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Who voices the five emotions in Inside Out?
The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind. Each has a distinct role in responding to the changes in her life.
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| Character | Voice actor | Role in Riley’s story |
|---|---|---|
| Joy | Amy Poehler | Determined to keep Riley happy, Joy tries to guide her through the upheaval of the move. |
| Fear | Bill Hader | Looks for possible dangers and risks in Riley’s everyday activities. |
| Anger | Lewis Black | One of the five emotions advising Riley from Headquarters. |
| Disgust | Mindy Kaling | One of the five emotions advising Riley from Headquarters. |
| Sadness | Phyllis Smith | One of the five emotions advising Riley from Headquarters; her role becomes central to the film’s emotional journey. |
Pixar’s film guide describes Joy as focused on keeping Riley happy and Fear as assessing potential dangers.
Who plays Riley, her parents and Bing Bong?
The principal English-language roles beyond the five emotions connect Riley’s inner world to the family and memories at the center of the plot.
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| Character | Voice actor | Connection to the story |
|---|---|---|
| Riley Andersen | Kaitlyn Dias | The 11-year-old whose relocation and adjustment drive the story. |
| Mom | Diane Lane | Riley’s mother, navigating the family’s move with her. |
| Dad | Kyle MacLachlan | Riley’s father; his new job prompts the family’s move. |
| Bing Bong | Richard Kind | Riley’s imaginary friend, whose story is tied to her growing up. |
Pixar describes Bing Bong as having an elephant trunk, a cat’s tail and a cotton-candy body. The table covers principal English-language roles, not every background, cameo or localized voice credit.
What is Inside Out about?
When Riley’s father takes a job in San Francisco, the family leaves her familiar Midwest life behind. The new home and school unsettle her routines, while the five emotions try to help her respond. The story moves between Riley’s outward adjustment and the imaginative world inside her mind.
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What are Headquarters and the other places inside Riley’s mind?
The film gives Riley’s inner life a playful geography. These are story-world ideas, not clinical descriptions of how a real brain works.
- Headquarters: The emotions’ control center, where they respond to Riley’s experiences.
- Imagination Land: A place for Riley’s daydreams and play. Director Pete Docter describes it as “where all of Riley’s flights of fancy and daydreams are built full-size and come to life,” in Pixar’s film guide.
- Islands of Personality: Parts of Riley’s inner world powered by core memories.
- Train of Thought: Carries thoughts and memories between parts of her mind.
- Dream Productions: Creates Riley’s dreams.
- Long Term Memory: Stores memories.
When was the film released, and how long is it?
Disney lists the U.S. release date as June 19, 2015, and the runtime as 1 hour 35 minutes. D23 notes that it opened in some territories on June 17, 2015. The film’s official Disney Movies page lists Blu-ray, DVD and digital formats. Disney+ also has an official listing; availability can vary by territory and change over time.
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Why do the characters resonate with the film’s audience?
The emotions are not simply a lineup of comic personalities: together, they dramatize a difficult transition in Riley’s life. At a D23 cast-and-filmmakers Q&A, Bill Hader reflected on the film’s focus on change as children grow older: “I think what’s so great about this movie is that they chose to make a film about a time in your life that we all have to go through, you go from being young and then you start to go—you know, you’re an adolescent and things start to change and things start to get hard for you.”
Producer Jonas Rivera also discussed how the emotions’ shapes helped establish their identities. In the same D23 Q&A, Rivera said: “Albert Lozano, our character art director, came up with this great little simple drawing of each of them as a different shape: Joy was a star, and she was golden, illuminated, almost like a spark—like an explosion.”
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