrap around another cop’s ankles causing him to
lose his balance.
The cuffed cop panics trying not to fall, but accidentally
hits another cop who falls into the initial mop bucket.
JOY
(appreciates it)
Well, there’s a lid for every pot.
(to others)
Come on!
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Adventure"]
Ratings
Scene
25 -
Lost in the Back of the Mind
EXT. THE VAULT - MOMENTS LATER
Joy and crew run out of the Vault.
FEAR
What do we do!? What do we do!?
Anger reaches the bottom of the stairs and turns towards HQ.
JOY
Whoa, Anger, stop! Where are you
going?
ANGER
Um, back to Headquarters. To help
Riley!
JOY
Riley’s not up there. She’s out
THERE! We can’t go back without her
Sense of Self.
Joy gestures out to the Back of Mind. There’s a tiny Sense of
Self dot on the horizon.
FEAR
You want us to go all the way to
the Back of the Mind?! Are you out
of YOUR mind?!
SADNESS
But Joy how will we--
BOOM! A spotlight hits the emotions.
GUARD (O.S.)
Freeze!
Joy runs towards the Sense of Self.
JOY
Come on!
The others follow.
GUARD
Hold it right there!
DISGUST
How do we get there? Do you even
have a plan, Joy?
FEAR
I bet Anxiety would have a really
good plan.
JOY
Of course I have a plan. Who
doesn’t have a plan? Look, she’s
not the only one who can project
the future. First, all we have to
do is uh--
VISUALIZATION
We transition to Joy’s visualization, it looks like a child’s
art project made of paper cutouts, of the emotions running
through Long Term.
JOY (CONT'D)
--give me a second-- follow the
Stream of Consciousness!
A paper stream suddenly appears next to them. They all jump
into a cute tea cup and float down the stream.
JOY
And then we take a nice easy float
all the way to the Back of the
Mind!
They emotions follow the stream all the way until see a small
pile of memories below the tube (4-5) and the Sense of Self.
FEAR
Where all the bad memories are.
JOY
Exactly, and there we’ll find the
Riley we know and love.
Joy picks up Riley’s Sense of Self from the pile.
FANTASY JOY IN HQ - PLACING THE SENSE OF SELF
JOY
We’ll put her Sense of Self back,
then Riley will be Riley again.
Joy plucks the Sense of Self.
FANTASY RILEY -
Riley perks up smiling and looking like her old self.
WITH JOY AND THE OTHERS, as they run.
FEAR
Ok I’m gonna give it to ya. That
could actually work.
JOY
Yeah it could!
Encouraged, Joy continues her visualization.
FANTASY JOY IN HQ
Joy talks to Anxiety.
JOY (O.S.)
And then I tell Anxiety: “Hey,
don’t worry so much anymore.”
(as Anxiety)
And she’ll say: “Wow Joy, I never
thought of that before! Thank you!”
(then, as Joy)
And then we hug and become best
friends.
Joy sets her down. They hug.
ANGER (O.S.)
And then I punt her into the dump.
Fantasy Anger kicks Anxiety through the glass.
ANXIETY
Ahhhhh!
JOY (O.S.)
What? No! Anger!
BACK IN REALITY
ANGER
Ok fine. No punting.
JOY
Don’t worry, I know right where the
stream is! Sadness and I have been
here before!
Joy leads everyone around a corner into a dead end.
JOY
Oh! Uh--
DISGUST
Joy? This is a dead end.
FEAR
Those are the worst kinds of ends!
SADNESS
Everything’s changing so fast.
Sadness melts to the floor like she did in IO...
ANGER
So... we’re lost.
JOY
No! You’re never lost if you’re
having fun!
DISGUST
No one is having fun Joy.
JOY
Oh, come on. Look at Sadness, she’s
having a great time!
Joy gestures to Sadness face down on the ground.
ANGER
I thought you knew where you were
going!
JOY
I do. I did-- I just need a moment--
DISGUST
She doesn’t know.
FEAR
We’re stuck here!
THE WORLD LIGHTS UP.
SADNESS
Oh! Riley’s awake!
JOY
Wait, she’s up too early. What are
they doing to her?!
Joy gets an idea.
JOY
Come on! We’ll find another way!
The emotions run off thru Long Term towards the Sense of Self
dot on the horizon.
JOY
Don’t worry Riley, we’re coming!
Genres:
["Animation","Adventure","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
26 -
Morning Tensions
EXT. BACK OF THE MIND
The Sense of Self sits on top of a pile of discarded
memories, sinking slightly.
INT. RINK, EARLY MORNING
CLOSE UP on Riley as she skates, focused, fretful.
Wide shot of Riley, skating drills.
INT. HEADQUARTERS
Anxiety at the console. Ennui, Envy, and Embarrassment walk
sleepily down the ramp from the sleeping area.
ENNUI
Ugh, why did we wake her up so
early?
ANXIETY
Because mon ami: we need to speed
things up. And that means we hit
the ice early and we practice like
we’ve never practiced before!
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
27 -
On the Ice: A New Friendship
INT. HOCKEY RINK - LATER
Riley ON THE ICE - PRACTICING ALL BY HERSELF. Running an
intense “Iron Cross” drill with a puck that involves both
quick footwork and stick-handling.
ENNUI (O.S.)
Aren’t we already good at hockey?
IN HQ
ENVY (O.S.)
We’re GOOD, but the Fire Hawks are
GREAT!
ANXIETY (O.S.)
That’s right!
WITH RILEY
Riley takes a shot at the goal and misses.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
Every time we miss we skate a lap
around the rink.
Riley skates a lap around the rink as punishment.
IN HQ
Anxiety driving hard at the console.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
Hockey is not a game, it is a
sport.
WITH RILEY
She skates a lap. She misses. She takes a lap. She takes more
shots on goal. She’s hard on herself. Perhaps too hard.
Focused, Riley shoots another and finally scores!
RILEY
Yes!
IN HQ
ENVY
Wow that was amazing!
ANXIETY
We need to be that good every time.
Let’s run it again.
WITH RILEY
She turns at the sound of an unseen door being pushed open.
It’s Val.
VALENTINA
Aye! I see I’m not the only one who
likes to start early.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
You guys, it’s Val! We had the same
idea!
ENVY
We’re basically the same person.
We’re gonna be best friends!
WITH RILEY
Val looks over at the many, many pucks in and around the net.
VALENTINA
How long have you been here?
RILEY
I don’t know. Maybe an hour. I just
wanted to get in some extra ice
time.
VALENTINA
I’m the same way.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
Oh my gosh. She gets us!
VALENTINA
See, I told the other girls you’d
figure it out. You get what it
takes to be the best.
A MEMORY OF VAL SAYING “what it takes to be the best” rolls
out. Anxiety is ecstatic. Envy runs over and grabs it.
ENVY
Look at us! This is going great!
ANXIETY
(fun, light and positive)
Yeah! But we need Val to really
like us...
ENVY
Oh! We should ask Val lots of
questions! People love talking
about themselves!
WITH RILEY
A puck being shot into the goal...
Riley and Val hit pucks into the goal...
RILEY
So, what was your Freshman year on
the Fire Hawks like?
VALENTINA
I mean, it was a lot of work. Like
A LOT. But it’s also how I met my
best friends.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Val is sharing things with us!
WITH RILEY
Val stops.
VALENTINA
Hey a few of us are just gonna hang
out tonight, order some food. You
should come!
IN HQ
ENVY
Ooh. An exclusive invitation...
we’re going!
WITH RILEY
RILEY
Really?
VALENTINA
Definitely. It’ll be fun.
All the other campers enter the rink.
Coach Roberts enters.
COACH ROBERTS
Alright ladies, let’s warm up.
Bree and Grace enter.
GRACE
Hey Riley.
RILEY
Hi.
Riley waves brusquely as she skates off with Val.
IN HQ
ENVY
We are not sharing Val with them!
WITH RILEY, skating alongside Val:
VALENTINA
Early mornings make me so hungry!
RILEY
I know right? I’d give ANYTHING for
a piece of pizza right now.
VALENTINA
Yes!
Genres:
["Drama","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
28 -
The Great Recall Debate
EXT. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Joy and the emotions arrive at the stream, calmly flowing
away from HQ, full of objects representing Riley’s favorite
foods, what she is currently thinking about.
JOY
See! I told you I’d find it! The
Stream of Consciousness!
SADNESS
But Joy--
FEAR
Whoa our girl is hungry!
The emotions make it to the edge of the stream.
JOY
Hop on something delicious!
SADNESS
Joy...
Joy grabs onto a slice of pizza in the stream. Disgust, Fear
and Anger hop on and takes a seat on the soft, pillowy
comfort of bubbly pizza crust.
DISGUST
Ooh, deep dish.
FEAR
Oh, and it’s still warm!
JOY
Extra cheese baby! Sadness, come
on!
Sadness stops her.
SADNESS
But I’ve been trying to tell you.
We can’t take the tube back Joy.
Someone has to be at the console to
recall us.
DISGUST
She’s right. We’d be stranded.
FEAR
Yeah, Anxiety would’ve thought
about that.
The others get off the pizza and Joy lets it go.
JOY
Well I doubt it. Fine, ok. Uh, so--
someone’s gonna have to crawl up
that tube and go back to
headquarters. And at the right
moment, bring us back!
Joy points to a recall tube.
ANGER
(mashing his fists)
Oh I’ll do it. I’ll pound that
orange--
JOY
I don’t think so punty.
They all look at Fear.
FEAR
Okay, here’s the thing--
JOY
You were never an option.
FEAR
(sigh of relief)
Thank you.
They look at Disgust.
DISGUST
You want me to crawl through a
tube? In this? Yeah, not happening.
They all stare at Sadness...
SADNESS
Oh no! Not me!
JOY
Yes! Sadness! You could do it! You
know the console better than
anybody! You’ve read the manuals
cover to cover.
SADNESS
I mean, you say that but I know a
lot less about manual 28 chapter 7
‘how to recall non-memory objects’
than most folks realize...
JOY
You’re provin’ my point for me
Sadness! That sounds like a yes!
Joy looks over and spots two walkie talkies sitting with some
construction stuff.
MIND WORKER FRITZ (O.S.)
(over walkie)
Where is everybody? Are you on
break again?!
JOY
Ooo! Walkie talkies! Here! Check,
check, check. Can you hear me?-- I
gotta press the button-- Go for
Joy. Copy that. Over. Oh! I love
‘em.
She hands one to Sadness.
JOY (CONT'D)
We’ll signal you when we get there,
and then you bring us back!
JOY ushers SADNESS to the THE RECALL TUBE.
SADNESS
Ohhhhh...
JOY
Sadness, it’s the fastest way back
to Headquarters...
SADNESS
Joy, I can’t do it. I’m not strong
like you are.
