Mister Randall Boggs

Randall "Randy" Boggs is a chameleon/gecko-like monster that was a member of the Roar Omega Roar fraternity at Monsters University and worked as a scarer for Monsters, Inc.. He appeared in *Monsters, Inc.* and its prequel, *Monsters University*. He is voiced by Steve Buscemi.

## Loves And Hates

### Likes

Being the best scarer, attention, taunting Sulley and Mike, cheating, victory, winning, being popular, getting what he wants

### DisLikes

Being second-best, Fungus's incompetence, losing, failure, kids, not getting what he wants, humans, defeat, being mistaken for an alligator

## Naming Info Details

### Alias

Randy
Ned
Switt
Lizard Boy
Creep
Cheater
Another gator

## Physical Appearance Description

### Occupation

Scarer (formerly)
Criminal

### Powers With Abilities / Skills And Talents \ InBorns Plus InNates

Camouflage/Invisibility
Mechanical engineering

## Known Media Appearances

### Feature F Films

*Monsters, Inc.
Monsters University*

## Possession And Paraphernalias

 / **Randall Boggs** is one of the two main antagonists of ***Disney***•***Pixar***'s ***2001*** animated film *Monsters, Inc.*. Snide and vindictive, Randall is notoriously envious of James P. Sullivan, the most beloved scarer in Monstropolis. To make his mark on the world while simultaneously stealing Sullivan's spotlight, Randall plots to "revolutionize" the scaring industry using conspiratorial means that involves kidnapping human children. / **Randall "Randy" Boggs** is the secondary antagonist of Pixar's 4th full-length animated feature film *Monsters Inc.* and a supporting antagonist in its 2013 prequel film *Monsters University*. He is also a mentioned antagonist in the Disney+ sequel television series *Monsters at Work*.
He is a gecko/chameleon-like monster from Monstropolis who works as an employee of Monsters, Inc., where he is the arch-rival of Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan, whom he has met since their days at Monsters University. Wishing to "revolutionize" the scaring industry in his search to gain fame and fortune along with becoming highly superior to Mike and Sulley in petty revenge over a minor incident in Monsters University, Randall secretly teams up with Henry J. Waternoose III to solve the city's current energy crisis, with Randall coming up with a torturous device to get as much screams as they need.
He was voiced by Steve Buscemi.

## Physical Appearance

Randall is a monster that looks akin to a lizard. He has small sharp teeth, two green eyes that are nearly on top of his head, and three fronds on the top of his head. He is quadrupedal, with eight limbs in total. (Four legs and four arms.) He has three fingers and toes on each of his limbs. His skin is covered by small smooth scales that are usually dark purple in colour. The scales on his tail are blue instead of purple, like the rest of his body. Of course you can't see any of this when he is camaflauged. (Except the teeth)

In *Monsters University*, Randall appears to have brighter purple and blue scales. His eyes are and larger he wears a pair of convex glasses with round purple frames to help him see. These magnifed his eyes so much that it gave him a very… different… more cheerful… appearance.

## *Monsters, Inc.*

Randall is Sulley and Mike's arch-nemesis.

Randall's scare assistant is Fungus, who usually annoys him. He usually gets into small disagreements with Mr. Waternoose, who serves as Randall's partner-in-crime.

Randall works as a Scarer for Monsters, Inc. by entering children's rooms through a system of closet doors and scaring sleeping children to bottle their screams, which is a source of power in their world. He is in competition with Sulley and Mike for the glorious post of Top Scarer. Randall constructed a "Scream Extractor" and kidnapped a human child in cooperation with the company's leader Henry J. Waternoose in order to end the energy crisis, with the hopes to eventually rise to the leader of the company.

However, the initial plot failed due to Mike sending Sulley back after closing hours to submit paperwork which Mike forgot to turn in earlier. Sulley stumbled upon the child, whom he nicknames Boo. Sulley and Mike take the child home with them, since children are forbidden in their world due to a belief that they can infect the monsters. Randall later discovers the pair's connection to Boo after seeing Mike in the newspaper with her. Aware that she's somewhere in the factory, he makes a deal with Mike to return Boo home. Mike agrees, unaware that he actually intends to kidnap her once she's back in her room. He ends up kidnapping Mike by mistake (due to Sulley and Boo distrusting Randall and Mike attempting to discredit them), but decides to use him as a test subject for the machine; however, Sulley saves him at the last second. Sulley and Mike are exiled when their secret is revealed to ensure that they can't get in their way and to keep them from exposing their plot to the public. Randall and Waternoose are now able to go through with testing the scream extractor on Boo (although Waternoose expresses distaste for having to exile Sulley and Mike due to Randall's negligence, pointing out that Sulley was "twice the scarer Randall could ever be").

