Tylor is invited by Johnny to attend a dinner, but things get complicated when Fritz's anniversary party is being hosted at the very same restaurant.
This episode contains the following tropes:
- Bait-and-Switch: Fritz says he has a big announcement planned for his 40th anniversary party. Duncan assumes Fritz is planning to retire, but it turns out the announemenet is only Fritz declaring he's cutting down his Drooler Cooler consumption to one a day.
- Character Development: Lampshaded by Sulley towards Johnny having a much more respectful demeanor towards Mike and Sulley compared to how he acted in college, as the Fear Co. CEO not only apologizes for how one-sided the interview that morning was, but he's pleased that their presentation at C.R.E.E.P. went so well and offers to collaborate with them on seeing if laugh power could be a viable source for the city.
- Chekhov's Gun: Johnny has his father's old scare card with him as a memento to what they shared. It's left in the booth where Tylor finds it.
- Confirmation Bias: In-Universe. I Scream! U Scream! hosts a debate between Sulley and Johnny about the future of Laugh Power in Monstropolis. Said "interview" is unfavorably biased in Johnny's favor thanks to Jill, who clearly skews the facts to make Sulley look like a figurative monster for using an untested and unsafe power source, being kicked out of college, and for being mentored by Waternoose.
- Continuity Nod: Jill brings up Sulley's expulsion from college for cheating in the scare games as a way to discredit him.
- Contrived Coincidence: Tylor's dinner meeting with Johnny just so happens to get a timely interruption from Fritz's 40th anniversary party, though it's due to the monsters deciding to change venues at the last minute.
- Didn't Think This Through: Apparently Duncan bought three hot tubs under the impression that Fritz was going to announce his retirement.
- Drives Like Crazy: Val drives her moped to drop Tylor off at home at such fast speeds, though there's the implication she's just doing it to get him to spill the beans about his evening plans.
- Formerly Fit: Sulley brings up that he was 200 pounds lighter back in college.
- Funny Background Event: When the maitre'd is taking the M.I. staff's pictures, Roze can be seen just standing in the exact same pose with each shot.
- Immoral Journalist: Jill is clearly biased against Sulley, to the point she gives him little chance to speak, accuses him of using an untested form of energy, and downright assassinates his character by pointing out his expulsion from college and mentorship under the now-disgraced Waternoose.
- Running Gag:
- Tylor keeps running into the closet to get changed between his meeting with Johnny and Fritz's party. In one such instance, Rose and the maitre'd borrow the closet for a private makeout session.
- Poor George keeps having his drink stolen. Luckily, Carlos gives him one.
- Serious Business: Nobody but Fritz could get so worked up about announcing he's cutting down to one Drooler Cooler a day.
- Silent Offer: Instead of stating how much he's offering Tylor as a wage, Johnny writes the number.
- Song Parody: A parody of Sonny & Cher's "I've Got You Babe" is covered by Roze and the maitre'd as "I Scare You Babe". Fritz and Mike also sing "Scarebreation", a parody of "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang.
- Spit Take: Tylor when Johnny offers him a job at Fear Co.
- This Is Unforgivable!: Mike still isn't willing to let Johnny off the hook for how he acted during Monsters University, despite Sulley otherwise encouraging him to just move on.
- Two-Timer Date: Tylor can't go to Fritz's anniversary party because of his dinner with Johnny, but when the party is moved to the same restaurant, Tylor has no choice but to switch between one and the other. Fortunately for Tylor, Johnny seems to take it in stride.
- The Unreveal: We never learn how much of an offer that Tylor gets for being a Scarer at Fear Co., but it was evidently a very big number to start with. Then Johnny doubles it.
