* AccidentalInnuendo: From the English dub of the Live Action Series:
** ''Doctor Dorian knows just how it grows!''
** ''Why doesn't the Robot come? You've failed me Doctor Eingali!''
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** There were two dubs of the OVA. The first was... [[LargeHam campy]], but not so great, while the second was much higher quality and more consistent. But the original dub played Genya as a petulant, single-minded PsychopathicManchild while the later one played him as a suave, calm WellIntentionedExtremist.
** Also from the OVA, Big Fire's head strategist Koumei absolutely refuses to explain his intended plans and repeatedly appeals to the authority of Big Fire himself, so there's no way of knowing what he wants or is up to, even with the occasional treacherous tactic [[spoiler:like kidnapping Sunny to make her masquerade as Big Fire]]. Is he testing the Big Ten? Is he looking to take command for himself? Is he loyally following Big Fire's will to the point of indulging a ComplexityAddiction?
** Big Fire himself is TheGhost, so its impossible to know his intentions, too. Some Japanese fans theorize that he was in fact the protagonist of ''Manga/BabelII'' who became jaded with humanity and sought to purify it thanks to a popular ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Super Robot Wars 64]]'' doujinshi on Pixiv.
* AssPull:
** In the episode of the toku with the giant vampire, it turns out Robo can create a... flaming cross!? Talk about being CrazyPrepared.
** Episode 24 of the toku sees the acidic Hydrazona bacteria disintegrate Giant Robo and the base he's in making it seem like [[TheBadGuyWins The Gargoyles have won]]....except the Robo they destroyed was one made of ''tin'' and the real Robo was hidden elsewhere. [[SarcasmMode Who knew one could make a 30 meter robot statue made of tin within a few hours?]].
** Koumei successfully evading the wrath of the Big Ten via his appeals to Big Fire stretches suspension of disbelief to its breaking point. Koumei's "plan" resulted in hundreds of dead Big Fire agents, got the Big Ten caught up in a fight with their boss's personal bodyguards, nearly wrecked the world that they have been ostensibly trying to conquer, and they have nothing to actually show for it despite Koumei's word about his ''new'' plan.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: One of ''the'' best soundtracks in the medium, courtesy of a Japanese Academy Award-nominee composer and orchestra. Look out for the famous opera track Una Furtiva Lagrima, too.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us073fYmopY Example:]] Daisaku is in trouble, [[PapaWolf so Robo has just launched off.]] Only Chuujo is left at the base, so he gets ready to protect it. [[BigDamnHeroes And then "Rush! Issei and Yohshi" starts playing...]]
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnr2-l4j2-k&feature=related Louder, clearer version of Robo's theme]].
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgHY_D29yTE: The original opening of the Live Action version is regarded by many old school Toku fans as the best opening of any tokusatsu period.]]
* BizarroEpisode: Episode 25 of the tokusatsu features "Drakulon The Space Vampire" as the main antagonist. A monstrous size changing vampire who controls an army of undead zombie vampires and almost turns Johnny into one of his minions. His whole appearance is bizarre, not only for how this strange supernatural being has little to do with the series outside of a vague connection to the Gargoyle Gang, but the way he is defeated as mentioned in the AssPull entry comes out of nowhere and only raises more questions about the powers of Giant Robo. At times the episode seems more at home with supernatural tokusatsu like ''Series/UltraQ'' than it does with the relatively more realistic world of ''Giant Robo''.
* CompleteMonster: In the live action series, Johnny Sokko and Jerry Mano have fought many evil foes in their fight against the Gargoyle Gang, with these being the worst they had to offer:
** [[BigBad Emperor Guillotine]] is a GalacticConqueror with his sights set on Earth. Crashing into the ocean, Guillotine forms the terrorist group the Gargoyle Gang. Kidnapping Dr. Guardian to create an indestructible robot for the Gargoyle Gang, he plans on using the robot to assist in conquering the world. When Johnny Sokko gets the robot's controls and uses them to escape the island with Unicorn agent Jerry Mano, he orders it captured or destroyed with the sea monster Dracolon, despite Giant Robot flying towards Tokyo. Guillotine rules Gargoyle with an [[BadBoss iron fist]], using ChildSoldiers, [[WhyAmITicking planting bombs in his men]], and [[YouHaveFailedMe threatening to kill his commanders for their failures]], eventually killing Dr. Botanus when he fails too many times. Throughout the series, Guillotine plays a hand in a number of the Gargoyle Gang's atrocities, such as trying to start a war, ordering experiments on captured Unicorn agents, and [[WouldHurtAChild ransoming a princess]] of a small country to get his hands on a rare radioactive metal. In the final episode, he resurrects three monsters to drain Giant Robot's remaining energy, and reveals that [[DeadMansSwitch if he were attacked, his body would detonate in an atomic explosion]], taking the world with him, demonstrating this by destroying a field with a fingernail, and declares that the Earth will answer to him.