After Sulley manages to return and wreck the Scream Extractor, Mr. Waternoose tells Randall to stop Sulley, then Randall attacks and strangles him. He proves to be quite an adversary due to his cloaking abilities; he also states to Sulley how he had personally waited so long to attack him. This whole time Mike is trying to apologize to Sulley, thinking that Sulley is just clowning around as he tries to fend off his invisible foe. Mike finally gets annoyed with the fact that Sulley is not listening to him and throws a snowball at Sulley, but it hits Randall instead, exposing him to the two partners, making them realize that Randall had been attacking Sulley. Randall is defeated after a chase through the factory, where he and Boo escape into a door and Boo begins to pull on his antennas and hit him with a baseball bat, which disrupts his stealth with multiple obvious patterns. Sulley then restrains him with a chokehold, followed by a snake wrestling maneuver, and throws him through a door leading to a southern marsh, where he is mistaken as an alligator and mercilessly attacked by some Trailer Folk. The door's light is shattered by Sulley and then tipped over the railing it was leaning against and shatters onto the floor far below, ensuring that Randall can never return. Sulley congratulates Boo for beating him and she then blows a raspberry in his direction.

Afterwards, Sulley and Mike expose Mr. Waternoose of Randall's plan to the CDA, thereby getting Waternoose arrested and foiling their plan once and for all. Mike retold the events of the film in his play Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me, exposing Randall's conspiracy to the public; The audience watching the play are seen booing against this depiction of Randall, indicating that his reputation has been permanently tarnished by his crimes. Fungus is noticeably much happier after Randall's absence and still works as a respected employee at Monsters Inc.

## *Monsters University*

"Monsters University" freshman Randy Boggs has big aspirations for college life. The peculiar lizard-like monster with his host of gangly arms and legs plans to major in Scaring and lead an active social life filled with fun, friends and fraternity parties. If only he could get his embarrassing disappearing habit under control, he’d be good to go, because how is he ever going to be a great Scarer if nobody can see him?"

Randall appears in the prequel and is nicknamed "Randy" in this film. He was depicted as nerdy, shy, and nervous.

Randy is first seen when Mike arrives to his new room. The two greet each other, but Randy, startled by objects falling in the background, disappears. Mike suggests that he should use that power more often, to Randy's shock. He soon follows Mike's advice of getting rid of his glasses because they don't disappear whenever he turns invisible, thus giving him his characteristic squint. Randy is worried about school and wonders if he'll manage to impress the cool kids, but Mike reassures him. He follows Mike and sits next to him on their first day of class.

Later, while Mike is studying scaring, Randy decided to bake cupcakes for a party organized by the cool kids. At the party, Randy tries to offer cupcakes to some girls that were in Eta Hiss Hiss, but Mike runs into him while riding Archie the Scare Pig, splattering four of the cupcakes on Randy that spelled "LAME" on his face, much to his dismay.

He is later seen helping Mike study by asking him questions on phobias (such as arachnophobia, fear of spiders).

However, Randy becomes a member of Roar Omega Roar and ends up abandoning Mike, refusing to join Oozma Kappa and help him since Randy is finally with the "cool kids". He actively participates to OK's humiliation at the ROR house as the one who activates the trap dousing them with toys.

During the last event of the Scare Games, Sulley accidentally ruins Randy's attempt to scare the child dummy, as his roar is so strong that it makes him fall onto a carpet and change into a humiliating pattern of pink with red hearts (similar to a pair of cartoon boxer shorts). Due to this, his scare is weak and ineffective, giving him a poor score (7.5 points out of 20), with Oozma Kappa being tied with Roar Omega Roar because of this. Randy swears revenge on Sulley as he is criticized by the fraternity and presumably expelled afterwards.

During the credits, Randall appears on one of the Scare Cards, eventually becoming a Scarer at Monsters, Inc.

 File:Randall in Monsters University.png  In the prequel, Randall (nicknamed "Randy") is first seen when Mike arrives in his new room as Randall is his roommate. The two greet each other and Randall seems nice, offering Mike first choice of the beds. Randall shows he has the power to turn invisible, doing so when surprised, leaving only his glasses hovering in mid-air. Mike suggests that he should use that power when scaring, to Randall's surprise. He soon follows Mike's advice of getting rid of his glasses because they don't disappear whenever he turns invisible. Even though the two become great friends, Randall is worried about school and wonders if he'll manage to impress the cool kids, but Mike reassures him. He follows Mike and sits next to him on their first day of class.

