I find it funny that Christopher Mcdonald plays the character perfectly as well as the fact he looks like Clark Kent without glasses, ironically(no pun intended) the Iron Giant is inspired by Superman to which Hogarth introduced him to, so many different cliches and connections almost. Also wouldnt Kent be in the right because of this giant robot despite the fact it wasnt trying to destroy humanity? But people back then would react the same way seeing a giant robot like that?
Those are some nifty facts! I believe a lot of people would've reacted the way he did. Not that I necessarily think he was doing it for his country or protection but rather selfishness, paranoia, and fear of the unknown. Being sick and tired of playing second banana and being the butt of every joke as well as being sent to unimportant places I feel like his ultimate goal was to just get recognition and fame, move up the ranks, feel important. Paired with a desire to live and a helping of cowardice as well as selfishness and a willingness to sacrifice others to better himself, I'd say that's a dangerous combination. Yet he wouldn't be the ass hat we all know and love without it.
Kent’s reaction up until he lied about the Iron Giant killing Hogarth were perfectly justified. Within a week the Iron Giant caused a mass blackout, a train wreck and multiple counts of personal property damage. Earlier this year the US send fighter jets just because a balloon was flying too close. So mobilizing the army for an autonomous walking weapon doesn’t really seem that far fetched.
@@user-fp3yc9hm6m Kent was justified in his beliefs, but not his action. Even aside from claiming Hogarth died, he was doing all sorts of weird shit like staying in someone's private home (which, even though it was offered up, is unconstitutional), and the way he treated Hogarth. Kent is a perfect example of an old saying: "Don't the wrong things for the right reasons doesn't make your actions right."
I can't help sympathizing with him. His job started out with discovering his car had been bitten into like a sandwich, which would mess with anyone's head on a good day, but then all the clues led to this one kid who did everything possible to hinder Kent's investigation into something that, for all he knew, could threaten the entire world which is already on the brink of annihilating itself- a fact that is weighing heavily on him, as his meltdown at the ice cream shoppe demonstrated. Looking back, him taking heavy handed measures with that little shit made perfect sense from his perspective, given everything he'd been through up until then. To have that all result in him being utterly humiliated in front of the army and berated by its commander must have left him in a bad place on the ride back to Washington. To then look back and see the metal monster out in the open was likely the point at which he completely snapped, both from frustration and pure terror.
The thing is, under any other circumstances he should be the good guy here. The Giant was intended to be a weapon and in a twist of fate didn’t fulfill its own purpose.
If he had not said screw our country he just be seen a man who is afraid. Instead he made himself look like a fed greedy for power and but not wanting to die.
I especially love how he raises a finger and gets closer as if he wants to ask a question, but immediately retreats as if Hogarth JUST explained what he was about to ask and he's like "Oh-okay, yes. I see".
This man has probably been raised on overblown expectations and to be as efficient as a robot himself. He has so many childish parts himself, but supresses them to keep up the image of a “proper man of the government”
I swear I heard something about the rest of the crew modeling both Mr Incredible and Syndrome without his knowledge so he couldn't change it when he realized
@@cleverusername8319 Yeah this was something they went over in a roundtable discussion about the making of The Incredibles on the Blu-Ray. I don't remember if Mr. Incredible was modeled after Brad Bird, but Syndrome was definitely modeled after him.
Mansley is every bit what was considered the "ideal man" back then. He's patriotic, has a well paying goverment job, a nice suit and is well groomed. And yet is shown to be cowardly, cruel, selfish and generally a rotten person. Meanwhile, Dean is someone who'd have fathers warning their daughters away from him. And yet is shown to be a much better example of a human being
1:42 I think this is my favorite line delivery by far, the sudden utter shock doesn't sound fake or forced at all. It's so natural sounding and that makes it hilarious
almost identical to his delivery of tha same line as shooter mcgavin in "happy gilmore" lol: "well moron, good for happy gilmoooohhh maii gawddd!!! 😱😱😱"
Brad Bird films have some of the cleanest voice acting in the industry, it’s actually insane. I dare anyone to find a bad line read in any animated film he’s directed
I just realized the scene where the general hangs up on Mansley is the only time he refers to him as “kent”. You can tell he’s just completely done with his shit at that point.
Well, the thing is when he ran off after noticing half his car was missing, he immediately went to try and find someone to show it to, but the car was gone by the time he got back, as the Giant had taken (and presumably eaten) it .
I like to think of it, that he's worried he's going insane and is seeing "metal monsters" everywhere. His turning the oven mitt away is likely an (unsuccessful) attempt to convince himself he's not crazy
@@louisryan5815 I think he does that because he knows how crazy what he is saying sounds, to Mansley it's like the mitt with the silly face is mocking him.
Manley is a pretty entertaining and surprisingly sensible antagonist for most of the movie, considering the potential threat the Giant actually posed. Despite his asshole demeanor, the only really evil things he did were drug Hogarth to sleep (he's a kid, Kent, come on) and circumvent command to order a nuke dropped right on top of the city.
@@highviewbarbell Thank you for your kind words. It started out small, just ordering cluster munitions on small villages. I thought I could stop at any time, but after the nuke incident I had to take a long look in the mirror and examine who I had become. I'm 3 years sober now (unless you count that time I planted a mine field outside of a children's hospital).
I love how the movie kept insisting that the giant was friendly and that Mansley was overreacting, and then the iron giant turns out to be a literal world destroying apocalypse weapon that can survive a nuclear explosion
The weapon is what he was made to be. The iron giant is who he wanted to be. WHAT you are is out of your control. WHO you are is the sum of your choices. He chose to be Superman.
I mean we all know this movie is phenomenal but the animation just REALLY leaps off the screen at every single moment. Character, volume, weight, design, perspective, humor, creativity, smoothness, composition, backgrounds… my eyes are in heaven. Rewatch time.
