History Awesome / InsideOut

* Fear is a walking moment of awesome. The emotion lives up to his name, being scared all the time and cautious while predicting dangers. But he [[{{Determinator}} never gives up]], most of the time at least. Fear tries to find solutions to fix the missing core memories, even working to hold tentative new ones in place with his body. Even in the climax, he is doing all he can to rescue Riley from her depression and knocks himself silly when banging things against the control panel and the glass. You have to admire someone who is scared all the time but isn't afraid to try anyway.

!!Pixar film meta:
* The entire Abstract Thought section of Riley's brain. Mostly for the [[ArtShift surreal animation,]] which is like nothing ever seen by Pixar before.
* The fact that Pixar had it in them to make a film that directly deals with depression among children, without glossing over the details or downplaying the effect it has. Those with depression themselves have praised the film. The sequence of first losing Joy, then Sadness, with Disgust, Anger and Fear struggling for control, before feeling disconnected from and unable to process all those emotions is perhaps the most direct, clear explanation of the process in fiction.
* The success of this movie bringing Pixar back to its former glory. After the mixed reactions to their [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars2}} last]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} three]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity films,]] fans worldwide feared that Pixar's glory days were over, only for this incredible film to blow them away. To paraphrase one reviewer, "Pixar's not just back. They've made such a spectacular return that it seems silly we ever suggested they left."
* The SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome for the inside of Riley's head, as well as the very concept. We see how her memories are made, how her personality is formed, and how all her emotions work together (or ''don't'' work together) inside her head to make Riley who she is. It's all shown to us, and it's all ''so'' cool.
** The KirbyDots particle effect was planned for Joy only, then nearly abandoned after proving too expensive and time-consuming. John Lasseter happened to take a look at it, and liked it so much he told them to apply it to all five emotions. And they did.
* [[http://damianimated.tumblr.com/post/122447657294 This post]] highlighting why the movie is a great one.
** One thing this post didn't mention- even coming out one week after ''Film/JurassicWorld'' (which has broken several box office records and is already one of the ten highest grossing films of all time), it still managed to earn $90.4 million in its opening weekend, making it the biggest #2 opening weekend of all time (it eventually reached #1 in its third weekend).
*** A Pixar story artist drew two images based on the films competing for the number one spot at the box office. [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/ff56a8c663149b4f6ab54586e2640ecb/tumblr_nq5nmmmQqB1qeu2bro1_500.jpg In the first]], Joy faces down the I-rex, and [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/bbaa89b6b0db42a9a1d275fb5393a70c/tumblr_nq9c7imoID1qeu2bro1_500.jpg in the second]] she uppercuts it so hard its teeth go flying.
* The nostalgia many of those who remember ''Ride/CraniumCommand'' felt (and still do somewhat) when this film was first announced. ''Inside Out'' is obviously a different story but there are influences of ''Cranium Command'' present, which Pete Docter was involved in.
* The animated short, ''Riley's First Date'', being included on the Blu-ray and Digital HD releases as a bonus feature seems to be jumping on the 'Frozen Fever' bandwagon; but if the latter was anything to go by, this will just make the short even more epic.

* Bing Bong [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing himself]] to help Joy get out of the memory dump. Doubles as a TearJerker.
* The entire "race against time" sequence, with Riley seen running away from home interchangeably with the emotions trying to stop her before it's too late, all with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfJqceTKXl4 tense music]] playing.
* Joy using the Imaginary Boyfriend Generator to create a makeshift ladder big enough to launch herself from the Family Island trampoline towards Headquarters ''and'' grab Sadness in the process. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when the boyfriends shout, "FOR RILEY!"

** Doubles as this and a TearJerker. In interviews Kaitlyn has said to have used [[MethodActing the thought of her cat dying to get the emotions across]].

* Bing Bong's entire character arc is this. He starts out annoying, self centered, not really very helpful and in fact detrimental to the quest at more than one point. Then he sees that Riley really has outgrown him, and given the pattern that both Disney and Pixar movies were showing at the time, it would have surprised very few viewers if he were to become Inside Out's "Hidden Bad Guy." Then he defies all expectations with a surprising and very moving HeroicSacrifice. Way to go, Bing Bong. Way to go.

!!Pixar film:

* Bing Bong's entire character arc is this. He starts out as TheScrappy -- annoying, self centered, not really very helpful and in fact detrimental to the quest at more than one point. Then he sees that Riley really has outgrown him, and given the pattern that both Disney and Pixar movies were showing at the time, it would have surprised very few viewers if he were to become Inside Out's "Hidden Bad Guy." Then he defies all expectations with a surprising and very moving HeroicSacrifice. Way to go, Bing Bong. Way to go.

* Bing Bong [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing himself]] to help Joy get out of the memory dump. Doubles as a TearJerker.]]
* The entire "race against time" sequence, with [[spoiler:Riley seen running away from home interchangeably with the emotions trying to stop her before it's too late]], all with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfJqceTKXl4 tense music]] playing.
* Joy [[spoiler:using the Imaginary Boyfriend Generator to create a makeshift ladder big enough to launch herself from the Family Island trampoline towards Headquarters ''and'' grab Sadness in the process]]. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when the boyfriends shout, "FOR RILEY!"
* Disgust provoking Anger to burn up, so she can [[spoiler: break the glass to pull Joy and Sadness to safety]].
* When Sadness is finally [[spoiler: allowed control, she lets the blue touch her previous Core Memories, providing Riley the deep, cleansing cry she truly needed.]]
** All props to Kaitlyn Dias for making Riley's painfully realistic-sounding [[spoiler:crying]] one of, (if not the) most memorable scenes in the entire film.

* Bing Bong's entire character arc is this. He starts out as TheScrappy -- annoying, self centered, not really very helpful and in fact detrimental to the quest at more than one point. Then he sees that Riley really has outgrown him, and given the pattern that both Disney and Pixar movies were showing at the time, it would have surprised very few viewers if he were to become Inside Out's "Hidden Bad Guy." Then he defies all expectations with [[spoiler: a surprising and very moving HeroicSacrifice, which instantly made him RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.]] Way to go, Bing Bong. Way to go.

* The animated short, ''Riley's First Date'', being included on the Blu-ray and Digital HD releases as a bonus feature seems to be jumping on the 'Frozen Fever' bandwagon; but if the latter was anything to go by, this will just make the short even more epic.
* The [[https://vimeo.com/150483774 "Outside Edition,"]], a fan edit that removes everything involving the emotions to turn it into a short film entirely about Riley herself. The result: despite some odd edits and music cues, it still works very well as a drama about a girl having a hard time with moving to a new town.

* Joy [[spoiler:using the Imaginary Boyfriend Generator to create a makeshift ladder big enough to launch herself from the Family Island trampoline towards Headquarters ''and'' grab Sadness in the process]]. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny when the boyfriends shout, "FOR RILEY!"