The Sar-Chasm is a location in Riley's mind that appears in Disney•Pixar's 2024 animated feature film Inside Out 2. It is a chasm formed after Riley reaches puberty and her new emotions take over Headquarters and "bottle up" the old ones. It is located somewhere at Long Term Memory and turns anything that is said on one side into a sarcastic remark when reaching the other one.
Role in the film
Inside Out 2
The Sar-Chasm is first made when Ennui manipulates Riley into giving sarcastic remarks about a boyband she liked, which makes the chasm appear in her mind and also causes her Stream of Consciousness that Joy, Fear, Disgust, and Anger were using to get to the Back of the Mind to dissolve. The emotions try to ask Fritz and another mind worker for assistance, but every word they yell to them comes off as obnoxious mockery. Insulted, the mind workers leave them alone, forcing the emotions to go back to Long Term Memory to try and find another way to the Back of the Mind.
Trivia
- Its name is a pun, being a portmanteau of the words "sarcasm" and "chasm".
- Considering sarcasm becomes part of Riley's personality (at least as a teenager), it's safe to assume the Sar-Chasm remains existing even after the old and new emotions settle down their differences.