This movie freaked me out as a kid. Deeply troubling to have an invasive and scary man come and live in your house against your will, always stalking you and creeping on you… total privacy invasion… ugh
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT! I look at Kent Mansley and all I see is a government agent harassing a child while illegally interrogating him. The whole time HOGARTH'S MOM JUST LETS IT HAPPEN. She even LETS HIM LIVE THERE so he can continue doing it in the privacy of his own home.
@@JimiGosuIn fairness, this is still the 1950’s. A single mother probably wouldn’t be eager to give pushback to the friendly government agent giving her money just because he’s strangely invested in conversing with her son.
What about Burn after reading? Hell, Kent was actually right the entire time, as the giant was meant to be a superweapon. And at the end or the day, what's one city worth compared to the possible worldwide destruction the giant could otherwise do?
1:42 This is one of my favorite type of gags, when you hear a character's though change halfway through their line. Like "Hey buddy, you can't just walk in here like holy crap, it's Peter." or "No, Mr. Reynolds, it's not Ape Tit. It's "A Petite-" Never mind."
Back when I first saw saw context-less clips of the movie, I assumed Kent was Hogarth's Step-Father. While I was wrong, I can't help but feel like that minor change would have switched the dynamic in the movie _drastically,_ maybe it would even have made Kent a bigger issue, because A - Hogarth has to lie to his Dad, and not some "weird guy", and B - Kent would be hesitant to pull off any of his sleazier tricks, all while _terrified_ for his son's safety. I see a lot of people in the comments justifying his actions (not behaviour, because while I wouldn't want to talk to him, I get his paranoia), but I feel like he kinda crossed the line the second he started interrogating and almost threatening a kid. I think him being forced into a position where he has priorities beyond his basic desires and fears would result in a much more tense dynamic.
In the earlier days of seeing this movie, I didn't understand that Kent actually rented a room in Hogarth's house so I kept wondering why tf he was always around them like that, and why Hogarth's mom was allowing it. So I also thought she kinda got with him or something and he kept calling Hogarth 'champ, cowboy' etc like a dad would. 😅
@@IBeMelissa and @imthecoolestguyalive I think what's happened is that Hogarth's mom Annie is probably a war widow, and is taking in roomers to supplement her income as a diner waitress. There is a framed photograph of a man suited up for flight next to/climbing into a fighter jet on a night table in Hogarth's room, I forget which scene. The jet looks Korean War era. The man in the photo never appears as a character in this movie.
Woah, I love that idea! Would probably require a lot more run time for the movie, thus a lot more work, but I would pay a lot of money to see it written that way lmao
I think this movie portrays the Cold War pretty well in America after Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union and Mansley acting as the fearful American, unsure what to believe and if something is a threat or not during the Red Scare. One of the many reasons I like this movie tbh
@@rektbones5188too late, they're in the IT sector, in the emergency services...one was part of the team who made the vaccine for COVID. You're doooomed :3
@felinusfeline5559 Oooof I know! I feel for the real tummy that had to produce such a rumbly mess. I trust there was a restroom close by for that poor soul.
I honestly didnt remember until these comments that its Christopher McDonald who plays Mansley. It actually a super well done performance for someone who isnt normally a VA
@@frenchconstantine2299 I want to correct you on that but it's actually babygirl bc people these days called middle aged men "bbg". So lets just say it's both big bad guy and babygirl, lol.
Kent Mansley is someone we really love to hate and he's a well written villain who is accurate to a real corrupt official. Unlike characters like Buck Diamond (Kid vs. Kat) and Dirk Dumphrey (The 7D), Kent isn't overly exaggerated in terms of his bad traits and he isn't unnecessarily mean-spirited.
It honestly upset me as a kid that no one would listen to Kent. I hate in movies when someone is telling the truth and nobody will believe them, idk why. It's just frustrating. Also 0:52 legitimately the most agreeable thing Kent says in the entire movie. Who tf names their child "Hogarth" lmao
Fair enough but let's be real if someone you knew told you there was a 100ft sentient metal giant running around, would you believe them straight away or assume they are high af. I agree about the Hogarth thing tho lmao.
I remember in like 2014 or so the animation professor I had in college had a funny story about attending the wrap-up party for this movie after it came out and flopped in the theaters. He said he walked up to Brad Bird and was going to tell him a joke, "I heard they finally found out how to finally stop the spread of AIDS; they're going to let Warner Bros distribute it!" but then Brad Bird's kid walked up just as he was about to say that so he shut his mouth.
"And when I do, I'm gonna want a _memo_ distributed. And then I want that memo carbon-copied, and I want the copy REdestributed!" The movie take place in the 1950s, and government work hasn't changed in 70 years.
In the polish dub he says "Hogarth? What a weirdo name, you could call a car or a bike that, I'd shoot myself if they called me Hogarth" and the dessert Hogarth shows to him is called the "duck shot" SHFJDH
"so you dont have any evidence?" "well i have the half of my car it didn't eat and I can tell you the other half completely disappeared in 15 minutes so..."
There was one time when I was watching this on DVD that I used the repeat feature to make it repeat Kent's face getting squished by the bathroom door several times. That was great! 🤣 Somebody should do that with a 'We Will Rock You' remix! That would be hysterical! 🤣
With its recent surge in popularity, I don't know if this film qualifies as underrated anymore. But it still doesn't get enough credit for its brilliant comedic animation.
1:12 was peak comedy when my brothers and I were kids lol. In fact, one of my brothers actually painted that exact moment and I have it hanging up on my wall.
The fact that he took a picture of Hogarth on the toilet right before the door was slammed in his face. One of those things you only notice when you're older.
Pretty sure thats the whole point of the movie. This movie was made during the height of the russian scare and nuclear crisis. Fear was so prevelent it was palpable. You could go anywhere and people would be terrified of nuclear Armageddon, but more importantly, russian spies and interference. The whole time kent was thinking this giant was probably from the russians trying to spy on the united states.
