- “This should be fun. New team, new friends. These kids look pretty good, considering they're from San Francisco.”
- ―Jill Andersen
Jill Andersen is a character in Inside Out and Inside Out 2. She is the wife of Bill Andersen and the mother of Riley Andersen.
History[]
Inside Out[]
Jill was living in Minnesota with her husband, Bill, and her daughter, Riley, when Bill got a job with a startup in San Francisco, forcing the family to relocate.
When they arrived in San Francisco, they learned that the moving van wouldn't be there until Thursday, leaving them without most of their belongings. She started arguing with her husband about it until Riley broke up the fight by starting a game of paper ball hockey. The game was interrupted when Dad's phone rang and he had to leave to go to work. Once Dad was gone, Riley proposed going to a pizzeria they'd passed on the way in. They were shocked to learn they only served broccoli pizza.
That night, Mom unpacked the boxes they had in the car with them, their only belongings until the van arrived, and went upstairs to say good night to Riley. She told Riley the moving van was delayed again and wouldn't be there until Tuesday. Then she thanked Riley for being their happy girl, saying it would help Dad, who was working hard at his new job.
On Riley's first day at her new school, Mom offered to walk her, but Riley refused. At the end of the day, as they ate dinner, Mom noticed a change in Riley's mood and tried to signal to Dad to get him to help her probe Riley for information about her day. Dad misunderstood the signals and asked how school was, not realizing Mom had already asked. When Riley yelled at Dad, he sent her to her room.
Mom took Riley to hockey tryouts for a team in San Francisco. When Riley performed poorly, she stormed off the ice and told Mom she wanted to leave. Mom tried to get her to finish the tryouts, but Riley refused and marched out.
One day, Mom and Dad came home and discovered that Riley was missing. They called her school and learned she'd never showed up. They tried to think about what she was wearing that day when she left, but as they talked about it, Riley came in. She admitted that she'd been trying to run away back to Minnesota. Then she confessed how she was struggling with being in San Francisco because of how she missed Minnesota. Mom and Dad told her they missed Minnesota as well and they shared happy memories.
A year later, Mom and Dad celebrated as Riley played hockey with her new team, the Fog Horns, including full face paint.
Riley's First Date?[]
When Jordan came to their house to get Riley, Mom told Dad she knew Riley was going skating, but thought it would be with friends. She decided to go ask Riley, but instead of asking directly, she decided to probe and use slang. This embarrassed Riley, who eventually realized Mom had left Jordan alone with Dad. They went downstairs and found Jordan and Dad playing air guitar together. Mom and Dad then saw Jordan and Riley off and kissed.
Inside Out 2[]
Dad and Mom continued to support Riley as she grew, cheering for her at her hockey games and applauding her attempts at cooking. When Riley decided to go to a hockey skill camp, they said they were sure she would do well and impress the coach. On the day Riley was supposed to go to camp, she woke up emotional and hormonal. She worried that she was too gross to go to camp or anywhere, but Mom assured her that she wasn't gross. She was just changing. Mom and Dad then drove Riley, plus her friends Bree Young and Grace Hsieh, to the camp.
When Riley returned from camp, Mom tried to probe her for information while Dad remained unbothered by her newly-dyed hair and change in personality.
Personality[]
Jill is very kind and motherly toward Riley and she helps her family get through tough times, like the big move. She is very understanding. There are times when she isn't patient with her husband because of his oblivious personality (she thinks she shouldn't have turned down her chance to marry a handsome Brazilian copter pilot), but she still loves him. She also loves Riley and does her best to understand Riley, especially as their move negatively affects Riley's personality. Since Sadness seems to be the leader of her emotions (but is not a weeping mess like Riley's Sadness), it is possible this is where her understanding and compassionate nature comes from as sadness represents the ability to empathize with others or that she might've had a rough past.
Notes and Trivia[]
- As written on the back of Jill's credit-card, her name is "K. Ann Anderson". However, the Essential Guide states that her given name is Jill. Her Disney.com profile also states her name as Jill Andersen.
- Jill is shown, in flashbacks, to have once had infatuation with a Brazilian Helicopter Pilot.
Gallery[]
Quotes[]
- "Thank you. In spite of everything, you've stayed, well, you've stayed our happy girl!"
- "What did we do to deserve you?"
References[]
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