Yeah, the long, long, long, long way.

I'm ready.

There's got to be a better way.Ooh, look at you.

Huh?

I will take you, but not you.

Oh, who am I kidding?

I can't leave you.

Hello!

Ah!

Wait, hey, wait!

Whoa, wait, stop! Excuse me?

Ah!

Uh, I was, I was looking for, um, diversion!

What?

So long, sucker!Ow, I hurt all over.

Wait, I know you.

No, you don't.

I get that a lot.

I look like a lot of people.

No, no, no, I do.

Ah!

Bing bong!

Riley's imaginary friend!

You really do know me?

Well, of course!

Riley loves playing with you.

You two are best friends.

Oh, oh, you wouldn't know.

We're trying to get back to headquarters.

Headquarters?

You guys are from headquarters?

Well, yeah.

I'm Joy.

This is Sadness.

You're Joy?

The Joy?

Mm-hmm.

Well, what the heck you doing out here?

That's a good question.

You want to answer that, Sadness?

Oh, without you, Riley won't ever be happy.

We can't have that.

We got to get you back.

I'll tell you what, follow me.

Oh, thank you.

It is so great to see you again.

I got to tell you, I am such a huge fan of your work.

Do you remember when you and Riley were in a band?

Oh, I went to all of your concerts.

Yeah, I blow a mean nose.

Watching you play tag was such a treat.

Two-time world champ.

Oh, and remember your rockets.

Of course, it runs on song power.

That's right, your theme song.

Who's your friend who likes to play?

Bing bong, bing bong!

His rocket makes you yell, hooray!

Bing bong, bing bong!

What exactly are you supposed to be?

You know, it's unclear.

I'm mostly cotton candy, but shape-wise, I'm part cat, part elephant, part dolphin.

Dolphin?

You got to remember, when Riley was three, animals were all the rage.

The cow goes moo, the horse goes neigh.

It's all people talked about back then.

Yeah, yeah, I guess that's true.

What are you doing out here?

Well, there's not much call for imaginary friends lately, so, uh, you know, um...

Hey, hey, don't be sad.

Tell you what, when I get back up to headquarters, I'll make sure Riley remembers you.

You will?

Of course, she'd love that.

Ha-ha!

This is the greatest day of my life!

Cha-cha-cha-cha!

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Are you okay?

What's going on?

I cried candy.

Try the caramel, it's delicious.

Ooh.

Whoa!

Ooh, here, use this.

Thanks.Ooh, hold on, wait a second.

Oh, good.

I always get stuck at the bottom.

See?

Here.

What?

It's imaginary.

Thanks.

This'll make it a lot easier to walk back to headquarters.

Walk?

We're not walking.

We're taking the train of thought.

The train?

Of course.

That is so much faster.

But how do we catch it?

Well, it kind of goes all over the place, but there is a station in imagination land.

I know a shortcut.

Come on, this way.

Oh, I'm so glad we ran into you.

The station is right through here.

After you, Joy.

What?

Well, I read about this place in the manual.

We shouldn't go in there.

Bing Bong says it's the quickest way to headquarters.

No, but Joy, this is abstract thought.

What are you talking about?

I go in here all the time.

It's a shortcut, you see?

D-A-N-G-E-R.

Shortcut.

I'll prove it to you.

Look at me.

I'm closer to the station, because I'm taking the shortcut.

Let's go around this way.

Almost there.

If you want to walk the long way, go for it.

But Riley needs to be happy.

I'm not missing that train.

Bing Bong knows what he's doing.

He's part dolphin.

They're very smart.

Well, I guess.