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**Welcome to Monsters Inc.** is the first episode of Season 1 of the animated television series Monsters, Inc. In this episode, Mike Wazowski introduces himself and his friends at Monsters Incorporated.

## Characters

* Mike Wazowski (debut)
* James P. Sullivan (debut)
* Randall Boggs (debut)
* Jeff Fungus (debut)
* Needleman (debut)
* Smitty (debut)
* Celia Mae (debut)
* Mr. Waternoose (debut)
* Roz (debut)
* Jerry Slugworth (debut)
* Betty (debut)
* Tony (debut)
* Ted (debut)
* Young Monsters (debut)
* George Sanderson (debut, cameo)
* Bob Peterson (debut, cameo)
* Joe Ranft (debut, cameo)
* Ricky Plesuski (debut, cameo)
* Frank (debut, cameo)
* Glen (debut, cameo)
* Zack (debut, cameo)

## Plot

On a sunny morning in Monstropolis, the city where Monsters, Incorporated, a company where monsters have to scare children to power their city, James P. Sullivan, the No. 1 scarer of the company is seen sleeping. His best friend, Mike Wazowski is trying to wake him up, and when he doesn't, he uses a loud horn to wake Sulley up.

In the next scene, Mike can be seen training Sulley for his day at Monsters, Incorporated. After the training, they watch a commercial for Monsters, Incorporated, which shows how Monsters scare Children. Mike and Sully walk out of the apartement. Mike says that he wants to drive with his car to Monsters, Incorporated, but Sulley tells mike that due to a power shortage that they have to walk to work.

On the way to work, Mike and Sulley encounter three Young Monsters. They then encounter Tony, and when they arrive at the crosswalk, they notice that Ted, a very large monster, is now crossing. Once Ted has crossed, Mike and Sulley are allowed to cross, and then they arrive at work.

At work, after looking at Sully's Scarer of the Month portraits, they encounter Needleman and Smitty, who tell Sulley to keep working hard to become the next Scarer of the Month. In the Locker Room, Mike and Sulley encounter Randall, who is Sulley's rival and is also trying to become the Scarer of the Month. When they arrive at Scare Floor F, Roz tells Mike that he didn't file his paperwork last night. Mike says to Roz that he will file it next time.

Mike already notices that many of the Scare Assistants are already at the Scare Floor. Then Jerry Slugworth comes in and he shuts the windows, and then the scarers come in. Sulley and Randall are seen talking to each other about who is going to be the best Scarer this time. Jerry counts down from 10, and then the Scarers are ready to scare children.

Randall, who is trying to become better than Sulley, notices that he's still behind Sulley. Randall's Scare Assistant Jeff Fungus tells him it, and then Randall yells at him that he needs another door. The monsters are doing a good job at scaring the children, and Sulley tells Mike that he is still above Randall as the best scarer.

Jerry tells that the scaring is done. Randall threatens Fungus that he will put him in the shredder if he doesn't get a door within 5 minutes. Mike and Sulley go back to the locker room, and Randall also comes in. Randall tells to Sulley that one day, he will become the Scarer of the Month. Mike and Sulley ignore it and go back home.

## Production

"Welcome to Monsters, Incorporated" was written by series creator Paul Nielsen, along with Sam Kennedy and director Mary Morton. Nielsen also worked as a storyboard director. He began developing the series in early 1995.

Nielsen's first idea for the series is to base the book on Monster Town, a book that he had written and published in 1992. The idea of Boo being in the first episode was eventually scrapped, though she eventually first appeared at the end of Mike and the Children.

Mike's best friend and Number 1 scarer would be originally called "Johnson". His design was also originally different, he was colored brown instead of blue. Nielsen changed Johnson's color from brown to blue early in development and later renamed the character to "Sulley" after he discovered that Johnson was actually a monster that appeared on a few television commercials in the United Kingdom.

On 28 February 1996, Nielsen pitched the pilot episode to the BBC. Nielsen and his team had low expectations for the show. He only expected that the show would run only for a single season and then get cancelled. but when Nielsen pitched the series to the BBC, they green-lit the series for 20 episodes. Nielsen then hired more writers and animators to produce the series.

Monsters, Inc. aired it first episode, "Welcome to Monsters, Incorporated" on 25 October 1997 in the United Kingdom at approximately 4:00 PM. The episode recieved positive reception from both fans and critics alike.

### Differences from the original version of the episode and broadcast version of the episode

The original version of the episode was discovered on 3 May 2018 on a promotional VHS tape by the BBC. It looks close to the broadcast version of the episode, but with several differences:

* The intro is different: The Monsters, Inc. logo is zooming in on a black background and when it is done, the background and the logo flash different colors and a few seconds later, it fades to the first scene in the episode, and instead of the title card and the name of the writer appearing, the text "Created by Paul Nielsen" fades in.
* Sulley was still called "Johnson" when the pilot episode was being produced.
* The dialouge was re-recorded for the broadcast version of the episode due to Sulley being called Johnson in the original version of the episode, with some characters having slightly different voices (for example: Mike's voice sounds a bit deeper compared to how Ben Davison voiced him during most of Seasons 1-5.
* The credits have the same design for the rest of the Original Series, but the credits are slightly different (for example: Paul Nielsen is credited as writer, and the crew members are listed in an different order).
* The background music is different.

### Differences from this episode and the rest of the series

This episode's art style is a bit different compared to the rest of Season 1, with some characters having different designs (for example: Mike is colored a darker shade of green, and he looks much more spherical, and the spots on Sulley's fur are colored dark blue instead of purple)

## Cast

### UK Dub

* Ben Davison - [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mike\_Wazowski Mike Wazowski], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Needleman Needleman], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Jerry\_Slugworth Jerry Slugworth], Tony, Television Announcer
* Joseph Patterson - [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/James\_P.\_Sullivan James P. Sullivan], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Jeff\_Fungus Jeff Fungus], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mr.\_Waternoose Mr. Waternoose], Ted
* Matt Nelson - [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Randall\_Boggs Randall Boggs], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Smitty Smitty], Young Monsters
* Amy Bryant - [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Celia\_Mae Celia Mae], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Roz Roz], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Betty Betty]

### US Dub

* Joe Sanders - [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mike\_Wazowski Mike Wazowski], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Randall\_Boggs Randall Boggs], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Jeff\_Fungus Jeff Fungus], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Jerry\_Slugworth Jerry Slugworth]
* William Jackson - [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/James\_P.\_Sullivan James P. Sullivan], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mr.\_Waternoose Mr. Waternoose], Ted, Television Announcer
* Bob Goodwin - [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Needleman Needleman], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Smitty Smitty], Tony
* Ellen Patterson - [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Celia\_Mae Celia Mae], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Roz Roz], [./https://scarepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Betty Betty], Young Monsters

## Trivia

* The episode was originally produced in early 1996 as a pilot episode for the BBC. This meant that the episode had no production code yet. When most other episodes started being produced, This episode was given the production code 101 as the first episode of the series.
* This is the only episode where Paul Nielsen is credited as an writer, but only in the original version of the episode, as he remains uncredited in the broadcast version of the episode.

## Transcript

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## Gallery

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## Credits

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