Monsters, Inc.

**Monsters, Inc.** is Pixar's fourth feature film.

## Story

### Plot

Monsters, Inc. is set in Monstropolis, a city inhabited by monsters, some of whom are those who emerge from bedroom closets to scare human children. This is used to collect the screams of kids, which power the city. The main power company in the city is called Monsters, Inc. The Chairman and Chief Executive CEO is a crab-like monster, Henry J. Waternoose. The top scarer at Monsters, Inc. is James P. Sullivan, a blue-furred monster (with purple spots) who is partnered with the green, one-eyed Mike Wazowski.

The two of them are best friends and roommates. Sulley is a gentle and easy-going creature, while Mike is obsessed with his vehicle and dreams of marrying his future girlfriend, the Medusa-like Celia Mae. Sulley's main rival as a scarer is the gecko-like Randall Boggs who possesses the ability to change the color of himself to blend into his background, like an actual gecko.

As the two train and head off to work, their discussion reveals that the city is suffering a scream shortage because children have become desensitized to fear by an over-exposure to television. After they arrive at the Monsters, Inc. work floor, we are shown that monsters can call up and travel through any child's door, thus being able to sneak in to bedrooms around the world and collect screams. In order to allow Mike to take out his girlfriend, Sulley agrees to stay at work late and turn in his paperwork. He finds a lone door on the work floor after hours, a violation of policy.

An investigation leads to a small human girl coming through into the monster world. Sulley is frightened, as it is believed all human children are toxic to monsters. After three attempts to put her back, he attempts to take the girl to Mike, who is enjoying a romantic dinner with his girlfriend at Harryhausen's. The girl escapes and is seen, causing mass panic and alerting the Child Detection Agency (CDA). The two grab her and barely make it home.

The girl stays overnight and is soon named Boo (for her habit of saying "Boo!" all the time). The two come to know she is not dangerous as once thought, but they still plan to return her home the next day. She is disguised as a monster and they sneak her inside Monsters, Inc. Mike wants to toss her in any old door, but Sulley wants to return her to her home. A mistake gets Mike kidnapped by Randall, who had intended to take Boo. Randall has created a machine to extract screams straight from kidnapped kids. Sulley and Mike tell everything to Waternoose. However, it turns out that Waternoose is in on Randall's scheme. Because of the decline in productivity, he fears for the company's future, and sees Randall's machine as the only way of ensuring Monsters Inc's survival. Waternoose betrays them, banishing the two to the Himalayas.

The two stay with the Yeti until Sulley learns of a village down below. After an argument with Mike, he sneaks back to the monster world that way. Mike soon follows. They confront Randall and attempt to rescue Boo. In the end, Mike and Sulley send Randall to a motor home in a Louisiana swamp which was also seen in A Bug's Life, where he is beaten senseless with a shovel by the family living inside (who mistake him for an alligator). Mike and Sulley destroy the door Randall went through, thus trapping him.

Mike and Sulley trick Waternoose into exposing himself to the CDA, whose true leader is Roz, the scare floor secretary. Boo is sent home and her door is put through a door grinder. Sulley comes to realize that laughter is more powerful than screams and the company is redefined. Sulley becomes the new Chairman and CEO, and the monsters now enter the doors to entertain the kids as comedians, resulting in ample energy for the monster world. In secret, Mike also has Boo's door reassembled. Sulley takes one more peek inside and Boo is heard but not seen, while Sulley has a surprised and happy smile on his face.

## Cast

* John Goodman as James P. Sullivan
* Billy Crystal as Mike Wasowski
* Mary Gibbs as Boo
* Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs
* James Coburn as Henry J. Waternoose III
* Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae
* Frank Oz as Jeff Fungus
* Bob Peterson as Roz
* John Ratzenburger as The Abominable Snowman
* Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Flint
* Jeff Pidgeon as Phlegm Bile
* Steve Susskind as Jerry Slugworth
* Dan Gerson as Needleman & Smitty
* Sam Black as George Sanderson
* Sophia Ranft as Baby Smitty
* Jan Rabson as Sushi Chef
* Danny Mann as Claws' Assistant, Interviewee
* Jacques Marin as Dr. Arthur Frasenberger
* Kay Panabaker as Garbage Monster
* Frank Welker as Harley Gerson
* Paul Eiding as Interviewee
* Joe Lala as Spike Jones
* Mickie McGowan as Marge
* Laraine Newman as Ms. Nesbitt
* Rodger Bumpass as News Anchor
* Jack Angel as Bob Peterson
* Pat Fraley as Ricky Plesuki
* Phil Proctor as Charlie Proctor
* Lee Unkrich as Josh Rivera
* Bob Bergen and Lanky Schmidt
* Guido Quaroni as Tony
* Joe Ranft as Claws Ward