#Bill Andersen

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Fandom: Inside Out

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shout out to my favourite fictional dads

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Riley: Mom, Dad, I really like Val.

Jill: Why not, dear, Val is a nice girl!

Riley: No mom, I mean I really like Val!

Bill: We heard you the first time, Monkey. You have a homosexual attraction to Val.

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Seriously Riley’s dad is a total hottie

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DADDY

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SUMMARY

Inside Out 2 delves into Anxiety and how Riley navigates adolescence with new emotions taking control.

Mom and Dad's emotions play a significant role in the movies, impacting Riley's understanding of her own emotions.

The Cool Girl, Bree, and Grace provide insight into the complexities of human emotions and relationships in Riley's world.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Inside Out 2.

Riley is the star of Pixar’s Inside Out franchise, but she’s not the only character whose mind and personified emotions are shown on-screen in the movies. The Inside Out movies have been praised for their deep understanding of the complexities of human psychology and emotional theory. The first film carried the poignant message that Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith, plays a positive role in a healthy emotional state and should be embraced, not avoided. Inside Out 2, on the other hand, gives audiences a roadmap for understanding and controlling Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke.

The focus of these movies is on Riley’s mind. Both films have explored the ways that her emotions have evolved as she’s gotten older. The first movie revolved around her early childhood and the sequel takes her through the messiness of adolescence. But Riley is just one of several characters whose emotions have been featured in the Inside Out franchise. The movies will occasionally dive into another character’s head if it’ll serve the story (or just serve a great gag). From Mom and Dad to Bree and Grace, various other characters’ emotions have been shown in the Inside Out films.

6: Cool Girl

At the end of the first Inside Out movie, Riley started at her new school in San Francisco and looked around for potential new friends. She felt intimidated by a cool girl – credited only as “Cool Girl” – who seemed confident and popular. The Cool Girl wears makeup and has her black hair dyed partly blue. This gag may have inspired a storyline in Inside Out 2, because the exact same thing (a streak of hair dye) made Riley nervous around popular high school hockey star Val Ortiz in the sequel.

When Riley first spots the Cool Girl, Disgust is particularly jealous of her fashion sense (because this was before Envy was an emotion of its own within Riley’s mind). During the closing credits of the first film, the camera swoops into the Cool Girl’s mind and reveals her emotions. These emotions look just like the Cool Girl, with the same eyeshadow look, the same coat, and the same dyed hair. The Cool Girl’s emotions are played by a cameoing Rashida Jones in a fun parallel with her Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler playing Riley’s Joy.

The Cool Girl’s emotions reveal that the character is deeply insecure. She believes she’s a “fraud” and her Sadness laments that being cool is “exhausting.” Her psyche is dominated by her Fear, who worries that she’ll lose her popularity among the other students. This is more than just a gag; it’s a poignant reminder that, deep down, everyone is vulnerable and insecure – no matter how outwardly cool they appear.

5: Bree Young

Bree is one of Riley’s best friends in Inside Out 2. Her emotions are seen when the girls are on their way to hockey camp. Riley mentions that it would be great if they all got to play on the same team together next year in high school, at which point Riley’s Disgust notices “a look” on Bree’s face. Riley’s Disgust plays back the instant replay and zooms in on Bree’s eyebrows, which made a slight move when Riley mentioned going to the same high school. She immediately deduces that Bree is hiding something.

The camera then swoops into Bree’s mind to show her own emotions worrying that Riley spotted their look. Bree’s Disgust notices “a look” on Riley’s face and does her own instant replay to show that Riley’s eyes narrowed after Bree’s eyebrows shifted. Bree’s Disgust deduces that Riley knows they’re hiding something. The standoff continues as Riley and Bree stare each other down and try not to reveal what they know about the other (which is futile when their respective Disgust emotions spot every little facial tic and analyze them in slow-motion).

