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CMV: Mike Wazowski WAS scary, he just focused on the wrong style

Al through the amazing movie that is Monsters University it explains the backstory of Mike. He wished to become a scarer despite other monsters observing he doesn’t have a “scary” appearance. 

The movie points out that even though he can’t look scary, he is so knowledgeable on scare techniques he is able to coach other monsters to be scary. Those from his fraternity learn to use their different skills and appearances to scare in their own style.

My point is, why didn’t he realize he could do the same for himself? He insisted on making his weak growls and jumping up with his tiny body, which was very ineffective on scaring. I don’t know about everyone else but I myself would have peed my pants if I saw a green orb screeching on my bed, to notice it and have a massive creepy eye open up and get up.

Mike was just not suited to be the same scarer that Sully was. A loud and fierce one. We could have had plenty of success studying a different scare style that was more creepy and uncanny valley-ish.

Change My View.
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Monsters Inc. requires scream energy, however. That means that it places disproportionate value on types of scariness that elicit a scream response, and that in turn requires monsters that rely on a more primal level of fear; that which is a response to predators. Therefore, monsters that appear predatory, in both nature and action, are the most useful for Monsters Inc. 

Mike Wazowski does not look predatory. Although he could be scary, it would not be a very useful kind of scary to Monsters Inc. A single looming eyeball is certainly quite a terrifying sight to behold if it wakes you up in the middle of the night, but creepiness does not elicit the same type of fear response. Creepiness runs on curiosity, especially that of the morbid variety. We find creepy things creepy because they are unnatural, and we don't like things we can't wrap our heads around. This does not make us scream, however. You peeing your pants from waking up with a giant eye in your face is jump shock - you weren't expecting that, and you were surprised. But that's something that every monster will get, so it's clearly not enough. If it was, you wouldn't need a university to teach how to be scary.