Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Honey, I Shrunk the Kids ( 1989 ) PG | The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV a list of 47 titles created 18 Sep 2011 a list of 40 titles created 21 Dec 2013 a list of 35 titles created 11 May 2014 a list of 21 titles created 5 months ago a list of 25 titles created 2 days ago Title: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) 6.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 10 nominations. See more awards » Photos The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall. Director: Randal Kleiser A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager. Director: John G. Avildsen After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife. Director: Chris Columbus When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game. Director: Joe Johnston When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy. Director: Steven Spielberg A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.

Director: Robert Zemeckis Daniel accompanies his mentor to Okinawa who is off to see his dying father and confront his old rival, while Daniel inadvertently makes an enemy of his own. Director: John G. Avildsen One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind. Director: Chris Columbus A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world. Director: Steven Spielberg In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure. Director: Richard Donner An 8-year old troublemaker must protect his home from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation. Director: Chris Columbus An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance. Director: Les Mayfield Edit Storyline Wayne Szalinski is your average "nutty scientist", working on a top secret machine that shrinks objects. When it unexpectedly starts working, he's so amazed he forgets to tell his family to be careful. And when they wander into his lab...

Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au> The most astonishing, innovative, backyard adventure of all time! Genres: 23 June 1989 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Martin Short was initially attached to play Wayne Szalinski, but was later replaced by Rick Moranis. See more » Goofs In film Scorpion's size was shown equal to the size of an Ant. This is impossible if compared to real life. See more » Quotes Gloria Forrester : [seeing Wayne float above the ground, looking into the grass] Donald, that man over there is flying. Ridiculous, cute, and fun family entertainment 14 April 2006 | by roghache (Canada) – See all my reviews This is a fun movie for the entire family. Well, of course, it's ridiculous but the kids will love it and you can laugh right along with them. The absurd tale revolves around around a nutty scientist & dad named Wayne Szalinski who is working on a machine to miniaturize objects.

When his two kids plus their two neighbouring friends (the Thompsons) wander into his lab, Wayne inadvertently shrinks the four of them. Then he accidentally tosses them out in the garbage, so the poor kids have to brave the dangers of the lawn to get back to the house. And can the well intended but crazy scientist figure out how to bring the youngsters back to full size again? (Personally, my favourite aspect of the movie is the nutty father.) The story has plenty of adventure and danger as the teensy weensy younguns brave the perils of the jungle (actually their lawn). They face thunderstorm like risks of potentially drowning in the lawn sprinkler or being attacked by giant ants, bees, & other bugs. Not to mention the lawn mower! Avoid the TV series of the same name, but this movie has some good family messages involving the two sets of parents (the Szalinskis & the Thompsons) as well as the kids. And of course there's lots of hilarity and adventure. It should be rated higher than it is and fully deserved its popularity at the time. This film put the phrase 'Honey, I shrunk (or whatever) the kids' into people's everyday vocabulary!

24 of 27 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes See the Cast of ‘Honey I Shrunk The Kids’ Then and Now See the Cast of ‘Honey I Shrunk The Kids’ Then and Now By Jeremy Taylor February 11, 2013 5:10 PM Disney The title of the 1989 family comedy ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ pretty much explains the plot. In the movie, an inventor played by Rick Moranis ends up shrinking his two children and two neighborhood kids to a quarter-of-an-inch tall and then has to figure out how to un-shrink them. ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ was a big hit for Disney and spawned a theatrical sequel, a 3-D short that was played at Disney theme parks for years and, lastly, a direct-to-video follow up. See what the cast from the original movie is up to these days. Rick Moranis, Wayne Szalinski Disney / Mark Mainz, Getty Images Then: Moranis channeled his famed nerdy persona to play struggling inventor Wayne Szalinski, whose latest creation ends up inadvertently miniaturizing his offspring and two of their pals.

The Canadian actor had been known for his comedic roles in films like ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘ Spaceballs ‘ and ‘Little Shop of Horrors.’ Now: A widower, Moranis retired from acting in 1997 so he could raise his children. His 2005 musical comedy record ‘The Acrophobic Cowboy’ was nominated for a Grammy Award. Rumor has it he may return to his Louis Tully character for ‘Ghostbusters 3,’ but nothing is official yet. In the meantime, his retirement has been the subject of viral video song parodies and Facebook campaigns . Disney / Alberto E. Rodriguez Then: Strassman played Wayne’s understanding wife Diane. Starting out as a singer, her biggest acting role had been as Julie Kotter on the seminal ’70s sitcom ‘Welcome Back, Kotter.’ Now: The ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ franchise aside, Stassman has seen most of her success as a TV actor.