Court following this movie: For trying to nuke the town, you are sentenced to life in prison. Court: Holy cow! 4:20 Ok add another 10 years for that one. Creep.
I had a fanfic commissioned where Kent volunteers as a guinea pig for an untested drug in exchange for a reduced sentence. It goes completely wrong when Kent transforms into a werewolf due to the werewolf DNA in the drug. It’s great.
@@StarredDemation You want it? Here it is: Kent Mansley wore a sour grin on his face as he was wheeled into the dingy darkness of the grimy prison's laboratory. It was definitely NOT up to any safety codes, but as a man in prison for treason Manley knew his complaints would fall on deaf ears. The straps holding him to the gurney cut into his flesh even through his prison uniform, the tightness seemed deliberate; his captors wanted him as uncomfortable as possible. "So, how much time off do I get for getting stuck like this?" Mansley chuckled drily as a lab tech approached with a needle that was longer than Mansley's index finger, "I don't mind being your guinea pig, really. Just as long as I get a lollipop afterward" Manley added with a wink. "The serum we're testing tonight is designed to increase the user's strength and stamina..anything beyond that is redacted and need-to-know" "Oh goody, and if I die because of this drug?" "Then I guess you won't need to worry about prison food anymore" Mansley winced as the large needle pierced his arm, his light blue eyes peaking out a grimy window, just able to make out the shining brilliance of the night's full moon. "Huh, that wasn't so ba-uggh...urrrghh!" Mansley's words are cut off as a searing pain fills his body, his chest tightening as he spasms wildly. "My God!" He heard a voice say as ringing filled his ears, "His body, what's happening?" "You fool," another voice called, "the werewolf DNA in the serum was supposed to be negligible! We never should have tried this on a full moon!" Mansley gritted his teeth as he felt the straps press into his body even more, his chest swelling up unnaturally. He looked down at his body with a strangled gasp, watching his body change. *Schrrip!* The front of Mansley's prison jumpsuit ripped open, exposing his bare chest, the flesh warping and bubbling like water before tightening up like a drum. "Aghghghg!" Mansley cried as he felt his ribs crack and reform inside his body many times larger than was natural. His chest swelled with angry, defined musculature that easily tore through his clothing, pushing against the straps meant to restrain Manley, the gurney swaying as he bucked forward. He was blind to the chaos around him as he felt his body's DNA get rewritten. Mansley's palms were flat against his sides as he continued to shift and change rapidly. The veins in the back of his hand quivered wildly as jet-black werewolf blood coursed through them, his body on fire as the monster blood pumped through his body. *Crunch! Snap!* Mansley's eyes widened and he roared in agony, the bones in his hand exploding and breaking open like twigs, the sound and agony washing over him as his feet followed suit. Mansley's fingers and toes spread out, the digits lengthening past human capabilities. A whimper of agony slipped through Mansley's lips as his nails and toenails peeled off to be replaced by large, knife-like claws that burst through the tips of his new fingers and toes, the black claws razor-sharp. A long, drawn-out *crunch* filled Mansley's head, along with agonizing pressure as his jaw distended, blood filling his mouth as his teeth ripped from out of his gums, molars, and incisors clattering to the blood-soaked ground as his human teeth fell out. Mansley's eyes burned like fire as new, pristine, and powerful fangs tore through his gums, setting into place as his tongue tore and reformed into one that was large and wolf-like. His face extended painfully to form into a wolf's muzzle, his eyes no longer human, the light blue replaced by glistening yellow monochromatic ones. The last of the pain began to ebb as thick swathes of rust-colored fur began to sprout over Mansley's body, covering every inch of his flesh. His spine groaned monstrously as Manley felt an acute pressure at his lower back. He gritted his fangs as a long, imposing tail shot out of his lower back, covered in seconds by a brush of fur. The restraints finally snapped and Mansley stepped free of the tatters of his clothes and remains of his old body, now standing 3 feet taller than his human form, sporting an extra 20 lbs of pure muscle. *Ahrooooooooooo!!!* Now Mansley was free, and he was hungry. The lab techs didn't have a chance to react before he was upon them. His razor claws tore one man clear in two, and his jaws cleaved right through another's neck, decapitating them and filling his mouth with blood. As for the solitary prison guard, standing with his gun shakily aimed at the monster before him, Manley charged him madly. He felt the guard's bullets enter his body uselessly, and smelled his terror just before he crushed him against the wall brutally, turning the man to paste. The wall cracked with the impact, and as Mansley, idly licked the gore off the back of his paw he looked through the wide hole in the wall and up at the full moon. It was a good night for a hunt. *Awwwooooo!!!* (commissioned by me to HiddenFictions on Etsy)
@@StarredDemation definitely!! McDonald was the perfect casting for him by far! Even though I read on IMBD that Arnold Schwarzenegger was suggested to play Mansley. Could you imagine?!🤣
@@Mrs.Nesmith98 oh god no. Thank God we're not in the universe where that happened. Meanwhile I'll be sitting over here thinking about live action Mansley being Conan O'Brien
@@StarredDemation YES! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks of Conan looking like Mansley 🤣 thank God is right because I honestly can't see that going well .. I also heard George Clooney, and Martin Stewart were considered too.. but MacDonald does a flawless job on the character. Can't recreate it!
Hogarth should've just implied that whatever it was is classified and another agency told them to keep hush hush about it. Then stonewall the hell out of Kent and make it seem like he's just being a good little citizen.
I find it funny that Christopher Mcdonald plays the character perfectly as well as the fact he looks like Clark Kent without glasses, ironically(no pun intended) the Iron Giant is inspired by Superman to which Hogarth introduced him to, so many different cliches and connections almost. Also wouldnt Kent be in the right because of this giant robot despite the fact it wasnt trying to destroy humanity? But people back then would react the same way seeing a giant robot like that?
