QIf adult screams can yield so much energy, why doesn't Monsters Inc. try to harvest screams from adults during an energy crisis?
AProbably because they can't risk exposing the Monster world to humans. The reason why they scare children is because it generates sufficient energy. When children tell their parents about seeing monsters in their bedroom, the parents simply attribute this to children's imagination. However, scaring adults with high frequency will lead to investigations of the phenomenon, which will almost certainly lead to the humans discovering the Monster world. Mike and Sulley only did it because they had no choice; there was no other door back to Monster's University and staying in the human world any longer would only increase the risk of them getting caught. Also, if children are considered to be toxic and potentially dangerous, then adults, who are much faster and aggressive, would be considered an unacceptable biohazard.
QIn the first movie, Mike tells Sully, "You've been jealous of my good looks since the fourth grade." How is that possible if they didn't meet until college?
AThe directors were aware of that line, and they tried out several scenes in which Mike and Sully first met in grade school, and then reunited in college. Everything they tried just distracted from the story they were trying to tell. So, on the advice of studio head John Lasseter, they dropped any attempt at explanation, and hoped that viewers wouldn't remember that line, or they would assume that Mike was speaking metaphorically (You've been jealous of my good looks for a long time). In a recent interview, the creators of Monsters University stated that "... since the fourth grade" is a typical phrase used by Monsters. The joke in this case would be that Mike is saying that Sulley has been jealous of his looks for a long time.
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