JOY
I know you, Sadness!
Joy turns Sadness to face her.
JOY
You ARE strong! I can’t give you
specific examples right now but,
YOU GOT THIS.
Joy lifts Sadness into the tube.
JOY
Just don’t look down and keep
movin’.
Sadness wiggles through the tube and starts to climb.
SADNESS
(terrified, crying)
Oh, yeah, I can do it.
(crying)
Sadness nods and keeps climbing.
The emotions watch her climb up the tube--
JOY
(quiet to Anger)
She’ll be okay right?
ANGER
Eh, 50/50.
WITH RILEY
Val and Riley are sitting on the bench, Val pulls out a power
bar.
VALENTINA
(eating bar)
Mmm. You want one?
IN HQ
ENVY
(groan)
We hate those things! They taste
like cardboard.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: shrug)
ANXIETY
We can’t say no to Val!
ENVY
Ok, no, you’re so right. We eat
whatever Val eats!
ANXIETY
That’s the spirit!
Anxiety heads off.
ENVY
Woo!
Anxiety is gathering orange memories off the shelf.
ANXIETY
Envy, I think you’re really in the
zone. Take the wheel, I’ll be right
back.
ENVY
(gasp)
She picked me! She picked me! Did
you see that Ennui? She picked me!
ENNUI
You care too much about things.
WITH RILEY
Riley agrees and takes the Power bar for a bite. She tries to
hide her dislike.
RILEY
(mouth full)
Mmmmm. It’s got a very interesting
texture. It tastes like... what
does it remind me of? Um...
WITH JOY
The emotions run back towards the stream.
Joy watches gross food float down the river.
JOY
Cardboard? Asparagus? Broccoli?
What are they doing to her up
there?!
A giant broccoli floret floats by. Anger grabs it.
ANGER
I don’t know but we have to go.
DISGUST
No. No way am I step--
ANGER
We have to! Riley needs us!
DISGUST
(frustrated)
Ok fine.
Disgust steps onto the squishy broccoli, totally disgusted.
DISGUST
Ew! Ew! Gross!
Fear follows. Joy jumps onto the boat.
The broccoli boat tosses and turns. The emotions holds on for
dear life.
DISGUST
(grossed out)
I think I’m gonna be sick!
The emotions float down the stream on the wobbly broccoli
towards the Sense of Self in the distance.
INT. BELIEF SYSTEM
Anxiety throws the memories she collected into the stream and
they grow into new beliefs. Anxiety plucks one of them--
RILEY (V.O.)
(in belief)
If I’m good at hockey I’ll have
friends.
Genres:
["Animation","Adventure","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
29 -
A Goal for Confidence
INT. HQ
Anxiety’s Sense of Self grows a bit stronger.
EXT. BACK OF THE MIND
The old Sense of Self sinking further in to the pile of
memories.
INT. ICE RINK - NIGHT
Val shoots the puck over to Riley who scores on Bree.
VALENTINA
Ok Miss Riley!
ALLY
Way to go Michigan!
DANI
Nice one Michigan!
A whistle blows. Riley looks over as Coach writes in her red
notebook.
COACH ROBERTS
Alright ladies, great day today.
Take it easy tonight.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Yes! This is the moment we’ve been
waiting for: party time with Val
and our future besties!
Genres:
["Drama","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
30 -
The Weight of the Notebook
INT. RINK HALLWAY NEAR COACH’S OFFICE
Riley leaves the locker room, back in her normal clothes,
heads down the hallway with the Fire Hawks.
They pass Coach’s office and stop when the team sees coach’s
red notebook on her desk.
SOFIA
Hey wait.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Why are we stopping? What’s going
on?
WITH RILEY
DANI
(ominous)
There it is. The red notebook.
VALENTINA
Don’t say it like that. You’ll
freak her out.
RILEY
Why would it freak me out?
DANI
Um, only because everything Coach
thinks about you is in there. The
good and the bad.
SOFIA
Whether she wants you on the
team...
DANI
Or not.
VALENTINA
You guys! Too much.
SOFIA
What? It’s the truth.
DANI
It’s not wrong.
The girls keep walking but Riley stays and stares at it.
IN HQ
Envy eyes the notebook on her desk.
ENVY
What do you think she’s written
about us?
ANXIETY
I don't know! Do you think it's
bad?!
ENVY
Well I didn’t until now! What if
she’s made a list of all her
favorite players and we’re not on
it?
ANXIETY
Or a list of all the worst players
and we’re at the top?
ENVY
Or worse we’re not on either list
and we fade into obscurity!?
Ennui interrupts them.
ENNUI
Um, sorry to interrupt you but,
they’re walking away.
ENVY
We’re losing them we’re losing
them!
Genres:
["Drama","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
31 -
Striving for Coolness
EXT. CAMPUS PATHWAY
Riley rushes to keep up with the Fire Hawks.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
Ok. First big hang with the group.
We just gotta act casual.
Riley follows them across the campus towards the dorm.
Close up on Riley, her arms swinging as she walks...
ANXIETY (O.S.)
Uh, why do our arms swing like this
when we walk?
ENVY (O.S.)
Try to keep them still.
Riley doesn’t move her arms.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
That looks crazy!
ENVY (O.S.)
Okay. Well walk like Dani! Her arms
have rhythm!
Riley mimics the way Dani walks, but it looks really weird.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
No you’re making it worse!
ENVY (O.S.)
Well that wasn’t my intention. I’m
sorry for trying something!
ENNUI (O.S.)
Uh, what did you think pockets are
for?
Riley puts her hands in her pockets.
ENVY
Oh that’s good.
ANXIETY
Oh Ennui, I am very proud of you.
Riley trails behind, watching Val laugh with her friends.
ENVY (O.S.)
What are they laughing about? Does
anyone know what cool people laugh
about?
ANXIETY
I don’t know. We were too focused
on the arms thing. Just pretend we
get the joke.
Anxiety drives. Riley lets out a big fake laugh.
Embarrassment face palms and hits the console. It glows pink.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: oh no)
Riley’s laugh peters out into awkwardness. The girls turn
away.
Genres:
["Drama","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
32 -
Balancing Emotions on the Broccoli Boat
EXT. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Everyone trying to balance on a very unstable broccoli boat.
ANGER
Quit moving ok?!
FEAR
Joy! Anger is taking up the floret!
ANGER
Fear what is the matter with you?
Fear struggles to balance.
FEAR
I don’t like this vessel.
JOY
Well, that’s all we have.
ANGER
How much longer ‘til we get there?
JOY
We’ll get there when we get there.
FEAR
I bet Anxiety would know how long,
Down to the minute.
JOY
Well, she just knows everything
doesn’t she?
FEAR
Look-- I don’t like her words and I
do not like her actions. I just I
think I can change her.
JOY
You know what!
Joy resists the urge to scream and bottles it up.
JOY
Who likes banana bread? Show of
hands!
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
33 -
The Pressure of Playlist Preferences
INT. DORM REC ROOM
WITH RILEY
Riley and the girls are now in a common area with a foosball
table, couches, etc.
VALENTINA
Aw heck yes I love this song.
DANI
I’m going to add this to the hype
playlist.
VALENTINA
Oh will you share that with me? I
still listen to the one you made
last year.
ALLY
SO Michigan, who’s your favorite
band?
RILEY
Uh...
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Everyone’s staring at us. There is
only one right answer to this
question!
WITH RILEY
RILEY
Oh, Get Up and Glow! They’re so
awesome!
VALENTINA
Get Up and Glow! I was all over
them in middle school.
DANI
Are you serious?
VALENTINA
Yeah, I was a glow girlie, relax.
Riley hears that as more insulting than Val meant it.
IN HQ
Embarrassment drives then faints.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: fainting)
ENVY
No! We need a band they think is
cool. Not one we actually like.
ANXIETY
Quick! Recall everything we know
about music!
Anxiety hits a button on the console.
WITH SADNESS
Crawling through the tube, when it suddenly turns on...
The tube turns on.
SADNESS
Uh oh.
She flies off towards HQ! Memories follow behind her.
SADNESS
Ahhhhh!!
RIGHT OVER THE HQ RECALL she braces herself from falling in
as MEMORIES HIT HER IN THE BOOTY!
But they push her forward!
SADNESS
Ahhhhhh!
IN HQ
ENVY
We have to know one cool song,
right?
Behind the new emotions - SADNESS SHOOTS OUT OF THE TUBE AND
IS BURIED IN MEMORY BALLS.
New emotions look back but don’t see her. A music memory
drops into recall.
TRIPLE-DENT GUM SONG
(from memory)
Triple-dent Gum Will Make You Smile-
We see the commercial on the screen in HQ.
ANXIETY
Ugh! Embarrassment, get that out of
here!
(walla)
Come on, there’s gotta be something
in here... something better...
Something cool. Ugh no not that.
ENVY
(walla)
I’m looking! I’m looking!
We see Sadness hiding behind the pile. She slips off
somewhere while the others are distracted by the gum song.
SADNESS
(to herself)
Whew.
Envy goes to explore the pile.
ENVY
This is the best we have! And it’s
mostly jingles and dad’s yacht
rock.
WITH RILEY
Dani looks to Riley.
DANI
But I mean, you don’t still like
Get up and Glow, do you?
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Okay. Don’t panic. What do we do?!
Ennui slides off the couch onto the floor, then flops
upright.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
(spiraling in the back)
If we don’t like their music we
have nothing to offer these girls.
We’ll be outed as the imposter that
we obviously are--
Ennui steps up to the console and pushes Anxiety aside.
ENNUI
(scoff)
Pardon. Excuse-moi. I’ve been
waiting my whole life for this very
moment.
...and presses a button.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
(sarcastic laughing)
Oh yeah I loooove Get Up and Glow.
Genres:
["Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
34 -
Navigating the Sar-chasm
EXT. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The ground crumbles as a Sar-chasm opens up. Stuff falls in.
On Joy and others in the boat, looking up...
Then structures fall ahead of them. It’s seismic.
RILEY (V.O.)
(sarcastic echo)
I love Get Up and Glow.
The emotions see a giant chasm opening up ahead. A Grand
Canyon forming before their very eyes.
ANGER/DISGUST/FEAR/JOY
Ahhh!!/Oh no!/No!
They all see it too. The stream waterfalls into it. The boat
speeds towards the edge.
JOY
Abandon broccoli!
Our crew jumps for the shore as the boat careens into the
abyss. Joy tosses Anger ashore.
Joy jumps but doesn’t make it.
She grabs onto the edge with one hand and looks down to see
the broccoli boat fall into the abyss, making the same iconic
splash as when she tossed the championship memory into the
belief system.
DISGUST
Joy!
ANGER
Give us your hand! Come on!
Anger and Disgust help Joy back up.
FEAR
What is that?!
