Monsters at Work (2021) s01e01 Episode Script

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(DOOR CREAKING)
(ROARS)
(SCREAMS)
(SHORT-CIRCUITING)
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
Well, Professor Knight,
how'd I do? (PANTING)
(CHUCKLES) "How'd you do?"
Not even James P. Sullivan
himself ever scored this high.
- Wait, really?
- You're quite the Scarer, Mr. Tuskmon.
Thank you, sir.
And when you get to
Monsters, Incorporated
Oh, the screams you generate alone
will power half of Monstropolis.
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
You mean if I get to
Monsters, Incorporated.
No.
When.
- What's, uh
- Go on. Open it.
"Dear Mr. Tuskmon.
Monsters, Incorporated is pleased
to offer you the position of Scarer".
- (LAUGHS) Straight to the top!
- (MUMBLES)
"Please arrive Monday
morning at 9:00 a.m.
to receive your scare assignment.
Sincerely, Henry J. Waternoose III,
CEO, Monsters, Incorporated".
(PROFESSOR KNIGHT CHUCKLES)
- I did it.
- You're gonna be a Scarer!
I'm gonna be a Scarer.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
MONSTER 1: I don't know
what I'm gonna do now.
MONSTER 2: We scare because we
care. Or maybe we don't scare.
Or actually, we don't scare
at all, but we do care!
- So it's true? No more scaring?
- Do I still have a job?
Can Laugh Energy power cars,
warm homes and light the city?
- You have to talk to Ms. Flint.
- (ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
- We're screwed.
- Yes, ma'am.
But I don't want things to change.
Says here kids aren't
toxic if you touch 'em.
What if they touch you?
I assume you still burst into flames
and die of barfing, like always.
MIKE: Oh, schmoopsie-poo!
Googly Bear! Thank goodness you're here.
- I need you to
- Isn't this great?
The factory's still open,
nobody's out of work,
no angry mob, and you
know the best part?
We can go back to Harryhausen's?
- Me and Sulley've been banned for life.
- CELIA: Oh
The best part is, I get
to flex my funny bone!
They're gonna have to overhaul
this whole place for laughs.
Listen, you're both wanted
in Waternoose's office.
- Stat.
- Waternoose?
I thought they carted that
old crab away yesterday.
It's not Waternoose
who wants to see you.
Boys, we need to talk.
Oh, Roz, what an unpleasant surprise.
I had a little debrief with
the Board of Directors,
and they wanted me to relay the news.
They're putting you two in charge.
- (CHUCKLES)
- You're kidding.
That's what I said.
But, Sullivan, you're officially
the new Monsters, Inc. CEO.
- And, Wazowski, you're the
- Wait. I got this.
Senior Co-President of
Monsters, Incorporated.
and Chief Executive Vice-Deputy
Administrative Director
of Comedy Resources Management,
or, SCPOMICE-VDADOCREM for short.
(GROANS)
My work here is done.
Well, adieu, Roz. True friends
never say goodbye, so goodbye.
Can you believe it, Sulley?
We're in charge. You and me!
One last thing. The Board promised
to give my sister my old job.
She'll be in later. Good luck.
She's not bubbly like me. (LAUGHS)
That has a sister?
- Us in charge.
- (CHUCKLING) Yeah.
You heard right, we're in charge,
Floor Supervisor Celia.
- CELIA: (CHUCKLING) What? Really?
- Yeah, yeah.
CELIA: "Floor Supervisor"? Me?
I thought the first order
of business should be
for you to get your long
overdue promotion.
CELIA: Everybody, get back to work!
- I'm practicing my Floor Supervisor voice.
- (GLASS SHATTERS)
- Oh, my gosh. I'm
- Goodbye! (KISSES)
I could really get into
this being-in-charge thing.
Not that I'd use it for
personal gain or anything.
How much do you think
my raise should be?
What about a company car?
- You know, nothing
- (ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
There won't be any raise or car
if we don't keep the power on.
