The Andersens move to San Francisco and, suddenly, things aren't so hot for Riley.
Plot of the Story
On her first day of school, Sadness touches some of Riley's Minnesota memories. Inside Headquarters, Joy tries to get rid of the sad memory, Sadness tries to keep it, and they both get sucked up a tube and transplanted to Long-Term Memory, along with Riley's Core Memories, which got loose in the scuffle.
With Joy absent from the control panel, Riley won't be able experience happiness, so Joy needs to get back to HQ. In the meantime, Anger, Disgust, and Fear try to "do what Joy would do." The results are terrible.
Meanwhile, Joy and Sadness meet Bing Bong, Riley's old imaginary friend in Long-Term Memory. Joy, Sadness, and Bing Bong sneak into Dream Production Studios, and interrupt one of Riley's dreams.
Joy finds Sadness, and they make it back to Headquarters, where Joy gives the control panel over to Sadness, and Riley's Core Memories turn blue. Sadness jumpstarts the controls and unplugs Joy's idea of running away. Riley comes home and confesses to her parents that she misses Minnesota like crazy. They assure her that that's totally okay; in fact, they miss Minnesota, too.
Joy tries to take a recall tube back to Headquarters, but the ground in Long-Term Memory starts cracking and crumbling, too, and she and Bing Bong plunge into the Memory Dump.
Sadness has saved the day.
Fast forward a year into the future, Riley's life is all good again. At Headquarters, there's an expanded control panel to accommodate her increasingly complex emotions. Her personality islands have been restored, too; in fact, a few new ones have been added, like Boy Band Island. Fear hopes that one's just a phase.
