# Talk:Monsters, Inc.

Production of Monsters, Inc actually commenced in May 1999 following the end of production of Toy Story 2, not sometime in 2000 as previously stated. It also mentions that early in the production of Monsters, Inc, that Pixar moved to Emeryville from Port Richmond, which was in November 2000.  By then, the trailer had already been launched one month prior in October 2000, with the release of Toy Story 2 on home video and online. 
The first picture of Monsters, Inc was revealed in August 2000, which was also when the voice actors and characters were confirmed. The casting of Steve Buscemi was actually rumoured since the production of the movie began in May 1999. This would also mean that production of Monsters, Inc was midway at this point, and half the film was produced in Port Richmond and the other half of the film was produced in Emeryville. Could someone please add this information to the page.

Contradiction: Voice cast section says "Boo, a two-year-old", but Writing section says "settled on the age of 3". Which is it? Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:28, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Scratch that, the sources corroborated the latter. An IP changed it a long time ago. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:47, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

While the WP:STATUSQUO version is "exile", the film itself is "banish" (i.e. Mike telling Sulley about a potential banishment and later saying "We're banished, genius!" after Waternoose sends them to the human world in this film, the Abominable Snowman warning Mike and Sulley that tampering with the mail is punishable by banishment in Monsters University, etc.). According to their definitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, both exile and banish are synonyms.
I've been wondering about something: does anyone know how secondary sources typically describe it as? One source I came across (Syfy) describes it as "banish", while the soundtrack listing describes it as "exile". However, a ScreenRant source for Monsters at Work lists it as both "exile" and "banishment". Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 18:03, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

I'd go with what is in the source material - the film itself, ignoring anything that is not the film. They are generally synonyms but the words have slightly different connotations and I assume the film chose the wording deliberately. Geraldo Perez (talk) 03:15, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

This film has the main ethical issue is the prejudice that monsters have against the human child, Boo.
Can you please put "Category:Animated films about prejudice" category on the page? 2605:4A80:7804:8EE0:49B:2045:DCFE:D85C (talk) 07:16, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

 Not done WP:NOTDEFINING - that is not what the film is about. Geraldo Perez (talk) 07:33, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Why is there no information in this article about the canceled sequel "Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise" and Disney Circle 7 Animation? There are news sites, information, and even a completed script for the cancelled sequel, which can still be found and read online. FoodMastersRoom (talk) 02:33, 23 November 2025 (UTC)