History NightmareFuel / Intercom

** [[AdultFear Just imagine what Riley's Parents are going through at this moment.]] It's only been a little over a year since you moved and your child almost ran away from home, and now all of a sudden one of her friends says that she might have some kind of mental illness. Then when you try to calm her down about the idea, she pushes you away, just like before.

** [[spoiler: Joy, faced with a SadisticChoice, chooses to get sucked away from HQ AGAIN in order to save the lost core memories and get rid of Isolation Island's, risking leaving Riley in the care of the other emotions and too distressed to feel any sort of happiness. ''And'' she's unable to hold onto any of the core memories she goes after!]] As if things couldn't get any worse.
** This chapter reveals [[spoiler:the intercom can never be fixed with their current "technology", and damaging it further--which could happen ''on its own''--could cause Riley to hear voices that ''aren't'' her emotions AKA TRUE Schizophrenia]]. Eeyup, things just got worse.
** Riley contemplates taking drugs to [[spoiler: experiment with finding ways to stop hearing her emotions if only temporarily.]] And getting around needing a prescription by using money through her friends. [[SarcasmMode Clearly, getting the same reaction from Fear as Disgust gave Anger when he broke Honesty Island will only bode well for this part of Riley's planning.]]

** Then at night, Riley [[spoiler:confronts her parents about looking at her drawings and going into her room without permission]]. This lead her to yell at her parents to get out of her room, and scream in fear and anger into her pillow. And worse, declare she hates her family, which leads Family Island to begin ''falling!''
** Finally, Riley ends the chapter by saying she wants to go to the Mind World--but not before she renews her resolve to [[spoiler:take medication without a prescription]].

** Combined with {{tearjerker}}, the chapter also reveals Riley's Plan B: [[spoiler:to never wake up and stay in the Mind World forever]]. If you think about it hard enough, this brings up some ''[[DeathSeeker seriously]]'' [[DeathSeeker dark overtones...]]

* Chapter 13, ''Hidden Depths''

* Chapter 15, ''Memory Lanes''

* Chapter 19, ''A Talk With Mom and Dad''

* Chapter 20, ''Mixed Emotions''

* Chapter 24, ''What Could Have Been'', shows that the story would've been ''even darker'' than the final product. Several scenes that were planned before the author had actually seen the movie included a NightmareSequence where Riley sees a future version of herself, driven completely mad by her emotions. Dream-Riley also would have been the main antagonist of the story, and the author likened her to the Joker from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.
* Chapter 25, ''Layers of Truth''

* The premise itself. Imagine it yourself: for your entire life, you consider yourself to be a normal, mentally healthy person, and then one day, out of the blue, you suddenly begin hearing five voices, each with their own personality, claiming that they all can see you ''and'' have some control over what you do.

* Chapter 24, ''What Could Have Been'', brings up several ideas that were planned for the story originally, including a NightmareSequence where Riley sees a future version of herself, driven completely mad by her emotions. Dream-Riley would have been the main antagonist of the story, and the author likened her to The Joker from Batman.

* Chapter 24 brings up several ideas that were planned for the story originally, including a NightmareSequence where Riley sees a future version of herself, driven completely mad by her emotions. Dream-Riley would have been the main antagonist of the story, and the author likened her to The Joker from Batman.
* Chapter 25
** Riley's fallout from her day lead to some...problems with Imagination land, turning it into something closer to a ghost town with broken signs, burnt french fries, foggy cloud houses, fallen card houses, and creepy storybooks.
** This chapter reveals Riley's Plan B: [[spoiler:to never wake up and stay in the Mind World forever]].

*** It's not at all a surprise that this happened either, considering she is technically dreaming at the time. It's not at all uncommon for people's fears and worries to directly become "reality" in dreams. And of course this means it could happen again.
*** One reviewer summed it up nicely:
---> '''gamby004:''' And Riley sees the memory dump. For her, it's equal to Mind World Hell.

* Chapter 25 reveals Riley's Plan B: [[spoiler:to never wake up and stay in the Mind World forever]].

