Mind-Blowing INSIDE OUT Theory - Riley Actually CONTROLS Her Emotions ...

Check out this mind-blowing theory about Inside Out, diving into why the emotions might not have free will. At first glance, it seems like Riley's emotions are running the show, but the theory flips the script, suggesting that it's Riley who's calling the shots. Evidence starts with Sadness tweaking memories without Riley's control, leaving her puzzled about why she does it. Sadness is the lone influencer here; Joy and Fear can't budge the memories. Riley suppresses sadness, not the other way around. The movie's kickoff, with Joy and Sadness getting sucked out, is symbolic. Joy battles a core memory symbolizing Riley's desire to squash a sad incident in class. Riley resists this memory so hard that she suppresses both Joy and Sadness, leading to a personality shutdown. The journey with Bing Bong, highlights her reluctance to let go. In the end, the theory suggests that Joy's realization about the value of Sadness mirrors Riley accepting her own emotions and leaving childhood behind. The trampoline collapse in Family Island and the acceptance of all emotions symbolize Riley's growth.
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[@asafin100]

Well the second movie actually confirmed this… So it’s not really a theory anymore. The last scene shows that the emotions cannot control Riley’s self and now it’s more clear since the panel (Riley) will call whoever is needed at that moment, this way the emotions are not all fighting to see who is in control anymore.

[@jackiechan715]

Did we not watch the same movie? Riley can call who she wants to the panel, yes, but she was clearly forced to do things that she didn't want to and otherwise wouldn't do. Anxiety broke her core/morals and threw it away, and made Riley betray her friends, break into the coach's office, be a selfish puck hog, and sent her into a panic attack. I'm pretty sure that Riley didn't willingly choose to be anxious and go through all that struggle, or get woken in the middle of the night by Anxiety multiple times. So while she can resist the influence of her emotions to not do things they push her to if she really doesn't want to, and she can exert herself enough to show which emotion she wants, I don't think either side is 100% in control. Riley is separate from her emotions. Her emotions care for her and can guide her, helping to shape her life experiences. She can let her emotions know what she wants, and she can cause things to go wild in her mind. But in the end, both sides are separate entities that are working together. Neither one is in full control of the other.

[@asafin100]

@@jackiechan715 You are kinda seeing this literally and that’s not the message the movie wants to convey. The emotions as characters are just an allegory for Riley’s actions. Is not like she is a Megazord being controlled by the Power Rangers inside a cabin full time. Like, in the first movie, for example, Anger controls baby Riley to throw a tantrum to not eat broccoli, but he changes his mind immediately after Riley’s dad does the little airplane and Riley gladly eats the broccoli. That wouldn’t make ANY sense if Anger was an entity with full control of Riley, he would simply remain in control until another one in the group stepped in.

[@dylansams4064]

even in real life emotions can control a person in a quite literal fashion. Anger, anxiety, depression, theres a reason why anger management and multiple mental health treatments exist. Emotions can control you, you can also willingly control emotions, but unless you have a mental disorder neither are in 100% direct control. The other commenters more literal take ia also the more realistic one minus all the anthropomorphic characterizations running around our brain. ​@@asafin100

[@jackiechan715]

@@asafin100 I think you're trying to look a little too deep and throwing in hidden messages that you want it to have, same as how all these teachers try to interpret a "deeper meaning" behind every single word in a book that you're required to read as part of the class. "The curtains are blue to signify the deep depression and sorrow of the author/character/etc" No, the curtains are blue because they're fuckin blue, because I like blue, Karen.

[@asafin100]

@@jackiechan715 It’s not a hidden message. That’s the movie’s plot.