Those are some nifty facts! I believe a lot of people would've reacted the way he did. Not that I necessarily think he was doing it for his country or protection but rather selfishness, paranoia, and fear of the unknown. Being sick and tired of playing second banana and being the butt of every joke as well as being sent to unimportant places I feel like his ultimate goal was to just get recognition and fame, move up the ranks, feel important. Paired with a desire to live and a helping of cowardice as well as selfishness and a willingness to sacrifice others to better himself, I'd say that's a dangerous combination. Yet he wouldn't be the ass hat we all know and love without it.
Kent’s reaction up until he lied about the Iron Giant killing Hogarth were perfectly justified. Within a week the Iron Giant caused a mass blackout, a train wreck and multiple counts of personal property damage. Earlier this year the US send fighter jets just because a balloon was flying too close. So mobilizing the army for an autonomous walking weapon doesn’t really seem that far fetched.
@@user-fp3yc9hm6m Kent was justified in his beliefs, but not his action. Even aside from claiming Hogarth died, he was doing all sorts of weird shit like staying in someone's private home (which, even though it was offered up, is unconstitutional), and the way he treated Hogarth.
Kent is a perfect example of an old saying: "Don't the wrong things for the right reasons doesn't make your actions right."
any correctness he has gets blown to smitherines when he calls a nuclear strike on his own country and on himself
I can't help sympathizing with him. His job started out with discovering his car had been bitten into like a sandwich, which would mess with anyone's head on a good day, but then all the clues led to this one kid who did everything possible to hinder Kent's investigation into something that, for all he knew, could threaten the entire world which is already on the brink of annihilating itself- a fact that is weighing heavily on him, as his meltdown at the ice cream shoppe demonstrated. Looking back, him taking heavy handed measures with that little shit made perfect sense from his perspective, given everything he'd been through up until then.
To have that all result in him being utterly humiliated in front of the army and berated by its commander must have left him in a bad place on the ride back to Washington. To then look back and see the metal monster out in the open was likely the point at which he completely snapped, both from frustration and pure terror.
The thing is, under any other circumstances he should be the good guy here. The Giant was intended to be a weapon and in a twist of fate didn’t fulfill its own purpose.
The true anti hero
@@StarredDemation No, he’s an anti-villain. His intentions are in the right place, but his goals aren’t.
@@reverbthevocal421 the true anti villain 🙃
If he had not said screw our country he just be seen a man who is afraid. Instead he made himself look like a fed greedy for power and but not wanting to die.
@@StarredDemation LAUNCH THE MISSILE NOW!
Why is Jerma having beef with a child
It's a running gag that Jerma looks like every white person ever, but this is actually so true what the heck
nah it’s conan o’brien
The comment that made me decide to blow my brains out 💀💀💀
Over a cool looking robot
@@dJ-rd9wt rip
The most endearing part is how genuinely interested he looks in Hogarth's ice cream creation
Honestly makes me concerned that he might not have ever seen one before.
I especially love how he raises a finger and gets closer as if he wants to ask a question, but immediately retreats as if Hogarth JUST explained what he was about to ask and he's like "Oh-okay, yes. I see".
This man has probably been raised on overblown expectations and to be as efficient as a robot himself. He has so many childish parts himself, but supresses them to keep up the image of a “proper man of the government”
and hogarth's MOM
@@blueberrydragon5160 You’re pretty much on point with that, really good observation!
The character designs of both Mansley & Syndrome give me the sneaking suspicion that Brad Bird loves to cast himself as the villain.
I swear I heard something about the rest of the crew modeling both Mr Incredible and Syndrome without his knowledge so he couldn't change it when he realized
@@cleverusername8319 Yeah this was something they went over in a roundtable discussion about the making of The Incredibles on the Blu-Ray. I don't remember if Mr. Incredible was modeled after Brad Bird, but Syndrome was definitely modeled after him.
Mansley is every bit what was considered the "ideal man" back then. He's patriotic, has a well paying goverment job, a nice suit and is well groomed. And yet is shown to be cowardly, cruel, selfish and generally a rotten person.
Meanwhile, Dean is someone who'd have fathers warning their daughters away from him. And yet is shown to be a much better example of a human being
ANOTHER reason why I LOVE this film!
Amen
And General Rogard seems like he'd just be another take on General Ripper from "Dr Strangelove" but ends up being the rational military man.
Mansley : The perfect soldier
Dean : A good man
@@TheMerchanhe did disobey the general and almost killed everyone though
1:42 I think this is my favorite line delivery by far, the sudden utter shock doesn't sound fake or forced at all. It's so natural sounding and that makes it hilarious
The delivery is perfect. You can hear his surprise/panic
almost identical to his delivery of tha same line as shooter mcgavin in "happy gilmore" lol: "well moron, good for happy gilmoooohhh maii gawddd!!! 😱😱😱"
Brad Bird films have some of the cleanest voice acting in the industry, it’s actually insane. I dare anyone to find a bad line read in any animated film he’s directed
I just realized the scene where the general hangs up on Mansley is the only time he refers to him as “kent”. You can tell he’s just completely done with his shit at that point.
Do you believe Mansley's obsession with Destroying The giant Has made him insane
@@jalenikezeue4114 I think he was a thread-pull away from coming undone, the giant was just the thing that pulled the thread.
Mansleys phone scene was extremely relatable. Has anyone not done that when it couldn't stay there back then?
I do it at work all the time
Can't relate.
My phone stays in its place.
I'm like that when I can't make a decent espresso in the morning.
I loved that scene when I was young, (oh, and I still do.) The oven mitt and phone smashing is just perfect!
Yes
1:42
I love the double entendre of "the biggest thing in this town is probably the homecoming queen"
*OH MY GOD!!!!!* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ChrisManley1994Hilariously enough, that's what he says right after the homecoming queen comment. Good timing XD
@@The_Existential_Breadpretty sure that’s why he said it..
