Some ideas must remain in the Pixar Vault. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re looking at characters and storylines that the “Inside Out” films left in the Memory Dump.
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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at characters and storylines that the Inside
00:10Out films left in the memory dump.
00:17Number 10.
00:18Idea Farmer
00:19On their journey back to headquarters in the first film, Joy and Sadness come across a
00:23collection of colorful characters.
00:25In an early draft, this would have included the Idea Farmer.
00:29Along with Bing Bong, Joy and Sadness become stranded in idea fields where the Farmer Man
00:33pulls over.
00:47He takes them on a wild ride down a narrow one-way road obscured by fog.
00:52Although Joy begins to second-guess if hitchhiking was the best idea, they make it to the other
00:56side in one piece.
01:07The filmmakers thought the Idea Farmer could be a solid source of humor, but the character
01:11didn't turn out as funny as they hoped.
01:14Not finding him necessary to the story, they cut the Farmer and Idea Fields.
01:23Number 9.
01:24Riley's Thanksgiving Pageant
01:26Inside Out was this close to being a Thanksgiving movie.
01:30The plot initially wasn't going to revolve around Riley moving from Minnesota to San
01:33Francisco.
01:34Riley already would have been growing up in San Francisco, where she has one thing on
01:38her mind – playing the prized turkey in her school's Thanksgiving pageant.
01:42And we've all been there.
01:50Reflecting on this version, director Pete Docter said it was, quote, bizarre and didn't
01:54really work.
01:55They opted for a more relatable conflict.
01:58Although Pixar nearly did something similar in the sequel.
02:05In the first test screening for Inside Out 2, a talent show would have taken place.
02:09While that would have been one way to introduce anxiety, director Kelsey Mann's team felt
02:13Riley's love of hockey should be at the center.
02:23Number 8.
02:24An antagonistic Joy
02:26Joy has her flaws, but like Woody in the scrapped version of Toy Story, she was almost far more
02:31antagonistic.
02:32In several deleted scenes, Joy fights against the reality that Riley's getting older,
02:37finding more boring responsibilities and less time to goof around.
02:53In this version, the emotions also would have had less authority over what Riley does, serving
02:57more as voices in her head.
02:59Joy's voice goes unheard as Riley loses interest in the monkey bars and other childish things.
03:05This incarnation of Joy was more entitled, resistant
03:16to growth, and kind of mean-spirited, even suggesting that Riley spit on a girl who invites
03:21her to a party.
03:22The filmmakers wanted Joy to have an edge, but they thankfully dialed it back.
03:32Number 7.
03:33Music Cognition
03:41Even after two films, there's still much uncharted territory in Riley's mind.
03:45Among the places we didn't get to see is Music Cognition.
03:48This land would have visualized music, exploring how it triggers thoughts and can function
03:52as a language.
03:54While venturing through Music Cognition, Joy's voice would have turned musical, taking on
03:58shapes.
04:03This proposed setting was ultimately left out of the first film because it shared too
04:06much in common with abstract thought, another location that morphs the intangible into something
04:11more literal.
04:12If Inside Out has ever adapted into a stage musical, though, Music Cognition sounds like
04:16a prime locale to revisit.
04:18Can we get Julie Taymor to develop this, please?
04:30Number 6.
04:32Procrastination Land
04:33It's never easy for a director to admit that one of their favorite moments isn't working.
04:37For Inside Out 2, Kelsey Mann conceded that Procrastination Land didn't fit into the narrative
04:42as much as he loved the idea.
04:59The emotions would have come across this location with a perpetual coming soon sign.
05:03Anger questions when they're going to start building this place as the crew looks at their
05:07phones, delaying construction until tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after
05:11that.
05:12While 13-year-olds like Riley are known to procrastinate, the team couldn't find a way
05:16to organically work it into the story.
05:19The filmmakers may resurrect the idea if slash when they make Inside Out 3.
05:23They'll be putting it off until then, however.
05:26Number 5.
05:28Other Imaginary Friends
05:29He's part cat, elephant, dolphin, and cotton candy, but did you realize Bing Bong also
05:43dresses like a traveling tramp?