[@Bustersmore]

Bro is milking inside out more and more 💀

[@WillowVR_Maroon]

Fr 💀💀💀💀 bro gonna keep milking this for years 💀💀💀💀

[@TheOnlyGreenTea]

@@WillowVR_Maroon you mean century? and he will annotate every single frame

[@BALANCE-A]

Man he does it to every movie he watches, but he went all in on this one 😅

[@Mrbig_77]

Fr ts hella annoying bro repeats obvious stuff that everyone knows every time😭

[@WillowVR_Maroon]

@@TheOnlyGreenTea yes 💀💀💀

[@kirb4089]

The emotions actually don't have full control over Riley at all. Sometimes these emotions straight up says Riley's thoughts and actions without realizing that's what Riley actually thought. Like in Inside Out 2, you can see it clearly with Anxiety. As Riley heard about her friends leaving her, she actually felt betrayed like rest of her emotions in her head. As the new emotions came, Anxiety took the lead because Riley was feeling differently, desperate wanting new friends and be new as a whole. That's why she suppressed more of her emotions and let Anxiety lead the way, wanting to be a new person which took a toxic turn. She took Hockey more seriously, that's why she wasn't cooperative, she wants to be better because she felt that she's not good enough. Anxiety letting go means Riley accepting her mistake and move on, she wanted to feel the joy at playing hockey again instead of try harding

[@polishalastor142]

Make sense

[@Deathtendo]

WHAT IS YOUR PFP

[@Cosmic_Edits22]

@@Deathtendowhat’s wrong with it

[@SQUOTATICBOY]

@@Deathtendoit’s just Kirby

[@Darkprincess8324]

Finally someone who understands 😭

[@piercemanter9477]

This is also supported when fear tries to quit but can’t.

[@garrettrobson4388]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking

[@SLG3YouTube]

Sure it’s the Cowards way out, but this Cowards gonna survive!

[@AussieGuy-qb8mh]

Disgust didn’t let fear quit

[@LuckClover1]

​@@AussieGuy-qb8mhDisgust didn't do anything, it just wouldn't let him go through

[@RobloxandFortniteclips]

@@SLG3KZbinemotions can’t quit genius

[@Rquas]

This theory supports on the physiological beliefs of "subconsciousness and soul". Your mind and you are two seperate entities binded together by a temperory bond -"living" ...very philosophical..

[@FairyWT7777]

What personality are you?

[@japibara15]

This is not a theory, THIS IS WHAT THE MOVIE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE TIME, COME ON!!!!

[@dannyhernandez265]

Anibox is a yapping clown. Unsubscribed

[@justflashg]

FR

[@simondavidras4738]

No, the movie was talking about how suppressing emotions can cause you to lose who you are. The theory just means that it was not joy's decision to suppress sadness, it was Riley's choice.

[@That_guyfromyour_dream]

Well, that's not a theory ​@@simondavidras4738

[@stephaniep.2862]

Yes

[@Tuga_beluga]

My whole fyp rn: *insert joy singing lalalalalalal dodododododood with the emotions dead while her making Riley JUST HAPPY*

[@Itsjustmevaniii]

OML SAME-

[@Johnfkennedy321]

Anibox facts still in his Inside Out phase

[@Kexaru]

Wait, do you mean that the character inside her mind are actually metaphors of her feelings and inner struggles instead of actual little people living inside her head?! Wow, incredible theory captain! >___>

[@pussthepupanddonkeythedog5135]

Not sure if being sarcastic or not.

[@skillful3055]

Well yeah, the whole thing is that the emotion characters symbolize human emotions, I’m still not sure if one controls the other, but I’m assuming they both have some influence on one another.

[@evegracestamatinapiol7880]

🎉❤❤❤

[@Jimmersaunt]

Of course Riley’s running the show. Why else would every memory Sadness touches turn sad?

[@CheetoLovesDoritos]

Everyone talking about how he’s milking it, but he’s so right these theories are genius

[@cbgaming7209]

I feel this also showed in the second movie. Riley cries at one point near the beginning and Joy says “it’s good for her”. Only holding off so she doesn’t cry in front of everyone

[@R0B0Gamer]

Not knowingly. I think subconsciously she is kinda controlling what the emotions do. I mean in the first and second one she had different reasons why it was tough for Riley to feel the emotions that conveniently leave her mind until she can overcome what it is that’s making her feel afraid/angry or Anxious/Envious.

[@stephenm8100]

In essence Riley is having a bout of preteen depression.

