

Joy frees him without waking the fear up, however, they realize that Jangles is the only way to get Riley awake. Joy and Sadness enter the Subconscious to rescue him and find him detained inside a balloon prison on top of the sleeping Jangles the Clown, one of Riley's worst fears. Bing Bong shows himself to try to remind Riley of him, but he is arrested and thrown into the Subconscious. Bing Bong, Joy, and Sadness go to Dream Productions to wake up Riley through a dream by getting Joy and Sadness to dress up as a dog and he starts a party in the classroom with balloons and confetti and inadvertently creates chaos in it when he starts dancing and caused the dog costume to rip in half and Joy chases Sadness around causing the dream to be a dog chasing the other half.

However, the train stops as Riley is asleep. When Sadness talks to him, she empathizes with him, and by getting him to express his sadness, she comforts him and inspires Bing Bong to bring them to the Train of Thought. Joy tries to get him to stop being sad by making silly faces and doing childish things, but they don't work. They get out, but soon Bing Bong witnesses the demolition of the childish aspects in Imagination Land with his precious Rocket Wagon thrown into the Memory Dump in the process, Bing Bong falls into a deep depression. Luckily, they escape just in time before they implode. In fact, he leads them into danger in Abstract Thought, which he thinks is a shortcut. Unfortunately, since he was created when Riley was a toddler, his naïve nature impedes the duo from getting any closer to Headquarters. He proposes that they take the Train of Thought that will lead them directly to Headquarters, and shows them the way. As the two need to return to Headquarters, Bing Bong, who has been forgotten for a long time, agrees to help them, more so when Joy tells him she will put him back in business when she gets back.

Afraid of their sudden appearance, Bing Bong initially tried to run, but when Joy presents herself, he is thrilled to meet her. He greatly missed the times he shared with Riley and was desperate to not be forgotten until one day when he is discovered by the misplaced emotions Joy and Sadness, who were accidentally ejected from Headquarters. However, as Riley grew older, she stopped playing with him, leaving Bing Bong out of a job and a bit lonely.ĭrifting around Long Term Memory unbeknownst to the other mental denizens, he collected happy memories he liked into a bottomless bag. Bing Bong was Riley's adorable imaginary friend created during her early childhood.
