History Fridge / TheIronGiant

* When Hogarth and the Giant go out walking at night, pay attention to the moon in one scene. Just to the right of it, one of the stars can be seen moving. That's [[RedsWithRockets Sputnik]].

** On the bright side, if the politicians and government figures ''are'' reasonable enough to realize that the Giant is alien in origin and might've been deliberately sent to Earth as part of an AlienInvasion before he went IAmNotAGun, it could actually cause tensions between nations to ''decrease'' and improve their cooperation, feeling the need to prepare for a possible future attack from a greater enemy from the stars who's even more technologically advanced.

* The Giant grows to abhor killing over the film. How would he react if he found out about humans eating farmed or hunted meat, and how commonplace and socially-acceptable it is among bad and good humans? Also bear in mind, Annie's mention of cold chicken in the ice-box indicates she and Hogarth aren't vegetarians. This is a Fridge Horror point you could probably apply to quite a few stories, but it's a valid point considering how the Giant reacted to the deer's death.

* The giant fires a WaveMotionGun meant for a battleship out into the ocean. Any other ships in the blast radius would have been vaporized.

* This one could be considered FridgeBrilliance AND FridgeHorror: Hogarth is able to speak so eloquently about death because his DisappearedDad (presumably, judging by the picture on his bedside table) may have died in the UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.

* The giant fires a WaveMotionGun meant for a battleship out into the ocean. Let's hope nothing was within its blast radius...

* The giant fires a WaveMotionGun meant for a battleship out into the ocean. Let's hope nothing was within it's blast radius...

* Now that I'm an adult and know just how much it costs to run a national military, I've realized that we humans give our troops the bare minimum necessary to complete the task they're assigned. Our guys get M1 Tanks, F-35s and Nimitz Class Carriers because that's the minimum things necessary for the US military to do it's job. So here's my fridge horror: this minimum necessary doctrine should theoretically apply to aliens too, and if the Giant's armed as it is, and there's hundreds of them available, just what the hell was it built to fight against?

* Now that I'm an adult and know just how much it costs to run a national military, I've realized that we humans give our troops the bare minimum necessary to complete the task they're assigned. Our guys get M1 Tanks, F-35s and Nimitz Class Carriers because that's the minimum things necessary for the US military to do it's job. So here's my fridge horror: this minimum necessary doctrine should theoretically apply to aliens too, and if the Giant's armed as it is, and there's hundreds of them available, just what the hell was it built to fight against?

* In the battle sequence near the end of the film, the Giant's seen blowing up, shooting holes in and deleting from existence several M41 Bulldog tanks. In each case the animators make sure to show the crews bailing out before the tanks themselves are destroyed. This could just be [[TanksButNoTanks sloppy research]] on the part of the writers, but [[InferredHolocaust if not. . .]]

* In the battle sequence near the end of the film, the Giant's seen blowing up, shooting holes in and deleting from existence several M41 Bulldog tanks. In each case the animators make sure to show the crews bailing out before the tanks themselves are destroyed. This could just be [[TanksButNoTanks sloppy research]] on the part of the writers, but [[InferredHolocause if not. . .]]

* In the battle sequence near the end of the film, the Giant's seen blowing up, shooting holes in and deleting from existence several M41 Light Tanks. In each case the animators are sure to show the crews bailing out before bad things happen. The only problem is that the M41 has a four man crew- we only ever see the Tank Commander and Driver escape the doomed vehicles, leaving the gunners and loaders trapped and more than likely horribly killed.

* The Giant grows to abhor killing over the film. How would he react if he found out about humans eating farmed or hunted meat, and how commonplace and socially-acceptable it is among bad and good humans? Also bear in mind, Annie's mention of cold chicken in the ice-box indicates she and Hogarth aren't vegetarians. This is a Fridge Horror point you could probably apply to quite a few stories, but it's a valid point considering how the Giant reacted to the deer's death.

* In the battle sequence near the end of the film, the Giant's seen blowing up, shooting holes in and deleting from existence several M41 Light Tanks. In each case the animators are sure to show the crews bailing out before bad things happen. The only problem is that the M41 has a four man crew- we only over see the Tank Commander and Driver escape the doomed vehicles, leaving the gunners and loaders trapped and more than likely horribly killed.

* While deserved, depending on your point of view, Mansley might've been more than just incarcerated for his actions when the general arrested him. He committed crimes against his own country in his crusade to kill the Giant (nearly bombing an entire town and fleeing in the face of duty). Given the General wanted to have Mansley ''die'' along with the town when the missile hit, he likely had Mansley executed during the time skip at the end.
* In the battle sequence near the end of the film, the Giant's seen blowing up, shooting holes in and deleting from existance several M41 Light Tanks. In each case the animators are sure to show the crews bailing out before bad things happen. The only problem is that the M41 has a four man crew- we only over see the Tank Commander and Driver escape the doomed vehicles, leaving the gunners and loaders trapped and more than likely horribly killed.