Mr. Andersen's Emotions are five emotions who appear in the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated feature film Inside Out and its 2024 sequel. Led by Anger, they operate the mind of Bill Andersen.
Appearances[]
Inside Out[]
Mr. Andersen's emotions are first seen at the dinner scene; during the argument between Riley and her parents, Mr. Andersen's Anger tells Fear to make up his own mind so that he would not have to "put the foot down", followed by Riley's father insulted by his daughter's cranky attitude. After Fear sees footage of the argument, he alerts Anger to plan a DEFCON Two alert, just as Riley's father continues discussing with his daughter about the attitude that irritated him. When Riley begins to yell at her father (as controlled by Riley's own Anger), Mr. Andersen's emotions then initiate the sequence. This causes Riley's father to scold his daughter for her attitude; Fear tells the other emotions that they were able to "put the foot down", just as the other emotions of Mr. Andersen's mind - Joy, Sadness, Disgust, and Anger celebrate altogether.
They aren't seen again until the end of the film, when Riley is at her hockey game. The emotions inside Riley's father see an image of Riley's mother wearing face painting. Fear happily reacts to the face painting that Mr. Andersen's wife is wearing, which Anger replies that it was a great idea, just before zooming in to Mrs. Andersen's emotions.
Riley's First Date?[]
When Mr. Andersen approaches Jordan, the emotions inside Mr. Andersen's mind begin to sound an alarm of them seeing him at the Andersen family's house. Later just as Riley's father is having a conversation with Jordan, Anger, Fear, and Sadness begin to argue about Jordan, thinking the boy is plotting to steal their daughter, which Anger decides to initiate the silent treatment.
Just as Fear receives no response, Anger orders the other emotions inside Mr. Andersen's mind to intimidate, only for Fear to report to him that the intimidation plan is failing. Anger impatiently then decides to continue the intimidation, planning to "give Jordan the boot", causing him to sound the alarms inside the mind. However, the intimidation plan was halted when Jordan replies to Riley's father that he plays in a band, just before a positive memory of him being a lead guitarist. Mr. Andersen and Jordan then play AC/DC, much to Riley's embarrassment. Later when Riley and Jordan depart, Fear inside Mr. Andersen's mind contacts Anger of what to do now. The emotions inside Mr. Andersen's mind are last seen celebrating altogether when Riley's mother and father both kiss each other.
Inside Out 2[]
At the end of the second film, after Riley returns from hockey camp and doesn't provide any details of what she did, inside Mr. Anderson's mind, Anxiety shows up and frantically asks his fellow emotions if they're simply going to accept Riley's answer after saying "She Goes Away for 3 DAYS, & ALL We Get Is 'GOOD'?!?!". Anger responded that they'll accept her response in stride before replaying a memory of a sports game.
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Trivia[]
- Mr. Andersen's Anger has better temperament than Riley's; when being strict with the daughter's attitude, he doesn't explode in flames. However, he does a small explosion when trying to handle the possibility she is dating, nearly kicking Jordan out.
- His interactions with Fear, unlike Riley's, are more professional, treating him with respect as his second-in-command.
- Mr Andersen's Anger is voiced by Pete Docter, the director of the first movie.
- In the movie, Anger and Fear are the only emotions of Mr. Andersen who speak, with Fear having the most dialogue. Mr. Andersen's Joy, Sadness, and Disgust speak for the first time in Riley's First Date?
- In Inside Out 2, similar to his wife, only Mr. Anderson's Anxiety emotion appears; the film's other new emotions did not appear.
- Mr. Andersen's Disgust was heavily feminized in the second film receiving rouged cheeks, long eyelashes, and heels. This might have happened because the animators might have re-used Riley's Disgust's model for Mr. Anderson's Disgust for the movie.
