The Iron Giant Page #3

What do you want, some milk,

or what? Milk?

Coffee's fine.

I drink it. I'm hip.

I don't know.

This is espresso, you know?

It's like coffee-zilla.

I said, I'm hip.

She moved me up a grade.

Now I'm even more not fitting in.

I was getting all A's.

My mom says, "You need stimulation."

- I go, "I'm stimulated enough now."

- That's for sure.

"You need a challenge."

So now I'm challenged...

...to keep my lunch money because

of the mooses who wanna pound me...

...since they think

I'm smarter than them.

I don't think I am,

I just do the homework.

If everyone did, they could move up a

grade and get pounded. Any more coffee?

Look, it's really none

of my business, kid...

...but who cares what

these creeps think, you know?

They don't decide who you are.

You do.

You are who you choose to be.

- Did you hear that?

- No, wait. Stop!

It's okay!

My God!

- He isn't gonna--

- Run, kid! Run!

It's okay. He isn't--

It's okay. He isn't gonna hurt me.

Don't squash him!

Do not...

...squash him.

His name is Dean.

We like Dean.

So...

...where'd he come from?

He doesn't remember.

He's like a little kid.

Little. Yeah.

Wait a minute. You can talk to him?

He can't say a lot of words yet

but he understands things pretty good.

I see.

He needs food and shelter.

You got plenty of room here.

- This place is perfect.

- Go away.

I can have him push the door down.

You know I can.

I can't hide it here.

- "Him," not "it."

- Whatever.

You don't even know where "he"

came from. Or what the hell "he" is!

He's my friend.

Yeah, what am I? Am I your friend?

Bring some Franken-bot with out-of-state

plates, make me change my tune.

I don't like that jazz.

God, I'm tired.

So he can stay?

Tonight. Tomorrow, I don't know.

I don't know about tomorrow.

Sleep tight.

I'll see you tomorrow.

- You're up already?

- Just making the bed.

That's nice. Come downstairs.

I have a surprise for you.

Morning, sport. Sleep well?

Isn't it wonderful?

We finally rented our room.

I'm not very hungry.

- This is Hogarth Hughes.

- I said he could stay the night, kid.

It's morning now.

I'll try to come over. But there's

this weird guy here who's watching me.

What's that supposed to mean?

I got this big, giant--

Giant thing out here.

I can't talk right now, okay? Bye.

Who was that, sport?

Friend of yours?

Yeah. He's a new kid.

Stop! Stop that! Stop it!

Mind if I ask you

a few questions, buckaroo?

Why would you tell your mom

about a giant robot?

What'd you see at the power station?

Tell anyone else?

How big is this thing?

Been in the forest lately?

Champ? Slugger? Cowboy?

Where you going?

I'm going out!

Why not take Mr. Mansley with you?

Show him the sights.

Oh, Mom, the sights?

I'd love that. Give us a chance

to get acquainted, swap stories.

There are two kinds of metal here.

Scrap and art.

If you gotta eat one of them,

eat the scrap.

What you currently have--

in your mouth--is art!!

Art?

Forget it. Forget it!

It's gone. It's--

That's not bad.

First, you take a chocolate bar.

Any bar'll do.

Do you mind if I...?

No, knock yourself out, skipper.

You crumble up the chocolate

into little pieces.

Then you kind of stir it

into the ice cream. See?

Yes, I see.

What do you call this again?

Landslide. It's new. Very new.

Landslide.

Topnotch.

You know, Hogarth, we live

in a strange and wondrous time.

The Atomic Age.

But there's a dark side to progress.

Ever hear of Sputnik?

Yeah, it's the first satellite

in space.

Foreign satellite, Hogarth,

and all that that implies.

Even now, it orbits overhead.

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.

Do you?

What are you talking about?

What am I talking about?

What am I talking about?!

I'm talking about

your goldarned security!

While you're snoozing

in your jammies...

...back in Washington,

we're wide-awake and worried. 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!

We didn't build it,

and that's reason enough...

...to assume the worst

and blow it to kingdom come!

Now, you'll tell me about this thing.

You're gonna lead me to it.

And we are going to destroy it

before it destroys us!

Hold that thought and stay right there.

Little lower. Little bit lower....

I thought you were in trouble.

That sucks. Let me....

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.

You got a problem with

arts and crafts, little man?

He's a giant robot, Dean.

It's a little undignified.

Well, smart guy,

what would you have him do?

Main systems on. Main engines.

One, two and three.

All systems go. Five, four, three...

...two, one!

Blast off!

We're landing. We're landing!

We're landing!

Say, can you guys

cool yourselves a little?

We're pressing our luck here.

Hey, baby, we are cool!

Welcome to downtown Coolsville.

Population:
us.

Well, can you move Coolsville

to some place less conspicuous?

How about the lake?

Come with us. It'll be fun.

This can't last forever.

We gotta tell somebody about him.

You worry too much.

Watch this!

All right, we're watching.

This one's for professionals only!

Banzai!

Come on in!

The water's great!

No, thanks.

You weenie!

Come on in.

It's really, really refreshing.

What? You too?

You...

...big baby!

Banzai!

You're right in the middle

of the road!

All right.

I think that's enough fun for one day.

Are you okay in there? I'm back

with the toilet paper you needed.

Thanks! I think

I'm feeling better now.

Much.

Much better.

It's beautiful, huh?

Hey, look!

It's a deer.

Let's get closer.

Well, I guess he decided to--

It's the monster!

It's dead.

Dead?

Don't do that!

Why?

It's dead. Understand?

They shot it...

...with that gun.

What's wrong?

- Gun.

- Yes. Guns kill.

Guns kill.

I know you feel bad about the deer.

But it's not your fault.

Things die.

It's part of life.

It's bad to kill.

But it's not bad to die.

You die?

Well...

...yes, someday.

I die?

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.

Soul?

Mom says it's something inside

of all good things...

...and that it goes on

forever and ever.

Souls don't die.

You're late for dinner.

Your mom's working late tonight.

So it's just us guys.

And we're gonna have a little chat.

Sit down!

How's that? A little too bright?

Good.

Forgive me. I wanted you

to learn something.

What can I learn from you?

You can learn this:

I can do anything I want,

whenever I want...

...if I feel it's in

the people's best interest.

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