The Iron Giant (1999) - Quotes

Hogarth Hughes: [Sees the deer; Quietly] It's beautiful, huh? Hey, look! It's a deer. Shh, let's get closer.

Hogarth Hughes: [Suddenly the gunshot is heard and the robot is shocked] Hmm, well I guess he decided to--

Hunter: [Scared; Then they both run away from the robot as Hogarth and the robot sees the dead deer that has been shot] It's the monster.

Hogarth Hughes: [Shocked; The robot slowly reaches his finger down touching it trying to get to move] Oh, no. It's dead.

Iron Giant: [Sadly; He tries to pick up the deer] Dead?

Hogarth Hughes: Don't do that!

Iron Giant: [Confused] But...why?

Hogarth Hughes: [The robot sees the gun his eyes narrow and turned into red; The robot snaps out of it] It's dead. Understand? They shot it, with that gun. Hey, what's wrong?

Iron Giant: Gun.

Hogarth Hughes: Yes. Guns kill.

Iron Giant: Guns kill.

Hogarth Hughes: I know you feel bad about the deer. But's it not your fault. Things die. It's part of life. It's bad to kill. But it's not bad to die.

Iron Giant: You die?

Hogarth Hughes: Well, yes someday.

Iron Giant: I die?

Hogarth Hughes: I don't know, You're made of metal...but you have feelings. And you think about things. And that means you have a soul. And souls don't die.

Iron Giant: Soul?

Hogarth Hughes: Mom says it's something inside of all good things... and that it goes on forever and ever.

Iron Giant: Souls don't die.

Dean McCoppin: [To robot] Little lower, Little bit lower.

Hogarth Hughes: Hey! I thought you were in trouble

Dean McCoppin: That sucks. Let me...up a little.

Hogarth Hughes: [Sees the robot doing the arts, Surprised] I had to ditch this weird guy who's staying at our house. It took me hours to shake him! I kill myself to get out here! And you have him doing... arts and crafts.

Dean McCoppin: You got a problem with arts and crafts, little man?

Hogarth Hughes: He's a giant robot, Dean. It's a little undignified.

Dean McCoppin: Yeah? Oh, well smart guy, what would have him do?

Hogarth Hughes: [Pushing the buttons; The robot lifts up the car] Main systems on. Main engines. One, two and three. All systems go. Five, four, three, two, one! Blast off!

Hogarth Hughes: We're landing. We're landing! We're landing!

Dean McCoppin: Say kid, can you guys cool yourselves a little? I feel like we're pressing our luck here.

Hogarth Hughes: Hey, baby, we are cool! Welcome to downtown Coolsville. Population: us.

Dean McCoppin: Well, can you move Coolsville to some place less conspicuous?

Hogarth Hughes: How about the lake?

Dean McCoppin: [Hogarth climbs on the robot's hand] Okay.

Hogarth Hughes: Aww, come with us. It'll be fun.

Dean McCoppin: [whilst setting up his chair; concerned] This can't last forever Hogarth. We gotta tell somebody about him.

Hogarth Hughes: [He climbs up the rock boulder] Ah, you worry too much. Hey, Dean! Watch this!

Dean McCoppin: [Sits down on his chair] All right, we're watching, we're watching.

Hogarth Hughes: [Jumps in the lake; The robot looks down at Hogarth in the lake. Hogarth emerges from the water, shivering with his skin turning blue] This one's for professionals only! Banzai! Come on in! The water's great!

Dean McCoppin: No, thanks.

Hogarth Hughes: [To robot; The robot walks away; He hears footsteps approaching and Dean also hears the footsteps while reading the newspaper.] You weenie! Come on in. It's really, really refreshing. What? You too? You... big baby!

Iron Giant: [Jumps; He lands in the water and did a giant splash. Dean, who is reading his newspaper, notices the wave approaches, he gasps and hides behind his newspaper. The wave lands on the road and Dean gets all wet. Hogarth is on the tree as he laughs.] Banzai!

Hogarth Hughes: Whoo!

Man in truck: [Angry] Hey!

Dean McCoppin: Yeah?

Man in truck: You're right in the middle of the road!

Dean McCoppin: Yeah?

Man in truck: [Drives away] All right.

Dean McCoppin: I think that's enough fun for one day.

Annie Hughes: Are you okay in there, Mr. Mansley? I'm back with the toilet paper you needed.

Kent Mansley: [Chuckles; He sees the photo of Hogarth and the giant robot] Thanks! I think I'm feeling better now. Much. Much better.

Hogarth Hughes: First, you take the chocolate bar. Any bar'll do.

Kent Mansley: Oh.

Hogarth Hughes: Do you mind if I...

Kent Mansley: No, knock yourself out, skipper.

Hogarth Hughes: [Crumbles up coca-lax; Stirs the ice cream] You crumble up the chocolate into little pieces. Then you kind of stir it into the ice cream. See?

Kent Mansley: Yes, I see. What do you call this again?

Hogarth Hughes: [He drops the coca-lax wrapper into the garbage without Kent looking] Landslide. It's new. Very new.

