Bing Bong (Richard Kind)’s Timeline and Summary

Bing Bong (Richard Kind)’s Timeline and Summary

  • Bing Bong meets Joy and Sadness in Long-Term Memory. They're trying to get back to headquarters to restore Riley's Core Memories; Bing Bong offers to help.
  • On their way to catch the Train of Thought, Bing Bong takes them on a shortcut through Imagination Land that includes a trip through Abstract Thought. (No pun intended.)
  • Bing Bong takes them on another shortcut. This time they do catch the train, only to have it come screeching to a halt when Riley falls asleep.
  • Joy and Sadness interrupt one of Riley's dreams, trying to scare her awake and restart the train; as a result, Bing Bong gets apprehended by security and locked up.
  • Joy and Sadness free Bing Bong. They scare Riley awake and get back on the train.
  • The train's derailed. As Long-Term Memory crumbles beneath them, Bing Bong and Joy tumble into the Memory Dump.
  • Bing Bong recovers his rocket ship, and he and Joy try, and fail, to use it to escape the dump multiple times.
  • On their final attempt, Bing Bong bails at the last minute, allowing Joy to sail to safety without him.
  • Bing Bong asks Joy to take Riley to the moon for him and fades away into nothingness.