History TearJerker / InsideOut

* Poor, poor Sadness. Aside from literally being the personification of sorrow, she's ostracized because Joy doesn't have any idea what her purpose is, especially after she learns Sadness can taint any memory she touches, turning it into a sad one. Even Sadness doesn't know what she's supposed to do, instead being driven by a compulsion she doesn't understand (Every time Sadness says "I'm sorry", she sounds so ''helpless''), and is criticized by Joy whenever she tries to - the other emotions don't exactly have anything against her, but they don't actually try to help her out either, if only because of Joy's leadership. When the five emotions are preparing for the first day of school, Joy sticks Sadness in the middle of a chalk circle to keep her from ruining Riley's first day, while all the other emotions actually have responsibilities. Sound familiar? It perfectly shows a typical excluded peer at school, who doesn't get to do anything with their peers because they (or sometimes, just the one) don't want them around. Joy even explains during introductions that they don't know what Sadness does and there isn't anywhere else for her to go ''because she's checked''. Joy probably WOULD have kicked her out of Riley's head if she had a chance.

* The Crowning Moment of Tearjerker that is Joy's moment of epiphany, re-winding the hockey memory [[spoiler:in the Memory Dump]]:

** Before that, [[spoiler: Riley's depression]] is both this and more than a little terrifying - to see a little girl go through all that, especially as it's played very realistically when we see it from outside her mind. [[spoiler: Riley isn't just unable to feel Joy, she's also unable to feel Sadness, and as a result all she is Angry, Disgusted and Afraid - without Joy she can't feel good about herself, and without Sadness she can't connect with how she feels or the people around her. As a result, she alienates herself from her family and friends, gives up on the things she loves in life, and starts betraying her integrity. By the time Anger, Fear and Disgust realize how bad things are getting, Riley has totally shut down.]]

** It's an example of Bing Bong embracing what he always feared would happen: being forgotten. The first time Joy sees him, he's stealing memories of himself, trying to preserve his own existence so Riley won't forget him.

* After the aforementioned scene happened thanks to her actions, Sadness gives Joy an encouraging smile. For Joy however, this only drives further home how wrong she was for treating Sadness the way she did, by keeping her from helping Riley to deal with her grief and trying to get rid of the core memory she created. The meek, apologetic expression she sports [[spoiler:when she gives Sadness said core memory back]] tells it all.

** The emotions panic over how the other students were laughing at her… except they ''weren't''. They all look genuinely concerned for her and some can be seen whispering to one another about whether or not she's okay. This is TruthInTelevision, as distress can often make one feel as though everyone is out to get them even when they aren't.

* After three days of tumultuous emotions and living her life without Joy and Sadness, Riley's been keeping herself quite reserved, angry and anxious, slowly losing all the aspects of herself that made her her. Thanks to an ill-conceived plan by Anger, she's consumed by an idea [[spoiler:to run away back to Minnesota]]. However, at just the right moment, Joy and Sadness return, with Sadness successfully removing the idea from her head so she can go home. However, the real jerker is [[spoiler: when Joy gives Sadness the core memories, turning them blue so Riley can finally understand why all those old things she loved hurt so much. Finally overcome with sadness, Riley breaks down in front of her parents, telling them they always want her to be happy, but she can't help but miss her friends, her old home, and her hockey team, even if they were liking the move. The parents in turn admit to Riley that they miss home, too, and all the great things and memories she made for them there. And then they get in a big family hug.]] For any person who's had to transition into a new part of life, suffers from depression, or felt like they had to repress any sort of emotion at a point in their life, this hits home ''very'' hard.

** Given their surprise and sadness at Riley's anguish, her parents could well regret ever giving her the impression that she should stay happy for them, and Riley's mom certainly looks like she regrets her request of Riley that they "stay happy" for Riley's dad.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "[[InnocentlyInsensitive it will all be all right]]" and [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan trying to make a "game" out of finding the train]] clearly do not help him at all. It's only when [[TheEmpath Sadness]] sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better, much to Joy's confused surprise; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because the "snap out of it" attempt to spark joy is painful since it implies that your pain does not matter when you already feel like you're drowning.

* After three days of tumultuous emotions and living her life without Joy and Sadness, Riley's been keeping herself quite reserved, angry and anxious, slowly losing all the aspects of herself that made her her. Thanks to an ill-conceived plan by Anger, she's consumed by an idea [[spoiler:to run away back to Minnesota]]. However, at just the right moment, Joy and Sadness return, with Sadness successfully removing the idea from her head so she can go home. However, the real jerker is [[spoiler: when Joy gives Sadness the core memories, turning them blue so Riley can finally understand why all those old things she loved hurt so much. Finally overcome with sadness, Riley breaks down in front of her parents, telling them they always want her to be happy, but she can't help but miss her friends, her old home, and her hockey team, even if they were liking the move. The parents in turn tell Riley they miss home, too, and all the great things and memories she made for them there. And then they get in a big family hug.]] For any person who's had to transition into a new part of life, suffers from depression, or felt like they had to repress any sort of emotion at a point in their life, this hits home ''very'' hard.

* You have to feel a little sorry for the popular girl (the one with the blue streak and eyeshadow) at the end, when you see inside of her thoughts and see all of her emotions breaking down over how hard it is to be cool all the time, and how scared she is that they can see she's faking her coolness.

'''Anger:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What have we done?]]

** The way Riley's parents looks at her when she starts crying is also heartbreaking. Their expressions are a mix of sadness, but also surprise. Makes sense when you realize that, because of Joy's efforts to always keep Riley happy, they probably haven't seen Riley this sad in quite a while. Even that time when she lost the big hockey match was tame by comparison.

