History Characters / MonstersInc

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Randall is the main antagonist of Monsters, Inc. because he's clearly a corrupting influence (One example is that Mr. Waternoose does have good intentions at the beginning of the first film which can't prove that Mr. Waternoose is not Randall's unwilling pawn and not to mention there's no real proof that those intentions were fake. Another hint of Mr. Waternoose just being an unwilling pawn is that after the Scarers took a break, Mr. Waternoose discusses his plans to save the company which also cannot prove that Mr. Waternoose is not Randall's unwilling pawn, despite that foreshadowing his true role and plus, there's no proof that he pretends he doesn't know how to save the company Throughout the movie, there are no real hints that Mr. Waternoose is not Randall's unwilling pawn and not to mention, not even Randall and Fungus hint this which also clearly shows that Randall manipulated Mr. Waternoose. And speaking of that, if the idea of the Scream Extractor was Mr. Waternoose's idea and he didn't want any witnesses, then why did he get Randall involved when he's not even the top scarer and how did he know what Randall is capable of beforehand which also shows that Randall is the manipulator. He got so angry and scared that his manipulates are not going to work if he doesn't listen to his boss and unwilling pawn, Mr. Waternoose because Mr. Waternoose will punish him. When Mike tries to make Fungus let him go, Fungus said that Randall told him he is not allowed to fraternize with victims of his plan, stating that the plan was Randall's and not Mr. Waternoose's. When Mike tells Mr. Waternoose that the whole thing was Randall's fault, Mr. Waternoose gets confused saying Randall as well as also angrily saying "How could this happen?" "Oh, how could this happen?" which pretty much proves that the whole plan was Randall's and there's no proof that he pretends that Randall is behind the plan. When Randall and Mr. Waternoose banished Sully and Mike, the scene clearly shows that Mr. Waternoose unwillingly followed Randall's orders since during that same scene, Randall is seen showing his hand to the door indicating that he is ordering Mr. Waternoose to banish Mike and Sully. This would also foreshadow the scene where it reveals Randall force Mr. Waternoose to banish Mike and Sully. After banishing Mike and Sully, Mr. Waternoose regrets doing so and admits that Randall is behind everything when he tells him that he never should have trusted him with the plan since it resulted in him to betray his own employees, but Randall said that with the scream extractor, they won't need scarers and Sully got what he deserved which also indicates that Randall is the one who came with plan and convinced Mr. Waternoose to go through with it. After Randall briefly got knocked out, by Sully, when Mr. 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 sinister way that "there won't be" which suggests that Randall used Mr. Waternoose as a pawn, and also plans to betrayed/kill Mr. Waternoose after Sully and Mike in order to become the new CEO of Monsters, Inc. When Mr. Waternoose told Sully that he, and Boo have seen too much, he meant too much of Randall's plan and plus, when Mr. Waternoose said that he had no choice but to make things be that way. This shows that Mr. Waternoose unwilling doing it for Randall, and his plan.).]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler: He is the mastermind behind the Scream Extractor. However, it is revealed that he is in a BigBadDuumvirate with Mr. Waternoose.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Waternoose is the overarching antagonist of Monsters, Inc. because him being responsible for everything that happens in the movie, being the primary source of conflict for like lesser minutes than Randall, him making everything possible, him being twice responsible as Randall and being the reason why Randall has an easier opportunity to gain revenge against Sully makes him the overarching antagonist.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Waternoose is the overarching antagonist of Monsters, Inc. because him being responsible for everything that happens in the movie, being the primary source of conflict for like lesser minutes than Randall, him making everything possible and being the reason why Randall has an easier opportunity to gain revenge against Sully makes him the overarching antagonist.

* UnwittingPawn: Randall manipulated Waternoose because we wanted to get his revenge on Sully and Mike.

* UnwillingPawn: Randall manipulated Mr. Waternoose because we wanted to get his revenge on Sully and Mike.

The secondary antagonist, and a supporting protagonist-turned antagonist in the prequel. He is a reptilian monster with both chameleon and snake-like features. He has purple scales, a blue tail, four arms, four legs, and three pink fronds on the top of his head. He also has the unique ability of becoming completely invisible.

