Sadness

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* Concept Art

* Emotional
* Humble
* Empathic
* Lazy (ex. Walking)

* Disgust
* Fear
* Anger

* Thought as being helpful and equal.
* Being sought out as repetitious.

> "Okay. Only I'm too sad to walk. Just give me a few...hours."
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**Sadness** is one of the canon emotions featured in the film, **Inside Out** and the upcoming sequel, **Inside Out 2**. She represents 'Sorrow/Melancholy'.

## **Description**

None of the other Emotions really understand what Sadness's role is. **Sadness** would love to be more optimistic and helpful in keeping Riley happy, but she finds it so hard to be positive. Sometimes, it seems like the best thing to do is just lie on the floor and have a good cry.

## **Personality**

**Sadness** is the most *emotional, sensitive,* but *wise* emotion among the five, she was left out and was treated poorly since Joy thinks she's harm to the core memories and Riley herself. However, **Sadness** yearned to earn her place among the other emotions, even though the others did not believe Sadness had a purpose in the mind and almost, always prevented her from trying.[1]

**Sadness** also is the smartest and has more common sense among all of them, which proved expedient in the journey through Riley's mind, as she kept trying to warn Joy about the dangers of taking **Bing Bong**'s *shortcut*, which was really a dangerous place to go through, but nobody listened to her. She also suggested scaring Riley to wake her up, but Joy thought that giving her a fun dream would wake her up, which it wouldn't.

Despite her pessimistic disposition and negativity all the time, she is very considerate and compassionate towards others; when Bing Bong was sad about losing his wagon, she sympathized with him and let him tell his true feelings, which made him feel a lot happier. Unknowingly, this is because of Sadness' true purpose - her role is to tell others when Riley wants attention. When Sadness is requested to take control after Riley's sorrow became evident, she is able to let Riley express her true feelings and helps Riley find happiness at last. After the other emotions finally accept Sadness, not only does Joy start treating her better but Sadness gains more confidence in herself as well, now that she has finally found her place.

Sadness is the embodiment of **grief**, **loss**, and **emotional depth**. She plays a crucial role in Riley’s emotional journey, teaching her the value of sadness and allowing her to process complex feelings.

## **Appearance**

Sadness has a blue-tone skin, representing mournfulness, loss, and grief. She wears a head accessory, that being her thick and round glasses. She wears a turtleneck sweater and blue jeans, with some pair of blue thin footwear. She somewhat also looks like a nerd, similar to Fear, thus, their appearances resembles it.

## **Gallery**

### Media

Meet Sadness - Inside OutGet to Know your "Inside Out" Emotions- SadnessMeet Phyllis Smith as Sadness in INSIDE OUT
## **Trivia**

* While the other four emotions have defined their function in the mind, that of, Sadness was never mentioned in the film, so it could be said that her function falls under the interpretation of the viewer.
* According to Pete Docter, Sadness supposedly represents a teardrop.
	+ This can be seen in **Abstract Thought** in the film, as during the fourth stage, **Joy** and **Sadness** (along with Bing Bong), were reduced to a single shape, Joy was shown as a yellow star and Sadness was a blue teardrop.

## **References**

1. ↑ https://insideout.fandom.com/wiki/Sadness