History Heartwarming / MonstersUniversity

** Even better is when you realize that Mike would, in the end of Monsters Inc., have an even better career as a comedian to make children laugh. After all those years of staying backstage, Mike finally takes the spotlight at the Laugh Floor and does a great job doing it. Heck, he is such a success that he even currently has his own hit comedy show at [[DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World]]!

* [[spoiler:Mike and Sulley's talk to each other by the lake. It may be a TearJerker, but when Sulley tells Mike that he feels he's an insult to his family's reputation, Mike asks him why he never told him that before, promoting him to reply that it was because they weren't friends before. It was that moment when Sulley fully accepted Mike as his friend.]]

** Sulley's reaction. His charging through the door into the human world to rescue Mike somewhat resembles his rescuing Boo from Randall [[spoiler: and Waternoose's using the Scream Extractor on her.]]

* According to the collectable Scare Cards, Frank [=McCay=] and Mike share the exact same birthday (November 16). It's a small but sweet touch by the creators to draw another connection between the two.

-->''Hardscrabble: [[spoiler: Until the authorities arrive, this door stays ''off.'']]
-->''Squishy:''' ''[charging into the room]'' No! ''You can't do that!''

* According to the collectable Scare Cards, Frank McCay and Mike share the exact same birthday (November 16). It's a small but sweet touch by the creators to draw another between the two.

* After young Mikey emerges from the child's bedroom into a crowd of frightened Monsters Inc. workers, a FreezeFrameBonus would show that Earl "The Terror" Thompson was among those who witnessed Mike's first taste of the Scaring Career. It resonates with even more meaning when years later, Mike spotted him at the factory again and gushed over him.

* The intro with Mikey as a child visiting MI on a school trip. Frank McCay, one of the Scarers, actually stops to share some nice words with the class. [[spoiler: Mike then gets the idea of sneaking after Frank into a child's room while he does his job. He manages to be so still and quiet that Frank doesn't even notice him and is immediately impressed. So impressed, the he gives Mikey his MU baseball hat that Mikey cherishes for most of his life]].
** Also, doubles as both a FreezeFrameBonus and a CallBack, but [[spoiler: the way Mike scares the test dummy child in the last round of the Scare Games resembles how he saw Frank McCay back when he was little...erm...more little than he was, scare the child back at the beginning of the film.]]

* The intro with Mikey as a child visiting MI on a school trip. [[spoiler: He gets the idea of sneaking into a child's room while a Scarer who was nice to him does his job. He manages to be so still and quiet the Scarer doesn't even notice him and is immediately impressed. So impressed, the Scarer gives Mikey his MU baseball hat that Mikey cherishes for most of his life]].
** Also, doubles as both a FreezeFrameBonus and a CallBack, but [[spoiler: the way Mike scares the test dummy child in the last of the Scare Games resembles how the Scarer he met back when he was little...erm...more little than he was, scared the child back at the beginning of the film.]]

* Oozma Kappa going bersek [[spoiler: when they discover that Mike is stuck in the dangerous human world. And even after the revelation of Sully's cheating, they still love and trust him unconditionally to help him rescue Mike.]]

* Oozma Kappa [[spoiler: going berserk when they discover that Mike is stuck in the dangerous human world.]] Says quite much about the brotherhood.

* "Stop being a Sullivan and start being you."

** "Perhaps I should keep an eye out for more surprises like you."

* Sully finally expressing his respect and understanding of just what makes Mike special: [[spoiler: "Mike, you're not scary. Not even a little. But you are ''fearless''."]]

* Randall quizzing Mike on various phobias, and just how happy he is to be helping.

* The way Mike is breathing in the attention of a group of MU students in the "he's the heart and soul of the team" scene, as well as Oozma Kappa making it very clear that every single one of them recognizes him as their leader. After all the struggling and the put-downs, both must feel incredible to him.

* The intro with Mikey as a child visiting MI on a school trip. [[spoiler: He gets the idea of sneaking into a child's room while a Scarer who was nice to him does his job. He manages to be so still and quiet the Scarer doesn't even notice him and is immediately impressed. So impressed, the Scarer gives Mikey his MI baseball hat that Mikey cherishes for most of his life]].

* Mike's farewell to O.K. "you guys are the scariest out there, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise." [[spoiler: Mike, as well as Sully, have to live with the dishonor of their expulsion, but Mike was able to give O.K. their happy ending.]]

* Mike and Sully's [[spoiler:happiness at doing their jobs as they rise up the ranks of Monsters Inc.]]