Monsters, Inc. (American English)

## Monsters, Inc.

**Monsters, Inc.** is a British animated monster comedy television series created by former writer and television producer Paul Nielsen. The series is being produced by BBC Studios and has also been aired in the United States and Canada. The show is currently airing on Disney Channel in the United States and on YTV in Canada (outside of Quebec)

## History

### United States

Monsters, Inc. debuted on Toon Disney in the United States on 28 October 2000, with the airing of the two episodes "Welcome to Monsters, Incorporated" and "The Damaged Room". Unlike in the United Kingdom, where one episode would be broadcast every week, two episodes were being broadcast in the United States every week. Despite that, the episodes still aired on Saturdays.

The original programming run of episodes consisted of Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3. Both three seasons were marketed as "Season 1" of the show in the United States on Toon Disney. Season 1 was aired from 28 October 2000 to 30 December 2000, Season 2 from 6 January 2001 to 10 March 2001, and Season 3 from 17 March 2001 to 19 May 2001. On 8 August 2001, the first VHS/DVD release in the United States of Monsters, Inc. came out, known as "Welcome to the Scare Floor".

The "second season" of the show in the United States consisted of Season 4 and Season 5 and began airing in the United States on 16 June 2002 with the two episodes "The Snowman Show" and "Randall Strikes Again". Season 4 aired from 15 June 2002 to 17 August 2002, and Season 5 aired from 24 August 2002 to 26 October 2002.

After "Season 2" of the show finished airing in the United States, episodes of the show continued to be re-aired up until 25 December 2004. Toon Disney stated that day that they would no longer be airing episodes of the series on their channel, and that "Season 3" of the show, which consisted of Season 6, Season 7 and Season 8 would be aired on their sister channel, Disney Channel.

"Season 3" started airing on Disney Channel on 19 August 2005. At the time, episodes would be airing on Fridays instead of Saturdays. Season 6 aired from 19 August 2005 to 21 October 2005, Season 7 aired from 28 October 2005 to 30 December 2005, and Season 8 aired from 6 January 2006 to 10 March 2006. Before Season 9 of the show would air, which was the first season of the "Project MIFT" spin-off series, all episodes of the show were re-aired on Toon Disney on Mondays through Fridays from 13 March 2006 to 30 June 2006. Season 9 would start airing on Disney Channel on 7 July 2006.

Season 15 finished airing in the United States on 9 November 2012. Season 16, the first part of the "Scare Island" spin-off series, began airing in the United States on 17 May 2013 on Disney Channel. At around the same time, Episodes of the Project MIFT spin-off series would air on the TV channel Qubo, with two seasons being shown each year (except for Season 14 and Season 15) from 25 April 2014 to 23 September 2016. Seasons 14 and 15 were instead aired on Qubo from 21 April 2018 to 7 September 2018. The Scare Island spin-off series were also aired on Qubo from 1 February 2019 to 1 November 2019.

The new Monsters, Inc. series, which have the same name as the original series, except with the characters from Project MIFT and Scare Island, began airing on Disney Channel in the United States on 12 May 2017. As of 2022, the show is still airing on Disney Channel, with Season 25 beginning airing on the channel on 6 May 2022.

## Voice Actors

The American English dub of the show is majorly based on the original British English version, with the dubbing being done at Bang Zoom! Entertainment. However, terms in the United Kingdom that have different meanings in the United States are changed for the American English dub. The voice cast is also notably different, with the characters speaking with an American accent instead of an English accent. Recently, some actors from the original British English version of the show began voicing characters for the American English dub as well, but they rerecorded their lines with an American accent.