History Film / TheAmazingColossalMan

** The heart is but a ''single'' cell? They probably got the "single cell" thing from the fact that heart muscle is ''syncytial'', which means that its cells are not separated by membranes.

* SarcasticConfession: When a truck driver asks what all the food he's delivering is ''really'' for, the sentry says it's for the giant living in the circus tent over there.

* CassandraTruth: A truck driver delivering large quantities of food to the military base where Glenn Manning is being housed asks why the base suddenly needs all the extra food. The guard on duty finally admits it's for the 30-foot giant living on the base. The driver replies with a sarcastic "Sure you do" and drives off.

* ArtisticLicenseGeology: "The river below that dam [where Glenn fell at the climax of the previous film] is a mile deep in some places." Uh, no it isn't.

* TechnicolorDeath: Glenn death, literally, as the otherwise black and white film suddenly gets color as he grabs electric lines to kill himself.

-->'''Glenn:''' [reading newspaper] "Man Lives Through Plutonium Blast" [laughs cynically] They call THIS living?

* MonumentalBattle: The climax happens atop Hoover Dam, Glenn also destroys a few famous (circa 1950s) pieces of the Vegas Strip along the way.

* NewscasterCameo: The reporter for TV station KTLA in the sequel was Stan Chambers, an actual KTLA reporter.

* AsHimself: The reporter for TV station KTLA in the sequel was Stan Chambers, an actual KTLA reporter.

* TheUnintelligible: Before the endoing, all Glenn can say is "Uhhhhhhhhh".

->''What sin could a man commit in a single lifetime to bring'' this '' upon himself?''\\
-- '''Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning'''

* DyingAsYourself: Glenn finally remembers who he is and who Joyce is before being DrivenToSuicide.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Attempted to restore Glenn's memory in the sequel.

* NightmareFace: There's no other way to describe Glenn's face in the second film...
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Glenn in the sequel.

* RealPlaceBackground: The sequel's finale is set in LA's Griffith Park.

* SeriesContinuityError: Several details of the sequel blatantly contradict the events of the original film. Likely in the days before home video, they were hoping no one caught this.
** It's claimed [[FindTheCure the serum developed in the first film]] only stopped Glenn's growth, but wouldn't shrink him back. In fact, the serum was shown capable of shrinking even animals without abnormal factors altering their growth.
*** Perhaps the serum can shrink animals without abnormal growth factors, but can't shrink Glenn ''because'' [[FridgeBrilliance it's being counteracted by his abnormal growth, causing an uneasy stasis wherein both the growth and the shrinking are stymied by each other and he remains the same size.]]
** Glenn's sister is a major character in the second film, but when his fiancee is asked about Glenn's family in the first film, she states that she herself is all he has.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Glenn's devoted and loyal sister Joyce [[RememberTheNewGuy who never appeared in the original film]] is a lot like Carol, his devoted and loyal fiancee who [[BrotherChuck never appeared in the sequel]].

* TechnicolorDeath: Glenn in the sequel, literally.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Every trailer for ''War Of the Colossal Beast'' shows the TechnicolorDeath MoneyShot of Glenn getting fried.
* TwoFaced: In ''War of the Colossal Beast'', half of Glenn's face has been left as exposed bone with an empty eye socket. [[TheNthDoctor This was a perfect excuse to cast another actor as Glenn.]]
* TheUnintelligible: All Glenn can say in the sequel is, "Uhhhhhhhhh".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The audience never DID learn where that doomed pilot (the one Glenn was trying to rescue) came from in the first place, though one character speculates they were vaporized.

Sure enough, his burns are miraculously healed the next day; and soon after that Glenn's fiancee learns he's been spirited away from his original hospital to an abandoned medical facility in the desert. Traveling there, she does eventually learn that [[ILoveNuclearPower exposure to the bomb]] has caused Glenn's body to grow out of control and he's become a giant. And, he's continuing to grow at an alarming rate. Even worse, [[YouFailBiologyForever since his heart's a single cell]], it's not keeping up with the rest of him, causing fainting spells, chest pain, the risk of eventual death... oh, and mental trauma on top of the obvious problems of being fifty feet tall.

* YouFailBiologyForever:

* TheDanza: Glenn Langan as Glenn Manning.

** Glenn's fiance was a major character in the first film, but when Carol is asked about Glenn's family in the first film, she states that she herself is all he has.

* YouFailBiologyForever: The heart is but a ''single'' cell? I just... I need to go lie down for a while.
** They probably got the "single cell" thing from the fact that heart muscle is ''syncytial'', which means that its cells are not separated by membranes.
** However, another glaring example is the official explanation for his growth; apparently instead of cellular division, "old cells" are replaced by "new cells" and in Glenn's case the "old cells" are "refusing to die". There's another word for that: cancer.

** In addition, when Carol is asked about Glenn's family in the first film, she states that she herself is all he has. Likely in the days before home video, they were hoping no one caught this.

* TooDumbToLive: Let's go over this again. Glenn ''runs into the test site of an experimental new bomb'', shortly after the bomb has been triggered but has not detonated yet, against the direct orders of his superior officer AND any and all common sense, to try to rescue a downed airplane pilot who didn't respond to radio, has given no indication or clue that he is alive (or, thanks to Bert I. Gordon's classic off-camera style, even exists), and is most likely dead by now.
** GoodIsDumb: Well, he had good intentions...

* TwoFaced: In ''War of the Colossal Beast'', half of Glenn's face has been left as exposed bone with an empty eye socket.
** TheOtherDarrin: This was a perfect excuse to cast another actor as Glenn.

* TheAdjectivalSuperhero

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever

* ILoveNuclearPower

Sure enough, his burns are miraculously healed the next day; and soon after that Glenn's fiancee learns he's been spirited away from his original hospital to an abandoned medical facility in the desert. Traveling there, she does eventually learn that, [[ILoveNuclearPower exposure to the bomb]] has caused Glenn's body to grow out of control and he's become a giant. And, he's continuing to grow at an alarming rate. Even worse, [[YouFailBiologyForever since his heart's a single cell]], it's not keeping up with the rest of him, causing fainting spells, chest pain, the risk of eventual death... oh, and mental trauma on top of the obvious problems of being fifty feet tall.

* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: The soldier in charge of the team waiting to be exposed to the fallout of the bomb (don't you just love the fifties' callous disregard for safety?) explains that they can't tell when the bomb will explode because they have to "wait for the nuclear reaction to cool off." Clearly the writers had no concept of critical mass.