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Inside Out names for everything in the mind: the film emotions from Joy to Nostalgia, new one-word feelings such as Wonder and Relief, mixed feelings such as Brave but Shaky, plus islands, lands, imaginary friends, dream titles and mind-worker jobs such as Skateboard Island and Earworm DJ.

About Inside Out names

In Inside Out every emotion is simply called by its feeling: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust, then Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, Embarrassment and Nostalgia. The rest of the mind is named like a small company town, with Headquarters, Goofball Island, Imagination Land, Dream Productions, the Train of Thought and the Memory Dump, and its residents get toy-box names such as Bing Bong, Bloofy and Pouchy.

The canon of the two films is short, so the canon part of this list is short too: about sixty names, counting the emotions, Riley Andersen and the people around her, mind workers and places. They are names only and not a full cast list.

Everything else is new, written the way the films name things and not taken from them. New emotions are everyday feelings a child could have, given as one word (Wonder, Relief, Boredom, Homesickness) or as a common phrase (Stage Fright, Cold Feet). Mixed feelings come as pairs, such as Brave but Shaky and Proud and Homesick. The mind's geography fills the rest: Islands of Personality on the pattern of Skateboard Island, lands and departments such as Procrastination Station, imaginary friends and half-forgotten cartoon characters, dream film titles, and job names for mind workers such as Earworm DJ.

How to choose Inside Out names

  • A new emotion works best as the plain word for the feeling, with no nickname: Relief, Pride, Curiosity. When the word already names the feeling, the character designs itself.
  • No feeling on this list is a bad one to have. When you write Grudge or Boredom as a character, give it a job the mind needs.
  • For an Island of Personality, name the thing a person would say about themselves in one breath: a hobby, a role in the family or a phase, as in Bookworm Island, Big Sister Island and Dinosaur Phase Island.
  • Mind places are often an idiom taken literally, as the films do with a train of thought. The new names do the same with Memory Lane, Tip-of-the-Tongue Cliffs and Attention Span Bridge.
  • Dream titles sound like small films about a worry or a wish. Start from a dream most people have had, such as being late, falling or flying.

Frequently asked questions

Which names here are from the Inside Out films?

About sixty. They are the emotions (Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, Disgust, Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, Embarrassment and Nostalgia), Riley Andersen with her family and friends, characters of the mind such as Bing Bong, Bloofy, Pouchy and Lance Slashblade, and places such as Headquarters, Goofball Island, Imagination Land and Dream Productions. The films have a small cast, so this block is short, and it is not a full list. Everything else on the page is new, and this fan page has no link to the studio.

What new emotions could join the ones in Headquarters?

The list suggests everyday feelings such as Wonder, Pride, Relief, Curiosity, Homesickness and Boredom, along with phrases such as Stage Fright, Cold Feet and Second Thoughts. They are ordinary feelings that anyone has, not diagnoses, and none of them appears in the films as a character.

How are the Islands of Personality named?

In the films each island is the thing it stands for plus the word Island, as in Goofball Island, Friendship Island and Hockey Island. The new ones follow suit with hobbies, family roles and phases: Skateboard Island, Baking Island, Little Brother Island and Horse Phase Island.

Can I use these names for a story, a class activity or a game?

Yes. The new emotions, islands and mind-worker jobs suit fan stories, drawing prompts, feelings charts and party games. A name such as Grumpy but Grateful or The Mood Swing Set can start a conversation about what a feeling is like. Keep the film names for talking about the films.

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A: 18 names

  • A Very Long Fall Into a Very Soft Pillow
  • Abstract Thought
  • Abstract Thought Tour Guide
  • Admiration
  • Affection
  • Alarm Clock Tower
  • Alarm Clock: The Musical
  • Amusement
  • Anger
  • Angry-Crying
  • Annoyed but Loyal
  • Anticipation
  • Anxiety
  • Appetite Announcer
  • Attack of the Unmatched Socks
  • Attention Span Bridge
  • Awe
  • Axel Bladewind

B: 40 names

  • Back-to-School Flutters
  • Bad Idea Landfill
  • Baking Island
  • Balloon Animal Bruce
  • Basement Stairs Shadow
  • Bedtime Negotiation Chambers
  • Bedtime Story Narrator
  • Belief String Tuner
  • Belief System
  • Belonging
  • Bibble Bop
  • Big Game Nerves
  • Big Sister Island
  • Bing Bong
  • Birthday Buzz
  • Birthday Countdown Plaza
  • Birthday Wish Registrar
  • Birthday Wish Well
  • Biscuit the Backseat Bear
  • Bittersweet
  • Blaze Ironvow
  • Bloofy
  • Blush Operator
  • Bookworm Island
  • Boredom
  • Boy Band Island
  • Brain Freeze
  • Brain Freeze Glacier
  • Brainstorm Forecaster
  • Bravado
  • Brave but Shaky
  • Bree
  • Bright Idea Lighthouse
  • Brock Savepoint
  • Bubbles the Bath Whale
  • Buddy Broccoli
  • Bunk Bed Towers
  • Butterflies
  • Butterfly Hangar
  • Button the Pocket Hippo

