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*** Insectosaurus must have ''some'' intelligence, considering it helped the Missing Link cheat at Go Fish against B.O.B. It's at least smart enough to count to three and/or recognize the numbers on cards. Being mesmerized by light is simply the big bug's WeaksauceWeakness, not a sign of mindlessness.
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*** Yeah, even at her size she probably doesn't need as much food as you might think. At 50ft tall she can probably consume, what, maybe 3 cows per day? The average steer will yield about 350 pounds of meat, so for Susan that's roughly 1050 pounds of food daily. To put that in perspective, the Toronto Zoo requires about [[http://torontozoo.com/EducationAndCamps/FeedingAnimals.pdf 1 to 1.5 metric tons of food per day]] to feed their animals. Since they only have one giantess to deal with, keeping her fed wouldn't be too much of a problem.
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** And outside of the freedom they now have, her size doesn't really stop her from all that much. She could still do scientific research (might be easier to in some fields). She could still do physical activities. She can still travel the world. The logistics might be a little more challenging, but certainly nothing completely insurmountable. About the only activities she couldn't do without trouble would be anything that requires actual physical contact with another human being and that's a very small realm. Even something like teaching or going to school could be done via Skype or some such.
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** Because Monsters vs. {{Alien}} would have been confusing.
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** Because Monsters vs. {{Alien}} Franchise/{{Alien}} would have been confusing.
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** An army of alien clones is still more than one alien.
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** I vaguely recall Link or BOB referring to it with female pronouns at some point in the sequel.
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** Feeding and maintaining a 50-foot woman seems pretty trivial given government resources, far easier than, say, running a zoo. What I always wondered was how they managed to dress her while she was unconscious. Mad Science? Lots of cranes?
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** Insectosaurus is a cartoony insect rather than a realistic one. And in cartoon animals, TertiarySexualCharacteristics normally indicate their sex.
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* One thing that's bugged me is how people keep insisting that Insectosaurus is female just because of how he looks (IE: [[TeritarySexualCharacteristics big eyelashes, lips, busty body when he's a butterfly]]). Insects in general don't follow the conventional means of male/female differences the way humans do. Likewise, it's possible for someone/something to look female but still be male (Which is why the term DudeLooksLikeALady exists) since gender and sex are ''not'' the same thing (Hence why some people view themselves as of the female/male gender, but are of the male/female biological sex). Not to mention that gender/sex means ''nothing'' to insects since many species are able to change their sex when necessary.
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** Monger's explanation was pretty much the reason [[MenInBlack Agent K]] gives as to why the presence of aliens is covered up in his movie - the public just doesn't want to know and aren't ready to. Also, [[spoiler:while Monger was shown to be pretty cool towards the monsters, there's the good chance that it wasn't his decision to keep them locked up.]]
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** Monger's explanation was pretty much the reason [[MenInBlack [[Film/MenInBlack Agent K]] gives as to why the presence of aliens is covered up in his movie - the public just doesn't want to know and aren't ready to. Also, [[spoiler:while Monger was shown to be pretty cool towards the monsters, there's the good chance that it wasn't his decision to keep them locked up.]]
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* For those who saw the short "Night of the Living Carrots", a direct sequel to the mutant pumpkin special (and only available currently on the 3DS video service)...[[{{WhatHappenedToTheMouse where the hell was Susan during the zombie-carrot invasion?]]
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* For those who saw the short "Night of the Living Carrots", a direct sequel to the mutant pumpkin special (and only available currently on the 3DS video service)...[[{{WhatHappenedToTheMouse where the hell was Susan during the zombie-carrot invasion?]]
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* The fact that Susan is 49-and-a-half feet tall and lives in an extremely enclosed space with the other monsters opens up all sorts of uncomfortable possibilities. Does she ever roll over in her sleep and crush the Missing Link? (I assume both BOB and Dr. Cockroach are immute to extreme pressure). How is the government able to provide enough food for her? Going back to the "enclosed space" thing, how ''in the world'' are the other monsters able to put up with her farts? Really! How is her, ahem, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "business"]] disposed of? Shall we move on to 49-and-a-half-foot periods, or shall we start overthinking about Insectosaurus?
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* The fact that Susan is 49-and-a-half feet tall and lives in an extremely enclosed space with the other monsters opens up all sorts of uncomfortable possibilities. Does she ever roll over in her sleep and crush the Missing Link? (I assume both BOB and Dr. Cockroach are immute to extreme pressure). How is the government able to provide enough food for her? Going back to the "enclosed space" thing, how ''in the world'' are the other monsters able to put up with her farts? Really! How is her, ahem, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "business"]] "business" disposed of? Shall we move on to 49-and-a-half-foot periods, or shall we start overthinking about Insectosaurus?
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* I'm sorry, but you can ''not'' get a PHd in dance.
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* I'm sorry, but you can ''not'' get a PHd Ph.D. in dance.
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** I don't remember whether it was stated in film or in the art book, but he turned himself into a cockroach because of their hardiness. So of course he would start eating trash, that's pretty much why he turned into one to begin with.
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** Not only that, but Insectosaurus came in from the worst possible angle. There was a bridge full of evacuating civilians between them, with Susan as an intermediary, and they are later joined by their fellow monsters. Apart from B.O.B., Insectosaurus was the only other monster who actually helped Susan in any way (by moving her away from the robot's jaws; B.O.B. helped by removing the dividers, allowing the evacuees to escape from the danger zone and get out of their way).
