A scary thought, but an innovative way of thinking round it - what if monsters are actually perfectly normal beings in an alternate world, who are terrified of humans and only the toughest must scare them in order to keep the city's energy supply running. While Toy Story explored the secret life of your own toys, Monsters Inc went to a slightly darker route by exploring the secret life of monsters under your bed/in your closet.
In many ways this was the natural successor to Toy Story (though not as good and you're all silly for putting that below this ), as many of the same elements can be found yet they still feel fresh against a new premise. It remains a classic, and honestly while I was previously of the opinion that it was good but not THAT good in comparison to others, I rewatched/studied it recently and it has held up remarkably well and stands tall as one of the classics of Pixar's back catalogue. Still, a very impressive performance from one of Pixar's earlier films and, as A Bug's Life didn't quite do that, was the one film that showed that Toy Story wasn't the only stroke of genius that Pixar had up their sleeves. My thoughts: This was really the surprise package of this rate for me, there was even a time where it was looking like winning, but it wasn't quite to be in the end. Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr.
Sullivan (better known as Sulley) and his wisecracking best friend, short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski, discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. The lovable, confident, tough, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Plot Summary: A city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around the city's power company, Monsters, Inc.