- “Get out the rubber ball, we're in solitary confinement.”
- ―Anger commenting about the conditions of the new house
Riley's House is the second home of the Andersens in the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated feature film Inside Out and its 2024 sequel.
Background[]
When Riley's father gets a new job, the family ends up having to move all the way from Minnesota to San Francisco. Before Riley and her parents arrived at their new house, the Emotions tried to predict on what their future house will look like (like a house with a big slide, or a tree house, or a castle with a dragon, much to Anger's enjoyment). Unfortunately, when they arrive, their house turns out to be one of those condensed houses along an alleyway.
When Riley walks into the house, it also turns out that the house was extremely messy, like the last person who owned it never bothered cleaning the place or nobody had lived in the place for a long time prior to Riley and her parents moving in (or possibly even some combination of the two). There was even a dead mouse lying in the corner of one of the rooms.
The emotions then made Riley check her room, and it too was compressed. In fact, whenever a vehicle passed by at night, the house rattled loudly, scaring Riley.
Despite hating the new house upon arrival, Riley eventually warmed up to it when Sadness was in control of Riley, where she tearfully admits to her parents that she greatly misses her old life back in Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson understand how their daughter feels and admit that they miss their old lives back in Minnesota as well, but also assure her that they'll get through this (i.e., adjusting to their new lives in San Francisco) together and that everything will work out in the end. With Sadness being treated equally by her fellow emotions, Riley gradually embraces her new life in San Francisco and the house gradually gets better as well.