A nearby Mind Worker drives by in a golf cart.
MIND WORKER
That’s a Sar-chasm. It could open
for miles! Run for your lives!
The worker speeds away.
DISGUST
Sar-chasm...? Really?
RILEY
(sarcastic echo)
Get Up and Glow is my favorite
band.
JOY
But she loves Get Up And Glow! They
choreograph their own dances!
Fear walks in panic circles.
FEAR
Ok Joy, If we can’t follow the
Stream, we don’t know where we’re
going! And if we don’t know where
we’re going, we can’t follow the
Stream! It is an endless loop of
tragedy and consequence!
JOY
Or we could just ask those guys.
She points to some MIND WORKERS across the chasm operating a
crane.
FEAR
Oh yeah or that.
They all wave to the MIND WORKERS.
JOY
Boy are we so lucky we ran into you
guys!
From the crane workers’ POV, Fear’s words echo into the chasm
and become sarcastic.
JOY
(sarcastic echo)
Boy are we sooo lucky we ran into
you guys.
MIND WORKER FRITZ
Huh?
Back on the other side, Disgust calls over.
FEAR
Please! We really need your help!
From the mind workers’ POV:
FEAR
(sarcastic echo)
We reaallllly need your helllp.
MIND WORKER 2
What’s their problem?
Joy steps up.
DISGUST
Guys, you just gotta turn on the
charm.
(calling out)
Hey...
From the mind workers’ side...
DISGUST
(sarcastic echo)
I bet you’re the best crane crew in
the world.
The mind workers look aghast. A beat.
MIND WORKER FRITZ
Wow. Those guys are jerks.
Our crew watches the mind workers turn the crane around and
drive off...
ANGER
Wow. Those guys are jerks.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
(sarcastic)
Oh yeah, Get Up and Glow is so
awesome.
BREE
Riley what are you talking about?
You love Get Up and Glow.
Riley turns to see Bree and Grace have just arrived.
RILEY
Oh, uh, hey guys.
IN HQ
ENVY
No, why are our best friends always
trying to hang out with us?!
WITH RILEY
GRACE
Come on Riley, we JUST went to
their concert.
Riley looks from her old friends to her new friends, caught
in between.
RILEY
Well, yeah. I mean sure. But like--
BREE
But what?
GRACE
We had a great time.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Grace, you are not helping.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
(sarcastic)
Oh yeah, we had a great time.
Bree and Grace frown.
WITH JOY
RILEY (V.O.)
(sarcastic echo)
Yeah, we had a great time.
Joy reacts.
The chasm gets bigger.
JOY
Why can’t they just leave her
alone?
ANGER
What are we gonna do now Joy?!
She tries to maintain their faith in her.
JOY
We go the long way! Which is the
best way! Stretch those hammies
Anger! Let’s go!
Joy and the emotions head to find a path around the Sar-
Chasm.
WITH RILEYz
The girls are still laughing at whatever Riley just said.
Bree and Grace look upset.
RILEY
(sarcastic)
Best night of my life...
GRACE
Well, this has been really fun.
BREE
Extremely. But, we’re gonna go now.
Bree and Grace shoot a look back to Riley as they leave.
RILEY
Okay bye!
Riley watches her friends leave. Then turns back to the other
girls.
RILEY
Oh! This is the best band ever!
NOUR
Okay Riley!
ALLY
Michigan knows what’s up!
IN HQ
An orange memory rolls out. Anxiety takes it and watches it:
the Fire Hawks laughing at Bree and Grace’s expense.
ANXIETY
See, as long as we like what they
like we have all the friends we
need.
WITH RILEY
RILEY/FIRE HAWKS
(laughing walla)
VALENTINA
Well, I think I’m calling it a
night.
RILEY
Oh? Really?
VALENTINA
Yeah, it’s late. Plus, I think
you’ll wanna get some sleep before
tomorrow’s scrimmage.
RILEY
What scrimmage?
Val sits back down.
VALENTINA
Eh, it’s just something Coach
always does on the last day.
DANI
It’s how Val made the team as a
freshman.
VALENTINA
Don’t tell her that.
DANI
Val scored two goals. No freshman
has ever done that.
VALENTINA
Dani stop--
ALLY
Technically it’s not your tryout
for next year but it basically is.
VALENTINA
You’ll do great. Just be yourself.
Val and Riley fist bump as Val leaves.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Did you hear that?! We could become
a Fire Hawk like, tomorrow!
IN HQ
Envy looks at the small sprout where the full Sense of Self
should be.
ENVY
But, how do we ‘be ourself’ if our
new self isn’t ready yet?!
Anxiety turns to the wall of orange memories.
ANXIETY
Excellent point! Lets get these
memories downstairs.
The New Emotions start to pile orange memories into the
elevator.
Anxiety exits an elevator packed with memories, which all
tumble out. She’s about to toss a few in when she looks out
to see the broccoli boat float past.
ANXIETY
Is that... broccoli?
EXT. MEMORY STACKS
Joy and crew round the end of the sarcasm, tired and
frustrated, huffing and puffing.
She walks into long term. They hesitantly follow.
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Adventure"]
Ratings
Scene
36 -
Rallying Hope
EXT. LONG TERM - DAY
The emotions come around a corner.
ANGER
We’re getting deeper and deeper in
Joy.
JOY
Great observation! The long way did
turn out to be a little longer than
I thought. Anyway, who wants to
sing a song!?
DISGUST
Oh, I know a song: It’s called “I
give up.”
JOY
Or... Let’s play the quiet game!
One two three hush...
ANGER
I’ll tell you what we do, we go
back up there and we kick those--
JOY
Anger, now is not the time...
DISGUST
Joy, this is useless. Real Riley is
out there somewhere and we’re never
going to find her!
FORGETTER PAULA
Alright you know what? Yeah these
can go. Forget ‘em!
JOY
No, I can find her. I just need to
get a better view.
And spots a scissor lift!
She jumps in...
She hits a few buttons. The machine makes a few creaks and
groans but nothing happens.
She keeps pulling on levers and pressing buttons.
JOY (CONT'D)
Ok well, this isn’t working. And
that’s fine. Everything’s fine.
It’s not working. The machine craps out. The other emotions
step up onto the lift.
The other emotions turn to each other.
DISGUST
This is hopeless. I say we cut our
losses and walk back.
FEAR
This whole trip is just a series of
deader and deader ends.
ANGER
Ever since that puberty alarm went
off, nothing around here works the
way it’s supposed to.
DISGUST
I don’t even recognize this place
anymore. It’s light outside at one
in the morning!
FEAR
I have NEVER been inside so many
jars in my life!
DISGUST
And the Riley we knew is GONE!
ANGER
And if Joy can’t see that well
then, she’s DELUSIONAL.
Joy finally loses it.
JOY
Delusional?
(then)
OF COURSE I’M DELUSIONAL! Do you
know how HARD it is to stay
positive all the time?! When all
you folks do is complain, complain,
complain?! JIMINY MOTHER-LOVIN
TOASTER STRUDEL!!!
JOY (CONT'D)
Do you think I have all the
answers? Of course I don’t!
They’re all taken aback.
JOY (CONT'D)
We can’t even find the back of our
own mind!
Joy collapses with her back to the lift.
JOY
Anxiety is right, Riley doesn’t
need us as much as she needs them.
And that hurts. It really hurts.
A beat as the emotions share a look and Anger steps up to
give her some tough love.
ANGER
Joy, you’ve made a lot of mistakes.
A lot. And you’ll make a whole lot
more in the future, but if you let
that stop you we might as well lie
down and give up now.
FEAR
Well actually that does sound kind
of nice...
Disgust flicks Fear in the back of the head.
FEAR
Ow!
Joy smiles. Anger smiles. He offers his hand.
ANGER (CONT'D)
Come on.
A beat. Joy takes it.
Anger interrupts the Forgetters vacuuming memories.
ANGER
Excuse us.
ANGER grabs the vacuum, the others help.
FORGETTER BOBBY
Hey!
FORGETTER PAULA
Hey, you can’t use that!
ANGER
Riley emergency!
FEAR
Thank you!
ANGER
(to Joy)
Hop on.
Joy smiles and joins them. Anger FLIPS THE REVERSE SWITCH--
--memories shoot out the vacuum tube, which whips around and
propels them all to the top of the stacks.
ANGER/FEAR/DISGUST/JOY
Ahhhhhhhhhh!
They land on the top of the stacks.
FORGETTER BOBBY
Let’s just forget that ever
happened.
FORGETTER PAULA
You don’t have to ask me twice.
Forgetter Bobby and Paula walk away.
Joy sees something in the distance.
JOY
Look...
They all turn and see...
...the Sense of Self's glowing beacon in the distance, like a
beam off a lighthouse.
ANGER
(to Joy)
We’re right behind you.
And with that Joy runs along the tops of the long term stacks
(followed by her crew) towards the red beacon, hope
renewed...
Genres:
["Animation","Adventure","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
37 -
The Night Before the Scrimmage
INT. RILEY’S DORM
WITH RILEY
Riley gets into bed with a look of worry on her face.
IN HQ
Envy and Anxiety are standing around the newly forming Sense
of Self.
ENVY
(admiring)
Woah...
ANXIETY
This is great. The Fire Hawks have
accepted us. BUT. If coach doesn’t
put us on the team NONE OF THAT
MATTERS.
ENVY
Tomorrow is everything.
ANXIETY
Which is why we’re gonna need more
help.
Anxiety clocks on Ennui on her couch on her phone.
ANXIETY
Ennui, are you paying attention??
ENNUI
(on her phone)
Non.
ANXIETY
Ugh. Embarrassment? Embarrassment?
Ugh, never mind.
We find Embarrassment holding a memory from the wall: Riley
being sarcastic to her friends.
GRACE
(via memory)
(sarcastic)
Well this has been hilarious.
BREE
(via memory)
Extremely. But we’re gonna go.
RILEY
(in memory)
Okay bye!
We’re not sure how Embarrassment feels about this.
He puts the memory back then turns when he hears a clunk. He
discovers Sadness in her hiding spot.
SADNESS
Ah!
She tries to hide behind a sheet of paper.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: shock)
She sees she’s caught. Embarrassment looks at the other
emotions, and then back at Sadness.
ANXIETY
(to Envy in the
background)
Now let’s see, what am I looking
for... Don’t you just hate it when
you go to do something and then you
get there and you forget what you
were going to do?
ENVY
We’ll need all the help we can get.
ANXIETY
That is exactly what I was
thinking...
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: nervous)
There’s a tense beat where we think he’s going to out her...
SADNESS
Oh...
But instead he slides more books in front of her to hide her.
They smile at each other.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
(background)
Riley is going to rock this
scrimmage, most important game of
our lives...
