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The 2001 Pixar film Monsters Inc. is jam-packed with clever details, Easter eggs, and hidden gems. It is organized like a real-life company, yet there are a lot of monster puns throughout. Let's examine a few of these sneaky elements.
1. The opening sequence of the film features doors and creatures.
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"Monsters Inc." begins with a title card and a simple animated sequence.
Viewers get a preview of what to expect from the rest of the film as the scene shows creatures entering and exiting doors.
In the movie, scarers sneak into children's bedrooms through doors to record their screams.
2. Sulley's fur moves with lifelike animation throughout the movie
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The animation style used by Pixar is renowned for its incredibly detailed work, and "Monsters Inc." is no exception.
Over a million hairs are said to have been used in Sulley's intricate fur, and the company even developed a new program called Simulation to make all those hairs move.
3. There is an eerie touch to Mike and Sulley's furniture.
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There are many furnishings in Mike and Sulley's apartment that one would often find in a home, including beds, chairs, a television, and an alarm clock.
However, a lot of their furniture has some monster-like details, such as the radio's and fireplace's teeth.
4. Their furniture reflects how they look.
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In their apartment, Mike and Sulley each have their own chair that seems to match their aesthetic.
Mike's chair is small, green, and round, and Sulley's chair is large and purple.
Sulley's chair also has a hole in the back, seemingly for his tail.
5. Monsters, Inc. is designed to seem like an honest company throughout the film.
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Viewers can observe the functioning of Monsters, Inc. throughout the entire film.
When the Monsters, Inc. logo and slogan are shown during the commercial, viewers get their initial impression of the company.
Throughout the film, TVs, billboards, and the workplace are all decorated with the "M" with an eye logo and the phrase "We scare because we care."
6. The scream shortage is brought up multiple times before Mike and Sulley get to work.
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A potential scream shortage, which could result in a power outage in Monstropolis, is one of the reasons why the monsters are focusing so intently on the Scream Board on the Scare Floor.
The scarcity is mentioned in the advertisement that Mike and Sulley see and in a detailed story in the Monstropolis Horn article that they read on the way to work.
7. Mike and Sulley walk past a cafe with a familiar name
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Mike and Sulley pass the Hidden City Cafe on their way to work.
Some Pixar employees actually used to frequent this actual café in California.
8. Tony's Grossery uses monstrous twists in the names of its fruits.
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Mike and Sulley pass Tony's Grossery, a pun in and of itself, on their way to work. Tony's Grossery is promoting creepy produce items like blood oranges, mangle fruit, bilge berries, and pineapples.
9. In Monstropolis, the crosswalks appear a little different.
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Viewers get to see Mike and Sulley's first interaction with other monsters as they travel to work.
They pass a lot of monster-themed signs on their way to work, as well as a crosswalk with a "Stalk/Don't Stalk" sign instead of a "Walk/Don't Walk" sign.
Despite the distinctions between Monstropolis and the outside world, Mike and Sulley still greet their neighbors as they pass by, abide by the rules of the road by using the crosswalk, and strike up a conversation with random people.
10. Celia attends a call for someone with a suitable name
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The receptionist at Monsters, Inc. is Celia, Mike's girlfriend.
She is taking a call for "Ms. Fearmonger" when Mike and Sulley first approach her.
A fear monger is someone who intentionally stirs up fear, which is exactly what the company's scarers are doing to collect scream energy.
11. Mike's locker has pictures of Celia and reminders that he's ignoring them.
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Mike has added sticky notes to himself, images of Celia, and letters from her in his locker.
To my googly bear, Celia's pet name for Mike is scrawled on one of her images.
All of the sticky notes on his locker are reminders to file his paperwork, which he has omitted, as we later discover from Roz.
12. The advertisements in monster newspapers are unusual.
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The Daily Glob, which appears to be a grotesque parody of "The Daily Globe," is shown with Roz reading it.
With headlines, advertisements, and even a barcode on the front cover, it looks just like a real newspaper.
With headlines like "Baby Born with Five Heads, Parents Thrilled" and advertisements for fur replacement and a way to acquire 10,000 pounds in a week, the content is special to Monstropolis, though.
13. Thorough scare reports are shown throughout the movie
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The monsters maintain scare reports on the children they gather screams from.
The reports provide basic information about the child, such as name and age, as well as details on their fears and past reactions.
Although the concept of collecting files on children's biggest fears is somewhat bizarre, each file contains an astonishing quantity of detail from the standpoint of animation.
14. There are many details in Monsters, Inc. that would exist in a genuine workplace.
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There are many workplace-like elements throughout the Monsters, Inc. headquarters, including a wall that displays the employee of the month, water coolers, and file folders.
