History Funny / TheIronGiant

-->'''Hogarth:''' So she moved me up a grade because I wasn't fitting in. So, now I'm even more not fitting in. I was getting good grades. You know, like all A's. So, my mom says, "You need stimulation.", and I go, "No, I'm stimulated enough right now."
-->'''Dean:''' *chuckles* [[DeadpanSnarker That's for sure.]]
-->'''Hogarth:''' She goes, "Uh-uh, you don't have a challenge. You need a challenge." So, now I'm challenged, all right. ''[[SuddenlyShouting I'M CHALLENGED TO HOLD ON TO MY LUNCH MONEY]]'', because of all the big mooses who wanna pound me because I'm a shrimpy dork who thinks he's smarter than them. But I don't think I am smarter, I just do the stupid homework. If everyone else ''just did the stupid homework'' they could move up a grade and get pounded too. Is there any more coffee?! *Giant overeager smile*

-->'''Door''': '''(SLAM)'''

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

-->'''Kent Mansley''': (''gets in car'') Enormous beast, yeah... Biggest thing in this town is probably the homecoming quee'''ohmy''GOD!''''' (''pan out to reveal half the car is gone'')

** "'''DEAN'''."

** Hogarth trying to push the Giant's hand out of the bathroom window, where Annie and Kent listen in out of concern. Once the Giant's hand falls outside and crashes to the ground, Annie assumes that her son fell out of the window and opens the door...to see Hogarth [[GuileHero pretending to be in the middle of using the toilet as a diversion]]. Hilarity ensues.

-->'''Annie''': (mortified) Sorry! (quickly slams the door, unaware that Kent is peeking inside, and accidentally hits his head with the door)
-->'''Annie''': Sorry...he's been acting strange lately.
-->'''Kent''': ...[[TranquilFury That hurts]].

** And then the Giant holds it up and says "Art?"
** The Giant examines and modifies the half-sculpture that he removes from his mouth, and Dean admits, "That's... not bad."

--> '''Kent:''' This thing...this thing is a menace. It tore up a power station, it - ''it caused a train wreck!''
--> '''Gen. Rogard:''' What did? Tell me again, Mansley, and this time...''listen'' to yourself.
--> '''Kent:''' ...(''sighs'') A giant...metal monster.

--> '''Mansley''': WHAT YOU *$&@!! (''repeatedly slams receiver while cursing gibberish; Hogarth & Annie turn and look at Mansley; Mansley inhales deeply as he recomposes himself'') Hi. Thanks for the use of your phone.

* The montage of Kent pestering Hogarth in the house about what he saw in the woods, culminating in Hogarth bellowing at the top of his lungs, "I'M GOIN' OOOOOOOOOOOOUT!"

--> '''Giant''': ''(mimics the funny face Hogarth made earlier)'' Ah-ah-ah-ooh!

* "[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw our country!]] ''[[DirtyCoward I wanna live!]]''". It gets better when, seconds later, the giant blocks Mansley's path with his hand, crushing the jeep's front end.
** Hell, just [[OhCrap the expression]] [[WhatAnIdiot he gets]] when he realizes that he has doomed everyone in the town.
*** Doubles as BlackComedy.
* Dean meets giant robot.

* The dinner scene.

* Giant metal robot + cannonballing into a lake + giant wave + epic OhCrap face = [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t2_DjGU_Qk Hilarious]]

-->'''Kent''': What kind of a sick person names a kid 'Hogarth'? Might as well call him [[Creator/MarxBrothers Zeppo]] or something.

* "[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw our country!]] [[DirtyCoward I wanna ''live!'']]". It gets better when, seconds later, the giant blocks Mansley's path with his hand, crushing the jeep's front end.

--> '''Hogarth''': His name is Dean. We LIKE Dean.

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

--->'''Dean''': ''(smiling awkwardly)'' Found your pet.\\

''Hogarth'': (smiles)\\

'''Dean''': ''Yeah?!''\\
'''Farmer''': (''{{Beat}}'') Alright. ''(drives off)''\\

'''Random background customer''': IT'S A RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!

''Hogarth'': (smiles)
-->'''Random background customer''': IT'S A RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!