[@konkydong3487]

Bro gonna be milking this movie for the next 3 years 🙏😭

[@mihajlopetrovic7605]

I thought that's the main story 😐

[@Ityaboi753]

There emotions, they can’t quit, and can’t go outside the persons head, so please tell me what free will they have when they are just chilling

[@Ehapcker3281]

Yeah Riley in inside out two was wanting joy at the end of the movie That confirms your theory yw❤ Also she was sad and sadness was showing empathy

[@osmosisjones4912]

Remembering childhood doesn't make you a child. If anything that's how you mature .

[@Star-mb2rs]

I can't believe people are still arguing about this 9 years later AND one sequel later 😭. The emotions in these two movies have always been metaphorical representations of Riley's emotional and mental state. Some examples: -in the first movie, both Joy and Sadness getting lost in Riley's mind is a metaphor for the fact that Riley, by suppressing her sadness, also stopped being happy. That's why only Disgust, Anger and Fear were left, it's because she was mad and scared after recently moving; -in the first movie, Sadness touching the core memories isn't an annoying character being dumb, it's a representation of Riley looking back at the happy moments she experienced in Minnesota but being sad because she'll never have those moments again; -in the second movie, the bad memories flooding the belief system and Joy throwing away the old sense of self is a representation of the new perspective of life she embarked after those few important days. Her sense of self keeps changing because that's how puberty and teenagehood is; I could do this with basically every scene in the movies. I can understand kids not getting it, they like the emotions as characters (I did too when I was a kid when the first movie came out), but I really expect adults to have better media literacy instead of making dumb obvious theories by stating the whole point of the franchise. Thank you for reading my rant 😋

[@ENXVINITY_LOL]

27 consecutive inside out vids man's dedicated

[@dannyhernandez265]

More like milking it 😂😂

[@kacebest1741]

Ans in every video he says things everyone already know

[@dannyhernandez265]

@@kacebest1741 yeah it’s kinda annoying

[@CalciumSnorter]

If this phase is gonna keep going when its next month I think I might lose it 💀

[@SquatchStudios]

Yup…. This is the point of the movie….

[@campionesauthorities5868]

The emotions only control what she feels

[@juandavid6609]

I think the biggest proof is when the emotions used the idea light bulb, they said "She accepted it", So Riley had control over the situation, not the emotions.

[@thewycypress810]

It’s a very good theory because in inside out 2 the same thing happens- Riley literally rethought what she was doing when anxiety was basically trying to force her to go do what she was going to do (not trying to spoil anything for those who haven’t seen it

[@commonlysearchedash2622]

When you think about the movie, Riley is really the only actual character (other than the other people. The emotions are just Riley over Riley. You could say that it’s obvious, but yeah. The emotions aren’t really actual characters.

[@mintymilka9400]

people can learn discipline to control their emotions, so this makes sense

[@SunsetTrees]

i miss Bingbong😢😭

[@NanobanaKinako]

Imagine every person's head has the Inside Out plot.

[@tylerwinston2727]

Wow!!! Such a good theory!!! I hope you make another because I understood nothing 😃

[@pumpkingamebox]

At the end of IO2 we get a confirmation of that when there are yellow particles that start to flow from Joy to the console.

[@hugov27]

A “theory” about how emotions work. Amazing…

[@NerdBoiVR]

Pixar theory: what if In the Zone and turning into a monster (Soul) = console turning grey and can’t use any buttons (Inside Out)

[@MXG100]

My brain: well let me just explode from a confusion💥

[@dominicstevenson8816]

The emotion characters are like extra support. If a children’s movie was saying that we don’t control ourselves and it’s actually little people inside our heads, then it could cause some controversy.

[@HustJere]

Well yeah the movie is pretty obviously very metaphorical

[@MiaCastellanos-vw2kb]

Theory: when joy cried in inside out 2 does that mean that she has emotions and those emotions have emotions and so on!

[@stargirl12314]

I'm starting to realize that the first movie represents depression which is really cool!

[@joicehiuuga]

Its was oblivious

[@at277time_]

I hate disgust and anger

[@lium24]

When your older and you watch it again, it will be different. Trust me.