C: 33 names

  • Cabin Fever
  • Calm
  • Calm on the Outside
  • Captain Counts-a-Lot
  • Captain Respawn
  • Cardboard Box Kingdom
  • Cardboard Rocket Ronnie
  • Catchphrase Cannery
  • Caution
  • Change-of-Heart Junction
  • Chased by a Giant Pancake
  • Clip the Carabiner
  • Cloud Town
  • Coach Roberts
  • Cold Feet
  • Color Wheel Carl
  • Commodore Rubber Duck
  • Common Sense Commons
  • Conductor Earl
  • Confident and Confused
  • Confusion
  • Console Repair Tech
  • Contentment
  • Cookie Dough Hills
  • Core Memory
  • Core Memory Custodian
  • Cornelius the Cereal Box Knight
  • Coziness
  • Cozy and Restless
  • Crayon the Blue Tiger
  • Cringe
  • Curiosity
  • Curious and Cautious

D: 24 names

  • Daydream Depot
  • Daydream Pilot
  • Daydream Projectionist
  • Dazzle Doo
  • Deep Dark Secret
  • Defiance
  • Department of Second Guesses
  • Determination
  • Dinosaur Phase Island
  • Dirk Moonsaber
  • Disappointment
  • Disgust
  • Dispatcher Doris
  • Distraction
  • Doctor Rainbow
  • Dog Person Island
  • Double Take Director
  • Doubt
  • Drama
  • Dream Director
  • Dream Extra
  • Dream Productions
  • Dream Reel Editor
  • Dream Set Painter

E: 13 names

  • Eager and Unready
  • Earworm
  • Earworm DJ
  • Earworm Radio Tower
  • Embarrassment
  • Ennui
  • Envy
  • Eureka
  • Every Door Opens Onto the Beach
  • Everyone Is a Penguin
  • Excited and Exhausted
  • Excitement
  • Eye Roll Engineer

F: 28 names

  • Fact and Opinion Sorting Office
  • Falling, Then Flying
  • Family Island
  • Fashion Island
  • Fear
  • Fearless and Clueless
  • Finish-Line Feeling
  • Fire Hawks
  • First Crush
  • First-Day Jitters
  • Flattered and Flustered
  • Flossy the Floss-Bot
  • Fluster
  • Flying Over the School
  • Focus
  • FOMO
  • Foreman Gus of the Memory Dump
  • Forgetter Bobby
  • Forgetter Paula
  • Forgetter Trainee
  • Forgiveness
  • French Fry Forest
  • Friday Feeling
  • Friendship Island
  • Fritz
  • Frustrated but Determined
  • Frustration
  • Fuzz Wuzzle

G: 28 names

  • Gasp Coordinator
  • Giddiness
  • Giddy and Guilty
  • Glad and Tongue-Tied
  • Gladys the Memory Librarian
  • Glee
  • Glint Starshield
  • Goofball Island
  • Goosebump Raiser
  • Goosebump Ridge
  • Goosebumps
  • Grace
  • Grandma's House Has Extra Rooms
  • Grandma's House Island
  • Gratitude
  • Growing Pains
  • Growing Up Too Fast
  • Growth Spurt Elevator
  • Growth Spurt Scheduler
  • Grudge
  • Grudge Garage
  • Grumpiness
  • Grumpy but Grateful
  • Guilt
  • Gumdrop the Sidewalk Whale
  • Gut Feeling
  • Gut Feeling Dispatcher
  • Gut Feeling Subway

H: 24 names

  • Habit Trainer
  • Half-Giraffe Gus
  • Hangry
  • Happy Dance Choreographer
  • Happy Tears
  • Head-in-the-Clouds Balcony
  • Headquarters
  • Hesitation
  • Hiccup Hollow
  • Hiccup Operator
  • Hockey Island
  • Holiday Cheer
  • Homesick and Having Fun
  • Homesickness
  • Homework Due Yesterday
  • Homework Mines
  • Honesty Island
  • Hopeful and Hesitant
  • Hoppity Bop
  • Hopscotch Heights
  • Horse Phase Island
  • Hug-a-Bug
  • Hunch
  • Hype

