Iron Giant

Kent Mansley:
The biggest thing in this town is probably the homecoming queen.

The Iron Giant:
I am not a gun.

Hogarth Hughes:
Welcome to downtown Coolsville! Population: us.

Dean McCoppin:
Sorry about the crowbar, kid. You'd be surprised how many people want to steal scrap. But, man, once I make it into art, I can't give it away. I mean, what am I? A junkman who makes art or an artist who sells junk? You tell me.

Annie Hughes:
Strange. He's so tight-lipped now, and yesterday he wouldn't stop talking. I mean, hundred-foot robots and whatnot.

Kent Mansley:
Hundred-foot robot? He, he. That's nutty.

Kent Mansley:
What else did he say?

General Rogard:
You'll be Chief Inspector of Subway Toilets by the time I'm through with you!

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

The Iron Giant:
You die?

Hogarth Hughes:
Well, yes, someday.

The 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.

The Iron Giant:
Soul?

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

The Iron Giant:
Souls don't die.

The Iron Giant:
I... fix.

Hogarth Hughes:
Giant?

The Iron Giant:
Hogarth, you stay. I go. No following.

Hogarth Hughes:
I love you.

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

Dean McCoppin:
If we don't stand up for the kooks, who will?

The Iron Giant:
No Atomo... I Superman!

Kent Mansley:
Hogarth? That's an embarrassing name. They might as well have called him Zeppo or something

Dean McCoppin:
Found your pet.

Hogarth Hughes:
Where?

Dean McCoppin:
It's up my leg, man. Squirrel's in my pants, Hogarth!

Hogarth Hughes:
Don't wig out.

Dean McCoppin:
I'm sorry, kid.

Dean McCoppin:
Excuse me! I would like to apologize in advance for this!

Dean McCoppin:
Check, please.

Hogarth Hughes:
You can fly? YOU CAN FLY!

Hogarth Hughes:
So she moved me up a grade 'cause 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." I said, "No, I don't. I'm stimulated enough right now."

Dean McCoppin:
That's for sure.

Hogarth 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 wanna pound me, 'cause they think 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 anymore coffee?

Dean McCoppin:
Oh, hey, I know you. Squirrel boy.

Hogarth Hughes:
Uh, Hogarth.

Dean McCoppin:
By night known as Hogarth.

Kent Mansley:
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?

Hogarth Hughes:
Yeah, first satellite in space.

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

Hogarth Hughes:
What are you talking about?

Kent Mansley:
What am I talking about?

Kent Mansley:
What am I talking about? I'm talking about your goddamn security, Hogarth! While you're snoozing in your widdle jammies, up in Washington we're wide awake! Why? Because everyone wants what we have! 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 where it is so we can destroy it before it destroys us!

Dean McCoppin:
I dunno. This is espresso - it's like Coffee-zilla.

Dean McCoppin:
It was being defensive. He reacted to the gun.

General Rogard:
That missle is targeted to the giant's current position! Where's the giant, Mansley?

Kent Mansley:
Oooh... We can duck and cover. There's a bomb shelter not far from...

General Rogard:
There's no way to survive this!

Kent Mansley:
You mean we're all going...

General Rogard:
To die, Mansley. For our country.

Kent Mansley:
Screw our country! I WANT TO LIVE!

Marv Loach:
United States Government, eh? That must mean something big is happening here.

Kent Mansley:
No, Marv. Big things happen in big places, and the sooner I file my report, the sooner I can get back to them.

Hogarth Hughes:
Wow, my own giant robot! I am now the luckiest kid in America! This must be the biggest discovery since, I don't know, television or something!

Kent Mansley:
Hey there, scout! Kent Mansley, I work for the government.

Kent Mansley:
You know, this sort of thing is why it's important to always chew your food.