History Film / Big

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay / TrustPassword: Adult Josh manages to convince Billy of his identity by singing the first few lines of a rhyme that the two of them had previously made up together.

''Big'' is a 1988 film produced by Creator/JamesLBrooks and directed by Penny Marshall, which stars Creator/TomHanks as a 13-year-old boy in the body of a 30-something man. How did this happen? Well, Josh Baskin (David Moscow) was your average 13-year-old boy, who liked to play baseball and trade baseball cards. One evening, while he was at a carnival with his family, he tried to impress an older girl who was standing in line at a rollercoaster. But it backfired when the carnival worker pointed out he was too short to go on the ride. Despondent, he comes across the eerie-looking "Zoltar Speaks" wishing machine. With the machine, Josh wishes he was "big". The next morning, Josh awakens to find he's become a grown adult (Tom Hanks). He tries to go back to the carnival site but finds everything, including the wishing machine, gone. He tries to go home, but his mother mistakes him for an intruder and he gets driven out.

* PrecisionFStrike: When Billy tries to tell Josh about the whereabouts of the Zoltar machine, [[NotNowKiddo only to get silenced]]. Particularly notable as it's a PG film.

* AlternateEnding: This German troper distinctly remembers the film ending with [[spoiler:a new young girl coming into Josh's class room and sitting right next to him - it's a de-aged Susan]]. Since memory can be tricky, I asked other Germans who could remember that ending. Now IMDb lists such an alternate version for New Zealand, but maybe it was also aired on German television.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen : At first, Tom Hanks wasn't available. Robert DeNiro read for the part of Josh and was almost cast. Sean Penn was also considered.

* ItWontTurnOff: The fortune-teller machine works despite not being plugged in. At the end of the movie, the protagonist is trying to reverse his sudden adulthood, and at first only gets normal fortunes out of the machine - until he realizes that it's actually plugged in, and swiftly pulls out the plug to set it back in 'magic mode'.

''Big'' is a 1988 film produced by JamesLBrooks and directed by Penny Marshall, which stars TomHanks as a 13-year-old boy in the body of a 30-something man. How did this happen? Well, Josh Baskin (David Moscow) was your average 13-year-old boy, who liked to play baseball and trade baseball cards. One evening, while he was at a carnival with his family, he tried to impress an older girl who was standing in line at a rollercoaster. But it backfired when the carnival worker pointed out he was too short to go on the ride. Despondent, he comes across the eerie-looking "Zoltar Speaks" wishing machine. With the machine, Josh wishes he was "big". The next morning, Josh awakens to find he's become a grown adult (Tom Hanks). He tries to go back to the carnival site but finds everything, including the wishing machine, gone. He tries to go home, but his mother mistakes him for an intruder and he gets driven out.

* InferredHolocaust: {{Website/Cracked}} has a particularly disturbing interpretation regarding [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18793_5-reasons-big-had-most-depressing-happy-ending-ever.html this movie ending]].

* FictionBusinessSavvy: executive brainstorming on new toys, "Transformers for girls!"

* OneoftheKids: Josh's childlike nature tends to bring out the inner child in other adults around him. Mr. [=MacMillan=] gets back to the roots of an extroverted kid loving to play with toys, Susan turning mischievous and like a slightly bossy older girl, and Paul turning into a petulant bully.

* AdultChild: Literally. But also, Josh's childlike nature tends to bring out the inner child in other adults around him. Mr. [=MacMillan=] gets back to the roots of an extroverted kid loving to play with toys, Susan turning mischievous and like a slightly bossy older girl, and Paul turning into a petulant bully.

* InferredHolocaust: {{Cracked}} has a particularly disturbing interpretation regarding [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18793_5-reasons-big-had-most-depressing-happy-ending-ever.html this movie ending]].

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* Fiction Business Savvy: executive brainstorming on new toys, "Transformers for girls!"

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay / TrustPassword: The adult Josh convinces Billy that it's him by singing [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay their secret song.]]: Adult Josh manages to convince Billy of his identity by singing the first few lines of a rhyme that the two of them had previously made up together.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Adult Josh manages to convince Billy of his identity by singing the first few lines of a rhyme that the two of them had previously made up together.

* TrustPassword: The adult Josh convinces Billy that it's him by singing [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay their secret song.]]

* FriendsRentControl: Josh lives in a massive loft apartment despite starting out as an entry-level computer clerk.
** He lives in a crappy little hotel room during his time as a computer clerk. It's only after his promotion to a vice president position that he rents the loft.

* DefrostingIceQueen / {{Kuudere}}: Susan.

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