** [[FauxAffablyEvil Dr. Botanus]] is an egotistical alien [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate scientist and surgeon]] hired by Emperor Guillotine to help him conquer Earth. Working with Commander Spider, he kidnaps Dr. Dorian to force him to grow a [[BotanicalAbomination Gargoyle Vine]], a dangerous plant that can destroy the world. When Dorian refuses to help him grow the plants, Botanus alters Dorian's brain to put him under MindControl, ordering him to grow Gargoyle Vines. When Dr. Dorian returns to normal, Dr. Botanus mocks Dorian for unwittingly helping to create Gargoyle Vines. Later attacking oil production on the Middle East with Commander Spider, he lets his men massacre oil workers simply to force their foreman to give him the blueprints of a drill. He later kidnaps 60,000 people from a soccer game, where he gives Japan 24 hours to surrender to Guillotine or else he will kill the hostages. When one of his men begs Botanus to release his brother, who is among the hostages, [[BadBoss Botanus coldly calls him an idiot, telling him that he will die with the rest of the hostages]]. Other acts include ordering the monster Amberon to destroy Tokyo; kidnapping and brainwashing the Unicorn Kyoto branch leader to attack a Unicorn conference; and using another Gargoyle Vine to cover the Earth in lava. Defined by his willingness to kill thousands with a feeling of smug satisfaction, Dr. Botanus represents the worst of Gargoyle.
** [[MasterOfDisguise Harlequin]] is a brutal Gargoyle commander who appeared after the death of Commander Spider. [[FalselyReformedVillain Initially appearing to be a Gargoyle deserter seeking help getting his kids from Gargoyle custody]], he lures Johnny and Jerry into a trap to be killed by the monster Dublion. When Jerry begs him to release the kids, Harlequin says [[WouldHurtAChild that he doesn't care]], as he had already [[BadBoss killed two of his men to get the duo into his grasp]]. Later working with the aforementioned Doctor Botanus to attack a Unicorn conference, he kidnaps the Unicorn Kyoto branch leader, and personally controls his monster Lygon to attack the conference. Later he demolishes a Unicorn base in the arctic with Dracolon. After Johnny and Jerry investigate, he kidnaps them, and then attacks Tokyo under Guillotines orders, decimating Tokyo in a flood of sand. In his final appearance, he breaks Dr. Botanus out of Unicorn custody be sneaking in the monster Amberon into Unicorn headquarters, which kills multiple agents. When Johnny and another Unicorn agents Mari investigate, he ties them to trees and prepares to [[ShotAtDawn kill them with a firing squad]] before he is stopped.
** "Torozon--An Enemy Robot": [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Snake]] is a Gargoyle scientist who has been destroying Unicorn branches across the globe with his own [[HumongousMecha giant robot]], Torozon, with his new target being the Unicorn Japan branch. Wanting to destroy Unicorn's radar capabilities, he learns that the wife of the radar base's commander, Sebola, is in a coma. Using this, he threatens to put Sebola's [[WouldHurtAChild children]] into a coma like his wife if he doesn't give Dr. Snake the location to the radar base. When the attack fails due to Johnny and Giant Robot's interference, he has Sebola lead him to the radar base, having him kill his men with a [[DeadlyGas gas bomb]] when they refuse to leave. Using the radar base as a place to control Torozon, he begins demolishing Tokyo. Whenever Sebola objects to any of his demands, [[FamilyExtermination Dr. Snake threatens to kill his family]], and almost destroys Giant Robot before he is stopped.