Come on. We need to get
to the Scare Floor.
- Laugh Floor.
- "Laugh Floor". Right, right.
And we're gonna need to find a couple
hundred more funny monsters.
Plus, we're gonna need a new slogan.
Let's see "We clown
around to power the town".
- I'm thinking, no.
- "We are funny to keep the lights runny".
Keep trying, Mikey. Keep trying.
MIKE: Hey. How about this one
TYLOR: "We scare because we
care". (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Mornin', coworker.
- Hey, nice cone. First day as a Scarer.
- Hmm.
Or your last.
ANNOUNCER: (OVER PA SYSTEM)
Attention Monsters, Inc
Wow, I can't believe I'm actually here.
(CELIA HUMMING)
Hello? Oh.
Monsters, Incorporated.
This is Celia Mae.
I no longer answer the phones. Goodbye.
- Hi, there. Excuse me.
- Here's my coffee mug.
- Now here's my
- Uh. Tylor Tuskmon. Official Scarer.
What? "Scarer"? (CHUCKLES)
No, I'm sorry, you'll have
to talk to the receptionist.
- I thought
- I'm the Floor Supervisor!
Then who's the Okay, thank you.
- Hi.
- (GRUNTS)
If I were Ms. Flint's office,
where would I
- (GRUNTS)
- Got it.
MS. FLINT: Take your position on
the mark in front of the closet door.
Then proceed to perform
your humorous dissertation
or series of physical buffooneries
for the artificial child.
The metrics of your performance
will be measured by our humor gauge
as well as our power gauge,
which indicates the amount of
gigglewatt energy produced.
- Is that clear?
- TYLOR: Uh, hi.
- Excuse me, Ms. Flint?
- Uh-huh. Take a seat.
- I'll be right with you.
- Okay, got it. Thanks.
(TED CLEARS THROAT)
Hey, there. (CHUCKLES)
Um Maybe I can tell you a joke?
- (SIGHS IN EXASPERATION)
- Okay, a joke, a joke.
Uh, how do you make a monster float?
One monster, two scoops of
ice cream, and some root beer.
Ta-da!
Funny! Tickle tickle. Four years
of training at Ghoulliard.
(CHUCKLES)
Uh Oh. Whoops!
Oh, I'm feeling sick.
Sorry, maybe I'm missing something.
- Um, that's Ted Pauley.
- Sorry, I broke your child.
That's one of your top Scarers.
I've had his Scare Card
since I was a kid.
He's not funny. He's scary.
Now, who are you?
You're not on my roster.
Tylor Tuskmon. New Scarer.
It's my first day.
- Just need to get my scare assignment.
- Tuskmon. Yes, well
Ms. Flint, are you ready for me?
I brought a peeled banana
and this flower that
emits liquids and
Yes, come in, Miss Benitez.
I'm very busy, Mr. Tuskmon,
but seeing that we did hire
you before the change,
- you're gonna have to report
- "The change"?
to new employee orientation.
NARRATOR: This is
Monsters, Incorporated,
where we scare because we care.
Actually, we don't scare anymore.
Now we're laugh power. Sorry about that.
NARRATOR: Every day on each of
our state-of-the-art Scare Floors
- Laugh Floors.
- our elite team of Scarers
Jokesters.
help support the mission
of our esteemed CEO's
MR. CRUMMYHAM: No longer esteemed.
(IMITATES SLITTING THROAT)
Headed off to the big house.
- mission, to create scare energy
- MR. CRUMMYHAM: Laugh.
- and scare power
- Laugh.
- by scaring
- Laughing!
You know, forget it. Let's just move on.
Wait a minute. You're saying
you're no longer hiring Scarers?
What skills do you have besides scaring?
With those horns, maybe
you could be a hat rack.
- No, I That's
- Yeah, too tall.
No, I don't wanna be a hat rack.
Plus, you could only hold two hats.
- It's impractical.