4: Grace Hsieh

While Riley and Bree are analyzing each other’s looks, their other best friend Grace sits between them on the backseat, looking uncomfortable. Unable to deal with the awkwardness, Grace blurts out that she and Bree won’t be on the same team as Riley next year. Bree explains that she and Grace have been assigned to a different high school, so Riley will have to face high school alone. This unexpected change is what triggers the arrival of Anxiety in Riley’s mind. Although Grace’s emotions aren’t shown at the climax, her emotions are crucial to the resolution of the film’s conflict.

In the climactic sequence of Inside Out 2, Riley’s Anxiety gets the better of her and, in her determination to woo Coach Roberts at the hockey game, she accidentally injures Grace and gets sent to the penalty box. There, she suffers from a panic attack as her Anxiety becomes a flustered whirlwind at the controls. Despite the injury, Grace’s emotions encourage her to come over and see if Riley is okay, which helps her overcome the anxiety attack and regain her sense of self. Grace’s emotions are the unsung heroes of Inside Out 2.

3: Mom(Jill Andersen)

Riley’s mom’s emotions have been featured in both Inside Out movies. In the first movie, Sadness is shown to be Mom’s dominant emotion (in the same way that Joy is Riley’s dominant emotion). This could be seen as a dark revelation about Mom’s emotional state, or it could just be seen as foreshadowing for the movie’s ending. By the end of the film, Riley will embrace Sadness and understand its positive role. Riley’s mom’s mind shows that she already came to that realization. In the sequel, Mom’s Anger – voiced by Girls5eva’s Paula Pell – is shown to be her dominant emotion.

Mom’s Anger has plenty of wry one-liners about Riley’s teen angst and her refusal to open up. When the Inside Out sequel was confirmed to introduce new emotions into Riley’s mind, eagle-eyed viewers were quick to point out that Riley’s adult parents didn’t have any extra emotions. The sequel includes a nod to this supposed plot hole when Riley comes back from camp and refuses to go into any detail about how it went. Mom’s Anxiety comes into the Headquarters from the back of her mind to worry about Riley, and the other emotions say, “Welcome back, Anxiety.”

2: Dad(Bill Andersen)

Riley’s dad’s emotions have also been featured in both Inside Out movies. Like many dads, Riley’s dad’s emotions are dominated by Anger. The movie has made plenty of references to the fact that men are a lot less in touch with their emotions than women. Riley’s dad’s emotions are shown to be complacent and ignorant. In the first film’s dinner scene, when Mom tries to engage Dad in a meaningful conversation about Riley’s emotions, his emotions are kicking back and watching a game. They suddenly have to perk up and pretend they were paying attention.

At the end of Inside Out 2, when Riley tells her parents that hockey camp was “good” without elaborating any further, her mom’s emotions freak out. They worry that there’s something their daughter didn’t tell them, or that something bad happened and she doesn’t want to talk about it. But Riley’s dad’s emotions are way more chill about the whole thing. One of them initially panics that she just said camp was “good,” but then all the other emotions concur, “Yeah, that sounds about right,” before going back to idly watching the game.

1: Riley Andersen

Of course, the character whose emotions are the most important in the Inside Out universe – and the character that the entire saga revolves around – is Riley. In the first movie, Riley’s mind was controlled by five key emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust. The conflict of the film kicks off when Joy and Sadness are whisked away from Headquarters, leaving Anger, Fear, and Disgust in charge at a crucial point in Riley’s life. As she tries to adjust to a huge change, Riley doesn’t have her Joy or Sadness to help her through it.

Throughout the movie, Joy and Sadness go on an incredible adventure to get back to Headquarters. By the time they get there, Joy has come to appreciate the positive role that Sadness plays. While Riley is missing her old home and the friends she left behind, Sadness could really help her. When they return to Headquarters, Joy hands all of Riley’s core memories to Sadness, so she can color those memories with melancholy and allow Riley to process her sadness in a healthy way.

