History Film / HoneyIBlewUpTheKid

* BrokenMasquerade: A variation. The events of the first movie were an isolated incident and the Szalinskis kept shtum about the original shrinking incident to protect Nick and Amy (the Thompsons presumably did the same). So at the beginning of this sequel, Sterling Labs and its senior personnel are the only people outside of the Szalinski and Thompson families (and the investors Wayne approached in the first film) with any knowledge of Wayne's invention. By the end of this film, however, the cat's out of the bag and the general public is now aware of the Szalinski technology and its capabilities.

* ProperlyParanoid: After the first film, Wayne and Diane (and presumably the Thompsons as well) forbid their kids from telling anyone that they were accidentally shrunk, fearing they would be turned into lab rats if the authorities found out. Sure enough, when Adam's growth is exposed to the world, the first thing Wayne's boss wants to do is lock him up and study him.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Despite the name, there are no exploding children in the movie.]]

[[IThoughtItMeant Despite the name, there are no exploding children in the movie.]]

-->'''Wayne:''' Uh oh.\\

--> '''Wayne:''' '''[[SuddenlyShouting THAT'S]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting MY KID]]'' YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!]]'''

* BrokenMasquerade: A variation. The events of the first movie were an isolated incident and the Szalinskis kept shtum about the original shrinking incident to protect Nick and Amy (the Thompsons presumably did the same). So at the beginning of this sequel, Sterling Labs and its senior personnel are the only people outside of the Szalinski and Thompson families with any knowledge of Wayne's invention. By the end of this film, however, the cat's out of the bag and the general public is now aware of the Szalinski technology and its capabilities.

* BrokenMasquerade: A variation. The events of the first movie were an isolated incident and the Szalinskis (and presumably the Thompsons too) kept shtum about the original shrinking incident. So at the beginning of this sequel, Sterling Labs and its senior personnel are the only people outside of the Szalinski and Thompson families aware of Wayne's invention. By the end of this film, however, the cat's out of the bag and the general public is now aware of the Szalinski technology.

* TheUnmasquedWorld: A variation. The events of the first movie were an isolated incident and the Szalinsks (and by implication the Thompsons) kept shtum about the original shrinking incident. So before this film, knowledge of Wayne's size-changing technology was only known by Sterling Labs and its senior personnel. By the end of this film, the cat's out of the bag and the general public is now aware of the Szalinski technology.

* ProperlyParanoid: After the first film, Wayne and Diane forbid their kids from telling anyone that they were accidentally shrunk, fearing they would be turned into lab rats if the authorities found out. Sure enough, when Adam's growth is exposed to the world, the first thing Wayne's boss wants to do is lock him up and study him.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Dr. Hendrickson has no qualms in overextending his authority in Sterling Labs; even barring Wayne from using the machinery without his permission, despite being aware that Wayne himself created the machinery in the first place. He also has no qualms in tranquilizing a giant-sized baby and have him subject to testing, which was the very reason why he was fired by Sterling in the first place.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Hendrickson was no doubt stepping over bounds by holding such a low opinion of Wayne despite him building the shrink machine in the first place, one has to admit that Wayne's constant bumbling and lack of safety measures (taking his toddler to a secure laboratory rather than just hiring a babysitter like he ended up doing later) as well as being indirectly responsible for all the damage the giant Adam causes gives him fair reason for his skepticism.

* {{Retcon}}: Making objects big is apparently a stumbling block, even though not only did the shrink ray work in reverse just fine before in the first film, it even succeeded in making normal objects giant-sized in the epilogue. When Wayne steals his original shrink ray to make Diane giant, he still has to filter the laser through the bottom of a Coke bottle.
** In defence of all parties, there may be a difference in returning a shrunken object to its regular size and making something bigger.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Increasing the amount of space between molecules would do nothing to affect on object's mass. Diane could have [[spoiler:''picked Adam up'', whether she was blown up or not.]] Likewise Adam wouldn't have quite the strength to lift a car.
** Except picking up a 112-foot toddler would still have been extremely difficult and awkward for a five-foot whatever woman, and she needed to get Adam to hold still long enough for Wayne to shrink them back to normal size.