Joy: Do you ever look at someone and wonder, "What is going on inside their head?" Well, I know. ...Well, I know Riley's head.
(Fades up in a white space; in a hospital room, Mr. and Mrs. Andersen are admiring their newborn baby Riley, who wakes up and coos happily. Zoom in on Riley's head.)
(In Riley's mind, everything is black. From out of the darkness steps a glowing figure, Joy. She comes forward and sees a blank screen above her; below her is a single button. She presses it, and it turns yellow like her. Riley is heard cooing.)
(Zoom back from Joy to the real world, showing the baby Riley as she coos and giggles happily.)
Joy: (narrates:) And there she was...
(On the screen, Mr. and Mrs. Andersens' faces materialize into view.)
Mrs. Andersen: Hello, Riley.
Mr. Andersen: Oh, look at you. Aren't you a little bundle of joy?
(A ding is heard, and a glowing yellow orb of what just happened is formed from behind the screen. Joy examines it.)
Memory Mr. Andersen: Aren't you a little bundle of joy?(She puts the memory back in place and it rolls across a rack around the area, making the lights come up and revealing a red-violet space of gears, as Headquarters is starting to form. Joy is astounded; she presses the button again, and Riley coos in response. Joy beams.)
Joy: (narrates:) It was amazing. Just Riley and me... Forever.
(Riley keeps giggling and Joy smiles in reply; suddenly, Riley starts crying, which confuses her.)
Joy: (narrates:) Er, for thirty three seconds.
(Next to Joy, a droopy and gloomy blue figure, Sadness, is working the button, which turns blue in response.)
Sadness: I'm Sadness.
Joy: Oh, hello. I... I'm Joy. So... Can I just... If you could... I just want to fix that. Thanks.
(The two start arguing over the button as she speaks.)
Joy: (narrates:) And that was just the beginning. Headquarters only got more crowded from there.
(Riley, now a toddler, runs through the house pulling a wagon and giggling. In her mind, in the now formed Headquarters, Fear, a jagged purple figure, comes out from behind joy. The single button is now replaced with a control console.)
Fear: Very nice. Okay, looks like you got this. Very good.
(The screen shows everything through Riley's eyes, as she is running.)
Fear: Whoa, sharp turn! NO, LOOK OUT! NO!
(He takes action; the console turns purple in response.)
Joy: (narrates:) That's Fear. He's really good at keeping Riley safe.
(Fear's actions prompt Riley to stop running and notice the plugged cable, and step over it slowly.)
Fear: (voiceover) Easy, easy. AGH! OH MY! Oh, we're good. We're good.
(In Headquarters, the memories have been nestled on a shelf off to the left; a purple memory, indicating a fearful one, rolls in to nestle against the yellow one on the right.)
Joy: Whew!
Sadness: Good job.
Fear: Thank you. Thank you very much.