In 2003 she starred in the Sci-Fi Channel series ‘Tremors’ and her last acting appearances was on the short-lived 2006 sitcom ‘Twenty Good Years.’ Amy O’Neill, Amy Szalinski Disney / RottenTomatoes Then: O’Neill played Amy, the Szalinski’s teenage daughter and victim of miniaturization. She had previously been a series regular on the soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless.’ Now: Dismayed that many of the adult roles she was getting offered required nudity, O’Neill quit acting soon after reprising her Amy role in ‘Honey, I Blew Up the Kids.’ She became involved with the circus and these days is a performance artist and expert stilt-walker. In 2008, she appeared in the indie film ‘The Japanese Sandman.’ Robert Oliveri, Nick Szalinski Disney Then: You may remember Oliveri as Nick, the Szalinski’s young son. The next year he appeared in another little brother role as Kevin in ‘Edward Scissorhands.’ Now: The 1994 short ‘Honey I Blew Up The Audience’ was Oliveri’s last credit.

He graduated from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta and now lives in Florida with his wife and daughter. No recent photos of the actor exist. If you’ve him lately, please let us know! Thomas Wilson Brown, Russ Thompson, Jr. Disney / IMDB Then: In ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,’ Brown was teen neighbor Russ Thompson, Jr., who explores his crush on Amy at less than an inch tall. The son of a cattle rancher, Brown scored his first movie, the 1985 Western ‘Silverado,’ in part because he was skilled on a horse. Now: In 2012 Brown starred in the horror flick ‘The Mooring.’ It was his first part since a small role in the 2007 direct-to-video Steve Seagal kill-a-thon ‘Urban Justice.’ Jared Rushton, Ron Thompson Disney / DrockPrinting Then: You probably remember Rushton as neighborhood boy Ron Thompson, who hits the wayward baseball that sets the shrink ray into action.

Ruston already had a decent movie resume by the time he did ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,’ with prominent roles in ‘Overboard’ and ‘Big’ (he was Tom Hanks’ childhood pal). Now: Ruston hasn’t done any acting in the last decade, and instead plays guitar in the band Deal by Dusk. Matt Frewer, Russ Thompson, Sr. Disney / -Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images Then: Frewer played Russ Thompson, Sr., who understandably doesn’t believe that his two kids has been rendered tiny by his mad scientist neighbor. Frewer was best known for portraying the artificial intelligence character ‘Max Headroom,’ who was featured in movies, commercials and a TV show during the ’80s.

Now: Frewer plays recurring characters on two sci-fi series, ‘Falling Skies’ and ‘Eureka.’ He was also recently a cancer patient in the Joseph Gordon-Levitt movie ’50/50.’ Kristine Sutherland, Mae Thompson Movie Review - - Review/Film; 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids' - NYTimes.com Review/Film; 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids' By CARYN JAMES Published: June 23, 1989 LEAD: ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,'' is as sweet, straightforward and funny as its title. The newest Disney film, like so many old ones, is a simple childrens' adventure about what happens when one of Dad's goofy experiments goes haywire. Suddenly, his own son and daughter and the neighbors' two boys become so minuscule that ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,'' is as sweet, straightforward and funny as its title. The newest Disney film, like so many old ones, is a simple childrens' adventure about what happens when one of Dad's goofy experiments goes haywire.

Suddenly, his own son and daughter and the neighbors' two boys become so minuscule that Dad sweeps them up in a dustpan and tosses them in the backyard, now a jungle where ominous ants lurk behind gigantic blades of grass. Unlike most shrinking-people movies, this is not a savvy film full of lines that zoom above kids' heads to amuse their parents. And though it includes some startling special effects, this is no high-tech marvel. It is an old-fashioned romp that conveys a sense of wonder simply by placing young actors next to fantastic oversized props. Wayne Szalinski, the hapless and secretly brilliant father played by Rick Moranis, is a physicist who can't quite find the flaw in his new shrinking machine. He is the kind of distracted father who fills his family's life with gadgets like a remote-control lawn mower and who drives his patient wife (Marcia Strassman) quietly crazy. Their son, Nick, is a miniature version of his father even before he shrinks, with the same horn-rimmed glasses and his own small-scale experiments.

And their wholesome teen-age daughter, Amy, sums up the film's modest plot when she tells her brother, ''I have six hours to get home, get big and get to the mall.'' Before Nick, Amy and the Thompson boys - shy, teen-age Russ and younger, wise-guy Ron - can get across the yard and back to the house, they nearly drown in a mud puddle created when the lawn sprinkler is turned on. They are attacked by a frightening swarm of bees -Nick and Ron fly away on the back of one - and find solace in an impossibly large cookie Nick had dropped in the grass. The kids are small enough to crawl inside an earthworm's tunnel and, when nighttime comes, to sleep inside a Lego piece. The director, Joe Johnston, paces this adventure to suit the film's tone. It is swift and smooth, never wild or raucous. And the script, by Ed Naha and Tom Schulman, has a charming, mild humor. ''I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto,'' says Amy, and Nick answers, ''I don't think we're in the food chain anymore, Dorothy.'' Both sets of worried parents are amusing but almost incidental. Mr.

