History Comicbook / TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1995) began as Creator/FrankMiller's and Creator/GeofDarrow's much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented ''Hard Boiled''. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Manga/AstroBoy''. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavestheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]]. The comic was adapted into a [[WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot cartoon]] that ran from 1999 to 2000.

* LargeHam: The monster: "Sweating, Squealing, simpering, screaming rodents! You are doomed!"
** Big Guy himself "I brought you some Candy!"

** Big Guy himself "I Brought you some Candy!"

* {{Expy}}: The monster to Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, Rusty to Manga/AstroBoy and Big Guy to IronMan and {{Gigantor}}.

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1995) began as {{Frank Miller}}'s and {{Geof Darrow}}'s much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented ''Hard Boiled''. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Manga/AstroBoy''. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavestheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]]. The comic was adapted into a [[WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot cartoon]] that ran from 1999 to 2000.

* NighInvulnerability: The monster ''cannot'' be destroyed through [[ImmuneToBullets conventional weaponry]]. Its [[HealingFactor regeneration abilities]] are too great. Even [[BoomHeadshot blowing up its head]] does nothing. Only a direct-hit from a [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear warhead]] will atomize the demon, preventing its return.

** Also, what the demon monster vows to do to the pilot of Big Guy [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu after he rebukes him as his god]], by imprisoning him within an agonizing malformed shell of his own robotic suit for all eternity. Adverted, [[LifeOrLimbDecision after he severs off his own infection arm and vanquishes the malevolent abomination]].

* {{Homage}}: [[Creator/CraigMcCracken's WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls features a ShoutOut episode with the girls trying, and failing, to stop a parody of the same giant dinosaur-like monster.

* {{Homage}}: [[Creator/CraigMcCracken Craig McCracken's WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls features a ShoutOut episode with the girls trying, and failing, to stop a parody of the same giant dinosaur-like monster.

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1995) began as {{Frank Miller}}'s and {{Geof Darrow}}'s much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented ''Hard Boiled''. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Manga/AstroBoy''. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavestheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]].

* SelfParody: What the comic surprisingly delivers in the end pages presented in the form of "[[{{Satire}} non-existent future issues"]] where Big Guy goes up against the [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness invading Moon Pig]], Captain Chernobyl [[GoingCritical going into critical meltdown]], and Dr.Zor a giant dinosaur hilariously [[LetHimChoose wanting to win a child custody case for his son, a human baby]].

* NighInvulnerability: The monster ''cannot'' be destroyed through conventional weaponry. Its [[HealingFactor regeneration abilities]] are too great. Even [[BoomHeadshot blowing up its head]] does nothing. Only a direct-hit from a [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear warhead]] will atomize the demon, preventing its return.

* AmericanRobot: Big Guy is a [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] example of this.

* EldritchAbomination: Apparently the dinosaurs were all actually examples of this.

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1995) began as {{Frank Miller}}'s and {{Geof Darrow}}'s much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented Hard Boiled. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Manga/AstroBoy''. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavestheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]].

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1995) began as {{Frank Miller}}'s and {{Geof Darrow}}'s much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented Hard Boiled. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Manga/AstroBoy''. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat it; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavestheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]].

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1995) began as {{Frank Miller}}'s and {{Geof Darrow}}'s much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented Hard Boiled. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, {{Godzilla}} and Manga/AstroBoy. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat it; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavestheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]].

* {{Expy}}: The monster to {{Godzilla}}, Rusty to Manga/AstroBoy and Big Guy to IronMan and {{Gigantor}}.

* {{Expy}}: The monster to {{Godzilla}}, Rusty to Manga/AstroBoy and Big Guy to IronMan.

* GeorgeLucasThrowback

* GenericEvilOrganizationSquad: The Legion Ex Machina.

* SlaveToPR: Big Guy is actually a piloted mecha, but for publicity reasons the populace (and Rusty) is led to believe he's a giant robot.

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' began as {{Frank Miller}}'s and {{Geof Darrow}}'s much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented Hard Boiled. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, {{Godzilla}} and Manga/AstroBoy. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat it; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavestheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]].

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' began as {{Frank Miller}}'s and {{Geof Darrow}}'s much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented Hard Boiled. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, {{Godzilla}} and {{Astroboy}}. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat it; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavestheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]].

* {{Expy}}: The monster to {{Godzilla}}, Rusty to AstroBoy and Big Guy to IronMan.

* {{Crossover}}: With {{Madman}}, the main characters also make an appearance in a [[MushroomSamba hallucination]] in SinCity.