History Comicbook / TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot

* TakeThat: Rusty is an Manga/AstroBoy expy, being a boy robot developed in Japan. Rusty is also ''totally worthless;'' crushed like a bug while whining to himself about how much he sucks, while Big Guy defeats the monster all by himself. Put another way, the ''Japanese'' robot is a puny weakling that accomplishes nothing, while the ''American'' robot is big, tough, powerful hunk of metal that singly-handedly defeats what the entire Japanese military failed to even dent.

* TakeThat: Rusty is an AstroBoy expy, being a boy robot developed in Japan. Rusty is also ''totally worthless;'' crushed like a bug while whining to himself about how much he sucks, while Big Guy defeats the monster all by himself. Put another way, the ''Japanese'' robot is a puny weakling that accomplishes nothing, while the ''American'' robot is big, tough, powerful hunk of metal that singly-handedly defeats what the entire Japanese military failed to even dent.

* HandBlast

* {{Kaiju}}: The monstrous antagonist "Taoking".
* LargeHam: The monster: "Sweating, squealing, simpering, screaming rodents! You are doomed!"
** Big Guy himself "I brought you some candy!"

* RuleOfCool

* SlaveToPR: Big Guy is actually a piloted mecha, but for publicity reasons the populace (and Rusty) is led to believe he's a giant robot.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever

* {{Homage}}: Creator/CraigMcCracken's WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls features a ShoutOut episode with the girls trying, and failing, to stop a parody of the same giant dinosaur-like monster.

* EveryThingIsBetterWithMonkeys: Jenny the talking monkey of the scientist who was in charge of the experiment that reawakened the monster. She had the jitters about it.

* {{Expy}}: The monster to Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, Rusty to Manga/AstroBoy and Big Guy to IronMan and Anime/{{Gigantor}}.

* AGodAmI: What the giant monster desires most, to rule over humanity, ''forever''.

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1995) began as Creator/FrankMiller's and Creator/GeofDarrow's much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented ''Hard Boiled''. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comics, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Manga/AstroBoy''. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavesTheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]]. The comic was adapted into a [[WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot cartoon]] that ran from 1999 to 2000.

** Also, what the demon monster vows to do to the pilot of Big Guy [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu after he rebukes him as his god]], by imprisoning him within an agonizing malformed shell of his own robotic suit for all eternity. Averted, [[LifeOrLimbDecision after he severs off his own infected arm and vanquishes the malevolent abomination]].

** Also, what the demon monster vows to do to the pilot of Big Guy [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu after he rebukes him as his god]], by imprisoning him within an agonizing malformed shell of his own robotic suit for all eternity. Averted, [[LifeOrLimbDecision after he severs off his own infection arm and vanquishes the malevolent abomination]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Though the giant dinosaur monster is directly vanquished, its "children" still live on, and through them, their cells, so too does it. Meaning Big Guy hasn't [[BolivianArmyEnding properly ended this threat]] to the human race. [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom Cue celebrations and parades until the next threat arrives]].]]

* {{Crossover}}: With Comicbook/{{Madman}}, the main characters also make an appearance in a [[MushroomSamba hallucination]] in SinCity.

* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: The Legion Ex Machina.

* ExpandedUniverse: The giant dinosaur-like monster has no name in the comic, yet is referred to as "Taoking" and on official merchandise.

''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1995) began as Creator/FrankMiller's and Creator/GeofDarrow's much more family friendly collaboration after the energetically demented ''Hard Boiled''. The Comic was a big over the top tribute to SilverAge comics, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Manga/AstroBoy''. The story is about a giant, primordial monster unleashed upon Tokyo which the military is unable to defeat; subsequently the government is forced to send the newly developed and inexperienced Rusty the [[RobotKid Boy Robot]] in to try and neutralize the threat. Unfortunately he is also overwhelmed by the monster and the government calls on the aid of their [[AmericaSavesTheDay American allies]] who send in Big Guy, a bigass humanoid robot, with two fists and [[MoreDakka a whole lot of guns]]. The comic was adapted into a [[WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot cartoon]] that ran from 1999 to 2000.