Thompson (Matt Frewer, better known as Max Headroom) is a bully whose wife (Kristine Sutherland) is the typical placating mother. Mr. Moranis and Ms. Strassman have some funny moments suspended in slings over the grass, looking through binoculars for signs of their tiny children. Their audience never has much doubt that the shrewd, confident kids will find a way back home, even if it means treating an ant like a bucking bronco. Creating an extravagant package, ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,'' which opens today at the Gotham and other theaters, will be shown with a new 7 1/2-minute-long Roger Rabbit cartoon, ''Tummy Trouble.'' Just as in the wildly funny piece called ''Somethin's Cookin,' '' the cartoon that opened ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit,'' here the hero is left in charge of Baby Herman. Before long, Herman swallows a rattle and Roger's eyes literally pop out of his head. He rushes the gurgling, mischievous baby to St. Nowhere Hospital, the scene of nonstop misadventures.

While Herman crawls out of his hospital bed, chasing the curvy nurse played by Jessica Rabbit, Roger outraces dozens of hypodermic needles that fly through the air aimed straight at him. ''Tummy Trouble'' is not as breathtakingly swift as ''Somethin's Cookin' '' but like ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,'' it is an innocent, old-fashioned delight. ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' is rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested). Some intense scenes of giant insects might frighten very small children. A FEW LITTLE PROBLEMS - HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS, directed by Joe Johnston; screenplay by Ed Naha and Tom Schulman; story by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna and Mr. Naha; director of photography, Hiro Narita; edited by Michael A. Stevenson; music by James Horner; production designer, Gregg Fonseca; produced by Penney Finkelman Cox; released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc. At Embassy 1, Broadway at 46th Street; Gotham Cinema, Third Avenue at 58th Street, and other theaters. Running time: 93 minutes. This film is rated PG.

Wayne Szalinski...Rick Moranis Big Russ Thompson...Matt Frewer Diane Szalinski...Marcia Strassman Mae Thompson...Kristine Sutherland Little Russ Thompson...Thomas Brown Ron Thompson...Jared Rushton Amy Szalinski...Amy O'Neill Nick Szalinski...Robert Oliveri Tommy Pervis...Carl Steven Don Forrester...Mark L. Taylor Time Flies: 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' is a Quarter of a Century Old | moviepilot.com Time Flies: 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' is a Quarter of a Century Old August 13, 2015 at 09:13AM By Kristin Lai , writer at Creators.co MP Staff Writer, cinephile and resident Slytherclaw // UCLA Alumna // Follow me on Twitter: kristin_lai Whether you remember Honey, I Shrunk the Kids because it made you want to eat a cookie as big as a house or because it had you crying when their ant died, the 1989 film is just one of those movies that almost every kid has seen at least once.

Over 25 years ago, Wayne Szalinski, a quirky inventor, shrunk his and his neighbor's children. This, of course, leads both the kids and adults on a wild ride of magnifying glasses and gigantic Cheerios. The cast and crew traveled all the way to Mexico City to film some carefully scaled practical effects. Wayne Szalinski - Rick Moranis Katrina Stagg/Moviepilot The hilarious and beloved Rick Moranis played Wayne Szalinski, the eccentric, inventor and father that everyone loved, well, except for his neighbors at first. At the height of his career, Moranis retired from acting to raise his children after his wife sadly passed away from breast cancer. After 1997 he's mainly stuck to voice acting work. In 2005 he released a country album titled The Agoraphobic Cowboy, and a second album, My Mother's Brisket & Other Love Songs, in 2013. For more of Moranis’ story, we’ve written an entire piece on the actor that you can check out here .

Diane Szalinski - Marcia Strassman Katrina Stagg/Moviepilot Marcia acted as Diane, the stressed out, but always loving, wife of Wayne. She reprised her role in the 1992 sequel Honey I Blew Up the Kid and the 1994 3D film spin-off film Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! Then, amongst other roles, she played Nancy Sterngood in the Sci-Fi channel's show Tremors: The Series. Strassman was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and sadly passed away last October at the age of 66. Amy Szalinski - Amy O’Neill Katrina Stagg/Moviepilot Amy O'Neill played the pretty and popular older Szalinski child, conveniently named Amy. After Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Amy reprised her role as the character in the sequel, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid but didn't have any major acting roles after losing interest around 1994. Today, Amy reportedly works as a circus artist in Los Angeles. She's toured Italy, Asia, and all around the United States.

