The short got rated PG, unlike other media related to Monstres & Cie (2001) and Monstres Academy (2013), due to some reckless behavior going on. This is also the first Pixar or Disney-related short to be rated PG since Le Lapin Looping (1990).
Was originally set to accompany Disney Pixar's Le Voyage d'Arlo (2015) back when it was set to come out in May of 2014, but after the film's release was changed to 18 months later, when it ended up accompanying Opération Muppets (2014) instead.
This short was initially considered as a bonus feature for the Monsters University (2013) DVD, but the decision was later made to release the short theatrically.