Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2 is an American computer-animated film and the sequel to Inside Out. As the second film installment in the franchise of the same name, it was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios.
It is Pixar's 28th animated feature, and was theatrically released on June 14, 2024.
==Synopsis==
Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who've long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren't sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up and it looks like she's not alone.
==Plot==
Riley's emotions are happily tending to her during a hockey game and preparing her for high school. As they work in tandem, the emotions have overseen the creation of a sub-basement in Headquarters called the "Sense of Self" where they place the memories that help build Riley's character. This results in the creation of strands that voice Riley's inner self; "I'm a good person". Joy has also built a pipe that shoots out terrible memories they want to forget to the "back of the mind". Riley wants to try out for her high school's hockey team, the Fire Hawks, and the emotions make sure that Riley feels her best self.
In the middle of the night, the emotions are awoken by the sound of the puberty alarm. Headquarters is suddenly swarmed with workers who take apart the place and make additions to the control board. They leave without finishing but inform them of new people coming in. The emotions quickly learn that their effects on Riley are much more unstable, with her overreacting over minute details. Riley prepares to go to hockey camp with her friends Grace and Bree. She gets excited when she voices the prospect of them making the Fire Hawks together, but Grace reveals that she and Bree are actually going to another high school, much to Riley's worry.
Upon arriving at camp, the emotions are shocked to be greeted by Anxiety, a new emotion who constantly concerns herself with the worst-case scenario in Riley's future. They also meet Envy, who is constantly jealous and amused at the other's traits, Embarrassment, who rarely speaks to the others, Ennui, who chills out on her couch and alters the control board with her phone, and Nostalgia, who constantly reflects on the past, but remains downstairs throughout the majority of the film.
Riley runs into her idol, Valentina "Val" Ortiz, who became a Fire Hawk during her freshman year. Anxiety and Envy ensure that Riley comes off as assured in front of Val, though they manage to make it incredibly awkward. When Riley struggles with either going with Val or her friends, Anxiety forces Riley to ignore her Sense of Self. While in the locker room, Joy gets Riley to goof off with Grace and Bree. However, Coach Roberts catches them and orders everyone to give up their phones and has them do exercises, making Riley embarrassed.
Anxiety continues to push Riley to look cool in front of Val and ignore Grace and Bree. To accomplish this, she takes her Sense of Self and launches it to the back of the mind. Anxiety tells Joy that she needs to reinvent Riley for the future and has Embarrassment literally bottle up Joy, Anger, Sadness, Disgust, and Fear and send them all the way back to the vault along with Riley's other hidden beliefs and emotions. In the meantime, Anxiety gets Riley to get back on Val's good side and motivates her to practice extra hard and to look good in front of her and Coach Roberts.
While in the vault, the emotions meet Bloofy and Pouchy, characters from a preschool cartoon show that Riley still likes, Lance Slashblade, a video game character that Riley and Disgust have a crush on, and Deep Dark Secret, a large being that hides Riley's most terrible secret. Deep Dark Secret breaks them out of their bottle while Pouchy produces a stick of dynamite to help them get out. Lance manages to defeat the security guards (by rolling into a ball and inadvertently knocking them into each other) and the emotions escape. They find the stream of consciousness and plan to find Riley's Sense of Self at the back of the mind. Joy convinces Sadness to return to Headquarters to recall them there through Joy's pipe at the right time.
Anxiety continues to cause Riley to alienate her friends in favor of Val and her group. During this time, she has her sarcastically quip about a band she likes, has her eating a protein bar that tastes like cardboard, asparagus, and broccoli, and pushes her to overwork herself, making her act out constantly. Joy, Anger, Disgust, and Fear's journey to the back of Riley's mind is blocked off by the Sar-chasm, forcing them to go a long way around through the aisles of Riley's long-term memory.
After Fear, Disgust, and Anger voice their frustration with their predicament, Joy snaps and admits that she does not know what to do and feels hopeless and pushed to her limit over constantly having an upbeat attitude. The others apologize and proceed to venture further. Back at Headquarters, Sadness has holed herself up in a corner, trying to read through the manuals for an answer. She is found out by Embarrassment, but since he begins to have second thoughts about Anxiety's plan, he keeps quiet about her presence. Meanwhile, Joy, Anger, Fear, and Disgust eventually get to Imagination Land but find that everything is being rearranged, save for "Mount Crushmore". They find that the massive pillow fort has been converted into a studio, which creates projections for Riley. The emotions convince the workers to envision positive ideas for Riley. While this causes Riley to be put at ease, this upsets Anxiety as she finds them unrealistic. The workers start ignoring Anxiety, and the emotions flee from security.
