Explaining Riley’s Parents Emotions #insideout #insideout2 #pixar #disney #disneyplus #disneymovies

[isaiahpinkerton]

Finally a mature thematic take on this with subtext and substance.

[miildra]

yeah I noticed 'saddness' in mom's emotion was much happier then riley's sadness

[OctagonalSquare]

The protectiveness idea also explains why fear seems to be almost second in command. You protect your family from what you and them fear

[hoshi]

Riley's dad uses his anger to protect his family while Riley's mother uses her sadness to connect

[The_Random_guy_]

Ok, this makes so much more sense than the abuse theory.

[averagecommenter]

Anger - Protection
Sadness - Compassion
Makes sense

[PrincessNinja]

THANK YOU! The "Riley's dad is angry and her mom is depressed" theory misses the whole point of the movie. It was even in the intro- anger keeps things fair, and at the end, sadness is connection.

So the dad is led by a desire for fairness and the mom is led by a desire for connection.

[hufflepuff_forever]

And also, the sadness emotion of the mother is very calm compared to Riley’s sadness, which shows that it could definitely be empathy.

[Master_Of_Machines]

I love this because this goes along with the whole emotions are more than face value idea of the movie! Nice.

[evansrodriguez]

Round of applause for the directors executing the idea of how emotions play their roles perfectly. The fact that they put THIS much thought on details such as this shows how well put together both films are

[FlygonkingVGC]

Finally a good inside out theory as opposed to the other ones I’ve heard

[areallycrossantedtoast]

I just realized that in the background of the parents mind scenes you're able to see mixed emotion orbs on their shelves

[Kazi]

Yes man finally someone who makes a good theory rather than projection some hidden trauma on fictional characters.

[GaleGrim]

Remember, in the movie, anger is also the emotion for detecting injustice, it tells you when your not being treated fair. Her fathers lead emotion is the one that wants things to be fair and just.

Sadness in the emotion that helps build connection and get you help and support when you really need it. Her mom's lead emotion is the one that allows her to express when she needs help.

[sleeplessstudios]

If you watch what her mother's guiding emotion does throughout the film, the sadness emotion isn't being sad. She's being emotion-focused and empathetic. She keeps everyone in the mind calm enough to make rational decisions.

[bion-geek-le]

A note to support the empathy and protection theory, both sadness and anger are calling all of the shots you'll notice that joy and fear are the ones handling the controls.

[Catstronautgirl]

Also it makes sense that the mom and the father would be guided by different emotions since we’re all different, and so different people would be guided by different emotions.

[Shou_]

I can see that the Dad's main emotion is protectiveness... Because he's very calm and gentle... And when used the "foot down" protocol on Riley he didn't raise his voice too high... It's just a man trying to discipline his child... Not the result he expected but his heart is in the right place...

[amiroquet]

It shows that emotions aren't always out of control or bad when you're an adult

[emilyodonnell]

One thing I also noticed if you can explain is, why does it seem like Riley has core memories we went into the heads/minds of other kids Riley‘s age and they were nothing like Riley’s