* CrazyIsCool:
** This show wouldn't be half as awesome if it wasn't completely batshit insane.
** The OVA's insanity is inherited from the equally insane {{Toku}} of Giant Robo from the 1960's. Considering this influenced the tone of similar toku like ''[[Franchise/SuperSentai Super Sentai]]'', and ''[[Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion Juspion]]'', we effectively have Giant Robo to thank for the insanity that tokusatsu provides!
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Of all the villains from the tokusatsu, Botanus has the most popularity due to his suave personality, having rather effective villain plans that would have ensured Gargoylian victory if not for the machinations of UNICORN, and for some, because of his unintentional resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero Destro]].
** Opticon (Ganmons in the Japanese version), the mysterious eyeball kaiju from the toku. One of the most instantly recognizable kaiju from the show and guaranteed to pop up in images regarding it. This may be due to his unique design and his appearance in the ''Voyage Into Space'' compilation film.
** Lieutenant Piranha, the Gargoyle henchman with a goatee, distinct appearance and SmugSnake personality definitely make him stand out among the ranks of Gargoyle. [[https://i.imgur.com/79ABC97.jpg He even had a minifigure of him made by Marmit]].
** Any of the more attractive members of the IPO and BF will undoubtely have a large following. Ginrei, Zangetsu, Kenji, Taisou and Yohshi, Mask the Red, Genya and Alberto being some of the OVA's most notable examples.
* FanonDiscontinuity:
** Most fans used to pretend that ''GR: Giant Robo'' never existed. Mainly due to how far it seemingly strayed from the source material, and the darker tone in general. The show was, however, unsubbed for many years, and after it finally got subbed most [[VindicatedByHistory seem to appreciate it a lot better]] for doing it's own thing.
** Fans across the Pacific disowned ''The Day The Earth Burned'' and it's sequel manga for being a very mean spirited 15 volume long TakeThat towards Giant Robo and Mitsuteru Yokoyama's work in general, with characters being reduced to extreme {{Jerkass}}es, [[AccidentalNightmareFuel disturbing amounts]] [[FetishRetardant of oversexualization]] [[MsFanservice of nearly every single character]] as well as ending the series on two very frustrating [[LeftHanging cliffhangers to rub salt on the wounds of many fans of the OVA who wanted to the the anime concluded]].
** And to a lesser extent, the original Manga is generally dismissed by some English speaking fans for it's relatively slow story and lack of well-developed characters. Even Yokoyama himself treated it as an OldShame and also outright disowned it. However in Japan, it's considered an iconic mecha manga despite its flaws.
* FetishRetardant: ''The Day the Earth Burned'' is so saturated with fanservice, and especially in the middle of dramatic events, that it really gets in the way. Gin's dramatic revelation about her traumatic backstory would be so much easier to take seriously if the artist stopped giving her sexy poses and panty shots in the middle of them.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot'' has a massive cult following in India, where the show was aired on Doordarshan in the 1980's to great success.
** The Toku is also popular throughout southeast Asia and the America's too especially since the US tv channel ''Comet'' has rebroadcast the show and compilation film.
** The OVA and 2007 versions of Giant Robo have a large contingency of fans from Thailand with lots of fanart online coming from there.
** In Poland, [[https://twitter.com/ShinDaimosZ/status/1645581965943271424 memes involving the Live Action version of Giant Robo and Store Bought Salt]] are ''ridiculously'' popular, despite the show never being shown there.
* HarsherInHindsight: The Shizuma Drive was the greenest source of energy known to man, but once the power grid failed the whole world went under a severe power outage that threatened humanities future. This plot point became uncomfortably relevant when in early 2021, the massive snowstorm that hit Texas caused the total collapse of their green energy grid that powered much of the state and left people in the dark and dying from the cold.
** In the final episode of the live action series from the 60s, [[spoiler:Giant Robo sacrifices himself by flying into an asteroid about to hit earth]]. [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant Why does that sound familiar?]]
* JustHereForGodzilla: A lot of people only watched the live action series due to [[Music/BucketHead that weirdo with the KFC bucket on his head]] [[JustForFun/OneOfUs being so into it.]]
