Long Term Memory

Long Term Memory
Background information
Feature films	Inside Out
Inspiration	A maze/labyrinth A library
Other information
Location	Deepest corners of Riley's mind
Inhabitants	Bing Bong (formerly), The Forgetters
Visitors	Joy, Sadness
Final state	Still standing

“That's Long Term Memory. You could get lost in there!”

―Sadness warning Joy

Long Term Memory is a large maze/labyrinth-like area located in Riley's mind in the Disney/Pixar film, Inside Out. This place holds every one of Riley's known memories.

History

It takes the majority of the mind's area and consists of a maze of thousands of banks of stored memories. Since Joy created more memories than the other emotions, most of the orbs are yellow-colored. It communicates with Headquarters, the site of memory production, via numerous vacuum tubes. It is maintained by the Forgetters Paula and Bob, mind workers who remove faded memories and send them in the Memory Dump.

In the film

After Joy and Sadness get vacuumed out of Headquarters, they ended up landing here. In order to get back at Headquarters, they must start their journey by first traveling through Long Term Memory. According to Sadness, she says that you can easily get lost in Long Term Memory due to its colossal size and maze-like pathways.

Gallery

Joy and Sadness riding inside the Train of Thought

Riley's mind map (concept)

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Trivia

• The shelves of Long Term Memory curve and bend in order to evoke the shape of the folds and wrinkles ("gyri" and "sulci") in the brain.

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Media Films: Inside Out • Riley's First Date? Video Games: Inside Out: Thought Bubbles • Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition • Disney Crossy Road • Disney Emoji Blitz Books: The Art of Inside Out • The Bing Bong Book • Making Memories • Welcome to Headquarters • Journey into the Mind • The Essential Guide • Driven by Emotions • So Many Feelings: Riley's World Inside and Out • Inside My Mind: A Book About Me! • Joy's Journey • Meet The Emotions • Joy's Greatest Joy/Simply Sadness • Rainbow of Emotions • The Emotions' Survival Guide Music: Soundtrack Disney Parks Inside Out Headquarters • Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind • PLAY! • Pixar Pal-A-Round Entertainment: Pixar Playtime Pals Restaurants: Angry Dogs Parade: Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! Street Party • Pixar Play Parade Firework: Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular Spring: Disney Color-Fest: A Street Party! Summer: Pixar Water Play Street Party! Christmas: World of Color: Season of Light Characters Joy • Sadness • Anger • Disgust • Fear • The Emotions • Mrs. Andersen's Emotions • Mr. Andersen's Emotions • Bing Bong • Rainbow Unicorn • The Forgetters • Jangles the Clown • Riley Andersen • Mrs. Andersen • Mr. Andersen • Meg • Frank and Dave • Jordan • Fritz • Brazilian Helicopter Pilot • Gloom (deleted) Locations Emotion Headquarters • Long Term Memory • Imagination Land • Dream Productions • Abstract Thought • Personality Islands • Subconscious • Memory Dump • Minnesota • San Francisco • Riley's House Objects Memory Orbs • Core Memory Orbs • Train of Thought • Daydreams • Bottomless Bag • Rocket Wagon • Pixar Ball Songs Bundle of Joy • The Bing Bong Song • TripleDent Gum • Itoshi no Riley • Back in Black • Take My Breath Away See Also The Science Behind Pixar • Pixar in a Box