A Guide to Monsters University's New Characters

Pixar's latest feature film, Monsters University, gave us a bunch of brand new characters, in many different shapes, forms and sizes. Here's a look at a few of the best! Warning, minor details/gags included, but there's nothing about the main plot.
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Scott "Squishy" Squibbles 
Oh Squishy. We do love you. So very much. Scott Squibbles is the cute member of Oozma Kappa. He's young and not incredibly smart, but he makes up for that in heart. He's also made of jelly, enhancing just how adorable he is! Brilliantly voiced by Pixar's own Peter Sohn, Squishy is the embodiment of Monsters University's humour.
Best Moment: being pelted with toxic urchins and screaming hilariously, my highlight of the entire film. Or, pulling Sulley in using his fake rope during the Roar's party, that was golden.

Terri and Terry Perry
I loved these two. From the very first squabble, you could tell that they were the kind of Monsters you want at your house. Terri (left) is fun and optimistic, whilst Terry (right) is cynical and disapproving. In my opinion, they get the least focus out of all the Oozmas, but they're still lots of fun, with great voice work from Sean Hayes (Terri) and the tremendous Dave Foley (Terry) - who also voiced Flik in A Bug's Life. I like their narrative though, their ethos "two heads are better than one" is never more accurate than in this literal example.
Best Moment: using their powers of misdirection. Particularly in the second event when distracting the librarian, haha.




Don Carlton
Sweet, bumbling old Don. He's a mature student, so he seems a bit out of place compared to the rest of them. He's also the president of Oozma Kappa, definitely a father figure to the rest of the Oozmas, Squishy in particular. Don too is not the scariest monster on campus, that's for sure, but he's definitely one of the most lovable, oh and he has experience in sales, as you know if you've seen the movie. I love the end of his story, it's cute and funny, reflecting the film nicely.
Don is just an all-round gem.
Best Moment: Using his tentacles to his advantage. I love how he found a unique talent to help himself succeed. He also is hilarious in the toxicity challenge, as you can imagine.




Art
This guy is mad. First off look at his shape, like a purple new-age rainbow. Nutty would be the word I'd use to summarise him. You have to love him though. With his goofy smile, crooked teeth and quirky persona, Art is a sure-fired hit with everyone, especially kids. Did you know he has an extra toe? Not with him of course... 
Wackiness comes in handy in the monster world, as he shows by getting a respectable score in the scare simulator. His acrobatic skills are useful in all of the tasks, he's just generally very fun.
Best Moment: Standing out in the open during Mike's hiding exercise, I laughed for ages!



Sherry Squibbles
The supportive, loud, squeaky, maybe slightly annoying mum of Squishy is the head of the Oozma Kappa household. She may not be an official member, but she cooks, cleans, makes the Oozma's clothes and is their biggest fan. She even gives them lifts in her car, what a lovely mum!
Best Moment: Her constant presence and support at all of the events, particularly the first one!



Johnny Worthington III
The leader of the greatest fraternity on campus (besides Oozma Kappa of course), Roar Omega Roar, Johnny Worthington is extremely confident, bordering on arrogant. Particularly when boasting about his entire teams scaring skills. He never really takes the Oozmas seriously, a fatal mistake, as he'll soon realise. He also has a short  temper, evidenced during the final event of the games, after Randy's turn.
Always surrounded by his fellow cronies, notably the hilarious Chet, he is seen as the coolest kid on campus, that's for sure.
Best Moment: the look on his face at the end of the fifth and final event. I won't give anything away, but that look is absolutely priceless.



Claire Wheeler
The leader of the Greek Council, Claire Wheeler's bored and brooding demeanour is highly entertaining, especially when paired with Brock Pearson, who's even more hilarious than her. Sorry Claire...
She takes dark delight in testing the sororities and fraternities, exhibiting many times throughout the games. Her personality clashes with her counterpart Brock, but together they make a great pairing, meticulously planning the events of the scare games. 
Her voice is monotone, but you shouldn't be fooled by that, she's sarcastic, morosely vibrant and a great creation!
Best Moment: after discovering the results of  the fifth event, she goes wild with joy and screams into the face of the startled Brock Pearson, with absolutely hilarious results.





Brock Pearson
The loudmouthed, enthusiastic and frankly delirious Brock Pearson is one of the funniest and most jovial students on campus. 
He is delighted by the challenges the fraternities and sororities face, showing obvious joy at the dangers of the urchins and that crazy librarian.
His design reflects his strange and distinct personality, with an odd bird like beak and fur, but with cow horns. Strange. As I said earlier when discussing Art, being weird is a good thing in the monster world. Imagine a normal, sane bunch of monsters. It simply wouldn't work, would it?
Those of you fond of the loud and wacky monsters in the previous film, such as Mike Wazowski, will love Brock. He takes it to a whole new level.
Best Moment: before the first event, he just screams the house down and his tone is bed-wettingly funny.



Professor Derek Knight
His role onscreen is not massively important, but this man has trained some of our favourite characters to become the great scarers we know and love today.
He's firm, fair and strict when teaching his classes. Only the very best can succeed in his classes, as only the best can go on to become scarers. 
Professor Knight is influential in the lives of all scare students, Mike and Sulley's especially. He helps Mike to  study harder and learn even more. In a different way does he help Sulley. He, along with Hardscrabble, makes Sulley realise that work is required to succeed and that he cannot just use his name and natural ability to succeed.
Best Moment: making Sulley snap out of his illusion that he doesn't need to work to succeed. It's an important turning point in the film.



Dean Hardscrabble
Finally then, we come to the terrifying Dean Hardscrabble. She puts on a steely and chilling persona, which frightens even the scariest monsters.
She commands absolute authority, which she gains, obviously. This is particularly evident when she arrives at the scaring school, much to the horror of her students.
Whilst she certainly isn't a villain, she proves to be a barrier for both Sulley and Mike during their time at the  scare school.
Her design is great, enhancing her scariness, as is her voice, provided excellently by Helen Mirren. Although her scary outer layer is rubbed away towards the end of the film, revealing something much different.
Best Moment: her speech to Mike and Sulley at the end of the film:  "keep surprisng people Mr Wazowski".