Who was the rightful holder of the title of Top Scarer?

Heh heh.

Randall hadn’t been taking his physical state too well at the time we see. As shown when he sends Boo’s door back near the beginning, he sneezes. Yeah sure, small, but the bags under his eyes, a lack of sleep isn’t. In terms of getting pounded by a shovel, he would have gotten serious injury. As Pitbulllady will say, reptiles have a higher…how shall I say this…impact on pain. Such as a needle pin feeling like a hammer. Even if Randall didn’t recieve many scars, the after pain would still hurt.

Slapstick for ya heh.

Not so much…as noted in the history of the monster world, attributes of most animals carry over in the Mon generation. Lets use Randall and Sullivan for now since their fight actually is a good example. Randall is clearly experienced in fighting, however, though his lack of sleep and body condition at the time can affect it, Sullivan is hardly hurt by Randall’s attacks. Sure, Randall is strong enough to push Sullivan back with a good kick, several feet actually, though Sullivan simply shrugged it off. Randall, on the other hand, was knocked out for a short time with one blow to the face.

shrugs Perhaps. Though in some ways such as the uh…ugh how did they…“dead door” if I recall…the child is clearly awake. And in some ways, this could be considered a child “through with their fear” though some dispute I suppose.

Ah…but to record Waternoose confessed in saying “I’ll kidnapp a thousand children”. The work of kidnapping so many kids can turn out to possibly humans learning about the world. Actually one thing to consider is how Waternoose would have been able to put the Scream Extractor to public view if it was considered illegal…

They wouldn’t waste too much time. They might…then again a year later, as shown in the film, he isn’t seen…and even so at the company play, not seen. Heck…not even dear mom and dad were there.

Perhaps so, though it WAS Waternoose who planned that out. Of course one thing to consider is the Abominable Snowman…did he get there through similiar circumstances? Anyway…an interesting thought is how George was scareing in Ne…ehh…Ne…pule…whatever…and as seen in the Scare Board, the scareing is conducted in vertical lines, so who knows…

Perhaps so…but in any scene are we regarded toward Randall’s parents in any way? Sure he had them…but where were they? Not in the film at all. Not to mention a year later…not even the company play…

Perhaps…though a good fact is how Waternoose had gained such a good reputation, CEO position, AND large sums of money kinda put him outside the minority group.

Thank you. One thing to consider is the moment he speaks to Wazowski, sure he’s rough, but he OFFERS him and Sullivan a way out. And the part with him taking Boo back, and his displeasement toward being called a cheat, are bits of Randall’s real nature.

True, there are allot of abilityists and the like I suppose.

Well actually Sulley was the janitor heh.

Perhaps not, but the intention however does affect the hinting of what is.

Interesting addition. Though, all monsters are a depart from human genes, and the manipulation of animal/mythical genes (actually if I recall, the fruit), lead to pure and hybrid races. For instance, Randall’s a hybrid of many reptiles and actually is allot like a mythical creature who’s name escapes me. Sullivan may have some reptilian ancestry so long ago. If I recall, he got his fur from his mother, and horns from his father…who knows, maybe the Sullivans and Boggs have a history…

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Don’t have time for a full reply right now, but I have to ask - I really don’t remember the company play very well. Do they show the other characters’ parents? Also, why would his parents come if he wasn’t in the play?

And just because Randall isn’t shown working at Monsters Inc. doesn’t mean he isn’t in the monster world. There must be a lot of other places to work in Monstropolis (especially given the company’s new focus on laughs) - or he could be in the witness protection program, or serving something of a sentence…or possibly hanging out with the humans, whom he perhaps befriended after they maybe nursed him back to health following the reactionary shovel blow :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:.

Well actually yes, Wazowski’s mom was there.
Just because of that. The play was a reanactment of what happened on the day of the incident. The fact Randall is NOT there, and that this is most likely the only way to learn something (if word was out that Randall was Ba…EXILED…illegally by Sullivan, well the new CEO position he has, a year…to be CEO? What the H-E…would be compromised), is cause enough to go. If Randall had parents at the time…why weren’t they there? If Randall wasn’t there, would they take the time to figure out any way to find their son? Or…did Randall really even have them to be supportive for him?

Well I disagree on setencing…being beaten within an inch of your life without a trial is just too much.
Yes, many possibilities…shrugs Though I am curious though grateful and stunned that none of what you suggested for him included the words “revenge” or “scheaming” but fairly positive…thanks for that.

Concerning Randall’s parents, we just don’t know what’s happened there. I can understand them being left out of the film entirely, simply because it wouldn’t be of any use to the story to introduce them.

And about the whole ‘racism’ thing, well, we can only go on what we saw in the film, and in the film we saw a massive range of types of Mons, all of which were unique in their own ways. But, admittedly, they could quite easily be grouped on whether they had fur or skin, and of course, Randall wouldn’t fit into that. I think the reason they did make him the only lizard-monster was because not only are lizards generally associated as being something negative, but having someone else look like Randall in the film would just add more of a possibility for confusion, and assumptions would be made about this other monster although he probably wouldn’t have done anything wrong.

I may be on Randall’s side, to speak, but there is that scene where Randall calls Mike a ‘one-eyed cretin’. I guess if ‘Lizardboy’ is a slur, then Randall’s remark would also count. Randall was a bit more stressed out at that point, but it isn’t really excusable.

Sure, Randall spends his entire fifteen minutes on screen being a big grouch, but it must be remembered that this film took place over only two (possibly three) days (not including the scene months down the line when laughter has replaced scream), so it’s not as though these two or so days may exactly represent what Randall was like all the time. And he was at a particularly stressful period of his life.

Anyway, I love him for his grouchiness. I think that some of the best lines of the film are Randall being grouchy, but that’s just my personal opinion. :laughing:

Good point to do in the sequel…

True…

Hahah…I’ll bet Ran would defend with the “Treat the way you want to be treated” saying hahaha.

Two days, yeah.
True true…we do get subtle bits of him as his normal self however.

Hahaha…