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* Okay, so besides a bunch of misunderstandings ''why'' are the monsters locked up? Could go for a HumansAreBastards aim [[spoiler:but General Monger's a great guy! Besides Derek, Susan's family was just happy to get her back, though they were freaked out by the other monsters. Still...]]
** To be fair, apparently most of the monsters have, upon their initial emergence, gone on a rampage. Insectosaurus ate part of Tokyo, B.O.B. ate a bunch of stuff, the Missing Link started kidnapping hot babes on his favourite beach (and fought off a few branches of the military) and Susan (accidentally) nearly crushed her fiance and a number of others to death. Dr. Cockroach is perhaps exempt, but then again, he ''is'' a self-described ''mad'' scientist, and is shown at one point attempting to construct a nuclear missile out of building blocks. They're probably too dangerous to let out without training or heavy supervision, except in situations where they are ''supposed'' to break things.
** And the Missing Link is emphatically unrepentant about what he did; he's not only ''proud'' but he can't wait to do it again.
** Part of it is the monster's utter dependence on one another ''not'' to cause rampant chaos. Insectosaurus is essentially a massive puppy with about the same impulse control, BOB literally ''lacks a brain'', and nearly kills a few people on several different occasions due to it. And Dr. Cockroach...well, he was insane before, and he can only be ''more'' insane now.
** Monger's explanation was pretty much the reason [[MenInBlack Agent K]] gives as to why the presence of aliens is covered up in his movie - the public just doesn't want to know and aren't ready to. Also, [[spoiler:while Monger was shown to be pretty cool towards the monsters, there's the good chance that it wasn't his decision to keep them locked up.]]
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** But Insectosaurus has the mind of a bug, and while he seems to be the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] at first, he is mesmerised by the lighting eye of the robot (that's how all of the other characters move him around too). As for the robot, he isn't interested in Insectosaurus at all, he's only programmed to get Ginormica/Susan because she absorbed the Quantonium.
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*** (original poster) ... Holy ****, you CAN? Color me jealous!
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*** (original poster) ... Holy ****, ####, you CAN? Color me jealous!
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*** (original poster) ... Holy ****, you CAN? Color me jealous!
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** You'll note that Susan is as strong as a robot that is as big as said tiny creature turned huge. Though the Phlebotinium doesn't make her as big as those creatures, it does make her ''stronger''.
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** Because Monsters vs. {{Alien}} would have been confusing.
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* Why does the Phlebotinum, stated to be the most powerful substance in the universe, not make Susan nearly as large as tiny creatures mutated by regular old earth radiation?
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** Alternatively, 1950's Hollywood Radiation (there has to be a trope for that, IDR the name) from the nukes causes a massive outbreak of monsters (less sane than they) that they have to keep in check.
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** Alternatively, 1950's Hollywood Radiation (there has to be a trope for that, IDR the name) from the nukes causes a massive outbreak of monsters (less sane than they) that they have to keep in check.
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** After Susan and the other monsters take down Gallaxhar, they are free from the confinement facility; they can do whatever they choose. In the Halloween special, they seem to share some sort of base and fight off crime whenever there's trouble.
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* I doubt Susan's life as a giant will be as fulfilling as she expects it to be. Yes, you saved the world from an alien invasion, and while I'm sure that was a lot of fun, how often does that happen? Earthly monster attacks don't seem to be all that frequent either. So the vast majority of her time will be spent in the government facility, doing absolutely nothing, unable to interact without human society without destroying it. A "Five years later" epilogue would have made the ending pretty depressing.
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* We have a 300-foot insect monster and a 300-foot alien robot. The laws of film state, nay, ''demand'' that when two such entities are within several miles of each other, they must roar and punch and slash and wrestle and generally cause chaos and madness. In the movie, Insectosaurus and the Probe just stare at each other with the Golden Gate Bridge between them, Insectosaurus sneezes into the Probe's eye, and then the Probe hypnotizes Insectosaurus. He. Did. NOTHING. To help in that fight. I know it was to let Susan accomplish something and feel better about herself and all, but she could have done that just as easily after the Probe defeated Insectosaurus in battle; heck, she'd feel even more empowered to have beaten something that beat their BigGuy. They could have at least locked limbs together and push-fought each other while Susan and the others did their thing.
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** Maybe ''you'' can't. Dr. Cockroach is simply that awesome.
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** Yes you can. NYU, Temple, and Ohio State have them, and that's just the places my cousin is applying to. I'm sure there's more.
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** If she had stood still or run in the opposite direction, she still would have been the closest person to the meteor. We don't know how the phlebotinum works; maybe it would have made the closest person grow whether she's under it or 50 yards away. Either way, though, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint ''that'' bugs you]]?
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** He's a giant caterpillar. He looks so round partly because he's actually far more round than a real caterpillar. He's far more round maybe because he's overfed, maybe because he's a freakish, mutant, monster caterpillar. Who knows? And in addition to his girth, he also looks round because we only ever see him from one single perspective: the front, and usually below him. ''Anyone'' would look round under those conditions. If we had got more aerial shots of him it would have been apparent that he was a caterpillar, but we wouldn't have been able to make out anyone or anything else in those shots.
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* I'm sorry, but you can ''not'' get a PHd in dance.
