Henry J. Waternoose, III

""I'll kidnap a thousand children before I let this company die and I'll silence anyone who gets in my way!""

- ~Mr. Waternoose (shortly before his downfall)



Henry J. Waternoose III, more commonly known as "Mr. Waternoose", was one of the main antagonists in the movie, Monsters, Inc.. He was the CEO of the company, Monsters, Inc. (also called "M.I.").

Mr. Waternoose schemed with Randall to kidnap children to test his new machine to rescue his failing company. He was voiced by the late James Coburn.

Company
Monsters, Inc. is an inherited company that collects screams from children to power the city they live in. The monsters use this technology that whenever a door is put in a machine that clamps it down it becomes activated to a certain door in a part of the world. In the monster world, human screams = power.

Story
Mr. Waternoose was troubled that his company was starting to fail, because more and more kids were not fearing monsters, and therefore, the power used to power the city was being decreased.

When a child was let in or has touched a monster, the door must be shredded, and losing power was no good. Randall agreed that if Sully was put away, he'll help Mr. Waternoose with his power problem. So, Randall worked overtime one day and accidentally left the door to the child he was going to steal.

Sully opened the door, and the girl was let loose.