History WesternAnimation / MyGiantFriend

** Iris: [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple purple]]

* TakingTheBullet: ''MGF'' loves this trope.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Iris and Linus relationship gradually becomes this. In the end of the 1st season, it's clear it's only a matter of time.

** Iris CannotSpitItOut towards Linus, though her approaches ar far more competent than his. Too bad he's usually too smitten to notice. Even when she sports a [[SheCleansUpNicely little orange dress]].

* NotSoDifferent: Linus and Sandborn are both redheaded guys who are particularly clumsy and oafish in their attemps to woo the girl they want.

* MenInBlack: The SDC is basically this, though they don't erase momories. They simply control the information to justify their alien hunting.
* MissionControl: Monroe usually stays at the group base, provinding info and hacking the SDC's system.

* MechaMook: Chase and Sandborn are the only field agents we get to see. Each time the ask for reinforcements, the SDC sends in mecha mooks.

* InSeriesNickname: The alien form of Boom is called "transgenic tomato" by the SDC, despite them perfectly knowing from which species and planet he is.

* InSeriesNickname: The alien form of Boom is called "the transgenic tomato" by the SDC, despite them perfectly knowing from which species and planet he is.

The show has some similitudes with the ''Ben10'' franchise. The [[WordOfGod creators]] mentioned they got tired of young heroes slaughtering "monsters" without second thoughts and wanted to try something different. So their heroes do the opposite, protecting the aliens. ''[[SoOkayItsAverage My Giant Friend]]'' tends to be [[MonsterOfTheWeek formulaic]] with many points left [[HandWave unexplained]] (the 12 minutes format ''clearly'' didn't help the storytelling) but it has quite the charm, with interesting designs (both for aliens, mechas and technology), good music and endearing characters (especially [[EnsembleDarkhorse Iris]] and [[EvilIsSexy Chase]]). The 1st season had 52 episode which ended with an obvious SequelHook.

Some people don't believe this shameless propaganda, though. When a big red alien named Boom crashes on his balcony, the 12-year-old Linus has to hide him from the SDC. Thanks to the [[{{Mentor}} Dr. K]], Linus acquires the Scire Swatch which allows him, [[SwissArmyWeapon among other things]], to put Boom under a human disguise at will. His friends [[CannotSpitItOut Iris]], [[BlackAndNerdy Monroe]] and [[BookDumb Taki]] soon join him in his mission to find aliens lost on Earth, free or protect them from the SDC, and safely send them back home. All of this while avoiding [[DarkActionGirl Chase]], the most feared agent of the SDC. Things gets more complicated when [[LovableAlphaBitch Jenny]], the girl Linus is in love with, develops a crush on Boom.

Well, at least, that's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity what they'd like you to believe]]. Truth is, under the rule of [[BigBad Number9]], the SDC collects and enslave any alien who has the misfortune to land or crash on Earth, turning them into LivingWeapon, in order to one day rule the whole galaxy.

The show has some similitudes with the ''Ben10'' franchise. The [[WordOfGod creators]] mentioned they got tired of young heroes slaughtering "monsters" without second thoughts and wanted to try something different. So their heroes to do the opposite, protecting the aliens. ''[[SoOkayItsAverage My Giant Friend]]'' tends to be [[MonsterOfTheWeek formulaic]] with many points left [[HandWave unexplained]] (the 12 minutes format ''clearly'' didn't help the storytelling) but it has quite the charm, with interesting designs (both for aliens, mechas and technology), good music and endearing characters (especially [[EnsembleDarkhorse Iris]] and [[EvilIsSexy Chase]]). The 1st season had 52 episode which ended with an obvious SequelHook.

** A much more comical one occurs when [[spoilerSandborn]] takes the bullet for [[spoiler:Chase]].

The show has some similitudes with the ''Ben10'' franchise. The [[WordOfGod creators]] mentioned they got tired of young heroes slaughtering "monsters" without any second thoughts and wanted to try something different. So their heroes to do the opposite, protecting the aliens. ''[[SoOkayItsAverage My Giant Friend]]'' tends to be [[MonsterOfTheWeek formulaic]] with many points left [[HandWave unexplained]] (the 12 minutes format ''clearly'' didn't help the storytelling) but it has quite the charm, with interesting designs (both for aliens, mechas and technology), good music and endearing characters (especially [[EnsembleDarkhorse Iris]] and [[EvilIsSexy Chase]]). The 1st season had 52 episode which ended with an obvious SequelHook.

The show has some similitudes with the ''Ben10'' franchise. The [[WordOfGod creators]] mentioned they got tired of young heroes slaughtering "monsters" without any second thoughts and wanted to try something different. So their heroes to do the opposite, protecting the aliens. ''[[SoOkayItsAverage My Giant Friend]]'' tends to be [[MonsterOfTheWeek formulaic]] with many points left [[HandWave unexplained]] (the 12 minutes format ''clearly'' didn't help the storytelling) but it has quite the charm, with interesting designs (both for aliens, mechas and technology), good music and endearing characters (especially [[EnsembleDarkhorse Iris]] and [[EvilIsSexy Chase]]). The 1st season had 52 episode which ended with an obvious SequelHook. A second season was planned and already written but got cancelled due to disagreements between the French and Korean producers.

* SomethingAboutARose: [[RunningGag Mercilessly spoofed]]. Sandborn seems to always have a rose at hand in order to seduce women. It ''never'' works and oftn backfires.

The show has some similitudes with the ''Ben10'' franchise. The [[WordOfGod creators]] mentioned they got tired of young heroes slaughtering "monsters" without any second thoughts and wanted to try something different. So their heroes to do the opposite, protecting the aliens. ''[[SoOkayItsAverage My Giant Friend]]'' tends to be [[MonsterOfTheWeek formulaic]] with many points left [[HandWave unexplained]] (the 12 minutes format ''clearly'' didn't help the storytelling) but it has quite the charm, interesting designs (both for aliens, mechas and technology), good music and endearing characters (especially [[EnsembleDarkhorse Iris]] and [[EvilIsSexy Chase]]). The 1st season had 52 episode which ended with an obvious SequelHook. A second season was planned and already written but got cancelled due to disagreements between the French and Korean producers.

The show has some similitudes with the ''Ben10'' franchise. The [[WordOfGod creators]] mentioned they got fed up with young heroes slaughtering "monsters" without a second thought. They rather wanted their heroes to do the opposite, protecting the aliens. ''[[SoOkayItsAverage My Giant Friend]]'' tends to be [[MonsterOfTheWeek formulaic]] with many points left [[HandWave unexplained]] (the 12 minutes format ''clearly'' didn't help the storytelling) but it has quite the charm, interesting designs (both for aliens, mechas and technology), good music and endearing characters (especially [[EnsembleDarkhorse Iris]] and [[EvilIsSexy Chase]]). The 1st season had 52 episode which ended with an obvious SequelHook. A second season was planned and already written but got cancelled due to disagreements between the French and Korean producers.