* MemeticMutation:
** CRUSH THEM, GIANT ROBO! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The line we here Daisaku shout at the end of the opening of the OVA[[/labelnote]]
** Robot, come back robot! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The line Daisaku/Johnny makes pleading for Giant Robo to come back to Earth at the end of the Toku, and a line used by many fans wanting a happier ending of the Live Action ''Giant Robo''[[/labelnote]]
** In Japan there are [[https://omoganews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/60901-layered-0-1-1200x630.jpg several]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQoyuJkuv-KCBC-V_PKBfW9TaNrHiqzGKIfChcZ6eAb2LSCt43w popular]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcShyqIhwe6z_39roHs36ilkjLwuyRh0iQJm19bJly3-qYMl9sqo memes]] comparing [[DullSurprise the blank face]] of J-Actress Haruka Ayase to the face of the Live Action version of Giant Robo.
** Twoja stara smaży sól. [[labelnote:Explanation]] As mentioned earlier, the Live Action version of Giant Robo is very popular among Polish shitposting memes due to a google mistranslation of the title characters name being Frying Salt. Yes really.[[/labelnote]]
* MoralEventHorizon: Plenty of GR villains love crossing the horizon.
** Emperor Guillotine crossed this in episode 6 when he captured a secret fighter jet and nuclear submarine from two enemy nations in the hope the tensions between the two will start a nuclear war.
** Commander Spider and Doctor Botanus crossed the line in Episode 4 when they invaded and destroyed almost all the Oil Fields of Saudi Arabia to spike up oil prices and collapse the worlds economy so they can give up their war against the Gargoyle Gang.
** Harlequin/Fangar crossed it in Episode 11 when he captured the two Unicorn child agents, Johnny and Mari, and prepared [[spoiler:to execute them by firing range]].
** Lt. Pirahna crossed this in the debut episode by [[WouldHurtAchild threatening to kill Johnny]] if Jerry didn't speak up that he was a Unicorn agent.
** [[spoiler:Johnny Soccor from ''GR Giant Robo''. He willingly allows innocent people be killed by the GRO and UNISOM's mecha fights just so he can boost his tv ratings.]]
* {{Narm}}:
** ''Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot'' is ultimately hard to take seriously, seeing as the dubbers didn't seem to record their lines with a straight face:
*** The English dub of Episode 17 is practically 24 minutes of Narm, from a school teacher's [[LargeHam over the top reaction to having left behind two of her students in the]] MonsterOfTheWeek's wrath to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKUIKg_AahI: Doctor Botanus' immortal last words.]]
*** Let us not forget [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwz-2t5Rn-k: Emperor Guillotine's secret weapon]]: [[spoiler:the tactical nuclear [[FingerFirearms fingernail]]]].
*** In episode 19's English dub, after most of the Unicorn agents are laughing off the idea of a spacemen coming to Earth (Which is odd seeing as the majority of villians they fight ''are'' aliens), Chief Azuma snaps "''THIS IS '''NOT''' A JOKE''" like a little spoiled child. Kinda hard to take you seriously with that tone of voice, eh chief?
*** The Space Mummy from Episode 21 is visually one of '''the''' most [[NightmareFuel terrifiyng toku villains]] imaginable....except in the English dub [[NightmareRetardant which gave him a shrill falsetto voice]] that made him sound AmbiguouslyGay at best. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlAzCG0RMV8 His death in the dub is very much something to be witnessed]].
*** Fangar. Every episode he's in is an unintentional funny moment in the English dub due to the dub actor's over the top performance in combination with his bizarre appearance and wardrobe. Episode 14 in particular has this moment.
---->'''Commander Azuma:''' [[YouMonster You're a monster!]]\\
'''Fangar:''' [[SuddenlyShouting KEEP YELLING! I DON'T MIND IF YOU SCREAM AND SHOUT!]]
** ''The Day the Earth Burned'' is a hurricane of inane activity from the word go, which would make it difficult enough to get invested in the characters, but it also goes the extra mile of plunging headlong into sheer ''bathos'' by giving Gin sexy panty shots while reflecting about her DarkAndTroubledPast.
* NarmCharm: Both the live action version and OVA are so deliberately over the top, one can't help but like them both for that quality.
