Monsters, Inc. - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Monsters, Inc. or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Monsters, Inc.

[charlie]

Sulley and Boo's relationship is possibly based on Baloo and Mowgli in The Jungle Book (1967) and just like how Mowgli runs away from Baloo because he is forced to go to a man village Boo avoids Sulley after he accidentally scares her when doing a mock roar for Mr. Waternoose. Sulley is also similar to Baloo in appearance as he looks like a bear except he has horns and a long tail and is about the same height and bulk as Baloo. Plus 'John Goodman' voiced Baloo in The Jungle Book 2 (2003) and in that film Baloo scares a older girl named Shanti much like Sulley scared Boo who is a younger girl.

[jessica]

In the German dubbing of the film, the Abominable Snowman speaks the Swabian dialect, which is mostly spoken in southwestern Germany, and makes a reference to wishing he had been banished to the Swabian Alps where he has friends.

[sara]

At one point, when Sulley got his final design, he was going to wear glasses. But the glasses were taken off in order to show more of his eye expressions.

[kristen]

At the beginning when Mike and Sulley are walking to work Mike says "you've been jealous of my good looks since the 4th grade...", but the prequel Monsters University (2013) tells us Mike and Sulley didn't actually meet until college. This means Mike was probably joking.

[gerald]

The animated short Mike's New Car (2002) was originally going to be the end of the film but instead it was replaced with Sulley reuniting with Boo as the producers felt the latter was a better ending.

[claude]

Randall Boggs is last seen in the trailer home from A Bug's Life (1998), next to the Pizza Planet truck from Toy Story (1995). The man inside the trailer is the same model as the simulated boy from the first scene. The mom is the same boy but with a "bun" placed on his head.

[miriam]

Jennifer Tilly, who plays Celia Mae, was married to Sam Simon who was one of the creators of The Simpsons (1989). She raved to the Pixar crew about a script she read written by a Simpsons director for an animated film. The director was Brad Bird and the script was for The Incredibles (2004) which became a Pixar film 3 years later.

[jesse]

One of the 3 Pixar Films where Joe Ranft voices someone to have Ranft simply listed in the Additional Credits. The other 2 films being Toy Story (1995) and The Incredibles (2004).

[chris]

The last Pixar film to not be worked on by Peter Sohn, Josh Cooley, Bradford Lewis, Mark Andrews, Brian Fee, or Adrian Molina before joining the studio in 2002 when Pixar was still in early development with their next film Finding Nemo (2003), although Bradford Lewis left the studio in 2011 after the release of Cars 2 (2011).

[christina]

When animating Sulley's fur in situations where he would run, it proved to be a difficult task. You can see the tests on the DVD.

[albert]

The original concept featured a 30-year-old man coming to terms with his childhood fears.

[liam]

Bob Peterson, the movie's story supervisor, provided the temporary voice of Roz, the green secretary, during production. The nasal, sing-song voice proved to be such a success that they kept it in the final film.

[wesley]

Pete Docter's only directorial effort until Soul (2020) to not have any characters voiced by John Cygan.

[alyssa]

As of January 2016, this is Pete Docter's only directorial effort to be rated G. His other films, Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Soul (2020) have all received PG ratings.

[bernard]

According to the film's credits, no monsters were harmed in the making of the film.

[eli]

Pixar Animation Studios' 4th feature film. As well as the first Pixar film to be released in the 21st century.

[bryan]

Frank Oz's first animated flim.

[manuel]

Boo's real name is Mary, as shown briefly on one of the crayon drawings she shows to Sulley in the scene where Boo is going to sleep on Sulley's bed. The actress who provided the voice of Boo is Mary Gibbs.