I HATE JOY - INSIDE OUT Movie Commentary 

I love how every emotion has two sides - Joy is also Mania, Sadness is also Empathy, Anger is also Justice, Fear is also Analysis, and Disgust is also Discernment.

“What did we do to deserve you?” 💖 “Have sex.” That killed me

Joy is grating… but the concept was brilliant. Missing/Unbalanced = Disorder All-Island Shutdown = Depression Joy/Joy = Ecstasy Joy/Sadness = Melancholy, Nostalgia Joy/Disgust = Intrigue Joy/Fear = Surprise Joy/Anger = Righteousness Sadness/Sadness = Despair Sadness/Disgust = Self-Loathing Sadness/Fear = Anxiety Sadness/Anger = Betrayal Disgust/Disgust = Prejudice Disgust/Fear = Revulsion Disgust/Anger = Loathing Fear/Fear = Terror Fear/Anger = Hatred Anger/Anger = Rage

The Pixar formula: What if toys had feelings? What if bugs had feelings? What if cars had feelings? What if feelings had feelings?

I hated Joy too to be fair. I am one with Sadness. I was amazed to realize that Sadness was COMPELLED to touch Rileys old memories because it's what Riley NEEDED to heal and grow up, but she was trying not too to make mom and dad happy which it did not. Toxic positivity is always important to talk about and the movie showed that as well

I love how this movie says: sadness is often the key to sympathy and empathy, because without it we can't "feel bad" for others, or let others know that we need their help. If you force yourself to be "happy" all the time, you'll just end up miserable.

Welchy being like "crying is so good" and five minutes later "I'm not gonna cry" lmao what now?! but also same

I love the messaging in this movie: toxic positivity is not good; and it's okay to be sad.

"There's nothing better than a good cry." THANK YOU! I AGREE 100%! There's something so healing about a good cry.

I always thought this film should have ended with a flash forward to the future where Riley became an astronaut and was on the moon. Then she would faintly hear Bing Bong’s song 🥺

It all actually went wrong when Joy tried to stop a core memory just because it was sad. I understand why, but that caused this.

I appreciate how the nightmare clown isn't demonic or evil, it's just being a clown, except up to 11.

Seeing the depiction of the core memories turning sad at the end and having the understanding that "yes, these memories aren't happy for Riley anymore, and that's okay," followed by her breakdown, and finally Joy & Sadness pushing the button together to bring Riley a feeling of catharsis & comfort... THAT is peak cinema. Also PS, I think your glasses are great, Welchy. Keep being awesome!

What I also loved is when we were looking into the mothers and fathers head, saddness ran the mothers head and anger ran the fathers head. It shows what emotions Rileys parents controlled their personalities.

I don't know if it comes from being a psych major but this movie always makes so much sense to me. Sadness is my driver but I think Anger and Disgust try to suppress it and it comes out as sarcasm and dumb jokes. Maybe I should have gone for the doctorate and I'd understand myself better.

My five year old daughter has an imaginary friend. She calls it Coconut, and I'm sure she'll forget it someday, but I won't. Coconut is funny as hell and sometimes I wish we could do an exchange program.

Disgust is my favorite of the emotions in this movie. She’s adorable, sassy and ironically looks like broccoli (I hate broccoli too)

“All of the friends I had back in my high school days, all gone now.” I can personally relate 💔

OMG FINALLY SOMEONE REALISED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOVIE THE MAIN MORAL OF THIS, enjoy to listen your thoughts about sadness being important too

I'd say Joy had good intentions but was heavily misguided. While Sadness had the right hunch on how to help Riley heal.