* The dinner scene. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydMwnnhLnLU Words simply don't do it justice.]]
* "Yes...I mean, ''NO!'' '''CALL ME DEEEEEEAN!'''"
* The cafe scene: Hogarth has lost his squirrel, his mom has been getting on his case about bringing stray animals home, Dean happens to be in the cafe.
-->'''Dean''': ''(Smiling awkwardly)'' Found your pet.\\

'''Dean''': ''(Suddenly starts to crack)'' It's in my leg, man. The squirrel's in my pants, Hogarth. I'm trying not to wig out here.\\

'''Dean''': ''(Nervously)'' Oo-kay, he's heading North now. ''(Jumps up from the table, shaking his leg)'' Ugh, I'm sorry kid. ''(To the other customers)'' I'd like to apologize to everyone in advance for this! ''(Proceeds to unzip his pants, letting the squirrel out which causes mayhem in the cafe)''\\
'''Dean''': [[CheckPlease Check please.]]\\
'''Annie:''' ''([[DeathGlare Glares at Hogarth]], [[OhCrapSmile who just grins sheepishly]])''

** How about the very cartoonie-looking raccoon desperately trying to swim in the opposite direction that the water is flowing.

-->'''Rogard:''' As you for you, Mansley. You're under arrest... "[[CallBack and all that that implies]]".

* When Hogarth tricks Mansley into eating a laxative filled sundae ("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.]]

* Though it quickly takes a near-tragic turn, Hogarth and the Giant playing in the junk yard is a hilariously accurate depiction of adolescent children playing, especially the way the Giant grouches at having to be the bad guy and Hogarth begrudgingly allowing him to be Superman instead.
* 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, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight 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]].

* Although it takes place in an ''extremely'' dark moment, the [[OhCrap look on Mansley and Rogard's faces]] when they realise just what [[UnstoppableRage an enraged Giant]] is [[MoreDakka capable of]] is pretty funny.

'''Kent''': I... wasn't gonna say that.
** The tone of his voice suggesting he ''was''.

** Later, we see a montage of Kent investigating the Giant's trail of destruction and [[BrickJoke constantly being plagued with]] [[PottyEmergency a sudden need to go to the bathroom]], ending with the undignified image of him coming up from behind a log in the woods and zipping his pants.

--> '''Mansley''': WHAT YOU *$&@!! (repeatedly slams receiver while cursing gibberish) \\
(Hogarth & Annie turn and look at Mansley; Mansley inhales deeply as he recomposes himself)\\
'''Mansley:''' Hi...thanks for the use of your phone.

-->'''Kent''': What kind of a sick person names a kid 'Hogarth'? Might as well call him Zeppo or something.

--->'''Kent''': ...'''''HOG HUG?! HOGARTH HUGHES!!'''''

* [[spoiler: "[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw our country!]] [[DirtyCoward I wanna ''live!'']]". It gets better when, seconds later, the giant blocks Mansley's path with his hand, crushing the jeep's front end.]]
** Hell, just [[OhCrap the expression]] [[WhatAnIdiot he gets]] when he realizes that [[spoiler:he has doomed everyone in the town]].
*** Doubles as [[spoiler: BlackComedy]].

* The Giant's final solution to stopping a stuck car horn: ''[[spoiler:[[UnsoundEffect *FLING!*]]]]''

* Rogard falling for Hogarth and Dean's ruse that [[spoiler:the Giant is one of Dean's art projects]], also a funny moment. He takes out his frustration on Kent, while Hogarth watches smugly from the window.

* 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 [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments 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 amusingly human.

--> '''Hogarth:''' -and we can't tell RipleysBelieveItOrNot because they wouldn't believe it.

-->'''Hogarth:''' So she moved me up a grade because I wasn't fitting in. So, now I'm even more not fitting in. I was getting good grades. You like all A's. So, my mom says, "You need stimulation.", and I go, "No, I'm stimulated enough right now."

-->'''Hogarth:''' She goes, "Uh-uh, you don't have a challenge. You need a challenge." So, now I'm challenged, all right. ''[[SuddenlyShouting I'M CHALLENGED TO HOLD ON TO MY LUNCH MONEY]]'', because of all the big mooses who wanna pound me because I'm a shrimpy dork who thinks he's smarter than them. But I don't think I am smarter, I just do the stupid homework. If everyone else ''just did'' the ''stupid homework'' they could move up a grade and get pounded too. Is there any more coffee?! *Giant overeager smile*

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

** Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the art department, who had to create new layouts and background for every single one of those cuts, some of which last ''less then a second''!

* 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 amusingly human.

'''Annie:''' ''(Glares at Hogarth, who just grins sheepishly)''