Deleted scenes

A selection of deleted scenes of Inside Out is available on the home media releases. They are not fully animated, instead existing as just a collection of sketches; however, they have full voice acting by the cast. They are also commentated by Pete Docter.

These deleted scenes are as follows:


 * Riley Grows Up
 * Joy's Decline
 * Misdirection
 * Construction

As part of a greater whole
As Docter outlines before the deleted scenes as a whole, they comprised an entirely different approach to Inside Out. Among the most notable changes are:

Characters

 * The cast of five emotions was not properly decided on as of yet. Official subtitles on the home media feature refer to a "Hope", and Disgust is notably absent.
 * Joy's character was a lot more aggressive; in Riley Grows Up, she goes so far as to suggest that Riley should spit in a girl's face. Docter comments that it was part of a misguided attempt to make Joy more funny.
 * This is the characterization returned to in Andersen's Mind and Inside Out reImagined.
 * Bing Bong was a much darker character, often commenting on how he doesn't like how Riley is growing up and intentionally disrupting construction processes in her mind.
 * At the time, human names were considered for the emotions; while "Joy" already happens to be a human name, others would have different names. Only one name is discussed in the deleted scenes specifically, namely "Freddie" for Fear.

Events

 * A lot more focus would be on how Riley changed throughout the years, rather than just snapshots in the prologue and epilogue. Events included to this regard are Riley attending a concert she does not want to attend, as well as a Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, which only makes her wish she were at school instead.

Relationships

 * The primary pair to depart from Headquarters would be Joy and Fear/Freddie, rather than Joy and Sadness as in the final movie.
 * Some of the scenes of the final movie carry remnants of this relationship; for example, throughout the Dream Productions-related scenes, Sadness's focus is on scaring Riley awake, which would be more appropriate of Fear.

Locations

 * In Headquarters, a series of microphones, through which the emotions could give voice commands, would feature as the primary means of communication between them and Riley.
 * Various forgotten imaginary friends, such as Bing Bong, Mrs. Scribbles and Mr. Sun, would have set up a small town in the mind.

In Inside Out parodies
The existence of an extensive draft pairing up Joy and Fear has been picked up by many fans shipping the two emotions; the ship of Joy and Fear, or "Starnerve", is the most common ship among Inside Out fans. This includes Reddit user /u/-pcgamingmaster-, who expected the entirety of the draft to eventually be released, and even created a change.org petition to this effect. This petition is parodied and mocked in Joy plans to make Pixar release the early drafts of Inside Out.

Transcript
This is the transcript for the prologue preceding the deleted scenes as a whole. The transcript for each deleted scene is available on that scene's page.

Trivia

 * The deleted scenes were named by Pete Docter, unlike the scenes of the finished movie, which were named by CreativityTheEmotion and often based on parody titles, as well as those of Downfall scenes.