Later, while Mike is studying scaring, Randall decided to bake cupcakes for a party organized by the cool kids, decorating them to spell "Be My Pal" (the letters on Randall's cupcakes are replaced by smiley faces in the international versions of the film to which the smiley faces are likely to represent Randall being a grateful colleague to Mike). At the party, Randall tries to offer cupcakes to some girls, but Mike runs into him while riding ***Archie the Scare Pig***, splattering all the cupcakes on Randall, which spell "lame," with the letters on them, much to his dismay (the international versions of the film, the cupcakes spelling "lame" have been altered with smiley faces).

He is later seen helping Mike study by asking him questions on phobias (such as arachnophobia, fear of spiders). However, Randall ends up slowly decreasing his friendship with Mike when he replaces Sulley as a member of ***Roar Omega Roar*** and thus was unable to help Mike and join ***Oozma Kappa*** as their sixth member since he is finally in with the "cool kids". His friendship with Mike decreased further when Randall took part in his group's prank on Mike's team, Oozma Kappa.

After this, he is frequently seen in group shots of the Roar Omega Roar until the final event of the Scare Games, where he faces off against Sulley. Randall is poised to scare, when the vibrations from Sulley's roar, cause him to fall on a carpet and involuntarily blend in with its pink and heart pattern, causing his scare score to be minimal, resulting in his former "friends" berating him and kicking him out. After this, he looks over bitterly at Sulley and mumbles his last line in the film, "That's the last time I lose to you, Sullivan!".

Because of this, Randall supposedly begins his gradual descent into villainy as his jealousy for Sulley grows over the years. Because of his hatred for Sulley, he also comes to no longer accept Mike as well, but not for the same reason. Randall seems to hate Mike by the time *Monsters, Inc.* happens, not because of anything that he personally did to him, like Sulley, but simply because of Mike's close association with him.

During the credits, Randall appears on one of the Scare Cards, eventually becoming a Scarer at Monsters, Inc.

 File:Monsters-inc-disneyscreencaps.com-1250.jpg  In *Monsters, Inc.*, Randall is Sulley and Mike's arch-nemesis and direct rival. He is able to harness his invisibility at will as seen when he used it to scare Mike in the locker room. He is shown to be in competition with Sulley and Mike for the glorious post of Top Scarer. He also managed to beat Sulley and become the Top Scarer, though the victory was short-lived when Sulley managed to scare an entire slumber party and regain his spot seconds later. He then furiously threatens to put Fungus into the shredder if he does not bring him a new door in 5 seconds. However, Randall has also constructed a "Scream Extractor" and tries to kidnap a human child in cooperation with the company's leader (and his own henchman) Henry J. Waternoose III, with the hope of eventually rising to the leadership of the company.

However, this plot failed when Sulley was sent by Mike after closing hours to recover paperwork (which Mike forgot to turn in) and stumbled upon the kid, whom Sulley nicknamed Boo. Upon hearing about Boo on the news, Randall spends the entire night looking for her. He eventually deduced Mikey as being involved in Boo's release into the Monster World and tried to talk him into bringing the child to him, only for this to backfire when Mike accidentally got himself captured trying to convince Sulley that Randall was not up to something. Largely because Sulley witnessed Randall going in, they initially thought he was trying to "cheat" at the scare record. However, after his accidental capture of Mike, he makes clear that his plans did not even involve winning the scare record, let alone cheating at it. After Sulley and Mike are exiled, Randall and Mr. Waternoose go through with testing the Scream Extractor on Boo. However, Mr. Waternoose expresses distaste and guilt for having to exile Sulley and Mike due to Randall's negligence, as well as pointing out that Sulley was "twice the scarer Randall could ever be." After Sulley manages to escape and wreck the Scream Extractor, Mr. Waternoose orders an enraged Randall to stop him as Randall then attacks Sulley and tries to strangle him. He proves to be quite an adversary due to his chameleon-like abilities. However, when Mike gets annoyed with the fact that Sulley is not listening to his apology, he throws a snowball at him, hitting Randall instead, allowing Mike to realize that Randall has been attacking Sulley.

