History Westernanimation / Monstersinc

---> '''Mike:''' [[PreAsskickingOneLiner YOU'RE STILL NOT LISTENING?!]] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

-->'''Sulley:''' It doesn't have to be this way!\\
'''Waternoose:''' I have no choice! Times have changed, scaring isn't enough anymore!\\
'''Sulley:''' [[EtTuBrute But kidnapping children]]!?\\
'''Waternoose:''' I'll kidnap a thousand children before I let this company die, and I'll silence anyone who gets in my way! ''[backhands Sulley]''

* ThatCameOutWrong: At Harryhausen's, Mike's telling Celia what he told someone else when asked who he thought he would spend the rest of his life with. He is about to say "you", when Sullivan stumbles by outside and Mike accidentally finishes the statement with a surprised "[[HoYay Sulley!?]]".

* HilariousOuttakes: Continuing the tradition with their last two films, fake bloopers were added a few weeks after the film's opening during the closing credits and later included on the home video releases. This was the last Pixar film to do this, as the creators felt that it was getting old (not to mention, it wouldn't be as convincing [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo underwater]]).

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* ConeOfShame: Monsters who undergo decontamination by the CDA due to a 2319 or 835 call end up wearing one.

** At the film's (second) climax, Waternoose himself throws a fit of temper tantrum, straight out yelling to Sulley that he'll kidnap a thousand children before letting his company die. He was about to throw another one immediately, but he can't do much while the CDA escort him out for his crimes. But the second tantrum does take its toll on Sulley's emotions when Waternoose [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out]] for [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the company's demise and ruining any chances Monstropolis has of recovering from the energy crisis]].

* WhamLine: How Waternoose's duplicity is revealed.

* TheHero: How Mike views himself. Actually, it is Sulley, even though Mike is responsible for manning Sulley's day-to-day matters. See also TheLancer and {{Sidekick}}, both below.

* PowerWalk:
** The scarers entering the power company floor. A ShoutOut to ''Film/TheRightStuff''.
** Played with in the "out-takes" where Sulley (in front) trips, and the monsters behind him trip, [[DisasterDominoes and the monsters behind them...]] If you look closely, you can actually see a tentacle from the monster behind him getting caught up around his feet which is why he trips.

* SuperStrength: Sulley.

* TakeMyHand: Sulley to Mike.

* FightingAcrossTimeAndSpace: Toward the end, Mike and Sully are chased by Randall, who wants to take possession of Boo. This takes place in the PortalNetwork door factory where every door leads to a different room on Earth, so they go through a number of different locations while trying to outrun Randall. It's also a DontLookDown situation because the door factory production is very high up and the fall would be fatal. Randall eventually takes Boo from Mike and Sully but is bested when, while trying to HandStomp Sully off the door's edge, Boo sneak-attacks Randall from behind. Mike and Sully throw Randall into a door leading to a swamp house, where he is mistaken for an alligator and beaten with a shovel, and Mike and Sully shatter the door from the "outside."

* HelplessWindowDeath: Sully can only watch in growing horror as the garbage pulverizer reduces Boo to a compact block. Subverted when it's revealed that only a piece of Boo's disguise went through the machine; Boo herself is alive and intact, much to Sully's relief.

** A minor one for Randall at the beginning. At one point he seemingly manages to edge out Sully's scare numbers and take the top spot...for about five seconds, until Sully takes it right back thanks to a convenient slumber party.

* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut: Combined with EurekaMoment at the end of the film. After Mike's comment "at least we had a few laughs", Sully has his brainwave, and then the film cuts to the monsters using laughter as an alternative power source to screams.

** Of the two top scarers at the company, Sully, a big furry blue monster, is portrayed in a more heroic light than Randall, a scaly salamander-type monster. Sully is a typical, hardworking company monster while Randall is revealed to be using underhanded means to get ahead. This is reinforced by Boo's reaction to each, calling Sully "Kitty" while being terrified of Randall. The fact that they have both scared innocent children remains, {{downplay|ed}}ing the trope a bit. However, Sulley sees it as just his job and has a sincere HeelRealisation later on, whilst Randall seems to enjoy it more than he really should.
** This is also played straight with BigBad Waternoose being a spider-like creature willing to keep Boo from getting home to stop the company from shutting down. In contrast to Sully, who is willing to risk his job and life to protect her.
** {{Zigzagged}} as other monsters like Mike and Celia are less mammalian than Sully but are still seen as sympathetic, with Boo playing with and laughing at Mike multiple times.

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When Mike is trying to come up with a plan to get rid of Boo, from using a giant slingshot to digging a tunnel (with spoons) and releasing her into the wild, Sully offers up the idea of putting her back in her door so it would be like none of it ever happened and everything would be back to normal. While a smart idea, it turns out to be anything but simple.

* HopeSpot: Near the end of the film, Sulley and Mike have defeated Randall and managed to find their way to Boo's door. Unfortunately the power surge caused by Boo enabling them to use the doors has expired, so now they have to open it again, and are unable to before Waternoose summons the door to apprehend them.

''A {{Beat}} as Mike's eyes widen in horror.]''\\

-->'''Roz:''' I hope you filed your paperwork correctly... for once. Your stunned silence is ''very'' reassuring.

* CutTheJuice: Randall tries to use the Scream Extractor to coerce Mike into telling where Boo is. As the extendable mask-like part of the machine gets closer and closer to him, Mike begins panicking and even attempts to purse his lips in a futile attempt to stop it. Sulley, who has been watching from hiding, secretly unplugs the machine before it do anything else, then frees Mike while Randall is checking the power source.

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* SurpriseCreepy: The scene where Randall angrily searches the toilet cubicles for the source of a noise he heard is quite intense, considering he nearly caught the tritagonists.

Now meet our heroes, [[TheHero James P. "Sulley" Sullivan]] (Creator/JohnGoodman) and [[PluckyComicRelief Mike Wazowski]] (Creator/BillyCrystal). Sulley, [[GentleGiant the big blue one]], is the top "scarer" at Monsters Inc. Mike, the small green one, is his partner (who handles the paperwork), [[VitriolicBestBuds best friend]], personal trainer, and roommate, who spends his after hours courting the receptionist Celia (Creator/JenniferTilly). They also happen to be days away from breaking the All Time Scare Record.

-->'''Mike:''' Psst. Fungus. You like cars? Huh? 'Cause I got a really nice car. You let me go, I'll give you... [[LastSecondWordSwap a ride, in the car]].

-->'''Mike:''' Psst. Fungus. You like cars? Huh? Cause I got a really nice car. You let me go, I'll give you...a ride, in the car.

* ComicallySmallBribe: When Mike is strapped into the Scream Extractor, he tries to bribe Fungus with his car, but clearly reconsiders giving him the car mid-sentence.

* BenevolentMonsters: The monsters scaring children at night is just business. Indeed, monsters would be perfectly content to leave humans alone if they weren't dependent on screams for energy.

** The point of the CDA's decontaminations, when it is discovered that humans and their possessions are not toxic after all. They blew up a building just because a human kid was in it as an 835 call, for crying out loud!

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Waternoose's line towards Randall of, "Sullivan was ''twice'' the scarer you will ''ever'' be!" is this. Randall gives him a DeathGlare and a growl for it.
** A minor example happens when George prevents Charlie from calling yet another ''2319'' and instead stuffs the sock into Charlie's mouth and shoves him into the human world.