History Film / HoneyWeShrunkOurselves

* GilliganCut:
-->'''Gordon:''' Of course, as soon as the kids realize we're gone, they'll be ''very'' upset.
-->''*Cut to kids celebrating and cheering*''

* LaserGuidedKarma: Considering how many times his kids were victims of his [=shrinking/growing=] machines, some might say Wayne getting shrunk is this.
* LethalChef: Wayne tries to make Adam some peanut butter for his sandwich by grinding peanuts. Adam tosses away the sandwich after tentatively tasting it.

** Wayne and Gordon fall into a bowl of dip and are almost eaten, just like Nick fell in a bowl of Cheerios at the end of the first film.

** When the wives enter the basement, Wayne tells Gordon they're in trouble. Gordon says they can't see them, but Wayne points out they can step on them.

* AndStarring: The film's opening cast roll ends "with Creator/StuartPankin and Bug Hall".

* AnAesop: Goes both ways; your parents have rules in place for a reason, and your kids are smarter than you think they are. Jenny and Mitch feel that their mother is overprotective about her inviting friends and him taking his medicine. It turns out that their parents were right; Jenny's "friends" are more than happy to let party-crashers destroy the things in her house, and Mitch faints from potassium withdrawal. On the other side of the coin, Patti tells Jenny she's proud that her daughter took charge of the situation when it went FromBadToWorse and has good judgment.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Adam, apparently, as he says when his parents have shrunk that his daring behaviour is that he's not going to wear any socks, although the film shows no real evidence for that.

* LighterAndSofter: The first movie had the real fear of the kids drowning, getting eaten, or being mutilated by a lawnmower in their own backyard. In the second, Diane was worried about Adam getting injured while innocently rampaging through Las Vegas. Here, it's more of a BottleEpisode where the worst fear is about Mitch taking his medicine.

Produced in 1996, it was directed by Dean Cundey, written by Karey Kirkpatrick, Nell Scovell and Joel Hodgson, and was released direct-to-video on March 18, 1997.

* NoAntagonist: Similar to that of the first film, this film's major conflict stems largely from Wayne's machine accidentally shrinking Wayne as well as his brother, wife, and sister-in-law, and the adults' subsequent journey through the now-gigantic house trying to get their kids' attention. Sure, Ricky and his friends are definite jerks, but they're neither outright evil [[PlotIrrelevantVillain nor that crucial to the film's plot.]]

* NoAntagonist: Similar to the first film, this film's major conflict stems largely from Wayne's machine accidentally shrinking Wayne as well as his brother, wife, and sister-in-law, and the adults' subsequent journey through the now gigantic house trying to get their kids' attention. Sure, Ricky and his friends are definite jerks, but they're neither outright evil [[PlotIrrelevantVillain nor that crucial to the film's plot.]]

* NoAntagonist: The film's major conflict stems largely from Wayne's machine accidentally shrinking Wayne as well as his brother, wife, and sister-in-law, and the adults' subsequent journey through the now gigantic house trying to get their kids' attention. Sure, Ricky and his friends are definite jerks, but they're neither outright evil [[PlotIrrelevantVillain nor that crucial to the film's plot.]]

* DisasterDominoes: Another stray ball (a bocce ball instead of a baseball) triggers the shrink ray and shrinks both sets of parents this time around.

** Wayne apparently has a court order preventing him from using the shrinking machine (which he breaks, naturally). Considering what happened [[Film/HoneyIBlewUpTheKid the last time]], it's understandable (and that Diane led the charge on getting the injunction).

* ArtEvolution: Wayne's shrinking machine has been redesigned from its appearance in the previous two films. While the basic design template's still intact, it's now been modified with more advanced components and overall it looks more 'cleaned up'. Wayne justifies the updated design in-universe by wanting to [[RuleOfCool polish the prototype up for its Smithsonian exhibit]].

** Wayne apparently has a court order preventing him from using the shrinking machine (which he breaks, naturally). Considering what happened [[Film/HoneyIBlewUpTheKid the last time]], it's understandable.

* Diane when Wayne gets the Shrink Machine out of mothballs to polish it up for its inclusion in the Smithsonian. While that ''is'' a legitimate motive, Diane also knows her husband well enough to have gotten a court order after the last film to prevent him from ever using the technology again. Did Diane ''really'' think Wayne was going to be able to resist the temptation to fire up the old prototype one more time?

* ArtEvolution: In-universe, Wayne's shrinking machine has been redesigned from its appearance in the previous two films. While the basic design template's still intact, it's been modified with more advanced components and overall it looks more 'cleaned up'. Wayne justifies this in-story by wanting to [[RuleOfCool polish the machine up for its Smithsonian exhibit]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: Wayne's precautions to prevent a repeat of the previous films' incidents. While ProperlyParanoid, Wayne's plan's undone by an x-factor he didn't anticipate: the junk in the attic being jostled by the reactivated machine and falling on it controls.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Wayne's precautions to prevent a repeat of the previous films' inciting incidents. While ProperlyParanoid, Wayne's undone by x-factors he didn't anticipate (i.e. the junk in the attic falling on the machine and activating it).

* LighterAndSofter: The first movie had the real fear of the kids drowning, getting eaten or cut up by a lawnmower in their own backyard. In the second, Diane was worried about her baby getting injured while innocently rampaging through the city. Here, it's more of a BottleEpisode where the worst fear is about Mitch taking his medicine.

* NeverTrustATrailer: One promo shows Mitch fainting upon seeing his shrunken mom and aunt. Though the movie shows he actually passed out from lack of potassium and assumed he imagined seeing his mom and aunt. Seeing them didn't help, however.

* NoAntagonist: The major conflict stems largely from Wayne's machine accidentally shrinking Wayne as well as his brother, wife, and sister-in-law, and the adults' subsequent journey through the now gigantic house trying to get their kids' attention. Sure, Ricky and his friends are definite jerks, but they're neither outright evil [[PlotIrrelevantVillain nor that crucial to the film's plot.]]

* NoAntagonist: The major conflict stems largely from Wayne's machine accidentally shrinking Wayne as well as his brother, wife, and sister-in-law, and the adults' subsequent journey through the now gigantic house trying to get their kids' attention. Sure, Ricky and his friends are definite jerks, but they're neither outright evil nor that crucial to the film's plot.

--> '''Gordon:'''YOU ARE ''DEAD MEAT'', MISTER!
--> '''Wayne:''' Gordon, you're three quarters of an inch tall, now's not the time!

* AdultsAreUseless: A very situational example. The highlight, however, is when Patti and Mitch try to deliver Mitch's medicine to him, and they fail because the bottle is too big. It is averted, however, when Gordon scares the kids out of the house by hijacking the stereo projector.

-->'''Adam:''' Yeah. I bet you were the only dad there that could figure out the whole team's batting average instantly in his head.

* SportOfNerds: When Wayne lets Adam go to baseball camp, he finds himself enjoying baseball as well, due to how much math is involved in the game.
-->'''Wayne:''' I had no idea baseball had that much math in it, or that my son would be such a good catcher.\\
-->'''Adam:''' Yeah. I bet you were the only dad there that could figure out the whole team's batting average instantly in his head.