Randall gave pursuit and had them cornered at the Scare Floor. After learning the truth from Mike, Celia aided them by "awarding" Randall with the all-time Scare Record (though Randall was too determined to stop Sulley and Mike to care about his "victory"). He goes after the trio in a chase through the factory until he manages to grab Boo and escape into an activated door. When Sulley comes to rescue her, Randall surprises him and tries to send him falling from the door, lamenting of how Sulley was always the best Scarer and with him gone, Randall will finally come on top. Suddenly, Boo overcomes her fear of Randall as she begins to pull on his frond and hits him with a baseball bat, making him turn different colors, then Sulley restrains him with a chokehold, followed by a snake wrestling maneuver. Sulley remarks to Randall that it looks like he is out of a job.

Afterward, he gets thrown through an active door while desperately begging them not to do it, that banishes him to a ***trailer home*** in the middle of a swamp in the south, where a Cajun family beats Randall senseless with a shovel, thinking he is an alligator. Sulley then shatters the glass light to the door and is then tipped over the railing it was leaning against and shatters on the floor far below, thus ensuring Randall cannot return through the door.

Randall's plan is further foiled when Sulley and Mike later expose Mr. Waternoose of his and Randall's actions and the ***CDA*** arrest Waternoose.

## Powers/Skills

Randall Boggs is a chameleon/gecko-like monster. He is shown to be able to climb on any terrain such as walls, using his hands to grip on the surface. He can even stay on a vertical wall facing downwards without problems. Randall signature ability is to change his skin color to blend into any environment and can camouflage the people who are in contact with him. He can use this in hand-to-hand combat which is how he overpower Sully. His invisibility/camouflage does has limits as when he was in school he couldn’t camouflage his clothes like his glasses.

## *Monsters, Inc.: Laugh Factory*

In the *Laugh Factory* comic miniseries by Boom! Studios taking place after *Monsters, Inc.*, Randall manages to sneak back into the factory and tries to frame Mike for stealing props and material from other Monster comics (this might be explained by Randall finding a settlement to sneak back in through the door, similar to how Sulley and Mike managed to get back to the monster world after being banished to the Himalayas). In the fourth issue, he is helped by a human boy named Sid Phillips (the main antagonist of *Toy Story*), and they, along with Mr. Waternoose, aim to extract revenge on Sulley and Mike in order for the villains to rise to power.

## Personality

In *Monsters University*, Randall was originally a kind, timid teenage monster who would hang out with Mike. However, after Mike was forced to befriend Sulley and stopped associating with Randall, he felt hurt and this caused him to slowly turn on Mike and become his new enemy, even though he betrayed Mike in the first place.

In *Monsters, Inc.*, Randall is greedy, ruthless, sneaky, short-tempered, competitive and overall evil in nature. Judging by his intentions to capture children for their screams (and possibly never return them), he is probably willing to severely harm children (or worse).

### Enemies

* James P. "Sulley" Sullivan - Arch-rival, former co-worker and attempted victim.
* Mike Wazowski - Former friend and roommate turned arch-enemy and attempted victim.
* Boo - Attempted kidnap victim.
* Jeff Fungus- Former assistant.
* Celia Mae - Enemy.
* The CDA - Enemies.
* Oozma Kappa - Enemy team
* Roar Omega Roar - Former friends
* Hillbilly mother - Torturer.

## Gallery

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Shh! Ya hear that? It's the winds of change..."Tumblr laiposxhs51qd0axho1 1280.jpgRandall glaring jealously at Sulley and is angry also at Mr. Waternoose.Randall-Boggs-Monster-s-Inc-disney-villains-1038350 600 330.jpg"So what do you think about that kid getting out, Sullivan? Pretty crazy, huh?Monsters, Inc. Randall Deal.png"When the big hand is pointing up, and the little hand is pointing up, the kid's door will be at my station. But when the big hand points down, the door will be gone. You have till then to put the kid back. Get the picture?"Tumblr lj5l7uR5ba1qe5p1no1 500.png"I'm about to revolutionize the scaring industry. When I do, even the great James P. Sullivan is gonna be working for me!"Monsters-inc-disneyscreencaps.com-1250.jpg"I'm in the zone today, Sullivan! Gonna be doing some serious scaring today. Putting up some big numbers!"Monsters-inc-disneyscreencaps.com-4717.jpgMike, Sulley and Boo barely manage to avoid being seen by Randall in the bathroom.Monsters-inc-disneyscreencaps.com-5850.jpgRandall appears right beside Sulley, but the bell rings before he can notice him.Monsters-inc-disneyscreencaps.com-6225.jpg"Say hello to the Scream Extractor."Monsters-inc-disneyscreencaps.com-7858.jpg(Waternoose: GET UP! There can't be any witnesses!) "There *won't* be!Monsters-disneyscreencaps.com-1490.jpg"If I don't see a new door in my station in five seconds, I will personally put you ***THROUGH THE SHREDDER!!***"Monsters-disneyscreencaps.com-7687.jpgBoo attacks Randall and whacks him with a baseball bat, as he changes color with every whack.Randall Pathetic Waste.jpg"Look at everybody's favorite scarer now, you stupid PATHETIC WASTE!" Randall's breakdown.Randall's evil smile.png"And don't worry! I'll take 'good care of the kid!" 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## Trivia

