Joy

Joy is the protagonist of the Disney/Pixar film Inside Out. She is one of the five emotions inside the mind of Riley Andersen. She always strives to remain joyful, hence her name, and is the leader of the emotions.
== Why She Rocks ==
# Joy is, as her name states, the very essence of happiness and perkiness, and as such, she loves to look on the bright side of things.
# Joy’s goal has always been to make sure Riley stays happy. 
# She is lighthearted, optimistic and determined to find the fun in every situation.
# She is the oldest of all of the emotions, as she was the first one to appear, making her the wisest and the most experienced.
# She is a strong, friendly, optimistic and adorable Pixar character.
# She sees challenges in Riley’s life as opportunities, and the less happy moments as hiccups on the way back to something great.
#She gets some good character development as she looks back on how some sad memories can help make a person better, which makes her feel sad and regret for what she’s done to Sadness and Riley. After Bing Bong saved her from the forgot pit and had a emotional goodbye with her, Joy reunited with Sadness and got them both back to the control center, and let’s Sadness take control of the console, which allowed Riley to return to her new home, and Joy allows her to turn the happy memories to sad, which allows Riley to confess her sadness to her parents that she misses her old life, and her parents confessed they miss it too. When they hug, Joy has gained Sadness’ trust back as Sadness had Joy press the button to make Riley feel happy that she let it all out, which helped Riley accept her new life. Since then, she’s worked together with the other emotions, especially Sadness, to help Riley have fun with her new life. 
== Bad Qualities ==
# She used to mistreat Sadness (albeit unintentionally) because she used to not understand why Sadness is a necessary emotion, due to nobody else knowing what her purpose for Riley is at the time, and Joy wanted Riley to be happy all the time.
# She is not above lying, as she told Fear that earthquakes don't exist, when they really do, even if it was to calm him down.
# She used to value Riley's happiness to the point where she did not want any of the other emotions to influence Riley. She did not want Riley to be sad at all, even when she needs to be.
# When Bing Bong lost his wagon and was grieving, she wanted him to not be sad when he had to be and tried doing childish and silly things to get him to stop without understanding that cheerfulness and positivity are not always what a sad person needs.
# The "Riley needs to be happy" line she tells Sadness. This line causes Sadness to believe Riley would be better without her. Thankfully, Joy soon regrets her mistake, understands why Riley needs Sadness, and fixes her actions.
== Trivia ==
* According to Pete Docter, her appearance is based on that of a star/burst of energy. This can be seen in Abstract Thought, as, during the fourth stage, Joy and Sadness were reduced to a single shape and color - Joy was a yellow star and Sadness was a blue teardrop.
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