History Funny / TheIronGiant

* There's a moment of bathos in the moments after Kent Mansley idiotically orders the nuclear strike.
--> '''Gen. Rogard:''' That missile is targeted to the Giant's ''CURRENT POSITION''! '''''[[MemeticMutation WHERE'S THE GIANT, MANSLEY?]]'''''
** There's also some black comedy in Mansley's hopelessly floundering response.
---> '''Mansley:''' Wha...? ''[looks over at the Giant, standing five feet away from him]'' ''[[OhCrap Oh]]...'' We can duck and cover! [[WhatAnIdiot There's a fallout shelter right there!]] \\

---> '''Mansley:''' Wha...? ''[looks over at the Giant, standing five feet away from him]'' ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough Oh]]...'' We can duck and cover! [[WhatAnIdiot There's a fallout shelter right there!]] \\

---> '''Mansley:''' Wha...? ''[looks over at the Giant, standing five feet away from him]'' ''[[OhCrap Oh]]...'' We can duck and cover! [[WhatAnIdiot There's a fallout shelter right there!]] \\

---> '''Mansley:''' Wha...? ''[looks over at the Giant]'' ''Oh...'' We can duck and cover! [[WhatAnIdiot There's a fallout shelter right there!]] \\

-->'''Kent Mansley''': [[{{Angrish}} Argh! Urgh!]] Stop! Look! Behind You! THE GIANT IT'S ATTACKING! STOMPING THE TOWN! I WAS RIGHT! LOOK, DAMN YOU!

-->'''Kent Mansley''': [[Angrish Argh! Urgh!]] Stop! Look! Behind You! The Giant! It's attacking! Stomping the town! I WAS RIGHT! LOOK, DAMN YOU!

(Hogarth & Annie turn and look at Mansley; Mansley inhales deeply as he tries to recompose himself)\\
'''Mansley:''' (calmly): Hi...thanks for the use of your phone.

-->'''Kent Mansley''': [[Angrish Argh! Urgh!]] Stop! Look! Behind You! The Giant! It's attacking! Stomping the town! I WAS RIGHT!

* Though what it leads to is pretty dark, the moment where Kent, as part of the U.S Army convoy leaving the area, gets to prove he was right about the Giant: he sees Dean and Hogarth pass on a motorbike and looks behind him to see the Giant looming over the town, [[UnusuallyUninteresingSight turns back to driving]], [[DoubleTake then realises what he just saw and looks back]], promptly rear-ending the U.S. Army truck in front of him and then getting rear-ended by the truck ''behind'' him. Kent then staggers out of his totalled car, pointing at the Giant while yelling [[CassandraTruth about how he was right all along]].

* When Hogarth tricks Mansley into eating a laxitive filled sunday ("Landslide... It's real new.). Then Mansley, losing patience, starts yelling at Hogarth, ''without paying to mind the other customers who are nearby'''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF24fZvfoHs Watch here.]]

--> '''Mansley:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Yes, sir. ''(sighs)'']]

-->'''Kent:''' (Cheerfully) Hey there, scout! (Sternly) Kent Mansley. I work for the government

-->'''Hogarth:''' If everyone else ''just did'' the ''stupid homework'' they could move up a grade and get pounded too is there any more coffee?!

--> '''Gen. Rogard:''' [[NoIndoorVoice DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH HARDWARE I BROUGHT OUT HERE?!]] [[DrillSergeantNasty YOU JUST BLEW MILLIONS OF UNCLE SAM'S DOLLARS]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny OUTTA YER BUTT!]]

** The tone of his voice suggesting he WAS "gonna say that".

* Hogarth [[MotorMouth on espresso]]:

* Hogarth's "You are who you choose to be" speech while [[spoiler: held by the giant at gunpoint]] is one of the film's most [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming touching scenes]]. That said, the way he winces while saying "Choose," implying that [[ThisIsGonnaSuck he's not entirely sure whether or not this will work]], is sure to elicit a few chuckles.

* Hogarth making Kent a [[MeaningfulName "landslide"]] ice cream sundae.

** And right before this, after watching the Giant destroy a pair of tanks effortlessly:
''[[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl "LETS GET OUT OF HERE!"]]''

--> (Hogarth opens the door for Kent yet again)
--> '''Hogarth''': (Exasperated) Kent Mansley, ya work for the government.
--> '''Kent''': I... wasn't gonna say that.
*** The tone of his voice suggests he WAS "gonna say that".

'''Hogarth''': [[MeaningfulName Landslide. It's new. Very new]]. [drops the coca-lax wrapper in the garbage.]\\
'''Kent Mansley''': Mmmm. Landslide. Topnotch. Mmmm. [while Hogarth makes himself a "Landslide" with a regular chocolate bar] You know, Hogarth, we live in a strange and wondrous time: the Atomic Age. But there's a dark side to progress, Hogarth. Ever hear of Sputnik?\\

(Kent rushes to the restroom. As soon as he's gone, Hogarth rushes out the door.)\\

* Dean [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere silently trudging back into his house]] when he realizes Hogarth is trying to coax him into hiding the giant for him.