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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid is a 1992 American science fiction comedy film, the sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and the second installment of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids film series. Directed by Randal Kleiser and released by Walt Disney Pictures, it stars Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Amy O'Neill, and Robert Oliveri reprising their roles as the Szalinski family, as well as newcomer Keri Russell in her film debut. In the film, Adam Szalinski, the youngest addition to the family, is accidentally exposed to Wayne's new industrial-sized growth machine, which causes him to gradually grow to enormous size. Wayne's coworker, Dr. Charles Hendrickson, wants the giant Adam stopped at all costs, and would like to take over Wayne's invention, which is now owned by the large corporation belonging to the kindly Clifford Sterling. The franchise continued with a direct-to-home video sequel, a television series, and theme-park attractions. Plot Three years after the events of the first film, inventor Wayne Szalinski and his family have moved to Nevada and have welcomed a new son, mischievous two-year-old Adam. One day, Wayne's wife, Diane, leaves with their daughter, Amy, to help her settle in her dorm at college, leaving Wayne to look after Adam and their now teenage son, Nick. Nick has developed a crush on Mandy Park, whom Wayne later arranges to babysit Adam. The next day, Wayne takes Nick and Adam to Sterling Labs, where he has constructed an advanced derivative of his shrink ray which enlarges objects. He tests it out on Adam's favorite toy, Big Bunny. However, when his and Nick's backs are turned, Adam attempts to retrieve it and is zapped by the machine, which appears to short circuit and not enlarge the targeted object. Back home, Adam and Big Bunny are exposed to electrical waves from the microwave oven and grow in size, now 7 feet tall. Wayne and Nick try to take him back to the lab to reverse the process, but are caught and kicked out by Wayne's coworker, Dr. Charles Hendrickson, who wants to take over Wayne's invention for himself. Diane returns home early and discovers what happened, and she, Wayne, and Nick have a hard time trying to take care of the large Adam. Later, Wayne and Diane drive to a warehouse and retrieve Wayne's first shrink ray prototype to turn Adam back to normal. When Mandy arrives to babysit Adam, she panics and faints, forcing Nick to tie up and gag her. As he explains the situation to her, Adam is exposed to the television's electrical waves and grows to 14 feet before escaping through a wall. Nick and Mandy search for him, but are taken into custody, with Adam placed into a truck. Wayne and Diane return home, finding Dr. Hendrickson and a U.S. Marshal waiting for them. He has summoned Clifford Sterling, the company chairman, with the plan to fire Wayne, have him and Diane arrested, and experiment on Adam. Sterling arrives and instead praises Wayne when he admits his mistake, and pledges to help Adam while firing Dr. Hendrickson for trying to smear Wayne. At the same time, the truck carrying Adam passes by high voltage lines, exposing him to more electrical waves and causing him to grow to 50 feet, escaping confinement. He mistakes Nick and Mandy for toys and puts them in his overalls pocket before heading for Las Vegas, pursued by his parents and the authorities. Wayne and Sterling figure out the cause of his growth and realize that exposure to Las Vegas' neon lights will make him grow bigger than ever. Dr. Hendrickson conspires with board director Terrence Wheeler to start a boardroom coup to take Sterling out of power. Dr. Hendrickson forcefully boards a military helicopter to attempt to tranquilize Adam. Wayne is determined to use his shrink ray to shrink Adam back to normal but requires that Adam stand still for twelve seconds. Adam grows to 112 feet, wanders through Fremont Street, Las Vegas, causing mass panic. Dr. Hendrickson arrives by helicopter and starts shooting tranquilizer cartridges at Adam, causing Adam to cry in pain in front of everyone who then has sympathy for him. Diane, deliberately made giant by Wayne's machine intervenes and she then comforts Adam and makes him stand still while Wayne powers the shrinking machine. The shrinking is successful, and both return to normal size. Dr. Hendrickson arrives to reluctantly congratulate Wayne but is knocked out with a punch by Diane. Wayne and Diane then realize that Nick and Mandy were still in Adam's pocket and have been shrunk. Wayne quickly finds them, but decides to give them a few minutes of privacy before returning them to normal size as the two appear to have become romantically attached. A Nevada State Police trooper with them asks the Szalinskis what are they going to do with Big Bunny who is still 112 feet tall, Adam decides for them all by playing with it. Cast Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski, a wacky inventor. Marcia Strassman as Diane Szalinski, Wayne's wife. Lloyd Bridges as Clifford Sterling, the president of Sterling Labs. Robert Oliveri as Nick Szalinski, Wayne and Diane's teenage son and middle child. John Shea as Dr. Charles Hendrickson, Wayne's insolent coworker. Keri Russell as Mandy Park, Adam's babysitter and Nick's love interest. Ron Canada as U.S. Marshal Preston Brooks Amy O'Neill as Amy Szalinski, Wayne and Diane's daughter and oldest child. Daniel & Joshua Shalikar as Adam Szalinski, Wayne and Diane's two-year-old son and youngest child. Linda Carlson as nosy neighbor #1 Leslie Neale as Constance Winters Gregory Sierra as Terence Wheeler, a board member at Sterling Labs who is allied with Dr. Hendrickson. Julia Sweeney as nosy neighbor #2 Michael Milhoan as Captain Ed Myerson, a military pilot who reluctantly pilots Dr. Hendrickson to confront Adam. Production The original film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), was co-written by Stuart Gordon. Meanwhile, actor Garry Goodrow and his friend Peter Elbling had written an unrelated script titled Big Baby. It was about a toddler who grew to giant size by a freak accident involving a growth ray and eventually terrorized Las Vegas. The story was inspired by the film The Amazing Colossal Man (1957). Gordon optioned Big Baby and pitched it to Disney along with the script that would become Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Disney passed on Big Baby initially. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was a financial success, prompting Disney to register numerous names for a potential sequel. Gordon successfully pitched the Big Baby script to Disney as the basis for a sequel. Screenwriter Thom Eberhardt was hired to make revisions to Big Baby; a year and a half was spent reworking the script to feature the Szalinskis. A new climax set among Las Vegas' neon lights was also added, as opposed to a power plant in the original script. The project was retitled Honey, I Blew Up the Baby, before taking on the name Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. Gordon turned down the chance to direct the film, believing he would have limited creative control un.... Discover the Joseph Wayne Smith Dr popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Joseph Wayne Smith Dr books.