Monsters University (2013)

Helen Mirren: Dean Hardscrabble

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• Dean Hardscrabble : It's my job to make great students greater, not make mediocre students less mediocre.

• Dean Hardscrabble : You two have managed to accomplish something together no one ever has: you surprised me.

• Sulley : [to Mike, as he leaves the Campus]  You're not scary. Not even a little bit. But you are fearless, and if Dean Hardscrabble can't see that, then she can just...

  Dean Hardscrabble : [Interrupting]  I can just... what? Careful, Mister Sullivan, I was just starting to warm up to you.

  Sulley : ...sorry.

• Dean Hardscrabble : [Sulley tells Dean Hardscrabble and Professor Knight of how he rigged the Scare Simulator]  You did what?

  Sulley : My team had nothing to do with it. It was all me. I cheated.

  Dean Hardscrabble : I expect you off campus by tomorrow.

  Sulley : [in dismay]  Yes ma'am.

  Dean Hardscrabble : You're a disgrace to this university... and your family name.

• [In the First Challenge of the Scare Games, Mike and Sulley arrive badly stung from the Glowing Purple Urchins at the finish line, just behind the RORs] 

  Chet : Way to blow it, Oozmas!

  Mike Wazowski : Hey, 2nd place ain't bad.

  Greek Council VP : [Jaws Theta Chi arrive behind them, unharmed]  2nd place, Jaws Theta Chi!

  Mike Wazowski : *What*?

  Johnny : Your whole team has to cross the finish line.

  Greek Council VP : 3rd place, EEKs. 4th place, PNKs. 5th place, HSS. And in last place...

  [the rest of Mike and Sulley's team arrive, even more badly stung from the urchins than they are] 

  Greek Council VP : ...Oozma Kappa!

  Greek Council President : [Removing Oozma Kappa's name from the Leaderboard]  Oozma Kappa have been eliminated!

  [Dean Hardscrabble approaches a surprised and upset Mike, smiling] 

  Dean Hardscrabble : Don't look so surprised Mr. Wazowski. It would've taken a miracle for...

  Greek Council VP : Attention everyone, we have an announcement. Jaws Theta Chi have been disqualified.

  [Holds up a tin of Protective Gel that they've been using] 

  Greek Council VP : The use of illegal protective gel is cause for elimination.

  Big Red : What?

  [the referee removes the moisture from George Sanderson's leg, then stabs it with an Urchin, causing it to swell up like a balloon, with George screaming in pain] 

  Greek Council VP : [Removing Jaws Theta Chi from the Leaderboard and adding Oozma Kappa back on]  Which means that Oozma Kappa's back in the games - it's a miracle!

  Dean Hardscrabble : Your luck will run out eventually.

  [Walks away] 

  Mike Wazowski : This is gonna be harder than I thought.

• Dean Hardscrabble : Scariness is the true measure of a monster. If you're not scary, what kind of a monster are you?

• [During the Final Exam of the Scaring Program, Mike and Sulley whilst trying to prove ones better than the other accidentally destroy Dean Hardscrabble's Scream Canister that had been placed up on the stool] 

  Mike Wazowski : I'm so sorry.

  Sulley : It was an accident.

  Dean Hardscrabble : [picking up the destroyed canister]  What, this? My souvenir from a lifetime of scaring? Accidents happen, don't they? The important thing is: no one got hurt.

  Mike Wazowski : You're taking this remarkably well.

• Sulley : [after Oozma Kappa successfully completed the 4th challenge of the Scare Games, in 2nd place]  Hey Dean Hardscrabble. When we get into the Scaring Program, you'll sure be blown away.

  Dean Hardscrabble : [sighs]  Tomorrow, each of you must prove that you are undeniably scary, and I know, for a fact... that one of you is not.

  [points at Mike, Sulley is confused] 

  Sulley : No. He works harder than anyone.

  Dean Hardscrabble : But do you think he scary?

  Sulley : He's the heart and soul of the team!

  Dean Hardscrabble : [repeating herself]  Do you think hes scary?

  [Dean Hardscrabble walks off. Sulley begins to look at Mike, feeling worried about him] 

• Dean Hardscrabble : [after kicking Sulley off the Program]  And, Mr. Wazowski, what you lack is something that cannot be taught. You're not scary. You will not be continuing in the Scare Program.

  Mike Wazowski : Please, let me try the Simulator. I'll surprise you.

  Dean Hardscrabble : Surprise me? I doubt that very much.

• [as Sully and Mikey leave to Compete in the Scare Games with the rest of their team] 

  Dean Hardscrabble : Good luck.

• Dean Hardscrabble : Mr. Sullivan. I am a seven year old boy...

  [Sulley roars before Dean Hardscrabble can finish] 

  Dean Hardscrabble : I wasn't finished.

  Sulley : I don't need to know any of that stuff to scare.

  Dean Hardscrabble : That 'stuff' would've informed you that this particular child is afraid of snakes. So a Roar wouldn't make him scream, it would make him cry, alerting his parents, exposing the monster world, destroying life as we know it. And of course we can't have that. So I cannot recommend that you continue in the Scare Program. Good day.

  Sulley : [confused]  But I'm a Sullivan.

  Dean Hardscrabble : Well then, I'm sure your family will be very disappointed.

  [Johnny and the Rest of the RORs, having been watching nearby, leave the gallery, taking Sulley's ROR Jacket with him] 

• [Dean Hardscrabble has turned off the door to the Human World that Mike and Sulley went into, before they could even get back out] 

  Don : They're still in there.

  Dean Hardscrabble : Until the Authorities arrives, this door stays off.

  Squishy : *No*! You can't do this.

  [he and the others begin to walk over, only to be held back] 

  Dean Hardscrabble : [Raising her wings]  ENOUGH! I WANT THIS ROOM CLEARED NOW!

  [Everyone begins to back away out of the room slowly] 

• [Sulley rushes to the Door Making Lab, where Dean Hardscrabble is with some Campus Security Guards] 

  Dean Hardscrabble : No-one goes near this door until the authorities arrive!

  Squishy : [Sulley gets approached by the Rest of his Team]  James wait, we can help.

  Sulley : Look, it's my fault Mike got into this, so it's up to me to get him out of it.

  Don : Leave it to the old master of sales.

  [Walks up to to Dean Hardscrabble and the Security Guards] 

  Don : Hi there. Don Carlton, Sales Person. How often have you asked yourselves the following question?

  Dean Hardscrabble : Arrest him.

  [the Security Guards press Don up against the wall, allowing the coast to be clear for Sulley to get to the door] 

  MU Security Guard : [to Don]  Up against the wall *Pops*.

  Dean Hardscrabble : [Noticing Sulley]  Sullivan, don't you dare.

  [desperate, Sully enters the door that Mike went through into the Human World] 

• Dean Hardscrabble : [During the Final Exam]  Mr. Wazowski, I'm a 5-year-old girl on a farm in Kansas afraid of lightning. Which scare do you use?

  Mike Wazowski : [confused]  Should I go up on the...?

  Dean Hardscrabble : [impatiently]  Which scare do I use?

  Mike Wazowski : That is a shadow approach with a crackle holler.

  Dean Hardscrabble : Demonstrate.

  [Mike inhales, but Dean Hardscrabble stops him before he can over go up] 

  Dean Hardscrabble : Stop. Thank you.

  Mike Wazowski : I didn't get to sh...

  Dean Hardscrabble : I've seen enough.