#jill andersen

[weirdkev27]

Riley: Mom, Dad, I really like Val.

Jill: Why not, dear, Val is a nice girl!

Riley: No mom, I mean I really like Val!

Bill: We heard you the first time, Monkey. You have a homosexual attraction to Val.

[doamarierose-honoka]

SUMMARY

Inside Out 2 delves into Anxiety and how Riley navigates adolescence with new emotions taking control.

Mom and Dad's emotions play a significant role in the movies, impacting Riley's understanding of her own emotions.

The Cool Girl, Bree, and Grace provide insight into the complexities of human emotions and relationships in Riley's world.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Inside Out 2.

Riley is the star of Pixar’s Inside Out franchise, but she’s not the only character whose mind and personified emotions are shown on-screen in the movies. The Inside Out movies have been praised for their deep understanding of the complexities of human psychology and emotional theory. The first film carried the poignant message that Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith, plays a positive role in a healthy emotional state and should be embraced, not avoided. Inside Out 2, on the other hand, gives audiences a roadmap for understanding and controlling Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke.

The focus of these movies is on Riley’s mind. Both films have explored the ways that her emotions have evolved as she’s gotten older. The first movie revolved around her early childhood and the sequel takes her through the messiness of adolescence. But Riley is just one of several characters whose emotions have been featured in the Inside Out franchise. The movies will occasionally dive into another character’s head if it’ll serve the story (or just serve a great gag). From Mom and Dad to Bree and Grace, various other characters’ emotions have been shown in the Inside Out films.

6: Cool Girl

At the end of the first Inside Out movie, Riley started at her new school in San Francisco and looked around for potential new friends. She felt intimidated by a cool girl – credited only as “Cool Girl” – who seemed confident and popular. The Cool Girl wears makeup and has her black hair dyed partly blue. This gag may have inspired a storyline in Inside Out 2, because the exact same thing (a streak of hair dye) made Riley nervous around popular high school hockey star Val Ortiz in the sequel.

When Riley first spots the Cool Girl, Disgust is particularly jealous of her fashion sense (because this was before Envy was an emotion of its own within Riley’s mind). During the closing credits of the first film, the camera swoops into the Cool Girl’s mind and reveals her emotions. These emotions look just like the Cool Girl, with the same eyeshadow look, the same coat, and the same dyed hair. The Cool Girl’s emotions are played by a cameoing Rashida Jones in a fun parallel with her Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler playing Riley’s Joy.

The Cool Girl’s emotions reveal that the character is deeply insecure. She believes she’s a “fraud” and her Sadness laments that being cool is “exhausting.” Her psyche is dominated by her Fear, who worries that she’ll lose her popularity among the other students. This is more than just a gag; it’s a poignant reminder that, deep down, everyone is vulnerable and insecure – no matter how outwardly cool they appear.

5: Bree Young

Bree is one of Riley’s best friends in Inside Out 2. Her emotions are seen when the girls are on their way to hockey camp. Riley mentions that it would be great if they all got to play on the same team together next year in high school, at which point Riley’s Disgust notices “a look” on Bree’s face. Riley’s Disgust plays back the instant replay and zooms in on Bree’s eyebrows, which made a slight move when Riley mentioned going to the same high school. She immediately deduces that Bree is hiding something.

The camera then swoops into Bree’s mind to show her own emotions worrying that Riley spotted their look. Bree’s Disgust notices “a look” on Riley’s face and does her own instant replay to show that Riley’s eyes narrowed after Bree’s eyebrows shifted. Bree’s Disgust deduces that Riley knows they’re hiding something. The standoff continues as Riley and Bree stare each other down and try not to reveal what they know about the other (which is futile when their respective Disgust emotions spot every little facial tic and analyze them in slow-motion).