[@JustLucaYT]

Riley literally controls her emotions in the second film lmao she yearns for Joy

[@Lolbama2012]

I love how these channels almost always point out something the movie shows you without outright telling you, then they strut around like they're so smart for recognizing it. You'd think a channel that presents itself as a cinema analysis channel would understand "show, down tell." enough to know that explaining it defeats the trope.

[@IMUncomfortable420]

It wasn’t that intentional and symbolic that sadness and happiness get paired together. the original paring was fear and happiness. But they thought it would have been funnier for it to have been sadness.

[@theskunkmonk]

Why do you always slowly turn more into a robot

[@timebubble8421]

I feel like it's both. Riley has controll but the emotions can also influence her. But i do think that whatever happens to the emotions is destiny.

[@アレン-Kf_Fan-キャット]

ngl when blud was saying fear i hear bear👁️👄👁️

[@idktbh5895]

the emotions are essentially riley what the hell is this theory even supposed to mean

[@gamingdestruction2918]

Outside 2. It shows that Riley can control how she feels. See her cry when sadness doesn't even touch the control panel. Was confused when I saw that. They can control when cry and angey and sad, but so can Riley..

[@GhosteTea]

The thumbnail to this short was def a 10/10

[@sebastianolantieri23]

Well, the second movie literally lets Anxiety say: "We don't get to choose who Riley is" so...

[@patrikdobradi509]

Well tbf, the memory Sadness changed resulted in the making of a Core Memory which I doubt they can actually stop

[@DaBeanMaster77]

Since in the second movie we get a look at both this theory and the opposite, I think that the emotions control her, but if she feels like they aren’t giving her the correct emotions, she can want to feel different tyings

[@rw3ll712]

Joy is too much Underestimating Sadnness in that Situation

[@oida10000]

Well given that in the end scene of Inside out 2 Riley sort of call Joy to the console this theory seems a lot more plausible to me then it would if I had just seen the first movie. On the other hand her metion can make her do stuff.

[@cy_pher03]

The emotions obviously are not characters living inside of Rileys head, they all are a part of Riley

[@prachikalkar2493]

Isn't it common knowledge that this character are just shown to represent how our emotions work in this case riley's

[@SkeletonMan001]

Short version. She had a mental breakdown.

[@kacebest1741]

Well no shit, It's a simbolic movie, I always thought riley the one why her "emotions" act that way, It was just easier to demonstrate the message to the audience this way, and it's more creative to show little people in someones head who make riley feel things, cause sometines people can feel like they do not control their feelings but your feelings control you. At the end of inside out 2 Riley finally learned to control her emotions in a healthy way, by "calling" happiness, cause she wanted to embrace it

[@chiaracorrado8172]

Guys, Inside Out is not a "story". The only real story is "Riley moves". The rest is just how our brain reacts. It's not that Riley controls her emotions or the other way around, it's just that Riley IS her emotions, and her emotions and all the system behind is just... Riley. That's how our brain works, and this movie is ridiculously psychologically accurate. Joy can't come back in that moment because in real life that's what happens in such moments. There are not characters on their own, they are just Riley's emotions

[@gagelucas6036]

This whole movie is a metaphor yes. That’s the whole point!

[@planktonuser660]

Do people actually want them to have free will? They’re just emotions. Ofc Riley calls the shots here otherwise she’s just a mindless robot waiting to receive signals on how to feel on everything

[@Phantomfizz]

I think her mind space is something she psychically made up. Every character and area is her imagination. It’s the same for me I have my own workers in my mind (that being Cerebellum, Education, Workspace, Emotions, Relationships, Health, and Mental Health).

[@Softie219]

Sadness tweaking Riley's memories

[@delicatesweetie]

THE ACTORS AND DIRECTORS ALREADY SAID TO JUST ENJOY THE MOVIE AND NOT MAKE EVERYTHING A THEORY

[@BrendaRussell-oi1vi]

I don't think I have joy in my head if I was in a movie

[@jacobyeazel489]

I love how these "CRAZY THEORIES THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND" are literally just interpreting film with the slightest bit of media literacy. Yes, this is the point, and sadly yes people are still blown away by this. To anyone who is genuinely surprised by this, PLEASE with all the respect and sincerity I can muster, listen to audio books, consume media critically, look for more than just the same things over and over again. Film executives think you are stupid, don't prove them right

[@user-vt2hn4gl9h]

That's why inside out 2 has the sense of self

[@user-xc8bo6ou5x]

Joy's a dictator. She grew? No. In the second episode, she still throws the memory ball over Riley's head, interferes with disgust, and makes Riley eat dirty grapes...she doesn't really learn her lesson from the first episode.