The emotions run into a parade of future jobs and get onto a balloon of Riley as a judge and fly away. Anxiety has Riley get out of bed and head to Coach Roberts' office to see how well she is doing at camp. Sadness manages to steal Ennui's phone to prevent her from going through with it, but she is found out and captured. The emotions discover that Riley is "not ready yet", causing Anxiety to decide to pull ideas, portrayed as light bulbs. They call upon several, causing a brainstorm to form and hindering Joy, Disgust, Anger, and Fear's adventure. They escape the storm, but a giant light bulb is sent to Headquarters.
Anxiety suggested completely devoting themselves to making themselves look better than everyone else. Riley's new Sense of Self forms, created entirely by Anxiety's emotions, and now utters, "I'm not good enough." However, Anxiety nervously insists that it will go away eventually, which becomes concerning to the other emotions.
Joy, Disgust, Anger, and Fear finally reach the back of the mind and climb the mountain of abandoned memories. They find the Sense of Self and contact Sadness, who managed to escape thanks to Embarrassment. She is too late to save the other emotions as Anxiety tears apart the pipe back. Joy breaks down again as she cannot find out how to save Riley, who has grown into a self-conscious, self-hating individual. Anger calls upon Pouchy, who gives them a lot of dynamite to ride a flood of memories back to Headquarters.
During her hockey game, Riley accidentally bumps into Grace and is sidelined, causing her to have an anxiety attack caused by Anxiety rapidly attempting to fix Riley and creating a windstorm in Headquarters. Sadness, Embarrassment, Ennui, and Envy try to remove the new Sense of Self but aren't able to, due to Anxiety still in control of the console. The rest of the emotions return with the memories imbuing themselves into Riley's Sense of Self threads. As they make it back to the top, Joy reaches out to Anxiety, saying that she doesn't get to choose who Riley is so she can have a better future and that everything will be okay, and that she needs to let Riley go, freeing her from her own anxiety and allowing the other emotions to remove the new Sense of Self successfully.
Joy places the original Sense of Self on the pedestal, but the storm persists. After a remorseful Anxiety apologizes to Joy for what she's done and admits she can't determine who Riley is, Joy realizes that launching her mistakes to the back of her mind limited Riley's worldview. She removes the Sense of Self and allows the flood of memories to create a new one, making Riley complex and emotional. Grace and Bree check on Riley, who admits she was upset over them going to different high schools and wanted to prove herself to make up for it. She apologizes for how she behaved, and Grace and Bree forgive her, promising that they will always be friends. The control panel willingly calls Joy to make Riley happy now that she is better.
A year later, Riley continues warming up with Val and the rest of the Fire Hawks while keeping tabs on Grace and Bree. Anxiety now has a corner for herself so that she can relax. Embarrassment becomes more open, though he is still shy. The rest of the Emotions embrace their expanding family, though Nostalgia still remains in the basement. Riley, now having an ever-changing Sense of Self, continues to live her life as she gets a text about her possible Fire Hawks recruitment. She opens it and smiles.
In the mid credits scene, Riley's parents ask her how hockey camp went. The emotions grow worried, but Ennui simply has her say it was alright. Mom's emotions start to wonder what Riley meant by that, and then Mom's Anxiety appears when she looks at Riley's red locks and wonders if she made a band. Mom's Sadness welcomes Mom's Anxiety back to Headquarters while Dad's Anxiety appears and wonders the same thing that Mom's Anger wondered. Dad's emotions affirm that it's exactly what Riley said. They go back to watching the game.
In the after credits scene, Joy lets Deep Dark Secret out and asks what his secret is. He admits that Riley was the one who burnt the hole in the rug, and Joy admits that she thought it was when she peed in the pool. This causes Deep Dark Secret to lock himself in the vault again.
