Celia Mae

**Celia Mae** is a major character from the 2001 film Monsters, Inc..

## Background

Celia is the receptionist at Monsters, Inc., which means she takes calls from monsters and may click buttons for monster voicemail. Celia often calls Mike "Googley Bear" and "Googley Woogley" and even calls Sulley "Sulley-Wulley", Mike often calls her "Schmoopsie-poo" and Sulley, in return, calls her "Celia-Weelia".

### Personality

Celia is normally a sweetheart, especially to her boyfriend Mike. While she may have an explosive temper when angered, she can calm down almost immediately and quick when she is told the truth by Mike (after witnessing the statements Mike said are true).

The snakes that make up her hair do not speak but express their emotions with the sounds they make. When they're happy, they make chirping noises. When they're mad, they rattle and hiss. They often reflect whatever emotion Celia feels: when she is happy or mad, they likely feel the same way. Regardless, they still appear to have minds of their own as shown when they briefly express terror when Celia considers getting a haircut and relief when Mike respectfully objects.

### Physical Appearance

Celia is a slender, light, magenta monster with sentient purple hair that resembles 5 snakes whose tails act like her earrings. She wears a green slick, sleeveless dress with a scale print design and a blueish green puffy collar. She has a single aquamarine blue eye. Celia has one thing in common with her boyfriend: they both have one eye. Their eyes are also of similar colours.

## Film Appearances

### Monsters, Inc.

In the first film, Celia is celebrating her birthday, so Mike invites her to a Japanese restaurant called Harryhausen's, she is later heard announcing Randall Boggs as the top scarer, before telling everyone to forget it when Sulley gets more screams in a sleepover. Later she goes to her birthday date with Mike, but due to Boo being in the restaurant, the place is decontaminated by the CDA. One device that is made to make a large dome that would get rid of fatal germs, but could harm people without CDA armour, which is why Celia comes back to work the next day with serious injuries. She and her snakes are very upset with Mike about how the date was ruined. Mike kisses her to try to make her feel better, but she angrily slaps him. Largely because of her hostile actions towards Mike, she also unknowingly exposed Mike as having at least some knowledge about Boo's presence in the Monster world towards Randall (as he was barely seen in the Newspaper headline photo), which forced Mike to flee from Celia. She later confronts him again with a near-tackle. While Sulley is hurriedly dragging them, Celia demands that Mike immediately explain what is happening or they're done. Mike instantly caves and tells her all about Waternoose and Randall's secret plot involving Boo (it was truly Randall under the orders of Waternoose, and not Mike, who ruined their date when he tried taking Boo to the Monster world). Initially, Celia doesn't believe a word he says but is then startled by Boo revealing herself. After hearing Mike reassure his love for her and seeing Randall following them, Celia now believes him that it was Randall who let Boo in under the orders of Waternoose, now realizing it was him who ruined their date (albeit indirectly), not Mike. She helps them by subduing Randall with a crowd after she feign-announces him breaking the all-time scare record, buying Sulley and Mike some time so they can get to Boo's door.

At the end of the film, Celia is shown to have fully recovered and reconciled with Mike and tells him that a box full of magazines has just arrived. Both she and Mike are surprised to see that Mike has made the cover of the magazine. She kisses him and her hair tickles his face.

The year before the film takes place, she and Mike are supposed to have won the 7-legged race at the year's company picnic.

Celia also appears in the company play "Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me" that her boyfriend has written, directed, and produced. She is seen having dinner with Mike during the restaurant scene and sings with the rest of the cast at the play's finale.

### Monsters University

While absent from the film, a picture of Celia is seen along with her phone number in Mike's locker towards the end of the film.

## Television Appearances

### Monsters at Work

Mike's first order of business after taking over the company is to promote Celia to a Laugh Floor Supervisor position.