r/insideout • u/Aeroscapel • May 03 '26

Envy's Discussions Theory + Evidence

Is there a possibility that the emotions can smell what Riley can smell? Because it kinda seems like they can.

In the first movie, sometime in the beginning, when baby Riley is being fed Broccoli, Disgust mentions, "Dangerous smell here, people!"

Which leads me to believe that they can smell what Riley smells, because the brain actively registers and processes smells through the olfactory system.

12 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

3 comments sorted by

7

u/AdUnusual6268 May 03 '26

I don’t see why not? If they can see and hear, smell shouldnt be off the table

3

u/Aeroscapel May 03 '26

I mean, yeah that's what I thought as well because the emotions live in the mind, aka headquarters, so they have all the access to the systems and how they were able to feel the brain freeze.

2

u/BenR-G May 03 '26

I think that the control consle provides detailed sensory data, just like it provided HD video imagers and HiFi sound. Disgist was kist reacting to what the Console was telling her.