I: 16 names

  • I Can Breathe Underwater
  • I Can Suddenly Play the Tuba
  • I Forgot My Lines
  • I Won and Nobody Saw
  • Imaginary Boyfriend
  • Imaginary Friend Casting Agent
  • Imagination Land
  • Imagination Land Architect
  • Impatience
  • Indignation
  • Inner Voice Coach
  • Inside Joke Island
  • Inspiration
  • Intern Wally
  • Invisible at My Own Party
  • Island Groundskeeper

J: 7 names

  • Jangles the Clown
  • Jealous and Happy for You
  • Jelly Jo
  • Jingle Archivist
  • Jordan
  • Joy
  • Jump-to-Conclusions Trampoline Park

K: 2 names

  • Kazoo Koo
  • Knight Commander Pixel

L: 22 names

  • Lady Lampshade
  • Lance Slashblade
  • Last-Bell Freedom
  • Late for a Test I Never Studied For
  • Laugh Track Mixer
  • Laughing Through Tears
  • Light Bulb Changer
  • Lightbulb Lane
  • Little Brother Island
  • Lolly Lop
  • Loneliness
  • Lonely in a Crowd
  • Long Term Memory
  • Long Term Memory Librarian
  • Longing
  • Loose Tooth Lookout
  • Losing but Laughing
  • Lost and Found Thoughts
  • Lost at the Mall: The Sequel
  • Lost Thought Detective
  • Loyalty
  • Lump in the Throat

M: 28 names

  • Mad and Sorry
  • Make-Believe Marina
  • Marshmallow Moose
  • Meg
  • Memory Dump
  • Memory Lane
  • Memory Orb Polisher
  • Memory Shelf Stocker
  • Memory Sorter
  • Memory Vacuum Operator
  • Midnight at the Water Park
  • Mimsy Moo
  • Mischief
  • Mister Closet Door
  • Mitten the Left-Hand Lamb
  • Mixed Feelings
  • Mood Lighting Technician
  • Morning Fog
  • Mount Crushmore
  • Moxie
  • Mr. Andersen
  • Mrs. Andersen
  • Multiplication Table Quarry
  • Muscle Memory Coach
  • My Bike Has Wings
  • My Locker Is a Portal
  • My Room, but Bigger
  • My Teeth Fall Out at the Spelling Bee

N: 10 names

  • Name Recall Clerk
  • Nap Meadow
  • Nervous Giggles
  • Nervous-Excited
  • Night Shift Dream Writer
  • Nightmare Stunt Double
  • Noodle Doo
  • Nosiness
  • Nostalgia
  • Not Ready to Leave

O: 4 names

  • Of Two Minds
  • Optimism
  • Otto the Upside-Down Owl
  • Overwhelm

P: 27 names

  • Pancake Sunday Island
  • Patches the Quilt Pony
  • Patient on the Outside
  • Peace of Mind Pond
  • Personality Island Surveyor
  • Pet Peeve Petting Zoo
  • Phone Number Rememberer
  • Pins and Needles
  • Playfulness
  • Plink Plonk
  • Pockets the Apron
  • Pogo the Polka-Dot Yak
  • Pop Quiz in a Language I Don't Speak
  • Pouchy
  • Preschool World
  • Pretend Pirate Cove
  • Pride
  • Princess Final Boss
  • Princess Juice Box
  • Procrastination Station
  • Professor Hoot
  • Professor Sock Puppet
  • Protectiveness
  • Proud and Embarrassed
  • Proud and Homesick
  • Puddles the Rain Boot Frog
  • Pun Inspector

Q: 1 name

  • Queen Couch Cushion

R: 17 names

  • Rabbit Hole Research Center
  • Rainbow Unicorn
  • Recall Tube Operator
  • Recess Lasts All Week
  • Reflex Dispatcher
  • Reflex Relay Station
  • Regret
  • Relief
  • Relief and Regret
  • Restlessness
  • Return of the Substitute Teacher
  • Revenge of the Vegetable Plate
  • Rex Thunderquest
  • Rhymey the Rabbit
  • Riley Andersen
  • Runaway Shopping Cart
  • Running in Slow Motion