Check out the video below to see her in action: Nick Szalinski - Robert Oliveri Katrina Stagg/Moviepilot Amy's younger brother Nick was played by the adorkable Robert Oliveri. This bespectacled youth shared his inquisitive mind and love of inventing with his father. Following Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Oliveri took on the role of Winona Ryder's younger brother in Edward Scissorhands and then Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and the 4D spinoff movie Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. Oliveri quit acting in 1994. He went on to attend Oglethorpe University in Georgia, and according to last reports he lives in Florida with his wife and children. Little Russ Thompson - Thomas Wilson Brown Katrina Stagg/Moviepilot Thomas Wilson Brown played the role of the short, but cute boy next door Little Russ Thompson. Even though he was shy and didn't like football, he capture the hearts of audiences by being a total sweetheart. Twenty-five years later, he's still pretty much a babe and he's a not so "little" anymore.

He played Gerald Howells in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael and Jason Lochner in Knots Landing. He's also had various roles in TV shows such as 90210, E.R., and CSI. Ron Thompson - Jared Rushton Katrina Stagg/Moviepilot Ron Thompson was Little Russ' little brother. Sure, he was kind of annoying, but he had a big heart deep down. After playing Ron, Jared only had a few more notable roles. His most notable role was playing bully, Clyde Parker, in Pet Sematary II. Rushton hasn't been in anything since 2000, but reportedly played guitar in a band called Withdrawl. Big Russ Thompson - Matt Frewer Katrina Stagg/Moviepilot Matt Frewer played the Szalinski's fishing and camping-loving neighbor Big Russ Thompson. Following Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Frewer has had probably the most steady acting career. Amongst other roles, people will likely recognize him as Moloch in Watchmen, Mitch in 50/50 and, most recently, Dr. Aldous Leekie in [Orphan Black](series:785016).

He's also had various voiceover roles including Panic in Disney's Hercules. Frewer has been married since 1984 and they have one daughter together. Mae Thompson - Kristine Sutherland Katrina Stagg/Moviepilot Another recognizable face was Kristine Sutherland playing Big Russ Thompson's wife Mae. She's gone on to appear on numerous TV shows like One Life to Live and The Following, but people will know her best as playing Joyce Summers, Buffy's mom, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 1997 to 2002. Sutherland is married to John Pankow who stars as Mec Lapidus on Episodes, the couple has one daughter. I just watched the movie recently and I'll be honest, it holds up! If you're looking to relive some of those late '80s childhood memories, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a good go-to film. Now if only I could get my hands on a cookie the size of a house. Some dreams never die, I guess. What was your favorite scene from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? Let me know in the comments section!

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show 40,447pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Genre [Source] Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (truncated to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids in the show's title sequence) is an American syndicated science fiction sitcom based on the 1989 film of he same name . It expands upon the film's concept of a shrinking experiment gone wrong to include a myriad of others gone awry. It debuted in first-run syndication on September 1 , 1997 and ran for three consecutive seasons, concluding with the 66th episode on May 20 , 2000 .

Peter Scolari took over the role as Wayne Szalinski , the wacky inventor in the original film, played by Rick Moranis . Each episode incorporates new technologies and digital effects to feature the family in various new adventures. The series was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada , with its main studios located in Currie Barracks, a decommissioned Canadian Forces dormitory. Contents [ show ] Characters The Szalinski family are the only returning characters from the films. Wayne ( Peter Scolari ), the show's protagonist, is the husband of Diane ( Barbara Alyn Woods ) and the father of Amy and Nick . The well-meaning Wayne constructs a variety of inventions, including the Shrink-Ray, Neuron Nudger. and Brainiactivator among others, that often create predictaments for his family. His wife, Diane (Barbara Alyn Woods), is a lawyer. She supports him and is very loving, but gets fed up with his antics. They have a dog, Quark , who is played by Matese in the first season, but by Rusty in seasons two and three. Amy Szalinski ( Hillary Tuck ) is the oldest child.

She displays the normal teenage angst, but loves her family no matter what. Her younger brother, Nick ( Thomas Dekker ), is very much like Wayne and also enjoys inventing things, however, unlike his father, he believes and has an extensive knowledge of the supernatural. He and Amy bicker like most siblings, but generally get along fairly well and will go out of their way for each other when one is in trouble. The series picks up with the Szalinskis relocating to Matheson, Colorado. Next door to them are the McKennas. Jake (George Buza) is chief of the police force. He is usually caught up with the Szalinskis' mishaps. His son, Joel, is one of Nick's friends. His oldest son, Jack, is one of Amy's latest boyfriends. History Ed Ferrara and Kevin Murphy wrote the series only a few months after the last film, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves , which was released direct-to-video. It was cancelled in 2000, due to Disney's unwritten policy of not producing shows with more than 65 episodes, even though it had one more episode.

