Awesome / Small Soldiers

• Although it never comes to fruition due to circumstances, the fact that Alan (a mere teenager) was going to file a lawsuit against Globtech is nothing to sneeze at.
• Alan introduces Nick Nitro to his kitchen garbage disposal:
  Nick Nitro: "You've just met your match!"
  Alan: blows out the match "Oh yeah?!"
• The Fimple household's garage door explodes and the Commando Elite race out on a fleet of home-made vehicles, as Edwin Starr's 'War' kicks in.
  "War! Huh! Good God, y'all! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"
• "Ride of the Valkyries" during the final battle, in a Shout-Out to Apocalypse Now.
• Also one of the very few movies that Led Zeppelin has allowed to feature one of their songs.
• Archer encouraging the other Gorgonites to fight back.
  "If we hide, we will still lose. No more hiding."
  • Fridge Brilliance: This ties in with how they were programmed to learn. On their behalf, Archer is learning from their previous mistake that hiding won't accomplish anything. Their learning program is so powerful, it's overriding their program to hide.
• When the Gorgonites decide to start fighting back. Especially when the Commandos realize how screwed they are before the counter-attack actually begins.
• Alan's mother is trying to deflect the flaming tennis balls the Commandos are firing into the living room. When one nearly hits the family cat, she goes "That's it!" and knocks the next right back out at the Commandos, causing a nice little explosion.
  Stuart: Good shot, honey.
  • With an Adorkable squeal of delight when she realizes she blew them up with little more than a tennis racket.
• Stuart, Alan's father, taking out two Commandos with a broom before stuffing it into one of their net launchers, causing it to backfire and explode.
  (Stuart and Alan exit from the back of the house and are confronted by Commandos)
  Link Static: Oh, look! A broomstick!
  Butch Meathook: Oh, I'm scared! Let's get him!
  (Stuart swats them away with the broom like hockey pucks. A fire tank pulls up and Stuart stuffs the broom down the barrel)
  Stuart Abernathy: Now, stick this in your pipe and smoke it!
  (The tank attempts to fire. It backfires, rockets off-screen backwards, and explodes)
  • Even earlier, he gets a minor one when Larry starts acting like a Smug Snake towards Alan.
    Alan: There's a problem with the Commandos...
    Larry: (in full-on Smug Snake mode) Oh, really? What kind of problem? Bear in mind, you will be called into court to substantiate your claim.
    (Stuart flat-out cold cocks Larry with a single punch.)
    Stuart: (clearly pissed off) Your toys nearly killed my son!
    Irene: Stuart—!
    Stuart: Don't say 'Calm down'! Calm was killing me.
• Christy is made of these in the third act. After Archer cuts her free, she saves Alan from the army of Gwendy dolls, picking up one baton and smashing everything in sight. The gleeful Slasher Smile she sports just makes it.
  • She drives Alan and Archer to safety on the bike.
  • In the final battle, she sees Alan in trouble and cut to her appearing on a ride-on lawnmower to mop the floor with the toys. Again, the Slasher Smile is back.
• It's brief but seeing Archer riding on Ocula make some look like a warrior riding in on battle.
• Even if it did not conclude with Archer directly defeating Major Chip Hazard, their final confrontation has its moments, considering it encapsulates how far Archer's come.
  Archer: (Glowering, voice dripping with Tranquil Fury) Major Chip Hazard.
  Major Chip Hazard: Gorgonite Scum.
  Archer: Leave Alan alone. Your fight is with me.
  Major Chip Hazard: You've got guts. Let's see what they look like. (Stabs Archer in the leg with a dagger)
  Archer: (Rather casual about his injury, removes the dagger) They're wires and metal. The same as yours. (Attempts to use the dagger against Major Chip Hazard)
  Major Chip Hazard: (Disarms Archer) We're nothing alike!! (Punches Archer in the gut) You are programmed to lose!
  Archer: I am also programmed to learn.
  • And even when Major Chip Hazard shoots down his remark, Archer still gets back up in response.
• "Have I got a shock for you, you stupid toy!!"
  • Fridge-Awesome: Whether this was intentional or not, this feels very much like an Ironic Echo to the Commando Elite's motto "Everything else is just a toy." It often exudes a sense that the Commandos look down on everything else (especially their enemies) as 'less than'. In wake that he harmed his friend Archer, by calling him a "toy", Alan rightly demeaned Major Chip Hazard as being "just a toy".
    • What's more, it doubles as a scathing insult as to how, compared to the Gorgonites who grew beyond their programming, Major Chip Hazard and the Commando Elite are just that: toys too stupid to do anything besides their programming.
• Remember when Archer remarked to Major Chip Hazard that the former was "[also] programmed to learn"? We later learn that he and the Gorgonites used the felled satellite dish to shield themselves from the EMP blast. Alan even points out how they thought smarter, not harder.