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* BigBad: Of Season 2 of ''Monsters At Work'', where he's attempting to run Monsters Inc to the ground as revenge.

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* BigBad: Of ''Monsters University'', while he's not truly evil and Hardscrabble is a bigger threat in the greater scope he's the most active threat against Sulley and Mike's rise to the top and their most personal foe there. [[spoiler:He acts as this again come Season 2 of ''Monsters At Work'', where he's attempting to run Monsters Inc to the ground as revenge.both to ensure [=FearCo=] outlasts them and spite Sulley and Mike for defeating him at the Scare Games all those years ago.]]



* HateSink: Hardscrabble later proves to have some more genuinely benevolent HiddenDepths and also has the justification of wanting actually qualified candidates for the Scaring program which is, to their knowledge, a highly dangerous job. Johnny is more for the audience to root for Mike and Oozma Kappa to triumph over, and he's the ClimaxBoss of the film as a result.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Johnny's college outfit includes an organge undershirt with a large popped collar, fitting his devilish, vampire-like appearance. His business suits as the CEO of Fear Co. maintain this feature.

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* HateSink: Hardscrabble later proves to have some more genuinely benevolent HiddenDepths and also has the justification of wanting actually qualified candidates for the Scaring program which is, to their knowledge, a highly dangerous job. Johnny is more for the audience to root for Mike and Oozma Kappa to triumph over, and he's the ClimaxBoss of the film as a result.
result. [[spoiler:Season 2 of ''Monsters at Work'' seemingly takes him out of this as he's received significant CharacterDevelopment and now he's reformed from his old bullying ways... Until the finale two-parter reveals he's not only not changed but has gotten worse about everything.]]
* HighCollarOfDoom: Johnny's college outfit includes an organge orange undershirt with a large large, popped collar, fitting his devilish, vampire-like appearance. His business suits as the CEO of Fear Co. maintain this feature.



* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The only reason he invited Oozma Kappa to the fraternity party during the Scare Games was to humiliate them, not to congratulate them.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The only reason he invited Oozma Kappa to the fraternity party during the Scare Games was to humiliate them, not to congratulate them. [[spoiler:In Season 2 of ''Monsters at Work'' he gives Tylor an offer to work for him to help his family and acts cordial to Sulley and Mike despite their past hang-ups and being rivals... Only so Randall could sabotage them from behind the scenes with them none the wiser. Once the chips are down he proves he's still the same petty jerk as before.]]



* ObviouslyEvil: His rather devilish appearance should be a big hint that he's not a nice guy.

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* ObviouslyEvil: His rather devilish appearance should be a big hint that he's not a nice guy. [[spoiler:He ''seems'' to get better in Season 2 of ''Monsters at Work'' until the season finale reveals he's not, sending back into this trope.]]



* TookALevelInKindness: In Season 2 of ''Monsters at Work'', Johnny seems much more cordial and respectful to both Sulley and Mike, even when he disagrees with Monsters. Inc's change to Laugh Power, though Mike still holds a grudge from their college days. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} in the Season 2, which reveals that Johnny's niceness has all been a front, and he's actually even ''[[TookALevelInJerkass worse]]'' than he was in his college days.]]

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* TookALevelInKindness: In Season 2 of ''Monsters at Work'', Johnny seems much more cordial and respectful to both Sulley and Mike, even when he disagrees with Monsters. Inc's change to Laugh Power, though Mike still holds a grudge from their college days. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} in the Season 2, which reveals that Johnny's niceness has all been a front, and he's actually even ''[[TookALevelInJerkass worse]]'' than he was in his college days.days deliberately conspiring with Randall to sabotage Monsters Inc.]]



** [[spoiler:In ''Monsters at Work'', Johnny is now the highly respected CEO of Fear Co., and while he initially seems to have TookALevelInKindness, the season finale reveal that he's actually a CorruptCorporateExecutive.]]

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** [[spoiler:In ''Monsters at Work'', Johnny is now the highly respected CEO of Fear Co., and while he initially seems to have TookALevelInKindness, the season finale reveal that he's actually a CorruptCorporateExecutive. Fortunately his luck finally runs out and he's outed for his corruption in the end, getting arrested like Waternoose before him.]]

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