- That's not
- Umbrella hanger?
- Is this a joke?
Would you say you could hang
forty umbrellas up there?
Is this like a prank or something?
Unfortunately, this is
not a laughing matter.
Or, rather, it is a laughing matter.
My folks scrimped and saved,
working in our family hardware store
so that I could go to
the School of Scaring.
Your parents own a hardware store?
- Yeah, but that's not the
- Perfect! Report to MIFT.
Door division Control Room
A-L I don't see MIFT.
(HONKING)
(GASPS)
Uh
Tylor?
- Uh
- Tylor Tuskmon, right? Am I right?
Those horns, dead giveaway,
'cause they're so
- Yes. Sorry. Do I, uh
- Val Little.
Monsters University. Freshman year.
We had that Origins of Fear
class together. Yawn.
- Origins
- Yawn.
Yeah, I guess, it was
just such a large class.
You work here? When did you graduate?
College was an interesting detour.
Too much of a commitment.
Not really the whole regimented,
stuffed-shirt, college-scene
type of gal. (GAGS)
Well, what've you been up to?
Graduating from college.
- Good for you!
- Yeah, it's great.
Except for the loan debt,
am I right? Ka-ching!
For you it'd probably be
like ka-ching, ka-ching!
'Cause you graduated.
For me it was like ka-ching.
And the fact that this place
is no longer hiring Scarers.
I mean, I got this letter saying
that I was gonna be a Scarer,
but now they've assigned
me to, what MIFT?
"MIFT"? (GASPS)
That's where I work!
Hop in, I'll take you!
This is crazy. I drop out of college,
you graduate from college,
and we both end up working
at the same place.
- Cosmic.
- Well, that's one way of describing it.
Hold on, that's a Scare Floor.
- Laugh Floor now.
- Right, Laugh Floor.
Beep, beep, beep.
I removed the beeper so I could
make the sound. (CHUCKLES)
- Where are we going?
- We're going down.
Huh?
Yeah, after MU, I lived in
the Scarribean for a year.
Island time. I made wind chimes
out of scream shells, didn't sell.
All that screaming
- (MIMICKING SCREAMING)
- (ELEVATOR RUMBLES)
This happens all the time,
you just gotta (GRUNTS)
There we go. Then I taught
shockra yoga for a while.
Found my center. You know
what's weird? I was off-center.
I was gonna get it aligned,
but by that time,
I was super into competitive eating.
So, yeah, now, here I am.
Yeah!
- TYLOR: Whoa, whoa!
- Stay in the cart. Almost there.
There's no daylight down here,
but you get used to it.
These are the transfer pipes.
Miles of them. Ooh!
- (GASPS)
- I think there's one
- (GRUNTS)
- Yeah!
Home sweet home! You
head in. I'll park the cart.
Beep, beep, beep, beep.
(GROWLS)
Hey, everybody, meet the
new guy! Tylor Tuskmon.
- Hi.
- We were best buds in college.
We just had that one class together.
- But it was special.
- We didn't actually speak.
Hi, everyone, just to be clear,
I was told this is a
temporary reassignment.
Well, we'll see about that,
won't we? I'm Fritz.
Oh, they said they were
sending over a new MIFTer.
- Sorry, what exactly is "MIFT"?
- What is MIFT?
Oh, now you've done it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Since the day Monsters, Inc. was
founded, there has been a need.
A need for a dedicated team of mechanics
to nurture the intricate machinery
that is the very foundation
of this factory.
No matter how arduous or
difficult the repair might be,
MIFT is there to tighten the bolts,
unclog the pipes, wrench the
nut. We embrace it with, uh
- We embrace it with
- With unbridled anticipation.
There you go! Unbridled participation
of what challenge lies ahead.
And at the end of the day, we each say,
- "I'm proud".
- (SPUTTERS)
"I am proud to be a member of the
Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team!"
For the record, I've
never actually said that.
Oh, welcome to the MIFT family.