It takes place between Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid since the youngest child, Adam , is not born yet. The film franchise's star Rick Moranis is mentioned briefly in one episode where Amy tells Wayne that he resembles him. However, he has no clue who Moranis is. Cast September 26 , 1997 Wayne, Diane, Amy, and the family van are accidentally shrunk to near-microscopic size. Soon after, Grandpa Murdock (Eugene Roche) drops by to pick up his grandson for a fishing trip. Nick feigns illness to avoid going with his grandfather, who then leaves, but not before inadvertently swallowing his mini-relatives—van and all. Nick interprets Wayne's help message in the newspaper and, realizing what has happened, rushes to his family's aid. 2 October 3 , 1997 Wayne becomes concerned about his family's safety and invents a security system for their protection. F.R.A.N. (Petrea Burchard), the Felon Repeller and Accident Neutralizer takes her duties very seriously and involves herself in every facet of the household.

Diane is wary of her, not realizing that she has developed a mind of her own. When Wayne decides to pull the plug, she holds the Szalinskis under "house arrest." Wayne and his family try to stop her before it's too late. 3 October 10 , 1997 Wayne invents something that could make your vision perfect so Nick tries it out and can see practically anything, even dead people. He befriends a "friendly" ghost who gets into Wayne's body and Nick realizes that it isn't all that good. So he, along with Wayne, attempt to get control of his body so they can get it out. 4 October 17 , 1997 Amy is in love with her teacher and when she finds out that her dad has made a time machine, the Szalinski Time Hopper, she decides to go back to the 70s to meet her teacher when he was 17. She goes back to 1976 and after numerous attempts decides not to return. Nick tells his dad, who goes back in time to rescue her before she suffers the ill effects of temporal displacement.

While he is in the past, he runs into teenage Diane and he figures out how to make up for both a forgotten wedding anniversary and a Time Hopper problem. 5 October 24 , 1997 Wayne accidentally shrinks himself and his brother, Randy, who find themselves in little trouble when they are mistaken for McDonald's Happy Meal Toys and brought home to a young boy who happens to be a fan of Randy's TV show, 'Randy Rude: The Science Dude' (a parody of Bill Nye the Science Guy). 6 October 31 , 1997 When Wayne invents a neuron nudger, Diane accidentally turns it on and swaps her brain with that of a cat belonging to Bianca, Wayne's scheming coworker. She switches his brain with Quark's so she can use his body to access his vault at work. Nick and Amy then try to switch each brain back to its body. 7 November 7 , 1997 While Wayne works on controlling the cloning of himself, one of his clones takes his place at work, where Bianca becomes suspicious of his geniality. He is down because his clone is doing better than the real him.

She gives the clone a friendship bracelet that is a tracking device, befriends him, and then uses him to kidnap Wayne. 8 Wayne's invention succeeds in finding gold - a pot of doubloons claimed by a leprechaun, who puts a curse on the Szalinskis until they hand it over. 9 To return from a time trip to 1864 Colorado, the Szalinskis must help an alien recover his starship from a ruthless gang, who master its weapons and defenses. 10 Wayne's chemical to increase intelligence has different effects on his family, including mind reading and levitation, while Quark is able to hypnotize people. 11 December 14 , 1997 Diane wants to get in touch with her teenage self so that she can understand what Amy and her new client, Howard, are going through. Wayne has invented a machine where you can see yourself in the past. When the electricity goes out, Diane is stuck as a teenager. Now Wayne must fix the machine and his family has to deal with her and her rebellious self.

12 January 16 , 1998 Wayne feels overwhelmed with the demands of work and his family so he invents something that will make him go from place to place in seconds. He sets the level on high and somehow travels at the speed of light. Jennings finds a copy of the invention, is traveling fast too, and playing tricks on people. They both get stuck at hyperspeed and must use another invention to slow their molecules. 13 February 6 , 1998 Wayne accidentally blows up the mayor's car in front of him which upsets Diane, who wants to run for the school board, so he goes back in time to redo things. He accidentally goes back to the time of "the Barbarians". When he comes back he accidentally brings them with him but when he tries to send them back the machine is broken. They become involved in the school board race when they are convinced that Diane's rival is an evil Norse god. 14 February 13 , 1998 Diane is very nervous about her case against a tough lawyer so Wayne invents a thinky ring to help her retrieve her thoughts better. Unfortunately, she becomes a brain sucking vampire.

