Paul is the protagonist of the 2016 Disney animated short, Inner Workings. His brain wants him to have a pragmatic personality, but his heart wants him to have a spontaneous personality. During the short film, he is unsure whether to follow his brain or his heart.
Role in the short film
Throughout the short, Paul his two sides of personality: his pragmatic brain and his spontaneous heart. He leaves his house to go to work, but becomes distracted upon seeing a couple eating pancakes at a café, so he becomes unsure of what to do. After passing through a sunglasses vendor on his way to work, Paul's heart and brain have an argument.
As Paul goes to his office, he does not feel like going in sync with the other colleagues and even feels more miserable, despite his brain prompting him to continue working. However, his brain even feels more miserable just like one of the colleagues sitting next to him. Paul's brain and heart suddenly get along during lunchtime as he decides to become more spontaneous in the things he did not want to do at first such as eating café breakfast, trying in a pair of sunglasses from the vendor, and getting into the water, making him relieved.
Feeling satisfied, Paul goes back to his office and feels the rhythm by typing on his keyboard where he and the other colleagues dance together, along with the three senior members he met outside his office.
Trivia
- Paul's design bears a very similar appearance to younger version of Carl Fredricksen from Up.
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