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So that's how you want to play it old man, no dessert? Oh sure, we'll eat our dinner, right after you eat this!
―Anger getting mad when Riley's dad says they can't have dessert.

Congratulations San Francisco, you've ruined pizza! First the Hawaiians, and now you.
―Anger's thoughts on broccoli pizza.

"DID I ASK FOR THE GUM COMMERCIAL?!"
―Anger's reaction to the gum commercial.

Anger is one of the four tritagonists (alongside Fear, Disgust, and Bing Bong) of the Disney/Pixar film Inside Out. He is one of the five emotions inside the mind of Riley Andersen.

Background[]

Official Description[]

Anger feels very passionately about making sure things are fair for Riley. He has a fiery spirit and tends to explode (literally) when things don't go as planned. He is quick to overreact and has little patience for life's imperfections.

Personality[]

Anger is very serious, temperamental, sarcastic, strict, wrathful and somewhat antagonistic, very closed when expressing sadness or happiness, bitter and hoarse. As Joy explains it, he really cares that things are fair, and is opposite from Fear, just as Joy is opposite from Sadness. Despite his role in setting things right, he sometimes acts impulsively and does things his own way, just like Joy did.

When Riley turned 11, Anger, Fear and Disgust prevailed more in her mind, making Joy try to keep things positive with her coworkers, so that the day goes well as in the past, but in vain. After Joy and Sadness were expelled from the Headquarters, Anger took control of the console, causing four of Riley's five Personality Islands to collapse (the Goofball Island collapsed when Riley's father tried to cheer her up).

Because of his impulsive behavior and explosive lack of control at all, Anger was responsible for driving Riley into depression, because when Riley tried to run away from home because of an idea that Anger came up with (although that idea would only empower Gloom more), Riley's mental health worsened, and the Islands of Honesty and Family fell apart. However, Anger also cares about Riley and wants the best for her, and so he, Disgust, and Fear try to get the idea bulb out of her, but none of them can successfully get the bulb out. Finally, Sadness manages to get the idea of fleeing to Minnesota, and together with Joy, they create a new mixed Core Memory.

Appereances[]

Inside Out[]

Anger is one of the many emotions controlling Riley Andersen's mind. He lives in her brain and works with the other emotions. When the leader, Joy and another emotion, Sadness, literally get lost in Riley's mind, he and the others have to keep Riley's head on straight until they get home. Next to Joy, he may be the most abrasive to Sadness.

Anger is introduced when Mr. Andersen tells a young Riley she can't have dessert if she doesn't eat her broccoli. He is enraged but calms down when Riley's dad says the broccoli is an airplane. When Riley and her family move to San Francisco, Anger, along with the other emotions, is disappointed when he sees their new home and creates some negative memories. He lightens up when Joy starts coming up with ideas on how to decorate the place, but is infuriated when they find out the moving van with all of their belongings hasn't arrived yet.

When Riley's dad leaves for work, Joy suggests that they get pizza. Upon realizing there's broccoli on the pizza, Anger has a small outburst and claims that San Francisco has ruined pizza, much like the Hawaiians. When Sadness starts touching the memories Anger is worried. On the first day of school, Anger is skeptical (as always). Things seem to be going swell until Sadness touches a memory once again, much to Anger's annoyance. The emotions start to panic and Anger attempts to help Joy get rid of the sad memory, but to no avail. Unfortunately, Sadness and Joy get sucked away along with the core memories, and Anger asks if he's allowed to say "that curse word" now.

While Joy and Sadness are on their way back to the Headquarters, Fear, Disgust and Anger try to fix everything. They try tampering with the core memories and replicating Joy's behavior, but they find themselves unable to make her happy. And to make things worse, they can't seem to get rid of the notoriously catchy TripleDent Gum tune. When Riley discovers that her friend Meg has replaced her on the hockey team, Anger causes her to feel betrayed and stop talking to Meg.

Sooner or later Anger has an self-proclaimed brilliant idea; since Riley's happy core memories were from Minnesota, Anger suggests that she should run away and return to her original home. Disgust and Fear are not great fans of this plan, but Anger doesn't budge. Fear suggests that Riley should go to sleep, but when she wakes up because of a nightmare, Anger takes matters into his own hands and goes through with his plan. Fear asks if he's serious about this, and he coldly implies that it's the only way to make Riley happy.

They soon grasp that Riley simply can't afford to get back to Minnesota, so the scheming Anger makes Riley steal her mother's credit card, leading to the destruction of Honesty Island. On their way to the bus, Anger realizes that he's destroying Riley's mind and finally snaps out of his determination and exclaims this is madness. He tries to stop Riley, but she cannot be controlled. The 3 emotions panic, but Joy and Sadness show up to save them. However, a thick window separates them from each other, and Anger desperately tries to break it using brute strength. When this fails, Disgust has an idea and starts insulting his intelligence. Anger is aggravated and his head goes up in a huge flame which Disgust uses as a blowtorch to help Joy and Sadness climb through the window.

