Monsters, Inc. Franchise

The **Monsters, Inc. Franchise** mainly consists of two films.

## Short Films

### Charades

Charades is a two-minute promotional short animated film, featuring characters from Monsters, Inc.. The short was theatrically released on November 16, 2001 with Warner Bros. Pictures' Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The cast consists of John Goodman and Billy Crystal.

In the short, Sulley is shown playing a game of charades with Mike, but Mike is unable to guess the phrase "Harry Potter". Afterwards, Mike attempts to charade, but a bored Sulley quickly and correctly guesses Star Wars. A bewildered Mike asks how he does it.

### Party Central

Party Central is a six-minute short animated film, featuring characters from Monsters University. It premiered on August 9, 2013 at the D23 Expo. The short was set to be released theatrically with The Good Dinosaur in 2014, before the film was pushed back to 2015. Instead, it was theatrically released on March 21, 2014, with Muppets Most Wanted. The short was written and directed by Kelsey Mann, story supervisor on Monsters University. The cast consists of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Peter Sohn, Julia Sweeney, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion, Dave Foley, Sean Hayes, Bobby Moynihan and Joel Murray.

In the short, the Oozma Kappa fraternity organizes a party, but no one shows up. To solve the problem, they use door stations to steal visitors from the biggest party going on at another fraternity.

## Music

 Monsters University (Soundtrack) | Released: June 18, 2013
Label: Walt Disney Records

## TV Series

### Monsters at Work

The spin-off of Monsters, Inc. was confirmed in a Disney press release on November 9, 2017 as part oflist of in development series for The Walt Disney Company's upcoming streaming service. On April 9, 2019, it was revealed that the show would be titled Monsters at Work and premiere in Spring 2021. Five of the original cast would return including John Goodman and Billy Crystal reprising their roles as Sulley and Mike, respectively.

Its premise is following a young eager mechanic, Tylor Tuskmon (Ben Feldman), six months after the original movie. Tuskmon hopes to be promoted to the Laugh Floor alongside Mike and Sulley.

## Cast and Characters

* John Goodman as James P. Sullivan
* Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski
* Mary Gibbs as Boo
* Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs
* James Coburn as Henry J. Waternoose III
* Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae
* Bob Peterson as Roz / Roze
* Frank Oz as Jeff Fungus
* Dan Gerson as Needleman and Smitty
* Steve Susskind as Jerry Slugworth
* John Ratzenberger as Yeti / Bernard
* Bonnie Hunt as Mrs. Flint
* Jeff Pidgeon as Thaddeus "Phlegm" Bile
* Samuel Lord Black as George Sanderson
* Philip Proctor as Charlie
* Joe Ranft as Peter "Claws" Ward
* Helen Mirren as Dean Hardscrabble
* Peter Sohn as Scott Squibbles
* Joel Murray as Don Carlton
* Sean Hayes and Dave Foley as Terri and Terry Perry
* Charlie Day as Art
* Julia Sweeney as Sherri Squibbles
* Nathan Fillion as Johnny Worthington III
* Bobby Moynihan as Chet Alexander
* Alfred Molina as Professor Derek Knight
* Tyler Labine as Brock Pearson
* Aubrey Plaza as Claire Wheeler
* Beth Behrs as Carrie Williams
* Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Karen Graves
* John Krasinski as "Frightening" Frank McCay
* Bill Hader as Referee / Slug
* Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon
* Kelly Marie Tran as Val Little
* Henry Winkler as Fritz
* Lucas Neff as Duncan
* Alanna Ubach as Cutter
* Aisha Tyler as Millie Tuskmon

## Merchandise

### Video Games

* Monsters, Inc. Scream Team
* Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena
* Monsters, Inc. (Video Game)
* Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training

## Theme Park Attractions

* Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor
* Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!