Damn it Mansley you call me at home for this?
What's the double entendre? The only meaning I get out of that sentence is him calling the prom queen fat
1:35 I NEVER NOTICED HE MADE THAT FACE
Same
Mansly being devious 😂
WHAT?! R U 4REAL?!
I noticed it since the first time!
Wait you mean Mansly or Hogarth?
Just noticed that to lol yikes
I don't think _any_ of us did until we watched this video.
And not a damn one of us was ready for today.
“You don’t have any evidence?”
MY FCKING CAR HAS A BITE TAKEN OUT OF IT ☠️
Well, the thing is when he ran off after noticing half his car was missing, he immediately went to try and find someone to show it to, but the car was gone by the time he got back, as the Giant had taken (and presumably eaten) it .
He didn't have time to take pics lmao the car was gone
2:24 I can't express how much I love this moment to bits
He's so insecure that he thinks an oven mitt is mocking him
I like to think of it, that he's worried he's going insane and is seeing "metal monsters" everywhere. His turning the oven mitt away is likely an (unsuccessful) attempt to convince himself he's not crazy
@@louisryan5815 I think he does that because he knows how crazy what he is saying sounds, to Mansley it's like the mitt with the silly face is mocking him.
That scene has always cracked me up, but the way you put it in your comment made it so much funnier. XD
He expected that the mitt had cameras in it so he flipped it over since his job is about figuring out if something is a SECRET government threat.
you'd feel insecure too if you had to say there was a giant metal monster and had your boss laughing at you
Manley is a pretty entertaining and surprisingly sensible antagonist for most of the movie, considering the potential threat the Giant actually posed. Despite his asshole demeanor, the only really evil things he did were drug Hogarth to sleep (he's a kid, Kent, come on) and circumvent command to order a nuke dropped right on top of the city.
I remember the time I ordered a nuke dropped on a city. Thank goodness I'm a better person today.
You…. WHAT?!?
@@copyrightenforcement3869 listen mistakes happen nobody's perfect the important thing is you recognized the pattern before it became a habit
“. . . and circumvent command to order a nuke dropped right on top of the city.”
To quote Mimir, “This is a fuckup of not insignificant proportions.”
@@highviewbarbell Thank you for your kind words. It started out small, just ordering cluster munitions on small villages. I thought I could stop at any time, but after the nuke incident I had to take a long look in the mirror and examine who I had become. I'm 3 years sober now (unless you count that time I planted a mine field outside of a children's hospital).
I love how the movie kept insisting that the giant was friendly and that Mansley was overreacting, and then the iron giant turns out to be a literal world destroying apocalypse weapon that can survive a nuclear explosion
Kents problem he was too paranoid. Him ranting to Hogarth about Sputnik showed his paranoia despite the Giant.
He would loose his shit over the Chinese spy balloon.
World destroying is a bit of a reach. City destroying would be more accurate I think.
Turns out hogarth & Kent were both right and wrong
The weapon is what he was made to be. The iron giant is who he wanted to be.
WHAT you are is out of your control. WHO you are is the sum of your choices. He chose to be Superman.
Idk if Kent Mansley is charming, relatable, or what but i love him. He’s like the anti himbo
Dark Himbo
An anti himbo is just a dude
@@skeletalmixer1019 You don't get it
Himbo: muscular, dumb, kind
Anti-himbo: skinny, smart, rude
yeah, checks out
@@loonflam8910The facts are all there
I mean we all know this movie is phenomenal but the animation just REALLY leaps off the screen at every single moment. Character, volume, weight, design, perspective, humor, creativity, smoothness, composition, backgrounds… my eyes are in heaven. Rewatch time.
A++ comment! I love what they did with this movie!
Too bad Disney would rather use bad cgi and AI than pay professional animators to make masterpieces like this
★★★★★ for the quality of the designs and the animation.
I always said it: 'The Iron Giant' is a true masterpiece.
1:42 that "oh My GOD!" lives in my head rent free.
Didn’t need to rent out a room
Happy Gilmore reference
This and HOG HUG
I love how Mansley's General boss is just watching Cowboy movies and not even trying to take Mansley seriously in the slightest.
“ tell me again, Mansley. And this time listen to yourself.”
Ouch! 😂
"There are easier ways to get a Section 8, Mansley."
2:52 his moustache droops in disappointement
Ohhh I didn't notice that 😢
lol the edit at 4:10 killed me, there are so many 🤨 moments in this film when it comes to this guy
I put way too much energy into that joke 😂
Law and Order.
It killed me. I thought it was real for a second and I had to check the comments.
@@ianjackson9852 AYO SAME I JUST NOTICED IT WAS THE WRONG IMAGE HAHAAH
I’ve watched this movie so many times that I didn’t even really register what was on the photo this time, 😂
This movie freaked me out as a kid. Deeply troubling to have an invasive and scary man come and live in your house against your will, always stalking you and creeping on you… total privacy invasion… ugh
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT! I look at Kent Mansley and all I see is a government agent harassing a child while illegally interrogating him. The whole time HOGARTH'S MOM JUST LETS IT HAPPEN. She even LETS HIM LIVE THERE so he can continue doing it in the privacy of his own home.
@@JimiGosuIn fairness, this is still the 1950’s. A single mother probably wouldn’t be eager to give pushback to the friendly government agent giving her money just because he’s strangely invested in conversing with her son.
Most accurate depiction of the CIA ever put to screen.
What about Burn after reading?
Hell, Kent was actually right the entire time, as the giant was meant to be a superweapon. And at the end or the day, what's one city worth compared to the possible worldwide destruction the giant could otherwise do?