Kent Mansley: [Hogarth makes himself a Landslide with a regular chocolate bar] Mmm. Landslide. Topnotch. Mmm. You know, Hogarth, we live in a strange and wondrous time. The Atomic Age. But there's a dark side to progress, Hogarth. Ever heard of Sputnik?

Hogarth Hughes: Yeah, it's the first satellite in space.

Kent Mansley: Foreign satellite, Hogarth, and all that implies. Even now, it orbits overhead- Boop! Boop!-watching us. We can't see it, but it's there. Much like that giant thing in the woods. We don't know what it is or what it can do. I don't feel safe, Hogarth do you?

Hogarth Hughes: [Puzzled] What are you talking about?

Kent Mansley: [Losing patience, yelling; His yelling causing everyone to turn and stare at Kent. Kent slowly begins to corner Hogarth.; Suddenly, Kent's stomach begins to gurgle, causing his glare to fade away and his eyes to widen; He rushes to the bathroom and the camera quickly pans to reveal Hogarth left the Pharmacy] What am I talking about? What am I talking about?! I'm talking about your goldarned security, Hogarth! While you're snoozing in your widdle jammies, back in Washington we're wide awake and worried! Why? Because everyone wants what we have Hogarth! Everyone! You think this metal man is fun. But who built it? The Russians? The Chinese? Martians? Canadians? I don't care! All I know is we didn't build it, and that's reason enough to assume the worst and blow it to kingdom come! Now, you are going to tell me about this thing, you are going to lead me to it, and we are going to destroy it before it destroys us! Just hold that thought and stay right there! Uh-oh!

Hogarth Hughes: [Leaves the junkyard] Sleep tight. I'll see you tomorrow.

Annie Hughes: You're up already?

Hogarth Hughes: Just making the bed.

Annie Hughes: Well, that's nice. Come downstairs. I have a surprise for you.

Kent Mansley: [he puts down the newspaper, revealing himself] Morning sport. Sleep well?

Hogarth Hughes: Mom?

Annie Hughes: Isn't it wonderful Hogarth? We finally rented our room.

Hogarth Hughes: [Groans in disgust; Walks away, leaving Annie confused and Kent suspicious.] I'm not very hungry.

Dean McCoppin: Oh, yeah.

Hogarth Hughes: Hello, this is Hogarth Hughes speaking. Who's calling please?

Dean McCoppin: [Over phone] I said he could stay for the night, kid. But it's morning now.

Hogarth Hughes: [Through clenched-teeth; Kent opens the door and grins at Hogarth.] Look, I'll try to come over. OK? But there's this weird guy here who's watching me.

Dean McCoppin: [Over phone] What? What's that supposed to mean? I got this big, giant-- Giant thing out here.

Hogarth Hughes: [Hangs up the phone] I can't talk right now, okay? Bye.

Kent Mansley: Who was that, sport? Friend of yours?

Hogarth Hughes: Yeah. He's a new kid.

Dean McCoppin: [He trips on the floor] Hey! Hey! Stop! Stop! Stop that! Stop it!

Kent Mansley: [In the living room; In the kitchen and he's eating a sandwich; In the hallway upstairs; In the rented room; In the bathroom] Hey, mind if I ask you a few questions, buckaroo? Now, why would you tell your mom about a giant robot Slugger? What'd you see at the power station huh? Tell anyone else Buddy? How big is this thing Ranger? Been in the forest lately? Champ? Slugger? Hey, Cowboy? Where are you going?

Hogarth Hughes: [Exasperated; Takes his jacket] I'm going out!

Annie Hughes: Why don't you take Mr. Mansley with you? Show him the sights.

Hogarth Hughes: Aww, Mom the sights?

Kent Mansley: Hey, I'd love that. Give us a chance to get aquainted, swap some stories. Huh Chief?

Dean McCoppin: [Yelling angrily] There are two kinds of metal in this yard. Scrap and art. If you gotta eat one of them, eat the scrap. What you currently have-- IN YOUR MOUTH IS ART!!

Iron Giant: [Takes the art scrap out of his mouth] Art?

Dean McCoppin: [The robot puts down the damaged art scrap on the ground.; Dean notices the readjustment of the art scrap and is amazed] Forget it. Forget it! It's gone. It's- Hmm, it's not bad.

Hogarth Hughes: [Showing the robot comic books; [w:Mad (magazine)|Mad Magazine; Shrugging; Shows him the '''[[Superman; [w:Superman|Superman; Puts down the comic book; The robot felt curious as he looks at the Atomo comic book.] If you're gonna stay here, you gotta keep better track of yourself. Sheesh. Anyway, I thought you'd like, you know, a bedtime story or something. I've got some really cool ones. ], very funny. The Spirit, very cool. Boy's Life? Ehh. Oh, here. ] comic book] This guy is ]. Sure, he's famous now...but he started off just like you. Crash-landed on Earth. Didn't know what he was doing. But he only uses his powers for good, never for evil. : Remember that.

Iron Giant: [Hogarth sees the Atomo comic book] Hmm.

