How we cite our quotes: All quotes are from Inside Out.
Quote #4
JOY: It is so great to see you again. I gotta tell you; I am such a huge fan of your work. Do you remember when you and Riley were in a band? I went to all of your concerts.
BING BONG: Yeah, I blow a mean nose.
JOY: Watching you play tag was such a treat.
BING BONG: Two-time world champ.
JOY: Oh, and remember your rocket?
BING BONG: Of course! It runs on song power!
Bing Bong is a walking, candy-crying, part-dolphin embodiment of our complicated relationship with memory and the past. For a while, Bing Bong was Riley's BFF. He was such a big deal that Joy's downright star struck when she finds him making mischief in the corridors of Long-Term Memory. That's the thing, though: he's just wandering around out there, without a home, forgotten.
Quote #5
SADNESS: What exactly are you supposed to be?
BING BONG: You know, it's unclear. I'm mostly cotton candy. But shape-wise, I'm part cat, part elephant, part dolphin.
JOY: Dolphin?
Bing Bong makes dolphin noises.
BING BONG: You gotta remember: when Riley was three, animals were all the rage. The cow goes moo. The horse goes neigh. That's all people talked about back then.
Since toddler Riley's imagination created him, Bing Bong's literally a product of the past, of a different period in Riley's life. C'mon, Shmoopers: What does the kitty say?
Quote #6
BING BONG: Take her to the moon for me. Okay?
Bing Bong gives this directive to Joy after he sacrifices himself so Joy can make it back to Headquarters and restore Riley's happiness. Back in the day, he and little Riley had big plans to take their "rocket ship" to the moon together. Now, stuck in the Memory Dump, Bing Bong fades from her memory permanently. (No, we're not crying. You're crying. Okay, maybe we teared up a little bit.)