Uh, thanks, but I'm not really family.
I could be to you like a father figure.
My father's sort of a father figure.
- A grandfather figure?
- That'd be my father's father.
How about an uncle-who's-divorced
from-your-biological-aunt
but-was-really-cool-so-he-keeps-in-touch
and-sometimes-he-just-shows-up
out-of-the-blue figure?
Sure? You don't have my phone number.
I can get it out of your
employee file. (HUMMING)
CUTTER: Drink this.
Uh, oh, thanks.
(SLURPS AND COUGHS)
Now drink this.
(GAGS AND COUGHS)
- CUTTER: Well?
- They're both disgusting.
See? I told ya.
You can't tell the difference between
the old lubricant and the new synthetic.
- (COUGHING) Why?
- You might want to drink plenty of water,
and stay close to a bathroom.
That was Cutter. And
this is Banana Bread.
(BLOWING RASPBERRIES)
Here's the deal. No one
knows his real name.
But he brings banana
bread in every morning.
Yummy scrumbos.
Hey, there. Tylor, was it?
- TYLOR: Yeah.
- Hey. Nice to meet you, Tylor.
Yeah, so, hey, could I just
like borrow you for a sec?
Couple of things I wanna mention.
- In private.
- Sure. Yeah.
- (GROWLS)
- Look, I get it.
First impressions, everybody
seems a little bit crazy, right?
Down here where there's no daylight
and the repetitive din of machinery is
forever hammering into your brain.
But look, the MIFT team,
they mean well, all right?
You're gonna warm up to 'em, I promise.
- I just don't really belong here.
- really belong here. Yeah.
- Exactly!
- You and me, we see eye to eyes.
It's nice to finally meet
somebody who gets it.
I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.
- Oh! Hey, sorry. The name's Duncan.
- Hi, Duncan.
But people around here refer
to me as "Deputy Supervisor".
You know why? Because when Fritz
retires or dies, I'm takin' his job.
You can forget about your
little "college boy" plan
- Wait, what?
- of waltzing in here
and taking what's rightfully
mine, you understand?
- There's no
- I'm onto your scheme.
I have no interest
at all in Fritz's job.
So that's how you wanna
play the game, is it?
Honestly, no games.
- I'm not playing a game.
- I'm just a pawn
in the way of you becoming
king. A little itty-bitty pawn
that's gonna get knocked
off the board. Ping!
What? No, no pawn. There's
no ping! Nothing's pinging.
I'm onto you.
I'm onto you.
Okay. So if there's
nothing else, I'm gonna
(WHISPERS) Onto you.
You.
- (BLOWHORN SOUNDING)
- (VAL CHUCKLES)
Okay, I give up. Who's "David"?
You are! I didn't have enough
time to make a new sign.
Oh, David.
David got his horn caught
in the door track,
was pulled into a shredder
shaft, never saw him again.
I did find some hair.
We keep it in a jar next
to the memory candle.
Good ol' Davey. I miss you, buddy.
I miss ya.
I was his uncle figure, too.
I can't find the words to tell you all
how much I appreciate being a
part of this whole MIFT cult-thing
you've got going on here. In fact,
you guys all just stay here.
Don't follow me. I'll go get
the appreciation donuts.
(GRUNTS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SIGHS WEARILY)
(SIGHS)
- Whoa! Nice shot.
- Shut up, Smitty.
Can't you see he wants to
be alone? He's depressed.
Why's he depressed?
If you're a scary monster like
him, now what do you do?
Unless you can make a kid
laugh, you got no future.
SMITTY: That's depressing.
NEEDLEMAN: Shut up!
He can still hear you.
SMITTY: You shut up!
"Make a kid laugh"
CELIA: (OVER PA SYSTEM) Two hours
remaining in the Central Zone.
Two hours remaining.
MIKE: Heya, Fungus.
Thanks for keepin' me on,
Mr. Wazowski. (CHUCKLES)
MIKE: No problem. But you
missed out on a ride in my car.