Hogarth Hughes: [[w:Superman|Superman; he places the '''[[Superman] Oh, that's Atomo, the metal menace. He's not the hero, He's the villain. He's not like you. You're a good guy. Like ]. ] comic book over the Atomo comic book to get the giant's mind off Atomo]

Iron Giant: [[w:Superman|Superman; He feels his stomach rumbling] ].

Hogarth Hughes: You're hungry, aren't you?

Iron Giant: [Nodding] Mmm-hmm.

Hogarth Hughes: But I don't have any metal here. Just follow me.

Hogarth Hughes: [The robot stands up and he holds up Hogarth he sees the night sky; Awed; The robot starts walking and Hogarth looks down to the ground below] Pick me up, okay? Wow. Okay, now march! Whoo! Yee-haw!

Iron Giant: [Curiously] Hmm?

Hogarth Hughes: Oh, yeah. That's Rockwell. Nice place huh?

Iron Giant: Rockwell?

Hogarth Hughes: Yes, I was born right down there.

Iron Giant: [Walks fast happily; Laughing] Rockwell!

Hogarth Hughes: [Yelling; Calmly] Stop! No, stop! Look out for the cow! Come on, no not there! Please stop. No stop! We can't go there yet. People aren't just ready for you.

Iron Giant: [Sadly; Walks away from the town] Awww.

Hogarth Hughes: That was close. We can't go running around like that, okay?

Iron Giant: [Nodding] Mmm.

Hogarth Hughes: [Sees the used car] Hey, look!

Iron Giant: Hmm?

Hogarth Hughes: [Sees the tow truck coming; Shocked; As the tow truck approaches Hogarth hides behind the robot's head; Quietly] I guess that would be okay to eat. It's been there for months. Oh no, we gotta hide! You know hide! It's when you-- You know, when you-- Just get behind something, quick! Don't move.

Hogarth Hughes: Our troubles are over.

Hogarth Hughes: This is it. All you can eat.

Hogarth Hughes: [The robot sits on the car then he crushes it with his fist.; The robot throws the damaged car to the distance. This causes the lights in Dean's warehouse to turn on] Shh, Turn it off! Come on, just turn it off!

Dean McCoppin: [Comes outside with a crowbar; See's Hogarth outside his door] All right, who's out there? Hey, I know you. Squirrel boy.

Hogarth Hughes: Hogarth.

Dean McCoppin: [Hogarth comes in Dean's house and looks around] By night, known as Hogarth. Got it. Well come on inside, kid. Sorry about the crowbar. : You'd be surprised how many people wanna steal scrap. But, man, once I turn it into art, I can't give it away. I mean, what am I? A junkman who sells art or an artist that sells junk? You tell me.

Hogarth Hughes: I like it, I think. Listen you're not gonna call my mom, are you? She doesn't know I'm out.

Dean McCoppin: [outside the window he waves to Hogarth and he quickly closed the shade.] Don't worry kid. Look, it's not my style to report a guy to the authorities. I'm gonna have some coffee. What do you want, some milk, or what? Milk?

Hogarth Hughes: [Dean looks at him] Coffee's fine. Yeah, I drink it. I'm hip.

Dean McCoppin: I don't know. This is espresso, you know? It's like coffee-zilla.

Hogarth Hughes: [Dean shrugs as he starts to make coffee; A bit later, Hogarth speaks rapidly under the effects of espresso] I said, I'm hip. 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 said, "You need stimulation," and I go, "No I'm not stimulated enough right now!

Dean McCoppin: That's for sure.

Hogarth Hughes: [Continuing] So she goes "Uh-uh. You don't have a challenge." So now I'm challenged, all right. I'm challenged to hold on to my lunch money, because all of the big mooses who wanna pound me because I'm the shrimpy dork who thinks I'm smarter than them. But I don't think I'm smarter I just do stupid homework! If everyone else just did the stupid homework, they could move up a grade and get pounded too. Is there anymore coffee?

Dean McCoppin: [The crashing sound is heard from outside; shocked] Look, it's really none of my business kid, but who cares what those creeps think, you know? They don't decide who you are. You do. You are who you choose to be, Did you hear that?

Hogarth Hughes: No, wait. Stop!

Hogarth Hughes: It's okay.

Dean McCoppin: Oh, my god.

Hogarth Hughes: He isn't gonna-

Dean McCoppin: [panicking; grabs Hogarth] Run, kid! Run!

Hogarth Hughes: [he was cut off when the giant slams his hand in their way. They turn around and they trip] It's okay, he isn't- It's okay, he isn't gonna hurt me.

Dean McCoppin: [he gasps when the giant raises him high] Whoa! Hey, hey!

Hogarth Hughes: [the giant narrows his eyes at Dean, then he looks at Hogarth, confused; the giant draws his attention back to Dean, but this time, he didn't narrow his eyes] Don't squash him! No, don't! Do not! Squash him. His name is Dean We like Dean

Iron Giant: [Dean cowers in fear] Dean.

Dean McCoppin: So...where'd, uh-- Where'd he come from?

Hogarth Hughes: He doesn't remember. He's like a... little kid.

Dean McCoppin: [starts chuckling, then stops] Little. Yeah. Wait a minute. You can talk to him?

Hogarth Hughes: Kinda. He can't say a lot of words yet, but he understand things pretty good.

