Randall Boggs

**Randall "Randy" Boggs** is the main antagonist of the 2001 Disney/Pixar film Monsters, Inc., and a major antagonist in its 2013 prequel Monsters University. He is the arch-nemesis of Sulley, Mr. Waternoose, and Fungus's former leader and boss as well as a former employee at Monsters, Inc.

He is voiced by Steve Buscemi.

## History

### Monsters, Inc.

Randall is first seen scaring Mike as well as laughing at him and said that it works on kids and little monsters which caused Mike lied to him saying that he had allergies. Randall then reveals to Sulley that he plans to break the record. When Mike tells Randall that he and Sulley will break the record first, Randall shushes Mike and asks him that the sound is the Winds of Change as well as then leaving. After that, Mike makes fun of Randall by mimicking him.

Later, Randall tries to become the New Top Scarer when he scares the children in their bedroom which he briefly succeeded before Sulley beats him due to being scarier than him since he did scare a slumber party. After the monsters were done with scaring children, Randall plans to revolutionize the scaring industry by kidnapping children. At that night, When Randall tries to kidnap Boo, he notices that Boo is missing due to Sulley stumbles upon the door.

At the restroom, Sulley Mike, and Boo discover about Randall's plans when his assistant Fungus tells him about Boo. When Mike had his feet in the toilet, Randall almost knocked all of the doors before Fungus tells him about Boo again. Randall tells him to pretend nothing happen and get the machine up and running while he deals with Boo. Randall and Fungus then leaves after that.

As Sulley and Mike started to search for Boo, they accidentally bumped into Randall who asks what they are doing, to which a worker tells him that they are rehearsing a play. Randall then pretends that he is not the reason why the monster world is spreading news about Boo by asking what do they think of Boo coming to the monster world. As Sulley notice Boo while he is talking to Randall, Mike stall Randall by lying that Waxford is involved in his plans. After that, Celia angrily came at Mike yelling at him about her birthday. As the two argue, Randall finds out that Mike and Sulley are involved in his plans.

In the hallways, Mike was running away from Randall until Randall himself found Mike and tells him where Boo is, Mike then tells Randall if he hadn't cheat last night, Boo will never gotten out. After hearing this, Randall makes a deal with Mike telling him that he must put Boo back in the room in order for him to kidnapped Boo.

At the scare floor, Mike and Sulley sees Boo's door, but Sulley refuse due to knowing that Randall is after Boo. When Mike tries to prove to Sulley that no one is in Boo's room, Randall accidentally kidnapped Mike (thinking that's Boo). Sulley then tries to rescue Mike by chasing Randall until he and Boo notice his secret lair. At the secret lair, Randall and Fungus collect the box and released Mike which he found out that he caught Mike instead of Boo. Randall tells Mike where Boo is, but Mike first corrects him that it's pronounced "creet-in" and then still believes that Randall is trying break the record. Randall laughs to Mike and reveals his plans, telling him that he plans to revolutionize the scaring industry and when he succeeded, Sulley will be working for him (showing that he plans to be the new CEO of Monsters, Inc.) He then demands Mike where is Boo, but when Mike refuses, Randall decides to test the Scream Extractor on him before Sulley pull off the plugs and put Fungus on the seat as well as rescuing Mike. Randall later found about this and chased them.

When Waternoose brought a door to Sulley and Mike, he reveals that he is one of Randall's henchmen and banishes them. Back at the secret lair, Waternoose argues with Randall saying that he never should have trusted him with his plan since because of him, he had to banish Sulley, but Randall said that with the machine, they won't need scarers and Sulley got what he deserved. Waternoose then said that Sulley was twice the scarier than Randall will ever be which caused Randall himself to be angry. Randall and Fungus later test the Scream Extractor on Boo before Sulley arrive and rescue Boo as well as throwing the Scream Extractor on Randall and his henchmen. Waternoose then orders his boss to stop Sulley which he did before Mike came back and throws a snowball at Randall. Waternoose orders Randall again and tells him that there can't be any witnesses, and Randall replies there won't be.

At the scare floor, Randall chased Sulley and Mike when they got Boo's door before Celia lies to the other monsters that Randall has broken the scare record in order to help Sulley and Mike but however Randall chased Mike, Sulley, and Boo through a door chase which is also before Randall was finally defeated and also banished to the human world where a woman beats him up thinking that he is an alligator.

### Monsters University

Randall is first seen welcoming Mike as well as shaking his hand. A little accident then happens which caused Randall to turn into invisible, surprising Mike. Randall tells Mike that he is afraid of turning invisible in classes, but Mike tells Randall that is great, and he has to turn into invisible but lose the glasses.

