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Sullivan better known as Sulley and his wisecracking best friend, short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski, discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night.

And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall a monster that Boo is very afraid of , who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr.

Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc. Animation Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy. Did you know Edit. Trivia Mary Gibbs was so young that it proved difficult to get her to stand in the recording studio and act her lines.

Instead, they simply followed her around with a microphone and cut Boo's lines together from the things she said while she played. Goofs When Sulley runs into the locker room to shove the toys from Boo's room into a locker, he is seen putting them into locker then slamming the door with both hands.

When the camera angle changes, he removes his hands from locker even though his hands never moved from the locker between shots. Quotes [last lines] Sulley : Boo? Boo : Kitty! Crazy credits No monsters were harmed in the making of this motion picture. However, Waternoose still says the slogan. Also, many other picture inscriptions like the title of Waternoose as chairman of Monsters, Inc.

User reviews Review. Top review. Goodman and Crystal are a comedic team reminiscent of the zaniest Martin and Lewis days. Crystal's Borscht-belt routines brought smiles even to this jaded and admittedly tough-on-comedy critic. Cleaning the environment of child contamination is a hilarious conceit that turns around the usual fears children have of monsters in closets.

It is also a chilling parallel to the challenge of removing anthrax from today's letters. For example, the endless-door motif in this film is an ingenious metaphor for the scary and glorious possibilities the present and future hold for kids.

The expressions around the animated eyes, as the little birds deal with the big bird interloper, are more expressive than those of most contemporary film actors, with the exception of Brando, Pacino, Depp, and Streep. FAQ Is 'Monsters, Inc. Why are the monsters being trained to infiltrate the bedrooms of sleeping human children? Why are the monsters so afraid of human children? When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

Rated: G December 19, Sulley's scare assistant, best friend, and roommate doesn't want any interruptions in his life—especially in his relationships. Although Mike thinks Boo is a "killing machine" at first, he later finds she's a great audience for his natural comedic talent. Occupation: Scare Assistant Description: One-eyed, green sphere with arms, legs and small horns. Sulley may be the most celebrated monster in Monstropolis, but that doesn't make him mean.

When the softhearted monster has to care for Boo, he discovers that love and laughter are more powerful than making kids scream. They just don't scare well. Purple one-eyed monster with five snakes for hair.

Occupation: Receptionist at Monsters, Inc. Crush: Mike Wazowski, a. He, on the other hand, calls her "Schmoopsie Poo.

Boo has a vocabulary of about three words, but that doesn't stop this curious human girl from stealing Sulley's heart and overcoming her fear of Randall. Always watching Waternoose for his devious plot to kidnap human children and extract their screams Likes: Paperwork Dislikes: Improperly filed Scare Reports.

Large, six-limbed purple reptile Occupation: Scarer at Monsters, Inc. Enemy: James P. Skip Navigation Disney. Disney News D23 Live Shows. Monsters, Inc. Monsters Inc Blu-ray Trailer. Partysaurus Rex - Clip. Safety Tips - Monsters, Inc.

Scaring Tips - Monsters, Inc. Sulley's Problem. Favorite scene. On the Job. As Mike comments on how the past few days went, Sulley hears him say the word "laughs" and suddenly has an idea, racing back inside with a plan to end the company's energy crisis. A couple of days later, Mike entering a kid's closet door. He sits down in front of the kid and starts doing a stand-up routine as a comedian, but to no avail.

Mike has had enough and quickly does his final act. He swallows his microphone, waits for a while, and then burps loudly, making the kid laugh. As Mike leaves, he checks the power generated, and it is an enormous amount. It turns out that a child's laugh has ten times the power of a child's scream. The factory is saved, and everyone got their jobs back.

However, Sulley is still sad as he still misses Boo. As mementos, he kept one of Boo's drawings and a single piece of her door under some pages on his clipboard. Mike then tells him that he has a surprise. In the testing room, it is revealed the Mike had re-pieced Boo's door successfully together. All it needs is one more piece.

Sulley grabs the final piece from his clipboard, places it into the door, and the light above illuminates. He slowly opens the door and looks to see if Boo is around. Boo then says, "Kitty," and Sulley smiles in delight for seeing Boo once more.

The idea for the film started with a lunch in One of the ideas that came out of the brainstorming session was a film about monsters. Docter's original idea revolved around a year-old man dealing with monsters, which he drew in a book as a child, coming back to bother him as an adult. Each monster represented a fear he had and conquering those fears caused the monsters to eventually disappear.

Docter started working on the script in and with Harley Jessup, Jill Culton, and Jeff Pidgeon completed a draft treatment in February The initial story did not have the character of Mike Wazowski. He was not added until a story review meeting between Pixar and Disney in April The film went into production in The release of Monsters, Inc. The suit alleged the defendants had stolen her story There's a Boy in My Closet , which she had mailed out in October to a number of publishers, including Chronicle Books.

The plaintiffs had requested a temporary injunction against the release of the film. Judge Clarence Brimmer, Jr. He judged against the injunction, and the entire suit was thrown out on June 26 , Another lawsuit by Stanley Mouse alleged that the characters of Mike and Sulley were based on drawings he had tried to sell Hollywood in The film had a small drop-off of In its third weekend, the film experienced a larger decline of In its fourth weekend, however, there was an increase of 5.

The film is Pixar's eighth highest-grossing film worldwide and fifth in North America. For a time, the film went on to depose Toy Story 2 as the second highest-grossing animated film of all time, behind only The Lion King. The critical consensus was: "Clever, funny, and delightful to look at, Monsters, Inc. Charles Taylor from Salon. Roger Ebert, film critic from Chicago Sun-Times , who gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, called the film "cheerful, high-energy fun, and like the other Pixar movies, has a running supply of gags and references aimed at grownups.

One month after the movie's theatrical release on December 7, a version with alternative end credits was brought into theaters. As is common for Pixar movies, international versions differ in the contents.

Many English inscriptions are either removed or replaced by more generic symbols, especially in Monstropolis and at the Scarefloor. Additionally, an animation of Sulley telling Boo to go to sleep was changed for Non-English version, as in the US version, he holds up two fingers to illustrate "to" in "You - go - to - sleep".

Some examples for alternative angles can be seen in the bonus material of the 2-Disc DVD and Blu-ray of the film. The film was re-released in theaters in 3-D on December 19, , and it featured the outtakes in 3-D during the credits just like the movie.

The scene they ended up changing was the Harryhausen's scene. Following Mike and Sulley getting Boo and fleeing, the scene was supposed to end with Harryhausen's getting blown up in a fireball explosion by the CDA. This was changed in the final film to a large plasma bubble encompassing the building. A prequel, Monsters University was released on June 21, Set in Mike and Sulley's college years, it is about how the two became friends and got their job.

A short was made by Pixar in named Mike's New Car , in which the two main characters have assorted misadventures with a car Mike has just bought.