Dean McCoppin: Oh, yeah, I see.

Hogarth Hughes: [Dean has a blank expression on his face, he silently gets up from his chair, pours his coffee onto the ground, and walks back into his office, slamming the door, cutting the screen to black. A caption reading "37 minutes later" appears in the middle of the screen, we cut to Hogarth is still pleading to Dean to let the Giant stay in the junkyard, but to no avail, and sun begins to rise.] He needs food and shelter. You got plenty of room here. This place is perfect!

Dean McCoppin: Go away.

Hogarth Hughes: I can have him push the door down. You know I can!

Dean McCoppin: [finally tired of Hogarth's pleading; opens the door] Hogarth! I-I-I can't hide it here!

Hogarth Hughes: Him. Not it.

Dean McCoppin: Whatever. You don't even know where he came from, or-or-or what the Hell he is!

Hogarth Hughes: He's my friend.

Dean McCoppin: [starts walking back in to his office; lays down on his couch] Yeah, yeah. What am I? Am I your friend? Bring some Franken-bot with out-of-state plates over here and make me change my tune. I don't like that jazz. God, I'm tired.

Hogarth Hughes: So, he can stay?

Dean McCoppin: Tonight. Tomorrow-- I-I don't know about tomorrow.

Mayor: [Shocked] Mayor's office. What? A train accident?

Kent Mansley: [Then he stops and realises] And you report seeing anything unusual.

Mayor: [On phone; she was interrupted when Kent snatches the phone.] What do you mean he hit a giant creature? What creature could be big enough to-

Kent Mansley: [listening on the phone. He turns and points to one of the associates] I need your car.

Hogarth Hughes: [Amazed; He sees his mom come home; Closes the shed door] Wow. You can fix yourself? Neat-o! Uh oh, Mom's home. Just stay here, Okay? I'll be back. Bye!

Iron Giant: [Waving; He sees his hand is missing] Bye.

Kent Mansley: What happened here?

Engineer 1: Go on. Tell him what you saw, Frank.

Engineer 2: You're not gonna believe this. But it was a giant metal man.

Kent Mansley: [One of the engineers points to Hogarth's house] Does anybody know where I can get to a phone nearby?

Annie Hughes: Would you say grace please?

Hogarth Hughes: [Hesitantly; Annie looks at him] Oh, my God! Uh... O my God...we thank you... for the food, uh...food...that...Mom has put in front of us and-- Stop! Uh the devil! From doing bad things? And uh- get out of here! Uh... Satan! Go! Go...so...that we may live in peace. Amen.

Annie Hughes: Amen. That was...hmm...really unusual, Hogarth.

Hogarth Hughes: [Quickly; leaves the table] Forgot to wash my hands.

Annie Hughes: Well, OK.

Hogarth Hughes: [Softly] Stop, Stop! All right. Come on. Over here.

Hogarth Hughes: [Softly] Come on, over here, Come on, Yeah.

Kent Mansley: [Hogarth quickly closed the door and he gasped] Hey there, scout. Kent Mansley. I work for the government.

Annie Hughes: [Kent knocks and rings the doorbell; Hogarth opens the door] Hogarth? Hogarth?

Kent Mansley: [frowns] Hey there, scout. Kent Mansley. Work for the government. Your parents home?

Hogarth Hughes: We're eating.

Kent Mansley: Mmm, boy.

Annie Hughes: Who's there, honey?

Kent Mansley: Oh, hello there. Do you have a telephone I could use?

Annie Hughes: Yes, there's one in the kitchen.

Kent Mansley: [To Hogarth; Puts his hat on Hogarth's head; Chuckling] Well, thank you. Thank you very much. Here. Pretend you're a gangster.

General Rogard: [Annoyed on phone] Dammit Mansley. You call me at home for this?

Kent Mansley: [Over phone] You don't understand sir. It ate my car.

General Rogard: [Over phone] And you saw this happen?

Kent Mansley: No, I didn't actually see it. It went off into the woods.

General Rogard: So you don't have any evidence?

Kent Mansley: But sir, I've got an eyewitness!

General Rogard: An eyewitness with a concussion.

Kent Mansley: [Softly] This thing- This thing is a menace. It tore up the power station. It caused a train wreck!

General Rogard: [Sternly] What did? Tell me again, Mansley, and this time...listen to yourself.

Kent Mansley: [Sighs; Rogard laughs on phone; Kent sees a funny face oven mitt staring at him. Kent turns it away, embarrassed.] A giant metal monster. Please sir. I've got a feeling about this one.

General Rogard: [Angrily] That's lovely, Kent. But let me try to explain how this works. If you told me you'd found, say, a giant footprint...I might sent over an expert to make a plaster cast of it. Hell! You get me a photograph of this thing and I could probably get some troops over there! But you tell me you've got a feeling?

Kent Mansley: All right then, fine. You want evidence? I'll get you evidence. And when I do, I'm gonna want a memo distributed.

General Rogard: [Slowly hangs up the phone] That sounds swell.

