Riley Andersen/Parody

As she appears in *Inside Out* parodies

Riley in her natural state, which is being happy, all the time.

* Soviet Union (assumed by Leopold Slikk, despite being born after the fall of the Soviet Union)
* Romanov dynasty (theorized in parody universe)

### Personality

Mostly defined by whichever emotion is in charge

### Hobbies

* Hockey
* Fun times

### Family

* Jill Andersen (mother)
* Bill Andersen (father)

### Allies

* Her parents
* Everyone in her mind, especially her emotions
* Hermann Fegelein

### Enemies

* Broccoli
* The gays
* Leopold Slikk
* Adolf Hitler
* The European Union
* Drachenlord
* Ajit Pai

## Parody relevance information

### Role(s)

* Main child character
* Her mind is the main location
* Subject to information from her mother
* Most often, a stand-in for CreativityTheEmotion

### Parody counterparts

* Adolf Hitler (*Downfall* parodies) (as the one being informed and the one calling others)
* Hermann Fegelein (*Downfall* parodies) (for having antic powers and being associated with the parody maker)
* Leopold Slikk (AGK parodies)

### Weapon(s)

Laptop of Doom

*“Well, that's it! Our girl has been a wonderful human being, a great friend... and a great experience for us. After all, we've been doing this for eleven years. What could possibly happen?”*
―Joy, Riley's lead emotion, describing what Riley is to her and also totally not being oblivious

*“One thing that piques imagination, though, is how Bill, Jill and little Riley Andersen will react if they're announced as the new royals. One can only imagine the things that will happen in the family, and most importantly, in little Riley Andersen's mind.”*
―Mikhail Dovzhenko, saying basically the same thing as Joy despite being completely unaware of her
In *Inside Out* parodies, **Riley Andersen** figures somewhat extensively, though not as a character; instead, she is a totem and an ideal, whom her emotions, Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, strive to live up to, ultimately doing everything to further her and not themselves.

## Biography

When Riley was 11, her family moved from Siberia to Saint Petersburg. This caused a crisis internally in Riley, and at one point, she even considered running away from her parents and back to Siberia. However, she had a last-minute change of heart.

Events happening shortly after Riley's move, though, would cement her in history. Namely, she is the eventual subject of a Nazi time travel communication experiment, and after informing Adolf Hitler of the developments between 1945 and 2015, seems to be the direct cause of his suicide, earning her a place in history textbooks as of her own time.

Anger plans to go to the Moon, a parody set in the far future, reveals that eventually, Riley got married; though, it is unclear whether or not she had children. It also appears that she moved a couple more times in her life, including to a space station commanded by SpaceX, before spending her last years in the Axiom, the main locality of *WALL-E*; that being said, even in light of her having traveled a significant portion of space, her dream of going to the Moon has been unfulfilled as of her death.

## Personality

Riley herself is very rarely seen in parodies, given that they mostly focus on her mind and not the outside world. Nevertheless, she has two primary characterizations: predominantly upbeat (when all her emotions are present at Headquarters and Joy is in charge) and predominantly mad (when Joy and Sadness are absent from Headquarters and Anger is in charge). She is also depicted as very sympathetic (owing to Sadness), crying over the fact that her mean attitude towards Adolf Hitler was uncalled for and that it may have pushed him to commit suicide. For the most part, parodies are written as though Riley were completely unaware of the world within her mind, with the exception of Jill reacts to being told Riley has emotions guiding her.

Riley usually keeps a good relationship with her parents, with her mother serving as her informer. Her father is generally more absent from her life in *Inside Out*, and therefore only gets rare appearances in parodies; in fact, his first appearance in parodies was in the AGK series parody, eighteen videos in, when all the characters described above were already established and characterized.

In addition to being a hockey player and a piano player as in canon, in parodies Riley is established to be an avid coder, specializing both in web design, as seen in Joy plans to code a language learning website, and creation of spambots, as seen in Riley is informed about the FCC's vote on the Restoring Internet Freedom act.

## Comparisons

### Hitler

 At best, a side character of her parodies on her own, with only her mind as the main location and its characters the only ones willing to serve her.
 Riley exists in the modern world, and therefore has access to modern technology.
 A prepubescent child, and therefore unlikely to be seen as an authority in any context.
 Riley is predominantly happy, and being angry is unnatural to her.
 Parody of a Disney character.

### Fegelein

 Has only recently learned of her proficiency in antics, and does not use them as much.

## Notes

1. ↑ Her chat client nickname, as seen in the various "Riley Andersen's Intercultural Exchange" parodies.
2. ↑ The intro to the non-canon "What AGK fans expected when they clicked on "Riley Andersen vs. the Angry German Kid"" states, among other things, "starring Riley Andersen as the Inside Out Kid". This is a parody of "Angry German Kid" and its snowclones.
3. ↑ "The Emotions react to the results of Eurovision Song Contest 2016" reveals her to be 12 as of May 14, 2016, when the Grand Final of ESC 2016 occurred. This, coupled with Riley's nickname suggesting she was born on January 22 as in canon, places her birthday on January 22, 2004. This date would later be explicitly confirmed by "Anger plans to go to the Moon".
4. ↑ Death event seen in "Anger plans to go to the Moon". The particular date is significant as it is the explicit setting of CreativityTheEmotion's first English-language fanfic, *Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time*.
5. ↑ She is the creator of *Hitler Space Program* in-universe, as revealed in "The Emotions play Kerbal Space Program".
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Despite the names being not strictly canonical, they are used in "Andersen's Mind - #1: What do you Mean, We're a Princess?", suggesting that they are the actual names of the characters in the parody universe.
7. ↑ Non-canon name invented by JJ All-star. First features in "Riley Andersen vs. Hermann Fegelein".
8. ↑ Quote from Andersen's Mind - #3: What Makes Riley Riley at 3:04. Original: "And that’s it! We love our girl. She’s got great friends and a great house. Things couldn’t be better. After all, Riley’s 11 now. What could happen?"

## References

1. ↑ riely antudrson sux!!!!! at 1:42
2. ↑ What Untergangers expected when they clicked on "Riley Andersen vs. Adolf Hitler" at 1:20
3. ↑ Andersen's Mind - #1: What do you Mean, We're a Princess? at 2:11