Good point, Nexas; this is getting off-topic. 
As for my 2nd favorite (I think most of you can guess who my 1st favorite is), for a while I liked the blue Scarer with the long claws. I forget his name. 
Heâs the one whose door is the first we see get shredded in the movie.
Well not neccessarily, as said, it was explaining a view. But alright then.
eeek I didnât mean for this to get all off-topicâŠI was just wanting to bring in my opinion to the reptile thing haha
yeah i can see your point pitbulllady, there doesnât seem to be any other wholy reptillian monsters (unless we do count TedâŠ) but even then I donât see Mike as a racist. I donât believe he would sink so low to insult Randall. =/ thatâs mostly why I believe it was more than insult a long the lines of Randallâs. I am with SgtYapyap on this, I donât think he is that much of an outcast.
ANYWAY. sorry for veering off again 
I really like that purple monster with the fluffy hair as wellâŠthink we meet it in the lobbyâŠI wish it had a line or two!
Lil-Bandit, you are not alone, I also believe what both you and SgtYayap had already saidâŠI guess another example would be this, if you saw a movie that was about our world, the present, where we live in now, if we see many different races yet we only see one person throughout this movie whom was hispanic, does this mean that they are the only one? No, only seeing one person of this race doesnât mean that they are the only one of their kind unless it is actually addressed within the film either by a scene or dialogueâŠ
No one has ever claimed that Randall was the only reptilian monster in the Monster World, or even in Monstropolis. He IS the only one in the movie, however, and given the ratio of his type to other types/races/species represented in the movie, it would definitely appear that reptilian monsters are a minority, much less common than others. If I watched a movie set in our world, and there were many people of many different races/ethnic groups, with several individuals of each group, but only ONE Hispanic person, YES, Iâd infer that Hispanic people were a minority at least in that part of that Human World. It still wouldnât bother me, BUTâŠif that one lone Hispanic person was portrayed in a very negative way while the other characters for the most part were all portrayed as perfect citizens, Iâd have a problem, especially if the negative portrayal involved inaccurate stereotypes of Hispanic people.
pitbulllady
Itâs ok LB. It wasâŠa moment of understanding. BesidesâŠyou wanted to know why such a claim was brought up and the like and wellâŠfigured that some of us would answer it for you. Sure, this as such would be better handled in PMs, but Iâm sure the moderators wonât be too displeased with a few posts enlightening on the subject for a better understanding.
I agree with Pitbulllady that nobody claimed Randall is the only one in the Monster World or the city of MonstropolisâŠbut that he WAS the only pure-esque reptilian monster in the film. And to be honest youâd think that in the 15,000 plus employees in Monsters Inc. youâd think weâd see just one other. Heck, not even Monsters Inc. Why not on the street?
The signficance is the fact that Randall was the only SHOWN one. And albiet this only SHOWN one is the one being dragged through the dirt most of the timeâŠ
Well as you can tell from my avatar my favorite character is Randall. It used to be Mike who i liked but then i realised what a jerk he is. I also hate how Mike is so cocky, so smug and such a coward that i canât believe heâs a good guy (letâs not forget âUsing mainly spoons we dig a tunnel under the city and release it into the wild.â) refering to Boo. Atleast Randall took better care of her. If i was Boo i would wack Mike with a baseball bat. Sometimes i wonder what it wouldâve been like if the story was switched around Randall a good guy and Mike the bad guy as he fits the part. 
I do give Mike some kudos though in him being an employee. Not really on his down-time like the locker room and such, but his job as Scare Assistant. Afterall he encourages Sullivan in it all the time on the floor (something someone like Randall WOULD NEED to do his job. To be honest, Fungus being paired with him didnât seem right. Afterall Randallâs the type that needed encouragement while Fungus just remarked he was still behind).
And even the paperwork thing he tries to work on, as his locker is filled with notes and remindersâŠthough if he himself put them there is up to questionâŠthat and whether he pays attention to them really at all since there are a few pictures of Celia that he might focus on.
glares at MI2 and sighs I thought the point of this thread was about favorite charactersâŠnot least favorite characters, so if you please, stay on topic and donât character bash, thank youâŠ
Iâm sorry then, Princess_Darkness. 
I also like it when Randall and Fungus are together. You could almost imagine them in their own sitcom. 
I donât knowâŠI didnât really perceive any positive âchemistryâ between Randall and Fungus at all. If anything, they were badly matched as members of a team. Randall was a âgo-getterâ, someone who believes in putting 110% into his work, no time for chit-chat and goofing off. Fungus was a motor-mouth whoâd rather point out a problem than do anything about it. Fungus was also not very competitive and really seemed to care less about winning or getting ahead. Randall has the sort of personality type that needs a frequent pat on the back and words of encouragement, and Fungus is the personality type to easily overlook accomplishments and put more emphasis on shortcomings. I hate to say it, but in terms of a partner, Randall almost needed someone more like Mike, someone for whom winning is just as important as it is to Randall, someone who can double as a sort of personal cheerleader, who isnât going to waste time running off at the mouth when heâs supposed to be working, but someone who does not have Mikeâs sarcasm or tendency to uhm, âstretch the truthâ.