Kent Mansley: [Slowly; The dial tone is heard and he hangs his head as he tries hanging up the phone he growls and mutters with frustration and Annie and Hogarth look at him. Kent hangs up the phone in a proper way as he shows composure,] I'll want the memo carbon-copied and redistributed-

Kent Mansley: Hi. Thanks for the use of your phone.

Kent Mansley: Well, thank you for the use of your phone, Mrs...?

Annie Hughes: Hughes. Annie Hughes. And this is my son Hogarth.

Kent Mansley: [Leaving] Thank you Annie. Hobart.

Hogarth Hughes: [Annoyed; to himself, quietly] That's Hogarth. Jerk.

Kent Mansley: [Starts his car; He stops and he sees Hogarth's damaged BB gun, with the remaining words "HOG HUG"; Stops the car] Hogarth? What an embarrassing name. Might as well call him Zeppo or something. What kind of a sick person would name a kid Hogar-? Hog Hug. Hogag!? Hogarth Hughes!

Hogarth Hughes: [Annoyed] Kent Mansley. You work for the government

Kent Mansley: [Hands him the damaged BB gun] I wasn't gonna say that. I have something for you, Hogarth.

Annie Hughes: [To Hogarth; To Kent] Your BB gun. Where did you find that?

Kent Mansley: Up at the power station.

Annie Hughes: Hogarth was out there the other night.

Kent Mansley: Really? See anything unusual, Hogarth?

Hogarth Hughes: [Shaking his head; He hears the toilet flushing that came from upstairs] Nothing...unusual, really. Gotta use the bathroom.

Annie Hughes: Strange, he's so tightlipped now and the other night he couldn't stop talking. I mean, 100-foot-robots and whatnot.

Kent Mansley: [Chuckling] A 100-foot robot? That's nutty! What else did he say?

Hogarth Hughes: [From upstairs] No, wait, stop!

Annie Hughes: Excuse me.

Annie Hughes: [Knocking] Hogarth? What is going on in there? Are you all right?

Hogarth Hughes: [Groaning] I'm fine.

Kent Mansley: [Annie glares at him] You know. this sort of thing is why it's so important to really chew your food. :

Annie Hughes: [Hogarth zips down his pants; Opens the door] Hogarth? Hogarth?

Hogarth Hughes: [Annie exclaimed seeing Hogarth sitting on the toilet] Mom! A little privacy?!

Annie Hughes: [As she closes the door it hits Kent, who yelped in pain.; To Kent] Sorry. Sorry. He's been acting strange lately.

Kent Mansley: [rubbing where the door hit him] That hurt.

Kent Mansley: Thank you, again Annie. Good night Hogarth. I'm sure we'll see each other real soon.

Hogarth Hughes: [Calling] Hello! Come out! Hey, big metal guy, I got food here for you! Metal! Crunchy, delicious metal! Come and get it!

Hogarth Hughes: [Calmly] So I guess you're not gonna hurt me, huh?

Hogarth Hughes: [Surprised; To giant; The giant looked at him innocently; The robot placed his finger on his head, feeling the dent.] The shutoff switch. You saw me save you. So where are you from? You came from the sky, right? From up there? Don't you remember anything? Hmm, maybe it's that bump from your head. Do you talk? You know, words? "Blah, blah, blah," like that? Can you do that? Blah blah blah?

Iron Giant: [Rusty voice] Blah, blah, blah.

Hogarth Hughes: [Picks up rock and shows him] Well, you get the idea anyway. Let's see. See this? This is called the rock. Rock.

Iron Giant: Rock.

Hogarth Hughes: Good.

Iron Giant: [Picks up a boulder] Rock?

Hogarth Hughes: Yes.

Iron Giant: [Picks up a tree] Rock!

Hogarth Hughes: [Points to boulder; Points to tree] No, no. That is a tree. Rock. Tree. Get it?

Iron Giant: [Looks at boulder; Looks at tree] Rock. Tree.

Hogarth Hughes: [To himself; To giant] That's right! Wow, my own giant robot, I am now the luckiest kid in America! This is unbelievable. This is the greatest discovery since, I don't know, television or something. I gotta tell someone. I should call-- No, they'll panic. People will always wig out and start shooting when they see something big like you.

Iron Giant: [Confused] Hmm?

Hogarth Hughes: [Makes a crazy face and the robot mimics him] Wig out. It means crazy. You know like... No, no! Don't do that! That's the kind of stuff that makes them shoot at you.

Kent Mansley: Two nights ago, at approximately 1900 hours, sat com radar detected an unidentified object entering Earth's atmosphere losing contact with it 2 1/2 miles of the coast of Rockwell. Some assumed it was a large meteor or a downed satellite. But my office in Washington received a call from someone who reported an actual encounter with the object. This is no meteor, gentlemen. This is something much more serious. So...

Hogarth Hughes: [Continuing; [Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Animated Series|Ripley's Believe It or Not!; The robot stands up and Hogarth looks up seeing how tall he is.; Awed; He walks away and the robot starts to follow him.; But the robot does follow him anyway; Frustrated; The giant doesn't listen] So, we can't call ] because they wouldn't believe it. And uh...oh it's getting dark and if I don't get home soon, Mom's gonna wonder where I am and if she comes looking for me and sees you, then we got a screaming problem again. So for now, would you, you know, just...just stay here, okay? I'll come back tomorrow. Wow. Well, goodbye. No, no. Me go. You stay. No following. Good. I told you! I'll come back tomorrow! Now, stay! No, No, No! Bad robot!