* In the international version of the scene when Mike Wazowski was chasing after Archie the Scare Pig, the cupcakes had smiley faces instead of "Be my Pal."
* Randall's original names were "**Switt**" and "**Ned**." He was named "Ned" in the early treatment and "Switt" in the original opening.
	+ In another deleted scene, another name for Randall was "**Switch**."
* In an early script for the film, instead of Fungus, Mike Wazowski worked for him.
* Randall's design was said to be based on a veiled chameleon, with several qualities of geckos. His signature head crest is reminiscent of the possible wings of *Longisquama*, an extinct lizard from the Triassic period.
* Randall's nephew, Rex (named after the *Toy Story* character), made an appearance in the "Monsters Inc. Storybook Collection" as one of the toddlers in the company's day care program. It is unknown whether Rex has the surname Boggs or not, but is often referred to as "Randall's nephew". Rex greatly resembles his uncle - including Randall's ability to "disappear" - but has orange scales and only one antenna on his head, as opposed to Randall's violet scales and three antennae.
* In *Scream Arena*, a Nintendo GameCube set after Monsters, Inc., Randall now appears to be back at work, and is no longer depicted as evil. Instead, he has apparently reformed, but is still extremely devious.
* In the prequel, *Monsters University*, Randall appears to be wearing glasses, while in the original, he doesn't. This is due to the fact that Randall learns that he cannot make clothing invisible, such as glasses, and discards them. This also explains why he is squints in *Monsters, Inc.* as he is myopic.
* Randall is presumably 18 in the prequel, meaning he is likely 28 in the first film. Despite this, Steve Buscemi was around 42 during the production of *Monsters Inc.*, and around 55 during the production of *Monsters University*.
* 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.
* At one point, Randall threatens to put Fungus through the shredder. This is a shout-out to one of Steve Buscemi's characters, who was once killed by a shredder.
* In *Monsters Inc.*, Randall makes a possible reference to his defeat at the Scare Games when he attacks Sulley and says, "You have no idea how long I wanted to do that, Sullivan!"
* The color schemes Randall underwent after hit by Boo before Sulley grabs him and throws him into the hillbilly trailer door include pale yellow with red zigzag lines, blue with pink spots, pink and yellow plaid, white with red stars, a shade of dark turquoise, a red brick pattern, green and yellow swirls, red and black plaid, blue with white spots, purple with a brown head, purple with white stripes, a red circle pattern, and finally solid green.
* When his skin gets a heart pattern in the Scare Games final, one of the hearts is where his nose would be if he had one.
* According to the M.U. website, Randall was inept at his ability in his youth. He presumably had to master for a decade.
* Randall serves as the host of "Pinball Panic," which came as a bonus disc with select copies of the *Monsters, Inc.* 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD.
* Above Randall's bed in *Monsters University* is a framed inspirational poster with the words "The Winds of Change: Can you hear them?" printed. This is a reference to his infamous quote from the first film.
* James Woods, Willem Dafoe, Andy Dick, Chris Barrie, Jim Carrey, Vincent D'Onofrio and Jeff Goldblum were all considered for the role of Randall before Steve Buscemi was cast.
* According to Randall's Scare Card, Randall is 5'0" (1.52m), weighs around 220lbs (99.7kg), and was born on March 26.
* In *Kingdom Hearts III*, Mike and Sulley explain his banishment was because he had tried to collect screams by force. However, Mr. Waternoose isn't mentioned despite the fact that he was working with Randall in the film.