After that, Randall asks Mike if he is little nervous, but Mike says that he is not as well as saying that he is waiting for his whole life.

The next day, Mike and Randall arrive at the School of Scaring where would learn about scaring which is also where they meet Dean Hardscrabble and Sulley.

That night, Randall baked some cupcakes in order to make friends which spelled "BE MY PAL" as well as goes outside in order to do it. Randall is then seen in a party trying to make some friends at the party before Mike accidentally ruined. The four of the cupcakes land on Randall spelling out "LAME".

Later, Randall is helping Mike try out some new scaring tactics. Then in class, Mike and Randall both sit together studying before Sulley knock over Mike's books. Afraid of getting into a fight, Randall tells Mike to move somewhere else, but Mike didn't and continues to have a fight with Sulley. After a little incident, Randall slowly walks back and turns invisible, not wanting to be involved in anything.

Randall later abandons Mike by joining Roar Omega Roar which would cause Mike to have Sulley on his team. After Oozma Kappa got into the second place, Randall is then seen helping Johnny make Oozma Kappa look like fools.

During the Scare Games, Sulley and Randall race each other into a little girl's room, Randall was about to turn to scare the dummy before Sulley ruin it which also caused Randall to fall in a carpet with hearts on it. Randall then scares the dummy despite Sulley winning. After Randall loses, Roar Omega Roar were angry at Randall for not winning as well as his appearance. Randall is then last seen angrily exclaims that it will be the last time he will lose to Sullivan.

## Personality

Before joining the Roar Omega Roar, Randall was originally kind, and helpful monster who would hang out with Mike but however after joining the Roar Omega Roar, Randall became evil as well as becoming an enemy to Mike. He also shown to be very abusive due to him abusing Fungus given he does not care about anyone (including Mr. Waternoose).

## Appearance

Randall had a three-antennaed crest with pink tips on top of his head. He also had purple skin, green eyes, four arms and legs. He also can camouflage like a chameleon.

In Monsters University, Randall is seen as a young and pimple-faced teenager who also sometimes wear purple glasses.