Hogarth Hughes: [The robot makes a face and laughs; Hogarth is about to walk home then he stops and sees the robot kneeling down to the train tracks.; The robot is about to eat half of the train track; The giant stops to look at him; Then suddenly the crossing bell goes off and Hogarth hears a train coming; Scared; To giant; The robot puts the track back on the ground and Hogarth sees the approaching train; The robot fixes the track] Look, you can't go stomping around and you can't come with me. My mom will wig out. : That's right. So you have got to stay in the forest, and I'll bring you some food tomorrow. But I gotta go home now. So goodbye. Hey! Hey, wait a minute! What do you think you're doing? Look at this mess! Oh no. Put it back! Put it back right now! Help me I need your help! Good, good! Oh yeah, put them together. See? Like this. This one here, that one there. Okay, over, over. Good, good. Now the other one. Okay, good enough. Let's go!

Hogarth Hughes: [Shocked; Runs to the robot; The robot finishes fixing the track; Frightened] What the? That's fine! Leave it alone! The train is coming! Come on let's go!

Hogarth Hughes: [The robot gets up; To giant] Oh no, no, no. You're alive! Look, I've changed my mind. You can follow me home. OK? Let's go!

Dean McCoppin: Thanks for the scrap, Floyd. I can't pay you more, but well, it's- it's got this um... this large bite out of it.

Floyd: That's why I'm selling it, it's got a large bite out of it.

Dean McCoppin: [chuckling softly] That's... Who could have done this?

Earl Stutz: I told you what.

Dean McCoppin: [he walks to his truck] Oh, yeah. Strange invaders.

Earl Stutz: Thanks for believing me. I really did call the government. They're sending someone to take care of the whole thing.

Dean McCoppin: Jeez, Earl. You really are crazy. I mean, who in the hell would the government send?

Kent Mansley: Kent Mansley, United States Government, Unexplained Phenomena department.

Marv: Marv Loach. I the-

Kent Mansley: What happened here?

Marv: [Marv and Kent walk through the wreckage of the power station] Not sure. Sometimes the line'll snap if the weather is bad, sure. But for a whole tower to get twisted up like that.... It's got me beat. It's almost like it was bitten off by some enormous beast.

Kent Mansley: [writing the notes down] Enormous beast, yeah. What do you think? Escaped gorilla?

Marv: Err, what department is that again?

Kent Mansley: Frankly, I'm not at liberty to reveal the particulars of the agency I work for... ...and all that that implies.

Marv: [softly] You mean the national security?

Kent Mansley: Let's put it this way. Once in a while, things happen... ...that can't be rationalized in a conventional way. People wanna know that their government has a response. I am that response. So were there any witnesses?

Marv: [Kent follows Marv to his truck. Marv opens his truck and takes out what's left of Hogarth's BB Gun.; Kent examines the damaged BB Gun] Well, sir, if you'll just follow me. We did find this. United States Government, huh? Guess that means something big's happening here, eh?

Kent Mansley: [he chuckles as he enters his car; Kent notices as the camera zooms out, his car has a chunk bitten out; He jumps out, terrified, and his fedora falls off. He then quickly runs back to the power station. After he left, the giant robot's arm emerges from the trees. Kent is escorting Marv to his car.] Biggest thing here is probably the homecoming queen- OH MYGOD! Come on Marv, I need a witness. It's around the corner.

Marv: Don't pull so hard.

Kent Mansley: [panicking] It's like a big "chomp" out of the side of the car. It's like a bite out of a ham sandwich, like a--

Marv: [confused] What err- What are we looking at here, Mr. Manley?

Kent Mansley: [he picks up the damaged BB gun] Something big, Marv. Something big.

Narrator on film: [The bomb exploded] A peaceful, stay-at-home kind of day in a town very much like your own. But then suddenly without warning. Atomic holocaust! But how does one survive an atomic attack?

Classroom boy 1: [To another boy] Hey did you hear about crazy Mr. Stutz? He says his boat ran into a sea monster.

Classroom boy 2: I heard it was sunk by a meteor.

Classroom boy 3: [Shaking his head] No, no, no. It was a metal meteor. It ate his boat. My dad says-

Hogarth Hughes: [Interrupting] it wasn't any of those things.

Classroom boy 2: [Annoyed] What would you know about it Poindexter?

Mrs. Tensedge: [Sternly; Shushing] Hogarth! Don't make me come over there.

Chorus on film: [Singing; The bomb exploded] Hands over your head, Keep low to the ground, Time to duck in cover, The bombs are coming down. Duck and cover.

Hogarth Hughes: [Whispering to his classmates] It's about 50 or 60 feet high and it only eats metal.

Classroom boy 1: [Annoyed, whispering] Shut up, you little spaz!

Classroom boy 3: It's probably been sent by foreigners to take over the country.

