Riley Andersen/Canon

Riley Andersen is a central character of Inside Out. While she is not a memorable character in her own right, her mind is an extensively developed location and the main setting of the movie, with her emotions, Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, ultimately doing everything to further her and not themselves.

Biography
When Riley was 11, her family moved from Minnesota to San Francisco. This caused a crisis internally in Riley, and at one point, she even considered running away from her parents and back to Minnesota. However, she had a last-minute change of heart.

Personality
Riley is usually upbeat and happy-go-lucky. However, she absolutely abhors broccoli, being disgusted by it, and during her first days in San Francisco, she was visibly angry with her parents over their decision.

Riley's primary interest is hockey, and she has played for both the Minnesota team Prairie Dogs and the San Francisco team Foghorns. She has also taken piano lessons, although she was visibly bored by them and has forgotten a lot since she last took them.

Trivia

 * Her inspiration in real life is Elie Docter, daughter of Inside Out director and writer Pete Docter. Like Riley, Elie also had a happiness crisis when she was 11. Also like the Andersens, Pete moved from Minnesota to California; though, he did so during his university years, before he had a family.
 * That being said, when Pete was a child, he also had an experience similar to both Riley and his daughter; when his family moved to Denmark, while his sisters adapted to the environment relatively easily, Pete had more difficulty.
 * The neighborhood the Andersens move to is based on the real-life Russian Hill in San Francisco. However, it is only a coincidence, related to CreativityTheEmotion's own geography, that Inside Out parodies primarily use the Russian dub. Furthermore, the Russian Hill in San Francisco does not have a significant Russian minority.

Outside of the franchise

 * Finding Dory (physical)