Then, in Inside Out 2, when Riley turns 13, four new emotions arrive in Headquarters to wrestle the steering wheel away from Joy: Envy, Ennui, Embarrassment, and the loudest of all the new emotions, Anxiety. After Joy challenges Anxiety’s newfound leadership, Anxiety has Riley’s five original emotions literally bottled up and locked away in a vault. Anxiety would then spend the rest of the movie ostensibly trying to help Riley with the most destructive ideas imaginable. By the end of the sequel, Riley has managed to wrap her head around Anxiety and control its negative effects.

Inside Out is a different kind of Pixar franchise. Previous Pixar movies had used talking toys, friendly monsters, anxious fish, and suburban superheroes as metaphors to explore touching themes and storylines. But in Inside Out, the metaphors are the story. It was a risky endeavor, but Pixar has now pulled off the impressive feat of literal emotional storytelling twice.

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Kingdom Hearts IV predictions: Riley’s Mind (Inside Out)

Takes place after Inside Out 2.

Is visited by Sora, who takes the form of a Mind Worker.

Starring the voices of:

Joy: Kate Higgins

Sadness: Phyllis Smith

Anger: Lewis Black

Fear: Tony Hale

Disgust: Liza Lapira

Anxiety: Maya Hawke

Envy: Ayo Edeberi

Ennui: Adèle Exarchopoulos

Embarrassment: Paul Walter Hauser

Riley Andersen: Kensington Tallman

Valentina Ortiz: Lilimar

Grace Hsieh: Grace Lu

Bree Young: Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green

Jill Andersen (Mom): Diane Lane

Bill Andersen (Dad): Kyle MacLachlan

Coach Roberts: Yvette Nicole Brown

Dani: Melanie Injeyan

Ally: Libi Rose

Sofia: Anaiya Asomugha

Nour: Deya Nurani

Nostalgia: June Squibb

Pouchy: James Austin Johnston

Bloofy: Ron Funches

Lance Slashblade: Yong Yea

Deep Dark Secret: Steve Purcell

Dad’s Anger: Pete Docter

Dad’s Fear: Carlos Alazraqui

Dad’s Sadness: Josh Cooley

Dad’s Joy: Patrick Seitz

Dad’s Disgust: J.P. Karliak

Dad’s Anxiety: Roger Craig Smith

Mom’s Sadness: Lori Alan

Mom’s Anger: Paula Pell

Mom’s Fear: Laraine Newman

Mom’s Joy: Sherry Lynn

Mom’s Disgust: Mona Marshall

Mom’s Anxiety: Mona Marshall

Mind Cop Frank: Dave Goelz

Mind Cop Dave: Frank Oz

Mind Cop Jake: Flea

Forgetter Paula: Paula Poundstone

Forgetter Bobby: Bobby Moynihan

Paula Persimmon: Paula Pell

Jangles: Josh Cooley

Helicopter Pilot: Carlos Alazraqui

Foreman: Kirk Thatcher

Fritz: John Ratzenberger

Margie: Sarayu Blue

Train of Thought Conductor: Patrick Seitz

Hockey Announcer: Kendall Coyne Schofield

TripleDent Gum Singers: Nick Pitera & Andrea Datzman

Abstract Thought Workers: Ronnie del Carmen & Elissa Knight

Additional Fire Hawks: Emerson Cunningham & Madeleine Curry

Hockey Announcer in Dad’s Memory: Randy Hahn

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Distracted Jill

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Imagine these two as a couple:

Roger Radcliffe and Tarzan’s Dad

annnnnd....

