[Joy and Sadness meet the Memory Workers, who are in charge of dumping out memory orbs that are faded into the Memory Dump.]
Hey! Bring those back!
WP Worker Paula
They're in the dump. Nothing comes back from the dump.
WB Worker Bobby
Yeah. Look, lady, this is our job, okay?
WP Worker Paula
When Riley doesn't care about a memory, it fades.
WP Worker Paula
Happens to the best of them.
WB Worker Bobby
[grabs a happy memory]
Yeah, except for this bad boy. This one will never fade. [the aforementioned memory contains the annoying TripleDent Gum jingle]
S Singers
TripleDent Gum will make you smile...
[shocked]
The song from the gum commercial?
WB Worker Bobby
You know, sometimes we send that one up to Headquarters for no reason!
WP Worker Paula
It just plays in Riley's head over and over again, like a million times! [Joy is visibly annoyed at this]
WB Worker Bobby
Let's watch it again! [he rewinds the memory, and the Memory Workers sing along to the jingle] TripleDent Gum will make you smile...
Yeah, I know. We all know the song. OK, yeah, real catchy, OK.
WB Worker Bobby
Hey, what do you think? Should we do it?
WB Worker Bobby
[he shoves the memory orb into the shelf and shoots it up a pipe to Headquarters.]
Okay, here we go!
S Singers
[Fear is drinking coffee, Disgust is doing her nails and Anger is reading a newspaper with the headline reading "GOLDEN STATE BLUE MOOD" in HQ. The jingle pops up.]
TripleDent Gum will make you smile...
[looks up]
What the...? THIS AGAIN!?
[to the workers, who are walking away singing]
Wait! Do you know how to get to Friendship Island?!
[while using a laptop to talk to Meg]
TripleDent Gum...
M Meg
You like it there. Do you feel any Earthquake. It’s the bridges cool.
Yeah, it’s good. What happened with the playoff.
M Meg
We’re on the first game. Coach says we might actually go to the finals this year. Oh, and we’ve got this new girl on the team. She’s so cool.
Uh, she did not just say that.
A new girl?! Meg has a new friend already?
[Anger growls]
Hey, hey, stay happy. We do not want to lose any more Islands here guys.
M Meg
We can pass the puck to each other without even looking. It’s like mind reading.
You like to read minds, Meg?! I’ve got something for you to read, right here! [grabbing the controls]
No, no, no. What are you doing?
Wait, wait, wait! Let’s just be calm for one second…!
M Meg
[Anger grabs Fear by the nose and then throws him out of the console, then pulls the levers on the console as his head catches fire while screaming angrily]
I heard they have parrots living in-
[angrily]
I gotta go! [closes her laptop]
Okay, could you please just please tell me which way is... Oh, no! Friendship Island! What! Oh, not Friendship.
Oh, Riley loved that one. And now it’s gone.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this day an "F".
[throws down a copy of "The Mind Reader" with the headline, "Riley Quits Hockey!"]
Well, why don't we quit standing around and do something? [kicks a chair]
[walking towards the recall tube with a suitcase]
Like quitting! That’s what I’m doing. Sure, it’s the coward’s way out, but this coward’s gonna survive! [the tube closes around him, but he clogs it up and the massive amount of memory orbs force it open and he lands back down on the floor]
Emotions can’t quit, genius! [Fear has accidentally swallowed a disgusting memory and spits it up, making Disgust recoil] Ugh! I thought we were supposed to be keeping Riley happy!
Wait a minute! Wait a minute! [runs over to the idea shelves] Ah-ha! [he grabs a bulb, and laughs]
Oh, nothing. Just the best idea ever.
All the good Core Memories were made in Minnesota. Ergo, we go back to Minnesota and make more. Ta-da!
Wait, wait, wait. You’re saying we... run away?
Well, I wouldn’t call it that. I’d call it the “Happy Core Memory Development Program”.
Hey! Our life was perfect, until Mom and Dad decided to move us to San Fran-Stink-Town!
But-but-but I mean, it’s just so drastic!
Need I remind you how great things were there? Our room, our backyard, our friends. [recalls a happy memory, but instead it plays the annoying gum commercial]
S Singers
TripleDent Gum will make you smile...
'Anger: DID I ASK FOR THE GUM COMMERCIAL?![shuts off the jingle] Anyway, it was better, that’s my point.
Yeah. Riley was happier in Minnesota.
Wait, hold on. Shouldn’t we sleep on this or something?
Fine, let’s sleep on it. Because hey, I’m sure jolly, fun-filled times are just around the corner!
[walking into Headquarters, sleepy along with Anger thanks to Riley waking up from a nightmare]
What is going on?
[curled up in a fetal position under the control panel]
We were at school, and we were naked, and there was a dog, and his back half was chasing him, and then we saw Bing Bong...!
You idiot! It was a dream! This is ridiculous! [stomps toward the idea shelves] We can't even get a good night's sleep anymore. [picks up the idea bulb that he had planned to use] Time to take action. Stupid mom and dad. If they hadn't moved us, none of this would've happened. Who's with me? [glances over to Fear]
[stammers a bit]
No, no, no, no, no.
[Anger brings the bulb to Disgust]
Yeah. Let's do it.
[Anger installs the bulb, which lights up. Riley's eyes light up as well with the idea, then she picks up her laptop. The bulb sinks all the way into the console.]
She took it. There's no turning back.
So how are we going to get to Minnesota from here?
[sarcastically]
Well, why don't we go down to the elephant lot and rent an elephant?
Hey, that sounds (kinda) nice.
WE'RE TAKING THE BUS, NITWIT! [Fear winces and dives behind Disgust; Riley is now on a city bus website on her laptop] There's a bus leaving tomorrow. Perfect!
A ticket costs money. How do we get money?
[gasps in shock]
You wouldn't.
[smugly]
Oh, but I would. Where was it we saw it last? [recalls a memory, only for the umpteenth time it plays the gum commercial...]
S Singers
TripleDent Gum...
NO! [shuts off the jingle] It's downstairs somewhere. Mom and Dad got us into this mess. They can pay to get us out.
