Monsters University

Synopsis

Young Mike Wazowski, who is dreaming of becoming a scarer when he grows up, goes on a tour around Monsters, Inc. during a school field trip. In order to be hired to the factory, he has to attend college first, so 11 years later, Mike is enrolled to Monsters University, where he meets James P. Sullivan. During every semester, Sulley only relies on his natural ability, and one day, during the final exam, Dean Hardscrabble fails him and Mike after breaking open a Scream Can. But in order to save themselves from the consequences they were about to face, they enter the Scare Games, to prove that Mike is scary enough. He and Sulley are in team Oozma Kappa, while their rival team is Roar Omega Roar. In every one of the first four challenges, all of the other teams besides Oozma Kappa and Roar Omega Roar are eliminated, and in the last challenge, Oozma Kappa wins a close victory -- only because Sulley cheated by lowering Mike's level way down low, which proves that Mike is not very scary after all. Still determined, Mike breaks into the door lab and through a door to the human world, and is unable to scare any children inside a summer camp cabin. Sulley comes to rescue him, and after he does so, he and Mike are expelled, while the other members of Oozma Kappa are in the scare program. Luckily, the two were the first to surprise her, and she wishes them luck. Sulley and Mike are hired to the mailroom, and working their way up, they are now part of the Scarer Team.

Cast

Mike Wazowski - Billy Crystal
James P. Sullivan - John Goodman
Randall Boggs - Steve Buscemi
Dean Hardscrabble - Helen Mirren
Squishy Squibbles - Peter Sohn
Don Carlton - Joel Murray

In Other Languages

Language	Title
Spanish	Monstruos, Inc.
Portuguese	Universidade Monstros
Japanese	モンスターズ・ユニバーシティ
Chinese	怪獸大學
Korean	몬스터 대학교
Thai	มหา'ลัย มอนส์เตอร์

Production timeline

2010: Production for the film begins with "Monsters, Inc. 2" as the working title.
March 29, 2011: The final title, Monsters University, replaces the old working title.

Release timeline

Format	Country of origin	Date
Teaser trailer	Worldwide	June 20, 2012
Theatrical trailer #1	Worldwide	February 11, 2013
Theatrical trailer #2	Worldwide	April 26, 2013
Original theatrical	USA	June 21, 2013
DVD/Blu-ray Disc	USA	October 29, 2013
DVD/Blu-ray Disc	Japan	November 20, 2013

On February 1, 2014, Monsters University won two Annie Awards.

Television broadcast timeline

Broadcast date	Channel aired	Notes
October 11–12, 2015 February 27–28, 2016 August 13–14, 2016 October 9–10, 2016 February 3–4, 2017 October 8–9, 2017
October 24–25, 2015 May 14–15, 2016 August 20-21, 2016 October 22-23, 2016 May 20–21, 2017 August 18–19, 2017 October 28–29, 2017		Monsters University premiered on cable television as part of ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween block.
November 23, 2015 April 20, 2016 June 20, 2016 August 1, 2016 September 12, 2016 November 5, 2016 July 29–30, 2017
April 23, 2016 May 13, 2017		The movie aired at 8:00 p.m.

Home video timeline

Main article: Home video timeline for the Monsters, Inc. series

Websites

http://disney.go.com/monsters-university (March–August 2013)
http://movies.disney.com/monsters-university (August 2013–present)

Trivia

The exact scores in the final event of the Scare Games, the Simulated Scare, were as follows:

	OK	ROR
OK's total	78	76	ROR's total
Mike Wasowzki	20	18	Johnny Worthington III
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan	16	06	Randall Boggs
Art	10	15	Javier Rios
Scott "Squishy" Squibbles	11	13	Chip Goff
Terri and Terry Perry	10	15	Chet "The Claw" Alexander
Don Carlton	11	09	Reggie Jacobs

Gallery

Videos

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Home media	Generation I	Mary Poppins (1980/1985) • Dumbo (1981/1985) • Alice in Wonderland (1981/1986) • Robin Hood (1984) • Pinocchio (1985) • Sleeping Beauty (1986) • Lady and the Tramp (1987) • Cinderella (1988) • Bambi (1989) • The Little Mermaid (1990) • Peter Pan (1990) • The Jungle Book (1991) • 101 Dalmatians (1992)
	Generation II	Robin Hood (1991) • Beauty and the Beast (1992) • Pinocchio (1993/1999) • Aladdin (1993) • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1994) • The Lion King (1995) • The Aristocats (1995/2000) • Cinderella (1995) • Pocahontas (1996/2000) • Toy Story (1996/2000) • Bambi (1997) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997) • Mary Poppins (1997/2000) • Sleeping Beauty (1997) • The Jungle Book (1997) • Hercules (1998/2000) • Peter Pan (1998) • The Little Mermaid (1998) • Lady and the Tramp (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • Mulan (1999) • 101 Dalmatians (1999) • A Bug's Life/Collector's Edition (1999/2000) • Alice in Wonderland (1999) • Robin Hood (1999) • Toy Story 2 (2000)
	Generation III	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2001) • Dumbo (2001/2006) • Peter Pan (2002/2007) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2002) • Beauty and the Beast (2002) • Pinocchio (2003) • Sleeping Beauty (2003) • The Lion King (2003) • Alice in Wonderland (2004) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (2004) • Aladdin (2004) • Mulan (2004) • Mary Poppins (2004) • Bambi (2005) • Pocahontas (2005) • Toy Story (2005) • Cinderella (2005) • Toy Story 2 (2005) • Lady and the Tramp (2006) • The Little Mermaid (2006) • Robin Hood (2006) • The Jungle Book (2007) • The Aristocats (2008) • 101 Dalmatians (2008)
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	Post-2001 films	Monsters, Inc. (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2005) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Tangled (2011) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2014) • Frozen: Sing-Along Edition (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2015) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2016) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2020)
Books		The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1996) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)
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Movies
Pre-1980	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • The Wizard of Oz (1939) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • 101 Dalmatians (1961) • The Sword in the Stone (1963) • Mary Poppins (1964) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) • The Rescuers (1977)
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1990s	The Rescuers Down Under (1990) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • Toy Story 2 (1999)
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2008–2010	Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • WALL-E (2008) • Ponyo (2008) • Bolt (2008) • Up (2009) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Despicable Me (2010)
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2013–2015	Epic (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Despicable Me 2 (2013) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Frozen (2013) • The Lego Movie (2014) • Rio 2 (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Inside Out (2015) • Minions (2015) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • The Peanuts Movie (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
2016–2017	Zootopia (2016) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • The Secret Life of Pets (2016) • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) • Storks (2016) • Moana (2016) • Sing (2016) • Monster Trucks (2016/2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Despicable Me 3 (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Coco (2017) • Ferdinand (2017)
2018–2019	Sherlock Gnomes (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Smallfoot (2018) • The Grinch (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Wonder Park (2019) • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)