Eli Marienthal credited as playing...
Hogarth Hughes
- [as the Giant flies toward the missle]
- Hogarth Hughes: [in the Giant's mind] You are who you choose to be.
- The Iron Giant: Superman.
- Hogarth Hughes: [to the Giant, in battle mode] 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.
- The Iron Giant: [as a nuclear missile is headed for Rockwell; to himself] I fix.
- Hogarth Hughes: Giant?
- The Iron Giant: [kneels down to Hogarth] Hogarth. You stay. I go.
- [lifts Hogarth's chin with a finger and waves his other finger at him]
- The Iron Giant: No following.
- Hogarth Hughes: I love you.
- [the Giant takes off to intercept the rocket]
- 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.
- [Hogarth leaves. The Iron Giant lays back to look at the stars]
- The Iron Giant: Souls don't die.
- Annie Hughes: Would you say grace, please?
- [Hogarth sees the Giant's hand in the kitchen]
- Hogarth Hughes: Oh my God... Um, uh... oh, my God! We... thank you for the... er, food that mom has put in front of us and *stop!*... uh, the Devil... from doing bad things? And er, 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: [speaking quickly] Forgot to wash my hands!
- Annie Hughes: [as Hogarth races out of the room] What--? Okay.
- Hogarth Hughes: [talking very fast, on caffeine] 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," and I go, "No, 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: Get back! I said get back! I mean it!
- The Iron Giant: No. Stop. Why?
- Hogarth Hughes: It was an accident. He's our friend.
- Dean McCoppin: He's a piece of hardware, Hogarth. Why did you think the army was here? He's a weapon, a big... big gun that walks.
- The Iron Giant: I... I not gun.
- Dean McCoppin: Yeah? Then what's that?
- [Points at huge hole the Giant's ray left on a bus]
- Dean McCoppin: You almost did that to Hogarth!
- The Iron Giant: No!
- [Runs away]
- Hogarth Hughes: Wait!
- [Runs after the Giant]
- Dean McCoppin: Hogarth!
- Hogarth Hughes: Come back!
- Dean McCoppin: [sees the toy gun Hogarth left on the ground] It was being defensive. He reacted to the gun.
- 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 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: What are you talking about?
- Kent Mansley: What am I talking about?
- [Loses patience]
- Kent Mansley: 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!
- [Mansley's stomach rumbles, having been unknowingly given ice cream laced with Ex-Lax]
- Kent Mansley: [racing to the bathroom] Just hold that thought and stay right there!
- 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...
- Man: Unidentified? Knowing you, Earl, I'd say it was either whiskey or beer.
- [others laugh]
- Dean McCoppin: Hey! I saw it too.
- Man: I rest my case.
- [others laugh]
- Hogarth Hughes: 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?
- Kent Mansley: Your mom's working late tonight, Hogarth, so it's just us guys, and we're gonna have a little chat. Sit down!
- [shoves Hogarth onto a chair and shines a bright light on him]
- Kent Mansley: How's that? A little too bright? Good. Forgive me, Hogarth. I wanted you to learn something.
- Hogarth Hughes: What can I learn from you?
- Kent Mansley: You can learn this, Hogarth. That I can do anything I want, whenever I want if I feel it's in the people's best interest. The giant metal man. Where is it?
- Hogarth Hughes: I don't know what you're talking about.
- Kent Mansley: You don't? Does this ring a bell?
- [lays down the picture Hogarth took of the aluminum siding he used to lure the Giant]
- Kent Mansley: No? How about this?
- [lays down the photo Hogarth accidentally took of himself - with the Giant behind him]
- Kent Mansley: You've been careless, Hogarth.
- Hogarth Hughes: It doesn't prove anything.
- Kent Mansley: It's enough to get the army here with one phone call.
- Hogarth Hughes: Then what's stopping you?
- Kent Mansley: [angry] Where's the giant?
- [Grabs Hogarth by the jaw]
- Kent Mansley: You can't protect him, Hogarth, anymore than you can... protect your mother.
- Hogarth Hughes: My mom?
- Kent Mansley: It's difficult to raise a boy all alone. We can make it more difficult. In fact, we can make it so difficult that it would be irresponsible for us to leave you in her care, and all that that implies. You'll be taken away from her, Hogarth.
- Hogarth Hughes: You can't do that!
- Kent Mansley: Oh, we can, and we will.
- Hogarth Hughes: He's at the junkyard. McCoppin's Scrap off Culver Road.
- Kent Mansley: The junkyard, of course! Food for the metal eater. I wouldn't worry about this, Hogarth. This isn't really happening. It's only... a bad dream.
- [puts a chloroform rag on Hogarth's mouth, leaving him unconscious]
- Hogarth Hughes: Hey, Dean! Watch this!
- Dean McCoppin: All right, we're watching.
- Hogarth Hughes: This one's for professionals only! Banzai!
- [dives into lake, starts shivering]
- Hogarth Hughes: Come on in! The water's... great.
- Dean McCoppin: No, thanks.
- Hogarth Hughes: You... weenie!
- [to the Giant]
- Hogarth Hughes: Come on in. It's really, really refreshing.
- [the Giant walks away]
- Hogarth Hughes: What? You too? You... big baby!
- The Iron Giant: [the sound of the Giant running is heard; suddenly he jumps into the water] Banzai!
- Hogarth Hughes: Can you talk? You know, words? Blah, blah, blah, like that? Can you do that, blah, blah, blah?
- The Iron Giant: [very rusty] Blah, blah, blah.
- Hogarth Hughes: Well, you get the idea, anyway.
- 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!
- 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: 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: ...until you feel sorry for him and set him free in the house. You remember the raccoon, Hogarth?
- [Shudders]
- Annie Hughes: Oooooh! I remember the raccoon.
- Hogarth Hughes: I thought you might like, you know, a bedtime story. I have some really cool ones. Mad Magazine - very funny. The Spirit - very cool. Boy's Life - eh. Oh, here. This is Superman. He's a lot 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.
- [Giant looks at a comic with a robot like himself on the cover]
- Hogarth Hughes: Oh, that's Atomo, the metal menace. He's not a hero, he's a villain. But you're not like him. You're a good guy, like Superman.
- The Iron Giant: Super... man.
- Dean McCoppin: Oh, hey, I know you. Squirrel boy.
- Hogarth Hughes: Uh, Hogarth.
- Dean McCoppin: By night known as Hogarth.
- Hogarth Hughes: [seeing the shot deer] It's dead.
- The Iron Giant: Dead?
- [the Giant tries to pick up the deer]
- Hogarth Hughes: Don't do that!
- The Iron Giant: But... why?
- Hogarth Hughes: It's dead, understand? They shot it, with that gun.
- [the Giant looks at the gun; his eyes narrow and turn red]
- Hogarth Hughes: Hey, are you all right?
- The Iron Giant: [snaps out of it] Gun.
- Hogarth Hughes: Yes. Guns kill.
- The Iron Giant: Guns kill.
- Dean McCoppin: Found your pet.
- Hogarth Hughes: Where?
- Dean McCoppin: It's up my leg, man. Squirrel's in my pants, Hogarth, and it's climbing its way out of here.
- Hogarth Hughes: Don't wig out.
- Dean McCoppin: Okay, it's heading north now. I'm sorry, kid.
- [to the people in the restaurant]
- Dean McCoppin: Excuse me! I'd like to apologize to everyone in advance for this.
- [zips down his fly to let the squirrel out, which cause a loud commotion]
- Dean McCoppin: Check, please.