Henry J. Waternoose III
Voiced/Portrayed by
James Coburn
Studio Origin
Pixar Animation Studios
Occupation
CEO of Monsters Inc. (formerly) Partner-in-crime Criminal
Personality
Former personality : Kind, helpful, protective, caring, fatherly, timid, proud, pragmatic, gentle, handsome, determined, thoughtful, friendly, wise, intelligent, good, calm, sophisticated, compassionate, well-mannered, affable, joyful, boisterous, honest, truthful, grandfatherlyCurrent personality : Wicked, cruel, dark, sinister, corrupt, paranoid, devious, short-tempered, manipulative, brutal, egoistical, greedy, stubborn, unsympathetic, villainous, deceptive, mean, unscrupulous, pragmatic, tragic, violent, ruthless, raging, sociopathic, xenophobic, cunning, cowardly, unsympathetic, cynical, amoral, bad, grumpy, determined, impatient, well-intentioned, joyful, boisterous, selfish, despicable, uppity, bitter, rude, ambitious, abusive, sarcastic, power-hungry, evil, greedy, intimidating, traitorous, strict, obsessive, cold-hearted, failure-intolerant, sophisticated, charismatic, delusional, cold, tyranny, scarstily, dominant
Alignment
Good; later Neutral/Bad
Loves/Likes
Scream power, energy in high supply, his job, getting what he wants, Sulley (formerly), listening to Randall's orders, Sulley's roar (formerly), wants his company to be rich, rope play, kids being toxic and deadly and no kids laughter and to kidnapped children
Hates/Dislikes
Energy being in short supply, Boo, kids not fearing monsters, Sulley interfering with his plans, Sulley (currently), humans, Randall not respecting his requests, not getting what he wants, the energy crisis, getting his company destroyed, getting arrested, not his wanting to loose the money of his company, disobedient slaves, kids not being toxic and laughter and not to kidnapped children
Goal
Stop the energy crisis and save his company from being shut down by any means necessary, even kidnapping several children and torturing them via the Scream Extractor.
To prevent Sulley and Mike from reaching Boo into her door while get revenge on themWants his company to be rich (all failed).
Fate
Gets arrested by the CDA for threatening to capture more children and loses his company to Sulley
Relatives
Henry J. Waternoose (grandfather) Henry J. Waternoose II (father)
Affiliations
Monsters, Inc. franchise
Qoute
"There is nothing more toxic or deadly than a human child! A single touch could kill you!" "I know, I know... It's yours!" "I'll kidnap a thousand children before I let this company die, and I'll silence ANYONE who gets in my way!" "But-but-but how-how did... how did-?" "What are you doing? Take your hands off me! You can't arrest me. I hope you're happy, Sullivan, you've destroyed this company; Monsters Incorporated is dead! Where will everyone get their screams now? The energy crisis will only get worse because of YOU!!!" (his last words in the film)
Henry J. Waternoose III is the overarching antagonist of the Disney's Monsters, Inc. franchise. He serves as one of the two main antagonists of Disney•Pixar's 2001 animated film Monsters, Inc. and a minor character in Monsters University and Monsters at Work .
As the third generation CEO of Monsters, Incorporated, Waternoose devoted his life to ensuring the growth and stability of his company. When Monstropolis falls victim to a widespread energy crisis spearheaded by diminishing returns, Waternoose makes a desperate attempt to save his company by formulating a conspiracy with Randall Boggs that places human children in danger.