Why isn’t Family Island the biggest in Riley anymore?

In ‘Inside Out’ (2015), the public met Riley and the quintet responsible for the Control Room of the little girl’s mind: the emotions, Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and Anger, who embark on a great adventure after the character moves to a new city.

More than that, the concept of Personality Islands is also presented, places where the fundamental memories that help form Riley’s identity are stored. They are: Family Island, Honesty Island, Hockey Island, Friendship Island and Bobeira Island.

In the first film, Family Island is the largest, and there are happy moments for Riley with her parents. This island, which occupies the center of all the islands, was created from a Base Memory of Riley baking cookies and having fun with her parents, and over time became responsible for storing more and more family activities that helped Riley be who she is.

Still, with the arrival of the second film in the franchise that appeared under the Disney and Pixar label, released in theaters on June 20, new islands were added to expand Riley’s personality, such as Tragic Vampire Romance Island, Boy’s Island Band and Ilha da Moda, created between the events seen in the two plots.

More than that, the new title brought a significant change between the sizes of the islands that already existed, as they were reformulated, and consequently, the position of largest of all, which previously belonged to Ilha da Família, was transferred to Ilha da Família. Friendship.

Why did this change?

It turns out that Riley’s central memories change as she grows up, and the change in the relevance that the islands have on the girl’s personality is appropriate to the phases she goes through, in this case, now she, who celebrated her thirteenth birthday, is A teenager.

At this stage, it is common for young people, as they become less dependent on their parents, to have friends as a priority in their lives, which is why Friendship Island is now much bigger than Family Island in Riley’s subconscious. .

It’s worth remembering that Friendship Island was created in Riley’s childhood, when she and Meg, her best friend at the time, shared good times in Minnesota. In the second film, Bree and Grace also gain space by becoming classmates and team members on the hockey team alongside Riley now in San Francisco.