However, its version of the employee of the month is called the "Scarer of the Month." Also, the sign indicating the duration the workplace has gone without an accident is used to mark how long the company has gone without being contaminated by children.
15. The code "2319" seems to stand for "white sock"
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When with a kid's sock clinging to his back, scarer George Sanderson emerges from the entrance onto the scare floor, his scare assistant yells "2319" to alarm the Child Detection Agency.
The code appears to be intended to stand for "white sock" because "W" is the alphabet's 23rd letter and "S" is its 19th.
16. Mike intentionally deodorizes himself before his date.
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Before heading on his date, Mike asks Sulley if he may borrow his "odorant".
Since monsters desire to smell bad, Sulley gives Mike a list of numerous unpleasant options.
Mike chooses the Wet Dog odorant above the Smelly Garbage and Old Dumpster fragrances.
17. Mary seems to be Boo's real name
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When a wandering girl finds her way into Monsters, Inc., Mike and Sulley end up stuck with her and begin referring to her as Boo.
However, she flips through sketches that are signed Mary, which appears to be her real name, when she is drawing on Sulley's bed.
Additionally, Mary Gibbs, the actress who provided Boo's voice, shares the same name.
18. A few Pixar Easter Eggs can be seen in Boo's room.
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When Boo's room is first revealed, a yellow and blue ball with a red star can be seen in front of Boo's bed.
In Pixar movies, this is referred to as the Luxo Ball, and it can be seen in movies including "Toy Story," "The Incredibles," and "Brave."
The Jessie doll from "Toy Story 2" is also visible in her room towards the end of the film.
19. The dish names on the restaurant's menu have a spooky edge.
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Fans can clearly see the names of the restaurant's food while Mike and Sulley chat behind a menu.
The restaurant provides a variety of dishes that give regular cuisine a spooky spin, including flab cakes, spider rolls, goo-tofu, swill-and-sour soup, and more.
20. Monster INC.'s workplaces are full of great monster puns.
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Sulley passes a building marked "Inhuman Resources," which is probably Monster, Inc.'s equivalent of the human resources division.
By encompassing the categories "To Be Scared" and "Scared" for children's paperwork, the Scare Floor filing system adds a unique twist to the standard office concept.
21. The monster's hair is expertly animated to move in various ways depending on its length, weight, and style.
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The film has a wide variety of monsters, which gives animators the freedom to depict movement in various ways depending on the fur type of each creature.
The intricate details of Sulley's design may be seen in the way his long fur moves when he's running or walking.
Other monsters, like the Abominable Snowman, have shorter and denser fur, which behaves differently when moving.
22. Boo's file reveals that she's afraid of snakes.
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Mike and Sulley look for Boo's file toward the end of the film to locate her door card and send her home.
Her fear of snakes is mentioned in the report, which likely explains why Randall, who has a scaly, snake-like appearance, was chosen as her scarer.
23. The scene where Randall is exiled contains several Pixar references.
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Randall is ultimately exiled through a door after numerous frantic chase scenes.
He eventually finds himself in a trailer with a couple, who begin attacking him because they believe the monster to be an alligator.
Pixar's fans may recognize the trailer because it appears to be the same one that was shown in "A Bug's Life."
In a throwback to "Toy Story," the Pizza Planet truck is also parked outside the trailer. The yellow-and-white vehicle can also be seen in almost all other Pixar films.
24. A brief "Finding Nemo" reference is made.
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Even though "Monsters Inc." came out two years before "Finding Nemo," the clownfish from the title appears briefly near the end of the film.
When Boo and Sulley are in her room, Boo gives the monster many toys, including a plush Nemo.
25. The child's room has a Disney poster
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After Monsters, Inc. is upgraded, the monsters enter kids' bedrooms in search of laugh energy.
When Mike performs his comedic routine for a young kid, we can see multiple posters hanging above the kid's bed.
One has the word Tomorrowland on it, which links to a section of Disney theme parks. The notion was originally Walt Disney's design for a real prototype city, but those ideas were never realized.
A live-action Disney film titled "Tomorrowland" was also released in 2015.
26. By the time the film is over, Monsters, Inc. looks entirely different.
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Mike and Sulley make changes to Monsters, Inc. after recognizing that laughter is more powerful than screams.
The entire company's ambiance is changed by this. Monsters enter rooms with humorous tones rather than eerie ones, and the Scare Floor is renamed the Laugh Floor, while the Scare Files are renamed the Smile Files.
The Laugh Floor also has a sign that lists the rules of comedy.
- Anshika Bansal
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