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Directed by [[Brad Bird]] (who was one of the original writers of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' and would later move on to work for [[Pixar]]), ''The Iron Giant'' is a critically-acclaimed animated film from [[Warner Bros]], based on Ted Hughes' novel ''The Iron Man'' ([[Iron Man|not to be confused with ''that'' one]]). It is about a giant robot (the eponymous Giant) who falls to Earth in [[The Fifties|1957]], and a boy named Hogarth who befriends him. Hogarth tries to hide the Giant from the public (particularly due to [[Cold War]]-era paranoia), especially a persistent government agent named [[Big Bad|Kent Mansley]]. But the Giant has a very mysterious past of his own, and if things get out, the Cold War may just go hot...

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** This would probably fall under [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dean

{{quote| '''Hogarth (after drinking coffee):''' [[Motor Mouth|So she moved me up a grade 'cause I wasn't fitting in, so now I'm even more not fitting in, I was getting good grades, you know, like all A's, so my mom says, "you need stimulation," and I go, "no, I'm stimulated enough right now!"]]<br />

{{quote|'''Hogarth (after drinking coffee):''' [[Motor Mouth|So she moved me up a grade 'cause I wasn't fitting in, so now I'm even more not fitting in, I was getting good grades, you know, like all A's, so my mom says, "you need stimulation," and I go, "no, I'm stimulated enough right now!"]]<br />

'''Dean:''' That's for sure. }}

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Electric power stations don't have master on/off switches. Probably justified by [[Rule of Drama]]--Hogarth and the Giant have to meet and bond, after all.

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* [[More Dakka]]: {{spoiler|The Giant.}}

* [[Motor Mouth]]: Hogarth, twice - once in the scene where he has an espresso and the other when the Giant's hand flushes the toilet upstairs and he says: "Gottausethebathroom".

{{quote| "So she says, 'No, you need a challenge.' Well, I'm challenged, all right; ''I'm challenged to hold on to my lunch money'' because of all the big mooses who wanna pound me because I am a shrimpy dork who thinks he's smarter than them. But I DON'T think I'm smarter--I just do the stinkin' homework! If everyone ''just did the stinkin' homework'', theycouldmoveupagradeandgetpoundedtooyougotanymorecoffee?"}}

{{quote|"So she says, 'No, you need a challenge.' Well, I'm challenged, all right; ''I'm challenged to hold on to my lunch money'' because of all the big mooses who wanna pound me because I am a shrimpy dork who thinks he's smarter than them. But I DON'T think I'm smarter--I just do the stinkin' homework! If everyone ''just did the stinkin' homework'', theycouldmoveupagradeandgetpoundedtooyougotanymorecoffee?"}}

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Dean, the handsome artistically inclined beatnik with the voice of Harry Connick Jr.

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Very bluntly averted, almost defied.

{{quote| '''Mansley:''' You mean... we're all going...~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Mansley:''' You mean... we're all going...

'''Rogard:''' To ''die'', Mansley. ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|For our country]]''. }}

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: From a certain point of view since Mansely did have good intentions. {{spoiler|But he panics and nearly brings nuclear death on the area}}. Rogard puts its bluntly...

{{quote| '''Rogard:''' That missile is targeted to the giant's current position! ''Where's the giant, Mansley?!'' }}

{{quote|'''Rogard:''' That missile is targeted to the giant's current position! ''Where's the giant, Mansley?!'' }}

* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted to great effect, though still tastefully, when Hogarth gives Mansley a large dose of laxative.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: "Do you remember the raccoon, Hogarth? (shudder) ''I'' remember the raccoon."

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** The Western that General Rogard was watching when Mansley was contacting him was the exact same one the Dalmatian puppies were watching in Disney's ''[[101 Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''.

** The "scary movie" that Hogarth was watching was a shout out to the cheesy sci-fi movies of the fifties (more specifically, ''The Brain from Planet Arous'').

** Likewise, one of the weapons on the Iron Giant {{spoiler|when he goes berserk in vengeance for the apparent death of Hogarth}} heavily resembles the cannons utilized by the Martians in ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Especially regarding cars, architecture, pop culture, and clothing styles of the 1950's.