## Trivia

* Randall is often thought to be the first film's secondary antagonist, and Mr. Waternoose's (former) right-hand man. The reason for this is probably because at one point, Waternoose ordered Randall a few times as well as Mike explains everything to Celia as he says "Waternoose had this secret plot" as if Randall was his henchmen. However, this is false information obviously as the film itself states that Randall is the real mastermind and Waternoose is the real henchmen several times (despite Waternoose ordering Randall a few times as well as Mike saying " Waternoose has this secret plot" as he could have assumed).
	+ One example is during Randall's first scene, When Randall said "Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. Do you hear that? It's the winds of change", a sound can be heard, and that sound is the same sound as the Scream Extractor which may mean that the sound that Randall was talking about was actually the scream extractor.
	+ Another hint of Randall being the mastermind is that when Randall was angry that he is not the top scarer, Fungus said maybe that he should re-align the scream intake valve which later foreshadow Randall planning to revolutionize the scaring industry by kidnapping children since Fungus said, "There must be something wrong with the scream intake valve".
	+ When the scarers are done with scaring kids, Randall can be seen looking at the other scarers leaving which also foreshadows Randall planning to revolutionize the scaring industry by kidnapping children given that Randall said when everyone goes to lunch which means the scare floor will be empty.
	+ When Randall comes to the scare floor, he is seen looking making sure no one is there and when he didn't find Boo, he seems to be angry.
	+ Randall also had Fungus as his henchmen since during the restroom scene, he told the plans to Randall instead of Mr. Waternoose and not to mention, Randall is also seen ordering Fungus. And speaking of that, when Waternoose and Randall argue about banishing Sulley, Fungus appears to be shocked that Waternoose argue with Randall which makes sense since Randall serves as the boss of both Waternoose and Fungus.
	+ When Sulley and Mike finds Boo as well as hearing Randall, you can hear Randall saying "Look, I already told your buddies I haven't seen anything" which pretty much shows that Randall is lying to the CDA in order for to them not to realize he is the criminal behind of the mess just so his plans can actually succeeded.
	+ During the restroom scene, when Fungus tells Randall about his plans and Boo, Randall said when he finds out who let Boo out, they're dead which shows he will attack anyone who tries to get involved in his plans. This is pretty much shown again when Randall thought Waxford is involved in his plans as well as when Randall attacked Mike due to him realizing that Mike and Sulley are involved in his plans.
	+ When Sulley and Mike bumps into Randall, Randall said that he heard that Boo has been traced back to the factory and asks them if they see anything that has to do with Boo which shows that he is trying to kidnap Boo very easy and making sure no one is trying to foil his plans.
	+ When Randall explains his plans to Mike, he said that he is planning to revolutionize the scaring industry and when he succeeded his plans, Sulley will be working for him which also shows he also plans to be the new CEO of Monsters, Inc, given that CEOs holds authority of all workers (despite that CEOs can also be henchmen/minions).
	+ When Randall tests the Scream Extractor on both Mike and Boo, he can be seen making an evil grin which shows that he can't wait to succeed his plans, also when Sulley pulls off the plug and rescue Mike, He can be seen being angry.
	+ When Mike tells Fungus to let him go, Fungus said to Mike that he is not allowed to fraternize with victims of his boss's plan (stating that the plan was Randall's and not Waternoose's).
	+ When Mike and Sulley are banished by Randall and Waternoose, the scene shows that Randall is the one who is pulling the strings since during that scene, Randall is seen showing his hand to the door indicating that he is ordering Waternoose to banish Mike and Sulley. Randallis also seen making evil grin when he opens the door showing that he is glad that Sulley and Mike are banished. This would also foreshadow the scene where it reveals Randall force Waternoose to banish Mike and Sulley.
	+ After banishing Mike and Sulley, Mr. Waternoose himself admits that Randall is behind everything when he told Randall he never should have trusted him with the plan since because of him, he had to banish Sulley, but Randall said that with the scream extractor, they won't need scarers and Sulley got what he deserved which also indicates that Randall is the one who came up with the plan and convinced Waternoose to go through with it. Plus, Waternoose angrily replies that Sulley was twice the scarer Randall will ever be which caused Randall to growl lowly in anger.
	+ When Randall and Fungus prepare to test the scream extractor on Boo, Fungus can be seen turning down the machine without being noticed, indicating that Randall ordered Fungus to active the scream extractor more on Boo as well as Fungus making sure that Randall doesn't yell at him and see what he is doing.
	+ When Sulley throws the scream extractor at Randall and his henchmen as well as Waternoose ordering Randall to stop Sulley, Randall was already enraged and prepared to attack anyway.
	+ After Randall briefly got knocked out by Sulley, when Waternoose ordered Randall once again and also told him "There can't be any witnesses, Randall was angrily already prepared to get up as well as responding in a sinister way that "there won't be" which suggests that Randall was using Waternoose as a pawn, and also plans to betrayed/kill Waternoose after Sulley and Mike in order to become the new CEO of Monsters, Inc.
	+ When Waternoose told Sulley that he, and Boo have seen too much, he meant too much of Randall's plan, and plus, when Waternoose said that he had no choice but to make things be that way. This shows that Waternoose went along with Randall's plan to save the company, and when Waternoose said that he will kidnap a thousand children before he lets the company die, and will silence anyone who gets in his way, he was doing it for Randall, and his plan.
	+ Although most of Randall's villainous acts during the first film committed while being Mr. Waternoose's boss, Randall is much prominent as the villain in the first film as the villain since Waternoose's antagonistic role is only revealed near the end. Also, Randall is much more evil than Mr. Waternoose since his actions, and disposition are more overtly malicious, and he holds a personal grudge against the protagonists, unlike Waternoose, who would have preferred them not to get involved in Randall's plan and thus, need to be eliminated.
	+ Randall is the most present villain in the first film, and also popular, and remembered a lot more than Waternoose.
	+ Steve Buscemi's name is listed first before James Coburn in the villain list. otherwise, it probably would have been James Coburn first.
	+ Because of Randall planning to succeed Sulley, and kidnap Boo from the human world, he drove the plot of the film, and not to mention he structured almost the whole plot of the film as well as serving as the archenemy of Sulley.
	+ Most of the adaptation books mention that the plan was Randall's and even said that Waternoose was cahoots or working with him instead of saying that Waternoose was behind the plan.
	+ In the Disney As Told My Emoji episode which based off the first film, Randall seems to be the main antagonist of the episode since he is shown be irredeemable and force Waternoose to banish Sulley and Mike which is most likely based off the fact that he is the main antagonist of Monsters, Inc.
	+ Randall is featured in the tribute of Pixar Villains showing that he is the main antagonist of Monsters, Inc.

