History Film / HoneyIShrunkTheKids

* NotQuiteBackToNormal: After Wayne [[spoiler:tests the shrink ray on Russell Sr. and subsequently resizes him, Russ Sr. finds that his baseball cap is a little big for him]].

** After surviving the lawnmower, the kids find themselves right under Wayne and Diane as they're looking for them, and they try to get their attention. Unfortunately the parents can't hear or see the kids, and they walk back inside the house.

'''Wayne:''' No, it's ''my'' fault. I start working on something I don’t think about anything else. I should have been more careful with the machine. I'm sorry.\\

* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: The Thompsons have ample grounds for a lawsuit (see NoOshaCompliance entry below), but obviously do not file one.
* AnimatedCreditsOpening: They're very well done, too.

* ChekhovsGun: Nick's love of Oatmeal Creme Pies.

* DisneyDeath: Painfully averted with [[spoiler:Anty's death.]]

* LeavingAudience: Happens to Wayne Szalinski.

* NoAntagonist

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: While Russ Sr has some legitimate issues with living next door to the Szalinskis, he also takes exception to the incredibly average sight of Amy ''dancing in the kitchen while cleaning''.

-->'''Diane:''' Our daughter, alone, in the dark, with Russ Thompson Jr.
-->'''(beat)'''
-->'''Diane:''' They'd better ''behave'' themselves.

* ''[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rick-moranis-returning-honey-i-shrunk-kids-reboot-1279000 Shrunk]]'' (TBD): A sequel and {{soft reboot}} of the franchise, once again starring Moranis as Szalinski as well as Creator/JoshGad as his adult son. The director of the original, Creator/JoeJohnston, is also set to return. Despite original rumors, this will ''not'' be made for Creator/DisneyPlus, and be released in theaters first.

* MotivationOnAStick: The shrunken kids do this with Anty and a discarded piece of food.

* Nick Szalinski: [[TheSmartGuy The Other Smart Guy]] Like father, like son. Allergic to nearly everything.

* ShrinkRay: Wayne Szalinski's machine is one of the most famous examples on this trope.

* HopeSpot: Early on, the kids whistle to get Quark's attention. It works, and he leaves the house to find them, but gets scared away the the Thompson's cat Spike.

** Followed by [[BigWhat another]] when Wayne told Diane the Thompson kids also shrank and they're all lost in the backyard. Then grabs Wayne after he told her he threw them out with the trash. Then faints when Wayne tells the police (Diane called the police to report the kids missing before finding out they were shrunk) that the kids aren't missing, they're in the backyard.

** Fluids like water and milk behave normally from the kid's perspective, even though at their scale there should be surface tension and a membrane around everything. On the other hand, the water drops that fall during the sprinkler sequence look like giant clear water balloons that burst when they hit the ground.

** After figuring out the kids are in the back lawn, Wayne builds increasingly elaborate harness and counterweight systems out of objects from the house, so him and Diane can search for the kids without walking on the grass, though it takes him a few tries to get it right.
* HopeSpot: The kids find themselves right under Wayne and Diane as they're looking for them, and they call out to them. Unfortunately the parents can't hear or see the kids, and they walk back inside the house.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Russ Jr. to Ron. When the scorpion corners Ron in the LEGO piece and is trying to grab him, Russ throws a torch at it and tries to distract it while Ron escapes.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Anty again.]]

** Ricky nearly kills Nick and the others by playing around with the remote-control lawnmower.

* RunningGag: Diane faints in each movie upon the reveal of the shrink ray's effects. Though in ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', it was Mitch. Mostly because his potassium is running low.

* ExactWords: When the cops arrive at the Szalinski house;
---> '''Female Cop''': Did uh, you report two missing children?
---> '''Wayne''': Oh, there must be some mistake. Our kids are in the backyard.

* ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience'' (1994): A Ride/DisneyThemeParks ShortFilm. Wayne's being honored as Inventor of the Year, but some demos of his latest inventions go wild...and TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou! (At Walt Disney World in Florida, a new character from this film, Dr. Nigel Channing [played by Eric Idle], was subsequently incorporated into other attractions in its host pavillion at Epcot.)

* [[https://wdwnt.com/2020/02/rick-moranis-in-talks-to-come-out-of-retirement-for-new-honey-i-shrunk-the-kids-movie/ Currently,]] Rick Moranis is in talks with Disney to be part of an upcoming follow up called ''SHRUNK''.

Stay at home inventor Wayne Szalinski (Creator/RickMoranis) invented a {{shrink ray}}. Which doesn't work. '''Yet.''' Due to a stray baseball it becomes fully functional and promptly shrinks his daughter, son and the neighbor's two sons. Wayne was absent, and is unaware of that his machine worked. After the idea of his machine is dismissed at a conference, Wayne breaks it in frustration, sweeps the broken glass up as well as the children, and then deposits them on the curb for trash collection. They cut their way out with a shard of glass, and begin an adventure across the unkempt lawn to get back home and unshrunk. They face many environmental hazards such as a bee, a scorpion, sprinkler system, automated lawn mower, and a {{cat|sAreMean}}, all of which are now infinitely more dangerous as the kids must learn to band together in order to survive... yes, we assure you this is a comedy. Meanwhile, Szalinski realizes the error of his ways, that the machine works and had accidentally shrunk the kids, and tries desperately to both fix the machine and find the kids in the grass in the yard.