4: Grace Hsieh

While Riley and Bree are analyzing each other’s looks, their other best friend Grace sits between them on the backseat, looking uncomfortable. Unable to deal with the awkwardness, Grace blurts out that she and Bree won’t be on the same team as Riley next year. Bree explains that she and Grace have been assigned to a different high school, so Riley will have to face high school alone. This unexpected change is what triggers the arrival of Anxiety in Riley’s mind. Although Grace’s emotions aren’t shown at the climax, her emotions are crucial to the resolution of the film’s conflict.

In the climactic sequence of Inside Out 2, Riley’s Anxiety gets the better of her and, in her determination to woo Coach Roberts at the hockey game, she accidentally injures Grace and gets sent to the penalty box. There, she suffers from a panic attack as her Anxiety becomes a flustered whirlwind at the controls. Despite the injury, Grace’s emotions encourage her to come over and see if Riley is okay, which helps her overcome the anxiety attack and regain her sense of self. Grace’s emotions are the unsung heroes of Inside Out 2.

3: Mom(Jill Andersen)

Riley’s mom’s emotions have been featured in both Inside Out movies. In the first movie, Sadness is shown to be Mom’s dominant emotion (in the same way that Joy is Riley’s dominant emotion). This could be seen as a dark revelation about Mom’s emotional state, or it could just be seen as foreshadowing for the movie’s ending. By the end of the film, Riley will embrace Sadness and understand its positive role. Riley’s mom’s mind shows that she already came to that realization. In the sequel, Mom’s Anger – voiced by Girls5eva’s Paula Pell – is shown to be her dominant emotion.

Mom’s Anger has plenty of wry one-liners about Riley’s teen angst and her refusal to open up. When the Inside Out sequel was confirmed to introduce new emotions into Riley’s mind, eagle-eyed viewers were quick to point out that Riley’s adult parents didn’t have any extra emotions. The sequel includes a nod to this supposed plot hole when Riley comes back from camp and refuses to go into any detail about how it went. Mom’s Anxiety comes into the Headquarters from the back of her mind to worry about Riley, and the other emotions say, “Welcome back, Anxiety.”

2: Dad(Bill Andersen)

Riley’s dad’s emotions have also been featured in both Inside Out movies. Like many dads, Riley’s dad’s emotions are dominated by Anger. The movie has made plenty of references to the fact that men are a lot less in touch with their emotions than women. Riley’s dad’s emotions are shown to be complacent and ignorant. In the first film’s dinner scene, when Mom tries to engage Dad in a meaningful conversation about Riley’s emotions, his emotions are kicking back and watching a game. They suddenly have to perk up and pretend they were paying attention.

At the end of Inside Out 2, when Riley tells her parents that hockey camp was “good” without elaborating any further, her mom’s emotions freak out. They worry that there’s something their daughter didn’t tell them, or that something bad happened and she doesn’t want to talk about it. But Riley’s dad’s emotions are way more chill about the whole thing. One of them initially panics that she just said camp was “good,” but then all the other emotions concur, “Yeah, that sounds about right,” before going back to idly watching the game.

1: Riley Andersen

Of course, the character whose emotions are the most important in the Inside Out universe – and the character that the entire saga revolves around – is Riley. In the first movie, Riley’s mind was controlled by five key emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust. The conflict of the film kicks off when Joy and Sadness are whisked away from Headquarters, leaving Anger, Fear, and Disgust in charge at a crucial point in Riley’s life. As she tries to adjust to a huge change, Riley doesn’t have her Joy or Sadness to help her through it.

Throughout the movie, Joy and Sadness go on an incredible adventure to get back to Headquarters. By the time they get there, Joy has come to appreciate the positive role that Sadness plays. While Riley is missing her old home and the friends she left behind, Sadness could really help her. When they return to Headquarters, Joy hands all of Riley’s core memories to Sadness, so she can color those memories with melancholy and allow Riley to process her sadness in a healthy way.

Then, in Inside Out 2, when Riley turns 13, four new emotions arrive in Headquarters to wrestle the steering wheel away from Joy: Envy, Ennui, Embarrassment, and the loudest of all the new emotions, Anxiety. After Joy challenges Anxiety’s newfound leadership, Anxiety has Riley’s five original emotions literally bottled up and locked away in a vault. Anxiety would then spend the rest of the movie ostensibly trying to help Riley with the most destructive ideas imaginable. By the end of the sequel, Riley has managed to wrap her head around Anxiety and control its negative effects.

