U-F-UH-OH!
Moments pages are Spoilers Off. You Have Been Warned.
- The film starts out with two guys at the observing station not doing anything relating to observation. Then they then panic when they detect a meteor, with one of them stating they only took the job thinking he wouldn't have to do anything.
- After detecting the meteor heading toward Modesto, one of the men calls the main station and tells them that "they have a code Nimoy"
- While entering the wedding, Susan is greeted by her mother-in-law, Mama Dietl, then soon realizes one of her thumbs is shorter.Mama Dietl: One thumb's shorter than the other; It runs in the family.
Susan: ...Derek doesn't have that.
Mama Dietl: It skips a generation. Your kids are gonna have it! *cackles* - Susan's wedding is interrupted when she starts growing, leading to a lot of chaos:
- As soon as Susan started growing, the priest pulls out his phone and says to "give him the government" as he pushes the piano lady and jumps out the window
- Even in the midst of her transformation, Susan still tries to calm the panicking guests:
"Wait! Wait, everybody! It's OK! Have some champagne while we're figuring this out!"- Mama Dietl tries to open the church door but her thumb is too short to get it open.
"THUMBS! THHUUUUUMMBS!!"- As government agents swarm Susan, one of them pulls out a large tranquilizer syringe and shoots her with it. Susan removes it and proceeds to throw it at a random soldier, who screams in pain.
- Susan meeting the other monsters:
- Susan's first meets Dr. Cockroach, arguably the most level headed of them at that point. She tries to squish him with a spoon, to which he responds with this.
Dr. Cockroach: Whatever Mad Scientist made you, he REALLY went all out. (falls splat on his face)- During her first meeting with B.O.B, Dr. Cockroach makes a point that B.O.B literally has no brain, with B.O.B suddenly forgetting how to breathe. Dr. Cockroach corrects him on how to breathe.
- Link is quite interested in fighting Susan, with him showing off his karate moves before breaking his bones and collapsing.
- This scene:
Cockroach: Might we ask your name?
Susan: (flatly) Susan.
B.O.B.: No, no, your monster name! You know, when people see you coming down the street? "LOOK OUT! Here comes—?" (looks expectantly at Susan)
Susan: (still flatly) Susan.
B.O.B. (awkward pause) Suuuuuuusaaaaan! Ooh, I just scared myself!- During "eat time", Dr. Cockroach is quite disgusted by Link's fish diet...but then he gets excited when he is given garbage as food. B.O.B's meal is a large ham, which he dissolves in himself.
- The President trying to communicate with the alien probe by playing the five note tune used to greet the aliens from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. And when that doesn't work, he tries "Axel F
". The baffled faces of the nearby soldiers, in contrast to the stoic Secret Service agents, make it even funnier. They even bob their heads to the beat! - The President pausing to fire at the giant robot with a pistol, when heavy artillery has been completely useless.President: Eat lead, alien robot!
(The president unloads a full clip, cue off-screen gulping sounds)
President: ...evidently they eat lead. Huh. (gets dragged off by the Secret Service) You all saw that, I'm brave! I am a brave president! - The meeting room used in the aftermath of the probe landing is so secure that it includes a scanner for entrants' eye, hand, foot, mouth, each elbow, and butt.
- During the meeting, the President decides to get a latte but is soon stopped by his co-workers stating that the button next to it launches all the nuclear missiles. He asks who designed such a contraption, to which one of his men responds with "You did, sir". The President's response? "Fair enough..."
- Throughout General Monger's talk about monsters, there is a woman (Ms. Ronson) who screams upon seeing an image of them and by the time Monger introduces B.O.B, Monger orders his men to throw her out the window. When he introduces Susan, the scream is heard again...but this time it was the President who did it.
- After a failed attempt of at getting Susan back to her normal size, Link emphasizes that no monsters are ever getting out. Until...Monger: Good news Monsters! You're getting out!
Link: Until today. - During their attempted confrontation with the robot, poor B.O.B ends up getting stepped on by it. Being made of goo, he is mostly unfazed by the whole thing. He even attempts to eat hot dogs before getting stepped on again.
- During the fight with the giant robot, Susan's enormous size and strength make her invaluable for engaging the robot and protecting the innocent bystanders on the Golden Gate Bridge. The rest of the monsters just look on in awe as she struggles to multitask fighting a large threat and saving lives.Susan: [Struggles to fend off a giant robot hand, maintain her footing on the crumbling bridge, and keep bystanders from falling off]B.O.B.: Wow... You're doing great!Susan: I'm doing EVERYTHING!
- The scene where Susan tells B.O.B. to get the people off the bridge. Cue B.O.B. grabbing the nearest car so he can chuck it off the bridge. Susan thankfully corrects him.
- The party scene after the robot's defeat is chock-full of hilarious moments:
- Link tries to be the life of the party and get everyone to hang out with him. During this, Link tells Insectosaurus that she's killing it. Cue the enormous Insectosaurus dancing on the tiny backyard while a car alarm blares in the background.
- Link attempts to swim at the pool by jumping on a diving board, but then landing on the diving board and falling into the water.
- B.O.B attempts to flirt with a piece of Jello on a table. This is later brought up again when he think the Jello gave him a fake number and how he's "dumping Dereck" in favor of the Jello.
- Everyone at the party, including Susan's parents, is rather on-edge being with the monsters. They then see Dr. Cockroach trying to make an "Atomic Gin Fizz", which explodes, leaving everyone with an Ash Face.
- Link emerges from the pool with chlorine in his eyes. At this point everyone is terrified and soon all of them just run away.
- Gallaxhar's recounting of his origin, including the destruction of his planet. As it's told while he's going through the cloning machine, it cuts him off every few seconds. Because he doesn't seem to realize this, we're treated to a few random details that are downright hilarious, starting with a horrible secret from his parents, encountering a giant (blank) after leaving home, being married to someone, and then having marital trouble. By that point, he's decided that Susan knows too much, completely missing the look of utter confusion on her face.Gallaxhar: And I was all "no way", and she was all "yes way", and I was all- *slam*
- In an attempt to save Susan from Gallaxhar, the Monsters decide to dress up as his clones (by B.O.B's suggestion). Somehow, this works. Up until, Dr. Cockroach accidently shoots one of the clones.
- In a mid-credits scene, the President presses the wrong button whule getting the general a cup of coffee.
- President: Time to wave the white flag and head for the bunker, boys! Let's check on the situation in 500 years. (to the audience) Who wants to freeze my head?
