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* SeaHurtchin: The first round of the Scare Games consists of a simulated run through a child's bedroom, with urchins in place of the (supposedly) toxic items the monsters would have to avoid. Touching one causes violent swelling.

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* SchoolRivalry: MU has a rivalry with Fear Tech, to the point that Sulley's considered a hero for stealing Archie the Scare Pig, Fear Tech's mascot.
* SeaHurtchin: The first round of the Scare Games consists of a simulated run through a child's bedroom, with urchins in place of the (supposedly) toxic items the monsters would have to avoid. Touching one causes violent swelling.
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!!Spoilers for this movie will be marked as usual. However, due to its nature as the prequel to ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''that'' film's spoilers are unmarked here. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

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!!Spoilers for this movie will be marked as usual. However, due to its nature as the prequel to ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', ''that'' film's spoilers are unmarked here. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!



''Monsters University'' is the 2013 {{prequel}} to Creator/{{Disney}}/Creator/{{Pixar}}'s hit animated film ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''.

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''Monsters University'' is the 2013 {{prequel}} to Creator/{{Disney}}/Creator/{{Pixar}}'s hit animated film ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''.
''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''.



** When Sulley uses a roar in his final exam, Hardscrabble tells him that since the child in the question was afraid of snakes, a roar wouldn't make him scream, it would make him cry. In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Boo, the human girl who Sulley accidentally lets into the monster world is also revealed to be afraid of snake and reptiles (which is why Randall was her monster). So when [[spoiler: Sulley accidentally scares her during a scare demonstration, she cries instead of screams (in a ''very'' heartbreaking way)]].

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** When Sulley uses a roar in his final exam, Hardscrabble tells him that since the child in the question was afraid of snakes, a roar wouldn't make him scream, it would make him cry. In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', Boo, the human girl who Sulley accidentally lets into the monster world is also revealed to be afraid of snake and reptiles (which is why Randall was her monster). So when [[spoiler: Sulley accidentally scares her during a scare demonstration, she cries instead of screams (in a ''very'' heartbreaking way)]].



* LateArrivalSpoiler: If you watch this movie before ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', then you now know that [[spoiler:Roz is actually a CDA agent]] and that [[ForegoneConclusion Mike never gets to be a Scarer]].

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* LateArrivalSpoiler: If you watch this movie before ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', then you now know that [[spoiler:Roz is actually a CDA agent]] and that [[ForegoneConclusion Mike never gets to be a Scarer]].



* {{Prequel}}: To ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' Additionally, it's the first prequal that Pixar has ever produced.

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* {{Prequel}}: To ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' Additionally, it's the first prequal that Pixar has ever produced.



* {{Retcon}}: A line from [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc the original movie]] ("you've been jealous of my looks since the fourth grade!") implied that Mike and Sulley were ChildhoodFriends (there was also at least one trailer for the original movie that implied it). However, this movie establishes that Mike and Sulley first met in college. [[http://pixartimes.com/2013/04/24/monsters-university-director-dan-scanlon-explains-why-sulley-was-not-jealous-of-mikes-good-looks-in-the-fourth-grade/ A Pixar member at a con explained]] that the line, spoken by [[MotorMouth Mike]], was pure hyperbole, and that the writers ignored that detail to make a better story for the prequel.

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* {{Retcon}}: A line from [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 the original movie]] ("you've been jealous of my looks since the fourth grade!") implied that Mike and Sulley were ChildhoodFriends (there was also at least one trailer for the original movie that implied it). However, this movie establishes that Mike and Sulley first met in college. [[http://pixartimes.com/2013/04/24/monsters-university-director-dan-scanlon-explains-why-sulley-was-not-jealous-of-mikes-good-looks-in-the-fourth-grade/ A Pixar member at a con explained]] that the line, spoken by [[MotorMouth Mike]], was pure hyperbole, and that the writers ignored that detail to make a better story for the prequel.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: "Frightening" Frank [=McCay=] (played by Creator/JohnKrasinski) is only seen at the beginning of the film, but he's the one who encouraged Mike to be become a scarer in the first place, thus kicking off the plot of both this film and WesternAnimation/MonstersInc as well.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: "Frightening" Frank [=McCay=] (played by Creator/JohnKrasinski) is only seen at the beginning of the film, but he's the one who encouraged Mike to be become a scarer in the first place, thus kicking off the plot of both this film and WesternAnimation/MonstersInc ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' as well.



* TechnologyMarchesOn: In-universe. The Scare Simulator dummy here is a dirty crash test dummy made of wood, while the one seen in WesternAnimation/MonstersInc almost exactly resembles a real child.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: In-universe. The Scare Simulator dummy here is a dirty crash test dummy made of wood, while the one seen in WesternAnimation/MonstersInc ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' almost exactly resembles a real child.



* UnflatteringIDPhoto: Continuing a RunningGag from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike's college ID photo is cropped off at the bottom, barely showing his face, with Mike being too excited about being in MU to care.

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* UnflatteringIDPhoto: Continuing a RunningGag from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', Mike's college ID photo is cropped off at the bottom, barely showing his face, with Mike being too excited about being in MU to care.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There was certainly no prequel planned during the time ''Monsters Inc.'' was in production, so the fates of the Oozma Kappa members retroactively become this. [[spoiler:The Oozma Kappa gang is nowhere to be seen in WesternAnimation/MonstersInc after Mike and Sulley end up working at Monsters Inc, even though it's confirmed in the end credits that they all end up working at Monsters Inc as well and thus should have been working alongside Mike and Sulley as scarers in the first film]].

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There was certainly no prequel planned during the time ''Monsters Inc.'' was in production, so the fates of the Oozma Kappa members retroactively become this. [[spoiler:The Oozma Kappa gang is nowhere to be seen in WesternAnimation/MonstersInc ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' after Mike and Sulley end up working at Monsters Inc, even though it's confirmed in the end credits that they all end up working at Monsters Inc as well and thus should have been working alongside Mike and Sulley as scarers in the first film]].
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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Mike is the Technician to Sulley's Performer.

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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: TechnicianPerformerTeamUp: The movie centers on the growing friendship between Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan during their college years. The former is the Technician who has a expert knowledge on scaring despite lacking the physique to Sulley's Performer.be a scarer himself, while the latter is the Performer who is a very talented scarer but lacks in technique due to his disinterest in studying. When their initial enmity with one another causes them to be kicked out of the scaring program, the two are forced to cooperate as they lead a fraternity of other scaring rejects into winning the Scare Games and be let back into the program. With Mike's help, Sulley becomes more dedicated to his studies and becomes a more versatile scarer. And as for Mike, he eventually comes to accept that while he'll never be an actual scarer, he does make for an excellent scaring coach.
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** A {{Downplayed}} example, but most posters featuring the cast show Randall wearing his NerdGlasses. While he wears them in his introductory scene, he quickly ditches them in only a few seconds and never wears them again throughout the movie.

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