Wayne finds out and goes after her to lure her home. Nick manages to get the ring off but this turns him into a brain sucking vampire too. Diane figures things out and plots to fight him and get the ring off before he takes over the world. 15 February 20 , 1998 Wayne turns Amy's bicycle into a super speed mountain one. She goes on a bike ride through the woods, crashes, twists her ankle, and finds refuge in a cave. She meets Bigfoot and names him George after Curious George. He saves her and takes her to her house. Now her family must get him back along with his wife, a Yeti. 16 February 27 , 1998 Since Diane is allergic to chocolate Wayne tries to remove the allergic compound from it, but accidentally creates some that make people fall in love. Damon, Amy's best friend, has a crush on her and Nick tries to get her to eat it. When she finds out how it works, she tries to get her crush Damon to eat it. Diane, Wayne, Tiara, and a mutated Jennings also eat it, so Nick has to find the antidote that will make everyone (relatively) normal again.

17 March 27 , 1998 Wayne reluctantly has to make a bear more high tech after sharing his feelings at Jentech West. He makes it smart and while downloading data onto its computer chip, a virus name Legion is also downloaded onto it. Now the bear is bent on taking over the world and the family now must stop it before he can wreak havoc. 18 Wayne makes gadgets for spies in Canada. Now they are on a mission to stop a missile from blowing up the moon as the situation becomes increasingly complicated. 19 April 22 , 1998 The prospect of dissecting a frog is giving Nick nightmares so Wayne invents a dream machine that would go into his dream. He kills the frog but is threatened never to come back into the dream world again. Amy, against her dad's wishes, goes in so she can annoy Nick, so now the Szalinskis can't sleep or else they could die. 20 April 29 , 1998 Wayne, wanting to please Nick, invents a Refuse Ingesting Protozoa or RIP that can eat anything. Jennings, who is being tracked by an environmentalist, puts toxic waste in it.

It infects Quark, he infects the mailman and so on. Now Wayne and his family must stop these garbage-eating-zombies and get them to Jentech West where there is a high security system. 21 May 8 , 1998 Wayne's Chameleonator makes people invisible. It was originally made to change the people's skin color, so they wouldn't need to use makeup anymore. A mole in the company is telling another about the invention. Amy and Wayne must stop the mole and get his invention back from the company that took it. 22 May 15 , 1998 Ar'nox the alien, who was in "Honey, They Call Me The Space Cowboy", returns. This time he comes for a visit only to have his spaceship stolen again. Now the Szalinskis must get it back, stolen from the so-called "Men in Black". Season 2: 1998-1999 September 26 , 1998 Wayne invents a way to make veggies bigger, only it turns them into big bad mutants. Quark eats some of it after the Szalinskis kill the Mutant Veggies.

So now he is mutating and looking like Godzilla! Can they get him back to normal before he destroys the town? 24 October 3 , 1998 Wayne creates a skin lotion to make people become great swimmers like fish in the water. Amy takes some of it to a pool party that she is invited to. When she uses it, she becomes the life of the party so the girl who the party is being held for tries it as well. However, things go terribly wrong (as usual) when they find it has turned them into "mermaids". They'll end up completely turning into fish unless Wayne can create an antidote. However, things get even worse when the desperate and greedy owner of the pool kidnaps the girls to use them as a money-making attraction. 25 October 10 , 1998 Wayne sees a meteorite heading for Earth though his super scope. Whilst the people in town cause havoc and those at Jentech are acting crazy, Wayne must figure out how to stop the meteorite. Things get a little more complicated when Jenning's brother has a launch system to blow it up while Wayne finds out there is life on it. Can he save the world?

26 October 24 , 1998 Wayne invents the Szalinski Scan-O-Caster, a machine that scans text, converts the narrative into tangible holograms, and projects the stories as 3-D images. A book accidentally falls on it, turns it on and makes all the urban legends come to life. Meanwhile there's a new kid at Nick's school, David Foaf. 27 October 31 , 1998 Nick is upset because he is having trouble playing baseball so he asks his dad to make some inventions to help him do so better. Elsewhere, Diane is worried her recital and Amy uses a cream that camouflage pimples but she uses too much and it hides her nose. 28 November 3 , 1998 Wayne invents a machine that will make old people feel and act younger. It instead makes him and Diane older and an old couple younger. Now it is up to the kids to get the old couple back before their parents die. 29 November 14 , 1998 The Szalinskis are going camping with the chief and his kids. Wayne makes a home away from home that he carries on his back.

At night time, during a storm, it takes them back to the prehistoric age and now they must figure out a way to get back to the present. 30 After wrestlers Bret and Owen Hart are injured at the Szalinskis' house, Wayne and the chief agree to take their places in a match, aided by the former's remote-controlled bodysuit. 31 Nick invents a machine of his own in an attempt to resurrect his dead pet bunny, Copernicus. Things go wrong when it summons a monstrous creature from another dimension that possesses the body of his deceased friend. 32 December 12 , 1998 Nick is running from a bunch of bullies when he takes a hard fall and a circus takes him home. The head guy steals everything in Wayne's lab so now he and his family must rescue Nick and they must do so by joining the circus themselves. 33 To save his bankrupt company, Jennings sends Wayne to find a magical stone that can turn metal into gold. But his greed alters its power. 34 Wayne works on a superhero suit to combat a crime wave by off-road bikers.