Inside Out is a different kind of Pixar franchise. Previous Pixar movies had used talking toys, friendly monsters, anxious fish, and suburban superheroes as metaphors to explore touching themes and storylines. But in Inside Out, the metaphors are the story. It was a risky endeavor, but Pixar has now pulled off the impressive feat of literal emotional storytelling twice.

[rain1940]

Distracted Jill

(Commission)

[iamdraculina]

You are not gross, honey, you're just changing. - Mrs. Andersen Inspired by Jill Andersen / Mrs. Andersen from Inside Out 2

[everyhornyframeinnoorder]

[jdcuneganbooks]

Endgame is near. David Gregor has upped the stakes by subjecting himself to the same cybernetic procedure that eventually turned Jill into Bounty. It’s become clear that Gregor will never face traditional justice, throwing everything Jill thought she knew into question. Emboldened by his newfound physical prowess, Gregor raises the bar yet again. Mourning her father for a second time, Jill becomes further isolated from those closest to her – including her partner and best friend. Obsession takes hold, even as her native Baltimore once again becomes a backdrop for the epidemic of police violence. An epidemic Mitch is determined to snuff out once and for all. But it’s clear what Jill has to do. There’s only one way to dispatch of David Gregor once and for all, and she finally understands that. There will be no jail cell. No courtroom. But can Jill bring herself to do it? What does it say about her if the answer’s yes? One thing’s for sure: nothing will ever be the same. Bitter End, the gripping, hard-hitting sixth novel in the Jill Andersen mystery series (Bounty, Blood Ties, Behind the Badge, Behind the Mask, Betrayal), gives readers yet another taste of author J.D. Cunegan’s comic book-inspired brand of fast-paced prose, with chapters that fly by and plot twists that will leave readers guessing and waiting for more.

BITTER END will release on Friday, April 28 — National Superhero Day!

Pre-order your copy here! Paperback also available on release day.

Click here to access an advance review copy (ARC).

[ordinaryschmuck]

Riley: Thanks for the dating advice Mom.

Jill: Anytime sweetie. I'm happy to help. Even if I have to...adjust some.

Riley: Well, it's not like YOU ever dated a girl.

Jill:....Right.

In her head, a memory orb is pulled up, recalling a memory of her in a bar with a woman who looked suspiciously like Helen Parr.

Jill's Anger: WHO BROUGHT UP THIS MEMORY?!

Jill's Nostalgia: Aw, she's so sweet...

Jill's Emotions: NOSTALGIA!

[devinwashakie41]

Inside Out 2 (2024) Jill Andersen Render

[prognostik-a2]

just finished and watched all of andersen’s resident evil films so that you don’t have to

[chasing-the-chase-tonight]

Maybe she shouldn't be listening to Rammstein. Nor should the emotions.

I was originally gonna make a post with Riley, Joy, Sadness, and Disgust after they saw Inside Out 2, but I decided to put it on hold. So I decided to do this. It was an excuse for me to make more chara-cards of the rest of the Inside Out emotions in my style. And, oh yeah, this is the first ever appearance of Jill Andersen.

[doamarierose-honoka]

Pixar - Inside Out 2 | Father’s Day

[retrosofa]

Let's jump into some trivia for Cutie Honey episode 12: A Red Pearl is Forever.

Screenwriter: Susumu Takaku

Art Director: Eiji Ito

Animation Director: Shingo Araki

Director: Hiroshi Shidara

The creative team behind Cutie Honey sure love James Bond. The title of this episode is a spoof of the 1971 film Diamonds are Forever.

This episode originally aired on January 30th, 1973 but was later shown in theaters as part of the Toei Manga Matsuri on March 16th, 1974. Also known as the Toei Animation Festival, this was a film festival created by Toei Animation to showcase some of their popular series during seasonal breaks in the school year. The festival not only included original films but “theatrical versions” of selected episodes from their popular series as well. 

