Monsters, Inc./Characters
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Characters from Monsters, Inc. include:
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
Voiced by John Goodman
A description of the character goes here.
- Berserk Button: Don't threaten Boo.
- Beware the Nice Ones
- Big Damn Hero
- Bruiser with a Soft Center: Sulley has super strength and a mighty roar, but is really a sweet guy under it all.
- Expy: He looks a lot like Beast.
- And with more than a passing resemblance to that OTHER Beast.
- Gentle Giant
- Heel Realization: One of the most powerful scenes in the movie is Sulley, when inadvertedly scaring Boo, realizing just what he's been doing to children all this time.
- The Hero
- Heterosexual Life Partners/The Odd Couple/Vitriolic Best Buds: With Mike.
- Mistaken for Gay
- My God, What Have I Done?: One of these prompts his Heel Realization (see above).
- Nice Guy
- Papa Wolf: Steadily becomes this to Boo, big time.
- Punch Clock Villain
- Super Strength
Mike Wazowski
Voiced by Billy Crystal
A description of the character goes here.
- Butt Monkey/The Chew Toy: Something in which Boo finds hysterical.
- The Charmer
- Cyclops
- Deadpan Snarker
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: Sully and his morning work-out routine.
- Heterosexual Life Partners/The Odd Couple/ Vitriolic Best Buds: With Sully.
- Ink Suit Actor: Even as an adorably inhuman monster, Mike could not be more Billy Crystal.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- The Lancer: How Mike views Sulley, even though he himself is The Lancer.
- Mistaken for Gay
- Oculothorax
- Official Couple/Sickeningly Sweethearts: With Celia.
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Sidekick: Interestingly enough, Mike sees Sulley as his Sidekick.
Randall Boggs
Voiced by Steve Buscemi
A description of the character goes here.
- Beaten By a Girl: Guess who!
- Creepy Centipede: Looks part centipede, part chameleon.
- The Dragon
- Hollywood Chameleon
- Invisibility
- Master of Illusion
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: Implied by the Hilarious Outtakes, where he comments that he looks good in a suit after a coworker pulls a prank on him during filming.
- Psycho for Hire
- The Rival
- Unknown Rival: Mike thinks of him as a competitor, while Sully just thinks of him as a colleague.
- Smug Snake
Waternoose
Voiced by James Coburn
A description of the character goes here.
- Affably Evil
- Big Bad
- Broken Pedestal
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Intergenerational Friendship: Between him and Sulley.
- Knight Templar
- The Man Behind the Man
- The Mentor: Implied to be such for Sulley. Waternoose is sincerely despondent when he has to get rid of him, and in the climax Sulley quite truly hopes he can convince him not to go through with the plan.
- The Mole
- Reasonable Authority Figure or so it originally seems
- Treacherous Advisor
- Well-Intentioned Extremist
Boo
Voiced by Mary Gibbs
A description of the character goes here.
- Berserker Tears: She actually cries just as much a kid her age would, but in the monster world, any loud noise from her can cause a blackout.
- Cheerful Child
- Cute Monster Girl: From Sulley's perspective.
- The Danza: Boo's real name is Mary Gibbs, after her voice actor.
- Genki Girl: Then again, she is only about three years old.
- Girlish Pigtails
- Killer Rabbit: How the monsters see her.
- Little Miss Badass
- Not Afraid of You Anymore: To Randall.
- Plucky Comic Relief: To a lesser extent than Mike.
- The Unintelligible: Speaks mostly in childish gibberish, save for words like "Kitty".
Celia
Voiced by Jennifer Tilly
A description of the character goes here.
- Barefoot Cartoon Animal: In a variation, she has tentacles rather than feet.
- Cute Monster Girl
- Cyclops: although her "girls" have eyes of their own.
- Gorgeous Gorgon
- Meaningful Name: She's a cecaelia, after all.
- Official Couple/Sickeningly Sweethearts: With Mike.
- Tsundere: Type 2.
Roz/CDA Agent #001
Voiced by Bob Peterson
A description of the character goes here.
- Chekhov's Gunman
- Cross-Dressing Voices
- Deadpan Snarker:"Your stunned silence is very reassuring."
- Reverse Mole
George Sanderson
A description of the character goes here.
Abominable Snowman
Voiced by John Ratzenberger
A description of the character goes here.
Fungus
A description of the character goes here.
- Butt Monkey: From Randall - every appearance of his involves him getting threatened, beat on, or otherwise dumped upon by Randall in some way.
- The Igor
The CDA
A description of the character goes here.
- The Faceless: very much so
Monsters. Inc Scarers
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Scaring Assistants
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Needleman and Smitty
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Ms. Nesbitt's class
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"Phlegm" Bile
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Flint
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Sushi Chef
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Other monsters
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