Classroom boy 2: Yeah, we should bomb it to smithereens before it does.

Chorus on film: Cause all the kids who don't, Will cease to be around.

Annie Hughes: Oh, Hogarth.

Annie Hughes: [Goes upstairs] Hogarth? Honey?

Annie Hughes: [Checking his bedroom; She realises that Hogarth's bed is empty; Shocked] Hogarth? Hogarth?!

Hogarth Hughes: [Scared] Help! Help! Stop! Help!

Annie Hughes: Hogarth? Hogarth!

Hogarth Hughes: Mom!

Annie Hughes: [Upset] What do you think you're doing?! Don't you know better than to wander off at night alone? What if something happened to you?

Hogarth Hughes: I'm sorry, Mom.

Annie Hughes: [Hugging him] Oh, don't you ever do that to me again, Hogarth. I was so scared. I thought I'd lost you.

Hogarth Hughes: Mom? You won't believe this. Something ate our TV antenna.

Annie Hughes: [Annoyed] Oh, Hogarth.

Hogarth Hughes: No! I'm serious! Oh but it's not Sputnik, like Mr Stutz thought.

Annie Hughes: Hogarth.

Hogarth Hughes: No, it's a robot! No, really, it is! And the robot, it's 100 feet high! And it eats metal!

Annie Hughes: [Sternly; Sighs] Stop it! Just stop. I'm not... I'm not in the mood. Come on. Let's go home.

Hogarth Hughes: Hello, this is Hogarth Hughes speaking. Who's calling please?

Annie Hughes: [Over phone; She was cut off when the waitress comes out of the kitchen. To the waitress; To Hogarth on phone] Hogarth, honey, I'm really sorry, but... Thank you. I need to work late tonight. There's some cold chicken in the icebox. You can have that and some carrots.

Hogarth Hughes: [Opens the bread box] I'm way ahead of you, Mom.

Annie Hughes: [Over phone] Good, I'll make it up to you, okay?

Hogarth Hughes: Okay.

Annie Hughes: [Over phone] I love you, honey.

Hogarth Hughes: [He's about to hang up.] Me too.

Annie Hughes: [Over phone] And, Hogarth no scary movies, no late snacks, in bed by 8:00.

Hogarth Hughes: Got it?

Man on TV: [Hogarth fills the twinkie with whipped cream and eats it.; Brain is on the floor; To Miss Melon leaving the lab] Why, the porpoise can communicate telepathically, Miss Melon. If we can transplant at least 15% of their brain matter into ours we may be able to read minds. Darn. A perfectly good brain wasted. : I think you've seen enough. How about a nightcap? Let's say my place.

Hogarth Hughes: [Rolling his eyes] Oh, sheesh.

Miss Melon on TV: [Chuckling] I was thinking the same thing. Mind reader.

Man on TV: [Realizing; Hogarth eats popcorn, and the man goes back to the lab to get his keys he tries to turn on the light.; The brain moves slowly on the floor] Darn. I seem to have left my keys in the lab. Hmm.

Hogarth Hughes: [Mouthful] You're gonna get it.

Man on TV: Who's there?

Man on TV: [Frightened; Hogarth quickly goes downstairs and sees the Brain monster attacks the man on TV but suddenly the TV goes static.] No! No! No!

Hogarth Hughes: [Annoyed; He smacks the TV trying to make it work but no effect] Aww, come on! Stupid antenna.

Hogarth Hughes: [Shocked and Softly] Invaders from Mars!

Annie Hughes: Over here, honey!

Hogarth Hughes: Hey, Mom! You won't believe our good luck. Guess what I found?

Annie Hughes: Hogarth, we've been through this before: No pets.

Hogarth Hughes: Oh, but he's not a pet, Mom. He's a friend.

Annie Hughes: Hogarth, we've got to rent a room this year if we're gonna make ends meet, and no one wants to live in a place with shredded upholstery.

Hogarth Hughes: You'll never know he's there. I'll keep him in a cage.

Annie Hughes: [Shudders] Until you feel sorry for him and set him free... in the house. You remember the raccoon, Hogarth? I remember the raccoon.

Hogarth Hughes: Please, Mom, at least look at him.

Annie Hughes: All right. Where is this guy?

Hogarth Hughes: I will go get him, okay?

Hogarth Hughes: [he brings down the newspaper away from the man's face to find that he is actually sleeping. The man is Dean McCoppin, who wakes up.] Excuse me. Excuse me. Sir? Excuse me--!

Dean McCoppin: What's that?

Hogarth Hughes: [Dean is about to look underneath] Please don't move. My pet's under your table. Don't look! If you make a scene, my mom won't let me keep him.

Dean McCoppin: What kind of pet, kid?

Hogarth Hughes: A squirrel. He's friendly.

Earl Stutz: I'm telling the truth, dang it! It came from outer space. I saw it. And it was headed toward land. I called the government in Washington about it. Maybe it was a Sputnik or an invader from Mars. That's what it is. It's an invader from Mars! A spaceship of some kind. An unidentified flying object.

Patron: Unidentified? Knowing you, Earl, I'd say it was either whiskey or beer.

