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'''Randall''' "'''Randy'''" '''Boggs''' is the overall main antagonist of the Monsters, Inc franchise. He is the central antagonist of ''Monsters, Inc ''and ''Monsters University.'' He was originally a nerd and best friends with [[Mike Wazowski|Mike]] at M.U. however being accepted into R.O.R. (Roar Omega Roar) (because of tricks Mike originally taught him) his personality changed for the worse and he became cold and ruthless, and developed a deep grudge against [[James P. Sullivan|Sulley]] ever since he humiliated him at the scare games. It was since then that Randall became his rival and desperate to outmatch him at M.I., however he then decided to outmatch him by dangerously forcing the screams out of children with a scream extraction machine instead of actually scaring them and forces his assistant [[Jeff Fungus|Fungus]] to take part. In ''Monsters, Inc'' he at first appears to be the main antagonist however he turns out to have been working for the films [[Henry J. Waternoose|true main antagonist]].
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}}'''Randall "Randy" Boggs''' is the main antagonist of ''Monsters, Inc.'' He will return as a character in ''Monsters University''.
 
   
==''Monsters, Inc.''==
 
Randall is Sulley and Mike's direct rival and nemesis.
 
   
Randall's scare assistant is [[Jeff Fungus|Fungus]], who usually annoys him. He usually gets into small disagreements with [[Henry J. Waternoose III|Mr. Waternoose]]. Randall resembles a lizard, with the ability to change his color from purple and blue to blend into his surroundings at will, much like a chameleon, making him invisible.
 
   
 
==Gallery==
He works as a Scarer for Monsters, Inc. by entering children's rooms through a system of closet doors and scaring sleeping children to bottle their screams, which is a source of power in their world. He is in competition with Sulley and Mike for the glorious post of Top Scarer. Randall constructed a "Scream Extractor" and kidnapped a human child in cooperation with the company's leader, Henry J. Waternoose, with the hopes to eventually rise to the leader of the company.
 
 
See [[Randall Boggs/Gallery]]
   
 
== Trivia ==
However, the initial plot failed due to Mike sending Sulley back after closing hours to submit paperwork which Mike forgot to turn in earlier. Sulley stumbled upon the child, whom he nicknames Boo. Mike and Sulley take the child home with them, but since children are forbidden in their world, due to a belief that they can infect the monsters, Mike and Sulley are exiled when their secret is revealed. Randall and Waternoose are now able to go through with testing the scream extractor on Boo (although Waternoose expresses distaste for having to exile Sulley and Mike due to Randall's negligence, pointing out that Sulley was "twice the scarer Randall could ever be").
 
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* In earlier versions of the script his names were Ned and Switt.
 
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* The scene where Randall threatens to put Fungus through the shredder is a reference to another scene in the 1996 film Fargo where Steve Buscemi's character Carl Showalter was betrayed by his partner in crime Gaear Grimsrud and put through the shredder.
After Sulley manages to escape and wreck the Scream Extractor, Randall attacks and strangles him. He proves to be quite an adversary, due to his cloaking abilities. This whole time Mike is trying to apologize to Sulley, thinking that Sulley is just clowning around as he tries to fend off his invisible foe. Mike finally gets annoyed with the fact that Sulley is not listening to him and throws a snowball at Sulley, but it hits Randall instead, exposing him to the two partners, making them realize that Randall has been attacking Sulley. Randall is defeated after a chase through the factory, where he and Boo escape into a door and Boo begins to pull on his antennas and hit him with a baseball bat, making him turn into different colors. Sulley then restrains him with a chokehold, followed by a snake wrestling maneuver, and throws him through a door that banishes him to a trailer in the middle of a swamp in the south, where a hillbilly family beats Randall senseless with a shovel, thinking that he is a gator. The door is then tipped over the railing it was leaning against and shatters onto the floor far below, trapping Randall.
 
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* Randall is shown being referred to by first name while all other scarers are referred to by their last names.
 
 
[[Category:Villains]]
==''Monsters University''==
 
 
[[Category:Pixar]]
It has been confirmed at the D23 Expo that Randall will appear in the upcoming prequel, ''Monsters University''.
 
