Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Difference between revisions

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Take equal parts of an unlucky scientist one step away from becoming a [[Mad Scientist]], and a potential [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]] applied on four children, then top it off with the angst of said children. It is a comedy.

* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: ''Honey, I Blew Up The Kid''.

* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: Amy shouts this at Ron, after Nick and Russ Jr. are carried off by the killer bee:

'''Amy:''' Shut up! My brother's up there, too! }}

* [[A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family]]: Nick, Amy and Adam Szalinski.

* [[Efficient Displacement]]: Adam in the second movie.

* [[Eureka Moment]]: After using a baseball bat to shoo a bee (which Nick and Russ are riding on)...

* [[Everything's Worse with Bees]]

* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: {{spoiler|Anty getting [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|practically impaled]] through the torso by the scorpion}}.

* [[Kiss of Life]]: Russ performs this on Amy without doing chest compressions, and it somehow still works. They do show her coughing up the mud she inhaled when she comes around, though.

* [[Late to The Punchline]]: Russ told Nick in the middle of the movie that he learned CPR from French Class. At the end of the movie:

** Which could also serve as a meta-example, given that a kid watching this movie might not get that joke until several years later.

* [[Leaving Audience]]: Happens to Wayne Szalinski.

** This turns into a literal [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Funny Moments]] and [[Incredibly Lame Pun]].

* [[Mama Bear]]: From ''Honey, I Blew Up The Kid'':

'''Diane:''' (sarcastic laughing) "Tranquilizer cartridges..." ([[Megaton Punch|KNOCKS OUT Hendrickson]])<br />

'''Wayne:''' (to Adam) [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|"Never cross mommy."]] }}

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Wayne, after realizing his kids have shrunk, when he looked at his broom...

* [[My Life Flashed Before My Eyes]]:

* [[Never My Fault]]: After Ron accidentally hits his baseball through the Szalinskis' attic window:

'''Ron:''' It shouldn't have been closed in the first place; it's a nice day! }}

* [[No Antagonist]]

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Russ Sr.

* [[Pride]]: The only possible reason why Russ Sr. didn't tell his fishing buddy the truth why he couldn't go.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: {{spoiler|Clifford Sterling}} in the ''Honey I Blew Up the Kid''.

* [[Scary Scorpions]]: Oh dear ''God''.

* [[Team Pet]]: Anty, to an extent.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: When the kids take refuge from the lawnmower in an earthworm tunnel:

''(lawnmower rests on top of an exit in the tunnel, resulting in Nick suddenly getting sucked towards it)'' }}

* [[This Is No Time to Panic]]

'''Ron:''' ''(panicking)'' I'm not panicked! Who's panicked? ''NOBODY'S PANICKED''! }}

* [[Tim Taylor Technology]]: Inverted, the shrink ray only works by using ''less'' power. Go figure.

* [[Title Drop]]:

'''(in the second movie):''' I blew up the baby. }}

* [[Totally Radical]]: Ron sometimes talks like this. Given his age and the time the first film was made, it's not ''too'' offputting.

* [[Window Pain]]

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]:

'''Nick:''' [[Hope Spot|Sounds like Mom]].<br />

'''Amy''' ''(nervously while looking up)'': Or more like a swarm of...<br />