Dean McCoppin: [they turn to Dean] Hey. I saw it too.

Patron: I rest my case.

Hogarth Hughes: [Dean takes off his sunglasses, unbeknown to them, a squirrel looks up Dean's trouser leg] I believe you. What if it is Sputnik? Or a flying saucer from Mars? I bet we could find it.

Dean McCoppin: Sorry, kid. I didn't really see anything. But if we don't stick up for the kooks, who will?

Annie Hughes: [walking by] Is my son bothering you, sir?

Dean McCoppin: [he bangs the table] Yes, I mean No! Call me Dean.

Annie Hughes: Hogarth, you were going to get your pet, honey?

Hogarth Hughes: I will, Mom. Right after I finish talking with--

Dean McCoppin: Dean.

Dean McCoppin: Found your pet.

Hogarth Hughes: Where?

Dean McCoppin: It's in my leg, man. Squirrel's up my pants, Hogarth. I'm trying not to wig out here.

Hogarth Hughes: Don't wig out.

Dean McCoppin: [he gets up from the table and stands in the aisle; he unzips the flyer on his pants and the squirrel starts running away the diner, causing the customers and the waitresses and waiters to scream and panic. Annie has seen all, and turns to glare at Dean. Dean places his sunglasses on nervously] Okay. He's heading north now. I'm sorry, kid. I'd like to apologize to everyone in advance for this. Check, please.

Customer: It's a rat!

Earl Stutz: [the scene changes to Earl piloting his boat; he begins to notice the comet crashing landing in the distance] Mayday! Mayday! This is the crawler Annabelle. I've lost my bearings and I'm taking on water. My last good reading is 44 degrees north, 68 degrees....

Voice on the radio: Portland Station to Annabelle. What is your current position?

Earl Stutz: [grabbing the radio to reply; he notices a lightbeam in the distance] I don't know exactly, Portland. Off the coast somewhere, near Rockwell! Wait. The lighthouse! I see it!

Earl Stutz: I'm telling the truth, dang it! It came from outer space. I saw it! And it was headed toward land. I called the government in Washington. Maybe it was a sputnik, or... or an invader from Mars. That's what it is, an invader from Mars! It was a spaceship of some kind. An unidentified flying object...

General Rogard: Go to Code Red! Repeat, Code Red!

General Rogard: [sternly] Step outside, Mansley.

Dean Jeffrey McCoppin: You mean, you know about that?

Dean Jeffrey McCoppin: That's for sure.

Dean Jeffrey McCoppin: Sorry, kid. I didn't really see anything. But if we don't stick up for the kooks, who will?

Anne Margaret "Annie" Hughes: [still talking with Dean] Hmm, I see why Hogarth sneaks out here.

Anne Margaret "Annie" Hughes: Aww, now I do.

Anne Margaret "Annie" Hughes: Would you say grace, please?

Kent James Mansley: Hey, mind if I ask you a few questions there, buckaroo? Now, why would you tell your mom about a giant robot, slugger? So, what'd you see at the power station, huh, tiger? Tell anyone else about this, buddy? How big is this thing, Ranger? Been in the forest lately, Junior? Hey, where you goin'? Champ? Slugger? Hey, Cowboy, where you goin'? Where you goin'?

Kent James Mansley: Two nights ago, at approximately 1900 hours (7:00 P.M.), S.A.T com radar detected an unidentified flying object entering Earth's atmosphere, losing contact with it two-and-a-half miles off the coast of Rockwell. Some assumed it was a large meteor, or a downed satellite, but my office in Washington received a call from someone reporting an actual encounter with the object. This is no meteor, gentlemen, this is something much more serious.

Hogarth William Hughes: [trying to get the Giant to come to his senses before he blasts him] It's bad to kill. Guns kill. And you don't have to be a gun. You are what you choose to be. You choose. Choose.

Hogarth William Hughes: [he has just had espresso with Dean, and is not used to its effects] 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.

Hogarth William Hughes: So, she says, "Uh-uh. You don't have a challenge. You need a challenge." So now I'm challenged, all right. I'm challenged to hold on to my lunch money because of all the big mooses who want to pound me, because I'm a shrimpy dork who thinks he's smarter than them. But I don't think I'm 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?

Hogarth William Hughes: [makes a crazy face and babbles; Giant mimics him] Wig out, it means crazy. You know like, uh- No, no! Don't do that! That's the kind of stuff that makes them shoot at you.

Hogarth William Hughes: [after seeing Giant; calmly; gasps; Giant holds his hand out as Hogarth cringes and gasps, thinking Giant is gonna pound him, but he reveals the shut-off switch that lands on the ground; shocked; to Giant; Giant looks at him innocently; Giant looks up; Giant places his finger on his head, feeling the dent] So, I guess you're not gonna hurt me? The shut-off switch. You saw me save you. So... where are you from? You came from the sky, right? From up there? Don't you remember anything? Hmm, maybe it's that bump from your head. Do you talk? You know words? "Blah, blah, blah," like that? Can you do that? Blah, blah, blah?

Hogarth William Hughes: I believe you. What if it is Sputnik, or a flying saucer from Mars? I bet we could find it.