* Chapter 24 brings up several ideas that were planned for the story originally, including a NightmareSequence where Riley sees a future version of herself, driven completely mad by her emotions. Dream-Riley would have been the main antagonist of the story, and the author likened her to The Joker from Batman.

* Chapter 24 bring sup several ideas that were planned for the story originally, including a NightmareSequence where Riley sees a future version of herself, driven completely mad by her emotions. Dream-Riley would have been the main antagonist of the story, and the author likened her to The Joker from Batman.

*** Making things worse is that Mrs. Andersen brings up that the drawings of the Mind World seem like an idealized place to retreat to... which is what Riley ''has'' been using it as.

** Riley's mental state continues to deteriorate as she blows up at Ann and Jordan, then [[spoiler:confronts her parents about looking at her drawings and going into her room without permission]]. The stress causes Friendship Island to begin crumbling and Family Island to begin ''falling'', and Riley ends the chapter by saying she wants to go to the Mind World--but not before she renews her resolve to [[spoiler:take medication without a prescription]]. Making things worse is that Mrs. Andersen brings up that the drawings of the Mind World seem like an idealized place to retreat to... which is what Riley ''has'' been using it as.

** Riley's mental state continues to deteriorate as she blows up at Ann and Jordan, then [[spoiler:confronts her parents about looking at her drawings and going into her room without permission]]. The stress causes Friendship Island to begin crumbling and Family Island to being ''falling'', and Riley ends the chapter by saying she wants to go to the Mind World--but not before she renews her resolve to [[spoiler:take medication without a prescription]]. Making things worse is that Mrs. Andersen brings up that the drawings of the Mind World seem like an idealized place to retreat to... which is what Riley ''has'' been using it as.

* Chapter 23, ''Rage and Betrayal'', like the chapters before it, is both this and a TerJerker:

* Chapter 23, ''Rage and Betrayal'', combines this with TearJerker"

* Chapter 23, ''Rage and Betrayal'', has Riley's mental state continue to deteriorate as she blows up at Ann and Jordan, then [[spoiler:confronts her parents about looking at her drawings and going into her room without permission]]. The stress causes Friendship Island to begin crumbling and Family Island to being ''falling'', and Riley ends the chapter by saying she wants to go to the Mind World--but not before she renews her resolve to [[spoiler:take medication without a prescription]]. Making things worse is that Mrs. Andersen brings up that the drawings of the Mind World seem like an idealized place to retreat to... which is what Riley ''has'' been using it as.

* Chapter 23 ''Rage and Betrayal'', has Riley's mental state continue to deteriorate as she blows up at Ann and Jordan, then [[spoiler:confronts her parents about looking at her drawings and going into her room without permission]]. The stress causes Friendship Island to begin crumbling and Family Island to being ''falling'', and Riley ends the chapter by saying she wants to go to the Mind World--but not before she renews her resolve to [[spoiler:take medication without a prescription]]. Making things worse is that Mrs. Andersen brings up that the drawings of the Mind World seem like an idealized place to retreat to... which is what Riley ''has'' been using it as.

** Riley's outburst over her teacher discussing schizophrenia creates a new core memory, and Isolation Island, much darker colored than the others and with a statue of a despondent Riley about to be swept away by a wave of negative emotions. And then it starts pulling the color from the others.

** Riley contemplates taking drugs to [[spoiler: experiment with finding ways to stop hearing her emotions if only temporarily.]] And getting around needing a prescription by misusing money through her friends. [[SarcasmMode Clearly, getting the same reaction from Fear as Disgust gave Anger when he broke Honesty Island will only bode well for this part of Riley's planning.]]

** As if the whole loss of feelings was bad enough, right when Riley's running from Ann and fleeing Psychology class, her puberty alarm goes off.

** Riley contemplates taking drugs to [[spoiler: experiment with finding ways to stop hearing her emotions if only temporarily.]] And getting around needing a prescription by misusing money through her friends. [[SarcasmMode Clearly, getting the same reaction from Fear as Disgust gave Anger when he broke Honesty Island will only bode well for this part of Riley's planning.]] Granted, [[MoralityChain the emotions get her to reconsider]], but still.