"Lights! Camera! Chaos!" is the eighteenth episode of Monsters at Work. It premiered on April 27, 2024, and is the eighth episode of the second season.
Synopsis[]
When news anchors Jack and Jill visit Monsters, Inc., for an interview, Mike and Sulley hope to show off laugh power to all of Monstropolis.
Plot[]
Jack and Jill show up at Monsters, Inc. to do a live taping of their coverage for laugh power. Meanwhile, MIFT is congratulating Val for accepting the Jokester offer. Cutter angrily enters declaring that she quits because she cannot figure out what is causing the canisters to leak. They are also confused about where Roger is until they suddenly get a message to go up to the laugh floor. It turns out that someone has vandalized the place. With Jack and Jill coming, Celia has Sulley and Mike try to stall Jack and Jill while they clean up the floor.
While cleaning, Tylor spots Roger looking very suspicious and notices that he has red paint on his hands. He drags Val to come with him as they follow him throughout the facility. Duncan sees the spray cans have come from Tylor's hardware store and also becomes suspicious. Tylor and Val overhear Roger arguing with someone over the phone and decide to take a peak into his work file, becoming shocked by what they see. The Monsters team hastily cover the walls with doors and canisters to hide graffiti from Jack and Jill. Just as things seem fine, Mike accidentally knocks over a canister, revealing the vandalism.
Tylor comes in and announces that the vandal was Roger, whose real name is actually Henry J. Waternoose IV. While Roger confirms that he is indeed his son, he is not responsible for the vandalism. Sulley takes everyone to his office where he reveals that he and Mike knew that Roger was Waternoose's son this whole time and that they didn't want to punish him for his father's crimes. All the photos that Roger was taking were for Mike's benefit, to remind him of why he loves the company and to remember everyone's names. While being scolded for his accusations against Rogers, an angry Tylor accuses Sulley of being a bad judge of character. Sulley is upset by this remark, but he defends Rogers by saying that he's nothing like his father. He also becomes shocked to find that his picture from Boo is missing. Duncan comes in and reveals that he searched Tylor's locker and discover that it is full of the missing items, including the master key and Boo's picture.
Tylor claims innocence (which he is), but admits that he had dinner with Johnny Worthington and that he turned down his job offer. When he tries to get Val to corroborate his story, she admits that while he told her he turned it down, she always suspected that he wanted to take it. Furious and betrayed, Tylor severs ties with everyone, resigns from the company and Val assumes her new position as a Jokester. Later, Johnny gets a call from Tylor as he is about to leave work, seemingly ready to accept his offer.
Cast[]
- Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski
- John Goodman as James P. Sullivan
- Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon
- Mindy Kaling as Val Little
- Henry Winkler as Fritz
- Lucas Neff as Duncan P. Anderson
- Alanna Ubach as Cutter
- Nathan Fillion as Johnny Worthington III
- Rhys Darby as Roger Rogers
- Stephen Stanton as Needleman and Smitty and George Sanderson
- Bobby Moynihan as Chet Alexander
- Dee Bradley Baker as Banana Bread
- John Ratzenberger as Yeti
- Ali Wong as Jill
- Joe Lo Truglio as Jack
- Roxana Ortega as Celia Mae
- Bowen Yang as Carter Lee
- Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Crummyham
- Paula Pell as Sunny Sunshine
- Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Flint
- Jennifer Coolidge as Marilyn
- Kurtwood Smith as Alistair Clawbottom
- Bobs Gannaway as Roto
Trivia[]
- This episode's title is a play on "Lights! Camera! Action!", a common phrase utilized by filmmakers.
- This episode has a similar plot to the Scooby-Doo franchise, where a mystery takes place, and has to be solved.
- This episode reveals that Celia used to live with her mother, most likely before she was promoted.
- This is Bowen Yang's second Disney voice role, after Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, in which he voiced Ronnie.
- Fritz reveals that he never reads any of his employees files due to being overly trusting.
- Roger is revealed to be the son of Henry J. Waternoose III.
- This is the third episode Boo gets mentioned despite not appearing herself; she would later be mentioned again for Sulley kept her drawings.
- In a hilarious case of irony, during the scene where Jill is signing off the broadcast after the vandalism and Roger's true identity are exposed, Mike, whose face is fully visible this time, hides his face from the recording using Sulley's hand, an inversion of the usual gag of his face being obscured in visual media.