The "Joy is the antagonist" thing that everyone has is true... BUT that's part of growing up. When you are an infant you don't need complex emotions. When you are happy you are doing fine. When you start getting older you need to understand sadness too or you end up as a sociopath. For the same reason Binbong had to be forgotten for Riley to grow up without imaginary friends sticking around as that's kinda psychotic if it goes on for too long

I say a lot every time I ever speak about this film so I'm going to try and keep it short this time. I have had serious depression on and off since I was a teenager. The mistake that I think a lot of people, and I blame media for this, is that people think that depression is an excess of sadness. While I think sadness is a major part of depression, I personally spotted three metaphors in this movie that captured what depression is even better. A) forgetting joy; you forget how to be happy and can't bring yourself to feel it B) when they're in the pit of forgotten memories and you see these memories of a happy child fading away in addition to the personality islands (I personally think a certain amount of depression is losing the identity that you had) C) when Riley gets that idea and her emotions can't make her feel anything so she goes on autopilot. My personal experience is that depression is being unable to feel anything. You want to feel something, but can't. I also think the concept of an idea stuck in your head that your emotions can't break out of is suicide in a nutshell. Every story I've ever heard from people who survived a suicide attempt is that they instantly regretted it. It's an idea you can't get out of your head and your brain can't break you out of it. I often use this movie as a test for me, because I inevitably cry at this movie whenever I watch it. Both in the moments I mentioned and when sadness finally turns the core memories sad. I find that the more shit I'm dealing with, the more I cry uncontrollably at this movie. It becomes a bit of catharsis and I am suddenly at piece once I've done so. Pixar Nirvana shall we call it. The worse my depression is, the more of a release this movie becomes. But I have to consciously think about it as the cure I need for the time, but it's a cure that I find to be incredibly effective

Whenever I need a good cry, this is the movie I watch. Bing Bong’s death and Rylee’s break down to her parents are too very raw scenes emotionally that always get me.

Speaking as someone who refused to wear her glasses for a solid year despite desperately needing them because I felt really self-conscious about how I look in them, trust me when I say no one looks anywhere near as bad in glasses as they think they do. It's mostly a matter of getting used to seeing yourself in them when you see your reflection, or in your case, a recording of yourself (also getting used to the sensation of having them resting on the bridge of your nose, and remembering that they're there when you go to scratch any part of your face near your eyes, that takes some getting used to also). Honest opinion, I'd say you look about the same with your glasses on. Personally, I found it a bit easier to accept wearing glasses when I thought about how I could do the anime glasses thing (ya know, where the lenses of the glasses gets completely whited out by light for dramatic effect). No one can feel uncool when doing the anime glasses thing.

Riley getting upset in school: “I’m not going to cry” Bing Bong disappears: “I will not cry” Riley comes home and expresses her sadness: “Dammit! I’m crying!”

"PG" just means Parental Guidance. So this is a movie that can be watched by kids, but by default is advised to be shown to them alongside parents who can guide their children through the stories, because movies like this are meant to open kids to the real world and relatable experiences :)

I think many people hate Joy. She’s the embodiment of toxic positivity and anyone who grew up with the idea that they weren’t allowed to express any negative emotions can resonate with Sadness

Dreaming of falling and waking up panicking is so relatable 😭

I just love the metaphor when Sadness touches the core memories, they could be also the nostalgic moments. And the fact that Joy didn't let Sadness do anything, meant that Riley was bottling up her feelings, and that's why Sadness could save her, after Riley lost her emotions and became depressed.

Welchy: "Nah she's lying, I'm pretty sure she's gonna throw him into the forgetful pits" about bingbong Me: 👀

I had an imaginary friend, until my older brother sat on him and killed him😂 I was 5, I’m now 21 an still pressed about it

Bing Bong was the hero along with sadness. The voice actor saying the last line was tearing up saying "take her to the moon for me" there is a song dedicated to Bing Bong

Every time I watch the “Go take care of Rylie, take her to the moon for me” scene. It’s just rips out my heart and stomps on it. Bing Bong deserved so much better

18:19 what everyone ive seen reacting to this movie says as soon as anger said that they should run away 15:53 what welchy says as soon as anger said they should run away

I feel like someone keeps throwing all my memories into the void because I can’t remember anything from my childhood 😂

