History Trivia / TheIronGiant

** Hardcore Disney animation fans will recognize [[TheNineOldMen Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston]] are the railroad workers.

* ActorAllusion: Kent Mansley's reaction to finding half his car missing is identical to [[HappyGilmore Shooter McGavin's reaction to seeing the giant Mr. Larson.]]
* AdoredByTheNetwork: Cartoon Network was rather infamous for their annual 24-hour marathons of this movie in the early 2000s, which led to the movie gaining a cult following. TheHub quite likes to air it, too. Not to mention the guys who work on the [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime other super-popular show]] state it was an influence on the friendship between the Autobots and the humans.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Director Creator/BradBird made Eli Marienthal (the voice of Hogarth) run laps around the studio in order to sound realistically out-of-breath for one scene (he did this again later with Spencer Fox, the voice of Dash, in TheIncredibles).

** [[TheFastAndTheFurious Dominic Toretto]] is the Giant.
** [[{{Friends}} Rachel Green]] is Hogarth's mom.
** [[HappyGilmore Shooter McGavin]] is now a JerkAss working for the government.
** Is [[HopeFloats Harry Connick Jr playing]] ''himself?'' [[InkSuitActor Yes.]]
** [[{{Frasier}} Martin Crane]] is General Rogard.

* LargeHam: [[Creator/ChristopherMcDonald Chris [=McDonald=]]] as Kent Mansley. All the sudden yelling, outbursts, & ranting. What else can you expect?

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The first choice to voice the giant was Creator/PeterCullen. That's right, [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Effing Prime]] would have been the voice of the Iron Giant.

* LargeHam: Chris [=McDonald=] as Kent Mansley. All the sudden yelling, outbursts, & ranting. What else can you expect?

* LargeHam: Kent Mansley. All the sudden yelling, outbursts, & ranting. What else can you expect from being voiced by Chris [=McDonald=]?

* DoingItForTheArt: An entire new cel-shading software was created to give the CGI giant certain imperfections to blend better with the classically-animated characters.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The first choice to voice the giant was PeterCullen. That's right, [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Effing Prime]] would have been the voice of the Iron Giant.

** Supposedly the network adoration is mandated by Ted Turner himself, who saw the film for an in-flight movie and declared it one of the best films he'd ever seen.

** There was originally going to be a brief flashback in which the audience would see a few vague details about the Giant's origins, but it was ultimately scrapped. The idea was to have a scene where he dreams about the [[AbsentAliens alien factory]] where he was built, and to have the dream transmitted electronically to Dean's television for the audience to see. The scene was never animated, but some of the sketches for it can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05XM9huSWNU here]].

* EnforcedMethodActing: Director Creator/BradBird made Eli Marienthal (the voice of Hogarth) run laps around the studio in order to sound realistically out-of-breath for one scene (he did this again later with Spencer Fox [the voice of Dash] in TheIncredibles).

* AcclaimedFlop: Critics and audiences love the film to pieces, but the box office numbers do not reflect this. Subverted by the film being embraced on home video and television.

** [[{{Frasier}} Martin Crane]] is General Rogard.

* AcclaimedFlop: Critics and audiences love the film to pieces, but the box office numbers do not reflect this.
** Somewhat subverted by the film being embraced on home video and television.

* ThrowItIn: The witness calling Agent Mansley "[[MyNameIsNotDurwood Mr. Manly]]" was actually a mistake by the actor, but they kept it in because it added to the gag of Mansley being a NoRespectGuy.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[TheFastAndTheFurious Dominic Toretto]] is the Giant.

* ThrowItIn: The witness calling Agent Mansley "[[MyNameIsNotDurwood Mr. Manly]]" was actually a mistake by the actor, but they kept it because it added to the gag of Mansley being a NoRespectGuy.

* ThrowItIn: The witness calling Agent Mansley "Mr. Manly" was actually a mistake by the actor, but they kept it because it added to the gag of Mansley being a NoRespectGuy.