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: nervous)
Embarrassment returns to Anxiety at the console as if nothing
happened.
Anxiety lifts up 5 energy drinks.
ANXIETY
Alright guys, it’s gonna be a long
night.
She chugs them all and tosses the empty cans.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
So let’s get the team ready.
Anxiety pops up her projections laptop.
Genres:
["Drama","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
38 -
Exploring the Changes in Imagination Land
EXT. IMAGINATION LAND
They leave long term and spot the alarm in the distance...
JOY
Come on! We just need to cut
through...
They see the gates to Imagination Land...
JOY (CONT'D)
(gasp)
Imagination Land!
(MORE)
JOY (CONT'D)
Oh you guys are gonna love it:
There’s French Fry forest and Cloud
Town and...
They enter Imagination Land. Joy takes it in. It’s all
different. More sparse than she remembered. She’s confused.
JOY
...whoa, this place has changed.
Joy notices Mt. Crushmore with four of Riley’s crushes carved
into a mountain ala Mt Rushmore. A MIND WORKER chisels away
at it.
JOY (CONT'D)
Mt. Crushmore?
FEAR
Those are her top four?!
DISGUST
(sigh)
The only one that matters, is
Lance...
JOY
Well, at least they got his good
side.
DISGUST
(swoon)
Every side is his good side.
Tabloid papers falls on them. Fear reads one.
JOY
(reading)
“The Rumor Mill?”
They turn to see a windmill spitting out papers.
DISGUST
Ooh! Where all our good gossip
comes from.
MIND NEWSIE
Extra! Extra! Piping hot rumors
right off the Mill!
Anger grabs one of the pages out of the air. Disgust and Fear
grab others.
ANGER
(reading)
The teacher’s lounge has a hot tub?
FEAR
(reading)
Lucy from math class is legit
psychic?
Joy grabs one of the pages out of the air. Disgust and Fear
grab others.
DISGUST
(reading)
‘Abbie R’s been texting Mike T but
Mike T’s been obsessing over Sarah
M.’!
(gasp)
ANGER
Where’s the journalistic integrity?
Joy notices something off screen.
JOY
Oh! Fort Pillowton’s still here!
And it even got bigger! Hm...
and... orange?
With Joy, we see some mind workers push the cart inside a
large fort made out of pillows, with an orange light
emanating from the doorway.
They all exchange a look and head off towards the fort
together.
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Adventure"]
Ratings
Scene
39 -
Revolt Against Anxiety
INT. FORT PILLOWTON
Joy and the other emotions follow the mind worker and emerge
through the pillow wall into an antechanber. The orange glow
is ahead of them in another room, masked by a curtain.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
Alright 15 Riley breaks her leg in
practice disappointing everyone.
Nice job. Now 18, Val and Dani
whispering after Riley misses a
goal, GREAT!
They slip inside and sees a huge screen WITH ANXIETY’S FACE
ON IT.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
(on-screen)
We need to help Riley prepare.
Now’s the time to send up every
possible thing that could go wrong.
The screen is in front of ROWS AND ROWS OF PLAYING CARD
CUBICLES, each with an old school overhead projector - where
mind workers frantically hand draw projections for Anxiety on
acetate, swap in a reality distortion lens and project onto a
wall where they become real. Each projector projects onto its
own screen on the wall.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
We are looking to the future. Every
possible mistake she could make.
ANXIETY
Come on 17, I’m not seeing anything
from you!
A MIND WORKER throws on a projection - Coach writing in her
notebook, draws a frowny face, underlines it.
ANXIETY
Riley misses an open goal. Coach
writes about it in her notebook.
Yes!
Along the walls are screens of all the projections being made
and they are all pretty awful. It’s a horror show!
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
More like that.
Riley falling--
Coach giving her the bad news.
DISGUST
Oh no. They’re using Riley’s
imagination against her!
ANXIETY
Val and her friends like us now!
But if we don’t make the team, will
they like us tomorrow?
WITH RILEY
Riley is wide awake in bed. Tense.
IN HQ
Anxiety at the console “directs” the projections she’s
putting into Riley (like she’s directing a live tv show).
She’s choosing projections from what the workers are making
for her--
ANXIETY
Ok, let’s go to number three, “Bree
and Grace’s team win, and we look
stupid.”
WITH RILEY
Riley furrows her face, trying to sleep.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Number 22 “Val passes to us. And we
miss it.”
WITH RILEY
Riley can’t get comfortable. Covers her face with her hand.
WITH JOY
Watching the frantic workers making projections as Anxiety
calls down to them from her screen...
JOY
We can’t let her do this to Riley!
We have to shut this down.
Joy gets an idea.
As a mindworker walks away from their cube, Joy runs over to
the empty cubicle (#81), and starts drawing. The other
emotions gather around.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
(muffled under Joy
drawing)
Love it 37, Riley hits the puck
into her own net!
As Joy draws (the other emotions standing around her)--
ANGER
Why are you drawing a hippo?
JOY
I’m not! Ugh-- This-- I’m-- I’m
drawing Riley!
DISGUST
Joy, you forgot her ponytail.
JOY
Oooh I love her ponytail!
We see her not-great drawing come up on the screen.
JOY
Yes!
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Riley scores and everyone hugs her?
81, that is not helping!
WITH JOY
The others take turns drawing their scenes.
DISGUST
Riley paints her nails to match her
jersey! Everybody copies her! And
she is so cool!
FEAR
Riley wears knee pads!
ANGER
(really angry)
We buy flowers for the losing team!
(off their looks)
What? I can’t always be the rage
guy.
JOY
No no I liked it.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Nail polish? Knee pads?! I’m
starting to think you guys don’t
understand the assignment.
Embarrassment throws an empty energy drink can to distract
Anxiety. As she looks away he hits a button.
A GOOD PROJECTION comes UP ON THE MAIN CONSOLE SCREEN! (Riley
buying flowers).
Embarrassment quickly takes his hand off the projection
screen as Anxiety whirls around.
WITH RILEY
As she stops tossing and turning and instead has a SLIGHT
SMILE.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
What?! Um, who sent that projection
to Riley?!
The other three emotions all look innocent/shrug.
ENNUI ENVY
Why would I know that? Don’t look at me.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: i dont know)
As Anxiety turns away--
We STAY ON EMBARRASSMENT who looks back at Sadness hiding.
She gives him a THUMBS UP.
ANXIETY
What is going on? Who is sending
all of this positive--
She eyes ALL THE GOOD STUFF POPPING UP ON HER SCREEN.
Suddenly she knows.
WITH JOY
Anxiety looming on the screen, looking into camera.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
(on screen)
Joy, I know you’re in there.
The projection mind workers start murmuring to each other.
Popping their heads above their cubes to look for her.
PROJECTION MIND WORKERS
Oh my goodness/Woah is she really
here?/Is that Joy from
Headquarters?
IN HQ
WITH JOY
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
(on-screen)
The Mind Police are on their way.
Joy’s projector shuts off.
FEAR
Well I think we gave it our best
shot--
But instead Joy stands up on the desk
JOY
Don’t listen to Anxiety! She’s
using these horrible projections to
CHANGE RILEY!
IN HQ
ANXIETY
JOY. I’m doing this for YOU. This
is all so Riley can be happier.
WITH JOY
JOY
If you wanted her to be happy then
you’d stop hurting her!
(to the mind workers)
Who’s with me?!
The mind workers look at her skeptically.
Some of the mind workers look away.
Joy feels defeated.
JOY
Really? Nothing...?
ANXIETY
Sorry, Joy.
A POSITIVE PROJECTION COMES UP (under 87) - Riley happy with
a cat. Joy turns to see it. Her mood begins to shift!
JOY
Yeah! I see you 87! A cat! A little
off topic but I’ll take it!
87 gives Joy a thumbs up.
JOY
Who else?! Come on!
The mind workers are about to start drawing when Anxiety
jumps in and takes their attention--
ANXIETY
(on-screen)
What if Riley is better than Val
and then Val hates her?
JOY
OR!!!
All the workers ping pong back to Joy.
JOY
What if Riley is better than Val
and Val respects her!
More positive projections come up...
JOY
Yeah! There we go!
ANXIETY
What if Riley is so bad she has to
give up hockey forever!
JOY
What if Riley does so well that the
coach cries! And the Olympics call
and she rallies a weary nation to
victory!
DISGUST
Ah Joy, reality is also a thing.
IN HQ
Anxiety sees all the positive projections.
ANXIETY
NOOOOO!
WITH JOY
Anger steps up and joins her.
ANGER
Anxiety has got you all chained to
desks, drawing nightmares. But you
don’t have to take it anymore!
JOY
Pencils down! Projections off!
PROJECTION WORKER 2
Yeah!
An inspired mind worker stands at her station and pushes her
projector onto the floor.
A few others knock over their projectors. More projections
disappear from the screen.
PROJECTION WORKER 3
Enough is enough!
IN HQ
Watching her projections slip away--
ANXIETY
Ah! My projections!
WITH JOY
The cubicle workers start REVOLTING! Smash!
A FULL ON PILLOW FIGHT RIOT STARTS. The workers TRASHING THE
PLACE!
PROJECTION WORKER 1
PILLOW FIGHT!
One throws a stool into the front screen, smashing it!
PROJECTION WORKER 2
FOR RILEY!
ANXIETY
We need to be PREPARED!
IN HQ
Anxiety’s projection screen goes dark. She bangs on it.
ANXIETY
Ugh! No!
It does dark in HQ. The emotions look up.
WITH RILEY
Riley falls asleep--
WITH JOY
IT GETS COMPLETELY OUT OF HAND NOW.
FEAR
Ok, it’s time to go.
JOY
Yeah, I think so.
AND HERE COMES THE COPS! Anger loves it - raises his fists.
ANGER
Bring it on coppers!
Joy lowers his fists.
JOY
Oh no no no.
THE EMOTIONS RUN OUT OF THE RIOTING BUILDING--
COPS CHASING --
MIND COP
Hey! Get back here!
WE GO WITH THEM--
They burst through the pillow wall into Imagination Land.
JOY
Quick! To the parade of future
careers!
They run over to a parade with large Thanksgiving Day-esque
balloons that depict Riley as various jobs floating through
the air.
JOY
Grab a balloon!
DISGUST
Oh! A Pastry Chef!
JOY
Underpaid!
FEAR
Art Teacher!
JOY
Under-appreciated!
ANGER
Oh! Ethnomusicologist!
Joy goes down the line of their suggestions--
JOY
I don’t understand what that is.
Then Joy sees a winner: Riley in a judge’s robe.
JOY
Ooh! Supreme court justice!
DISGUST
Yes!
FEAR
I trust her judgement!
ANGER
That’s the one!
MIND COP JAKE
Get back here!
The emotions shove through a crowd of Mind workers holding
the balloon ropes.