* Originally, his names were Ned and Switt. He was named Ned in the early treatment and Switt in the original opening.
* The crest on Randall's head may have been inspired by the possible wings of *Longisquama*, an extinct lizard from the Triassic period.
* Randall is the second Pixar villain to be physically fought, the first being Stinky Pete.
	+ He is the first Pixar villain to appear in a **Kingdom Hearts** game albeit not fought as a boss, although the Toy Box world based on *Toy Story* is featured none of it's villains are featured and instead replaced with Young Xehanort.
* He is ranked #27 in the Top 30 Disney Villains.
* For some reason, Randall is the only scarer in the first film that is referred by his first name on the Scarers' Leaderboard rather than by his last name "Boggs". At one point, this implies that Randall was actually going to be his last name rather than his first name.
* In the *Monsters Inc.* comic book "Laugh Factory", Randall has found his way back into the monster world, and both he and Waternoose plotted revenge on Mike and Sulley with the help of Sid Phillips, the main antagonist of Pixar's first film *Toy Story*.
	+ Coincidentally, one of the backgrounds Randall disappeared into in *Monsters, Inc.* is Andy Davis' wallpaper in *Toy Story*.
* At one point, Randall threatens to put Fungus through the door shredder if he didn't get him another door within five seconds. This is a reference to Carl Showalter, Steve Buscemi's character from *Fargo*, who was killed by being shredded in a wood chipper.
* It is occasionally rumored that Randy is his middle name. However, it is actually his nickname in *Monsters University*.
* According to the creators, Randall will not appear in the series *Monsters at Work* due to the door he was sent through being destroyed/sealed off.
* Randall can be assumed to be 28 years old in Monsters Inc, as he was 18 in Monsters University, which may be true considering the events of Monsters Inc take place ten years later.
* Randall uses glasses in *Monsters University*, while in *Monsters, Inc.* he doesn't. This is because his glasses don't turn invisible like him, so he discards them. This also explains why Randall squints in *Monsters, Inc.* since he doesn't see well without his glasses, which could mean he is nearsighted.
	+ Also, despite appearing in the *Monsters University* promotional images with his glasses, Randall only wears it one time in the movie.
* Randall’s jealousy towards Sulley and his desire to become top scarer gives him more of a villainous motivation than Waternoose, who is only driven to villainy due to being too desperate to save his company to care about the possible negative consequences of his actions.
* Randall serves as a dark reflection to Sulley. Both were top scarers at Monsters Incorporated, but while Sulley cared about making sure Monstropolis had enough energy, Randall was more concerned about being at the top. Sulley also felt ashamed about the harm that children went through by being scared, while Randall had no problems harming children and was even willing to kidnap them to take their screams by force. Randall serves as an example of what Sulley would've become if he never met Boo and if he was more concerned about fame and never realized the harm children were experiencing. Randall could also represent what Sulley could have become if he had never felt remorse for the psychological effects he saw within Boo when he accidentally scared him and continued to hold onto his pride of being the top scarer subsequently.
	+ Randall also serves as a foil to Mike. Both were nerdy roommate monsters who weren't physically strong that majored in scaring. Randall had no faith in his abilities while Mike was overconfident. Despite Mike getting the high score in the final round of the Scare Games, he was soon expelled but climbed the ranks to become a scare assistant at Monsters Inc, while Randall got the worst score in the final round, but graduated and became a scarer.

