| The Iron Giant | |
|---|---|
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| Series | The Iron Giant (movie) |
| Age | Unknown, (but seems mentally to be about Hogarth's age, so around 9 - 11 human years of age proven by Hogarth saying to Dean "he's like a little kid"). |
| Birthday | |
| Sex | Male |
| Species | Unknown |
| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Alignment | Chaotic Good |
| “ | Superman... | „ |
| ~ The Iron Giant's most famous quote. |
The Iron Giant is the titular main protagonist of the 1999 animated film of the same name and appeared to have a cameo in the 2018 film Ready Player One.
He is a genial 50-foot tall autonomous robot from another world that crash lands on Earth before becoming friends with a young boy named Hogarth who rescues him from his own internal defensive mechanism.
Background[]
Powers & Abilities[]
The Iron Giant appeared to be an extremely technologically sophisticated alien robot designed with flight and weapons tools. Using a pair of rocket boosters on his feet, he is able to fly at will, and could fly high enough to almost reach outer space when he pursued the nuclear missile which would have destroyed Rockwell. His body parts can also move autonomously, with the help of an antenna which would signal them to re-join and rebuild the Giant if he is damaged or destroyed.
He is also extremely durable, though was brought down numerous times, such as being electrocuted by a power station, knocked out by a train, and temporarily incapacitated by aircraft missiles. He was broken to several pieces by a nuclear missile, though he used his self-repairing antenna to rebuild, which is one of his most potent tools. However, he appears to be far more durable while in combat mode, as seen when a 16-inch Iowa-class battleship shell delivers no apparent damage to him.
Although he chose to resolve conflict through peaceful means, the Giant was armed with a highly destructive weapons arsenal which would trigger whenever he was threatened. The Giant would appear to loose self-awareness in this state, and aim to kill or destroy whatever was targeting it, even his friend, Hogarth.
- Eye Lasers - The most basic weapon the Giant is seen are what appear to be eye lasers. These are powerful enough to blast through metal, and would have vaporized Hogarth if he was not rescued by Dean.
- Laser Cannon - On his right arm is a powerful laser cannon, which is strong enough to destroy a tank with one hit.
- Spinning Top Rapid-Fire Laser - Atop his laser cannon can be found a rapidly-rotating top-like machine, upon which two metallic arms rapidly puncture to fire quick bursts of spark-like bolts of energy. These are strong enough to disable several tank-sized targets.
- Plasma Ball Disintegrator - His left arm can turn into a special device that fires plasma bubble-like balls. These plasma balls, upon encountering their targets, engulf them, and vaporize them. The balls are large enough to instantly vaporize tanks.
- Three Overhead Beam Cannons - Mounted atop his head are three beam cannons. These fire blue beams, which are deadly to anything they hit.
- Chest Cannon - Apparently his most dangerous weapon is a highly sophisticated energy cannon in his chest. After selecting a target, the Giant's body draws energy to this cannon, which produces a plasma ball which explodes in a vast dome-shaped plasma blast. The total damage this blast can inflict is not known, as its only use by the Giant was against a battleship, and it missed its target after Hogarth distracted the Giant's aim. It can be assumed that it was powerful enough to vaporize the battleship, or even the group of battleships attacking the Giant, as the blast appeared to have been at least several kilometers in diameter. In a deleted scene, a robot similar to the Giant fires this same cannon, and immediately after a shot reveals a planet exploding, perhaps suggesting that this was its intended use.
Despite being vastly mechanically powerful, the Giant was not without flaw, mainly due to the fact that his peaceful and combat mode seemed to be two entirely separate entities. He was not able to control himself while threatened and preparing for battle, and his sole instinct while in this state seemed to be to simply destroy everything in his path. Thus, it can be assumed that the Giant could not be relied upon for defensive battle purposes, as his nature while using his weaponry was only to destroy. Had he been able to use his weapons whilst being self-aware, it may be speculated that he could have even destroy the nuclear missile using one of his many weapons from a large distance.