==Cast==
*Kensington Tallman as Riley Andersen
**Amy Poehler as Joy
**Maya Hawke as Anxiety
**Lewis Black as Anger
**Phyllis Smith as Sadness
**Tony Hale as Fear
**Liza Lapira as Disgust
**Adèle Exarchopoulos as Ennui
**Ayo Edebiri as Envy
**Paul Walter Hauser as Embarrassment
**June Squibb as Nostalgia
*Lilimar as Valentina "Val" Ortiz
*Grace Lu as Grace Hsieh
*Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green as Breonna "Bree" Young
**Raul Ceballos as Bree’s Anger
**Krysta Gonzales as Bree's Disgust
*Diane Lane as Mrs. Andersen
**Sherry Lynn as Mom's Joy
**Mona Marshall as Disgust and Anxiety
**Lori Alan as Mom's Sadness
**Paula Pell as Mom's Anger
**Laraine Newman as Mom's Fear
*Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Andersen
**Roger Craig Smith as Dad's Anxiety
**Pete Docter as Dad's Anger
**Carlos Alazraqui as Dad's Fear
*Yvette Nicole Brown as Coach Roberts
*Ron Funches as Bloofy
*James Austin Johnson as Pouchy
*Yong Yea as Lance Slashblade
*Steve Purcell as Deep Dark Secret
*Dave Goelz as Subconscious Guard Frank
*Frank Oz as Subconscious Guard Dave
*Kirk Thatcher as Foreman
*Paula Poundstone as Forgetter Paula
*Bobby Moynihan as Forgetter Bobby
*John Ratzenberger as Fritz
*Sarayu Blue as Margie
*Flea as Mind Worker Cop Jake
*Kendall Coyne Schofield as Hockey Announcer
*Sam Thompson as Security Man Sam (UK Version)
*? as Dani
===Additional voices===
*Rylee Alazraqui
*Sky Alexis
*Maren Alford
*Anaiya Asomugha
*Sydney Bell
*Tyreese Burnett
*Julieta Cortes
*Emerson Cunningham
*Madeleine Curry
*Juliet Donenfeld
*Terri Douglas
*Quinn Minichino Eakins
*Roshni Edwards
*Hadley Gannaway
*Randy Hahn
*Melanie Injeyan
*Ruby Jay
*Matt Yang King
*Matt Lowe
*Ashlyn Madden
*Deya Nurani
*Kingsley Perez
*Griffin Puatu
*Zeno Robinson
*Isaac Robinson-Smith
*Libi Rose
*Secunda Wood
==Music==
On March 7, 2024, with the release of the second trailer and poster, it was revealed that Andrea Datzman had composed the film's score, taking over for Michael Giacchino.
==Release==
Inside Out 2 was released in theaters across the United States on June 14, 2024. The teaser trailer to the film was released on November 9, 2023, hinting that new emotions would be coming to Riley's mind. Following the teaser, the official trailer was released on March 7, 2024. Almost a week and a half before the film's release, a final trailer was unveiled on June 4, 2024.
===Home media===
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on digital platforms on August 20, 2024 while the physical was released on September 10, 2024 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
==Reception==
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 305 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Spicing things up with the wrinkle of teenage angst, Inside Out 2 clears the head and warms the heart by living up to its predecessor's emotional intelligence." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 59 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Despite the positive reviews many viewers have stated how it is "not a kid's movie" most stated the film itself made them anxious. In addition, not only did it feel like a repeat of the first movie but it also felt like Turning Red all over again, another coming of age movie.
==Gallery==
==Videos==
Inside Out 2 - Teaser Trailer
Inside Out 2 - Teaser Trailer-2
Inside Out 2 - Official Trailer
Inside Out 2 - Where Can I Put My Stuff
Inside Out 2 - Final Trailer
HQ is expanding - Inside Out 2 - Disney UK
==Trivia==
*This is the fourth Pixar film of the 2020s to be produced in a 2:39:1 aspect ratio after Onward, Soul, and Lightyear.
**It is the sixth Disney animated film of the 2020s to be produced in a 2:39:1 aspect ratio after Onward, Soul, Raya and the Last Dragon, Lightyear, and Strange World.
**It is the fifth Pixar sequel to be produced in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio.
**It is the first Inside Out film to be shot in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio, unlike the first film which was produced in 1.85:1.
**The reason for this change is because the main cast are going beyond Tri-County as director Kesley Mann and producer Mark Nielsen stated during an interview. This change was done to accommodate the fact that Riley's world had opened up.
**It is the first Inside Out film to use the 2022 Disney opening logo.
**It is also the eleventh animated sequel to be produced in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio, unlike the previous installments which were produced at 1.85:1, after Rugrats Go Wild, Shrek Forever After, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Ice Age: Collision Course, Despicable Me 3, Sherlock Gnomes, Toy Story 4, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, and Minions: The Rise of Gru.
*Inside Out is the sixth Pixar film to become a franchise, after Toy Story, Cars, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles.
**It is also the first Pixar film released in the 2010's to become a franchise, since the precedents are from the 1990's (Toy Story) or 2000's (Cars, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles).
*This is the seventh Pixar sequel and the first Pixar sequel released in the 2020's.
**This is also the first Pixar sequel which John Lasseter had no involvement with since his exit from Disney and Pixar in late 2018.
*This is the fifth Pixar sequel or prequel to have a different director from the previous films in the franchise, after Toy Story 3, Monsters University, Cars 3, and Toy Story 4.
**This is also the second Pixar sequel or prequel to be based on the works by Pete Docter, following Monsters University.
*Actress Mindy Kaling (who voiced Disgust) and actor Bill Hader (who voiced Fear) did not return to reprise their roles in this sequel due to disputes over pay." Additionally, Riley Andersen's voice actress, Kaitlyn Dias, is also replaced in the sequel due to casting mandates of only hiring a teen actress to take the role for the character as Dias is in her early 20s.
