Every Easter Egg You Missed in Pixar's INSIDE OUT 2

Inside Out 2 is Pixar’s sequel to Inside Out (2015), a story about the emotions Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust, meeting four new emotions that come with puberty: Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy, Embarrassment, and Ennui. Erik Voss breaks down all the Easter Eggs you missed, including a sighting of Bing Bong, references to Toy Story, Turning Red, Soul, and the upcoming film Elio, and more!

The little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out—but next summer, everything changes when Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” introduces a new Emotion: Anxiety. According to director Kelsey Mann, the new character promises to stir things up within headquarters. “Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke, might be new to the crew, but she’s not really the type to take a back seat,” said Mann. “That makes a lot of sense if you think about it in terms of what goes on inside all our minds.” A trailer, poster and film stills are now available for what promises to be the feel-good (or feel-everything) film of Summer 2024.

Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone. Maya Hawke lends her voice to Anxiety, alongside Amy Poehler as Joy, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Lewis Black as Anger, Tony Hale as Fear, and Liza Lapira as Disgust. Directed by Kelsey Mann and produced by Mark Nielsen, “Inside Out 2” releases only in theaters Summer 2024.

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Written by: Erik Voss
General Manager: Zach Huddleston
Head of Production: John Costa
Director of Programming: Brandon Barrick
Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons
Post Production Supervisor: Riley Auskelis
Staff Editors: Drew Coombs, Joshua Steven Hurd
Editors: Aaron Carrion, Ed Vilderman, Eric Gorday
Camera Operator: Dashiell Hamingson

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[patricialasutschinkow]

I am a pediatric psychologist and myself, along with my colleagues, adore Inside Out and often utilize it in therapy with clients to help explain emotions. Inside Out 2 was just as impactful. I particularly loved the moments as Riley is calming/recovering from the anxiety attack. One coping skill we teach is using your 5 senses to ground yourself to your physical reality when you are having an anxiety attack. When Riley is calming, the animators focus on the feel of her hand on the bench, the sound of the hockey puck on the ice, her eyes as she looks up for the first time. What a lovely and accurate representation of grounding oneself!

[turtlesnail]

I love how Riley’s friend’s emotions quite literally spilled “the tea” on the console to reveal they weren’t going to the same school. It’s such a little thing but I loved it.

[AliFrankTheTank]

•I loved the bunk beds/sleeping zone.
•This how you do a sequel, expand but stay true to core.
•Anxiety attack was peak cinema

[ickynikki]

When anxiety said "I just wanted to protect her" That's when I felt a tear on my face. Because that is essentially anxieties job. They're completely correct with their introduction, they protect us from things we cannot see. But like the first movie, it shows too much of any emotion can be a bad thing. In the first movie it was too much joy, and now it's too much anxiety. Which I think is a very clever theme.

[lesliemaldonado]

When Joy says she doesn’t know how to stop Anxiety, the end made sense to me. She told Anxiety to “let go” and at the end when Riley is calling for Joy it’s as if Riley was choosing to be happy. Hence, letting go and choosing to be happy is the way to calm anxiousness. I loved every second of this movie and cried so hard lol

[AdlersShadows]

My 4 year old autistic son is OBSESSED with marbles and marble runs and really liked how i can explain emotions with marbles
Blue marbles make sad moments
Yellow marbles make happy moments

He now uses marbles to describe emotions
Dad recently had a tough surgery and i told my son he isnt feeling good

He responded "dada has a lot of blue marbles?"

[lumenardens]

Friendship island being bigger than family island is also a reference to how in puberty kids (or well teens) stop looking for confirmation, help, advice and connection in their parents/family, but with their peer group (also because of wanting to fit in & finding yourself).

[isitmeyourelookin]

I took my autistic stepdaughter to see this earlier today and was NOT disappointed. She told me it made her feel more human, to know she’s not the only person whose emotions can be all over the place. Love you Bailie. ❤️

[riseuprxns]

I love the concept that we are not defined by our emotions, but rather use them to express our core beliefs and self.

[biggerbangfan]

Pouchie was definitely a mostly spoof from Mickey Mouse clubhouse, not necessarily backpack from Dora. In that show they say “oh toodles” in the same exact mannerism that they say “oh pouchie” in this movie. And toodles would always give a couple options of tools to help them along, one of which being the obvious choice

[RTFNGS]

inside out 2 was such an amazing movie. i think my favourite part was weirdly the anxiety attack - purely because it was portrayed SO SO WELL! it felt so real and honestly made me quite emotional too. and as someone with an anxiety disorder and autism i found myself relating to anxiety SO MUCH lol.. its like seeing everything you feel but can never put into words served right in front of your eyes and i love that. the power of animation and storytelling right there. every soul behind this movie deserves an applause <3

[srayj]

I really love this entire movie, but I think one of the most powerful moments to me was how Riley’s imagination changed. When she was a kid, she used her imagination for all of these fun impossibilities and wild ideas but in this film, it was hijacked by anxiety to imagine all of the worst case scenarios. This felt so incredibly relatable. When you’re a kid, all you’re thinking about are the good things, the fun things, the silly things but as an adult, a lot of your imagination is used to think about more grounded events and scenarios showing that as we grow up, we often have less ability to use our imagination for those fun things because it’s so busy thinking of all these complex possibilities of our lives.

[skrelvthemite]

I a diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and I thought this movie was a great representation of anxiety and what it does to you, along with other emotions. I really like how it shows that anxiety always just wants to help you, put ends up pushing away your other emotions and making things worse as you continue spiraling down. Also the constant restlessness and just awkward feeling really does it for me. Great job

[TheLovelyLadybug]

I work at a movie theater, so my boyfriend and I got to watch it Wednesday night. I think this film is honestly better than the first one, and I thought it was so funny and heartfelt. This is genuinely one of my favorite films of recent times.

[Thebreakfastgirl]

Dude I love your enthusiasm, and the first movie also meant a lot to me.
I was going through depression and the first movie made me realise how important and healthy Sadness is: for a couple of years, if only I allowed myself to cry and have a good talk with my friends and family (instead of pretending that everything was fine) I would have never had depression to begin with.
It is more than OK to be sad. Sadness helps you cope with the pressure of life and ultimately, it helps you stay mentally healthy and happy.
It’s when you have no emotions left that you should be worried (bc that’s what depression is)

[nicholasgarrick]

The vault scenes, and Character had me crying of laughter, i loved how the sword dude just rolled away after trapping the guards, and how dumb pouchy's bag choices were.

[Ovaweightlova]

6:42 that is not a hair net IT IS A BONNET!

[deadkennedy]

I saw this movie with my son today..never paid attention to the first movie..i got the gist of the movie in the beginning and the lesson at the end hit me in the gut..i shed so many tears this was such a powerful movie. Never would have thought a kids movie would hit me this hard

[eliramos]

Super cool to see Erik getting the attention he deserves. I'm happy to see how New Rockstars started and where their are now. I'm usually on here for Marvel content but I find myself watching anything Erik comes out with because he's so good at what he does. I really enjoy this channel and hope Erik keeps on getting the recognition he deserves and hopefully produces films in the future. I'll be looking forward to it!!!!

[amberlyflorio-schiavulli]

I might have peed my pants a little when Anger called for pouchy, from laughing so hard.
Absolutely love this movie. Anxiety was perfectly portrayed! A great emotional roller coaster of a movie!