Randall (short film)

Randall is a 2022 American computer animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It premiered on November 19th 2021 at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California and was shown in theaters with Lightyear. Randall is the third short in the Monsters, Inc. franchise and takes place shortly after the events of Monsters University. The short explains how Randall met Fungus after being kicked out of Roar Omega Roar and how the two ended up graduating from Monsters University, eventually working at Monsters Inc.

Premise
After Randall humiliates himself at the Scare Games, and gets kicked out of Roar Omega Roar, he falls behind on his studies until a new roommate helps him focus more on his work to succeed. Eventually the two become friends and graduate from Monsters University.

Cast

 * Steve Buscemi as Randall “Randy” Boggs
 * Christopher Swindle as Fungus
 * Alfred Molina as Professor Derek Knight
 * Helen Mirren as Dean Abigail Hardscrabble
 * Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski
 * John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan

Tylor Tuskmon, Scott "Squishy" Squibbles, Terri and Terry Perry, Don Carlton and Art appear but they do not speak.

Trivia

 * This is the first Pixar short to feature a villain protagonist.
 * Mike and Sulley only appear at the end of the short as minor characters, where Randall got shocked and angred at seeing the latter working at the same company as him, mainly since he blamed Sulley for his humiliation in the Scare Games.
 * This short was supposed to be released in theaters with Turning Red, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney decided to release the short with Lightyear instead.
 * The short has a message of never giving up despite all the hardships you face.