Randall Boggs

Revolutionize the scaring industry in order to become the new CEO of Monsters Inc.
Betray and kill Mr. Waternoose once his plans are succeeded (implied) (all failed)

### Crimes

Kidnapping
Attempted murder
Terrorism
Child abuse
Stalking
Conspiracy
Blackmailing
Theft
Torture
Treason
Mass child rape

### Type of Villain

Envious Rival

**Randall "Randy" Boggs** is the main antagonist of Pixar's fourth full-length animated film Monsters, Inc. and a major antagonist in its's prequel Monsters University.

He is the arch-nemesis of Sulley, Mr. Waternoose and Fungus's former leader and boss as well as a former employee at Monsters, Inc.

He was voiced by Steve Buscemi.

## History

### Monsters, Inc.

Randall is first seen scaring Mike as well as laughing at him and said that it works on kids and little monsters which caused Mike lied to him saying that he had allergies. Randall then reveals to Sulley that he plans to break the record. When Mike tells Randall that he and Sulley will break the record first, Randall shushes Mike and tells him that the sound he is hearing is the Winds of Change as well as then leaving. After that, Mike makes fun of Randall by mimicking him.

Later, Randall tries to become the New Top Scarer when he scares the children in their bedrooms which he briefly succeeded before Sulley beats him due to being scarier than him since he did scare a slumber party. After the monsters were done with scaring, Randall plans to revolutionize the scaring industry by kidnapping children. At that night, When Randall tries to kidnap Boo, he notices that Boo is missing due to Sulley stumbles upon the door.

At the restroom, Sulley, Mike and Boo discover about Randall's plans when his assistant Fungus tells him about Boo. When Mike accidentally had his foot in the toilet, Randall almost knocked all of the doors before Fungus tells him about Boo again. Randall tells him to pretend nothing happen and get the machine up and running while he deals with Boo. Randall and Fungus then leaves after that.

As Sulley and Mike started to search for Boo, they accidentally bumped into Randall who asks what they are doing, to which the worker tells him that they are rehearsing a play. Randall then pretends that he is not the reason why the monster world is spreading news about Boo by asking them what do they think of Boo coming to the monster world. As Sulley notices Boo while he is talking to Randall, Mike stall Randall by lying that Waxford is involved in his plans. After that, Celia angrily came at Mike yelling at him about her birthday. As the two argue, Randall finds out that Mike and Sulley are involved in his plans.

In the hallways, Mike was running away from Randall until Randall himself found Mike and tells him where Boo is. Mike then tells Randall if he hadn't cheat last night, Boo will never gotten out. After hearing this, Randall makes a deal with Mike telling him that he must put Boo in the room in order for him to kidnapped Boo.

At the scare floor, Mike and Sulley sees Boo's door, but Sulley refuse due to knowing that Randall is after Boo. When Mike tries to prove that Sulley that no one is in Boo's room. Randall accidentally kidnapped Mike (thinking that's Boo). Sulley then tries to rescue Mike by chasing Randall until he and Boo notice his secret lair, At the secret lair, Randall and Fungus collect the box and released Mike which he found out that Randall he caught Mike instead of Boo. Randall then tells Mike where Boo is, but Mike first corrects him that it's pronounced creet-in and then still believes that Randall is trying to break the record. Randall laughs to Mike and reveals his plans, telling him that he plans to revolutionize the scaring industry and when he succeeded, Sulley will be working for him (showing that he plans to be the new CEO of Monsters, Inc.). He then demands Mike where is Boo, but when Mike refuses, Randall decides to test the Scream Extractor on him before Sulley pull of the plugs and put Fungus on the seat as well as rescuing Mike. Randall later found out about this and chased them.

When Waternoose brought a door to Sulley and Mike, he reveals that he is one of Randall's henchmen as well as banishing them. Back at the secret lair, Waternoose argues with Randall saying that he never should have trusted him with his plan since because of him, he had to banish Sulley, but Randall said that with the machine, they won't need scarers and Sulley got what he deserved. Waternoose then said that Sulley was twice the scarer Randall will ever be which caused Randall himself to be angry. Randall and Fungus later test the Scream Extractor on Boo before Sulley arrive and rescue Boo as well as throwing the Scream Extractor on Randall and his henchmen. Waternoose then orders his boss to stop Sulley which he did before Mike came back and throws a snowball at Randall. Waternoose then orders Randall again and tells him that there can't be any witnesses, and Randall replies that won't be.

At the scare floor, Randall chased Sulley and Mike when they got Boo's door before Celia lies to the other monsters that Randall has broken the scare record in order to help Sulley and Mike but however Randall chased Mike, Sulley and Boo through a door chase which is before Randall is finally defeated and also banished to the human world where a woman beats him up thinking he is an alligator.

### Monsters University

Randall is first seen welcoming as well as shaking his hand. A little accident then happens which caused Randall to be invisible, surprising Mike. Randall tells Mike that he is afraid of turning invisible in classes, but Mike tells Randall that is great, and he has to turn invisible but lose the glasses.

