Cheers to the Tin Man

Cheers to the Tin Man
Season	One
Director	Matt Peters
Writer	James Gunn
Runtime	21 minutes
First Aired	December 12, 2024
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"I don't give a hoot if he's metal, he's forever a brother of every man in Easy Company. Cheers to the Tin Man!"

―Bulldozer

Cheers to the Tin Man is the third episode of the first season of Creature Commandos. The episode was written by James Gunn, and it released on Max on December 12, 2024.

Synopsis

As the Creature Commandos attempt to save The Bride and Nina, GI Robot relives his glory days -- and finally gets his wish.

Plot

G.I. Robot celebrates the victory with Easy Company

In a flashback, G.I. Robot participates to his first mission with the Easy Company, led by Sergeant Rock, in occupied Europe, during World War II. During an ambush, the automaton successfully kills all of the Nazis troops surrounding his group. They later share beers at a bar, cheering for their robot companion. Upon arriving at Frankenstein Manor, Rick Flag Sr. and the Commandos are surprised to find the Bride and Nina but no sign of Circe or the Sons of Themyscira. After reprimanding his teammates, Flag realizes that the enemy used this as a distraction to launch an attack against the princess.

G.I. Robot massacres the Hub City National Socialists Club

In another flashback, twenty years after the war, G.I. Robot is invited on a advertisement talk show where he is presented as a war hero. However, the robot's obsessive mission to find and to kill Nazis make the audience and the host uncomfortable. Finding no use for him since the end of the war, the US army lends G.I. to scientist Will Magnus to help him in his research. During their time in Magnus' workshop, G.I. Robot expresses his wish to meet with his companions again and to kill Nazis with them. Decades later, in the 1990s, G.I. Robot is retrieved in a Hub City shop by war artefacts collector Sam Fitzgibbon, who welcomes him at his home and builds a friendship with him. When Sam brings G.I. to a local National Socialist Club, the latter realizes he is surrounded by Neo-Nazis and massacres the entire participants, including Fitzgibbon. He is arrested and sentenced to life at Belle Reve.

Nina Mazursky cries while holding G.I. Robot's head

In the present, the Creature Commandos and Alexi arrive in the middle of an assault against the Poko Castle. Surrounded by the enemy, Rick Flag Sr. convinces G.I. Robot that the enemies were Nazis. leading the android to use his full arsenal against the Sons of Themyscira. Full of joy and relieving his best memories (mostly with the Easy Company), G.I. fails to notice Circe who puts an end to his rampage by blowing him up in front of his teammates' shocked face. The Amazonian sorceress then attacks Ilana. Before she can kills the princess, she is violently mauled and mutilated by Weasel and Doctor Phosphorus. Nina retrieves G.I.'s damaged head who happily celebrates his wish fulfilled to have killed Nazis with her, before finally fading away. A defeated Circe furiously confronts the team, stating they have "doomed the world".

Cast

Starring

• Indira Varma as The Bride
• Sean Gunn as G.I. Robot and Weasel
• Alan Tudyk as Alex Sartorius/Doctor Phosphorus / Will Magnus / Tanner
• Zoë Chao as Nina Mazursky
• David Harbour as Eric Frankenstein (credited)
• Frank Grillo as General Rick Flag, Sr.

Co-Starring

• Maria Bakalova as Princess Ilana Rostovic
• Flula Borg as German Oberst
• Anya Chalotra as Circe
• Michael Rooker as Sam Fitzgibbon
• Robbie Daymond as Louis Kiyahani/Little Sure Shot / Stage Manager
• Keith Ferguson as Amethyst Knight / Host
• Julian Kostov as Alexi / Knight
• Piotr Michael as Exuberant Host / Prosecuting Attorney / Son of Themyscira 1
• Derek Phillips as Billy / Justin
• Maury Sterling as Sergeant Franklin Rock
• Paul Ben-Victor as Horace Canfield/Bulldozer / General King / Large Son
• Joe Zieja as Doofus Son / Jury Foreman
• To-be-confirmed actor as Harold Shapiro/Wildman

Appearances

Characters

Rick Flag, Sr.

