Other mistake: When Riley and her parents arrive at their new home in San Francisco, several pieces of mail are sticking out of the mail slot in the door. A letter carrier would not deliver mail to a vacant house, let alone not push it all the way through the slot.
Inside Out (2015)
1 other mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen
Starring: Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones
Continuity mistake: At the very beginning of the movie when Riley is born, the shot from behind shows the mother wearing the glasses. In the next shot the glasses disappear.
Dad's Anger: Uh-oh, she's looking at us. [Turns off TV] What did she say?
Dad's Fear: Uh, sorry, sir, no one was listening.
Dad's Anger: Is it garbage night? Uh, we left the toilet seat up! What? What is it, woman, what?!
Question: How come Sadness was the only one who could change the emotion of the memory orb? Don't we sometimes look back at things we thought we were scared of or sad about, and laugh at them? How come the other emotions can't change them the way Sadness can?
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Answer: Sadness can change the memories because of Riley's current situation: she has left the home she loved to move to a new city. This makes her happy memories more susceptible to being changed to sad memories. As she remembers things that used to make her happy they now make her sad because she hasn't accepted her new house as home yet. Presumably under the right circumstances the other emotions could do the same thing, just not all the time.