S: 70 names

  • Sad to Go, Glad to Be Home
  • Sadness
  • Sar-chasm
  • Sass
  • Scared and Curious
  • School Spirit
  • Science Fair Island
  • Second Thoughts
  • Second Thoughts Secretary
  • Second Wind
  • Second Wind Turbines
  • Secret Handshake Island
  • Senior Forgetter
  • Sense of Humor Tester
  • Sense of Self
  • Sergeant Shoelace
  • Shapes McGee
  • Sheepishness
  • Shopping in Pajamas
  • Shortcut Mapmaker
  • Shy but Thrilled
  • Shyness
  • Sibling Rivalry Island
  • Sidewalk Chalk City
  • Sigh Supervisor
  • Silliness
  • Silly and Serious
  • Silver Lining Cloud Bank
  • Sing-Along Sally
  • Sir Cutscene
  • Sir Spaghetti Legs
  • Skateboard Island
  • Sleepiness
  • Sleepy but Stubborn
  • Slipped-My-Mind Slide

S, continued

  • Smugness
  • Snack Craving Kitchen
  • Snack Radar Operator
  • Snap the Lunchbox
  • Sneeze Coordinator
  • Sneeze Silo
  • Snooze Button Bunker
  • Snow Day Forever
  • Snow Day Thrill
  • Snow Fort Island
  • Song Lyric Proofreader
  • Spring Fever
  • Spur-of-the-Moment Speedway
  • Squeamishness
  • Squishy the Sharing Squid
  • Stage Fright
  • Startled and Delighted
  • Storm Valorheart
  • Strappy
  • Stream of Consciousness
  • Stubbornness
  • Stuck in the Middle
  • Subconscious Gatekeeper
  • Subconscious Guard Dave
  • Subconscious Guard Frank
  • Sugar Rush
  • Summer's-End Sigh
  • Sunday Scaries
  • Surprise
  • Surprised and Suspicious
  • Suspense
  • Suspicion
  • Sweet Tooth Summit
  • Swimming in the Cafeteria
  • Sympathy

T: 66 names

  • Tappy the Counting Turtle
  • Team Spirit
  • Tear Duct Plumber
  • Tenderness
  • The Apology Bakery
  • The Birthday Cake That Kept Growing
  • The Blahs
  • The Blank Page Plains
  • The Blush Works
  • The Bus Drives to the Moon
  • The Bus Stop Keeps Moving
  • The Cat Drives the Car
  • The Closet Door Creak
  • The Coat Rack at Night
  • The Comeback Workshop
  • The Day the Hockey Puck Talked
  • The Dog Can Talk Now
  • The Doodle District
  • The Drain Gurgle
  • The Elevator Goes Sideways
  • The Fidgets
  • The Floor Is Pudding
  • The Forgotten Password Vault
  • The Giggles
  • The Goalie Is a Giraffe
  • The Gossip Grapevine
  • The Great Blanket Escape
  • The Hallway That Never Ends
  • The House With My Old Bedroom
  • The Hunch Department
  • The Ice Rink in the Living Room
  • The Invisible Twin
  • The Mood Swing Set

T, continued

  • The Moon Is a Bouncy Castle
  • The Never-Ending Roller Coaster
  • The Overthinking Loop
  • The Piano Recital in Space
  • The Pun Factory
  • The Purple Kangaroo Pilot
  • The Secret Cellar
  • The Snack That Got Away
  • The Spelling Bee Hive
  • The Staircase With One Extra Step
  • The Subconscious
  • The Sulks
  • The Teacher Is My Dentist
  • The Vacuum Monster
  • The Wobbles
  • The Yawns
  • The Zoomies
  • Thought Bubble Inflator
  • Thrilled and Terrified
  • Ticklish Spot Cartographer
  • Tidy Tina the Toy Train
  • Tip-of-the-Tongue Cliffs
  • Tired but Wired
  • Tongue Twister Turnpike
  • Tragic Vampire Romance Island
  • Train of Thought
  • Train of Thought Conductor
  • Trapped in the Group Project
  • TripleDent Gum
  • Triumph
  • Trophy Town
  • Trust
  • Two Left Skates

U: 2 names

  • Under-the-Bed Bay
  • Urgency

V: 1 name

  • Val Ortiz

W: 14 names

  • Waffle the Wagon Dragon
  • Wake-Up Crew Chief
  • Warm Fuzzies
  • What-If Canyon
  • Where-Did-I-Put-It Woods
  • Whimsy
  • Willpower
  • Winning but Worried
  • Wishful Thinking
  • Wishful Thinking Wharf
  • Wonder
  • Wonder and Worry
  • Wrong Classroom, Wrong Planet
  • Wumple Dee

Y: 3 names

  • Yawn Technician
  • Yawn Valley
  • Yearbook Photo, Take Ninety

Z: 2 names

  • Zest
  • Zippy the Backpack