Weasel

Alexi

Doctor Phosphorus

G.I. Robot
(main story and flashback)

Bride of Frankenstein

Nina Mazursky

Franklin Rock
(flashback)

Horace Canfield/Bulldozer
(flashback)

Canary
(flashback)

Four-Eyes
(flashback)

Harold Shapiro/Wildman
(flashback)

Bogman
(flashback)

Louis Kiyahani/Little Sure Shot
(flashback)

King
(flashback)

Will Magnus
(flashback)

Tanner

Sam Fitzgibbon
(flashback)

Justin
(flashback)

Angus
(flashback)

Socks
(flashback)

Clarabelle
(flashback)

Morty
(flashback)

Simon
(flashback)

Lizzy
(flashback)

Billy
(flashback)

Shaggy Man
(flashback)

Fisherman
(flashback)

Sven Larson/Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
(flashback)

Crimson Centipede
(flashback)

Circe

Locations

• Earth
  • Europe
    • Pokolistan
      • Frankenstein Manor
      • Poko Castle
  • North America
    • United States of America
      • Illinois
        • Hub City
          • Sam Fitzgibbon's House
      • Louisiana
        • Belle Reve

Events

• Invasion of Pokolistan
  • Battle at Poko Castle
• World War II
  • Ambush on Easy Company (flashback)
• Massacre of the Hub City National Socialists Club (flashback)

Items

• Amethyst Knight Armor

Sentient Species

• Humans
• Robots
• Metahumans
• Zombies

Creatures

• Cats

Organizations

• Creature Commandos
• United States Armed Forces
  • Easy Company
• Hub City National Socialists Club
• Nazi Party

Mentioned

• The Longest Day
• The Dirty Dozen

Music

Song title	Artist	Location(s)
Moliendo Café	Fanfare Ciocărlia	Opening credits.
Coin-Operated Boy	The Dresden Dolls	G.I. Robot fighting the Sons of Themyscira during the Battle at Poko Castle.
The Feeling You Bring	Mount Righteous	End credits.

Videos

TV Spots

Creature Commandos 1x03 Promo "Cheers to the Tin Man" (HD) James Gunn DC Universe series

Clips

Creature Commandos - G.I. Robot Annihilates the Enemy - Super Scenes - DC-2

Creature Commandos - G.I. Robot on TV - Super Scenes - DC

Awards

• Cheers to the Tin Man was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production.

Trivia

• Sam Fitzgibbon and G.I. Robot watch the movie The Dirty Dozen together. The film follows twelve condemned soldiers forced into service as a crack commando team to undertake a suicide mission in Nazi-occupied France.
  • James Gunn has previously shared that The Dirty Dozen was a major inspiration for The Suicide Squad.
• In the Official Trailer for Creature Commandos, one of the Sons of Themyscira is seen wearing a red hat. However, in Cheers to the Tin Man, the hat's color has been changed to be blue.
• Cheers to the Tin Man is the only episode from Creature Commandos to be nominated for an award.
• Cheers to the Tin Man is the shortest episode of the DC Universe, with a runtime of 21 minutes.
• The episode's name is mentioned by Bulldozer when asking Easy Company to cheer for G.I. Robot.
• Cheers to the Tin Man has the second highest amount of named characters in a Creature Commandos episode, with a total of 31, only being beaten by Chasing Squirrels, with a total of 40 named characters,
• Cheers to the Tin Man and A Very Funny Monster are the only episodes from Creature Commandos where their protagonists are killed.
• Cheers to the Tin Man was the highest rated episode from Creature Commandos in IMDb, with a rating of 8.5/10. Now it's the second highest, only behind Chasing Squirrels, with a rating of 8.7/10.

References

The DC Universe Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Cheers to the Tin Man.

External Links

• Cheers to the Tin Man on IMDb
• Cheers to the Tin Man on DC Database
• Cheers to the Tin Man on Max