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"Inside Out" gave us feels over feelings. It may feel like one of the "smaller" Pixar movies at times, but the fact is, it’s big in story. Take the quiz and find out how deep "Inside Out" can get.
Although Riley's life is good until she's 11, what big event triggers all the trouble in the movie?
her dad has to work in a far place
her parents are separated
her family moves to a new place
Joy feels that everything is going great, until Riley's family has to move. All the Emotions have a hard time dealing once they get to the new house. Uh-oh...smells like trouble?
her mother and father get into a big fight
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Why did the family move?
Dad has a new job or company
From the phone call that Riley's dad gets, it looks like he has a new company, or a new job. Either way, it looks like he will be a bit busier. Typical for any family, right?
Mom couldn’t handle a big house
they couldn't afford the house anymore
they had to find a better school for Riley
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In another stroke of bad luck, why was Riley a bit let down by the pizza place near their new house?
it was too expensive
it still reminded her of home
the pizza had broccoli
It's established early on that Riley doesn’t like broccoli, ever since childhood. Now, when she finally wants to feel good… the pizza has broccoli! Eew, Disgust, come on down!
she realized she wanted a burger
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In the beginning of the movie, who is the first emotion that popped up in Riley's mind?
Joy
Joy was the first emotion for Riley. From the looks of the Riley control center, Joy was there when Riley started organizing her emotions. Nice choice for a leader!
Sadness
Anger
Fear
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After 33 seconds of pure Joy, who came next?
Disgust
Anger
Sadness
The moment Riley started crying, Sadness was created. It makes sense that Joy and Sadness are the first emotions that a kid feels. Opposites work for humans!
Fear
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According to how Joy says it, what practical thing does Fear do for Riley?
he makes her a scaredy-cat
he allows her to avoid scary stuff
he makes her paranoid
he keeps her safe from accidents
In the movie, Fear makes Riley be careful around electrical outlets. In this case, Fear is more about self-preservation, preventing physical injury through avoidance. That's a good use of that emotion!
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Disgust may sound unusual, but what is her real job?
she prevents Riley from being badly dressed
she prevents Riley from being poisoned or infected
Disgust is "designed" specifically to make sure that Riley doesn't eat anything poisonous, or have her be exposed to anything dirty or infectious. If Fear is about injury, she's about maintaining health. Good combo!
she makes her take a bath all the time
she makes Riley an obsessive-compulsive
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And then there's Anger. What does Anger actually do?
Anger makes sure Riley gets things done
Anger is Riley being a brat
Anger makes Riley assert herself
Anger, in a positive light, makes Riley assert herself, and try to do things when she feels she's not getting what she wants. A good application of a usually bad trait, don't you think?
Anger is about demanding stuff
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That leaves Sadness and Joy. What do they do?
make people basket cases
make experiences good or bad
Joy and Sadness are the ones who decide if an experience is good or bad. Be it about health, action, caution, or social interaction, they are the ones who make it a happy or sad thing. So yeah, outlook is key!
make people loving persons
make people react
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What are Core Memories?
they can’t be forgotten
they define the emotions
they define Riley's personality
Core memories, as Joy explains it, are the things that power the various parts of Riley's personality. In a way, they are the memories strengthened by the various emotions that influence Riley's thoughts and actions the most. So yup, what you feel defines who you are sometimes.
they are early childhood memories
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With so many emotions on hand for humans, why did the writers bring it down to five emotions?
to focus on the story
The writers and the production team eventually cut the emotions down to five. Other emotions like Logic, Surprise, and Contempt, would make the story too complicated, or they could be absorbed into the main emotions. Makes better story sense indeed.
to make it simpler for kids
to trim down on voice actors
to lessen animation costs
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What function does sleep serve for emotions and memories?
memories can be sorted by the emotions during sleep
sleep reboots the memory-making machines
important memories are put in long-term memory
The movie shows that when a person sleeps, many of the day's memories are stored in long-term memory. It doesn't show what happens to other memories, but long-term memories can definitely fade, as the movie later shows . Cool, huh!
sleep makes the emotions recharge
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As we see with the Dinosaur Park memory, what is one thing that the Emotions can do?
color a memory with their emotion
As Sadness touched what should have been a neutral memory, she colored it with her type of emotions. The others were not pleased, of course. Ugh, sad!
make someone forget a memory
make the other emotions get angry
make someone feel mixed up
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Although Sadness brings on the drama, what else does she do, according to her?
makes a person suicidal
makes a person feel useless
makes one depressed
makes a person stop and think more
Although Sadness, as usual, gave it the full "rain" drama, she also points out that sadness can make one stop, think, and reflect. Of course, she would say, "obsess."
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How does Joy keep Sadness busy while she tries to run the Riley ship better?
makes Sadness take a break
makes Sadness go off to sleep
makes Sadness read manuals
Joy decided to steer Sadness into reading Mind Manuals, including those on how to retrieve long-term memories. After all, she didn’t want Sadness to infect more memories with her touch. Smart, this Joy!
makes sure the others keep Sadness busy
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What emotional thing happened in Riley's new class?
she had a profound realization
she had a mental break of sorts
In the command center, all the core memories and their emotions were removed from their places. For Riley, this meant that she was emotionally lost, or absent. Aww, poor girl.
she said the ugly truth
she went ballistic on the teacher
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What's the danger about the Memory Dump?
memories are forever lost there
The Memory Dump is a place where memories are lost forever. Falling into it is a very, very bad idea for core memories or Emotions. Lost in space, anyone?
bad memories live there
embarrassing memories are there
fake memories are there
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What is the first casualty of Riley's breakdown?