Anger anxiously explains everything to Joy, but to everyone's surprise, she simply tells Sadness to take control of Riley. Sadness uses the remaining functional button to let Riley know that sometimes you need sadness to cope with difficult situations. Armed with this knowledge, Riley runs back to her parents to talk about her issues. Anger is impressed by this and presumably learns to accept Sadness as an important emotion. As Riley grows up, new core memories and personality islands are created (namely a section of Friendship Island called "The Friendly Argument Session", which Anger is very happy about), and with the updated console Anger has access to the entire curse word library. Anger gleefully yells: "This console is the -" before being interrupted by a loud beeping noise as a result of Fear toying with the new buttons. During a hockey match, Anger admits mom and dad are pretty cool.

Anger, along with the other emotions, continues to help Riley as she grows up.

Riley's First Date?[]

Anger returns to the short along with the other emotions. She is first seen giving an embarrassed (and generally annoyed) look at her friends when Mrs. Andersen uses modern slang to try to relate to Riley. Later, he demands that she stop talking like that, which becomes her only line in the short.

Inside Out 2[]

Anger will return along with the other emotions for the sequel.

Gallery[]

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Trivia[]

  • According to Pete Docter, his appearance is based on a fire brick.
  • When Anger gets infuriated enough, flames come out of his head.
  • In attempts to serve his purpose Anger caused several issues:
    • Riley almost ran away because of his idea to get new core memories.
    • With the exception of Goofball, almost all the other Islands of Personality were destroyed because of his actions on the console.
    • This also indirectly led to Bing Bong's demise.
    • He was most prominent in causing the rift between Riley and her parents. When he destroyed Honesty Island, he indirectly impeded Joy and Sadness returning to Headquarters.
  • Before Anxiety is introduced, Anger was notably the only Emotion that never has a visible nose.
  • Anger claimed that before this pizzeria in San Francisco served broccoli pizza, the Hawaiians ruined pizza by inventing the Hawaiian pizza, despite it being invented in Canada.
  • During a stage where the Emotions all had human names, Anger was originally named Ira, short for Irate, as well as Latin and Italian for wrath.
  • Anger, like the other emotions, has different names depending on which language people are watching, playing or reading in. For example, Anger is called Kiukku in the Finnish dub or Wut in Deutsch.
  • Anger is the lead emotion in Riley's dad.
  • A lot of Anger's mannerisms are derived from Lewis Black's stand-up persona, including the way he is dressed and his use of the pointer finger to emphasize his point, and his rants.


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Media
Films: Inside Out (video/soundtrack) • Inside Out 2

Television series: Untitled Inside Out series
Shorts: Riley's First Date?
Video Games: Inside Out: Thought BubblesDisney Infinity: 3.0 EditionDisney Crossy RoadDisney Emoji BlitzLEGO The IncrediblesDisney Heroes: Battle ModeDisney MirrorverseDisney Magic Kingdoms
Books: The Art of Inside Out

Disney Parks
The AnnexInside Out HeadquartersInside Out Emotional WhirlwindPLAY!Pixar Pal-A-Round

Entertainment: Pixar Playtime Pals
Restaurants: Angry Dogs
Shops: Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff
Parades: Dreams.... And Shine Brighter!Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! Street PartyPixar Play Parade
Fireworks: Disney EnchantmentDisney in the StarsHappily Ever AfterIlluminate! A Nighttime CelebrationMomentousTogether Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular
Spring: Disney Color-Fest: A Street Party!
Summer: Pixar Water Play Street Party!
Christmas: World of Color: Season of Light

Characters
Inside Out: The Emotions (JoySadnessAngerDisgustFear) • Mrs. Andersen's EmotionsMr. Andersen's EmotionsBing BongRainbow UnicornThe ForgettersJangles the ClownRiley AndersenMrs. AndersenMr. AndersenMegFrank and DaveJordanFritz Brazilian Helicopter Pilot

Inside Out 2: AnxietyEmbarrassmentEnnuiEnvy
Deleted characters: Gloom

Locations
Emotion HeadquartersLong Term MemoryImagination LandDream ProductionsAbstract ThoughtPersonality IslandsSubconsciousMemory DumpMinnesotaSan FranciscoRiley's House
Objects
Memory OrbsCore Memory OrbsTrain of ThoughtDaydreamsBottomless BagRocket WagonPixar BallA113Pizza Planet Truck
Songs
Bundle of JoyThe Bing Bong SongTripleDent GumItoshi no RileyBack in BlackTake My Breath Away
See Also
The Science Behind PixarPixar in a BoxInside Out: Joyful Sweets
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