Monsters University Quotes

[In the human world, Sulley is able to find Mike sitting sadly by the Pond]
Sulley: Psst Mike. Look, I'm sorry I messed up. Now let's get you outta here.
Mike Wazowski: You were right. They weren't scared of me. I did everything right. I wanted it more than anyone. And I thought... I thought that if I wanted it enough I could show everybody that Mike

Wazowski is something special. And I'm just... not.
[brushes his reflection away in the water]
Sulley: Look, Mike, I know how you feel.
Mike Wazowski: [angrily] Don't do that! Please don't do that! You do not know how I feel!
Sulley: Mike, calm down.
Mike Wazowski: Monsters like you have

everything! You don't have to be good! You can mess up over and over again, and the whole world loves you!
Sulley: Mike!
Mike Wazowski: You'll never know what it's like to fail, because you were born a Sullivan!
Sulley: Yeah I'm the Sullivan! I'm the Sullivan that flunked every test, the one who got kicked out of the program,

the one who was so afraid to let everyone down that I cheated! And I lied!
Sulley: [sighs] Mike, I'll never know how you feel. But you're not the only failure here.

[Mike notices that his settings on the Scare Simulator had been set to the Lowest Difficult instead of the Highest like the others, which is how he was able to mysteriously make a Record Breaking Scare to successfully beat the RORs in the Final Challenge of the Scare Games]
Mike Wazowski: [shocked] It's been tampered with.
Sulley: Uh, I don't think

you should be messing with that.
Mike Wazowski: Why are my settings... different?
Sulley: Mike, we should leave.
Mike Wazowski: Did you do this?
Sulley: Mike...
Mike Wazowski: [louder] Did you do this?
Sulley: [sighs] Yes I did. But... you don't

understand...
Mike Wazowski: Why? Why did you do this?
Sulley: You know... just in case.
Mike Wazowski: [angrily] In case of what? You don't think I'm scary. You said you believed in me. But you're just like Hardscrabble, you're just like everyone else!
Sulley: Look, you'll get better and better...

Mike Wazowski: I'm as scary as you! I'm as scary as anyone!
Sulley: I was just trying to help!
Mike Wazowski: No! You just wanted to help yourself!
Sulley: Well, what else was I supposed to do? Let the whole team fail because you don't have it?
[offended, Mike storms off. Nearby, their Teammates

heard everything, and Squishy sadly places their trophy onto the ground]

[Frank McCay, right after doing his scare on the Scare Floor, is surprised to see Mike right behind him]
Frank McCay: That was real dangerous kid! I didn't even know you were in there. Wow. I didn't even know you were in there. Not bad, kid!
[Gives Mike his MU Cap]
Mrs. Graves: Michael! What do you have to say for yourself?

Young Mike: How do I become a Scarer?

[Mike hasn't had luck finding someone to join his team to compete in the Scare Games and get back into the Scaring Program]
Greek Council President: This doesn't look good. We really need to move on, your team doesn't Qualify.
Sulley: Yes it does.
[Climbs onto of a nearby vehicle]
Sulley: The star player has just

arrived.
Mike Wazowski: [Surprised] No No No. Please, anybody but him.
Greek Council President: [Losing her Patience] Look, we're shutting down sign ups, OK? Is he on your team or not?
[Mike, aware that he signed up at the Last Minute, knows he hasn't got much a choice, seeing that no-one else is interested in joining his team, and he's really

determined to get into the Scare Games to prove Dean Hardscrabble that he and his team really are scary. Sulley points at him and winks]
Mike Wazowski: Fine. Yes, he's on my team.
[the Crowd starts to cheer, with the Scare Games about to start]

[From the Teaser Trailer, Mike walks out of his dorm with Silver Plates glued to him, with other Monsters Partying outside]
Mike Wazowski: [laughs] OK. Very Funny Sullivan.
Sulley: You look great Wazowski!
Mike Wazowski: You know, if you're gonna prank someone. The least you can do is think of something clever.
[Sulley

switches off the lights, and Mike begins to shine like a Crystal Ball as all the Other Monsters begin to party]

[In the First Challenge of the Scare Games, Mike and Sulley arrive badly stung from the Glowing Purple Urchins at the finish line, just behind the RORs]
Chet: Way to blow it, Oozmas!
Mike Wazowski: Hey, 2nd place ain't bad.
Greek Council VP: [Jaws Theta Chi arrive behind them, unharmed] 2nd place, Jaws Theta Chi!