35 Amy and Nick are kidnapped by a cyborg from the future, a result of Jennings' misuse of Wayne's environment-friendly car. 36 Amy's use of a mental enhancer inadvertently gives her the power to control nature, which goes to her head as she establishes herself as a supreme ruler. 37 February 20 , 1999 Diane is suffering a midlife crisis in which she tries to look younger and after a trip to the museum with Wayne and Nick, she finds out about a spell that could make her younger. She translate the tablets against Wayne's wishes and unknowingly wakes up as an evil princess. Now it is up to her family to fight her and get her back to normal. Meanwhile, the chief tries to beat Wayne in a spring decoration contest. 38 February 27, 1999 Jennings romantically pursues Diane after using Wayne's "Electric Chair of Love"; Amy and Nick contract chicken pox, forcing Diane to move into a hotel. 39 April 24 , 1999 Amy's science teacher quits unexpectedly so her dad volunteers to replace her. He makes a formula to make him charming so that the students will like him.

Amy catches him and tries to alter the formula, however something goes wrong and it makes Wayne act like a bad person. Now it is up to his family to find a way to get him back. Meanwhile, Diane and Nick try to give Quark a bath. 40 May 8 , 1999 A new boss has taken over Jentech West. Wayne's uncle finds out some info about him after Wayne told him to leave him alone and not interfere. This turns out to be important info because he steals inventions and patents them as his own. 41 Wayne is knocked senseless by a tree while trudging home in a blizzard and awakens to find himself on trial in Dreamland because of his erratic inventions. 42 While Wayne and Diane are out celebrating the anniversary of their first date, Amy's party is crashed by a group of aliens contacted by Nick who's using one of Wayne's communication gizmos. 43 May 29 , 1999 Wayne invents an invention called the 3iDer which turns people into different people. It and Wayne got nominated for the inventors recognition achievement award.

An evil clown tries to steal it and frame Wayne so it is up to Team Szalinski to stop the clown and clear Wayne's name. 44 Wayne's comment at a seminar offends some witches. They cast spells on the Szalinskis. Season 3: 1999-2000 September 25 , 1999 Wayne goes back in time to prove to his family that the Bopkas and the song he likes really do exist. There he finds out that they are Russian spies with plans to take over the world by overthrowing parents. The Szalinskis goes back in time to help him stop them. One question remains: if they never sang the song in the first place, then where did he hear it? 46 Wayne brings a dead man's brain back to life. He has an evil plan to take Wayne's family away, so Wayne must stop him before he can carry it out. 47 October 9 , 1999 Diane's sister, Elaine, is in town, and as Wayne doesn't like her, he invents something so he can't understand her. As usual, his creation goes wrong and Elaine's personality gets into his brain.

Now they must work together to get everything back to normal without his help. 48 October 16 , 1999 Wayne and the kids settle down to watch TV during a big storm, and he has invented a remote control that will bring any TV shows you could ever watch from the past to now. Somehow they get sucked into the TV so when Diane and the chief come home and find them in the TV they need to try to get them out. 49 November 6 , 1999 Wayne is busy trying to perfect his Hypolyptical Organic Oxide Ray (a.k.a. the Hoo-Ray), a device based on mood ring technology that will cause people to be happy, thus ending war and boosting global self esteem. his new foreign assistant, Vlad Bolvahnicz, cautions that changing nature isn't necessarily a good thing. While working late on the project, Vlad is visited by members of the Global League of Oppressed Madmen (GLOOM). He is actually an anarchist too, and his job at Jentech is part of their ecoterrorist plot to teach the industrialized, polluting Western hemisphere a lesson by destroying a key polluter city.

50 November 6 , 1999 Ninjas invade Matheson, and Team Szalinski is in for a lot of kung fu fighting to save the town. A monk, Master P'tui, appears to help Wayne and teach him martial arts. Meanwhile, Nick, tired of being bullied into doing other people's homework, invents a spray that can turn anyone into a kung fu expert. Also, Lord Bilious wants Diane to defend him after he tried to bribe town officials and landowners to sell him the town. 51 November 13 , 1999 Crazy greedy Jennings bets his company even though he can't play golf very well. He asks Wayne to build golf clubs to help them win but he gets hurt so Wayne has to play. Meanwhile, Diane and the kids are feeling crowded with Wayne's invention, so they decide to sell the stuff they don't use. But after a while people don't like them so now they have to get them all back. 52 November 20 , 1999 Randy Rude the Science Dude comes to town to visit, and he wants to get married so Wayne tries to fix him up with the love chair and love booster.