* BigBadDuumvirate: While he's introduced as the film's BigGood, Waternoose is actually working with Randall to resolve the energy crisis by kidnapping children to harvest their screams. Of the two, Waternoose is depicted as the more dominant of the pair, because Randall gets nowhere without his support.
* BigBadFriend: He's friendly enough that he ''genuinely'' did not want to banish Sulley and Mike to the point where he defends Sulley's reputation and snaps at Randall for insulting him. Unfortunately, this didn't stop him from going through with all of it.

** In college, Mike and Randall were both nerdy and physically weak monsters who majored in Scaring. Randall didn’t have any faith in his scaring abilities, while Mike believed in himself to the point of overconfidence. [[spoiler: Although Mike did get the best score in the Scare Games, he was expelled from MU and climbed up the ladders to become a scare assistant. Randall got the worst score in the Scare Games, but completed his education and became a scarer anyways.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: To an ungodly degree. Randall is an impatient and bitter jerk who doesn't show any respect for any other character, not even [[spoiler: his boss Waternoose, who decides to work with him out of desperation.]] He frequently intimidates and threatens his assistant, Fungus, is progressively crueller and snider to Sulley as the story progresses out of mere envy, and displays sadistic enjoyment out of tormenting Mike, [[spoiler: seeing Sulley and Mike getting banished]] and [[spoiler: possibly torturing Boo to death.]]

** In ''Monsters, Inc'', Randall attempts to kidnap Boo and she's terrified of him for most of the film. [[spoiler:When Randall is about to kill Sulley, Boo finally faces her fear and gives Randall a well-deserved beating. Then, after years of sadistically scaring human children, Randall's ultimate comeuppance is getting trapped in the human world, having to face the wrath of a very [[MamaBear angry human mother]] armed with a shovel when her son spots him. Likewise, he helped in banishing Sulley and Mike purely so that they wouldn't get in the way of his and Waternoose's plans, at the end Mike and Sulley return the favor and make sure he does not return]].

* AffablyEvil: Waternoose is pleasant, reasonable, and has a good sense of humor. Too bad about the whole "kidnaps children and extracts their screams" thing.

* BigBadDuumvirate: While he's introduced as the film's BigGood, Waternoose is actually working with Randall to resolve the energy crisis by kidnapping children to harvest their screams. Of the two, Waternoose is depicted as the more dominant of the pair, as it's because of his backing that Randall's scream extractor plot gets anywhere.

* VillainHasAPoint: At the end of the film, he tells Sulley that the energy crisis will only get worse since Sulley has exposed his crimes and almost made the factory shut down in the aftermath. Fortunately, Sulley's discovery of the laughter of children being significantly more powerful than their screams resolves this problem.

An elderly, bespectacled, slug-like monster with yellow skin, grey hair who wears a red shirt. She arranges the paperwork for the Scare Assistants, most notably those that work on Scare Floor F. It turns out that she is Agent number 1 of the CDA, who started working undercover at Monsters, Inc. two and a half years ago prior to the film's events to uncover a rumoured conspiracy regarding the company. Also has something to say [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Roz}} here.]]

* AntiVillain: He's only a "bad guy" for being Randall's assistant.

* PunchClockVillain: It's hinted at several points that he only works for Randall because he's genuinely afraid of him. Given his treatment at Randall's hands, [[BadBoss it's easy to see why he's afraid]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Unlike several other Sullivans with a nickname derived from their surname, this monster's name isn't "Sully" but "Sulley".

* CatchPhrase: "Kitty", "Mike Wazowski", and obviously..."Boo".

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Uh-huh. Sure."

* {{Catchphrase}}: "2319! We have a 2319!"

* DamselOutOfDistress: The fourth part of the ''Laugh Factory'' comics has her able to hold her own against Randall, Waternoose and Sid when left to her own devices. While Sid does capture her at one point in the comic, her snake hairs prevent him from doing anything further.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Despite being Mike's roommate [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity in college]], [[spoiler: he was something of a popularity seeker who joins up with ROR and participated in the prank to discredit his old friend's team, although peer pressure might have been a factor]].

* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite his portly frame, Waternoose can run surprisingly quick thanks to his multiple legs. When pursuing Sulley near the end of the movie, he has no problem keeping pace with him despite being much older.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mike_mu_4_98.png[[/labelnote]] to see Mike as he appears in ''Monsters University'']]

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[[caption-width-right:146:"Kitty!"]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: As Randall discovers, [[spoiler:she can get angry and dangerous when pushed too far. Said anger involves ''baseball bats'']].

[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/randy_mu_2_6619.png[[/labelnote]] to see Randall as he appears in ''Monsters University'']]

* TheVoiceless: With the exception of Claws, Ricky, and Lanky, none of them say a word throughout the movie--although the rest of them (except JJ Ranft) make brief, but clear noises throughout the film.
** Pauley averts the trope in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'', where he has a speaking role in the first episode.

* LightIsNotGood: Waternoose sports some white and he's a villain.

* TheVoiceless: With the exception of Claws, Ricky, and Lanky, none of them say a word throughout the movie. Although the rest of them (except JJ Ranft) make brief, but clear noises throughout the film.

* EpicFail: Not only does he keep the door open when he enters the robot child's room, but he trips on a soccer ball, a skateboard, and lands on a bunch of jacks, making him scream in pain. Still he at least managed to get a scream out of the animatronic, his second attempt, while lacking the [[AmusingInjuries slapstick failure of the first]], goes even ''worse'' with his "snake/ninja approach with a little hissing" putting the animatronic to ''sleep''. Suffice to say Waternoose was not amused.
--> '''Waternoose''': [[RapidFireNo No no no no no]], what was ''that''? You're trying to scare the kid not lull it to sleep!

* DemotedToExtra: In Monsters Inc: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue!, she's only seen at the start on her date with Mike and then at Harryhausen's yelling at Mike about the ruined date on her birthday.

* AlasPoorVillain: Before he gets exposed, Waternoose tells Sulley that he'll do whatever it takes to save the company and end the energy crisis, even if it means kidnapping a thousand human children. And when Waternoose is taken away into CDA custody, he furiously states that things will only get worse since the factory will be shut down as a result. Even Sulley's sad reaction to this tops it off, knowing that Waternoose may have a good point, in spite the end of their friendship.

* EvilIsPetty: He's been holding on to a grudge towards Sulley for having bested him in their college years enough to turn downright murderous towards him in the present. He also extends this grudge towards his former friend, Mike, solely because Mike is associated with Sulley.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Aside from being Mike's love interest and the company secretary, Celia doesn't have much characterization. On her date with Mike they don't really talk about anything but [[SickeninglySweethearts their relationship]] and it is difficult to see why he likes her so much, [[GorgeousGorgon aside from the obvious]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Feels this way upon betraying Sulley and Mike by banishing them to the Himalayas in order to cover his conspiracy plan with Randall; he even lampshades this by admitting that he never should've trusted Randall in the first place; implying that he holds himself responsible for destroying the friendship he had with Sulley and Mike.
--->'''Waternoose:''' ''(angry at Randall for his actions)'' Finally.... I never should've trusted you with this! Because of YOU, I had to banish my top scarer!!\\
'''Randall:''' Ahh... with this machine, we won't need scarers. Besides, Sullivan got what he deserved.\\
'''Waternoose:''' ''(furious)'' Sullivan was TWICE the scarer you'll ever be!!\\
'''Randall:''' ''(angrily growls at Waternoose)''

'''Randall:''' Ahh... with this machine, we won't need scarers. Besides, Sullivan got what he deserved.

* AlasPoorVillain: Before he gets exposed and arrested, Waternoose tells Sulley that he'll do whatever it takes to save the company and end the energy crisis, even if it means kidnapping a thousand human children. And when he is taken away, he furiously states that things will only get worse since the factory will be shut down as a result. Even Sulley's sad reaction to this tops it off, knowing that Waternoose may have a good point, in spite the end of their friendship.

* BenevolentBoss: Subverted. Was initially this to Sulley and Mike, then he is revealed to be part of Randall's plan on kidnapping human children for the sake of the company and resolving the energy crisis.