Monsters, Inc.
Movie • 2001 • Animation
ReportJames Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, James and Mike suddenly find that kids are not to be afraid of and they uncover a conspiracy that could threaten all children across the world.
This movie contains 27 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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Monsters Inc gathers personal information on children to figure out how to scare them effectively, and has access to their bedrooms. Also, Sulley and Mike are stalked by other monsters who are suspicious because of the situation with Boo.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Lying and deception are not automatically gaslighting. No one is made to question their perception or experience.
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A child is locked into a chair for the scream extractor, she is squirming and scared
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Addiction
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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Randall the monster looks like a chameleon and there’s a slapstick scene where he changes colors as he is choked and hit with a bat
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Are there spiders?
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Some references to kids being scared of spiders. Mr. Waternoose also resembles a spider to some extent.
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Are there snakes?
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One of the monsters have snakes for hair
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Are there bugs?
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There are a few bug-like monsters
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone restrained?
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Mike Wazowski is restrained on the scream exctractor
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jenjen
A character kisses his girlfriend while she’s angry at him and she struggles against him by slapping him in the face, but that’s it.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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CorbinTerry
Child Detection Agents shave an orange and yellow monster named George down to the skin
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Are any hands damaged?
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pedanther
Non-permanent cartoon violence, like a character's hands get trapped in a closing window shutter, but they're fine again a moment later.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The antagonist uses a "scream extracting" machine on a character, who is then shown turned white, out of breath, and passes out.
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Is someone choked?
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Randall strangles Sulley in the third act.
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Does a head get squashed?
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There's a scene where a character smashes his head in a door but since he's basically a ball with limbs not sure if it really counts
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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To make Boo laugh, Mike jumps up and lands with his legs spread on a steel girder
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Does someone become unconscious?
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The antagonist uses the scream extractor on a character, who is shown to be out of breath before passing out. He’s shown later in the film to be fine.
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Does someone break a bone?
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A character holds another character’s arms at an uncomfortable angle at one point, and a slight cracking sound effect is used for emphasis. No lasting damage is done.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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No, but one of the monsters has fake scary teeth and it pops them in and out
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Mikes fingers gets jammed in a window in one scene. It’s never mentioned again afterwards so no damage
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Is someone tortured?
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there is a giant tourture machine
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Does someone fall to their death?
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There is a scene when they fall towards death but manages to escape through a door in the last minute though
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Is there eye mutilation?
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One monster puts their eyes into their head, and one pops out - played for comedic effect. Also, an eye falls off of Boo's monster costume. And early in the film Mike is seen putting in a contact lens.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Boo is taken by Randall to use for the scream extractor.
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Does a kid die?
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There is also a scene where Sully thinks Boo has died or been injured, but she turns out to be fine.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Family
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Characters trip over and get tangled up in kids toys a lot for comedic effect. Some get flushed down a toilet. No child is shown to be distressed over this.
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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A few jumpscares, such as when Mr waternoose asks sully to roar.
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Are there mannequins?
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Several scenes feature an animatronic figure that can come across as quite creepy.
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Just watched its safe! However when theyre riding on doors at the end of the movie mike says “im gonna be sick” but he does not and its not mentioned again
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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no, but Mike slips into a toilet
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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No but getting banished is a similar concept and Monsters at Work reveals that the Abominable Snow Monster was banished for an excess period for uncovering Waternoose’s corruption.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Used as a joke: We see the shaved monster working up his courage to go back to scaring just to have Sully suddenly run out a door and knock him over
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Does a baby cry?
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lots of young kids scream and cry
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Is there screaming?
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Children screaming is a big part of the movie.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Not unbearable, but as Boo is crying in Mike & Sully's place, the lights flip between dim and bright.
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Only in the bloopers during the credits. It's humerous.
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Boo, a main character, is a toddler.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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“Idiot” “crazy” “insane”
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Well they do call Boo “it” a few times
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Are there fat jokes?
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There are passing jokes throughout about Sully's size, and one line that Boo the human child "could lose a few pounds"
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It has a sad almost ending where they have to say bye, but the ending ends out happy
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Does a car crash?
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A toboggan crashes during a blizzard, no one is harmed.
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