When Riley moves to San Francisco, everything starts to go from bad to worse Riley's dad doesn't have time for her, their new house is terrible, they only serve broccoli pizza and the moving van won't come for weeks. They won't let Sadness take the wheel at all, no matter how sad the situation needs to be. As a matter of fact, the other emotions tend to exclude Sadness as well. Due to Joy's obsession since then with keeping Riley happy, she treats Sadness poorly. Sadness makes Riley cry, but Joy pushes Sadness out of the way and makes Riley happy again. She appears less than a minute (33 seconds to be exact) after Riley's first emotion, Joy, presses a button that makes baby Riley smile. This appears to be one of the few things that make her happy. This can be seen when she smiles when she sees the Imaginary Boyfriend, and Tragic Vampire Romance Island. After the other emotions finally trust and accept Sadness, not only does Joy start treating her better but Sadness gains more confidence in herself as well, now that she has finally found her place.Дespite her personality, Sadness is actually a fan of romance-related things. When Sadness is requested to take control after Riley's sorrow became evident, she is able to let Riley express her true feelings and helps Riley find happiness at last. Unknowingly, this is because of Sadness' true purpose - her role is to tell others when Riley needs help by helping her let the sadness out so she can then let it go. She also suggested scaring Riley to wake her up, but Joy thought that giving her a fun dream would wake her up, which it wouldn't.Дespite her pessimistic disposition, sarcastic demeanor and being negative virtually all the time, she is very considerate and compassionate towards others when Bing Bong was sad about losing his wagon, she sympathized with him and let him tell his true feelings, which made him feel much better. Sadness is also smarter, has more common sense, and is more pragmatic than the others, which proved expedient in the journey through Riley's mind, as she kept trying to warn Joy about the dangers of taking Bing Bong's 'shortcut' through Abstract Thought, which was really a dangerous place to go through, but nobody listened to her.

Sadness also complains a lot, as seen when she keeps saying she's too sad to walk or do anything, much to Joy's frustration. She is the most sensitive out of all the emotions, as she felt genuinely hurt by Joy's abandonment because 'Riley needs to be happy', which made poor Sadness feel she was truly useless and unneeded. Secretly, however, Sadness yearns to earn her place among the other emotions, even though the others do not believe Sadness has a purpose in the mind and almost always prevent her from trying. Because of this, Joy treats Sadness badly. She is hardly ever used because Joy is the boss and doesn't want Riley to ever be sad, even when she needs to be. Sadness is literally the very definition and being of sorrow and gloom. Sometimes it seems like the best thing to do is just lie on the floor and have a good cry. Sadness would love to be more optimistic and helpful in keeping Riley happy, but she finds it so hard to be positive.

Official Description None of the other Emotions really understand what Sadness' role is. Sadness was only used whenever Riley threw tantrums or did not get her way. When she caused baby Riley to cry, Joy pushed her aside and fixed the situation. Sadness came into existence after Riley's first 33 seconds of her life there, she met Joy.

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