Monsters, Inc. (Original version)

Monsters, Inc were to have a formal version that was supposed to be released in the 90s, a scene of the original version was live on Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1998.

Plot
The plot would be the same just like the 2001 version, but with some changes due to the design changes on most characters.

Known Changes With The Original Version

 * Mike Wazowski (Mike) was originally going to have no hands at all and only two feet that could eventually be useful as pretending to be hands for gripping on to objects, for example, in the early testing, he held a sombrero hat with his hand-feet. He also appeared to be a more lime like color and had two tiny front fangs sticking out.
 * James P. Sullivan (Sulley) was originally going to be called Johnson. Johnson is a bipedal brown monster with medium-sized horns, white chest, and bluish purplish octopus like feet with suction cups at the very end. He was probably scrapped from the script because his feet looked a little too creepy for children to handle.

Transcript for "Monsters, Inc. Early Testing"
{Video opens to Mike and Johnson playing some kind of chess game}.

'''Mike: That one! {Points at the spot of the chess he wants to place it at}.'''

'''Johnson: Oh, really? Because i wasn't even sure if i should put that one out.'''

'''Mike: Oh you always do this, you ask me for my opinion and you ignore it! But sorry, it's just, a, tie.'''

'''Johnson: Just a tie? Nick work can make a very important first impression, hey you wouldn't understand.'''

Mike: Who wouldn't understand....

Mike: {Hops on table} Cuz i can't wear a tie you think i wouldn't understand and--

Johnson; {Tries to calm Mike down) No, no, not at all! Uhh, here, is this the tie you wanted? {Shows Mike the tie}.

Mike: Yeah, that's that one, that's the babe magnet.

Johnson: {Tries it on} It's kind of um, big?

'''Mike: Proportions Johnson, proportions, it's the attitude that makes the monster {Puts on the sombrero hat}. Come on, let's go.'''

Johnson: {Goes with MIke}.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Pete Docter didn't like how the original characters looked.
 * 2) The animation was more of a test animation rather than considering of a project leak, so they had plans to remake the script.
 * 3) The characters desgin is too creepy for young children

Results

 * Mike's design was changed, and Johnson was changed to Sulley.
 * The original Monsters, Inc was finally released on November 2, 2001.
 * The whole cast was recasted after the change for the original version of Monsters, Inc.
 * Johnson was later revived as a character called 21 Carl Johnson, which is a minor character in Monsters, Inc. he's a purple monster that is a scarer at Monsters, Inc. In his card it was revealed the he was a former scarer at Fear Co. and Scream Industries.
 * The original version of Monsters, Inc. was permanently cancelled.

Footage
The Monsters, Inc. early testing was uploaded on YouTube by wendysremix.