Joy/Parody

## Joy

As she appears in *Inside Out* parodies

Joy, listening to the singular emotion who she puts up with the nonsense of, who is herself.

## Character information

### Full name

Радость Владимировна Ульянова
*Radost' Vladimirovna Ul'yanova*

### Aliases

* Onionhead
* Bliss (in *Rachel Andersen's Mental Companions*)
* Joke language translations:
	+ *Esperanto:* Ĝojo
	+ *Newspeak:* Unsad
	+ *Cars:* Headlight
	+ *Yesn't:* Sadnessn't

### Born

On the same day as Riley AndersenRiley's Headquarters

### Occupation / Rank

Riley Andersen's lead emotion (rivaling with Anger)

### Personality

Brutally honest, doesn't value any other opinion as much as her own, speaks everything on her mind

### Allies

* Riley Andersen and her outside world allies
* Her co-workers (usually)
* Bing Bong

### Enemies

* Riley Andersen's outside world enemies
* Sadness
* The Forgetters
* Anger (occasionally)
* The letter H

## Parody relevance information

### Role(s)

* Main planner
* The iron fist clenching Riley's mind
* Most frequently expresses her disdain with things, though still looking at the bright side

### Parody counterparts

* Adolf Hitler (*Downfall* parodies) (as the main planner and alleged dictator)

*“Joy is just like her role models! Perhaps even worse. [...] Best said, she has her iron fist on Riley's Mind World and her coworkers.”*
―Natali, her VA, describing her own character
In *Inside Out* parodies, **Joy** is the principal character. She usually serves as Riley Andersen's lead emotion, meaning that her plans usually have an effect not just on her surroundings, but also on the way Riley behaves and is perceived in the outside world. However, in many cases, she might plan without a regard for Riley.

## Biography

*“Unfortunately, though, the emotions' workplace is a dictatorship led by Joy, who, as it would seem, has learned absolutely nothing from the fall of the Soviet Union.”*
―The description for the main *Andersen's Mind* series
In parodies, Joy struggles with her leadership a lot more than in canon. While many videos of *Andersen's Mind*, the main series, were never released, a pair of parodies tying into the plot, entitled Joy's Leadership in Jeopardy, show that her ideas, especially regarding Sadness, are absolutely not welcome in Headquarters; in canon, these ideas were neither extreme nor dismissed by the other emotions.

## Personality

*“So! Getting rid of Sadness by permanently locating her outside Headquarters. This is a plan which, if executed, will have absolutely no effect on Riley's behavior.”*
―No, seriously, this is what Joy sounds like, all the time.
In parodies, Joy's depiction as the leader of Riley's emotions is exaggerated to the point where she is referred to as a dictator, even in-universe. To this extent, she is self-assured and has various controversial ideas. Though, unlike other dictators, who are generally publicly covert with regards to what they are doing, Joy is brutally honest, willing to discuss plans targeted to other emotions while those emotions are present.

The best relationship Joy has in parodies is that with Bing Bong, Riley's imaginary friend. Through unknown means, in The Emotions play Kerbal Space Program, Bing Bong was resurrected. He and Joy thus became great friends, to the annoyance of every other emotion. Out of the emotions, her best relationships are with Fear, her plan henchman and rumored romantic interest, and Disgust, her yes-man and Joseph Goebbels counterpart who, while Joy is present, agrees with her no matter what.

In comparison to that, her relationships with Sadness and Anger are rather unfriendly. As in *Inside Out*, Joy sees little value in Sadness; however, unlike *Inside Out*, Joy seems to have never realized Sadness's true purpose, and continues to belittle her. While Sadness objects to this, she is almost universally ignored, both by Joy and by the other emotions.

Anger, on the other hand, is the main opposition to Joy. While she upholds her plans as being all good with no ill side-effects, Anger sees them for what they truly are, and is also able to perceive their failure. Therefore, he often takes over as a leader in Joy's absence.

Contrary to canon Joy, who has only used "Team Happy" to refer to Riley's emotions as a whole, parody Joy uses the qualifier "Happy" as a proper noun a lot more, including "Happy Land" in sample clips in Andersen's Mind - Trailer 2: Behind the Scenes and "Happy Sea" (named by Fear, though due to largely involving happy memories, created by Joy) in Riley Andersen vs. the Angry German Kid.

## Notes

1. ↑ As revealed in Andersen's Mind - #3: What Makes Riley Riley at 3:14. Cyrillic spelling from the cast listing.
2. ↑ Derogatory nickname used by both Anger and Disgust.

## References

1. ↑ Andersen's Mind - Trailer 2: Behind the Scenes at 2:14
2. ↑ Joy plans to get rid of Sadness at 0:12

## Gallery

Who presses "upgrade" on Hitler and what were they expecting?