*Pixar had some of the short videos in YouTube include public domain classical songs such as "Ode to Joy" by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, "Flight of the Bumblebee" by the Russian composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, "Blue Danube Waltz" by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr., "Funeral March" by the Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin, "The Nutcracker Suite" by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "Hebrides Overture" (known as "Fingal's Cave") by the German composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and "Hungarian Dance No. 5" by the German composer Johannes Brahms.
*This is the second Pixar sequel to be released nine years after its predecessor, following Toy Story 4.
*This is the second time that Tony Hale does a role for a Disney/Pixar film, after voicing Forky in Toy Story 4.
*This is the fourth Pixar sequel to have the same protagonist as the first film, after Toy Story 2 and 3, Monsters University, and Cars 3, as in Finding Dory, and Incredibles 2, the deuteragonist becomes the protagonist and Toy Story 4 has Woody as the sole protagonist instead of alongside Buzz.
*The film's teaser trailer reached 157 million views in 24 hours, beating out the record that Frozen II made for trailer views.
*This is the first Pixar film since Onward to feature John Ratzenberger voicing a character.
*This is the second time that Paul Walter Hauser does a role for a Disney film, after playing Horace in Cruella.
*This is the first Pixar film to not have Disney's 100th anniversary logo since Lightyear, as it is the first Pixar film to have the post-100th anniversary version of the 2022 Disney logo.
**Although, the 100th anniversary version of the logo was used in the film's teaser trailer, released in November 2023.
**Had Elio not been delayed until 2025, it would have been the second Pixar film to do so.
*This film marks the first Pixar project to use a combination of traditional animation and computer animation since Day & Night.
**This is also the first time the combination appears in a movie and not a short film.
*This is the third theatrical Pixar film not to be accompanied by a short film at the beginning. The first two being Toy Story 4 and Lightyear.
*This is the second Pixar film where the sound effects of Luxo, Jr. bouncing on the I in the Pixar logo aren't heard at the beginning; music is heard instead. The first being Lightyear.
*This is the second Pixar film to have A113 appear as Roman numerals (ACXIII), after Brave.
*This is the second Pixar film to have a female antagonist reform at the end after Gabby Gabby in Toy Story 4.
*Kelley Voss, who worked on the film, is the wife to Eric Voss who works on the YouTube channel New Rockstars. Their son is listed in the credits as a "production baby".
*On the official poster for the film, Sadness is seen holding a "Yay!" flag. This flag made a singular cameo during Riley's hockey match at the start.
*Jokes involving the French language are changed in the European and Canadian French dubs, such as the line, "Nicknames! I'm gonna call you 'Wee-Wee.'" to "Tu connais l'expression « L'ennui porte conseil ? »" (You know the expression "Boredom brings advice?").Vice-Versa 2 - Extrait : Le nouveau mal du siècle | Disney
**Additionally, Ennui's voice actress from the English version reprises her role in both dubs, as she is French herself. She had previously voiced Ember Lumen in the European French dub of Elemental.
*As part of the film's release, several Disney's games celebrated with new playable characters from this franchise and released special events: Inside Out: Thought Bubbles, Disney Heroes: Battle Mode, Disney Speedstorm, and Disney Dreamlight Valley.
*This film reveals that Anxiety, Ennui, Envy, Embarrassment, and Nostalgia are "secondary" emotions, as Riley's parents' counterpart of Anxiety comes out from behind a curtain while Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust remain the main ones in control.
**This is a reused concept from a previous idea for the first movie, where there was a total of 27 emotions residing with in Riley's head, and the vast majority residing in the back until called up when needed.
*Riley's jersey number is 28 to represent the film being Pixar's 28th animated film and her other jersey number is 15 to represent the first Inside Out film being Pixar's 15th animated film.
*For the second time, Joy and Sadness get sent away from Headquarters. Only this time, Anger, Disgust, and Fear are also sent away along with the two.
**Rather than being sent through a tube like Joy and Sadness, they all get put into a jar and sent to the Long Term Memory area through a tube.
**When the wave of bad memories get in the Belief System, we can see a moment from the first film, when Riley stole her mom's credit card to return to Minnesota. The color of the memory is purple.
*This is the second Pixar film in the 2020s to not be an original one, preceded by Lightyear.
**This film also marks the first time that a year within the 2020s solely has a non-original Pixar film (as Lightyear was released in the same year as Turning Red).
*This is currently the highest-grossing Pixar film in the studio's history, both domestically and internationally.https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-company/Pixar#production_company_movies_overview=od5 This is also the highest-grossing non-original Pixar film in those same cases.
**Interestingly, this greatly contrasts Lightyear, which is currently the studio's lowest-grossing non-original Pixar film, both domestically and internationally speaking. Coincidentally enough, both films are from the 2020s.
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