DISGUST
Pardon us! Coming through! Move!
MIND COP
Freeze!
MIND COP JAKE
Come back!
PROJECTION MIND WORKERS
Ah!/Oof!/Hey!
They all jump onto Judge Riley’s ropes...
MIND COP 2
They’re getting away!
Judge Riley triumphantly sails up and out of Imagination
Land.
JOY
Yes! Now Riley can get some sleep.
FEAR
Ahahahah. I miss the jar!
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Adventure"]
Ratings
Scene
40 -
The Tension of Complacency
INT. HEADQUARTERS
Anxiety at the console from where we last saw her in
Projections, still absorbing Joy’s win.
ANXIETY
Joy doesn’t get it. Without our
projections we won’t be prepared.
TOMORROW’S GAME IS EVERYTHING.
ENVY
Coach will either makes us a Fire
Hawk or doom us to a friendless
future.
ANXIETY
I wish we knew what Coach thought
about us.
ENVY
(gasp)
Her notebook!
ANXIETY
Yes! That’s a great idea!
Anxiety recalls the memory of coach leaving the notebook on
her desk...
DANI (V.O.)
(from memory)
Everything Coach thinks about you
is in there.
WITH RILEY
Riley waking up...
IN HQ
Anxiety drives.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
All we gotta do is sneak into her
office and read it.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: nervous)
WITH RILEY
Riley hesitates...
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Come on Riley, move those feet.
ENVY
She doesn’t want to?
ANXIETY
(hesitant)
Are we pushing her too hard?
ENVY
We gotta see what’s in the
notebook! It’s the only way for us
to know how we can do better!
WITH RILEY
Riley gets out of bed, puts on a hoodie, leaves her dorm room
and walks down the hallway...
WITH SADNESS
Sadness watches...
SADNESS
Oh, Riley, no...
Sadness pulls out her walkie, and talks quietly into it.
SADNESS
(in walkie)
Joy? Come in Joy?
WITH JOY
JOY (O.S.)
(via walkie, bad
connection)
Sadness? Sadness? What’s wrong? Why
is Riley awake again? Over.
Dangling from a Riley balloon. Fear screaming in the
background.
WITH SADNESS
Sadness quickly lowers the volume on the walkie.
SADNESS
(into walkie)
Anxiety is making Riley break into
the coach’s office!
WITH JOY
JOY
What?!
ANGER
She knows better than that!
DISGUST
She will once we get her Sense of
Self back!
JOY
Sadness, you have to stop her! Just
don’t get caught. Over!
WITH SADNESS
She looks over the the new emotions at the console.
Genres:
["Drama","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
41 -
A Storm of Emotions
EXT. ICE RINK
Riley tries the door to the ice rink. It’s locked. She tries
another one. It’s open. She goes inside.
IN HQ
Sadness gestures to Embarrassment to help her stop Riley.
SADNESS
Pst. Pssst.
But he’s too scared and waves her off.
WITH RILEY
Riley gets to Coach’s door. She looks to see the notebook on
the desk but hears approaching footsteps. She looks down the
hall. She sees a light from a flashlight getting closer.
She goes inside and hides behind the door.
Riley locks the door as the security guard approaches and
stays totally still.
A security’s guard’s hand tries the door knob. But it’s
locked.
A flashlight sweeps the room.
Riley stays silent, hoping they’ll leave.
IN HQ
Anxiety Envy and Embarrassment are just as nervous.
WITH RILEY
The guard takes one last look and leaves.
Riley breathes a sigh of relief, gets up, and heads towards
the notebook.
IN HQ
Sadness watches this on screen.
SADNESS
No Riley, no...
She spots Ennui yawning and dangling her phone behind the
couch.
Sadness eyes the phone, makes a decision.
SADNESS
(nervous)
Ohhh....
WITH RILEY
Riley is about to about to open the notebook when she stops.
Riley starts to cry softly.
Riley puts the book down.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Why did she stop?!
Camera pans down to the console, which is blue.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
Sadness? -- Ennui! Where’s your
phone?!
Ennui frantically checks her pockets.
ENNUI
Oh la la my phone? Where is my
phone? Seriously?!
She starts freaking out and flips the couch!
ENNUI (CONT'D)
This is not happening! No, no, no,
no, no!
Anxiety looks at the the screen and puts it all together...
ANXIETY
Ok. She’s here somewhere. Find her!
They all run off to find Sadness.
The new emotions start frantically searching HQ--
Ennui and Envy go for the stack of manuals.
ENVY
Gotcha!
...but Sadness isn’t there.
Embarrassment looks relieved.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: relieved)
Anxiety looks around.
She spots a small blue light coming from the bedroom.
She spots Sadness hiding under the covers, the light of the
phone shining through the sheets.
ANXIETY
Sadness?
Sadness startles.
SADNESS
(startled)
Uh. No?
Anxiety flips the sheet off her.
ANXIETY
(sigh)
I know Riley sneaking around feels
wrong.
SADNESS
This isn’t who Riley is.
ANXIETY
It’s not about who Riley is. It’s
about who she needs to be.
Anxiety takes the phone from Sadness and drives on the
console app.
WITH RILEY
Riley’s expression changes. She picks up the notebook.
IN HQ
SMASH CUT TO Sadness being raised up in a bucket. Anxiety
ties off the rope holding her up.
WITH RILEY
A determined Riley flips through the notebook until she finds
what she’s looking for. She reads something that bothers her.
In coach’s scribble it says, ‘Andersen: NOT READY YET.’
Riley’s crushed.
IN HQ
This is the worst news they could possibly get.
ENVY
(hurt)
...”not ready yet?”
ANXIETY
Wait, Coach already decided!? We’re
not making the team?
ENVY
No, we have one day left!
WITH RILEY
On her face, her hopes dashed...
IN HQ
ENVY
What do we do?! What can we do?
What would Val do?!
Anxiety paces, then:
ANXIETY
(thinking)
Ok, ok, ok uh--
(then)
Well, we’re gonna have to change
Coach’s mind. Which means we’re
gonna need ideas... lots of them...
WITH JOY
The Supreme Court Justice Riley balloon comes into frame with
Joy, Anger, Fear, and Disgust still hanging off of the ropes.
Sky darkens.
Suddenly ideas start falling from the sky. One hits Disgust
in the head!
DISGUST
Ow!
The emotions all look up.
More and more ideas keep falling from the sky and hitting the
balloon. We hear THUNDER.
It’s now pouring ideas all around the emotions, surrounded by
the dark clouds now.
ANGER
Oh no. It’s a Brainstorm!
LIGHTENING STRIKES. Another big THUNDER BOOM.
EMOTIONS
Ahh!
FEAR
Too close!
The emotions look up and see ideas floating out of the clouds
of the storm.
Joy grabs a few as they fly by.
JOY
(re: ideas)
Hog the puck?! trash talk the other
team?!
IN HQ
An idea tube rattles and an idea pops out and into
headquarters.
Envy standing next to a LARGE BUCKET to catch the falling
ideas. More flood in.
ANXIETY
Yes!
ENVY
Ooo!
WITH RILEY
In her dorm room. Nervously thinking. Pacing.
WITH JOY
Joy grabs a WOODEN STAKE from to the bottom of the rope and
swings at the ideas flying past her, like a baseball player.
JOY
We can’t let these bad ideas get to
Riley!
The balloon is being pulled closer and closer towards the eye
of the storm.
DISGUST
Joy!
But then Joy is still trying to smash the bad ideas.
JOY
Smash as many as you can!
ANGER
JOY!
THOOP! They’re pulled in!
ANGER
JOOYYY!
Genres:
["Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
42 -
Escape from the Storm
INT. STORM VORTEX
WOOOSH! The four hold on for their lives as the balloon
swirls around and around.
ANGER/FEAR/DISGUST/JOY
YAAAAAAAAA!
IN HQ
Ideas continue to flood through the tube in headquarters, now
with Embarrassment collecting them in another large bucket.
Anxiety sifts through them, tossing ideas aside.
ENVY
I’ll start sorting these into ideas
I wish I’d thought of!
ANXIETY
No no no, none of these are good
enough! We need more! Get more!
WITH JOY
The emotions still hanging onto the balloon are getting
tossed around and around the spinning storm.
Even now Joy swats at the ideas.
More lightening strikes! Disgust calls out to the others--
DISGUST
Get on the balloon!
Disgust, Anger, and Fear all climb the ropes to the top of
the balloon.
Ideas shoot towards them as they climb.
The balloon swirls in the whirlwind.
DISGUST
This is worse than the broccoli!
Fear sees the ideas floating up and leaving the storm through
the opening at the top of the whirlwind.
FEAR
(gasp)
Quick, grab an idea!
Disgust grabs a medium-sized idea and holds it aloft. The
idea pulls Disgust up slightly, but then drop back onto the
balloon.
Disgust slides towards the edge. Fear just barely manages to
grab her hand and prevent her falling off.
ANGER
These ideas are too small.
IN HQ
Anxiety still sifting through all the ideas.
ANXIETY
These ideas are too small. We need
something bigger!
WITH JOY
Shot of the BIG IDEA.
FEAR
That’s our way out!
Joy is still swatting at all the bad ideas. She spots the
giant one too and is determined to destroy it.
Fear and the others stand on the balloon ready to jump on the
giant idea.
FEAR
Ready?!
But suddenly the big idea flies right into them! The group
are all launched on top of the idea, as Joy holds onto both
the idea and the balloon.
Fear tries to convince Joy to help them.
FEAR
Joy! We need this idea!
JOY
If Riley takes one of these ideas
it could be a disaster!
FEAR
Joy, the only way out is up!
Joy let’s go of the rope tethering them to the balloon.
The idea flies into the air!
The big idea pulls them swirling through the storm, then
shoots up and out of the whirlwind. It jams into the overhead
tube, stuck.
It’s slowly pulled into the tube!
IN HQ
The massive idea from the storm makes its way through the
tube and SLAMS to the ground in HQ.
They all spot it.
ANXIETY
That’s a big idea!
ENVY
Ohhhhh, I like it.
WITH JOY
The idea gone, the four Emotions fall...
FEAR
Oh no.
EMOTIONS
Ahhh!
FEAR
Hold me!
(then)
Seriously, hold me!
All the emotions grab hold of fear when suddenly POOF-- a
parachute deploys and slows them down.
DISGUST
(shocked)
Fear?! You have a parachute?
FEAR
Uh, yes. The real question is why
don’t any of you?
The emotions land softly.
FEAR
(relieved sigh)
Land!
They brush themselves off. It worked.
DISGUST FEAR
Yes! Stuck the landing!
ANGER DISGUST
We did it! Woo! We made it!
The emotions looks at the Sense of Self in the distance and
run towards it.