* Randall's original names were "Switt", and "Ned". He was named Ned in the original treatment and "Switt" in the original opening. However, his name was eventually changed.
	+ In another deleted scene, another name for Randall is Switch.
	+ Also, in the early treatment where he was named Ned, he acted more caring towards Johnson (the original Sulley), as he defended him from a group of hecklers and even offered him advice on how to be scarier. However, he then became a villain when his place as top scarer was threatened.

* Randall is constantly believed to be the deuteragonist, tritagonist-turned main antagonist, the secondary antagonist, the tertiary antagonist, and a minor antagonist of Monsters University.
* The crest on Randall's head may have been inspired by the possible wings of Longsiquama, an extinct lizard from the Triassic period.
* Randall is the second Pixar villain to be physically fought, the first is Stinky Pete.
* He is ranked #27 in the Top 30 Disney Villains.
* In an early script for the first film, Mike was going to be Randall's assistant instead of Fungus.
* For a long time, there have been rumors by fans stating that Randall was not evil, but just a grouchy and tired (as there are bags under his eyes from lack of sleep) monster who wants the respect Sulley gets. However, most of these are not true as Randall has done many evil things in the first film as he had tried to kill Sulley by strangling him due to him ruining his plans, only to be stopped by a snowball being thrown at him by Mike and then getting punched by Sulley. After waking up, as the trio has escaped, he had planned to kill Mr. Waternoose in order to become the new CEO of Monsters, Inc. as well when he told him there cannot be witnesses to his plan.
* For some reason, Randall is the only scarer in the first film that is referred by his first on the Scarers' Leaderboard rather than by his last name. This implies that at one point, Randall was actually going to be his last name rather than his first name.
* Randall shares the same first name and many traits of Randall Weems from Recess. Both characters are sneaky, mean, and tend to assume similarly serpent-like postures.
* At one point, Randall angrily threatens to put Fungus through the shredder if he doesn't get him another door. This a reference to another character played by Steve Buscemi, Carl Showalter from the 1996 crime film Fargo, who was killed through by a shredder.
* One of the backgrounds Fungus used to demonstrate Randall's cloaking abilities is the cloud background that served as the wallpaper of Andy's bedroom in the first Davis residence seen in the first Toy Story film.
* Despite being banished in the first film, several video games after Monsters Inc, Randall now appears back at work and is also no longer evil. Instead, he apparently reformed but is still extremely devious and sneaky, but these video games are non-canon.
	+ And speaking of that, the cancelled sequel was actually going to have Randall redeemed but this never happen due to the fact that Circle 7 Animation shutting down as well as in early 2006, it was decided that Disney would be better off owning Pixar altogether rather than just the franchises.

* In international releases of Monsters University, Randall's cupcakes have smiley faces on them. This was to get over the language barrier (although the cupcakes have smiley faces on them on releases in English speaking language countries).
* The color schemes Randall underwent after being hit by Boo before Sulley grabs him and throws him into the human world include pale yellow with red zigzag lines, blue with purple spots (Sulley's own color scheme), pink and yellow plaid, blue with white spots, purple with a brown head, purple with white stripes, a red circle pattern, and finally solid green.
* According to the M.U. website, Randall had very little control over his camouflaging abilities as a kid. Through MU the movie does not go into detail on this fact, it can be assumed that between the events of M.U. and M.I., Randall had learned to assume near-perfect control over his abilities.
* According to the creators, Randall wouldn't be appearing in the Disney+ series Monsters at Work due to the door being destroyed/sealed off.
* It is occasionally rumored that Randy is his middle name but however it's actually his nickname as shown in Monsters University.
* Randall can be seen as an evil counterpart to Sulley since....
	+ Sulley is a hero while Randall is a villain.
	+ Sulley serves as the main protagonist while Randall is the main antagonist.
	+ Sulley tries to take Boo back to her door while Randall tries to kidnap Boo.

* Randall can also be seen as a foil to Sulley since they're both two best scarers of the company as well as Sulley's color scheme is blue with purple patches while Randall's color scheme is purple with a bit of blue. While Sulley only scares children because that's part of his job and is deeply ashamed when sees how harmful it is. Randall has no problem of harming children since he plans to kidnap them and had their screams. And not to mention, Sulley and Randall are shown to jerks in Monsters University and given the fact that Sulley subverting his corrupting factors while Randall subverting his redeeming qualities.
	+ Because of this, if Sulley never subverted his corrupting factors nor met Mike, he would end up like Randall.

* Randall's plan could result in the deaths or permanent mental trauma of the kidnapped children as the scream extractor can potentially suffocate a child to death as shown when Fungus was unable to breathe when the machine is used on him.