Monsters University Trivia

Cameos, in-jokes, re-used animation and other trivia for Monsters University.

Trivia

 * The beginning of the teaser trailer makes a nod to both Monsters, Inc.'s teaser trailer and the film's opening scene, using similar shot techniques and narration.
 * In the teaser trailer, the snake monster from the intro of Monsters, Inc appears on a poster to the right of Mike's room.
 * Monsters, Inc. is the first Pixar film to have a prequel.
 * Monsters, Inc. is the third Pixar film to become a franchise after Toy Story and Cars.
 * A monster-stylized blue AMC Pacer can be spotted in the trailer at mark 0:17. The Pacer was featured in Cars 2 as part of the film's villains, the Lemons. The color makes it look like the die-cast version of Petey Pacer. A pink, deformed Zündapp Janus can also be spotted in the same scene.
 * The Greek alphabet depicted in this film will be Argma (A), Gamma (G), Slugma (E), Theta (O), Eta (H), Howl (H), Kappa (K), Nu (N), Oozma (O), Python (P), Roar (R), Hiss (S), Phi (O), Chi (X), and Omega (O). Of the 15 letters, only Gamma, Theta, Eta, Kappa, Nu, Phi, Chi, and Omega are real.
 * Both Eta and Howl are represented by an "H", which adds to confusion.
 * Argma, Slugma, Oozma, and Python's symbols resemble Lambda, Sigma, Omicron, and Rho, respectively.
 * Slugma is also the name of a Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions that resembled a slug made of lava. Its evolved form is Magcargo, which resembles a snail made of lava with a shell made of hardened lava.
 * The song that plays at the end of the teaser trailer is True, by Spandau Ballet.
 * According to story supervisor Kelsey Mann, they produced 227,246 storyboard drawings, the most of any Pixar film to date