Joy soon realizes that Sadness (the second emotion to come to Riley's mind) has arrived and has pressed the button. However, 33 seconds later, Riley began crying. The instant she pressed it, infant Riley began smiling. She then walked towards the control panel, which at the time consisted of only one button. When Riley was first born, Joy was the first ever emotion to be born. Joy appears in the film as one of the five emotions in Riley Andersen's mind, which she is the leader of the group. Joy wears a lime green dress, speckled with blue firework-style flowers, that goes to her knees. She also has a blue, purple, white and yellow glow around her body. Joy has yellow-ish skin, blue eyes and pixie cut blue hair. After reuniting with the other emotions, she decides to let them do their job and stop being so bossy all the time, since Riley needs all of them to function. She ends up falling into the Memory Dump when the escape tube falls apart.ĭuring her time in the Memory Dump, Joy realized that Sadness is very important to Riley's life and that she went way overboard with keeping her happy. When the islands were falling apart, there was an escape tube back to HQ, and when Sadness was about to go in, Joy pushed her out of the tube and left Sadness behind, because Sadness was influencing the core memories that Joy held, and Joy wanted Riley to be happy. She is not above lying, as she told Fear that earthquakes don't exist, when they really do. When Bing Bong lost his wagon and was grieving, she wanted him to not be sad when he had to be and tried doing childish and silly things to get him to stop without understanding that cheerfulness is not always what a sad person needs. She treats Sadness as a problem that needs taking care of, because she does not understand why Sadness is a necessary emotion due to wanting Riley to be happy all the time.

Because of this, Joy is the least flexible and most controlling of the five emotions. She does not want Riley to be sad at all, even when she needs to be.

She values Riley's happiness to the point where she does not want any of the other emotions to influence Riley. She is the oldest of all of the emotions. Joy is, as her name states, the very essence of happiness and perkiness and as such, she loves to look on the bright side of things. Joy sees challenges in Riley's life as opportunities, and the less happy moments as hiccups on the way back to something great. She is lighthearted, optimistic and determined to find the fun in every situation. Background Official Description Joy's goal has always been to make sure Riley stays happy.

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