Pixar Animation Studios was founded as a corporation, setting the stage for future innovative animation projects.
Pixar officially announced the development of Monsters, Inc., a new animated feature film.
Monsters, Inc., the animated comedy film by Pixar, was released in theaters.
The home video (DVD) version of Monsters, Inc. became available for purchase, increasing accessibility to the film.
Pixar announced the development of Monsters University, a prequel to Monsters, Inc.
The prequel to Monsters, Inc., titled Monsters University, was released.
Monsters, Inc. is founded as the primary energy company in Monstropolis, using children's screams to generate power.
A human child called Boo accidentally enters Monstropolis, disrupting the monster world and complicating daily scream operations.
James P. Sullivan (Sulley) bonds with Boo and decides to protect her instead of scaring her away.
Sulley and Mike devise a plan to return Boo safely back to the human world while avoiding detection by other monsters.
Randall Boggs reveals his scheme to use a scream-extracting machine to increase scream energy production for personal gain.
Sulley exposes Randall's plot, and Mushrooms replace screams as the primary energy source for Monstropolis, ending child scaring.