JOY
Come on! To the Back of the Mind!
You’re finished Anxiety!
Genres:
["Animation","Adventure","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
43 -
Emergence of the Fire Hawk
EXT. BACK OF THE MIND
The old Sense of Self sinks further into the pile of
memories, almost disappearing from view.
INT. HEADQUARTERS
Anxiety looks at her growing sense of self, bigger but still
not fully formed, and heads to the new giant idea.
ANXIETY (O.S.)
Coach is right. Riley isn’t ready.
But we’re so close to a new Riley
who is. This is what we’re missing.
We show them we’re a Fire Hawk who
will do whatever it takes.
Anxiety rolls the idea to the console.
She plugs in the BIG IDEA into the console.
Riley accepts the idea and it lights up.
WITH RILEY
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Adventure"]
Ratings
Scene
44 -
Riley's Transformation and the Quest for Acceptance
INT. LOCKER ROOM - DAY
Mini-montage as Riley combines hair conditioner, hot water
and red ThirstQuencher powder in a water bottle at the sink
and shakes it up. We see her back as she works.
Riley looks at the finished product in the mirror: She looks
like a Fire Hawk.
IN HQ
ENVY
Finally! We’re one of them!
Anxiety and Envy high five.
Anxiety calls up to Sadness who’s secured in a bucket hung up
by a rope and pulley.
ANXIETY
What do you think, Sadness?
SADNESS
Well I--
Anxiety jumps with excitement.
ANXIETY
Awesome!
WITH RILEY
ENVY (O.S.)
Red is really our color.
Riley heads out of the locker room bathroom and flips her new
hair. She walks out and spots Bree and Grace at the lockers.
GRACE
Trust me!
BREE
(laughing)
Yeah I know, I mean it’s so much
fun!
Bree and Grace notice Riley. They turn away from her.
IN HQ
ENVY
Ok it’s giving jealousy. I’m sorry.
ENNUI
They wouldn’t know cool if it hit
them in the face.
Val and the rest of the Fire Hawks trickle past. Val spots
Riley, maybe a tad weirded out.
VALENTINA
Hey Michigan! Oh, rockin’ the red
huh?
IN HQ
ENVY
Yes!
ANXIETY
We are in.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
I hope it’s ok. I know I’m not
officially a Fire Hawk yet but I
figured since we’re on the same
team we should match right?
VALENTINA
Yeah, yeah, that’s fine. Did you
um, sleep last night?
RILEY
No. How could I? Big game today.
NOUR
You mean, the camp scrimmage?
VALENTINA (CONT'D)
(to Nour)
See I told you not to freak her
out.
(to Riley)
You’re all good, ok? I see you’re
in your zone.
(then, leaving)
Get ready to score some goals!
RILEY
Yeah! I will!
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Val scored two goals in this
scrimmage to become a Fire Hawk.
And you know what’s better than
two? Three!
Anxiety reveals three hockey goal lights.
ENVY
Three! I was just about to say
that. We were about to say that at
the same time.
Ennui walks up to the console.
ENNUI
But how are we gonna score three
goals?
ANXIETY
The new Riley will handle anything.
And I think THIS is the finishing
touch.
Anxiety goes down to the belief system.
ANXIETY
I’ll be right back.
Genres:
["Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
45 -
The Weight of Memories
EXT. BACK OF THE MIND
Joy and crew struggle to climb up the hill. It’s getting
steeper.
Joy and the others climb atop the ridge.
JOY
C’mon! We’re so close! The Sense of
Self is just on the top of that
moun--
Everyone sees it’s a pile of memories.
FEAR
That is a lot.
JOY
This is more than I remember
sending back here.
DISGUST
Oh, when she walked into that glass
door at that party? Oof.
JOY
Yeah, and breaking Grandma’s
favorite plate? Thank goodness
these aren’t part of her.
FEAR/ANGER/DISGUST
Thank goodness/Whew/Yeah.
They climb.
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Adventure"]
Ratings
Scene
46 -
The Fractured Sense of Self
INT. BELIEF SYSTEM
Anxiety places the orange memory of the red hair moment into
the stream and watches it grow into a belief. All of the
orange beliefs begin to glow.
WITH JOY
Joy climbs the pile of memories.
JOY
There it is!
Joy digs through the memories.
She finally unearths the SENSE OF SELF!
RILEY
(fading)
I’m a good person.
It’s fading--
JOY
Oh no!
The team head towards the tube above the top of the pile.
IN BELIEF SYSTEM
The new memory glows the whole belief system orange and
shoots up the stem of HQ.
IN HQ
Anxiety runs back into HQ.
ANXIETY
(out of breath)
Yes. Come on. Come on.
The new emotions watch as the new orange Sense of Self forms.
ANXIETY
Here we go!
Anxiety joins them, watching proudly...
RILEY (V.O.)
(as Sense of Self)
I’M NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
ANXIETY
What?
WITH RILEY
Riley’s face changes as she walks out to the ice.
RILEY (V.O.)
(as Sense of Self)
I’M NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
WITH JOY
They make it to the tube.
RILEY (V.O.)
(as Sense of Self
echoing)
I’M NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
Joy and the emotions look back to HQ.
IN HQ
All the emotions are caught off guard, and worried, including
Anxiety.
EMBARRASSMENT
(voc: worried)
ENNUI
Uh...
ENVY
Are you sure...
ANXIETY
Um, uh-- Don’t worry! It’s just
that she knows there’s always room
for self improvement! She’ll be
fine!
WITH JOY
JOY
(to walkie)
Sadness! We have the Sense of Self!
Bring us back!
IN HQ
Sadness still tied up in the bucket overhead, struggling to
get out.
JOY (O.S.)
Sadness, do you copy?
She tries to get Embarrassment’s attention.
Embarrassment looks back at her still unsure what to do.
RILEY (V.O.)
(sense of self)
I’M NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
SADNESS
Oh.
Suddenly-- Embarrassment unties the bucket and lowers
Sadness. She climbs out.
Sadness signals him towards the Back of the Mind tube! He
nods.
ANXIETY
(talking to herself)
Ok, I can work with this I just
need to recalibrate the console and
make sure it’s ready. Just no more
surprises. Uh, ok, this one goes
here. Check. That one goes there.
(MORE)
ANXIETY (CONT’D)
Check. No not exactly there. Here.
Come on, turn it up a little bit
it’s gotta be absolutely perfect.
That one is definitely wrong. What
is happening--
Embarrassment silently pulls down the tube.
Sadness sneaks towards the console, hiding from Anxiety. She
spots the recall button.
Sadness waits for the right moment. Anxiety is distracted.
Sadness reaches in... and pushes the button!
JOY
Sadness, NOW!
Anxiety sees Sadness with her hand on the button.
She turns around to see the tube descended.
Anxiety grabs the pole Embarrassment used.
Anxiety pulls the tube, breaking it from the ceiling.
WITH JOY
Joy still waiting by the recall tube ignoring Anger.
ANGER
Joy?!
Fear points towards headquarters
DISGUST
Uh...
FEAR
(horrified)
Ohhhh no...
The all look up, and see the Back Of The Mind tube dropping
from the sky, rippling towards them.
The last sections of the tube crash down in front of them as
they scatter to avoid being struck. Memories fly all around.
As the dust settles, Joy cradles the original Sense of Self
in her hands.
RILEY (V.O.)
(Sense of Self, softly)
I’m a good person.
RILEY (V.O.)
(New Sense of Self,
echoing through the mind)
I’m not good enough.
Joy stands in shock. They look out at Headquarters, glowing
orange in the distance.
ANGER
That was our only way back.
DISGUST FEAR
We were so close... What do we do?
The Sense of Self is dying. Joy looks at it, distressed.
Joy picks up memories in front of her: The penalty memory
from the championship game.
She picks up another memory. It’s younger Riley cheating on a
test.
MALE TEACHER (O.S.)
(from memory)
I expected better Riley...
JOY
That--That’s not...
She picks up another. Then another and another. All memories
of Riley at various ages making mistakes. She is searching
through the memories for something. Anything.
JOY
Wha--?
She drops the memories, running her hands on her face.
She buries her head in her hands.
JOY
Come on. Please. What Am I missing?
RILEY (V.O.)
(sense of self; softly)
I’m a good person.
Joy picks up the fading Sense of Self. She stares at it.
Anger, Fear and Disgust approach Joy.
DISGUST
Joy... So... what do we do now?
JOY
I don’t know.
This is not the answer they were expecting.
JOY (CONT'D)
I don’t know how to stop Anxiety.
Maybe we can’t. Maybe this is what
happens when you grow up. You feel
less Joy.
Everyone looks around. It’s a sad reality. But maybe it’s the
truth.
She holds up the Sense of Self.
JOY
But I do know this. Riley will
never be herself if we don’t get
this back to headquarters. Fast.
The emotions all look at each other.
DISGUST
How?
Genres:
["Animation","Adventure","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
48 -
Overcoming Doubt: Riley's Breakaway
INT. HOCKEY RINK
Riley skates to center ice. Directly across from Grace. They
stare down to face off.
GRACE
Have a good game Riley.
RILEY
You too.
The puck is dropped. Slo-mo
IN HQ - NEW SENSE OF SELF
RILEY (V.O.)
(Sense of Self)
I’m not good enough.
WITH RILEY
Riley’s eyes follow the puck, looking anxious and ready.
Then the puck drops in real time. Riley gets the puck and the
game is on.
Riley on a breakaway.
IN HQ
Anxiety driving at the console, getting sweaty.
ANXIETY
Yes! Go, go, go!
WITH RILEY
DANI
Riley! I’m open! Pass it! Pass it!
Riley spots Dani.
IN HQ - NEW SENSE OF SELF
RILEY (V.O.)
(sense of self)
I’m not good enough.
WITH RILEY
Riley slips by a defender and slaps a shot past Bree in goal.
Score!
Valentina and the Fire Hawks celebrate.
VALENTINA
Yeah Michigan!
DANI
Leave some for the rest of us huh?
IN HQ
An orange memory rolls out of all the girls celebrating
Riley’s goal.
ANXIETY
Yes! One down! Two to go!
Anxiety’s 3 light tracker lights up, she indicates we’ve
scored the first goal!
Genres:
["Drama","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
49 -
Dynamite Dilemma
EXT. BACK OF THE MIND
Disgust and the others stand at the edge of the canyon and
look out towards HQ.
DISGUST
Okay so how do we get her Sense of
Self from here... to there?
ANGER
(sigh)
I have an idea, but I really don’t
like it.
JOY
Anger. Riley needs us.
The others wait.
ANGER
Oh Pouchy!!
They look around; nothing happens.
ANGER
(to the others)
Well what are you waiting for?! Say
the words!
ANGER/JOY/FEAR/DISGUST
OH POUCHY!
