science of being a giant

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i have been wondering something. why is it that when a character becomes a giant they become pretty much invincible? seriously i get how they are stronger their muscles are huge, but how do they not bleed or get cut as bad. if they get shot with a bullett i understand there is a chance it misses things like the heart or gets stuck in a bone or somthing which is conceivably stronger as well. still though that would have to hurt ALOT and they should be bleeding alot more especially if you consider that their veins are bigger and are at a larger chance of being nicked. it is just something i was pondering and though it would liven up the discssions.
 
Well, cartoons generally aren't known for being, you know, realistic.

I'm still wondering how it's possible for animals to walk on two legs and talk like human beings.
 
I'm probably the only person who finds this topic "LOL" hilarious.

Anyway, it's probably because whatever made them giant also game them other powers.
 
Don't over think these type of things; watching someone or something grow to gigantic proportions then have its legs snap under its own weight then writhe in agony on the ground while it can barley breath is not fun.
 
Dude, it's Animationland. Land of no reality. Everything that happens in a cartoon doesn't require a logical, scientific explanation. You might as well ask how animals are able to talk and hold down jobs.
 
yeah i know cartoons are not real, but they at least try t make sense most of the time and give some explanation as to why things happen. as for cartoon animals walking and talking that is disney wanting to make lassy and rin tin tin more popular by making animals talk and everyone followed suit because talking animals is both funny and endearing.

as for the giant powers it does irritate me that these characters do not have their powers explained very well. take giganta for example all she is supposed to be able to do is grow bigger and get stronger. she is not supposed to get iron skin to deflect tank shots and oozies. their powers are slightly limited and yet there they are not being stunned by heavy artillery. anyways it is just a nerd question i thought someone might have an answer for.
 
I always assumed it's because your skin becomes thicker and whatnot. For the average human, our skin is too thick for certain bugs to bite through due to their fangs being too small to break skin. I assume it applies the same with bullets/swords. Now, whether they're actually proportionate to the amount they've grown is another story.
 
OK, but just so you know, your history is way off. First, the concept of the talking animal existed long before either of those shows. Second, Disney didn't invent the concept of the talking animal, nor did they produce Lassie or Rin Tin Tin. And third, neither of those dogs talked. If you're going to go around crediting Disney studios, credit them for doing something that they've actually done. In the future, I would suggest doing a little research on such matters before typing these kinds of non-facts.
 
ok that post came out wrong i suppose. i do not know who was the first talking cartoon animal, or talking animal period. all i was trying to say was that lassie and rin tin tin were the biggest stars of their day. i never said that they did talk. all i was trying to say was that disney saw that and wanted to try and get a piece of the incredibly popular animal market. best way to do this create your own characters, and to one up things make them talk. i know this is not the origin of any of the characters created by disney, but lassie and rin tin tin were big influences at least on the public and made characters like mickey, pluto etc more accepted and beloved. if it was some 7 year old boy on TV going through all the adventures it would not have been as popular or momentous or imaginative.

the overall thing i was trying to get across was those dogs were some of the first characters widely accepted by a large public, and they inspired countless other cartoon animals that could talk. because that was sort of the one thing that was missing that could take a character to the next level so to say. being able to take a character and develop a real connection to what it feels based on what it says, and disney lead that charge with characters like mickey, and bambi just off the top of my head. the idea of a talking animal i am sure was somewhere before i do not know where. i was just sort of going off of the whole steam boat willie thing. anyways i was not trying to give more credit than was deserved. i was just trying to say that disney was one of the first to let us HEAR animals talk which made a lasting impression.
 
As was said above, Lassie and Rin Tin Tin didn't have any influence on Mickey and company at all. Lassie and Rin Tin Tin both premiered in 1954, and Mickey, Donald, Bugs, Daffy, Porky and their ilk were established, famous and beloved long before that.

BTW, Pluto doesn't talk. The resident talking anthro dog in Mickey's Gang is Goofy.
 
yeah again i am sorry about that the whole thing. the point i was trying to make with the lassie reference, was that the only thing that they could not do was talk to you and establish the type of emotional connection possible if they could talk. the fact that people want to understand their pets and animals is sparked by lassie, and does contribute to the popualrity of talking animals and why people create them. shoot thunderbolt was in the dalmations. there is definately a connection between the old dog superstars and the talking animal icons we have today. if at nothing else they were an early inspiration to cartoon makers as kids to go out and create their own animal icon.
 
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