Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me
The complete Play (that is shown in the film) officially posted by Pixar.
- Mike: "NOW PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM, OR SO HELP ME---! Oh, hey. We're rehearsing a - a scene for the upcoming company play called uh, Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me. It's a musical. Put that thing back where it came from or so help me..."
Sulley: "Bom, bom, bom, bom..."
Mike: "So help me! So help me! And cut. We're still working on it, it's a work in progress but, hey, we need ushers." - —Mike Wazowski, explaining why he was yelling
"Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me" was originally a fake play invented on the spot by Mike Wazowski as he and Sulley were attempting to return Boo, a human girl, back to her room and were nearly caught by other members of the company. It was later turned into a real play that was performed at Monsters, Inc. at the end of the film.
Known cast members and their roles[]
- Mike Wazowski: Himself, Star, Writer, Director, Producer
- James P. Sullivan: Himself, Co-Star
- Celia Mae: Herself
- Bile: The Sushi Chef
- George Sanderson: Himself
- Josh Rivera (credited as Seymour "Noodles" Quaggle): Himself
- Third Simulator Monster: Ensemble
- Charlie Ray Proctor: Ensemble
- Nick "Lanky" Schmidt: Ensemble
- Harlow "Figus" Whitgob: Ensemble
- Needleman and Smitty: Randall and Fungus (Smitty also played Roz)
- Waxford: Henry J. Waternoose
- Baby Smitty: "Boo" the human child
- Ms. Nesbit: Piano
- CDA: Theater Ushers
Lyrics[]
Mike: Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me!
Get that thing away from me, you guys!
Put that thing back where it came from
Or I'll poke myself in the eye!
Sulley: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this year's company play starring, written and directed by Mike...
Mike: And produced!
Sulley: And produced by Mike Wazowski. Oh.
Mike: Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me!
(So help me!) So help me get by!
Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me!
(So help me!) I just gotta cry!
CDA Agent: Your seat is right over there, sir.
Baby Smitty as Boo: Boo!
Mike: There's a child, there's a child, there's a human child!
Running 'round the restaurant, this is really wild!
What in heaven's name will become of us
We who are living in Monstropolis?
Needleman as Randall: Alright, Wazowski, tell us where the kid is!
Mike: I will never talk! NEVER!
She's out of our hair
And just when I dare to care
She says "Au contraire
You're my pair
Of friends... I love you."
Claws: (sobbing)
Jimmy: Keep it together, man!
Cast Members: And so we put that kid back where she came from
And she helped us to find a better tomorrow, today!
Mike: Thank you! What a night for my mother to be in the audience, ladies and gentlemen! My mom! Thank you, Monstropolis!
Trivia[]
- When Mike is explaining "Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me", the lines, emotions, and animation from the credits and the actual film differ from the actual scene being shown after the version with Bloopers of it (read the quote at the top and then watch the beginning of the video).
- As the play takes place after the film, both George and Celia have already recovered from their respective decontaminations.
- The yellow monster with 3 eyes who accidentally took a picture of Boo at the sushi restaurant is also present in the sushi restaurant scene of the play.
- On the DVD, it is shown that the musical has gotten negative reviews, apart from Mike's mom, who loved it.