Passes the Bechdel test
Monsters University
2013. Directed by Dan Scanlon, written by Dan Scanlon and Daniel Gerson and Robert L. Baird.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
36 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 127. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met, they couldn't stand each other. This movie unlocks the door to how Mike and Sully overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
- Released
- 21 Jun 2013
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- G
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 65 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards. 9 wins & 58 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mike 280 lines, man
- Sulley 183 lines, man
- Squishy 67 lines, man
- Don 56 lines, man
- Hardscrabble 50 lines, woman
- Greek Council Vp 37 lines, man
- Professor Knight 35 lines, man
- Johnny 34 lines, man
- Art 32 lines, man
- Greek Council President 30 lines, woman
Full cast, 108 people
- Billy Crystal as Mike (voice)
- John Goodman as Sullivan (voice)
- Steve Buscemi as Randy (voice)
- Helen Mirren as Dean Hardscrabble (voice)
- Peter Sohn as Squishy (voice)
- Joel Murray as Don (voice)
- Sean Hayes as Terri (voice)
- Dave Foley as Terry (voice)
- Charlie Day as Art (voice)
- Alfred Molina as Professor Knight (voice)
- Tyler Labine as Greek Council VP (voice)
- Nathan Fillion as Johnny (voice)
- Aubrey Plaza as Greek Council President (voice)
- Bobby Moynihan as Chet (voice)
- Noah Johnston as Young Mike (voice)
- Julia Sweeney as Ms. Squibbles (voice)
- Bonnie Hunt as Mrs. Graves (voice)
- John Krasinski as Frank McCay (voice)
- Bill Hader as Referee / Slug (voice)
- Beth Behrs as PNK Carrie (voice)
- Bob Peterson as Roz (voice)
- John Ratzenberger as Yeti (voice)
- Lori Alan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Carlos Alazraqui as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jack Angel as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bob Bergen as Additional Voices (voice)
- Gregg Berger as Additional Voices (voice)
- Rodger Bumpass as Additional Voices (voice)
- Neil Campbell as Additional Voices (voice)
- Patrick Carlyle as Additional Voices (voice)
- Sean Conroy as Additional Voices (voice)
- John Cygan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Greg Dykstra as Additional Voices (voice)
- Paul Eiding as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jessica Evans as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bill Farmer as Additional Voices (voice)
- Keith Ferguson as Additional Voices (voice)
- Andy Fischer-Price as Additional Voices (voice)
- Donald Fullilove as Additional Voices (voice)
- Teresa Ganzel as Additional Voices (voice)
- Daniel Gerson as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mike Hanford as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jess Harnell as Additional Voices (voice)
- Brandon Johnson as Additional Voices (voice)
- John Kassir as Additional Voices (voice)
- Elissa Knight as Additional Voices (voice)
- Lindsay Lefler as Additional Voices (voice)
- Dawnn Lewis as Additional Voices (voice)
- Sherry Lynn as Additional Voices (voice)
- Danny Mann as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jason Marsden as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mona Marshall as Additional Voices (voice)
- Tricia McAlpin as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mickie McGowan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Allan McLeod as Additional Voices (voice)
- Alec Medlock as Additional Voices (voice)
- Matthew Mercer as Additional Voices (voice)
- Pam Murphy as Additional Voices (voice)
- David Neher as Additional Voices (voice)
- Laraine Newman as Additional Voices (voice)
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bret Parker as Additional Voices (voice)
- Donovan Patton as Additional Voices (voice)
- Dannah Feinglass Phirman as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jeff Pidgeon as Additional Voices (voice)
- Cristina Pucelli as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jan Rabson as Additional Voices (voice)
- Dan Scanlon as Additional Voices (voice)
- Patrick Seitz as Additional Voices (voice)
- Betsy Sodaro as Additional Voices (voice)
- Joel Spence as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mindy Sterling as Additional Voices (voice)
- Tara Strong as Additional Voices (voice)
- David Theune as Additional Voices (voice)
- Marcia Wallace as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jim Ward as Additional Voices (voice)
- Colette Whitaker as Additional Voices (voice)
- April Winchell as Additional Voices (voice)
- Ava Acres as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Isabella Acres as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Casey Barden as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Ileanna Bravos as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Jack Bright as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Tyree Brown as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Mason Cook as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Makenna Cowgill as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Natalie Jane Dang as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Gage Davenport as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Ethan Louis Samuels DiSalvio as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Clayton Drier as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Tyler Ganus as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Faith