* NightmareFuel: ''The Space Mummy'', '''Dear God, The Space Mummy'''! His deformed, monstrous appearance, [[WouldHurtAChild combined with him mutating children into zombie monsters]] [[WaterSourceTampering by tainting the water supply of a high rise apartment]], undoubtedly make him one of the most terrifying villains in any Tokusatsu, if not children's programming in general.
** Subverted in the shows English dub, as mentioned in the {{Narm}} section, as the dubbing crew gave him a very high pitched, falsetto voice [[{{Narm}} that ruined much of his disturbing nature]] in the original Japanese version.
* OlderThanTheyThink: The OVA was not the first time Giant Robo appeared in a crossover with other Mitsuteru Yokoyama characters. In the late 1980's, Mitsuteru Yokoyama commissioned a Doujin artist to illustrate a reboot of Tetsujin 28 [[https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1087753354 that predominantly featured]] Giant Robo and its characters as well as other Yokoyama robot characters.
* SoBadItsGood: To this day, fans and detractors alike wish ''Voyage into Space'' was riffed on ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' for this reason alone. And with all the goofy aliens, cheesy dubbing and insane character moments, it really would have fitted right at home with the later Joel era episodes.
* SoOkayItsAverage:
** The original manga is considered this among some western Yokoyama fans, due to having flat, underdeveloped characters, and a fairly simplistic story (though, truth to be told, it ''was'' released in the 1960s when comics were much less daring). Not helping matters [[ExecutiveMeddling was Yokoyama being pressured by his publishers to make many changes to the manga as it ran to make it resemble the toku.]] For this reason Yokoyama refused to allow a full reprinting of the manga until after he died.]] [[note]] He did, however, consider redrawing and rewriting portions of it near the end of his life.]] [[/note]]
** This was the average consensus of ''GR: Giant Robo'' prior to being fully subtitled in English. Aside from coming about after the studio scrapped the original planned reimagining of the manga, ''GR'' was considered a generic DarkerAndEdgier remake of the manga that seems to [[FollowTheLeader be trying to ride on the success]] of similar series like ''{{Manga/Linebarrels of Iron}}'' and ''{{Anime/The Big O}}'' . Since the show got subtitled, it has received a much better reception.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The live action version was filmed on an extremely limited budget, and it ''shows''. A common error happens in episodes with nighttime fight scenes that see Giant Robo use his {{Finger Firearm|s}} on a MonsterOfTheWeek. Since only two clips of stock footage was filmed for this attack and both of them were shot with the daytime backdrop, it results in day and night shots being merged together.
* {{Squick}}: ''The Day The Earth Burned'' has so much Fanservice, it goes head on into FetishRetardant, complete with [[NightmareFuel stripping down Shotaro and Sunny]]-two ''underaged'' characters- all to make a rather sick joke about how Shotaro was the TropeNamer for the [[LoliconAndShotacon Shotacon]] archtype. ''And this crap goes on for 15 volumes''...
* StrangledByTheRedString: Murasame Kenji and Ginrei are very belatedly implied to have a relationship, or at least that Kenji is in love with Ginrei, despite neither of them interacting or thinking of each other previously throughout the story. (It also gives Tetsugyu, who's had a crush on Ginrei from the word go, a pretty big kick in the teeth).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
** Giant Robo's theme from the OVA, especially "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnr2-l4j2-k Arrival of Giant Robo]]", is a flagrant plagiarization of Maurice Jaure's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5dxoIXj9LI overture]] from "Is Paris Burning?"
** It also takes cues from the theme song of the toku version, namely [[https://youtu.be/Dnr2-l4j2-k?t=43 at the 43 second mark.]]
* TearJerker:
** The Tragedy of Bashtarle in all it's sad glory. Especially when the aria 'Una furtiva lagrima' plays. The theme of the aria is 'the sorrow of people not understanding your true feelings', which fits perfectly.
** The bittersweet ending.
** [[spoiler:Giant Robo's HeroicSacrifice at the end of the TV series.]]
** Daisaku's desperation in episode 23 of the toku after Giant Robo is rendered BrainwashedAndCrazy by the Android U7 is very heartbreaking to watch, especially when his friend threatens to kill Daisaku and the fellow Unicorn agents by throwing a Oil Truck at them.