@@jurajsintaj6644 Exactly, Kent Mansley did nothing wrong. He only trying to save White America from the scourge that is Vin Diesel
@@jurajsintaj6644Good point, he's not an accurate depiction of the CIA,
cause he was actually right about something.
I say “hog hug? HOGHUG? HOGARTH HUGHES” way too many times in my every day life😂
My brother and I used to yell it at each other years ago, still do every so often 😂
Kent Mansley, the definition of the phrase "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help"
I love how even in different dimensions (2D or 3D), Brad Bird characters are so stylistically distinct.
Live action too.
3:12 Kent with the pipe, the smoke around him, glaring down at the viewer. What a powerful few frames lol
This frame goes hard, feel free to screen shot.
God he is the definition of the perfect antagonist
Exactly!!! He is a perfect antagonist❤
like your PFP.
1:45 is my absolute favorite part of this whole movie!
"Biggest thing in this town is probably the Homecoming Queen--"
Omg like just the amount of energy he put into that 😭
1:42 is GOLD
1:42 This is one of my favorite type of gags, when you hear a character's though change halfway through their line.
Like "Hey buddy, you can't just walk in here like holy crap, it's Peter." or "No, Mr. Reynolds, it's not Ape Tit. It's "A Petite-" Never mind."
Back when I first saw saw context-less clips of the movie, I assumed Kent was Hogarth's Step-Father. While I was wrong, I can't help but feel like that minor change would have switched the dynamic in the movie _drastically,_ maybe it would even have made Kent a bigger issue, because A - Hogarth has to lie to his Dad, and not some "weird guy", and B - Kent would be hesitant to pull off any of his sleazier tricks, all while _terrified_ for his son's safety. I see a lot of people in the comments justifying his actions (not behaviour, because while I wouldn't want to talk to him, I get his paranoia), but I feel like he kinda crossed the line the second he started interrogating and almost threatening a kid.
I think him being forced into a position where he has priorities beyond his basic desires and fears would result in a much more tense dynamic.
In the earlier days of seeing this movie, I didn't understand that Kent actually rented a room in Hogarth's house so I kept wondering why tf he was always around them like that, and why Hogarth's mom was allowing it. So I also thought she kinda got with him or something and he kept calling Hogarth 'champ, cowboy' etc like a dad would. 😅
@@IBeMelissa and @imthecoolestguyalive I think what's happened is that Hogarth's mom Annie is probably a war widow, and is taking in roomers to supplement her income as a diner waitress.
There is a framed photograph of a man suited up for flight next to/climbing into a fighter jet on a night table in Hogarth's room, I forget which scene. The jet looks Korean War era.
The man in the photo never appears as a character in this movie.
Woah, I love that idea! Would probably require a lot more run time for the movie, thus a lot more work, but I would pay a lot of money to see it written that way lmao
Kent effs hogarth's MOTHER to get close to HIM. the guy is NOT GOOD
I think this movie portrays the Cold War pretty well in America after Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union and Mansley acting as the fearful American, unsure what to believe and if something is a threat or not during the Red Scare. One of the many reasons I like this movie tbh
It’s been decades and I still crack up at “HOG HUG?? HOGARTH HUGHES!”
1:20 this was probably one of the funniest moments. When we take a look at today, we can actually relate this very moment to a Taco Bell aftermath
@@melvinohoulihan Yeah, and dogs shouldnt eat human edibles as well. Otherwise they'll evolve into their furry form and the doomsday'd happen. 💀
Those stomach gurgles are also horribly accurate. I think the sound designer was working from experience.
@@rektbones5188too late, they're in the IT sector, in the emergency services...one was part of the team who made the vaccine for COVID.
You're doooomed :3
@felinusfeline5559 Oooof I know! I feel for the real tummy that had to produce such a rumbly mess. I trust there was a restroom close by for that poor soul.
I honestly didnt remember until these comments that its Christopher McDonald who plays Mansley. It actually a super well done performance for someone who isnt normally a VA
Alt title: Kent’s bbg moments in 5 minutes
I'm a little unfamiliar with acronyms so it took me a long minute to realise that you meant Big Bad Guy and not BB Girl. 🤣🤣🤣
@@frenchconstantine2299 I want to correct you on that but it's actually babygirl bc people these days called middle aged men "bbg". So lets just say it's both big bad guy and babygirl, lol.
Omg! I didn't know that! That's really cute! Thanks for the info! 😊
Kent Mansley is someone we really love to hate and he's a well written villain who is accurate to a real corrupt official. Unlike characters like Buck Diamond (Kid vs. Kat) and Dirk Dumphrey (The 7D), Kent isn't overly exaggerated in terms of his bad traits and he isn't unnecessarily mean-spirited.
It honestly upset me as a kid that no one would listen to Kent. I hate in movies when someone is telling the truth and nobody will believe them, idk why. It's just frustrating.
Also 0:52 legitimately the most agreeable thing Kent says in the entire movie. Who tf names their child "Hogarth" lmao
At least Zeppo has some zing to it!
Fair enough but let's be real if someone you knew told you there was a 100ft sentient metal giant running around, would you believe them straight away or assume they are high af. I agree about the Hogarth thing tho lmao.
bro, Kent bangs hogarth's mom to get close to him. my guy
I don’t think Hogarth is a bad name.
Really clever A113 reference 2:30 "took a bite out of my car like a ham sandwich!"
1:35 Oh i love that face
1:12 "OW! haha ow... that hurt" so cute
4:21 This caught me off guard hahaha
Yea but right after giving the final order to launch the missile he went straight from ‘Mansley’ to ‘Cowardsley’ real quick
I call him "Half-A-Mansley" 😂
That poor man had to shit himself so much in that movie
IKR 😂 💩
2:39
1:17
3:55
0:35 Landslide, more like _Mudslide_
The edit at 2:15 killed me. That’s colonel Sherman Potter from M.A.S.H
I'm so happy someone got that!!
i was looking for someone to mention it 😂
Jeez I was thinking this'd be higher up in the comments! And here I was wondering why we didn't get Stinger's face on Kent's 😂
@@protobust262 I didn't even think about Klinger's face on him omg!