--> '''Joy:''' [[spoiler: [[TheSacredDarkness Sadness]]... Mom and Dad... the team... [[TrueCompanions they came to help, because of]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower ''Sadness'']].]]

* Jangles the Clown at the end credits; he is performing at a toddler's birthday party and is unsuccessful in his efforts to keep the attention of the children, [[SadClown when his emotions are secretly bitter that he's done "Six years of drama school for ''this''?"]] That he has put in time and effort for something he enjoys only to find that what he likely wanted (a successful career in acting, perhaps?) will probably just remain a fantasy for him is pretty depressing; so many people have dreams for themselves when they're growing up and then find that many of these dreams just cannot be realized.

** It becomes [[Heartwarming/Inside Out heartwarming]] when the teacher is kind and empathic to Riley as Riley's initially chipper mood collapses and becomes tearful.

** It becomes [[Heartwarming heartwarming]] when the teacher is kind and empathic to Riley as Riley's initially chipper mood collapses and becomes tearful.

** It becomes [[heartwarming]] when the teacher is kind and empathic to Riley as Riley's initially chipper mood collapses and becomes tearful.

** It becomes heartwarming when the teacher is kind and empathic to Riley as Riley's initially chipper mood collapses and becomes tearful.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "[[InnocentlyInsensitive it will all be all right]]" and [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan trying to make a "game" out of finding the train]] clearly do not help him at all. It's only when [[TheEmpath Sadness]] sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because the "snap out of it" attempt to spark joy is painful since it implies that your pain does not matter when you already feel like you're drowning.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "[[InnocentlyInsensitive it will all be all right]]" and trying to make a "game" out of finding the train clearly do not help him at all. It's only when [[TheEmpath Sadness]] sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because the "snap out of it" attempt to spark joy is painful since it implies that your pain does not matter when you already feel like you're drowning.

--> '''Joy:''' [[spoiler: [[TheSacredDarkness Sadness]]... Mom and Dad... the team... [[TheEmpath they came to help, because of]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower ''Sadness'']].]]

--> '''Joy:''' [[spoiler: [[TheSacredDarkness Sadness]]... Mom and Dad... the team... [[TheEmpath they came to help, because of ''Sadness'']].]]

--> '''Joy:''' [[spoiler: Sadness... Mom and Dad... the team... they came to help, because of ''Sadness''.]]

** The way Riley's parents looks at her when she starts crying is also heartbreaking. Their expressions are a mix of sadness, but also surprise. Makes sense when you realize that, because of Joy's efforts to always keep Riley happy, they probably haven't seen Riley this depressed in quite a while. Even that time when she lost the big hockey match was tame by comparison.

* Anger, Disgust and Fear's reactions to [[spoiler:the [[HericBSoD console turning grey and locking them out]].]] Anger and Disgust are stunned with horrified regret while Fear slowly goes quiet, falling into despair.

* Anger, Disgust and Fear's reactions to [[spoiler:the console turning grey and locking them out.]] Anger and Disgust are stunned with horrified regret while Fear slowly goes quiet, falling into despair.
-->'''Fear:''' ''[softly]'' Guys... [[spoiler:we can't make Riley feel ''anything'']].\\

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "[[InnocentlyInsensitive it will all be all right]]" and trying to make a "game" out of finding the train clearly do not help him at all. It's only when [[TheEmpath Sadness]] sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because the "snap out of it" attempt to spark joy is painful since it implies that your pain does not matter when you feel like you're drowning.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "[[InnocentlyInsensitive it will all be all right]]" and trying to make a "game" out of finding the train clearly do not help him at all. It's only when [[TheEmpath Sadness]] sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because the "snap out of it" attempt to spark joy is painful since it implies that your pain does not matter.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "[[InnocentlyInsensitive it will all be all right]]" and trying to make a "game" out of finding the train clearly do not help him at all. It's only when Sadness sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because of the "snap out of it" attempts to spark joy which totally disregard the hopelessness that you feel.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that [["InnocentlyInsensitive it will all be all right"]] and trying to make a "game" out of finding the train clearly do not help him at all. It's only when Sadness sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because of the "snap out of it" attempts to spark joy which totally disregard the hopelessness that you feel.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "it will all be all right" and trying to make a "game" out of finding the train clearly do not help him at all. It's only when Sadness sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because of the "snap out of it" attempts to spark joy which totally disregard the hopelessness that you feel.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "it will all be all right" and trying to make a "game" out of finding the train do not help him at all. It's only when Sadness sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better; many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because of the "snap out of it" attempts to spark joy that actually hurt more.

* Jangles the Clown at the end credits; he is performing at a toddler's birthday party and is unsuccessful in his efforts to keep the attention of the children, [[SadClown when his emotions are secretly bitter that he's done ''"Six years of drama school for '''this'''?"'']] That he has put in time and effort for something he enjoys only to find that what he likely wanted (a successful career in acting, perhaps?) will probably just remain a fantasy for him is pretty depressing; so many people have dreams for themselves when they're growing up and then find that many of these dreams just cannot be realized.

** Joy's tactic of trying to cheer him up with goofy antics and telling him that "it will all be all right" and trying to make a "game" out of finding the train prove do not help him at all. It's only when Sadness sits with him, shows empathy, and validates his pain that he feels better. Many people who struggle with depression would recognize this scene, if only because of the "snap out of it" attempts to spark joy that actually hurt more.