"It's Coming From Inside the House!" is the fifteenth episode of Monsters at Work. It aired on April 20, 2024, and is the fifth episode of the second season.
Synopsis[]
The Tuskmon family is having a stoop sale, but Tylor struggles to part with his childhood scaring memorabilia.
Plot[]
Val attempts to test her jokester abilities in the testing room, which apparently is so effective that it causes the dummy to literally laugh its head off. Mike and Sulley come by and see what has happened and despite Val believing that she has done something terribly wrong, Mike and Sulley are impressed.
Duncan, still going off his hunch that Tylor is the leaker, has made it his goal to out him. At the Tuskmon household, the family has decided to hold a stoop sale (as opposed to a yard sale), with all the MIFTers coming over to help. The Tuskmons' neighbor, Marilyn and her husband/pet/scarf, Chauncey arrive to look over some of the wares. They take an interest in Tylor's old scare card collection, but Tylor immediately becomes protective of it. Val arrives and decides to help Tylor dig through his things to figure out what he wants to keep.
Bernard continuously argues with his mother Virginia about her currently living with them. Virginia has become suspicious as his claims that she was kicked out for being loud and opinionated. Duncan is able to make him way into the Tuskmon household to find possible evidence of Tylor duplicating the work key, by offering to help Virginia repair the phone, falling head over heels for her in the process.
Val helps Tylor try to figure out what he plans to get rid of and what he plans to keep. It slowly becomes apparent that Tylor mainly wants to keep his scarer memorabilia, implying that he still thinks of his old goal. Val admits that she envies the fact that Tylor has found something he is passionate about while she is still stuck trying to figure out what she wants to do.
After Duncan helps fix the phone, since it turns out to be unplugged, and delusionally gets his heart broken, Virginia once again calls Creaky Oaks and learns that she wasn't kicked out. She yells at Bernard for a straight answer and he reveals that the real reason they took her out the home was because they can no longer afford to have her stay there and that they barely able to afford rent. As Tylor and Val head downstairs to help, Duncan sneaks into Tylor's room, but finds no evidence of any wrongdoing, much to his dismay.
Hearing about his family's financial troubles, Tylor decides to sell his Scarer card collection to Marilyn after she initially showed interest in it, but she only offers $3.16 for it. The rest of the MIFTers pitch in and expand the offer to prove the cards' worth, forcing Marilyn to raise her offer to $1,000. While Tylor is sad to see his cards go, he is happy that the money will be put to good use. In the evening, over dinner, Virginia reveals that she used to be a Scarer until she had Bernard, and that the only thing she was scared of was living with regret. After Val makes a joke, Bernard commends her, reinvigorating her desire to be a jokester.
Tylor still feels concerned for the future and begins to seriously consider his job. Back in his "office", Duncan sobs over not finding any evidence on Tylor and "losing" Virginia.
Cast[]
- Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski
- John Goodman as James P. Sullivan
- Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon
- Mindy Kaling as Val Little
- Henry Winkler as Fritz
- Lucas Neff as Duncan P. Anderson
- Alanna Ubach as Cutter
- Jenifer Lewis as Virginia Tuskmon
- John Ratzenberger as Bernard Tuskmon
- Aisha Tyler as Millie Tuskmon
- Rhys Darby as Roger Rogers
- Stephen Stanton as Needleman and Smitty
- Dee Bradley Baker as Chauncey, Robot Kid, Neighbor Monsters
- Jennifer Coolidge as Marilyn
- Aubrey Matalon as Neighbor Monsters
- Evan Ridpath as Tiny Monster
- Bobs Gannaway as Roto
Trivia[]
- Duncan mentions his dad for the first time in this episode, saying he was emotionally unavailable but still present in his life.
- Virginia states that she was pregnant with Bernard for 11 months. It is unknown if this is the case for all monsters or just her.
- Val reveals that she used to be a yoga instructor, a chainsaw juggler, and a knife seller.
- A poster for Scary Poppins, a parody of the film Mary Poppins, can be seen on Duncan’s evidence board.
- The episode reveals the fate of Terri and Terry Perry: they went on to become great scarers.
- Fritz brings the money he made as a bathroom attendant in C.R.E.E.P. Show to spend at the stoop sale.
- Tylor's room features several callbacks to previous episodes, including his C.R.E.E.P. Show floor pass, and his tropical shirt from Setting the Table.
- Virginia mentions watching Wheel of Misfortune, a parody of the game show Wheel of Fortune.
- This was previously parodied in The Ghost and Molly McGee episode, “Jinx!” as Squeal of Misfortune. Coincidentally, Virginia’s voice actress, Jenifer Lewis, also voiced Patty in that show.
- Virginia stating that "The only scary thing is living with regret" at the end of the episode might also be a nod to Patty's "no regerts" motto from the aforementioned show's episode "The Bad Boy Bobby Daniels".
- This was previously parodied in The Ghost and Molly McGee episode, “Jinx!” as Squeal of Misfortune. Coincidentally, Virginia’s voice actress, Jenifer Lewis, also voiced Patty in that show.
- Creaking Acres, the retirement home that Virginia lived in, could potentially be a homage to Shady Oaks Retirement Village in Up.
- The lamp for sale resembles a monster leg in see-through stockings. This is a reference to the iconic leg lamp from A Christmas Story.
- Among the items for sale is a tea set that resembles Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast and the beach ball from “Setting the Table”.
