History WesternAnimation / MonstersAtWork

* AdvertisedExtra: Banana Bread, a tiny green monster who speaks in raspberries, was advertised as MIFT’s official mascot but otherwise never appeared in posters and barely showed up in trailers. [[spoiler:This is because he gets promoted to an official Jokester in the second episode after the MIFTers crash Tylor’s comedy lesson and Ms. Flint notices his nuanced take on comedy theory. His departure shows Tylor that it really is possible for a MIFTer to be a Jokester, as well as giving the chaotic MIFTers a more sympathetic light as Fritz shows genuine sadness over someone leaving MIFT because it wasn’t special enough.]]

** This is also one of the driving plots of the show, with Tylor having trained all his life to get into Monsters Inc. as a Scarer, only to find out that the job itself has been replaced with 'Jokester' the day before he was due to enrol. Tylor has to learn an entire new skillset on the job after having spent his college years training and preparing for a defunct job due to reasons beyond his control.

* TheAce: As a scarer, Tylor was ''very'' talented at his craft, having graduated College at the top of his class, and even breaking Sulley's old record at the scaring simulation room. Unfortunately for him, the events of the film rendered the position moot the same day he joined, so now he has to try learning an entirely new line of work at Monsters Inc, without the aid of a [[TheGift natural talent]] for being a funny monster like Mike, or have had time to train properly for the role like Sulley did for being a scarer.

* TheAce: As a scarer, Tyler was ''very'' talented at his craft, having graduated College at the top of his class, and even breaking Sully's old record at the scaring simulation room. Unfortunately for him, the events of the film rendered the position moot the same day he joined, so now he has to try learning an entirely new line of work at Monster's inc, without the aid of a [[TheGift natural talent]] for being a funny monster like Mike, or have had time to train properly for the role like Sully did for being a scarer.

* ContinuityNod: When giving Tyler a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech, Mike brings up knowing what it feels like to cross the line on the Scare/Laugh Floor and being willing to do anything to achieve it on your own merits, and Sully points out that he and Mike both worked their way up to their current positions of running the company from the Mailroom, both things that were covered in [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity Monsters University.]]
* DramaticIrony: Tyler is hit with this as part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment in episode one, with the viewer getting to see the signature on his acceptance letter to Monsters Inc was signed by Waternoose, hence due to the events of the film, Tyler's dream job job is no longer valid.
* ImmediateSequel: Episode one picks up the day after Waternoose was arrested by the CDA, which contributes to the ongoing chaotic restructuring of the business as Mike and Sully are told they're left in charge and having to come up with new branding to reflect the switch from scaring kids to making them laugh, which also helps further disorient Tyler as his first day happens in the middle of the switch. For example, Celia is no longer receptionist after Mike uses his new role as company director to give her a long-overdue promotion, and thus Tyler cannot find somebody to help explain what's going on or where he should go to enroll in the company departments.

* MrFixit: MIFT is apparently made up of individuals who help keep the factory's complex machinery running and fix broken machinery, with several comments being dropped about the high mortality rate from previous workers in accidents before Tyler.

* PersonaNonGrata: Due to causing the whole Boo incident at Harryhausens, Mike and Sully are not allowed back in the restaurant.
* PlotHole: The show never would happen if Tyler decided to go work at Fear Company or Scream Industries. Then again, it's likely they became laugh factories as well.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even after Tylor trashes the Laugh Floor after sneaking onto it and fully expects to be fired, Mike and Sulley, in true fashion, are very understanding. They note how chaotic it has been since the change to laugh power and that a desire to cross over the Laugh Floor line can be very strong. They also encourage Tylor to attend Mike’s comedy lessons and learn how to be a jokester himself by revealing that they had worked their way up from the mailroom.

** This is also one of the driving plots of the show, with Tyler having trained all his life to get into Monster's Inc as a Scarer, only to find out that the job itself has been replaced with 'Jokester' the day before he was due to enrol. Tyler has to learn an entire new skillset on the job after having spent his collage years training and preparing for a defunct job due to reasons beyond his control.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Sully has this reaction when Roz tells him that he and Mike have been placed in charge of the company. Roz states that she said the same thing.

* TheAce: As a scarer, Tyler was ''very'' talented at his craft, having graduated College at the top of his class, and even breaking Sully's old record at the scaring simulation room. Unfortunately for him, the events of the film rendered the position moot the same day he joined, so now he has to try learning an entirely new line of work at Monster's inc, without the aid of a [[TheGift natural talent]] for being a funny monster like Mike, or have had time to train properly for the role like Sully did.

