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Johnny "The Jaw" Worthington III is the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney/Pixar animated film Monsters University. He is a Satan-like Monster with purple fur, two fangs (where his nickname originated from), and a muscular body.

Background

Official Description

Johnny Worthington has reason to be supremely confident—he's the top Scare student at Monsters University and president of the best fraternity on campus, Roar Omega Roar. Johnny comes from a long line of MU Scarers and respects the school's legacy, traditions and most of all, the system by which Scaring excellence is judged. He may have been born with a silver spoon in his jaws, but this monster's no softy.[1]

Personality

As president of RΩR, the premiere campus fraternity, Worthington is very selfish and egotistical and only interested in having "the most elite" Scarers in his fraternity, inviting James P. Sullivan to join, as the latter comes from a family of successful Scarers, but mockingly denies Mike Wazowski and suggesting he joins a fraternity that's "more his speed."

Worthington clearly cares more about his fraternity's reputation (taking grades and academics into account), when he threatens to kick Sulley out of RΩR if he doesn't beat Mike in the final exam. When Mike and Sulley are both kicked out of the Scaring Program by Dean Hardscrabble, Worthington and his frat-boys leave without a word to Sulley.

His rivalry towards Mike escalates when, right before the Scare Simulator, Worthington arrogantly tells Mike not to take losing so hard and that "he never belonged in the Scaring Program anyway." Mike wins the Scare Games due to Sulley's tampering of the settings, thus humiliating and surprising RΩR in its defeat. Worthington is not a sore loser as he accepts defeat, offering Sulley back to their group in Randy's place only for Sulley to reject his offer and give him the trophy since he is more concerned in rescuing Mike.

Despite his arrogance, sets art director Robert Kondo explains that he has something to lose, is afraid of failure and has a tradition to live up to.

Appearances

Monsters University

Johnny Worthington first meets Sulley and Mike after the two have been led to the Greek row by Archie the Scare Pig. As other fraternities are trying to get Sulley to join them, Johnny welcomes Sulley and takes him to be a Roar Omega Roar. When Mike tries to attract his attention, Johnny "kindly" tells him that he would be better with Oozma Kappa, the weakest-looking fraternity.

As the semester goes by, the RΩRs are increasingly disappointed by Sulley and feel threatened by Mike as Mike is doing extremely well in the Scare Program as Mike is getting good grades due to taking the material seriously and working hard while Sully does poorly as he dismisses the need to know “that stuff” to the point where he doesn’t learn anything about Scaring that he doesn’t already know. Johnny finally signifies to Sulley that if he fails the final exam to Mike, he will be removed from RΩR.

Johnny is with the RΩRs on the subscription day for the Scare Games and laughs when Mike presents himself to the competition. The RΩR have great success at the games, coming first at all challenges. However, against all odds, Oozma Kappa somehow stays in the competition after two rounds.

The OKs are invited to a party at the RΩR house that will actually be their doom. In front of everyone present, Johnny congratulates the OKs of how good they did in the Scare Games and invites them to the stage. But when OK are on stage, Johnny tells his brothers to spill on them paint, glitter and flowers. Randall spills bunny dolls on them and Chet photographs them. Johnny and the RΩRs open a stand the next day and massively sell products featuring the embarrassing picture, supposedly to collect funds for a "good" cause. He tells them that no matter what, they'll never be real scarers, to which they took to heart because they know that they can't try to be something they're not.

When they see the OKs continue to perform better and better at the Scare Games, Johnny and his crew are increasingly upset but hope to get the last word at the final race, which tests how scary a monster really is. At the last race, the fight between OK and RΩR is intense. Johnny is highly irritated by Randy's failure. Johnny is on the last and decisive face-off, where he is against Mike. Confident of his win, he repeats one last time to Mike his place is not here and then proceeds to get a near-perfect score. But Mike gets the maximum score, a full scream can, beating Johnny and bringing the victory to OK, much to Johnny's shock.

Following the race, Johnny tries to bring Sulley back to RΩR at the place of Randy, but Sulley refuses and gave the trophy to him, then heads off to save Mike from both entering the door lab and end up stuck in the real world, leaving Johnny and his gang utterly confused.

During the credits, it is shown that Johnny got a job as a scarer at Fear Co. It is unknown what happened to him after laughter becomes a new form of energy source, it is assumed that he either has to quit his career as scarer as the profession becomes obsolete or retraining to become Jokester.


Monsters at Work

Johnny appears in season 2 as one of the top scarers at FearCo, which has not chosen to switch over to laugh energy after the events of the original film. When Tylor Tuskmon finds himself struggling as a jokester, Johnny offers him a job to actually put his scaring degree to use.


Party Central

Johnny Worthington briefly appears in Party Central. He enters the hall of the RΩR house, preparing to greet his guests, but he is shocked to see instead the room empty of both monsters and supplies.