The line-up for the Spring 1974 festival featured: 

Yaemon The Locomotive

Eye-Popping 3-D Movie: Inazuman 

Kamen Rider X (Theatrical version of episode 3) 

Mazinger Z vs. Dr. Hell (Theatrical version of episode 57) 

Limit Miracle Girl (Theatrical version of episode 5)

Cutie Honey (Theatrical version of episode 12)

Reportedly the theatrical version of episode 12 was going to be included as an extra for the original Cutie Honey Premium DVD-Box but the proper materials couldn’t be sourced. The "theatrical version" would've had the episode cropped for widescreen viewing and probably would've omitted the title card and next episode preview.

This episode marked the first collaboration between director Hiroshi Shidara and animator Shingo Araki. Reportedly, both men were set to handle the last episode of Cutie Honey but were too busy at the time working on Toei’s next magical girl series: Little Witch Megu. 

Shidara and Araki had such a fondness for Honey, they included her in Megu’s 27th episode, “The Curse of Scorpio.” The episode opens with Megu watching Misty Honey performing the Cutie Honey theme on TV. In that same episode, Non is seen wearing Hurricane Honey’s helmet.

Araki had previously included Seiji in the first episode of Megu, where he can be seen among a group of angry men. Araki would later include cameo appearances of both Seiji and Honey in UFO Robo Grendizer episode 50. That episode also featured characters from several previous Toei Animation series: Babel II, Devilman, and Getter Robo. 

The haunting siren’s song heard throughout the episode is taken from Kosuke Onozaki’s musical score for the 1969 Toei Animation film, Flying Phantom Ship.

For some reason Seiji’s car has two different license plates. One says “Shinagawa 5132” while the other reads “Shinagawa Maichi 300F.”

Despite her name appearing in the opening credits, Noriko Watanabe does not voice Sister Jill in this episode. Haruko Kitahama fills in for her.

The mermaids in this episode are Malala (マララ) and Tylulu (チルル). Their names most likely come from Mitsuru Yokohama's manga, Chibikko Tenshi. The main characters of that manga were two angels named Malulu (マルル) and Tylulu (チルル). And those two characters probably got their names from Blue Bird, a play about two siblings, Mytyl (ミチル) and Tyltyl (チルチル).

Special thanks to ehoba.

Sea Panther was originally designed by Ken Ishikawa, who most likely drew inspiration of the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Her finalized design was done by Shingo Araki.

Sea Panther was voiced by Haruko Kitahama, who previously voiced other Panther Claw minions. Amusingly, Kitahama would go on to voice the Sea Witch and one of the older mermaid sisters in Toei Animation’s 1975 film, Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. 

Sea Panther is referred to as an “android”, though this is technically incorrect. An android is a mobile robot that is made to look like a human. For example, Honey is an android. She’s completely mechanical but looks like a human girl.

Since Sea Panther was originally a flesh and blood mermaid, she’s actually more of a cyborg, which is “a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device.” However, since she was originally a mermaid and not human, I suppose the term “cyborg” is dubious. 

The other agents of Panther Claw (aside from Zora and Jill) are also referred to as “androids” in the anime, although it’s unclear if they’re fully mechanical or not. In the original Cutie Honey manga by Go Nagai, he makes it a point to mention the members of Panther Claw are in fact cyborgs not androids. It could be that the anime producers got their sci-fi terminology mixed up.

The music that plays during the closing scene is Auld Lang Syne, a song typically played or sung during New Years Eve. It was probably included due to the fact this episode originally aired on December 29th, 1973.

That's all for episode 12!

[redheadgleek]

May book round up

I swore I read more than this, but I started a half dozen books and didn't finish them, so that's probably contributed to the feeling. 

Fangs by Sarah Andersen - a cute little collection of comics about a vampire and her werewolf boyfriend. 