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[[Category:Secondary Antagonists]]
 
 
[[Category:Pixar Villians]]
In the second trailer released for ''Monsters University'', Randall can be seen with Mike Wazowski in a few scenes.
 
 
[[Category:Purple]]
 
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[[Category:Spoiled Brat]]
"Monsters University freshman Randy Boggs has big aspirations for college life. The peculiar lizard-like monster with his host of gangly arms and legs plans to major in Scaring and lead an active social life filled with fun, friends and fraternity parties. If only he could get his embarrassing disappearing habit under control, he’d be good to go, because how is he ever going to be a great Scarer if nobody can see him?"
 
 
==''Laugh Floor'' comic miniseries==
 
However, in the ''Laugh Floor'' comic miniseries by BOOM! Studios, Randall manages to sneak back into the factory and tries to frame Mike for stealing props and material from other Monster comics (this might be explained by Randall finding a settlement to sneak back in through the door, similar to how Sulley and Mike managed to get back to the monster world, despite being banished to the Himalayas). In the forth issue, he is helped by a human boy named Sid Phillips (an antagonist from ''Toy Story''), and they, along with Mr. Waternoose aim to extract revenge on Mike and Sulley in order for the antagonists to rise to power.
 
 
==Trivia==
 
* Randall's original names were "'''Switt'''" and "'''Ned'''." He was named "Ned" in the early treatment, and "Switt" in the original opening.
 
* Randall Boggs was the second Pixar villain to be physically fought; the first being Stinky Pete.
 
* Randall is ranked #27 in the Top 30 Disney Villains
 
* Randall shares the same first name and many traits of Randall Weems from the Disney television series, ''Recess''. Both characters are sneaky, mean, and have the same posture.
 
* Randall for some reason is the only scarer in the film that is referred by his first name on the Scarers' Leaderboard rather than by his last name. This could imply that "Randall" at one point was actually going to be his last name rather than his first name.
 
* In the upcoming prequel, Randall appears to be wearing glasses, while in the original he doesn't. This could imply that the adult Randall seen in the original film appears to be wearing contacts between the two films.
 
* One of the backgrounds Fungus used to demonstrate Randall's cloaking abilities is the cloud background that served as the wallpaper of Andy's bedroom in the first Davis residence seen in the first ''Toy Story'' film.
 
* In the original film, Randall is portrayed as being evil and Sulley and Mike's enemy, but in the prequel he appears friendly and is apparently best friends to Mike and Sulley. However, it's hinted that the prequel will show how and why exactly Randall became a villain in the first place.
 
 
==Gallery==
 
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Randall_Boggs.jpg
 
Randall_Boggs_2.png
 
</gallery>
 
[[Category:Monsters]]
 
[[Category:Disney]]
 
[[Category:Evil]]
 
[[Category:Villain]]
 

Revision as of 10:21, 2 February 2021

Randall "Randy" Boggs is the overall main antagonist of the Monsters, Inc franchise. He is the central antagonist of Monsters, Inc and Monsters University. He was originally a nerd and best friends with Mike at M.U. however being accepted into R.O.R. (Roar Omega Roar) (because of tricks Mike originally taught him) his personality changed for the worse and he became cold and ruthless, and developed a deep grudge against Sulley ever since he humiliated him at the scare games. It was since then that Randall became his rival and desperate to outmatch him at M.I., however he then decided to outmatch him by dangerously forcing the screams out of children with a scream extraction machine instead of actually scaring them and forces his assistant Fungus to take part. In Monsters, Inc he at first appears to be the main antagonist however he turns out to have been working for the films true main antagonist.


Gallery

See Randall Boggs/Gallery

Trivia

  • In earlier versions of the script his names were Ned and Switt.
  • The scene where Randall threatens to put Fungus through the shredder is a reference to another scene in the 1996 film Fargo where Steve Buscemi's character Carl Showalter was betrayed by his partner in crime Gaear Grimsrud and put through the shredder.
  • Randall is shown being referred to by first name while all other scarers are referred to by their last names.