James P. Sullivan

**James P. Sullivan,** better known by his nickname of **Sulley**, is one of the two main protagonists, (alongside Mike), of the Disney/Pixar's *Monsters Inc*. franchise. He is the main protagonist of *Monsters Inc.,* the deuteragonist of *Monsters University,* and a major character of the new 2021 Disney+ series *Monsters at Work*.

## What Makes Him Pure Good?

* He feels remorse for having been so arrogant towards his teammates.
* He gives Mike some advice on how to become a better scarer.
* He takes responsibility for rigging Mike's scare meter to ensure none of his other teammates get punished.
* He goes into the human world to try and save Mike in spite of knowing the dangers he'd face.
* He apologizes to Mike for lying to him and tampering with his scare meter.
* Admits his fears of being a failure to Mike, openly saying that he and Mike are friends now.
* He embraces the members of Oozma Kappa before leaving, happy to know they'll succeed as great scarers.
* He commends Mike for all of his accomplishments, managing to turn Oozma Kappa into champions and pulling off the greatest scare in history, calling him fearless.
* He apologizes to Dean Hardscrabble for nearly insulting her.
* He is friendly to other monsters, including his arch-rival Randall. He even showed good sportsmanship before they started to scare kids.
* When Mike's body is covered during the Monster's Inc. commercial, he attempts to comfort Mike for having himself covered in the commercial, only to nod in agreement when Mike only shows excitement over having been in the commercial at all.
* He gets reservations for Mike and Celia at Harryhausen's.
* He covers for Mike when he forgets his paperwork so he could go on his date with Celia.
* Unlike Mike, Sulley refuses to abandon Boo or just get her through another door instead of her original door, and attempts to look for her when she's lost.
* He is horrified when he believes that Boo was killed in the garbage disposal, and upon seeing her alive, he hugs Boo in relief.
* When he learned that Randall placed Boo's door on the scare floor as Mike revealed from his deal with Randall, he refused to put her in there well-knowing Randall's true nature and plot and persuaded Mike to not do so.
* He saves Mike from the Scream Extractor.
* He feels remorse for accidentally scaring Boo and starts to realize the trauma monsters inflict upon children with scaring.
* He apologizes to Mike for getting both of them stranded in the human world.
* He protects Boo from Randall and Waternoose and saves her from being experimented on with the Scream Extractor.
* He tells Mike that he's happy his friend returned to help.
* He attempts to reason with Waternoose and convince him there's a better way to keep Monsters Inc. operating.
* He is saddened when Waternoose is arrested and also feels guilt for inadvertently making the energy crisis worse.
* He gets Boo back home, embracing her and shedding a tear before saying goodbye.
* He stops Randall and Waternoose from enacting their plan to kidnap children and extract their screams.
* He changes Monsters Inc. for the better by extracting laughter from children instead of screams, ending the cycle of terror and trauma inflicted upon human children all around the world.
* He is protective towards both monster and human children.
* Still remains level-headed after becoming a CEO at Monsters Inc.
* Helps Tylor Tuskmon become a Jokester to help change Monsters Inc. He also knew him as the monster who broke his record scare at Monsters University.
* When Tylor messed things up Sully wasn’t mad and encouraged him that anything is possible.
* He was happy to see the Adorable Snowman again and allows him to return to Monstropolis after learning from Tylor and Val Little that he had been banished after finding out about Waternoose's project with the Scream Extractor.
* He told Tylor the reason why he's not going back to scare power due to realizing how the children actually feel when the monsters scare them when he accidently scared Boo.
* Though he did act like a jerk in Monsters University, he gets over it by the end of the movie.