Mike and Sulleyâs team just âclickedâ, because they were close friends once off the job, too. They knew each otherâs strengths and weaknesses really well, better probably than any other team, which did give them a bit of an advantage(not enough of an advantage to maintain the lead for months and months, unbroken, though). I just really do not see Randall and Fungus having any such friendship or any relationship outside of work. I honestly canât even see them hanging out together at lunch or anything, since theyâre just that different to the point of generating negative energy. The big question of course is, WHY were they working together in the first place? Who assigned Fungus to work with Randall, since I doubt that Randall chose Fungus.
pitbulllady
Whomever said sitcoms had positive chemistry ^0^
Though I doubt that Randall would take to being used like Sullivan was, in regards to Wazowski. But still, Wazowski was an encourager when his job had him do it, and he did it great. We donât see much of Sullivan getting overly tired or run-down. Randall on the other hand looked rather exhausted after a couple doors, though probably more from lack of sleep if anything else, and it was like he EXPECTED Fungus to start yappering, hence his snap, rather than point out he got ahead again.
Not to mention theyâve been in the same apartment since college graduation.
grins Interesting mystery ainât it? Fungus could just be his assistant because of him getting involved in the SE. So itâs an open case to the questionâŠWho was his assistant before? chuckles
Letâs try and keep this on topic, guys.
Well, as you guys may or may not already know, my favourite is Sulley, with Randall as a close second. A part of this comes from the fact I see parts of myself and of people I know in both of these characters. In fact at school I was sort of like unpopular Sulley, and the best friend I ever had used to be my âRandallâ to a certain extent. Used to hate me. I didnât get her hostility, then something happened and I found out her life was pretty⊠complicated and she found out that mine wasnât exactly as perfect as she thought it was for reasons I will not get into. Such is life. I was pretty âmotherly/overprotectiveâ sometimes myself about her after said incident (which shall remain nameless), which kind of threw her. But misplaced guilt plus my own motherly instincts more or less took over with that.
I find his relationship with Boo to be adorable and itâs kind of sad the relationship was tarnished the way it was.
A part of my fascination however also results from the mere potential of these two characters (Sullry and Randall). A part of me is drawn to Sulleyâs darker side as being interesting, in addition to any hints of Randallâs lighter side. While I donât respect Sulleyâs decision to exile Randall, believe me, Iâve felt the desire to do something on that level so itâs interesting to see a vindictive side. It results in me having a love/hate relationship with the ending of this movie and not just for that reason.
A part of me sees potential, and I canât help but be a bit of a sucker for drawing parallels and connections sometimes. Like the similarities between them- like the fact theyâre both top scarers, they have some connection to Boo, they are easily manipulated, and Waternoose used them on some level probably- and he was prepared to get rid of them if it was âprudentâ to do so. They both even played some part in an illegal exile at some point. (Though Randall ASSISTED in one and in Sulleyâs case he was the one to actually do it). Boo was scared at them at various points- and reacted the exact same way (ran away, cried etc.). I also suspect oin the beginning- Waternoose WAS nice to Randall. Once. And some part of Randall is possibly even almost (if bitterly) âproudâ he knows the real Waternoose.
Sulley is also similary interesting for parallels with Waternoose- though with Waternoose while I find him interesting, I wouldnât like him in person unlike Sulley- they both have some parental relationship with someone not of their blood at some point in the movie. (In Waternooseâs case it WAS Sulley). But unlike Waternoose- I donât see Sulley EVER sacrificing Boo the same way. Plus, Sulley is GENUINELY nice usually. He just has that bad side to him, like everyone does.
Sulley in of himself is also interesting on the basis of the fact he has a certain trait which will cause him to blame himself at least to some level: âHow could I do this? How could I be so stupid?â, Very relateable. More relateable than Mike who never blames himself much. Everyone has felt that at some point. And itâs an interesting trait to have, and will probably result in some sort of mental consequence down the road eventually for him in terms of how he functions as both a CEO, his relationship to Boo and his eventually having to deal with the exile of Randall. (If weâre keeping in character any way IMO).
A part of me would like, in a sequel, if the shady dealings of the CDA as found in the first movie were used more. Like if the CDA sort of became the Waternoose to Sulleyâs âRandallâ if you get me (start off nice, albeit involved in something illegal, then they show their teeth). If Boo the one who REALLY soured their relationship (on Sulleyâs end anyway) was in a round about way was the one to help complete the story with some method of reconciliation (very very difficult, not impossible though), and got over her fear from real as a result. And perhaps Sulley having fooled himself into thinking any bad feelings he had were only as a result of missing Boo then tried to set things straight.
But hey what do I know?
Randall is unusual as only occasionally do antagonists draw my attention on this level- Iâm usually a protaganist fan in general- a part of me dislikes SYNDROME (is this offtopic?) because I donât think he deserves half the sympathy he recieves compared to Randall. Thatâs probably unfair, but it kind of makes me want to grind my teeth when people say heâs the most relateable of all Pixarâs antagonists. Like itâs a FACT rather than their opinion. Pfft. While I do pity THAT guy on some level, but since heâs the one behind the plan with NO-ONE pushing him but himself, and there is NO higher purpose for him apart from glory- and his main intent was ALWAYS to kill from the beginning of the plan⊠No. I canât say I can relate to him that well. Heâs a little too far on the Waternoose scale even if I do feel some pity.(But even Waternoose I sort of pity too- since heâs been taught that companionship must come second to success at the very least, and I have to wonder that while he may have been wealthy, whether he had much of a childhood based on how he was probably raised- same with Syndrome only minus the money and with other differences of course.)
Sulley, I like his big thumberling run
Boo and Randall!
My favorite character is probably Mike. Heâs so funny, and makes a great character!
I like them all, but I guess Boo, Celia, Mike, Sulley, and Randall. Okay, I admit, I couldnât choose.
Mike, for sure.
I like Sulley best. He was splendidly animated, but really I think itâs the strong voiceover from John Goodman which makes him some together so effectively as a character.