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“Joy : Hey, that was a good idea. About scaring Riley awake.
You’re not so bad. Sadness : Really?
Joy : Nice work.
Joy turns to sit on a crate inside the train.” p.102 Then this situation goes on when finally they get in the Headquarters. In
that moment Joy asks Sadness to lead Rilley’s emotion but Sadness is not sure about it, then Joy makes her sure that she can do it.
“Disgust: Joy, you’ve got to fix this. Get up there. Joy
: Sadness, it’s up to you. Sadness : Me?
Joy pushes Sadness towards the console. AngerFearDisgust : Sadness??
Sadness : I can’t, Joy. Joy
: Yes you can. Riley needs you. Sadness looks at Joy. Really? Joy nods.” pp.120-121
Having those characterizations which already mentioned above can be concluded that Joy is also a light-hearted character. From energetic,
optimistic, hardworking, and also supportive make her a perfect light- hearted character which never been seen in a desperation. Joy has solving
problems as character in Inside Out film with positively think that everything will be okay and do things without whining.
2. The Description of Sadness
Sadness is also an emotion of preteen girl, Rilley, who also becomes the central character in Inside Out film. She becomes the central character because
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character who has different side at the end of the film. At first, even Joy states that she does not understand the existing purpose of Sadness p.6. Then
everything comes in conclusion that Sadness is actually also an important emotion for Rilley. As Joy predicts, Rilley gets sad and cries when she missed
the winning shot but her parents and friend comfort her so she can be happy again. At that moment, Joy realizes the importance of Sadness p.109. Sadness
has several direct means which also can be seen from her physical appearances. Sadness is a character which being portrayed as a short chubby girl who has blue
silky hair, blue colored skin, teardrop-like shape of body, with big round glasses and woolly sweater.
Sadness physical appearances also have meaning on it. Start from her blue hair and blue skin which in American culture blue is a color of sadness or
depression. A gastreontologist, Peter Whorwell from University Hospital Sout Manchester says that by using the Manchester Color Wheel, between blue and
yellow, most people with anxiety like to chose blue as a mood color. A little bit darker blue is a favorite color for people who are feeling sad and depressed
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having a melancholy personality p. 93. From the information above, the researcher conclude that Sadness’ blue skin color tells that she is a depression
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Sadness’ woolly sweater shows that she is a less-confident character. Albert Lazano, as Character Art Director of Inside Out film, explains that actually he
tries to portray Sadness with pajamas like most of people who like to stay in pajamas a whole day when they are sad access on Spetember 27
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shows that Sadness is also a clumsy character. When a person is wrap in pajamas they tend to slow things down. They do not like things with will cause to much
interactive. This condition can be seen from the screenplay when Bing Bong, Joy, and Sadness arrived in the lava daydream. The place where the couch cushions is
floating around over a lava and they have to jump to walk pass through it. In that place, Sadness complains with the fact that she has to be so interactive p.75.
Then, the next thing which portray Sadness personality is her big round glasses. This big glasses shows that she is a nerd with wide knowledge of
Headquarters and everything around it. In that condition, the big glasses must be the cause from the reading habit. The screenplay also mentions that Sadness
reads about the Long-Term Memory labyrinth which giving her and Joy clue to get out from the labyrinth p.56. she also understand how the abstract mind
works when Bing Bong try to show shortcut to get to the train of thoughts pp.71-73.
After all the direct meanings of Sadness have been elaborated, it can be concluded that Sadness is a depressed, clumsy, but a smart character. Then the