THANK YOU. I couldn't identify that added-on face, and I doubt I'd be able to without help. Thanks for helping!
"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help"
I remember in like 2014 or so the animation professor I had in college had a funny story about attending the wrap-up party for this movie after it came out and flopped in the theaters. He said he walked up to Brad Bird and was going to tell him a joke, "I heard they finally found out how to finally stop the spread of AIDS; they're going to let Warner Bros distribute it!" but then Brad Bird's kid walked up just as he was about to say that so he shut his mouth.
1:08 Gotta be the most funniest scene
"And when I do, I'm gonna want a _memo_ distributed. And then I want that memo carbon-copied, and I want the copy REdestributed!"
The movie take place in the 1950s, and government work hasn't changed in 70 years.
4:58 - I did that to my grandma's house phone. Now I can't see the numbers and text and shit. Lmao.
I still do that with the phone at work. Dumb thing is propped up on an angle and slides off all the time
“The biggest thing in this town is probably the Homecoming Queen *OH MY GOD!!!!!”* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Outlandish theory, but I think Kent's escaped gorilla was foreshadowing King Kong's introduction in the MonsterVerse 😂
You are foul for editing the photo developing scene lmao
I mean… he already came across pretty unhinged, but this edit makes him look hilariously psychotic and I love it 😂🤣
Colonel Potter's face edited over the general's is the icing on the cake
I never noticed the faces Kent makes when he realizes that he has to go the the bathroom outside until now.
Bro the animation had no business being this good 💀
Oh now I'm definitely naming my child Zeppo
In the polish dub he says "Hogarth? What a weirdo name, you could call a car or a bike that, I'd shoot myself if they called me Hogarth" and the dessert Hogarth shows to him is called the "duck shot" SHFJDH
I feel that last one in my bones. STAY WHERE I PUT YOU
What a humble being
Who names a kid hogarth😂
It doesn't sound that bad considering the names they've been using lately on the newest generations
What an embarrasing name, they might as well call him Zeppo or something ¿What kind of sick person would name a kid hoga- 0_0
@@tomascastilloleyton6848 hogog.... HOGOG......HOGARTH HUGHS!!!!
"so you dont have any evidence?"
"well i have the half of my car it didn't eat and I can tell you the other half completely disappeared in 15 minutes so..."
There was one time when I was watching this on DVD that I used the repeat feature to make it repeat Kent's face getting squished by the bathroom door several times. That was great! 🤣
Somebody should do that with a 'We Will Rock You' remix! That would be hysterical! 🤣
2:56 perfection
Still can't believe this studio made this movie, then made 8 CRAZY NIGHTS and went bencrupt soom after.
That's a soeedrun guys...
funniest cartoon villain ever
Did NOT expect the Colonel Potter cameo!!!! ahaHAHA
With its recent surge in popularity, I don't know if this film qualifies as underrated anymore. But it still doesn't get enough credit for its brilliant comedic animation.
“You look pretty good.”
The kent face smash lives rent free in my mind.
1:12 was peak comedy when my brothers and I were kids lol. In fact, one of my brothers actually painted that exact moment and I have it hanging up on my wall.
😂😂
I love his facial animation, his mannerisms. Absolutely genius!
I watched this whole video while really having to go take a dump. I can honestly relate to Mansley on that front. Now I'm off to the bathroom.
1:18 😳💩
Stop eating landslide, it does that to ya.
Why is his heads so long, he looks like a pencil 😭
So I've done Kent's little phone freak out when things fall over repeatedly.
Sometimes I forget how cute Kent gets... Should really rewatch the movie.
The details in this movie are amazing. Truly a passion project success story.
Edit... that is not the original image at 4:10 lol
1:24
when your enemy becomes your DAD
The fact that he took a picture of Hogarth on the toilet right before the door was slammed in his face. One of those things you only notice when you're older.
WHATCHA LOOKIN AT KENT?!!! WHERE’s THE GIANT MANSLEY?!!!
My man stays slipping!🤣😭
I will defend this topic til they make the sequel
Mansley is not the villain, the antagonist was misunderstanding and fear
He wasnt the villain till he called for a nuke on a populated city full of innocent people
Not just the nuke but he also drugged a child. So sus.
Pretty sure thats the whole point of the movie.
This movie was made during the height of the russian scare and nuclear crisis. Fear was so prevelent it was palpable. You could go anywhere and people would be terrified of nuclear Armageddon, but more importantly, russian spies and interference. The whole time kent was thinking this giant was probably from the russians trying to spy on the united states.
@@johnsayles8032 child drugged him first tbf 💀
This movie never gets old
Court following this movie: For trying to nuke the town, you are sentenced to life in prison.
Court: Holy cow! 4:20 Ok add another 10 years for that one. Creep.
Y'know, I have a striking feeling that he's Kent Mansley and he works for the government.
4:57 this part always make me laugh
Guy's name is Kent and he's out here judging other people's names.
🤣🤣
Mansley as well. As if the universe knows how insecure he is
😂 so perfect!
Honestly the landslide sounds like a great shake idea outside the lax chocolate part
I had a fanfic commissioned where Kent volunteers as a guinea pig for an untested drug in exchange for a reduced sentence. It goes completely wrong when Kent transforms into a werewolf due to the werewolf DNA in the drug.
It’s great.
Well shoot now I'm interested XD
@@StarredDemation You want it? Here it is:
Kent Mansley wore a sour grin on his face as he was wheeled into the dingy darkness of the grimy prison's laboratory. It was definitely NOT up to any safety codes, but as a man in prison for treason Manley knew his complaints would fall on deaf ears. The straps holding him to the
gurney cut into his flesh even through his prison uniform, the tightness seemed deliberate; his captors wanted him as uncomfortable as possible.