[@Applemangh]

That's not a theory, it's the entire point of the movies. The emotions ARE Riley, or rather, specific aspects of her.

[@I-Need-A-New-Hobby4186]

I feel like that's actually what is going on isn't it? Emotions aren't they're own beings, they are us.

[@ThelastmegalodongamingYT]

Bro enjoying joy 💀

[@ContentAutoRace-rm8qp]

yep the first one was mindblowing

[@crimson_soul71]

Yeah, but Riley didn't suppress Joy and sadness. We see what suppressed emotions are in the second one.

[@cmack08]

“joy and sadness getting sucked out…” 👀

[@DecoytheSkeletalBoy]

Of course Riley is the one in control. The movie just humanizes emotions for dramatic effect. It's a metaphor. Congratulations, you've explained how humans work.

[@AdorbzerEdits]

did you know rileys mom is actually andy from toy story

[@myCatlickedMEH2oes]

Bruh I have been saying this before the second movies came out and plus I know it’s true now The emotions don’t control Riley it’s just a symbolism of what Riley is feeling, trying to not be sad. Maybe because she doesn’t want to worry her parents I actually relate to that

[@kykors123]

bro's career inside out

[@vijayanandkuril3361]

Sadness is way too weird...☠️💀

[@Anime_lover.518]

I NEVER NEW THAT

[@Lute.Turtle]

Is joy a mixed emotion? She's the only one with a different emotions hair and eye color that doesn't match her emotion color. But I'm unable to find anyone talking about it.

[@xEpicBloxYtx]

The Short:😊 The Short Picture:🤨💀♀️

[@camjohnson3389]

Emotions don’t control you. If they did then then things like an argument turning into a murder wouldn’t be illegal…lol.

[@Anonymous37293]

Wait.. when Fear tried to quit and get out of the headquarters how did that not happen?

[@user-xq1bn1ly5o]

I miss bing bong.......

[@EthanSAzura]

Yeah because its Rileys emotion

[@ruahsenga]

No theory… you already proved it…

[@JuJuWaGumba]

Bro barley got the point of the whole movie

[@multronz5567]

the movie is a normal trope of a teenager going throught emotional issues, the entire world in riley's mind is a way to represent what she is thinking in an easier way end of the story

[@Murderdronesislife7]

Video:😁 Thumbnail:🤨

[@Somebody.12]

The thumbnail is crazy 💀

[@Gacha-Puffle]

Am I the only one only one who had forgot to listen and didn’t hear anything he said

[@SkibidiPontan]

Inside out 1 was so sad compared to inside out 2 (inside out 2 is more abt puberty yk)

[@TonyMessina-n6m]

Inside out 2 is on June 14th

[@maniacalmurderer4123]

First of all, you don’t understand the movie Second of all, the emotions do run Riley’s mind as at a younger age, emotions are needed to grow. It’s like a sort of assist to confronting life’s problems when you are too young to confront them yourself. However as Riley gets older, she not only gains new emotions but a sense of self which can call on emotions when she needs them. As she grows, she becomes more in control of her emotions.

[@JC-nb7wj]

It’s neither there’s a bidirectional relationship with our cognition, affect, and behavior each influences eachother there is no cause and effect🙃

[@mitch4672]

But this is no theory this is exactly what it is, and it is very much what inside out 2 is about.

[@CourtneyDennis-z5q]

WAIT OOOOOO WHAT IS RILEYS EMOTIONS HAVE EMOTIONS AND THE EMOTIONS HAVE EMOTIONS AND IT KEEPS GOING ON AND ON AND ON AND ON!!!!