* Randall squints because he is not wearing his glasses. However, he usually prefers not to wear them because his stealth ability does not hide the glasses.
* Randall has a nephew named Rex.
* In earlier drafts, Randall's original names were "**Switt**" and "**Ned**". He was named "Ned" in the early treatment, and "Switt" in the original opening.
	+ In another deleted scene, another name for Randall was "**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.
* In an early script for the film in place of Fungus, Mike Wazowski was going to be Randall's assistant instead.
* 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.
* Randall's nephew, Rex (named after the *Toy Story* character), made an appearance in the "Monsters Inc. Storybook Collection" as one of the toddlers in the company's daycare program. It is unknown whether Rex has the surname Boggs or not, but is often referred to as "Randall's nephew". Rex looks like his uncle - including Randall's ability to "disappear" - but has orange scales and only one frond as opposed to Randall's purple scales and three fronds.
	+ Rex's existence also indirectly means that Randall must have a brother or a sister.
* In several video games set after *Monsters, Inc.*, Randall now appears to be back at work and is no longer depicted as evil. Instead, he has apparently reformed but is still extremely devious and sneaky.
* In *Monsters University*, Randall appears to be wearing glasses, while in the original he doesn't. This is due to the fact that Randall learns that he cannot make clothing invisible, such as glasses, and discards them. This also explains why he is seen squinting in *Monsters, Inc.* since he cannot see well without glasses.
* 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.
* At one point, Randall angrily threatens to "personally put Fungus through the shredder" if he doesn't get him another door immediately. This is a reference to Steve Buscemi's character, Carl Showalter, from the 1996 crime film *Fargo*, who was killed and put through a wood chipper (shredding his body to pieces).
* In *Monsters Inc.*, Randall makes a possible reference to his defeat at the Scare Games when he whacks Sulley with a spare Scream canister from behind while invisible and says, "You don't know how long I wanted to do that, Sullivan!"
* The color schemes Randall underwent after being hit by Boo before Sulley grabs him and throws him into the hillbilly trailer door include pale yellow with red zigzag lines, blue with purple spots (Sulley's own color scheme), pink and yellow plaid, white with red stars, a shade of dark turquoise, a red brick pattern, green and yellow swirls, red and black plaid, blue with white spots, purple with a brown head, purple with white stripes, a red circle pattern, and finally solid green.
* When his skin gets a heart pattern in the Scare Games final, one of the hearts is where his nose would be if he had one.
* According to the M.U. website Randall had very little control over his camouflaging abilities as a kid. Though 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.
* Above Randall's bed in *Monsters University* is a framed inspirational poster with the words "The Winds of Change: Can you hear them?" printed. This is a reference to his infamous quote from the first film.
* Randall serves as the host of the PC game "Pinball Panic", which came as a bonus disc with select copies of the *Monsters, Inc.* 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD.
* 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).
* Randall is far crueler than Mr. Waternoose. This can be seen as Randall threatens Fungus constantly, as well as trying to kill Sulley, Mike, and Boo, as opposed to Waternoose who only worked with him because it can solve the energy crisis and otherwise does not seem to have an opinion on his idea. As well, Waternoose had more firm reasons for his actions as he was trying to save his company from bankruptcy and stop the energy crisis while Randall was more dangerous as he had manipulated Mr. Waternoose and Fungus for involvement in his plot.
* Randall is the only antagonist from a Pixar film seen in the *Kingdom Hearts* series.
* Randall is partially named after Randy Newman, who composed the soundtrack for Monsters Inc.
* Randall squints because he is not wearing his glasses. However, he usually prefers not to wear them because his stealth ability does not hide the glasses.
* Randall has a nephew named Rex.
* In earlier drafts, Randall's original names were "**Switt**" and "**Ned**". He was named "Ned" in the early treatment, and "Switt" in the original opening.
	+ In another deleted scene, another name for Randall was "**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.
* In an early script for the film in place of Fungus, Mike Wazowski was going to be Randall's assistant instead.
* 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.
* Randall's nephew, Rex (named after the *Toy Story* character), made an appearance in the "Monsters Inc. Storybook Collection" as one of the toddlers in the company's daycare program. It is unknown whether Rex has the surname Boggs or not, but is often referred to as "Randall's nephew". Rex looks like his uncle - including Randall's ability to "disappear" - but has orange scales and only one frond as opposed to Randall's purple scales and three fronds.
	+ Rex's existence also indirectly means that Randall must have a brother or a sister.
* In several video games set after *Monsters, Inc.*, Randall now appears to be back at work and is no longer depicted as evil. Instead, he has apparently reformed but is still extremely devious and sneaky.
* In *Monsters University*, Randall appears to be wearing glasses, while in the original he doesn't. This is due to the fact that Randall learns that he cannot make clothing invisible, such as glasses, and discards them. This also explains why he is seen squinting in *Monsters, Inc.* since he cannot see well without glasses.
* 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.
* At one point, Randall angrily threatens to "personally put ***Fungus*** through the shredder" if he doesn't get him another door immediately. This is a reference to Steve Buscemi's character, Carl Showalter, from the 1996 crime film *Fargo*, who was killed and put through a wood chipper (shredding his body to pieces).
* In *Monsters Inc.*, Randall makes a possible reference to his defeat at the Scare Games when he whacks Sulley with a spare Scream canister from behind while invisible and says, "You don't know how long I wanted to do that, Sullivan!"
* The color schemes Randall underwent after being hit by Boo before Sulley grabs him and throws him into the hillbilly trailer door include pale yellow with red zigzag lines, blue with purple spots (Sulley's own color scheme), pink and yellow plaid, white with red stars, a shade of dark turquoise, a red brick pattern, green and yellow swirls, red and black plaid, blue with white spots, purple with a brown head, purple with white stripes, a red circle pattern, and finally solid green.
* When his skin gets a heart pattern in the Scare Games final, one of the hearts is where his nose would be if he had one.
* According to the M.U. website Randall had very little control over his camouflaging abilities as a kid. Though 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.
* Above Randall's bed in *Monsters University* is a framed inspirational poster with the words "The Winds of Change: Can you hear them?" printed. This is a reference to his infamous quote from the first film.
* Randall serves as the host of the PC game "Pinball Panic", which came as a bonus disc with select copies of the *Monsters, Inc.* 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD.
* 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).
* Randall is far crueler than Mr. Waternoose. This can be seen as Randall threatens Fungus constantly, as well as trying to kill Sulley, Mike, and Boo, as opposed to Waternoose who only worked with him because it can solve the energy crisis and otherwise does not seem to have an opinion on his idea. As well, Waternoose had more firm reasons for his actions as he was trying to save his company from bankruptcy and stop the energy crisis while Randall was more dangerous as he had manipulated Mr. Waternoose and Fungus for involvement in his plot.
* Randall is the only antagonist from a ***Pixar*** film seen in the ***Kingdom Hearts*** series.
* Randall is partially named after Randy Newman, who composed the soundtrack for Monsters Inc.