I remember that I watched this movie with my little sister in cinema when it came out and I sat next to a little kid and half way through the movie the kid just turns to his mum and says: "Why is this so sad? I wanna go home.". Later on I rewatched it and it made sense to me and it felt relatable but it's not really for kids, it's just too deep. ALSO man I HATE onions too omg it's so good to hear someone say it lmao

When I was a teenager (and still a great deal now) whenever I got home from school I would cry for hours - I didn’t talk to anyone, my parents were both at work until late, it was simply crying that got all the pent up emotions out and made room for happiness - sadness is the best way to be happy

just so you know, theres a reason songs get stuck in your head so easily. out of all the parts of the working memory, musical memory is usually the strongest and last to fade. this is why people with dementia can instantly get brought back to their past if a song they listened to plays (look up the ballerina who danced to swan lake, its really interesting). theres lots of people who make up little songs to help remember something, or listen to music to study, and why a lot of commercials have jingles because those get stuck in your head. the downside is when you get something stupid stuck in your head, like a commercial or a joke song, and cant get it out for hours at a time

I think it's interesting that while Riley's main driving emotion was Joy, her mom's was Sadness and her Dad's was Anger.

This movie is a great example of why the "iT's JuSt A kIdS mOvIe" excuse is just plain out wrong.

It was such a good movie... Even after years just the first notes of "We Can Still Stop Her" are instant tear material...

I CAN'T BREATHE DURING THE PART WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT SAID NICE SHOT. In a part of a sad bit.

I'll say it again... I really like the glasses. You should wear them! 🤓 It has been a long time since I have seen this film... and yes, it really is a lot more deep than people initially gave it credit for. Did you know there were originally a lot more than the five core emotions in the early drafts of the script? Besides the five we know, there was also supposed to be: Gloom, Greed, Hope, Envy, Guilt, Love, Irritation, Shame, Embarrassment... plus another 12! The majority of these were cut simply because they overlapped: Despair, Depression, and Gloom would have shared lots of the same territory with Sadness, and it might have proven difficult to suitably differentiate the characteristics of Pride, Greed and Envy. Ultimately, they were happy with the five that they ended up with.

I haven’t watched this movie since probably when it came out in 2014 of Maybe 2017 or something like that, rewatching it with you was really deeper then I remembered, and I love how much message and deepness of emotions are, in my expience, I am a very moody person, I always stumble about with being sad, emotionless and toxic positivity to get through the day.

Me: Crying as Riley expresses her sadness *NICE SHOT* 😭😳😂😂😂😂

I do very much agree on having a good cry. See, my grandpa died earlier this year, and that just *devastated* my uncle. So at the funeral after the casket was lowered we encouraged him to just, let it all out. Next day, he was feeling much better

Am I the only one who has always thought Rylee’s screaming at the beginning (1:43-1:44) sounds exactly like Boo’s screams from monsters inc when she was in Sully and Mike’s apartment

Hey Welchy, for what it's worth I think you look great in glasses. I felt weird about needing them when I got my first prescription but honestly you get used to them pretty quick if you wear them a lot. They certainly made taking down notes at school a lot easier! Wishing you the confidence to wear them with pride! :)

Noooooooooooooooo I love Joy. She's just trying her best to keep Riley happy. She definitely grows and gets better. Being someone who suffers from Depression, I relate to both Joy and Sadness. Edit: also, something can be said about the fact that the first thing Riley's parents tell her is that she's a little bundle of joy. There's definitely something to be said about parental expectations and the reinforced idea throughout this movie that Riley is the happy girl and keeps her family happy. That's a lot of pressure to place on a child. And why joy feels the need to control everything. And why we see everything that happens and at the end joy (and Riley's parents) learn that sadness is good and addressing that Riley has other emotions is also good. Edit 2: 10:30 that my dear Welchy is ✨ depression. ✨

it would be so great to have a part 2 ,when new emotions get explored as she grows up

You're adorable, Welchy. Never change.

I love this movie. When i saw this movie for the first time i didnt watch the trailer or anything, didnt know what to expect, and the movie surprised me in a positive way. We love it.

