10 Ways the Catholic Church is Like Monsters, Incorporated

Honestly, you could probably apply this list to most religions, but the Catholic Church is the most obvious fit. Fortunately, Pixar chose to end their film on a positive note, where Monsters, Incorporated changed dramatically, instilling progress and change upon new discoveries and facts; we can only hope the same will happen to the church someday as well.

10. The Title

While the church isn’t directly called “Monsters, Incorporated,” the acts that it commits—or allows to be committed—and the protection that it receives, coupled with its own city and laws, makes the title pretty accurate.

9. Control

All of the power in Monstropolis—both literally and figuratively—is at the company, just like the power of Vatican City (and sooo many others) lies within the Catholic Church.

8. Fear of the Unknown

Just as monsters fear and avoid children and their toys, the church fears and avoids—and attempts to control—everything it doesn’t understand, especially same-sex relationships.  

7. Minimized Role of Women

In Monsters, Inc. the highest ranked woman (within the actual company) is a secretary. In the Catholic church, it’s egg-bearer. Sure, there are exceptions, but isn’t a woman’s primary duty to pop out as many kids as possible until her uterus dries up or she dies, whichever comes first? Which leads us to…

6. Need for As Many Kids As Possible

Monsters need scream. Catholics need members for God’s army.

5. Big Scams and Cover-Ups

Mr. Waternoose, the head at Monsters, Inc., does a damn good job of covering up scandals in his company while still ensuring that the scandals themselves can continue unpunished. In fact, he’s behind them himself. If it were any other company—just as if the Catholic Church were any other business or organization—there would be massive court cases and lots of jail time… which leads us to number four.

4. Child Abuse

Sure, one is kidnapping kids to steal their screams and the other is actual sexual abuse, but they’re both bound to scar a young mind for life.

3. Creepy Leaders

I honestly couldn’t say which one scares me more:

2. Condemnation of Facts and Science

Kids being able to use laser vision and mind control, Adam and Eve being able to ride dinosaurs, toys being toxic, condoms and evolution being toxic… it’s all the same, really.

1. Use of Fear to Indoctrinate

“We scare because we care” could easily apply to the Bible.