* In the international version of the scene when Mike Wazowski was chasing after Archie the Scare Pig, the cupcakes had smiley faces instead of "Be my Pal."
* Randall's original names were "Switt" and "Ned." He was named "Ned" in the early treatment and "Switt" in the original opening.
	+ In another deleted scene, another name for Randall was "Switch."
* In an early script for the film, instead of Fungus, Mike Wazowski worked for him.
* Randall's design was said to be based on a veiled chameleon, with several qualities of geckos. His signature head crest is reminiscent of the possible wings of *Longisquama*, an extinct lizard from the Triassic period.
* Randall's nephew, Rex (named after the *Toy Story* character), made an appearance in the "Monsters Inc. Storybook Collection" as one of the toddlers in the company's day care program. It is unknown whether Rex has the surname Boggs or not, but is often referred to as "Randall's nephew". Rex greatly resembles his uncle - including Randall's ability to "disappear" - but has orange scales and only one antenna on his head, as opposed to Randall's violet scales and three antennae.
* In *Scream Arena*, a Nintendo GameCube set after Monsters, Inc., Randall now appears to be back at work, and is no longer depicted as evil. Instead, he has apparently reformed, but is still extremely devious.
* In the prequel, *Monsters University*, Randall appears to be wearing glasses, while in the original, he doesn't. This is due to the fact that Randall learns that he cannot make clothing invisible, such as glasses, and discards them. This also explains why he is squints in *Monsters, Inc.* as he is myopic.
* Randall is presumably 18 in the prequel, meaning he is likely 28 in the first film. Despite this, Steve Buscemi was around 42 during the production of *Monsters Inc.*, and around 55 during the production of *Monsters University*.
* 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.
* At one point, Randall threatens to put Fungus through the shredder. This is a shout-out to one of Steve Buscemi's characters, who was once killed by a shredder.
* In *Monsters Inc.*, Randall makes a possible reference to his defeat at the Scare Games when he attacks Sulley and says, "You have no idea how long I wanted to do that, Sullivan!"
* The color schemes Randall underwent after hit by Boo before Sulley grabs him and throws him into the hillbilly trailer door include pale yellow with red zigzag lines, blue with pink spots, pink and yellow plaid, white with red stars, a shade of dark turquoise, a red brick pattern, green and yellow swirls, red and black plaid, blue with white spots, purple with a brown head, purple with white stripes, a red circle pattern, and finally solid green.
* When his skin gets a heart pattern in the Scare Games final, one of the hearts is where his nose would be if he had one.
* According to the M.U. website, Randall was inept at his ability in his youth. He presumably had to master for a decade.
* Randall serves as the host of "Pinball Panic," which came as a bonus disc with select copies of the *Monsters, Inc.* 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD.
* Above Randall's bed in *Monsters University* is a framed inspirational poster with the words "The Winds of Change: Can you hear them?" printed. This is a reference to his infamous quote from the first film.
* James Woods, Willem Dafoe, Andy Dick, Chris Barrie, Jim Carrey, Vincent D'Onofrio and Jeff Goldblum were all considered for the role of Randall before Steve Buscemi was cast.
* According to Randall's Scare Card, Randall is 5'0" (1.52m), weighs around 220lbs (99.7kg), and was born on March 26.
* In *Kingdom Hearts III*, Mike and Sulley explain his banishment was because he had tried to collect screams by force. However, Mr. Waternoose isn't mentioned despite the fact that he was working with Randall in the film.

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