The Scene That Changed Pixar's Monsters Inc...

I feel like doing another scene breakdown video essay, so we're doing it! Vaguely sticking to the theme of Halloween this October, we've got monsters! Namely, the Monsters Inc sequel prequel that is Monsters University. While overall it may be a pretty mediocre Pixar film, I would go as far as to say the scene we're covering today is probably my favorite out of Pixar's entire Monster franchise. The new Monsters At Work may have had a nice finale, but something about THIS scene right here... to me, this was something really special.

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...Will I rewatch Monsters University? Probably not. But will I come back to this scene again and again? Oh yes. Oh, very much yes.

[unnameduser]

My favorite scene ever was when Mike was participating in the contest and the horned guy said
"When you lose, no one will remember you"
Then Mike said
"Maybe, but when you lose, no one will let you forget it."

That's when shit got REAL

[primrosevale]

"I may act scary, Mike. But most of the time...I'm terrified."

That one line immediately explains how Sulley feels to the audience, and does it so well. You can hear the fear in his voice when he says those last two words, because he's been afraid of letting people know that as they expect so much of him.

The way we can immediately grasp how Sulley feels despite following Mike all movie allows us to appreciate the following moment where they finally see each other as friends so much more.

[SuperNovaJinckUFO]

MU makes the ending of Monsters Inc a lot more impactful. When they discover laughter works more powerful than scream, Mike finally ends up being able to "scare" as a comedian. He finally gets to live his dream

[DeepFriedOddish]

Imagine how Sully felt when seeing the adults, the most dangerous creatures known to monsterkind, screaming and running away from him in utter fear.

[TamiaTheNerd]

When Sully said "You're not scary, Mike. Not even a little. But you are fearless." 👏🏽

[ComicalRealm]

Fun fact: For Monsters Inc (2001) The animators once considered giving Sulley tentacles instead of legs at one point, and glasses at another. However, they decided to use legs because they believed the audience would concentrate more on the tentacles than Sulley's face. They also considered making Mike armless with only legs.

[haydenself]

Bruh the whole human world sequence gives me chills it’s so good

[fishmob]

Because of this ending, Mike becoming a jokester at the end of Monsters Inc. has a lot more weight to it, because, with the change in energy gathering, Mike IS able to achieve his dreams as are other similar monsters.

[Gaster]

The scene with the cops is that impactful, but for me for a different reason alltogether:
The kids weren't scared of Mike because they already have a fantasy-driven way of seeing the world, imagining creatures, drawing them and sometimes even having inaginary friends like Mike. So after seeing Mike being insecure because of his scare being useless, made him even more harmless in their eyes.
The cops on the other hand were terrified, their view of the world is based on facts, experience and not an imaginative world of wonder like the kids have. So seeing Mike and Sulley (with the help of some scare tactics) completely broke them and made them fear the one thing they didn't expect. REAL monsters. Creatures that, in their point of view, simply CAN`T exist.

This scene shows us how hard it actually is to scare kids and how important it is to being tactical with scaring them.

[Kanashimimo]

As a disabled person, I think we need more movies with that kind of message. Sometimes, you just can't achieve what you want to achieve (or what people around you want you to be), because you don't have the same chances as anyone else.

And the answer is not killing yourself trying to achieve something you'll never be able to, but finding your own path. Instead of always portraying "you can do whatever you want if you want it bad enough", I definitely want more of that kind of message.

[kiplingwasafurry]

I remember seeing this in theatres as a kid and was confused by the ending because I always expected the characters to succeed at following their dreams. It wasn’t until later when I was faced with the hard reality that this message was true. I had always wanted to go to a certain college but I struggled to get good grades so they didn’t accept me. But Monsters University also shows that there is always another path waiting for you which is true because now I’m going to a great college.

[magnetoonproductions]

Considering that Sulley realized that it’s wrong to scare kids for a living after Boo ran away from him, I bet he was kinda glad he got kicked out of the program.

[N-GinAndTonicTM]

"I act scary, Mike. But most of the time... I'm terrified"

That line alone makes MU deserve more credit than it gets, and I will fucking fight anyone who says otherwise.

[christhun]

The moment where buzz finally understands his true identity, a toy to be played with, not a hero but a fake, an entirely false purpose, will always haunt me.

[alter_meeko]

This movie is just criminally underrated. I wish it had received more attention, just as Frozen and Toy Story did.

It stood out most from any Pixar's "dreams and aspirations" motto, and the most realistic.

[xTheForgottenOnexx]

I always thought Mike would've made a great teacher, too. Dude is actually smart af and really driven, he understands scary theory better than literally anyone and could give that knowledge to prospective students.

[ComicalRealm]

Fun fact: In Monsters Inc (2001), it normally took 11 to 12 hours to render a single frame of Sulley because of his 2.3 million individually animated hair strands (Total number of hairs: 2, 320, 413).

[medaka-chankurokami]

Mike's story hits different tbh. The underdog doesn't always wins and thats very realistic yet the painful truth

"Anything is possible if you put mind to it"

This quote is not realistic. Its just something to consider to keep your dreams alive. If it doesn't work out then that means it isn't your true calling. What an underrated gem this movie was

[MasterBuilderDragon]

“Mike, you’re not scary. Not even a little. But you are FEARLESS!”
Sometimes you’re not meant to achieve your dreams. Sometimes you’re meant to achieve something better.

[thepineapplefromouterspace]

Another subtle moment I noticed is that the moment were Mike helps Sully up the cliff is the first time in the movie (to my knowledge) that Mike calls Sully “Sully” every other time he calls him Sullivan, and it’s only when he’s emotionally connected with him that he calls him by the name he’d use for the rest of his life. That’s such a good touch!