"Welcome to Monsters, Incorporated" is the first episode in the first season of Monsters at Work. It aired on July 7, 2021 on Disney+ and aired on January 6, 2023 on Disney Channel.
Synopsis[]
When Tylor Tuskmon arrives at Monsters Incorporated to begin his dream job as a Scarer, he discovers that scaring is out and laughter is in. As a result he is temporarily reassigned to MIFT, the Monsters Incorporated Facilities Team.
Plot[]
In a Scare Simulator, Tylor Tuskmon successfully performs a scare that Professor Knight identifies as having outperformed James P. Sullivan himself. Professor Knight hands Tylor an acceptance letter from Monsters, Inc. to become a Scarer, much to his delight. Unbeknownst to Tylor, Monsters, Inc. is undergoing some major changes following Henry J. Waternoose III's conviction for child kidnapping and the discovery that Laugh Power has rendered Scare Power obsolete.
At the factory, the Monsters panic about the newfound changes and harass Celia Mae with questions at her desk. Sulley and Mike Wazowski are called to Waternoose's office by Merc leader Roz who informs them that the Board has elected to promote them to the positions of CEO and Senior Co-President of Monsters, Incorporated and Chief Executive Vice-Deputy Administrative Director of Comedy Resources Management (which Mike simplifies to "SCPOMICE-VDADOCREM") respectively. Final staff changes include Roz's twin sister Roze being hired to replace her old job as administrator for Scare Floor F, and Mike promotes Celia to Floor Manager.
Amidst all the changes, Tylor arrives and oversees Ms. Flint's attempts to re-train former Scarers - including Theodore Pauley and Carla Benitez - to become Jokesters. Tylor is confused and Ms. Flint sends him to the orientation room where Mr. Crummyham attempts to explain the change from Scare Power to Laugh Power. When Tylor mentions that his family scraped by in their hardware store to save enough money for him to go to Monsters University, Crummyham assigns him to MIFT (Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team). Tylor soon encounters Val Little, a former acquaintance from Monsters U, who has been working at MIFT since dropping out of college. She takes him down to the MIFT offices located in the basement of the factory and introduces him to the rest of the team: sarcastic engineer Cutter, raspberry blowing Banana Bread who is named after his habit of bringing in said pastry, seedy assistant Duncan P. Anderson - who thinks that everyone is after his job - alongside his pet Roto, and their eccentric leader Fritz who takes great pride in his job.
Tylor is immediately put off by their demeanor and flees. He looks over his acceptance letter and tosses it in the trash where an eavesdropping Needleman and Smitty indirectly suggest that he make an effort to try and be funny. Tylor goes down to the laugh floor where Mike and Sulley assume that he is one of the new jokesters and send him into one of the doors. Tylor however, fails miserably and the child ends up escaping into the facility as things begin to go awry. Tylor puts the child back and the door is forced to be shredded.
Tylor apologizes for causing such a mess, but Sulley recognizes him and reveals that he was the one who recommended him for the job. Knowing that he is one of the best, he suggests that Mike start a class within the Monsters, Inc. facility to help people like Tylor grow accustomed to the change in production. Mike ends up taking a liking to Tylor's statement of "It's Laughter We're After" and makes that the new company slogan. Roze, after giving Mike a fright, hands Tylor his new badge and helmet as the rest of MIFT arrive to help clean up the mess. Filled with purpose now, Tylor dutifully helps them. Afterwards, Tylor fishes his acceptance letter out of the trash and crosses out scarer to write in jokester.
Cast[]
- Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski
- John Goodman as James P. Sullivan
- Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon
- Mindy Kaling as Val Little
- Henry Winkler as Fritz
- Lucas Neff as Duncan P. Anderson
- Alanna Ubach as Cutter, Carla Benitez, Narrator
- Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Flint
- Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae
- Stephan Stanton as George Sanderson, Needleman and Smitty
- Bob Peterson as Roz, Roze
- Christopher Swindle as Phlegm, Fungus, Ted, Little Boy (Miguel)
- Alfred Molina as Professor Knight
- Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Crummyham
- Dee Bradley Baker as Banana Bread
- Bobs Gannaway as Roto, Chalooby, Bobs
- Ferrell Barron, Hiromi Dames, Michaela Dietz as Additional monsters.
- Aisha Tyler as Millie Tuskmon (deleted scene)
- John Ratzenberger as Bernard Tuskmon (deleted scene)
Trivia[]
- The episode takes place one day after the events of the film but before the epilogue as the Laugh Floor has not become fully operational and Sulley has not yet reunited with Boo (as Mike hasn't yet reassembled her door).
- This episode and "It's Laughter They're After", are the only episodes of season one that do not contain a Mike's Comedy Class sketch at the end.
- Professor Knight tells Tylor that he scored higher in the scare simulator than Sulley did. However, Sulley never got to use the scare simulator in Monsters University. He is most likely referring to his scare record when he began working at the company.
- While it has become news that humans cannot harm monsters, monsters are revealed to still have a hard time believing this.
- On the newspaper that Needleman and Smitty are reading, there is an advertisement for "Home Creepot", a parody of Home Depot.
- Mike and Sulley are revealed to have been banned from Harryhausen's due to the cause of Boo.
- Professor Knight still teaches at Monsters University.
- Mike, Sulley and Celia are all promoted.
- George Sanderson is still shaved from the previous day.
- Roz officially leaves as, her undercover working is complete after Watternoose is exposed and arrested, and is succeeded by her twin sister Roze.
- Fungus is shown to now assist Mike after Randall was booted out. Mike tells him that he missed an opportunity to ride in his car, a reference to the events of the movie where Mike tried to get out of his confines by offering this to him.
- This is the first episode another kid visits the monster world rather than Boo.
- The young boy that Tylor interacts with has a Winnie the Pooh plush doll and a Mickey Mouse shirt.
- The Pooh plush toy could also be a reference to supervising director Stephen J. Anderson, who previously co-directed the 2011 Winnie the Pooh film.
- On the boy's dresser is a signed photo from Pedro the mail plane from the short of the same name. The photo also reveals that the little boy's name is Miguel.
- Tylor's address is shown to be "626 Croak Street", a reference to Stitch, and how the characters often found a frog throughout the course of Lilo & Stitch.
- Mr. Waternoose is absent in person except being seen pictured from the original movie and is also mentioned.
- The episode features a deleted scene where Tylor gives his valedictorian speech while his parents compliment him.
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