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Trivia

  • The RΩR house's interior was based on a backstory Johnny had.
  • In Disney Tsum Tsum, Johnny could be fought as a boss during the Japan Pixar Story Books Event in March 2020 and the International Pixar Storybooks Event in May 2020. He was erroneously referred to as "Johnny Washington" in the International version.
  • Like Skinner, Johnny technically both loses and wins, since while he loses the Scare Games, it is revealed that Sulley cheated by setting the difficulty to easy so that makes RΩR winners by default. Unlike Skinner, who ultimately loses in the end despite having shut down Gusteau's, Johnny ultimately wins in the end since they are the true winners of the Scare Games since Sulley cheated, although he and his team never knew about it despite losing. As a result, the winner remains disputed or deduced by viewers.
  • Nathan Fillion would later voice Sterling in Cars 3.
  • His name might be similar to Honest John's real name, John Worthington Foulfellow.

References


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Monsters, inc logo
Media
Films and Television: Monsters, Inc. (video/soundtrack) • Monsters University (video/soundtrack) • Mike's New CarParty CentralMonsters at Work (soundtrack)

Video Games: Monsters, Inc.Monsters, Inc. Scream ArenaMonsters, Inc. Scream TeamMonsters, Inc. Scream Team TrainingMike's Monstrous AdventureDisney UniverseMonsters, Inc. RunDisney InfinityLEGO The IncrediblesKingdom Hearts IIIDisney Emoji BlitzDisney Heroes: Battle ModeDisney Speedstorm
Cancelled projects: Circle 7 Screenplay

Disney Parks
Disney Animation BuildingMonsters, Inc. Laugh FloorMonsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go SeekPixar Pal-A-Round

Entertainment: "A Whole New World" A Magical Disney SongbookDisney's Showtime SpectacularPixar Playtime PalsTOGETHER: a Pixar Musical Adventure
Restaurants: Adorable Snowman Frosted Treats
Shops: Monsters, Inc. Company Store
Parades: Block Party BashDisney's Dreams On Parade: Moving OnDisney Stars 'n' CarsJubilation!Paint The Night ParadePixar Play ParadeTokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLights
Fireworks: Happily Ever AfterIlluminate! A Nighttime CelebrationMickey's Mix Magic!Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime SpectacularWonderful World of Animation
Spring: Disney's Easter WonderlandDisney Color-Fest: A Street Party!
Summer: Stitch and Friends Summer Surprise
Halloween: Maze of Madness: The Nightmare Experiment Continues
Christmas: A Totally Tomorrowland Christmas

Characters
Monsters, Inc.: James P. SullivanMike WazowskiBooHenry J. Waternoose IIIRandall BoggsFungusRozCelia MaeNeedleman and SmittyFlintThaddeus BileJerryGeorge SandersonCharlie ProctorChild Detection AgencySushi ChefTonyJosh RiveraPete WardWaxfordTheodore PauleyLanky SchmidtYeti

Monsters University: Karen GravesFrank McCayArtTerri and Terry PerryScott SquibblesDon CarltonJohnny Worthington IIIChet AlexanderJavier RiosCarrie WilliamsDean HardscrabbleProfessor KnightSheri SquibblesClaire WheelerBrock PearsonArchie the Scare PigRosie LevinCarla BenitezMargaret GesnerSlug Monster Student
Monsters At Work: Tylor TuskmonMillie TuskmonBernard TuskmonMr. CrummyhamVal LittleFritzCutterDuncan P. AndersonRotoRozeBanana BreadOtisSnoreMariaGary GibbsArgus BlinksInspection EyesThalia FlintDavid

Episodes
Season One: "Welcome to Monsters, Incorporated" • "Meet Mift" • "The Damaged Room" • "The Big Wazowskis" • "The Cover Up" • "The Vending Machine" • "Adorable Returns" • "Little Monsters" • "Bad Hair Day" • "It's Laughter They're After"

Season Two: "A Monstrous Homecoming" • "The C.R.E.E.P. Show" • "Setting the Table" • "Opening Doors" • "It's Coming From Inside the House!" • "Field of Screams" • "Monsters in the Dark" • "Lights! Camera! Chaos!"

Songs
If I Didn't Have YouPut That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help MeThe Scare FloorMonsters UniversityComedy Can Be DangerousI'm Not Gonna Sing You a Song
Locations
Paris, FranceMonstropolisMonsters, Inc.Harryhausen'sHimalayasBoo's RoomTrailer FolkMonsters UniversityFear TechThe Boiler Room (Monster's Inc.)
Objects
Scarer's LeaderboardScream CanisterDoorScream ExtractorLittle MikeyPixar BallA113Pizza Planet Truck
See Also
Monsters, Inc.: Laugh FactoryThe Art of Monsters, Inc.Monsters (Original Treatment)Monsters, Inc. 2 (Circle 7 Screenplay)The Art of Monsters UniversityThe Science Behind PixarPixar in a BoxOozma KappaRoar Omega RoarJaws Theta ChiSlugma Slugma KappaEta Hiss HissPython Nu KappaScare Games
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