Tom Lake by Ann Pratchett (audiobook). The audiobook was read by Meryl Streep, so it sounded like a one woman play. And made me want to go pick cherries. 

Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana. It was such a debut book. She needed tighter editing, somebody to help her with all of the dangling plots. There's supposed to be a sequel (definitely ended on a cliffhanger), but I'm not sure I'll be picking it up. 

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun. So much better than Kiss Her Once for Me. I love me a good road-trip self-discovery story and this was just the escape that I needed.

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Really enjoyed this look at what William Shakespeare's domestic life might have looked like. I loved that while he was a character in the story, he was never referred to by name. 

Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar. I'll admit to watching the train wreck that was the Duggar reality series occasionally. This was a fast read and it was great seeing her stand up for herself more. But so many of her emotions remained on the surface level, and she never quite got to the level of deconstruction that I was hoping for.

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (audiobook). MIKI was the bestest and Murderbot is starting to recognize its feelings. Very much enjoying this series. 

Night by Elie Wiesel. Always hard to rate autobiographies, particularly ones dealing with atrocities, but his writing was haunting. 

What I'm currently reading or my collection of neglected books:

I've made it about halfway through The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence and I am still struggling to engage with it. It's due back at the library, but my hold for the ebook version should be available soon, so I guess I'll decide whether I'll finish it. 

I read a couple of chapters of The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese - it just seemed like heavier of a book than I wanted to read right now. 

I started reading a couple of modern Jane Austen retellings by Nikki Payne (Pride and Protest and Sex, Lies, and Sensibility) and both of them start out with so much heavy-handed exposition, that I put them back down, but I'm intrigued enough about the plot that I may go back.

I also tried reading Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig, a queer Romeo and Juliet retelling, but I also couldn't get into it. 

I started The Will of the Many by James Islington tonight because it's also due back at the library and I've had friends rave recently about it and I think I might try making more of a dent on it tomorrow.

If you've read any of these and have suggestions about which ones I should continue, let me know!

[punkeropercyjackson]

Andersen parents hcs? (BTW their names are Jillian "Jill" and William "Bill" Andersen)

Sure!!!

T4T couple

Childhood best friends to lovers

Bill's favorite food is potato salad

And Jill's is steak fries!!!

[variantia]

BELLUM. no you don't understand !! the absolute fucking miscommunication when the League finds out why Riley ISN'T GOING HOME despite having HER MOTHER'S CREDIT CARD and her parents CALLING AND TEXTING HER and several very real means to FIND A WAY BACK TO CALIFORNIA

she will have a breakdown and talk to each one of them abt it

she will tell them "I'm scared to go home cuz my parents will be mad at me for running away and for not being their happy girl"

and bc of their own experiences, most of them will take that as her parents being absolutely awful people who WOULD be angry with their daughter for having trouble adjusting to a new place and having emotional problems

but that ! could not be further from the truth ! Bill and Jill Andersen are wonderful parents who love Riley and they wouldn't be mad at her, obviously ; they're just WORRIED about her bc running away like that, stealing Jill's credit card, not picking up her phone or responding to texts ... that's not like her. their little girl has disappeared and they can't reach nor find her and they aren't going to be mad, they just want her back

it's Riley's own fear and anger and insecurities that have taken root in her mind. she is TERRIFIED of going home bc she knows she's made bad decisions, and she doesn't want her parents to be mad at or disappointed in her, because SHE'S MAD AT AND DISAPPOINTED IN HERSELF. so she thinks they will be too.

but ... most of the League have had issues with their families in one way or another. they aren't going to hear "I'm scared even though I know my parents are just worried, because I'm a kid who hasn't fully developed critical thinking skills yet", they are going to hear "I'm scared for good reason because I know from experience that my parents will be mad"

and they're not gonna want to let her go. bc they want to protect Riley, and UNTIL Bill and Jill show up and they can see for themselves that these are loving parents who just want their baby back ... they're probably all gonna think Riley is running from her parents rather than her emotions.

big, big oof.