After that, Randall asks Mike if he is little nervous, but Mike says that he is not as well as saying that he is waiting for his whole life.

The next day, Mike and Randall arrive at the School of Scaring where they learn about scaring which is also where they meet Dean Hardscrabble and Sulley.

That night, Randall baked some cupcakes in order to make friends which spelled "BE MY PAL" as well as goes outside in order to do it. Randall is then seen in a party trying to make some friends at the party before Mike accidentally ruined it. The four of the cupcakes land on Randall spelling out "LAME".

Later, Randall is helping Mike try out some new scare tactics. Then in class, Mike and Randall both sit together studying before Sulley knock over Mike's books. Afraid of getting into a fight, Randall tells Mike to move somewhere else, but Mike didn't and continues to have a fight with Sulley. After a little incident, Randall slowly walks back and turns invisible, not wanting to be involved in anything.

Randall later abandons Mike by joining Roar Omega Roar which would cause Mike to have Sulley on his team. After Oozma Kappa got into the second place, Randall is seen helping Johnny make Oozma Kappa look like fools.

During the Scare Games, Sulley and Randall race each other into a little girl's room. Randall was about to scare the dummy before Sulley ruin it which also caused Randall to fall in a carpet with hearts on it. Randall then scares the dummy despite Sulley winning. After Randall loses, Roar Omega Roar were angry at Randall for not winning as well as his appearance. Randall is then last seen angrily exclaims that it will be the last time he will lose to Sullivan.

## Personality

Before joining the Roar Omega Roar, Randall was originally a kind and helpful monster who would hang with Mike but however after the Roar Omega Roar, Randall become evil as well as being greedy, ruthless, sneaky, short-tempered, competitive, and overall evil and an enemy to Mike. He is also shown to be abusive due to him being abusive Fungus given that he does not care about anyone (including Mr. Waternoose).

Speaking of Waternoose, while Waternoose is one of Randall's henchmen, he is more compassionate and well-mannered than Randall and 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 doing it purely for personal gain and enjoyment.

## Appearance

Randall had a three-anntennaed crest with pink tips on top on his head. He also had purple skin, green eyes, four arms and legs. He also can camouflage like a chameleon.

In Monsters University, Randall is seen as a young and pimple-faced teenager who also sometimes wear purple glasses.

