Star Kid

Star Kid is a 1998 independent science fantasy-family film about a kid named Spencer who comes across a piece of alien technology, a Phase One Assault Cyborsuit. Accompanied by the Cyborsuit and a former antagonist, Spencer saves Earth by defeating an alien villain.
 * Written and directed by Manny Coto.

You know what they say, if the cyborsuit fits, go kick some alien butt! (tagline)

Spencer Griffith

 * Check it out: I'm Shaquille O'Neal.
 * Hello, Crystal Bluff. There's a new kid in town.
 * [after being attacked by a broodwarrior] Why does everyone want to beat me up‽
 * It's head-crushing time.

Phase One Assault Cyborsuit

 * [to Turbo] There is no escape, Earthling.
 * I am a prototype.
 * I am sorry, Earth biotic Spencer.

Manfred "Turbo" Bruntley

 * Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
 * See Ignorantia juris non excusat.
 * You are USDA choice dead meat.
 * Don't take my brain! I can get you lots of brains!
 * [about the broodwarrior] He's humongous.  I bet he doesn't even [[work outvoted is on a new

Stacey Griffith

 * I can't babysit the little scab juice tonight!
 * A little survival tip: stay out of my way!

Others

 * Janet Holloway: I used to be scared to death of spiders.  [places tarantula in Spencer's hands]  Hold still now.  Yeah, I almost fainted once when a little garden spider crawled into my bedroom.  Yeah, I told my dad about it; you know what he did?  He bought me a tarantula just like Leo G there.  He knew I'd have to change my tarantula's water, and that meant sticking my hand in the terrarium.  If I didn't give him water, the tarantula would die.  My dad figured I couldn't let that happen, even to a spider.  He was right: I stuck my hand in that terrarium—oh, that first time.  Oh, man, I was so scared.  But you know what?  It got easier.  Pretty soon, I wasn't even scared anymore.  In fact, I go so into spiders, I started studying them, and I found science, and I became the world's greatest science teacher.  …  Point is, if you run away from the things you're scared of, it doesn't get any better.  The fear doesn't go away; in fact, it just gets worse.  Trust me.
 * Nadia: [selling Cyborsuit shirts to fellow kids]  Look, we gotta make a profit here.  You're just gonna have to tell your mom to increase your allowance.
 * Narrator: [from the trailer]  …comes the story of two friends who must join forces to save two worlds…if they don't destroy this one first.

Dialogue

 * Spencer Griffith: Hello?
 * Phase One Assault Cyborsuit: Hello?
 * Spencer: You can talk?
 * Cyborsuit: You can talk?
 * Spencer: Of course I can talk.
 * Cyborsuit: Of course I can talk.
 * Spencer: Cut it out.
 * Cyborsuit: Cut it out.  Language data reoriented to English.


 * Cyborsuit: [to Turbo]  You are USAD—
 * Spencer: No, USDA.
 * Cyborsuit: —er, USDA choice dead meat.


 * Spencer: What do you call a cow with no feet?
 * Cyborsuit: Insufficient data.
 * Spencer: Err!  Wrong!  "Ground beef," get it?
 * Cyborsuit: [silence]


 * Spencer: We better hit the road.
 * Cyborsuit: We must strike asphalt.


 * Spencer: Oahh!  What is this?
 * Cyborsuit: One synthesised nebular burger.  All non-essential compounds have been filtered out.
 * Spencer: Oh.  I'm eating a Cyborsuit turd.

Tagline

 * You know what they say, if the cyborsuit fits, go kick some alien butt!

Notable credits

 * In Memory of Soraya Amin

Quotes about the film

 * Unless you're a boy between the ages of about 8 and 13, you're likely to find little of interest in this picture.
 * James Berardinelli, "Star Kid Review," ReelViews.net (13 January 1998).
 * "Star Kid,' ' written and directed by Manny Coto, has a sweet heart and a lot of sly wit, and the symbiosis between boy and cyborg is handled cleverly.  For kids of a certain age, it pushes the right buttons.
 * Roger Ebert, "Star Kid," ''RogerEbert.com (16 January 1998).

Cast

 * Joseph Mazzello — Spencer Griffith
 * Joey Simmrin — Manfred "Turbo" Bruntley
 * Alex Daniels — Cyborsuit
 * Arthur Burghardt — Cyborsuit (voice)
 * Brian Simpson — the Broodwarrior
 * Richard Gilliland — Roland Griffith
 * Corinne Bohrer — Janet Holloway
 * Ashlee Levitch — Stacey Griffith
 * Danny Masterson — Kevin
 * Lauren Eckstrom — Michelle Eberhardt
 * Jack McGee — Hank Bruntley
 * Bobby Porter — Nath the Treklin
 * Larry Nicholas — Tenris De-Thar the Trelkin
 * Rusty Hanson — Trelkin
 * Terry Castillo — Trelkin