Mike Wazowski: *What*?
Johnny: Your whole team has to cross the finish line.
Greek Council VP: 3rd place, EEKs. 4th place, PNKs. 5th place, HSS. And in last place...
[the rest of Mike and Sulley's team arrive, even more badly stung from the urchins than they are]
Greek Council VP: ...Oozma Kappa!

Greek Council President: [Removing Oozma Kappa's name from the Leaderboard] Oozma Kappa have been eliminated!
[Dean Hardscrabble approaches a surprised and upset Mike, smiling]
Dean Hardscrabble: Don't look so surprised Mr. Wazowski. It would've taken a miracle for...
Greek Council VP: Attention everyone, we have an

announcement. Jaws Theta Chi have been disqualified.
[Holds up a tin of Protective Gel that they've been using]
Greek Council VP: The use of illegal protective gel is cause for elimination.
Big Red: What?
[the referee removes the moisture from George Sanderson's leg, then stabs it with an Urchin, causing it to swell up like a balloon, with George

screaming in pain]
Greek Council VP: [Removing Jaws Theta Chi from the Leaderboard and adding Oozma Kappa back on] Which means that Oozma Kappa's back in the games - it's a miracle!
Dean Hardscrabble: Your luck will run out eventually.
[Walks away]
Mike Wazowski: This is gonna be harder than I thought.

Johnny: [During the party at the RORs while all of Mike's team is standing in the centre] Let's give it up the Oozma Kappa.
[out of nowhere, a monster dumps loads of paint onto Mike and the rest of his Teammates, much to their surprise]
Johnny: The most *adorable* monsters on campus.
[Other ROR members begin firing glitter towards the Oozmas

as the other monsters around them begin to laugh, making them look even more humiliated]
Johnny: [to Randy] Release the Stuffed Animals.
[Randy materialises in front of a rope which he pulls, releasing a number of monstrous stuffed animals onto Mike's team, then a photo of it is taken]

Mike Wazowski: [as Mike's Team start to walk off following what Johnny said] Guys! Hold on! Hey, hey, hey, wait a second. Don't listen to him! We just, need to keep trying!
Sulley: [losing confidence] No! You need to stop trying! You can train monsters like this all you want, but you can't change who they are.
Don: Mike... We

appreciate everything you done, but he's right. No matter how much we train, we'll never look like them. We're built for other things.
[walks off with the rest of the team, while Mike starts feeling concerned]
Chet: [whilst drinking a cup with the humiliating photo of Oozma Kappa on it] Sorry, squirts! Some monsters just aren't cut out for the big leagues.

Mike Wazowski: The big leagues.
[Mike approaches his teammates in Squishy's house]
Mike Wazowski: [having come up with an idea] Gentleman, tonight, we're all going on a little Field Trip.

[as Mike approaches his dorm, his roommate pops out]
Randy: Hey there, Im your roommate! Names Randy Boggs, Scaring major!
Mike Wazowski: [laughs] Mike Wazowski, Scaring major.
Randy: I can tell were gonna be best chums, Mike. Take whatever bed you want, I wanted you to have first dibs.
[a monster student bumps into

him, making him yelp and turn completely invisible, with only his glasses remaining visible]
Mike Wazowski: [gasps] You just disappeared.
Randy: [turns visible again] Sorry. If I do that in scaring class, I'll be a joke.
Mike Wazowski: No, its totally great, you gotta use it.
Randy: Really?

Mike Wazowski: Yeah, but lose the glasses, they give it away.
[Randy removes his glasses, and his eyes start to squint]

[It is Mike and Sulley's first day working on the Monsters, inc. Scare Floor]
Merv: Wazowski, good luck on your first day!
Mike Wazowski: Thanks, Merv!
[Mike smiles as other monsters congratulate him as well]
Mike Wazowski: Thanks, fellas!
[pauses at the line in front of the scare floor that he stepped over as a child at the

start of the film]
Sulley: You coming, coach?
Mike Wazowski: You better believe it.