Their call echoing throughout the mind.
Suddenly, Pouchy flies in--
POUCHY
Hi everybody! I’m Pouchy!
The emotions all happy to see Pouchy again, except Anger.
ANGER
(over it)
We know.
JOY
Pouchy, we need to get back to
headquarters. Do you have anything
that can help us?
POUCHY
I have lots of items! Which one do
you think will work the best? A
roll of tape?
A ROLL OF TAPE appears next to Pouchy.
POUCHY (CONT'D)
A rubber ducky?
A RUBBER DUCKY appears next to Pouchy.
ANGER
No time!
Anger shoves his arm into Pouchy’s mouth and digs.
POUCHY
(voc: choking)
Anger reaches back in to grabs dynamite, dynamite and more
dynamite.
DISGUST
Seriously Pouchy? Dynamite?! Don’t
you have like a jetpack or a plane
or something that’s gonna help us?
POUCHY
What do you think I have everything
in here? I offered you the rubber
ducky, I offered you the tape--
Joy looks at the dynamite then down at the pile.
JOY
I know what to do! But we’re going
to need a lot more dynamite.
POUCHY
(gagging)
You know what? Good luck--
Genres:
["Animation","Adventure","Comedy"]
Ratings
Scene
50 -
The Pressure to Perform
INT. HOCKEY RINK
WITH RILEY: Skating Hard.
IN HQ
Anxiety driving hard.
ANXIETY
Come on Riley, get the puck! Take
it! Take it!
WITH RILEY
Riley spots Dani with the puck.
IN HQ - NEW SENSE OF SELF
RILEY (V.O.)
(sense of self)
I’m not good enough.
WITH RILEY
Riley goes to steal the puck from Dani. They struggle and
fight over it.
DANI
Michigan, what are you doing?!
We’re on the same team!
Riley shoves Dani and takes the puck and heads for the goal.
IN HQ
Excitedly driving.
WITH RILEY
Riley shoots the puck--
Right into the net! Her second goal!
RILEY
Yes!
IN HQ
An orange memory rolls out of Riley making the 2nd goal.
ANXIETY
Uh, well, Dani might be a little
mad at us, but they’ll all forgive
us when we make the team. Come on
Riley! One more goal!
Conflicted, Anxiety soldiers on.
Genres:
["Drama","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
51 -
Avalanche of Emotions
INT. BACK OF THE MIND
A huge stack of dynamite at the base of the pillar. Pan up
to see the pile of memories.
DISGUST
Uh, hold on Joy. We’re going to
blow up this cliff?
JOY
Yup!
DISGUST
And then we’ll ride an avalanche of
bad memories back to headquarters?
JOY
Yeah.
DISGUST
And how do we keep the bad memories
from forming bad beliefs?
JOY
I don’t know.
Beat.
DISGUST
Um, yeah. What could go wrong? I’m
in!
JOY
Ready?
ANGER
For Riley.
DISGUST
Let’s do it.
FEAR
Here we come Riley.
All four grab the plunger.
They ALL detonate the dynamite together.
A MASSIVE EXPLOSION on the pieces of the mind below the
Avalanche.
JOY
Jump on!
The pile of memories flows through the canyon. The Emotions
struggle vainly to stay afloat.
Joy flows downstream, the memories swirling like a raging
river. She’s pulled under by the current, gasping for
breath.
Over the Sar-Chasm!
WITH RILEY
Riley shoots-- Bree blocks it.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
Come on!
WITH RILEY
Riley shoots -- Bree blocks it again
IN HQ
ENVY
Aw man!
IN HQ - SENSE OF SELF
WITH RILEY
Riley shoots-- and Bree continues to block it.
IN HQ - SENSE OF SELF
RILEY (V.O.)
(sense of self)
I’m not good enough.
WITH RILEY
ANXIETY (O.S.)
You have to score!
Riley shoulder checks the player, it’s Grace! Grace falls to
the ice and slides all the way into the boards.
Riley too distracted by making this shot doesn’t notice. She
shoots--
Bree blocks it!
COACH ROBERTS
Andersen! Penalty box! Two minutes!
IN HQ
ANXIETY
No!
WITH RILEY
Riley is frozen on the ice watching the other girls rally
around Grace.
BREE
Grace! Are you ok?
IN HQ
ENVY
We hurt Grace!
ANXIETY
It all happened so fast! I didn’t
even see her.
Riley skates off to the penalty box and sits on the bench
upset.
IN HQ
RILEY (V.O.)
(sense of self)
I’m not good enough.
ANXIETY
Oh no, what did I do?
Intercut - Riley breathing heavily and Anxiety panicking
trying to fix things on the console.
ANXIETY
No, no. I can fix it. I can fix it.
WITH JOY
BLOOSH! Under water now, Joy struggles for breath as she’s
beat by memories plummeting into the water all around her.
She gasps for breath, swimming for her life beneath the
waters of consciousness...
She spots the Sense of Self and grabs it and swims to the
surface!
Genres:
["Animation","Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
52 -
Confronting Chaos: A Journey to Self-Worth
INT. BELIEF SYSTEM
FOOM! The memories pour into the belief system. The Emotions
wash up on the center island, beaten and battered...
One of the bad memories plants itself. It’s the math test
one.
MALE TEACHER (O.S.)
I expected better Riley...
JOY
What? No! Ugh, Come on!
Joy and the others head towards the elevator to return to HQ.
IN HQ
RILEY (V.O.)
(in new sense of self)
I’m not good enough.
WITH RILEY
Riley is sitting in the penalty box, her time is ticking
down. Her leg shaking.
RILEY
Come on Riley. Get it together.
IN HQ
Anxiety starting to spin out on the console.
ANXIETY
Come on Riley get it together!
WITH RILEY
RILEY (V.O.)
(in new sense of self)
I’m not good enough.
Clenching her chest, she sits on the ground curled up.
IN HQ
Anxiety really spinning now.
ANXIETY
You have to score Riley! Or this
will all have been for nothing!
The other emotions watch on concerned.
ENVY
Anxiety! You’re putting to much
pressure on her!
Envy tries to reach the console but is flung back into
Sadness!
Sadness and the other new emotions head to the Sense of Self
and try to pull it out.
WITH RILEY
Riley starts to curl over.
Grace looks over and spots Riley in the penalty box. She
knows something’s not right.
COACH ROBERTS (O.S.)
Okay! Let’s take a breather.
IN HQ
Anxiety has now formed a giant spiral around the console
blocking everyone from it.
Joy and the others emerge from the elevator.
Anxiety is a maelstrom, surrounding the console and swirling
through headquarters. Sadness and the others are still trying
to pull out Anxiety’s Sense of Self.
JOY
Sadness!
SADNESS
Joy! Help!
Joy and the old emotions rush to join Sadness and the new
emotions, pulling on Anxiety’s Sense of Self they still
aren’t able to pull it out.
SADNESS
Come on! We can do this!
DISGUST
It's not working!
SADNESS
It’s Anxiety!
Joy looks to Anxiety at the console.
She hands Sadness the Sense of Self and soldiers towards the
whirlwind. She’s blown back, but redoubles her efforts and
reaches towards the whirlwind. Closer... Closer...
POP, she’s in. Silence.
Joy moves to Anxiety, angry.
JOY
Anxiety Stop!
Joy grabs for Anxiety but goes right through her.
Joy is confused. She sees Anxiety flickering.
JOY
You don’t get to choose who Riley
is.
Anxiety stares forward. Her hands are gripped onto the
console. She’s clearly spun herself out and cannot stop.
JOY
Anxiety? You need to let her go.
Anxiety grabs on tighter... then finally lets go.
As soon as she releases the handle, Joy grabs ahold and pulls
her out of the storm.
Joy leaves Anxiety and rejoins the others.
They pull the Anxiety Sense of Self out.
Joy takes the original Sense of Self and plugs it back in.
Success!
RILEY (V.O.)
(sense of self)
I’m a good person.
WITH RILEY
Still having an anxiety attack.
IN HQ
The whirlwind continues. Joy confused: Why?
ANXIETY
(exhausted)
Joy, I’m sorry... I was just trying
to protect her. But you’re right.
(MORE)
ANXIETY (CONT’D)
We don’t get to choose who Riley
is.
This pings with Joy. SHE REMEMBERS:
FLASHBACKS from earlier, when she selected memories, then
sent them to the back of the mind.
JOY
(in flashback)
We keep the best, and toss the
rest!
WITH JOY
Joy looks down.
Genres:
["Animation","Fantasy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
53 -
Embracing Complexity
INT. BELIEF SYSTEM
The bad memories are all starting to plant themselves as new
beliefs grow from them.
REFEREE
(from memory)
28! Andersen! Tripping!
RILEY
(from memory- Riley slams
the door to her room)
Ugh!
WITH RILEY
Curled over in the penalty box still having an anxiety
attack.
IN HQ
The Sense of self holder starts to pulsate as light tries to
grow up the stalk. But it’s blocked.
RILEY (V.O.)
(sense of self)
I’m a good person.
Joy knows what to do. She walks over to the original Sense of
Self that she just put in and rips it out!
DISGUST
Joy! What are you doing!?
WITH RILEY
Still having a panic attack.
IN HQ
A new Sense of Self starts to form, this one changing, never
settling.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m selfish.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m kind.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m not good enough.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m a good person.
RILEY (V.O.)
I need to fit in but, I want to be
myself.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m brave, but I get scared.
RILEY (V.O.)
Success is everything.
RILEY (V.O.)
I make mistakes.
Joy walks over to it.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m nice.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m mean.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m a good friend.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m a terrible friend.
RILEY (V.O.)
I am strong.
RILEY (V.O.)
I’m weak.
RILEY (V.O.)
I need help sometimes.
Joy looks at the new Sense of Self, and embraces it. Hugging
it tightly. Protecting it.
Genres:
["Drama","Fantasy"]
Ratings
Scene
54 -
Reconnection in the Penalty Box
INT. PENALTY BOX
Riley’s breathing calms.
Sadness sees what she’s doing and joins Joy.
INT. HEADQUARTERS
All of the other emotions come to circle around and hug the
new Sense of Self with Joy.
WITH RILEY
She calms.
IN HQ
The storm subsides. Joy and the emotions look over the the
console.
INT. PENALTY BOX
Riley is calming down.
She starts to come back to the moment. Feeling the bench
hearing the laughing of the other players. Watching the puck
and the players skates on the ice.
Bree and Grace gather around Riley in the box.
GRACE
Riley, you ok?
Riley looks at her friends.
Genres:
["Drama","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
55 -
Reconciliation on Ice
INT. HEADQUARTERS
All the emotions look at the screen, and step up to the
console -- except Joy, who stands back with Anxiety.
WITH RILEY
Riley approaches them.
