History Film / HoneyIBlewUpTheKid

* WouldHurtAChild: Dr. Hendrickson's team tries to tranquilize giant toddler Adam by firing ''giant tranquilzer darts'' at him. They end up shocking him in the process, causing him to cry in one of the franchises' most [[TearJerker heartbreaking scenes]], and after traumatizing him to tears prepares to shoot him again. Diane is understandably [[MamaBear far less than pleased]] and makes sure they know it.

* AdultFear:
** Wayne reminds Nick that they have kept his shrunken misadventure a secret because he didn't want him and Amy to become lab subjects.
** Their baby grows into a giant that a madman wants to put a stop to with ''military force''.

* SmallParentHugeChild: Due to a mishap with a growth ray, Wayne Szalinski's toddler son is turned into a giant that towers over him.

* BigBrotherInstinct: When the helicopter is threatening Adam, Nick gets rightfully pissed and shouts at the helicopter to leave Adam alone even though his baby brother is twenty times his size.

* TimTaylorTechnology: Inverted in a similar case to the first film. Sterling's ray exposes the subject to too much energy too quickly, but since Wayne is denied access to the laser's intensity without Hendrickson's permission, he improvises by filtering it through a Coke bottle's bottom, which unfortunately has the side effect of causing a power surge which makes the system crash.

** As in the first movie, Diane faints upon seeing that Adam has been enlarged.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Given his rapidly-shifting size, it would be pretty much impossible to calculate and measure an appropriate dose of sedative for Adam. So Hendrickson's claim that the tranq rounds wouldn't have hurt him [[WouldHurtAChild is a load of BS]]. There's a very good chance that they would kill him if Hendrickson landed a shot, so Diane's MamaBear reaction is, if anything, a massive '''under'''reaction.

** Nick's taken up playing the guitar, which makes him look a LOT like Buddy Holly.

* BerserkButton: Don't mention naps in front of little Adam.

* ChekhovsGun: The ice-cream truck.

* MomentKiller: Averted; when tiny Nick and Mandy are making out in a shrunken car, Nick sees his father's giant eyeball in the rearview mirror and shoos him away. Wayne tells Diane to give them a few more minutes before re-enlarging them.

* TemptingFate: After failing to get back into the lab, Wayne says he just needs to figure out a way to reverse Adam's growth before Diane gets back. Cue Diane already standing in the driveway, holding the enlarged Big Bunny.

* BigEater: Adam, he eats [[BuzzSawJaw 12 ice cream bars in seconds]] and belches pretty loudly.

* RunningGag: As in the first movie, Diane faints upon seeing that Adam has been enlarged.

* TemptingFate: After failing to get back into the lab, Wayne says he just needs to figure out a way to reverse it before Diane gets back. Cue Diane already standing in the driveway, holding the enlarged Big Bunny.

* TemptingFate: After failing to get back into the lab, Wayne says he just needs to figure out a way to reverse it before Diane gets back. Cue Diane already standing in the driveway, holding the enlarged Big Bunny.

** Also, to an extent to Terence Wheeler, one of the board members of Sterling Labs, as he has intentions in formulating a boardroom coup against Sterling in favor for Hendrickson; even producing out clearance papers to force the unwilling Nevada State Militia to aid Hendrickson in shooting tranquilizer on Adam.

* BigBad: Dr. Charles Hendrickson, as he is intending to take over Wayne's project for himself by any means necessary; even willing to tranquilize Wayne's 2-year-old son and have him subjected to testing.

* MoodWhiplash: The crowds of Vegas are running for their lives as giant Adam playfully makes his "rampage." Then Dr. Hendrickson shoots a tranquilizer dart, shocking the Hard Rock Café guitar Adam had been trying to play, causing Adam to cry. The panicked crowd watch no longer in horror of Adam, but in concern and compassion, seeing him for what he is, an innocent little boy in a beyond belief situation, then turning to anger as Dr. Hendrickson prepares to shoot him again.

* NonMaliciousMonster: By the time Adam reaches building-size, he wreaks havoc in downtown Las Vegas, sending crowds of people running in fear. However, from his perspective he's just a toddler playing around, and doesn't mean any harm. The crowds actually start feeling sorry for him when he's accidentally electrocuted and starts sobbing in pain and fear.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The National Guard pilot already has misgivings about shooting at a kid. When [[spoiler:Giant!Diane]] tells him to back off, he immediately complies.

-->'''Wayne:''' The truth is, without access to the data at the plant, I don't know if there's anything I can do. I ''do'' know what's happening, but I don't know ''why''.

''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid'' is the 1992 sequel to ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids''. It was directed by Randal Kleiser and the screenplay was written by Garry Goodrow, Thom Eberhardt and Peter Elbling from a story by Goodrow. The film was released on July 17, 1992

''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid'' is the 1992 sequel to ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids''. Five years after the events of the first film, Wayne Szalinski has moved to Nevada with his family to help Sterling Labs develop an offshoot of his shrink-ray that will enlarge objects instead of shrinking them. His superior, Dr. Hendrickson, wants to kick him off the project due to his personal disdain for Wayne. While watching over his toddler son, Adam, Wayne sneaks into Sterling Labs to find a way to solve the growth-ray's problems, which leads to him accidentally zapping Adam. Now having to deal with his increasingly growing son, Wayne and his family must find a way to get Adam back to normal size before he hurts himself or others.

* NonMaliciousMonster: By the time Adam reaches building-size, he wreaks havoc in downtown Las Vegas, sending crowds of people running in fear. However, from his perspective he's just a toddler playing around, and doesn't mean any harm.

** And moments before that, when she [[spoiler: also turns into a giant, she stops the helicopter]] Hendrickson is in, trying to shoot her baby with said tranquilizers.

-->'''Diane:''' Wayne! Do you remember how we got Adam to hold still to have his picture taken? I put him in my lap, and I held him.\\