I watched this when it first came out and I didn't notice A LOT of important things that I did rewatching it now. Like WHY Sadness was the hero, why would she was doing was helping, a lot of emotions shown in the movie and even that Joy was being too controlling almost and not allowing other emotions to do their job. I never noticed that before I was just like, yeah Joy is perfectly good. Made the ending so much more confusing lol. I like the movie so much more now.

Let’s be honest: Disgust has got to be one of the best characters in the movie

This movie is INCREDIBLE with color theory. Riley: striped shirt as they're moving with all colors on them to show theyre in harmony, or so it seems. yellow jacket on the first day of school because she's still young enough to be excited. Striped shirt sans blue and yellow at the dinner table because all of her emotions are fighting for control with joy and sadness gone. Black jacket because she's emotionally shutting down. Emotions: joy has blue hair, backing up the theory joy and sadness go hand in hand. Disgust has a purple ascot, suggesting disgust is mainly motivated by what scares us. Anger is wearing a red tie showing how when were angry, we can't see, hear, or feel anything else. Think, "seeing red". And finally Sadness is wearing a white turtleneck as a combination of all the emotions, like how all light is combined to make white light.

0:14 - that did my OCD soooooo much good edit: the glasses look good on you, but you have to change the lighting

8:30 I like how it shows them playing soccer (football) in the European version, because in America, it showed them playing hockey, which isn’t really popular in Europe

I remember when I was s'd. i felt the way she did- being completely devastated and couldn't find any joy, after faking being fine and happy that whole façade seeped through my face. this movie ask a kid who was going through that made me feel less alone, and I found some peace within myself to do better...

Holy nonsense, I never noticed Remy. How could I have missed him? This is a top 5 animated film for me.

I love how well this movie displayed depression, it starts when her interests fade then she loses her train of thought to finally not being able to feel anything at all. Its so well done, I’ve heard that childhood psychiatrists show this movie to kids to help them better explain how they are feeling.

The moment she has that little smile on her face when she cries and hugs her paretns, it just always get me😢

Oh man you should definitely watch „Soul“ next.. that movie hit deep on a different level ! This actually gives you existential crisis (or helps you out of it..) it’s really good

Since Im autistic and my brain isnt normal, I think my own Inside Out would be literally build different to represent my traits of autism and the emotions would probably be more quirky. Also that scene of Riley crying in school and the emotions panic and things go into chaos, thats technically me when Im in a meltdown and shutdown. And my Personality Islands would be: Art, Little Nightmares(special interest), family, friendship, creativity, music, fantasy, supernatural and video games. (-dang thats a lot of Islands)

Oh boy i was just recommended your videos and now I'm watching them all, inside out is better now that I'm older tbh, it's one of those films you actually need to connect to your emotions and life experiences, I didn't do that when it first came out

Honestly, David, my dream production makes me have a panic attack too 😂 I feel you 💯 like what are they thinking?!!?

I love the thought that now that sadness and joy are in her head, anger fear and disgust rule her. She is in puberty. We all know how we feel in puberty. We are scared which makes us angry which makes us disgusted with our selfs wich makes us affraid again. It is so genuis.

I watched it with my family and I sent the whole movie ready to throw hands and that didn't change at the end

Dude I haven't seen this movie in years and I forgot how much I stinking LOVE it and wow the amount of this I never fully processed as a kid- This movie is so dang deep and I love it so much

A GOOD CRY _IS_ UNDERRATED. The say it releases your emotions in the form of salty, liquid crystals that falls from your eye sockets.

at 5:53 when he is talking about dreams and falling, i have those, and ones where i feel like someone grabs my back while i see the hand in my dream

I know a lot of people were too harsh on sadness for losing a core memory but in her defence she's always pushed to the back so how was she supposed to know that would happen? Plus the whole message was that you need sadness to be happy. She's just as important as the others.