Something happens when he tries to leave with the van and presses the booster button that seemingly blasts them into space. 53 November 27 , 1999 Amy can finally drive, so she and her family look for a car and they buy a junk one. Wayne redesigns it completely into the weirdest one you've ever seen. It also includes is a safe-t-guy that gives you tips about practically everything. When she takes it for a trip she tries to stop the safe-t-guy from talking, resulting in making him drive her off the cliff. Her family gets a call from her and they go after her to stop the safe-t-guy and the car from going off the cliff. Will they make it in time? 54 December 18 , 1999 Amy begs Wayne to direct a play to save a community theatre. He reluctantly agrees and finds people coming to his doorstep to try out. Meanwhile three aliens came to the house to fix their spaceship. They came here since they know the Szalinskis. Some bad guys are after the aliens so the Szalinskis are on the look out whilst also being in the play.

55 January 8 , 2000 Wayne's brother, Randy Rude the Science Dude, comes to town with his show. He invites Wayne to help him get the ratings up. He agrees to help but unbeknown to him, he started taking over. When he realizes this, he plans a way to pay back for all the times that he has done so. 56 January 15 , 2000 Wayne invents a pair of glasses to watch the solar eclipse with his family. Somehow he can see the future with them. His family is having trouble getting to the eclipse. Amy lost her note, the bus Nick was on broke down, and Diane was in a dog case. Wayne sees the future while his family nearly gets killed. Can he save them in time? 57 January 22 , 2000 Amy wants to get into college, and Wayne wants to help impress the recruiter who's coming to dinner at their house. Worried about being embarrassed by her family, Amy convinces Diane to talk to Wayne about acting normal during dinner. She talks to him while he's working on the Psycho-Cybernetics Generator, a machine that makes one's thoughts happen in real life.

She blurts out that she wishes they were a normal family just as she's zapped by the generator. The next day she becomes frozen in time. While inside her thought of a normal family, she learns that that can be boring. Worried that she might not know she's trapped in a dream, Wayne wires them both to the generator, which projects his thoughts into her head. If he can join her in her thought, he can help her get back to her very un-normal life. 58 January 29 , 2000 Things go wrong when Wayne tries to fix the fridge as his hinge ruins the kitchen so now they have to clean it. Mishaps just keep happening and as usual Jennings makes things worse. Can they get everything back in order before the Szalinskis come back? Meanwhile, Amy, Diane, and Nick are at the zoo trying to save a journalist because Amy let him in against the zoo's wishes. Now they must find a way to get him out. 59 February 5 , 2000 Amy writes a good story about her dad and his inventions. Two mobsters, one that looks like Wayne, find him and decides to switch, so they can get in the clear.

They kidnap him and the bad guy goes into the house. After a while he gets taped and tied at a hotel and Amy figures out what's going on. Will the bad guys get caught and will Wayne get home safely? 60 February 12 , 2000 Wayne makes police equipment for the chief. Jake is running to be chief for another two years is reluctant, and won't listen the rest of the family. They are at a community service, serving meals where the people protest and the cook quits. A jewel thief ties them up too. Wayne goes after Jack to warn him and save his family. 61 February 19 , 2000 Diane is running to become partner in her law firm and she must host a dinner for a man and his wife. The time hopper is broken and Wayne is trying to repair it but it sends them through time and space during the dinner. Now his family and the couple must work together to get everything back to normal. Will Diane get her new job? Will Wayne get the time hopper fixed? 62 February 26 , 2000 Diane somehow comes into possessing a haunted trunk dating back to the 1800s.

Strange things begin to happen: a cable bites Wayne, Nick turns into a plant, and Amy gets possessed. Now they have to figure out how to get Nick back to normal and get rid of the spooky things that are happening. With the help of an expert, will they succeed? 63 April 29 , 2000 When a Canadian secret service recruits Wayne to capture a fiendish villain that he once went to school with, plans to capture him go haywire, and Amy is dating his son! She finds out that he is using her to steal one of Wayne's inventions. She tries to stop him, but will she succeed? And, will Wayne and the chief stop the bad guys? 64 May 6 , 2000 Nick wants to appear on a show called Smart Mouth because he believes he knows everything. Everyone tells him that he is too young so he makes his parents eventually create an antidote so now they must convince him to go back to normal or he will be a grown-up forever! 65 May 13 , 2000 The shrink ray is not working and it shrinks Amy, Jack, Wayne, and Jake, so now they must try to get back to their normal size again.

Also, Diane has a big surprise for everyone at the end of the show. 66

Question: Which actor played the part of Wayne the father in the 1989 film Honey I Shrunk the Kids?
Answer: RICK MORANIS