Mr Bill Andersen x Cassim as a couple

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That's it! Go to your room! - Mr. Andersen Inspired by Bill Andersen from Inside Out 2

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Why It Worked: Inside Out

Introduction: Inside Out is an animated coming-of-age film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and co-written by Pete Docter, with the screenplay being co written by Meg LaFauve and Josh Cooley, the film stars Amy Poehler, Phyliss Smith, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan and Richard Kind as Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, Fear, Riley, her parents Bill and Jill, and Bing Bong respectively. Released on June 19, 2015, the film was a major box office success grossing $858.8 million on a budget of $175 million. It also received critical acclaim from critics and audiences alike. According to Rotten Tomatoes, out of the 384 reviews aggregated, 98% gave a positive review with an average rating of 8.9/10. It also received numerous awards, including an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, several Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Annies, a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, and a Critic's Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature. It is often seen as a culturally significant film for mental health and the importance of expressing one's emotions. I saw this film for my birthday back in 2015 and I loved it right out of the gate. After multiple rewatches over the years, I stand by my personal opinion that this is a masterpiece of animation and visual storytelling. I'm overjoyed to talk about this film now that it finally has a sequel out.

The Plot: This film has 2 stories that are interconnected to one another, taking place in the mind of an 11 year old girl. On the outside, it's a bout a kid moving to a new city and being overwhelmed by the sudden changes happening all at once. On the inside, it's about Joy and Sadness trekking through Riley's mind, while along the way understanding each other's importance. Together, they create a very unique and engaging plot about growing up and learning to express yourself. The film brilliantly cuts between Riley, Joy and Sadness' journey, and what's happening at HQ to organically show what Riley's feeling and how her actions have psychological consequences. In addition to having powerful gut punching drama, it's also a very funny film with plenty of slapstick, goofy gags, and impressive word play that always gets me to belly laugh. Michael Giacchino also provides an enchanting, dreamlike score with great use of the piano and brass sections. The true highlight of the story is, of course, Pixar's masterfully crafted and innovative animation. The film makes Riley's mind so vibrant and expansive with Dream Productions and Imagination Land being major highlights. The outside world also looks very well done with the people looking very appealing, San Francisco looking grimy yet lived in, and Riley's old home in Minnesota looking very welcoming and colorful. Speaking of color, the use of colors in this film is nothing short of excellent from the radiant colors of Riley's memories, to Riley's clothes reflecting her current state of mind throughout the film. I also love how they use black and gray to represent faded memories and lack of emotion. If there's one word to describe Inside Out's story and animation, it's colorful.

Cast and Characters: This is an outstanding cast they brought on board for this film. Shout outs to the film's casting directors Natalie Lyon and Kevin Reher for picking out some excellent actors. Amy Poehler was phenomenal as Joy, perfectly capturing her bubbly and eccentric personality while also naturally showing her vulnerability and frustrations. Phyliss Smith sound perfectly dower and soft spoken as Sadness, yet at the same time making her sound so innocent and relatable. Lewis Black was the best match for Anger, making him sound crusty, cynical, and having a short fuse. Mindy Kaling brought in the right amount of sass and pettiness as Disgust and her comradery with the other emotions was brilliant. Bill Hader did a great job making Fear funny and relatable as a character. Kaitlyn Dias also deserve major props for her vocal performance as Riley, making her sound like a soft spoken but fun kid who goes through a great character arc in the film. Lastly, Richard Kind was the absolute surprise standout of the cast as Bing Bong as not only did he do a great job making him funny, but also made him relatable, selfless, a bit of an airhead, but also really resourceful. The cast did such a great job bringing these characters to life, with all of them being iconic and memorable in their own way.

Where It Falters: Outside of maybe adding another scene or 2 with Riley's life in Minnesota, I wouldn't change a thing with this film. It's one of those films where the only nitpick I have is I wanted more. Fortunately, that's remedied with the existence of the 2024 sequel. Coming out a couple years sooner wouldn't have been so bad either, but like I always say, quality>quantity.

Conclusion: There are a select few movies I consider to be a masterpiece. Inside Out is most certainly one of those movies. With outstanding writing, iconic characters, wonderful voice acting, masterfully crafted animation, and an enchanting score, it has more than earned its cultural significance. I cannot recommend this film enough, especially for those who struggle with expressing themselves such as yours truly. I promise this film will speak to you as it has for me after all these years. Thanks so much for reading and I'll see you soon ;)

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