(GRUNTS AND YELPS)
Did Ms. Flint send you?
Oh, uh, well, I did see
her earlier today, so
Perfect! If you're Ms. Flint
approved, then get in here.
I'll get him a door, pronto. Fungus?
Come on, time is funny. Wait a second!
Could that be the new slogan?
Keep trying, Mikey. Keep trying.
Door is active.
Just make the kid laugh.
(SCOFFS) Shouldn't be too
hard. (BREATHES DEEPLY)
(FLOORBOARD CREAKING)
Hi!
- (WHIMPERING)
- Hey there, little guy.
Uh, you ready to laugh?
(WHIMPERS AND CRIES)
No! (SHUSHES)
- No! No, no, no
- (GLASS SHATTERS)
- (CAR ALARM BLARING)
- MAN: I think there is somebody
breaking into my car!
TYLOR: Where'd you go?
- WOMAN: Seriously, your car?
- TYLOR: No!
- (YELPS)
- Hey, come here!
Hey, how about this one?
- (CHILD CRYING)
- "Our jokeage gives you voltage!"
- What do ya think?
- I'm thinking, no.
(CHILD CRYING)
"You're in good company
with our company"?
Goochi-goochi (SCREAMS)
TYLOR: Oh! (GRUNTS)
(SCREAMING)
- CELIA: No!
- Watch out!
(MIKE AND TYLOR SCREAM)
- Run! Get out of the way!
- (SCREAMS)
SULLEY: Watch out!
- (CHILD SCREAMING)
- Oh!
- A kid! A kid!
- (SCREAMING)
No, no, no! (SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING)
- (SCREAMING)
- No, wait!
- (SCREAMS)
- (WHIMPERING)
Little kid, little boy!
Gotcha.
Rock-a-bye baby in the tree tops ♪
When the wind blows
your nose fills with snot ♪
So sorry.
We're shutting down Laugh Floor
F, activating Laugh Floor G.
I'll need to transfer
Sanderson and Phlegm
(SIGHS) I am so sorry,
Mr. Sullivan. Mr. Wazowski.
I, uh, appreciate the opportunity
that I have completely blown.
You'll never see me again.
Hold it! You're Tylor
Tuskmon, aren't you?
Uh, yes, I am. How did you know?
Who do you think recommended
you for the job?
You graduated top of your class.
Even broke my record
in the simulation room.
Ah, yeah. Well What can I say?
I seem to be pretty good
at breaking things lately.
- It's been a rough day for all of us.
- Yep.
- Everything's changing.
- Laugh power instead of scare power.
Me and Mike in charge.
And I guess they're gonna have to change
the ol' MU School of Scaring
to the College of Comedy.
Comedy college. Right!
Sulley, you're a genius.
And seeing that I am the
official SCPOMICE-VDADOCREM,
I'm making an executive decision
to begin Monsters, Inc. Comedy Classes,
featuring Professor Me!
I'll teach all you scary monsters
how to be funny.
- TYLOR: What?
- 'Cause I know what it's like
once you've stepped across that line.
You'd do anything to be on this floor.
So I actually have a chance
of becoming a Jokester?
Mike and I, we worked our
way up from the mailroom.
So anything's possible.
No more scaring. Now it's,
uh, laughter you're after.
Bingo! Our new slogan.
"It's Laughter We're After".
ROZE: Wazowski!
Roz?
The name's Roze.
Wake me up, Sulley, I'm having
a horrible nightmare.
One where you actually smell things.
They just delivered the
new kid's hat and ID.
- And from now on, call me Sulley.
- And call me Mike.
Whoa, what happened here? Sure
know how to make an impression.
Where'd you go? I thought you were
getting us appreciation donuts.
(WHISPERS) Remember, I'm onto you.
Tylor, welcome to
Monsters, Incorporated.
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
ROZE: Keep watching. Always
keep watching. (CHUCKLES)