05:44There's a reason for this.
05:46Originally, Joy and Sadness were going to meet Bing Bong at Hobo Camp, which provided
05:51a home for out-of-work imaginary friends.
05:53The place would have been populated with doodles and other things Riley dreamed up when she
05:57was three.
05:58In addition to Bing Bong, the camp featured a stick figure named Ms. Scribbles and Mr.
06:08Sun, who is essentially an arc drawn in the corner of a paper.
06:11While this might have amounted to some fun visuals and jokes, the filmmakers limited
06:15the imaginary friends to one.
06:17This made Bing Bong more special and his sacrifice more poignant.
06:30Number 4.
06:31Bing Bong the Anarchist
06:33Like Joy, Bing Bong was originally going to be more reluctant to accept Riley's maturity.
06:37In a deleted scene, we see Bing Bong protest the expansion of Riley's mind as the construction
06:42comes at the expense of Imagination Park.
06:55That locale evolved into Imagination Land in the finished film.
06:59A few other ideas from this scene were also revived in the sequel.
07:02The sarcasm generator, for example, became the sarcasm.
07:15As for Bing Bong being a radical, this character trait was discarded.
07:19This Bing Bong put his self-preservation and desires above Riley's development.
07:24While the Bing Bong we know and love wishes that Riley still needed an imaginary friend
07:27to play with, he understands that she must move on without him.
07:41Number 3.
07:42Joy Alone
07:43As satisfied as Pete Docter was with how Inside Out turned out, he looks back at one deleted
07:48scene wondering if they missed something special.
08:02The sequence, entitled Joy Alone, sees the character dive into an ocean of subconsciousness.
08:08Joy essentially encounters an imaginary Riley who will never grow up.
08:12Although this isn't the real Riley, Joy is tempted to remain in this fantasy world where
08:16nothing changes.
08:17Joy has come to realize, though, that change is necessary and she has to be there for Riley.
08:38As the story developed, Inside Out became less about accepting adulthood and more about
08:42the importance of sadness.
08:44This moment, therefore, no longer fit into the narrative, although Joy has a similar
08:48epiphany in the memory dump.
09:02Number 2.
09:03Joy and Fear's Adventure
09:09The script more or less always revolved around Joy getting lost in Riley's mind.
09:13In its earliest incarnation, though, Joy's traveling partner was fear rather than sadness.
09:18Fear was also more aggressive in this version, trying to prevent Joy from returning to headquarters
09:23in one sequence.
09:33It was on Father's Day 2013 that Pete Docter began to reconsider this premise, wondering
09:38what Joy could learn from fear.
09:40Fear found that the people he's closest to not only shared in the good times, but also
09:44the sad times.
09:46He wasn't sure how his crew would respond to the idea of rewriting and re-storyboarding
09:50a film already deep into development.
09:52Fortunately, his colleagues agreed with this new direction, making sadness an essential
09:57part of the story.
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10:23Number 1.
10:24Cut Emotions
10:25While the filmmakers narrowed it down to five emotions, they initially envisioned twenty-seven.
10:30The emotions were also going to have human names, fear being Freddy and anger being Ira.
10:49In an alternate opening, we would have met Hope, Pride, and Schadenfreude.
10:52Ennui even appeared, although she had to wait until the sequel.
10:56As did Envy, Embarrassment, Nostalgia, and Anxiety.
11:00Before the sequel introduced five new emotions, there could have been nine.
11:10Schadenfreude was again given the axe, along with Jealousy, Awe, Suspicion, and Guilt.
11:16Shame was considered as well, although some debated if shame was an emotion.
11:20In any case, shame wasn't pleasant.
11:22Love, Gloom, Irritation, and Greed are just some of the other cut emotions, but Riley's
11:28mind is bound to grow more crowded over time.
11:36Would you like to see any of these deleted things resurface in the next Inside Out?
11:39Let us know in the comments.
11:58Thanks for watching.
11:59See you next time.
12:00Bye!