## Trivia

* Randall is often thought to be the first film's secondary antagonist and Mr. Waternoose's (former) right-hand man. The reason for this is probably because at one point, Waternoose ordered Randall a few times as well as Mike explains everything to Celia as he says "Waternoose had this secret plot" as if Randall was his henchman. However, this is false information as the film itself states that Randall is the real mastermind and Waternoose is the real henchman several times (despite Waternoose ordering Randall a few times as well as Mike saying "Waternoose had this secret plot" as he could have assumed).
	+ One example is during Randall's first scene, When Randall said "Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. Do you hear that? It's the winds of change". a sound can be heard, and that sound is the same sound as the Scream Extractor which may mean that the sound that Randall was talking about was actually the scream extractor.
	+ Another hint of Randall being the mastermind is that when Randall was angry that he is not the top scarer, Fungus said maybe that he should re-align the scream intake valve which later foreshadow Randall planning to revolutionize the scaring industry by kidnapping children since Fungus said, "There must be something wrong with the scream intake valve".
	+ When the scarers are done with scaring kids, Randall can be seen looking at the other scarers leaving which also foreshadows Randall planning to revolutionize the scaring industry by kidnapping children given that Randall said when everyone goes to lunch which means the scare floor will be empty.
	+ When Randall comes to the scare floor, he is seen looking making sure no one is there and when he didn't find Boo, he seems to be angry.
	+ Randall also had Fungus as his henchman since during the restroom scene, he told the plans and Boo to Randall instead of Waternoose and not to mention, Randall is also seen ordering Fungus. And speaking of that, when Waternoose and Randall argue about banishing Sulley, Fungus appears to be shocked that Waternoose argues with Randall which makes sense since Randall serves as the boss of both Waternoose and Fungus.
	+ When Sulley and Mike finds Boo as well as hearing Randall, you can hear Randall saying "Look, I already told your buddies I haven't seen anything" which pretty much shows that Randall is lying to the CDA in order for them not to realize that he is the criminal behind of the mess just so his plans actually succeeded.
	+ During the restroom scene, when Fungus tells Randall about his plans and Boo, Randall said when he finds out who let Boo out, they're dead which shows he will attack anyone who tries to get involved in his plans. This pretty much shown again when Randall thought Waxford is involved in his plans as well as when Randall attacked Mike due to him realizing that Mike and Sulley are involved in his plans.
	+ When Sulley and Mike bumps into Randall, Randall said that he heard that Boo has been traced back to the factory and asks them if they see anything that has to do with Boo which shows that he is trying to kidnap Boo very easy and making sure no one is trying to foil his plans.
	+ When Randall explains his plans to Mike, he said that he is planning to revolutionize the scaring industry and when he succeeded his plans, Sulley will be working for him which also shows he also plans to be the new CEO of Monsters, Inc. given that CEOs holds authority of all workers (despite that CEOs can also be henchmen/minions).
	+ When Randall tests the Scream Extractor on both Mike and Boo, he can be seen making an evil grin which shows that he can't wait to succeed his plans, also when Sulley pulls off the plug and rescue Mike, he can be seen being angry.
	+ When Mike tells Fungus to let him go, Fungus said to Mike that he is not allowed to fraternize with victims of his boss's plan (stating that the plan was Randall's and not Waternoose's).
	+ When Mike and Sulley are banished by Randall and Waternoose, the scene clearly shows that Randall is the one who is pulling the strings since during that same scene, Randall is seen showing his hand to the door indicating that he is ordering Waternoose to banish Mike and Sulley. Randall is also seen making an evil grin when he opens the door as well as Mike and Sulley being banished showing that he is glad that Sulley and Mike are banished since they were interfering his plan. This would also foreshadow the scene where it reveals Randall force Waternoose to banish Mike and Sulley.
	+ After banishing Mike and Sulley, Mr. Waternoose himself admits that Randall is behind everything when he told Randall he never should have trusted him with the plan since because of him, he had to banish Sulley, but Randall said that with the scream extractor, they won't need scarers and Sulley got what he deserved which also indicates that Randall is the one who came up with the plan and convinced Waternoose to go through with it. Plus, Waternoose angrily repiles that Sulley was twice the scarer Randall will ever be which caused Randall to growl lowly in angry.
	+ When Sulley throws the scream extractor at Randall and his henchmen as well as Waternoose telling Randall to stop Sulley, Randall was already enraged and prepared to attack anyway.
	+ After Randall briefly got knocked out by Sulley, when Waternoose ordered Randall once again and also told him "There can't be any witnesses", Randall was angrily already prepared to get up as well as responding in a sinister way that "there won't be" which suggests that Randall was using Waternoose as a pawn and also plans to betrayed/kill Waternoose after Sulley and Mike in order to become the new CEO of Monsters, Inc.
	+ When Waternoose told Sulley that he, and Boo have seen too much, he meant too much of Randall's plan, and plus, when Waternoose said that he had no choice but to make thing be that way. This shows that Waternoose went along with Randall's plan to save the company, and when Waternoose said he will kidnap a thousand children before he lets the comapny die and will silence anyone who gets in his way, he was doing it for Randall, and his plan.
	+ Although most of Randall's villainous acts during the first film committed while being Waternoose's boss, Randall is much more prominent as the villain in the first film since Waternoose's antagonistic role is only revealed near the end. Also, Randall is much more evil than Mr. Waternoose since his actions and disposition are more overtly malicious, and he holds a personal grudge against the protagonists, unlike Waternoose, who would have preferred them not to get involved in Randall's plan and thus, needs to be eliminated.
	+ Because of Randall planning to succeed Sulley, and kidnap Boo from the human world, he drove the plot of the film and not to mention he structured almost the whole plot of the film as well as serving as the archenemy of Sulley.
	+ Steve Buscemi's name is listed first before James Coburn in the villain list. otherwise, it probably would have been James Coburn first.
	+ Randall is the most present villain in the first film as well as also popular and remembered a lot more than Waternoose.
	+ Most of the storybook adaptations mention that the plan was Randall's and even said that Watenoose was cahoots or working with him instead of saying that Waternoose was behind of the plan.
	+ In the Disney As Told My Emoji episode, which is based on the first film, Randall seems to be the main antagonist of the episode since he is shown to be irredeemable and force Waternoose to banish Sulley and Mike which is most based off the fact he is the main antagonist of Monsters, Inc.
	+ Randall is featured in the tribute of Pixar Villains showing that he is the main antagonist of Monsters, Inc.

* Randall's original names were "Switt", and "Ned". He was named Ned in the original treatment and "Switt" in the original opening. However, his name was eventually changed.
	+ In another deleted scene, another name for Randall was "Switch".
	+ Also, 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.

* Randall is constantly thought to be the deuteragonist, tritagonist-turned-main antagonist, the secondary antagonist, the tertiary antagonist and a minor antagonist of Monsters University.
* The crest on Randall's head may have been inspired by the possible wings of Longsiquama, an extinct lizard from the Triassic period.
* Randall is the second Pixar villain to be physically fought, the first is Stinky Pete.
* He is ranked #27 in the Top 30 Disney Villains.
* In an early script for the first film, Mike was going to be Randall's assistant instead of Fungus.
* For a long time, there have been rumors by fans stating that Randall was not evil, but just a grouchy and tired (as there are bags under his eyes from lack of sleep) monster who wants the respect Sulley gets. However, most of these are not true as Randall has done many evil things in the first film as he tried to kill Sulley by strangling him due to him ruining his plans, only to be stopped by a snowball being thrown at him by Mike and then getting punched out by Sulley. After waking up as the trio has escaped, he had planned to kill Mr. Waternoose in order to become the new CEO of Monsters, Inc. as well when he told him there cannot be witnesses to his plan.
* 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. This implies that at one point, Randall was actually going to be last name rather than first name.