Movie connections for
The Iron Giant (1999)

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Edited into

The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (1999) (TV)

References

Frankenstein (1931)
King Kong (1933)
Superman (1941)
 -  The specific music is played when the character is mentioned
Bambi (1942)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Gojira (1954)
 -  Dean refers to espresso as "coffe-zilla"
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
"Jaianto robo" (1967)
 -  Both Giant Robo and the Iron Giant are thinking robots who befriend little boys who command them (Daisaku Kusama/Johnny Sokko and Hogarth Hughes, respectively), both were originally created as weapons of destruction, and both sacrifice themselves to save Earth in similar manners (both fly out into space and hurtle into a meteor and nuclear missile, respectively) in the respective finales.
Superman (1978)
The Black Stallion (1979)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
"Amazing Stories" (1985)
Aliens (1986)
 -  When he tapes the flashlight to the gun before going after the giant, it's a reference to the scene in Aliens where Sigourney Weaver's character tapes together the gun and some other things before going after Newt in the queen alien's lair.
Beetle Juice (1988)
The Rocketeer (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Addams Family (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
"Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (1998)
Vampire Savior EX Edition (1998) (VG)

Referenced in

The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (1999) (TV)
"Troldspejlet: (#22.14)" (1999)
 -  reviewed in episode of Troldspejlet
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Shark Tale (2004)
 -  DVD is on shelf at the pawn shop.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
 -  In Sky Captain's hanger, Iron Giant is one of the discarded robots
The Incredibles (2004)
 -  When borrowing a plane, Helen's pilot call sign is "India Golf Niner-Niner", which translates to IG99, a reference to the 1999 film The (I)ron (G)iant.
Film Geek (2005)
 -  one of Scotty's videos
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
 -  Movie makes the countdown, is talked about.
More Making of 'The Incredibles' (2005) (V)
 -  referenced by Mark Andrew
DVD (2006)
 -  A poster of the film can be seen in a wall
"Family Guy: Peter's Daughter (#6.7)" (2007)
 -  An action figure of The Iron Giant and a doll used in court cases involving child molestation are on the top of Meg's wedding cake.

Features

The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)

Featured in

"Troldspejlet: (#22.14)" (1999)
 -  footage used in episode of Troldspejlet
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown

Spoofs

Duck and Cover (1952)
 -  The footage of this "educational" film shown to Hogarth and his classmates is an outrageous mockery of the original version

Spoofed in

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II (2000)

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