Yep also got the falling-dream from time to time…and it really sucks to wake up with the feeling like you‘re about to have a heart attack or something. I think there is a theory that this happens when you fall asleep and the heartbeat slows too fast so the brain thinks we are dying and wakes you up again.🤔 Thanks for nothing, you useless body, I was just tying to sleep…

I can't wait for your reaction to Inside Out 2!!! saw it in cinema a few days ago its soooo goooood. LOVE YOUR REACTIONS!!!!!! Glad you're enjoying Helluva Boss!

My head cannon is that Joy & Co pushes Riley into stem pursuits and that plus her physical side gets her to be an astronaut when she grows up. Cus Bing Bong said to take her to the moon.

The moment the brain beans wanted to show the ad, an ad popped up... I don't know if I should laugh or cry😂

THANK YOU FOR STRAIGHTENING IT! Been driving me crazy since ATLA 🤣

I simply love Pixar movies. They're always trying so hard to make everyone believe it's just for kids but essentially they're obviously for everyone. And I love them for that.

I now eat onions as an adult. My Mom made tomato sauce for me as a child. She diced the onions up very fine and cooked the sauce all day, so I did not know about the onions and had me try the sauce. I actually said it tasted good. She said yes your tastebuds will change., and sauce without onions really does not taste good.

When joy and sadness gets sucked in the tube , i realized the only emotions left were anger, fear, and gisgust . I read somewhere that they together make Hate.

i'm 26 and my apartment is covered in glow stars

I find it interesting that Joy's dress is green instead of yellow, which implies she has some disgust in her. Disgust for other emotions other than joy, maybe? I hate her too. Sadness is my girl, and blue is my favorite color, so yeah.

There were originally more than 5 emotions, but it got overcomplicated quick!

But that's the point of Joy I guess.....that she was always immensed in toxic positivity and didn't really get to understand that sometimes it's ok to feel bad or angry or sad. You know, character development XD

2:53 you predicted the sequel 😂

I can't agree with hating joy. Sure she can be annoying, but if someone can hate joy then they better despise riley's parents because her mom was the one who made joy think she was the most important right when joy was about to accept that she wasn't. But I wouldn't consider anyone the bad guy because imo there isn't one. In fact, that's one of the things I love about the movie. There isn't really an bad guy and that helps everything the characters go through feel natural

Rip to Bing Bong 😭

the best part is still the cat in the credits, absolutely no one in control, just button mashing the zoomies

Nothing like watching a commentary and still crying twice 😂 but as you also said, a good cry is underrated so I refuse to be hard on myself for it xD

Out of context “I hate Joy” is such a mood lol

Well, this was posted 6 seconds ago... Excited to watch it! 😁

It's so good that you cry every time you see this movie because it's so real and relatable.

02:42 "Have you noticed that all of this kid's memories are Joy?" That's the movie. That's the movie.

4:06 I laughed so hard at this.🤣🤣🤣

Hey! Great commentary today. I understand it can be hard to be confident in glasses- but they’re really charming on you!

Noo I'm totally not crying rn bc of Bing Bong.... my eyes r just sweating. Also love the glasses :)

OOOOOOO NOW WE'RE TALKIN

I stg this movie was so relatable at one point in my life.

I love watching your videos. Always make my day. Btw the glasses make you look handsome!

I love all your videos. Your reaction are so amazing 😂

No matter how many times I watch the movie or commentaries about it... Now every time, I cry at the end of the movie. The past few years I could not relate more to Riley's situation and her emotions, having to leave her old life away, feeling alone, wanting to run away, depression... It hits too close to home. When sadness is finally allowed to touch the memories and Riley confronts her parents it's so sad and beautiful. And the message that sadness is also an important emotion and we shouldn't try to hide our emotions makes me feel so relieved, and a bit less guilty when I feel sad and want to cry. This movie is really a masterpiece. The thing is when I was younger I didn't really understand this movie, I just thought it has a genius concept and cool message, but did not fully understand the message. Now that I'm way older and gone through some things I get it, and I can completely relate to Riley.... Which is kinda depressing to think about lol