The Iron Giant - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of The Iron Giant or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Iron Giant

[linda]

Excluding the yells and groans, The Iron Giant only says a total of 53 words.

[fred]

The Iron Giant roughly takes place over a five-day period (Wednesday through Sunday). On Wednesday night, the Giant crash lands on Earth. After school on Thursday, Hogarth visits his mom at the diner and that night he encounters the Giant. It is now Friday and Hogarth goes to school and afterwards goes and finds the Giant. That night, he meets Kent and then Hogarth and the Giant find themselves at Dean's junk yard where the Giant has food and a place to rest. Saturday is when Kent questions Hogarth all morning. Hogarth visits Dean and the Giant that afternoon, they go to the lake and witness the death of the deer. At night, Kent interrogates Hogarth and informs the army of the Giant's existence. The army arrives on Sunday morning, fights the Giant and the Giant saves everyone.

[kylie]

The comic book Hogarth shows the Giant with Superman on the cover is Action Comics #188, released in January 1954.

[albert]

General Rogard carries an M1911A1 and it's mostly seen in his holster as well as when he uses it to shoot at the Iron Giant. in scenes where he fires his M1911A1 at the Giant, the pistol sound effects are the EXACT same sound effects used in Terminator 2: Judgment Day for the Beretta and Browning pistols in that film.

[nora]

When Hogarth and the Giant are playing in the junkyard, the Giant grouches at being forced to be Atomo and instead wants to play as Superman. Which is literally the Giant's final choice as he impacts with the nuclear missile.

[stephanie]

The town of Rockwell, Maine has a name suspiciously similar to Roswell, New Mexico, where aliens allegedly crash landed in 1947. It may also be an allusion to painter Norman Rockwell, famous for his idealized scenes of American small town life.

[sandra]

When aired on Sprout (now Universal Kids) for the first time, despite all the movie's PG-rated material is within, it is rated TV-Y like their usual programs at the time.

[kylie]

When General Rogard is shooting at the Giant he isn't firing randomly, he's shooting at the tentacle weapons.

[eli]

The film was dedicated to Ted Hughes, the author of the book the film is based on, who died a year before the film's release.

[jamie]

When the Giant jumps into the river and causes a tidal wave, a raccoon can be seen swimming against the tidal current. This could possibly be the same raccoon Annie was lecturing Hogarth about at the beginning of the film.

[michele]

As Hogarth arms himself to find the "invaders from Mars," a Bugs Bunny figure can be seen inside his toy chest.

[ken]

When Kent is using the Hughes' phone, the humorous oven mitt hanging on the wall beside him appears to be a stylized version of the "family dog" from director Brad Bird's animated short of the same title, Amazing Stories: Family Dog (1987).

[nina]

The cover of Hogarth's Atomo comic shows a giant metal robot on a rampage firing energy beams that destroy a building which foreshadows the Giant's Roaring Rampage of Revenge.

[stephanie]

The film shows the U.S.S. Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine. However, the sub was an attack boat (SSN), not a boomer (SSBN), which it is shown as when firing the bomb at the Giant.

[nina]

When the Giant looks over the hill at Rockwell, there is a moving star near the moon on the right hand side. This is meant to be Sputnik.

[ronnie]

Cloris Leachman's character, Mrs. Tensedge, originally appeared in another scene of the movie as well as more dialogue, according to a deleted pencil test scene. The scene ended up being removed from the story due to time restraint. In the film, she only says seven words.

[kristina]

Hogarth's father was a fighter pilot. A photo of him is on his dresser, clearly visible during his standoff with Kent.

[ava]

Dean's motorcycle is a 1957 Harley-Davidson.

[lonnie]

The newspaper headline that Dean McCoppin is reading ("Disaster Seen as Catastrophe Looms") is similar to the headline that Jim Dear is reading in Lady and the Tramp (1955) and that Jiminy Cricket is reading in Fun and Fancy Free (1947).