"So, how much time off do I get for getting stuck like this?" Mansley chuckled drily as a lab tech approached with a needle that was longer than Mansley's index finger, "I don't mind being your guinea pig, really. Just as long as I get a lollipop afterward" Manley added with a wink.
"The serum we're testing tonight is designed to increase the user's strength and stamina..anything beyond that is redacted and need-to-know"
"Oh goody, and if I die because of this drug?"
"Then I guess you won't need to worry about prison food anymore"
Mansley winced as the large needle pierced his arm, his light blue eyes peaking out a grimy window, just able to make out the shining brilliance of the night's full moon.
"Huh, that wasn't so ba-uggh...urrrghh!" Mansley's words are cut off as a searing pain fills his body, his chest tightening as he spasms wildly.
"My God!" He heard a voice say as ringing filled his ears, "His body, what's happening?"
"You fool," another voice called, "the werewolf DNA in the serum was supposed to be negligible! We never should have tried this on a full moon!"
Mansley gritted his teeth as he felt the straps press into his body even more, his chest swelling up unnaturally. He looked down at his body with a strangled gasp, watching his body change.
*Schrrip!*
The front of Mansley's prison jumpsuit ripped open, exposing his bare chest, the flesh warping and bubbling like water before tightening up like a drum.
"Aghghghg!" Mansley cried as he felt his ribs crack and reform inside his body many times larger than was natural. His chest swelled with angry, defined musculature that easily tore through his clothing, pushing against the straps meant to restrain Manley, the gurney swaying as he bucked forward.
He was blind to the chaos around him as he felt his body's DNA get rewritten. Mansley's palms were flat against his sides as he continued to shift and change rapidly. The veins in the back of his hand quivered wildly as jet-black werewolf blood coursed through them, his body on fire as the monster blood pumped through his body.
*Crunch! Snap!*
Mansley's eyes widened and he roared in agony, the bones in his hand exploding and breaking open like twigs, the sound and agony washing over him as his feet followed suit. Mansley's fingers and toes spread out, the digits lengthening past human capabilities. A whimper of agony
slipped through Mansley's lips as his nails and toenails peeled off to be replaced by large, knife-like claws that burst through the tips of his new fingers and toes, the black claws razor-sharp.
A long, drawn-out *crunch* filled Mansley's head, along with agonizing pressure as his jaw distended, blood filling his mouth as his teeth ripped from out of his gums, molars, and incisors
clattering to the blood-soaked ground as his human teeth fell out. Mansley's eyes burned like fire as new, pristine, and powerful fangs tore through his gums, setting into place as his tongue
tore and reformed into one that was large and wolf-like. His face extended painfully to form into a wolf's muzzle, his eyes no longer human, the light blue replaced by glistening yellow monochromatic ones.
The last of the pain began to ebb as thick swathes of rust-colored fur began to sprout over
Mansley's body, covering every inch of his flesh. His spine groaned monstrously as Manley felt an acute pressure at his lower back. He gritted his fangs as a long, imposing tail shot out of his
lower back, covered in seconds by a brush of fur. The restraints finally snapped and Mansley stepped free of the tatters of his clothes and remains of his old body, now standing 3 feet taller than his human form, sporting an extra 20 lbs of pure muscle.
*Ahrooooooooooo!!!*
Now Mansley was free, and he was hungry. The lab techs didn't have a chance to react before he was upon them. His razor claws tore one man clear in two, and his jaws cleaved right through another's neck, decapitating them and filling his mouth with blood. As for the solitary prison guard, standing with his gun shakily aimed at the monster before him, Manley charged him madly. He felt the guard's bullets enter his body uselessly, and smelled his terror just before he crushed him against the wall brutally, turning the man to paste. The wall cracked with the impact, and as Mansley, idly licked the gore off the back of his paw he looked through the wide hole in the wall and up at the full moon. It was a good night for a hunt.
*Awwwooooo!!!*
(commissioned by me to HiddenFictions on Etsy)
@@ravenscarlettanis13 bless your soul for bestowing this on me
@@StarredDemation anytime
He *would* do that, the little jerk.
My absolute favorite character! 😍 He stole the whole movie for me honestly. He's so hot too!
Thanks for making this!!!
No problem. The voice acting for him was so good too omg.
@@StarredDemation definitely!! McDonald was the perfect casting for him by far! Even though I read on IMBD that Arnold Schwarzenegger was suggested to play Mansley. Could you imagine?!🤣
@@Mrs.Nesmith98 oh god no. Thank God we're not in the universe where that happened. Meanwhile I'll be sitting over here thinking about live action Mansley being Conan O'Brien
@@StarredDemation YES! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks of Conan looking like Mansley 🤣 thank God is right because I honestly can't see that going well .. I also heard George Clooney, and Martin Stewart were considered too.. but MacDonald does a flawless job on the character. Can't recreate it!
@RetroChick98 Yes, he is a very handsome and attractive man. And he’s so expressive, too. Especially in the Cocolax scene 😂1:18.
Hogarth should've just implied that whatever it was is classified and another agency told them to keep hush hush about it. Then stonewall the hell out of Kent and make it seem like he's just being a good little citizen.
Why was laxative poisoning such a go to for 90s movies?
Mansley, the world's most ironically named military news reporter.
Lol he totally was not paying attention to how Hogarth never sprinkled anything on his.
"I'm gonna get a MEMO DISTRIBUTED..."
I felt that.
Kent Mansley reminds me of Conan O'Brien...
At 2:52 a resident of the great state of Maine….Yeah, it's quiet. And we like it that way.
This is way funnier than it should be
Genuinely thought the thumbnail was supposed to be Jerma.
I knew that every time I see that creepy smile on his face, is an evil smirk. Plotting something.