Monsters University - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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

[kim]

In the German dub of this movie, the voice of Frank McCay was provided by world-famous soccer goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

[ella]

Argma, Slugma, Oozma, Roar, Jaws, and Python's symbols resemble Lambda, Sigma, Omicron, Rho, Iota, and Pi, respectively.

[amber]

George Sanderson's future assistant Charlie Proctor from Monsters, Inc. (2001) can also be seen in the library when Art smashes things to distract the librarian to get the Oozma Kappa flag, in addition to at the end of this movie meeting George for the first time.

[clayton]

Mike's parents were originally planned to be included in the story. They would drop Mike off for his first day at Monsters University. Director Dan Scanlon decided to drop them from the finished movie to make Mike seem just that much more vulnerable.

[kenneth]

Dame Helen Mirren's fourth animated movie, after The Snow Queen (1995), The Prince of Egypt (1998), and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010).

[jesse]

Dave Foley and Peter Sohn are the only ones to voice a Member of Oozma Kappa (Terri and Squishy respectively), to have also voiced a character in a previous Pixar movie, being A Bug's Life (1998) and Ratatouille (2007).

[frederick]

Dean Abigail Hardscrabble invented the Scare Games and won them four years in a row prior to the rise of Roar Omega Roar.

[jamie]

The sixth of several theatrically released animated movies of the 2010s to be rated G by the MPAA. the previous five animated movies rated as such were Toy Story 3 (2010), Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Cars 2 (2011), Winnie the Pooh (2011), and Zambezia (2012) the next seven animated movies of the 2010s rated as such were Khumba (2013), Rio 2 (2014), The Hero of Color City (2014), The Peanuts Movie (2015), Cars 3 (2017), Charming (2018), and Toy Story 4 (2019).

[linda]

During the final challenge of the Scare Games, Arlo from The Good Dinosaur (2015) makes a cameo along with some other dinosaurs as a toy on the floor. At the time of this movie's production and release, The Good Dinosaur (2015) was supposed to be Pixar's next movie, but after its eighteen month delay, it instead became Inside Out (2015).

[francisco]

During the final exam before Mike and Sulley are kicked out of the Scaring Program, Dean Hardscrabble tells Sulley that a roar to someone who's afraid of snakes would not make them scream, but have them run off crying to their parents. This was proven in Monsters, Inc. (2001), where this happened to Boo after Sulley was roaring by the Scare Simulator with her unknowingly watching close by.

[maureen]

This is the only movie to be rated G by the MPAA that featured Bill Hader. Hader's other movies are rated PG or higher.

[linda]

This movie ends Pixar's eight-year streak of releasing movies every year, which had begun with Cars (2006), due to a few movies have been at least cancelled or moved to a different year, though another streak began with Inside Out (2015) in 2015.

[sophie]

Concept art shows Claire was originally supposed to be a member of Eta Hiss Hiss.

[liam]

Sulley's pink spots appear blue when he is out in sunlight and return to pink when he is indoors or when it's nighttime.

[ella]

STUDIO TRADEMARK: The Pizza Planet truck, given a slight overhaul to fit the Monster World, first featured in Toy Story (1995), can be seen parked by the left of the JOX fraternity house during the party as Mike is riding Archie the Scare Pig.

[richard]

When Hardscrabble makes her first appearance she's hidden in self-created darkness, enhancing her demonic appearance. However, when she leaves, she's shrouded in light, hinting she might not be as bad as she lets on. This is given a subtle callback at the end when she flies off after encouraging Mike and Sulley. She's similarly shrouded in the light of the sun. In addition, it makes a nice little reference to Waternoose's advice for effective, professional scaring in the first movie. "It's all about PRESENCE! About how you enter the room!"