RILEY
(sigh)
Yeah. I mean, no.
She knows what she needs to do.
RILEY
I was such a jerk to you guys. When
you guys told me you were going to
a different school I freaked out
and--
(sigh)
I’m so sorry. If you don’t wanna be
friends anymore, I get it. But I
really hope that you can forgive
me. Someday.
Bree and Grace listen... then put their hands out for a fist
bump. Riley meets their fist bump. Then hugs them.
COACH ROBERTS (O.S.)
Let’s go ladies.
GRACE
Come on, we’ve got a game to
finish.
Relieved, the girls skate back to their positions.
She stands at the threshold, looking serious. She looks up,
remembering something.
Genres:
["Drama","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
56 -
Joy's Reconnection
INT. HEADQUARTERS
The Emotions all stand at the console.
Sadness notices yellow particles floating to the console. She
turns to see they are coming from...
Joy, standing at the back if the room.
Sadness knows what this means.
SADNESS
Joy. Riley wants you.
The other emotions part, stepping back, as Joy approaches the
console.
Anxiety sees what’s going on and smiles.
Joy touches the console. It glows yellow.
Off Joy, feeling something she fears she’d never feel again:
needed...
Genres:
["Animation","Family","Adventure"]
Ratings
Scene
57 -
Rediscovering Joy on Ice
INT. RINK
For the first time since Act 1, Riley smiles.
IN HQ
Joy smiles.
WITH RILEY.
HOCKEY GIRLS (O.S.)
(encouraging game walla)
I’m Open!/Pass it!/Yes!
She skates out onto the ice, and plays with Joy.
End on matching wide shots.
VALENTINA
Riley!
Intercut the girls playing for fun with Joy on the console.
HOCKEY GIRLS
Nour over here, I’m open!
ALLY SOFIA
Wohoo!! Yes!
NOUR
Over here! I’m open!
IN HQ
DISSOLVE on the emotions at the console watching Riley play.
Genres:
["Drama","Sports"]
Ratings
Scene
58 -
Finding Confidence Amidst Anxiety
INT. HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA - DAY
Start on crowd. PUSH IN to find Riley at lunch with Val and
the Fire Hawks. It’s the same frame as Anxiety’s earlier
projection of Riley alone at school only she’s at a table
full of friends.
Val finishes a story and everyone laughs.
Riley has her phone on the table in front of her. She’s
staring at it.
VALENTINA
Hey Minnesota, how long are you
gonna stare at your phone?
RILEY
It’s almost 2! Coach is gonna post
the list any minute!
IN HQ
Joy driving...
JOY
Okay 2pm, that’s in--
Anxiety pops up. And keeps popping around throughout:
ANXIETY
Six minutes! And what happens if we
don’t become a Fire Hawk? Well,
thanks for asking, Joy. I’ll tell
you:
Anxiety pulls up her projections.
PROJECTION 1 - RILEY watching Mom and Dad shaking their heads
disappointedly at her (in their house).
ANXIETY
First, mom and dad are very
disappointed.
PROJECTION 2 - RILEY working as an ethnomusicologist.
ANXIETY (CONT'D)
We don’t go pro and we find work as
an ethnomusicologist even though we
don’t really know what that is--
PROJECTION 3 - RILEY sitting on a park bench feeding
squirrels.
ANXIETY
We have no friends...
PROJECTION 4 - RILEY DEAD ON PARK BENCH
ANXIETY
...and we die alone. Ah!
WITH RILEY
Riley starts to feel Anxiety on her face.
IN HQ
Joy steps forward, puts a calming hand on her shoulder.
JOY
Ok, ok, none of that is happening
right now. Is it?
ANXIETY
No...
JOY
Great! So why don’t we take a seat
in our special chair...
ANXIETY
Yeah, that’s a great idea...
The crew sits Anxiety in the chair. Joy turns on the massage
feature.
JOY
See, isn’t that better?
ANXIETY
Oh yeah, that’s the stuff.
JOY
We can’t control whether Riley
makes the team. But what can we
control?
ANXIETY
Well, um, oh! Riley has a Spanish
test tomorrow. We need to study!
JOY
Oh! You’re right! We totally--
ANXIETY
Olvidamos.
JOY
What’s that mean?
ANXIETY
“Forgot.”
OLD AND NEW EMOTIONS
Nice job Anxiety!/Thanks for the
reminder./Good thinking!/Muchas
gracias.
Anxiety looks around. She feel accepted by the group.
ANXIETY
Oh, thanks guys.
Joy walks back to the console.
JOY
Plus, we followed our new varsity-
caliber training program!
ENVY
Oh, I wish I thought of that.
JOY
News Flash: You did!
ENVY
Wait, you’re right I did! I’m
jealous of myself! Thanks for the
reminder!
POUCHY (O.S.)
You’re welcome.
JOY
Who said that?
ANGER
It’s my new buddy Pouchy.
Reveal Anger wearing Pouchy.
POUCHY
Hi everybody I’m Pouchy!
ANGER
Confetti if we make the team!
FEAR
Oh good idea--
Pouchy spits confetti all over Fear...
JOY
That’s great, but either way, we
love our girl...
ANGER
Confetti if we don’t!
Pouchy projectiles more confetti at Fear.
WITH RILEY
Her phone beeps. She immediately grabs it. It could be the
list!
VALENTINA
Oh, is it Coach’s email??
RILEY
No it’s Bree and Grace.
We see it’s a photo from Grace of her and Bree with a
message: “Good luck today!”
IN HQ
The emotions seeing Bree and Grace on the screen.
DISGUST
Oh, I miss those girls.
Off the photo of Bree and Grace, Nostalgia enters.
NOSTALGIA
Oh remember when Bree and Grace and
us used to--
The emotions all turn to see Nostalgia entering.
EMOTIONS
Not yet!/You’re still early!/Not
quite!
Nostalgia backs herself out.
NOSTALGIA
Ok, I’ll just be downstairs if you
need me...
And she’s gone.
JOY (O.S.)
It’s three minutes to two. She’s
got this...
EMBARRASSMENT
Cause she’s got us! Ooo! Yeah!
Right?!
(then)
Cause she’s... Maybe?...
The emotions start to respond but Embarrassment jumps
forward.
They all turn to Embarrassment with his fist up.
JOY
Alright Embarrassment! Everybody
look at Embarrassment!
Joy gives him a high five. He hides in his hoodie.
WITH RILEY
She gathers her phone and her book. Val stops her. They have
a moment.
VALENTINA
Hey look, if you don’t make it this
year, there’s always next year.
But Riley’s way ahead of her.
RILEY
I know.
She smiles. Val smiles back.
IN HQ
ANXIETY
I love our girl.
Joy starts recalling memories...
JOY
How could you not?
WE SEE MEMORIES AS JOY TALKS.
MEMORY - showing her parents the test from Our Girl.
JOY (O.S.)
She’s super smart.
MEMORY - Riley playing hockey.
SADNESS (O.S.)
And great at hockey.
MEMORY - Riley playing guitar with her friends.
DISGUST
She’s really creative.
ENNUI
She can be bored but never boring.
JOY
But she can be a little sarcastic
from time to time.
MEMORY - Riley says something to her parents, rolling her
eyes...
FEAR (O.S.)
She can have really bad ideas...
Joy recalls another memory - RILEY about to cut her bangs.
ANGER (O.S.)
Occasionally, she can do the wrong
thing.
Riley accidentally breaks a pepper grinder at the store and
puts it back on the shelf.
Riley upset, crying to Mom and Dad.
JOY (O.S.)
And sometimes she can be too hard
on herself.
Joy and all the emotions walk over to Riley’s Sense of Self.
JOY (O.S.)
But every bit of Riley makes her
who she is. And we love all of our
girl.
WITH RILEY
Looking at a mirror in her locker.
JOY (O.S.)
Every messy, beautiful piece of
her...
THEN HER PHONE BEEPS. A NEW EMAIL.
She looks down at her phone. Then back to the mirror.
A subtle smile creeps across her face.
FADE TO BLACK
CREDITS ROLL
Genres:
["Drama","Comedy","Family"]
Ratings
Scene
59 -
Dinner Table Tensions
INT. DINING TABLE - DAY
Riley, Mom and Dad are sitting at the dining table having
dinner.
MOM
So Riley, how was camp?
Riley acts surprised by this question.
IN HQ
Riley’s emotions at the console.
JOY
Ok we talked about this... we tell
them everything.
WITH RILEY
RILEY
Uh...
IN HQ
ANXIETY
But what about sneaking into
Coach’s office?
ANGER
What about hitting Grace?
ENVY
Oh, remember the lying?
DISGUST
Are we gonna tell her about the
Fire Hawks?
ANGER
She doesn’t need to know.
FEAR
Uh, objection.
Ennui emerges from the background and taps her phone.
ENNUI
Pardon, excuse moi.
WITH RILEY
Riley looks up:
RILEY
It was good.
Mom senses something.
IN MOM’S HQ
Mom’s emotions at the console.
MOM’S ANGER
She goes away for three days and
all we get is "good"???
Mom’s Anxiety enters from behind the curtain.
MOM’S ANXIETY
And what about the red in her
hair?? Did she join a gang?
MOM’S SADNESS
Welcome back, Anxiety.
WITH DAD
Dad scrutinizes Riley. We zip into his head.
IN DAD’S HQ
Dad’s emotions at the console. Anxiety emerges from the
background.
DAD’S ANXIETY
She goes away for three days and
all we get “good"?
Beat.
DAD’S ANGER
Yeah, sounds right.
DAD’S EMOTIONS
Absolutely/Asked and answered.
They recall a FOOTBALL GAME.
DAD’S ANGER
Back to the game.
DAD’S EMOTIONS
Game time/aw there we go/what’s the
score?
DAD'S ANNOUNCER (O.S.)
with a nice pass over to Reeves,
comes across center ice...
CREDITS
Genres:
["Family","Comedy","Drama"]
Ratings
Scene
60 -
Secrets in the Vault
INT. THE VAULT HALLWAY
Off a black screen, the door to the vault opens.
Joy peeks in.
JOY
Okay Deep Dark Secret, it’s time.
Deep Dark Secret steps towards the door a little bit and into
the light. But hesitates.
DEEP DARK SECRET
(voc: bashful grunts)
JOY
It’s ok. Come on...
DEEP DARK SECRET
(voc: i don’t want to
grunts)
Dark Secret steps out of the vault and into the hallway.
JOY
Okay, let it go buddy. What’s the
secret?
DEEP DARK SECRET
(sighs: ok fine)
We burn hole in rug.
JOY
Really? That’s it? Whew, I thought
you were gonna say the time we peed
in the pool.
DEEP DARK SECRET
(voc: grunt?)
Deep Dark Secret does a take. He he quickly walks back into
the vault and closes the door.