

Riley starts to go from joyous and happy to sentimental and a bit depressed, on account of she misses the good old days in Minnesota. When it is time for Riley and her parents to move to San Francisco, Riley becomes sad and misses her life in Minnesota. Riley also becomes one of the best players on her hockey team. Riley becomes happy and jolly pretty much all the time and hardly sad at all. Over the years, Riley starts to grow up in Minnesota and her other emotions, Fear, Disgust and Anger are born (implied, in respective order). Joy pushes Sadness out of the way and makes Riley happy again. A few seconds later, another emotion named Sadness appears and makes Riley cry. When Riley is first born, Joy, her first living emotion is conjured up with baby Riley is smiling right at her parents. Her mind is the main location of it and the main priority of the movie.


Both her parents have brown hair and brown eyes, which implies that both the dirty-blonde hair and cornflower-blue eyes are recessive traits. She has shoulder-length, dirty-blonde hair and cornflower-blue eyes. Riley is a 11 - 12-year old preteen (initially 0) with a slender figure. Returning home and admitting to her parents that she's greatly depressed, she learns to accept San Francisco when her parents comfort her over the personal loss, and Riley (with the guide of her emotions) eventually adapts to her new home. But it is here she realizes she had almost given up on the things that matter most to her in life and realizes the risk just in time. As time goes on however, Riley becomes emotionally vulnerable, entering a sort of apathetic depression and coming to the point where she tries to run away, almost losing herself in the process. However, Riley fears letting her parents know she's upset since they want her to accept the new home and that she has always been their "happy girl". Riley really misses Minnesota and is unable to cope with the transition. Riley can second-guess herself, but she doesn't always repent her actions. Her emotions at this point try to help her get adjusted to the new life. By the time her family moves to San Francisco, she starts to be more troubled, irked, and lonely. However, at preadolescence, Riley becomes more sentimental, a little bit shy, and uncertain of herself as her other emotions begin appearing. Overall, Riley is happy, honest, and goofy when she is content. Riley's emotions contribute to her primary behavior in the film.