* ImmediateSequel: Episode one picks up the day after Waternoose was arrested by the CDA, which contributes to the ongoing chaotic restructuring of the business as Mike and Sully are told they're left in charge and having to come up with new branding to reflect the switch from scaring kids to making them laugh, which also helps further disorient Tyler as his first day happens in the middle of the switch. For example, Celia is no longer receptionist after Mike uses his new role as company director to give her a long-overdue promotion, and thus Tyler cannot find somebody to help explain what's going on or where he should go to enrol in the company departments.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: The MIFters are all more than a little eccentric, but they're clearly very good at their jobs-in the second episode, they spring into action the moment the call goes out and successfully rescue Mike from a jammed door

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: The trailer reveals Sully has this reaction when Roz tells him that he and Mike have been placed in charge of the company.

* WrongLineOfWork: Tylor really isn’t suited to be a [=MIFTer=] at first, being rather destructive due to klutziness and having no mechanical experience, only getting the job due to an offhand comment about his parents working in a hardware store. He can’t even wrench a simple nut at first!

* WrongLineOfWork: Tylor really isn’t suited to be a MIFTer at first, being rather destructive due to klutziness and having no mechanical experience, only getting the job due to an offhand comment about his parents working in a hardware store. He can’t even wrench a simple nut at first!

* LateToTheRealization: The full trailer reveals that Tylor was hired to join the Monsters Inc. team the day ''after'' they switched to laugh power. When he goes in for his interview, he's shocked to learn the company is no longer hiring scarers, and ends up being reassigned to MIFT as a result.

* PersonaNonGrata: Due to causing the whole Boo incident at Harryhausens, Mike and Sully are not allowed back in.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Since the whole 'trade scares for laughs' thing has just been established a day after the first movie, it leaves a lot of scarers who work for Monsters Inc. to be anxious. Having a new technique to run a business, even an efficient one, doesn't sit well with all M.I. employees since their talents lie in scaring. Because of this, it causes a major decline in employees needed to generate power and a lot of power outage's ensue.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Since the whole 'trade scares for laughs' thing has just been established a day after the first movie, it leaves a lot of scarers who work for Monsters Inc. to be unfamiliar and anxious. Having a new technique to run a business, even an efficient one, doesn't sit well with all M.I. employees since their talents lie in scaring. Because of this, it causes a major decline in employees needed to generate power and a lot of power outage's ensue.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Since the whole 'trade scares for laughs' thing has just been dropped a day after the first movie, it leaves a lot of scarers who work for Monsters Inc. to be unfamiliar and anxious. Having a new technique to run a business, even an efficient one, doesn't sit well with all M.I. employees since their talents lie in scaring. Because of this, it causes a major decline in employees needed to generate power and a lot of power outage's ensue.

* Dramaticirony: Tyler is hit with this as part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment in episode one, with the viewer getting to see the signature on his acceptance letter to Monsters Inc was signed by Waternoose, hence due to the events of the film, Tyler's dream job job is no longer valid.

Six months after the events of the original movie, the power plant at its center now harvests the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis. Tylor Tuskmon, an eager and talented mechanic on the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team, dreams of working on the Laugh Floor alongside Mike and Sulley.

%%No citation, Zero Context Example* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The MIFT Team, though Val and Fritz are the most standout examples.
%%No citation* LateToTheRealization: Tylor was naïve to the fact that Monsters Inc. is discontinuing hiring scarers and have changed to harvesting laughs from kids.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The MIFT Team, though Val and Fritz are the most standout examples.
* LateToTheRealization: Tylor was naïve to the fact that Monsters Inc. is discontinuing hiring scarers and have changed to harvesting laughs from kids.
* NoAntagonist: WordOfGod has proclaimed that Randall and Mr. Waternoose will not be in the show.
* SchoolIsForLosers: Val dropped out of Monsters University due to seeing it as being too much of a commitment.
* SequelSeries: To ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''. It takes place half-a-year after the original movie.

* SchoolIsForLosers: Val dropped out of Monsters University due to seeing it as being too much of a commitment.

* LateToTheRealization: Tylor was naïve to the fact that Monsters Inc. is discontinuing hiring scarers and have changed to harvesting laughs from kids rather than scares.

* LateToTheRealizaiton: Tylor was naïve to the fact that Monsters Inc. is discontinuing hiring scarers and have changed to harvesting laughs from kids rather than scares.