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3''Party Central'' is a 2013 [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Pixar short]] that takes place after the events of the film ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity''.
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5It's Rush Week at Monsters University, and Oozma Kappa's party has dismal turnout. However, Mike and Sulley, who are visiting the campus, had to foresight to bring over a useful tool: working doors! Using the doors, they devise a plan to steal everything from Roar Omega Roar's party and bring it there, disturbing a human family in the process. Little does Oozma Kappa know how insane the party of their lifetime can actually get.
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7It was first shown at the D23 Expo on August 9, 2013. Originally intended to be screened in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' when it had a Summer 2014 release date, the film's delay to the following year caused to short to be played in front of the theatrical release of ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' instead.
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9!!''Party Central'' contains examples of:
10* BaitAndSwitch: Squishy's mother, Sheri, interrupts the frat party, angry at Scott Sebastian Squibbles for it. We're led to believe it was because of the party... but then Sheri notices the door station and asks if they were door-jamming, to which Squishy is left confusedly wondering about.
11* CanCrushingCranium: Percy Boleslaw crushes a can with his skull, and then eats the can.
12* CodeName: While Oozma Kappa is using walkie-talkies to execute their party heist, Mike is called 'Beach Ball', Sulley is 'Throw Rug' and Art is 'Fuzzy Rainbow'.
13* DescriptionCut: At the beginning of the short, the Oozma Kappa brothers are disappointed that nobody's come to their party.
14-->'''Squishy:''' This is gonna be the worst night of our lives.\
15''[Mike and Sulley burst in]''\
16'''Mike:''' This is gonna be the best night of our lives!
17* FullNameUltimatum: Sheri yells at Squishy using his full name... for not inviting her to Oozma Kappa's frat party.
18* PortalNetwork: Mike and Sulley smuggle two doors from Monsters, Inc. to bring the party at Roar Omega Roar to Oozma Kappa. The partygoers go through a human couple's bedroom, who are occasionally woken by the noise.
19* TheStinger: The husband and wife head to their son's bedroom, asking Timmy if they can sleep with him for the night, having seen monsters in their closet (with one of the monsters door-jamming through their room as they cheer her on).
20-->'''Timmy:''' That's what I've been trying to tell you!
21* TitleDrop: Sully and Mike both mention the short's name.
22** First, Sulley initiates the operation to steal Roar Omega Roar's party.
23--->'''Sulley:''' Operation Party Central is a go.
24** Mike welcomes three monsters to Oozma Kappa's frat party.
25--->'''Mike:''' Welcome to Party Central!
26* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: To get three monsters to come to Oozma Kappa's party, Art leaves a trail of pizza from Roar Omega Roar's party and through the couple's bedroom. The loud gobbling noises the three monsters make makes the wife think the husband is snoring.
27* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: Johnny finally appears in the Roar Omega Roar party... only to find it empty [[spoiler:because Oozma Kappa brought everybody to theirs. Even Chet has crossed over to the OK party]].
28* WackyFratboyHijinks: Expected for a frat party, with tons of dancing, eating, and crazy stunts.
29* WrongNameOutburst: Parodied; Art tells one monster that he saw his girlfriend making out with someone else in the closet, and as he runs through the humans' room shouting "Janelle, baby!", the wife gets up and asks her husband "Who's Janelle?"

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