Friendship Island
Family Island
Honesty Island
Goofball Island
As Riley is having trouble dealing with her issues about moving, her mind goes into chaos as well. The first big casualty is Goofball Island, which allows her to react to childish and whimsical stuff. All seriousness on deck!
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When you peek into Mom's head/mind, who is in command?
Sadness
Mom's Emotion Team is different, since Sadness is the leader. The Mom Emotion Team seems to work better with each other, though. Now we know how moms work!
Joy
Disgust
Anger
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Who do Joy and Sadness meet while trying to find a way to Friendship Island?
bad memories
other emotions
forgetters
Forgetters are the clean-up crew for long-term memories. The more you don’t come back to a memory, the more it fades. And when it does, forgetters send them to the memory dump. Efficient, huh.
fake memories
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What is that one memory that the forgetters love sending up repeatedly to the command center?
the taste of McDonald's burgers
the time Riley learned how to skate
the Tripledent jingle
The forgetters have their own sense of humor, too, and the Tripledent commercial jingle is one of their jokes in Riley's mind. Wondering now what jokes play in your head?
Riley's first crush
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Without the entire Emotional Team, what's the next disaster for Riley?
she gets her dad mad again
she decides to wallow in sadness
she gets her mom mad
she loses Friendship Island
As Riley's friend starts talking about a new friend, it irks Riley, because she's not there anymore. She snaps, and takes it out on her best friend -- a consequence of not being in touch with the whole Emotional Team.
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Which Emotion is in charge of Dad's command center?
Fear
Anger
Anger is the lead Emotion with Dad, though it seems to be more of aggression, rather than outright anger. Like Mom, Dad's Emotion Team seems to be better at working with each other. Now we know how dads think!
Disgust
Sadness
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Who is the wandering weirdo Bing Bong?
Riley's second personality
a lost emotion
an incomplete thought
Riley's imaginary friend
Bing Bong is Riley's imaginary friend. We first see him when Riley was little, and she was drawing him on a wall.
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What is Bing Bong's solution to getting Joy and Sadness back to the command center?
teleporting them with imagination
flying them there
creating a dream machine
getting them on the Train of Thought
Bing Bong, the imaginary friend, says that one way to get Joy and Sadness back to the command center is with the Train of Thought. That's not such a bad idea, since sometimes, all a person needs to do is think and reflect to get things back to normal. We saw what you did there, Pixar!
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What is Anger's solution to making Riley happy again?
taking the place of Joy
mounting a rescue for Joy and Sadness
Run away to Minnesota
Anger's reasoning makes sense, in a way. Riley should run away to Minnesota, since that was where all her happy memories are. But is that a good way of dealing?
creating a new Grumpy Island
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If you look closely at the stair railings in the mind command center, they look like these building blocks of life.
musical notes
DNA strands
It's a little detail, but the stairs in the command center have railings that look like DNA. It's interesting, since it shows that Emotions can also have a biological base. Thank you, science!
heartbeats
blood vessels
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What do Joy and Sadness intend to do to wake Riley up, so that the Train of Thought can keep on going?
they destroy some memories
they light up some memories on their own
they create fake memories
they decide to use her dreams
Sadness suggests that they use the Dream Production facilities to wake Riley up. Of course, Joy co-opts that as her idea and tries to force her ideas on it. Fine, Joy, whatever it takes!
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What is the next Island Casualty of Riley's wanting to run away?
Family Island
Honesty Island
When Riley used her mother's credit card to get a bus ride, Honesty Island came crashing down. It's a good example of how a bad time in a person's life can cause a chain reaction of negative actions.
Hockey Island
Friendship Island
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What is Joy's possible way out of the Memory Dump?
teleportation by using a core memory
using her innate Joy to float up
Bing Bong's song-powered rocket wagon
Joy remembers that Bing Bong's song-powered rocket wagon had been dumped, too. Once they have that, they can get out of the Memory Dump through the power of imagination. And yeah, fervent singing!
Bing Bong can fly if he wants to
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What's the surprise heartbreaker for Inside Out?
when Sadness becomes worse
when Riley goes crazy
when Bing Bong fades
It's the big anvil drop of the movie, when Bing Bong fades away in the Memory Dump. But in his mind, he's done his job. Hashtag happysad!
when Anger takes over
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What does it mean that the new core memory has more than one color?
the Emotions had a tug of war for it
the core memory has inborn emotions for it
the core memory is distorted
Riley can have more than one emotion for a memory now
It's a sign that Riley is becoming more mature emotionally, since she can now have many feelings about certain events. And that's how we develop emotionally, folks!
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What does having a larger control board mean for the Emotion Team?
Riley now has more experience with how to deal
The larger control board is a sign that Riley now has more emotional tools to deal with whatever life throws at her. This also means that she is more in control of her emotions. Atta girl!
Riley is more cautious now
the Emotions will have individual places now
the Emotions can fine-tune Riley's reactions
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Why was Lewis Black, the voice of Anger, unique in the cast?
Black nailed the auditions in one shot
Black wasn't amused in getting the role
Black is the least famous
Black was the only choice for his character's voice
Stand-up comedian Lewis Black, who became popular for his trademark angry ranting/mental breakdown-type of humor-routine, was the template for the Anger character. There was no question that the Pixar Team wanted him to be the voice, and practically no one else. A perfect fit!
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All emotions aside, what major character type is missing from "Inside Out?"
the Big Bad guy
"Inside Out" is the first Pixar movie without an actual bad guy. It relies on the situation and how a person reacts to it. Now, that's sharper story focus!
the loyal friends
the grumpy one
the dumb one
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