** [[spoiler: The Death of Agent X7 in Episode 18]]
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: ''The Day The Earth Burned'' manga, which is a retelling/reboot of the anime series, suffers heavily from this, due to The Experts of Justice all being reduced to unlikable [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] and [[{{HateSink}} Hate Sinks]] who treat Daisaku like dirt, the extreme bits of Fanservice, [[spoiler: and revealing Daisaku as the true BigBad in its final 15th chapter]].
* TooCoolToLive:
** [[spoiler:Taisou]] is powerful, wise and a total badass. He also has [[spoiler:a personal vendetta with the apparent BigBad, and can take him on one on one]]. Clearly, he had to die. He was also voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto, making him way, ''way'' too cool.
** [[spoiler:Giant Robo]] in the Live Action series. [[HumongousMecha An overpowering 100 foot tall kaiju killing machine]] [[KidWithTheRemoteControl controlled by a kid who has a heart of justice.]] Cool right? [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice Now he has to go kill Emperor Guillotine by throwing the two of them into the path of an oncoming meteor and stop to him from blowing up Earth]]]].
** [[spoiler:Commander Spider, the human leader of Big Fire for the first seven episodes of the live action series]]. Cunning, smooth, with a pair of CoolShades and a nice hat, also happened to be [[spoiler: standing directly in the path of the acid spray from the Stingray kaiju Ikageras/Scalion]].
** [[spoiler: Dr. Guardian, the builder of Giant Robo]] and one of the smartest men alive on Earth, ends up captured by Big Fire offscreen and forced to build the title character. When Daisaku/Johnny and Minami/Jerry get captured [[spoiler: he gives up his life by giving Daisaku the radio watch that controls the robot, sets up a tactical nuclear bomb in the base and holds off a squadron of BF agents in vain so the two can escape before the base is engulfed in the explosion to activate GR's nuclear absorbing engine.]]
** From episode 18, [[spoiler: Agent X7]]. A young boy who serves as the [[spoiler: EvilCounterpart]] to Daisaku and controls his own robot, in this case an upgraded and rebuilt Gangar, and manage to kidnap an entire building of scientists and hold them hostage in Earth's orbit and assassinate several key Unicorn operatives, all on his own no less. In any other tokusatsu he might've become the foil to the main hero throughout the series[[spoiler: but clearly this isn't meant to be. He ends up injured by falling debris from Gangar's destruction and as he tries to assist Daisaku in freeing the hostages after the latter shows him mercy despite all what he's done, an underground Big Fire sniper]] [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild takes out the young boy for treason.]]]] [[spoiler: This might be one of the most difficult to watch moments in the original series where RedemptionEqualsDeath is played brutally straight.]]
* ToyShip: Daisaku is often romanced with [[Manga/SallyTheWitch Sunny the Magician]], despite the fact that [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight they never met during the OVA]].
* UglyCute: Many of the kaiju from the live action series. Special mention goes to Icelar/Igganog with his little fangs and dopey movements.
* ValuesDissonance: In the live action series Johnny and Mari weld various kinds of firearms and often are seen gunning down Gargoyle Gangsters alongside the adult Unicorn agents. While having a child protagonist use guns was seen as harmless in 1960's Japan, it was shocking to some American audience, especially when watching it in the post-Columbine world.
* ValuesResonance: The depiction of Giant Robo in the live action series as an Artificial Intelligence with a conscience has been influential among several other series and movies since such as ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' and ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' in helping breaking the status quo of depicting Artificial Intelligence as morally corrupt. [[spoiler: Notably both the listed examples and several others referenced Giant Robo's HeroicSacrifice in their respective climaxes.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: To quote Website/TheOtherWiki page on the Giant Robo tokusatsu ''"Nearly every Japanese anime exported to the United States during that period was edited for violence, but in Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot a minimum of violence was removed."'' Because of that, the show had ''terrifying'' amounts of child endangerment and near deaths of the main child hero and his allies. The SeriesFinale had Johnny [[NightmareFuel nearly assassinated]] by a Gargoyle sniper named [[NamesToRunawayFromReallyFast Terro]][[MeaningfulName man ]] only surviving because he wore a bullet proof vest and of course you have the now infamous BittersweetEnding...
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