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Monsters, Inc.

Two films and a series, and the series attaches to the first film's last scene rather than to the prequel.

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Where to start with Monsters, Inc.

Only three things here, but the order genuinely is not release order, because the series attaches to the end of the first film while the second film is a prequel.

  1. 1
    Monsters, Inc. (2001) Monsters, Inc.

    Complete on its own, and its final scene is what everything else in the franchise is built around. Nothing before it.

  2. 2
    Monsters at Work, season 1 Monsters at Work

    Starts the day after the first film ends, with the company converting from screams to laughter overnight. It is a real continuation, not a loose spin-off.

  3. 3
    Monsters University (2013) Monsters University

    A prequel about Mike and Sulley meeting at university, where they start out as rivals rather than friends. It spoils nothing, so it can go here or first.

Then what? The second season of Monsters at Work follows the first. Monsters University is the only piece you can move freely, because the first film never claims the two of them met as adults. What does not work is watching the series after the prequel and treating it as a continuation of that film, because it is not.

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