Goblirsch as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Montse Hernandez as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Calum John as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Brooke Klinger as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Gia Michailidis as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Nikolas Michailidis as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Madison Rothschild as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Raymond Ochoa as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Marley Pearson as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Alexis Poindexter as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Davin Ransom as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Samantha Sadoff as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Kristen Li as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Joseph John Schirle as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Aramé Scott as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Erica Teeple as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
- Khiara Symone Threets as Additional Children's Voices (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 16% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 127
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 to 15 | 4 | 16 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 to 21 | 6 | 67 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 35 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 7 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 8 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 8 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 16 |
| 37 to 39 | 13 | 30 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 13 | 33 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 46 |
| 49 to 51 | 2 | 39 |
| 52 to 54 | 23 | 104 |
| 55 to 57 | 3 | 33 |
| 58 to 60 | 3 | 37 |
| 61 to 63 | 1 | 30 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 33 |
| 67 to 69 | 6 | 10 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 12 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 13 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 7 |
| 79 to 81 | 5 | 18 |
| 82 to 84 | 5 | 36 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 4 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 4 |
| 97 to 99 | 7 | 23 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 37 |
| 103 to 105 | 5 | 3 |
| 106 to 108 | 4 | 15 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 19 |
| 112 to 114 | 2 | 12 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 5 |
| 118 to 120 | 1 | 7 |
| 121 to 123 | 1 | 29 |
| 124 to 126 | 6 | 25 |
| 127 to 127 | 0 | 2 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
GREEK COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Okay, relax. We have a special guest, the founder of the Games - Dean Hardscrabble! HARDSCRABBLE: Good afternoon. As a student I created these games as a friendly competition. But be prepared: To take home the trophy you must be the most … HARDSCRABBLE: So good luck, and may the best monsters win!
GREEK COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Eta Hiss Hiss! HSS SISTER: Hiss...
GREEK COUNCIL PRESIDENT: We are at the halfway point of the second event, and things are getting interesting. HSS SISTER: Got it! GREEK COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Only two teams left. GREEK COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Who will make it out with their flag and who will be eliminated?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.
125 lines from women, 856 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
36 women and 54 men in the cast. 6 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 1,165.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 177 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,026), men 86% (6,054). Women have 13% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
3
Two men
101
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Dan Scanlon (man)
- Written by
- Daniel Gerson (man), Robert L. Baird (man), Dan Scanlon (man)
- Story by
- Dan Scanlon (man), Daniel Gerson (man), Robert L. Baird (man)
- Produced by
- Kori Rae (woman)
- Shot by
- Matt Aspbury (man), Jean-Claude Kalache (man)
- Edited by
- Greg Snyder (man)
- Music by
- Randy Newman (man)
- Production design by
- Ricky Nierva (man)
- Cast by
- Natalie Lyon (woman), Kevin Reher (man)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
9 women, 18 men, 132 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 14 men, 69 not listed
-
Production
9 women, 6 men, 32 not listed
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Lighting
3 women, 2 men, 31 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 16 men, 7 not listed
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Art
1 women, 10 men, 11 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 9 men, 10 not listed
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Editing
2 women, 5 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 67 on average. Men: 51 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Helen Mirren 67
Men
Peter Sohn 37, Charlie Day 37, Sean Hayes 42, Joel Murray 50, Dave Foley 50, Steve Buscemi 55, John Goodman 60, Alfred Molina 60, Billy Crystal 65
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $200 million
- Box office
- $744 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 127 scenes and 1,165 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
