History Trivia / HoneyIShrunkTheKids

* TheOtherDarrin: For the TV series, since Amy O'Neill and Robert Oliveri were all grown up, and Rick Moranis happened to be on hiatus at the time, the main characters get different actors.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The Szalinskis' neighbors are [[Series/WelcomeBackKotter Julie Kotter]], Series/MaxHeadroom and [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Joyce Summers.]]

** Nick on the TV series is played by [[TheSarahConnorChronicles John Connor]].

** A behind the scenes example: ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' was the directorial debut of noted cinematographer DeanCundey ([[OneBookAuthor as of 2014, his only foray into directing]]) and co-written by none other than [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Joel Hodgson]].

** From the same movie, [[Film/TheStupids Buster Stupid]] has a crush on a young [[FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]].

** From the same movie, Adam has a crush on a young [[FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]].

** In addition, on the TV series, frequent director Tony Dow previously played [[Series/LeaveItToBeaver Wally Cleaver]], while executive producer Creator/JohnLandis previously directed ''Film/AnimalHouse'', ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', ''Film/TradingPlaces'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'', ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', and many other films, as well as the music videos for ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' and ''Black or White''.

** Stuart Gordon was originally intended to direct the first film and either Chevy Chase or John Candy would have starred. Candy was the one who recommended Rick Moranis for the part.

* YouFailYourMedicalBoardsForever: In ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', Mitch suffers from a potassium deficiency, and later on in the movie, when he can't find his medication, has an attack. The other kids revive him by force-feeding banana slices down his throat, which works as an almost-instant miracle cure. While bananas are a great source of potassium, there's a ''reason'' people have potassium prescriptions: they're almost essentially ''just the vitamin.'' The potassium in a banana, like a vitamin in any other food, would have to be digested and separated before it is distributed into the blood stream, a process that takes hours. Not to mention, [[TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs shoving a soft, lumpy food into an unconscious person's mouth will cut off their oxygen, putting them in that much more danger.]]
** Well, to be fair, Mitch was only ''semi-conscious'' at the time...

* HeyItsThatGuy: The non Rick Moranis parents are [[Series/WelcomeBackKotter Julie Kotter]], Series/MaxHeadroom and [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Joyce Summers.]]

* SleeperHit: ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience'' was a surprise hit when it opened at Walt Disney World's Epcot park in 1994, running until 2010 there. It was so popular that the Imagination pavillion was rethemed to its "Imagination Institute" setting in 1999, though (thanks to Disney's penny-pinching at the time) it led to a case of TheyChangedItNowItSucks with regards to the Journey Into Imagination dark ride.

* HeAlsoDid: The story was developed by Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna and Ed Naha. Gordon and Yuzna are known for the ''Film/{{Re-Animator}}'' series of horror movies, and Naha, who cowrote the screenplay, also worked heavily in the horror genre, writing, among other films, ''{{Dolls}}'' and ''Film/{{Troll}}''.

** In ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', Rick Moranis' niece is played by [[Series/{{Smallville}} Chloe Sullivan]], while his brother is played by [[Series/{{Dinosaurs}} Earl Sinclair]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Honey, I Blew Up The Kid'' was originally written as a separate movie ''Big Baby''. It was [[DolledUpInstallment rewritten as a sequel]].

*** ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' was originally slated for a $40 million budget which got cut down to $7 million when Disney decided to try it as its first live-action direct-to-video release. Thankfully the fact that VFX technology was ten years ahead of the first film by that point, it still looks pretty good. The shrink machine effects are actually way more elaborate.

** In addition, on the TV series, frequent director Tony Dow previously played [[Series/LeaveItToBeaver Wally Cleaver]], while executive producer John Landis previously directed ''Film/AnimalHouse'', ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', ''Film/TradingPlaces'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'', ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', and many other films, as well as the music video for ''Music/{{Thriller}}''

** This also applies to people working off camera as well. On the TV series, frequent director Tony Dow previously played [[Series/LeaveItToBeaver Wally Cleaver]], while executive producer John Landis previously directed ''Film/AnimalHouse'', ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', ''Film/TradingPlaces'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'', ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', and many other films, as well as the music video for ''{{Thriller}}''

* HeyItsThatGuy: The non Rick Moranis parents are [[WelcomeBackKotter Julie Kotter]], MaxHeadroom and [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Joyce Summers.]]
** Wayne's hostile co-worker in ''Blew Up The Kid'' is [[LoisAndClark Lex Luthor]], while his boss is [[{{Airplane}} Steven McCrosky]].
** And Wayne in the TV Show is the ''[[{{Garfunkel}} other]]'' guy from ''BosomBuddies''.
*** Also in the TV Show, [[{{Firefly}} Kaylee]] is [[AlphaBitch Tiara VanHorn]].
** In ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', Rick Moranis' niece is played by [[{{Smallville}} Chloe Sullivan]], while his brother is played by [[{{Dinosaurs}} Earl Sinclair]]

** This also applies to people working off camera as well. On the TV series, frequent director Tony Dow previously played [[LeaveItToBeaver Wally Cleaver]], while executive producer John Landis previously directed ''Film/AnimalHouse'', ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', ''Film/TradingPlaces'', ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'', ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', and many other films, as well as the music video for ''{{Thriller}}''

* HeyItsThatGuy: The non Rick Moranis parents are [[WelcomeBackKotter Julie Kotter]], MaxHeadroom and [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Joyce Summers.]]

** And [[LittleShopOfHorrors Seymour Krelborne]] is Wayne.

** This also applies to people working off camera as well. On the TV series, frequent director Tony Dow previously played [[LeaveItToBeaver Wally Cleaver]], while executive producer John Landis previously directed ''AnimalHouse'', ''TheBluesBrothers'', ''AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', ''TradingPlaces'', ''SpiesLikeUs'', ''ThreeAmigos'', ''ComingToAmerica'', and many other films, as well as the music video for ''{{Thriller}}''

** This also applies to people working off camera as well. On the TV series, frequent director Tony Dow previously played [[LeaveItToBeaver Wally Cleaver]], while executive producer John Landis previously directed AnimalHouse, TheBluesBrothers, AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon, TradingPlaces, SpiesLikeUs, ThreeAmigos, ComingToAmerica, and many other films, as well as the music video for ''{{Thriller}}''

** And [[LittleShopofHorrors Seymour Krelborne]] is Wayne.

** The baddie in ''Blew Up The Kid'' is [[LoisAndClark Lex Luthor]], and his boss [[{{Airplane}} picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: The non Rick Moranis parents are [[{{MASH}} Nurse Cutler]], MaxHeadroom and [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Joyce Summers.]]

** In ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', Rick Moranis' niece is played by [[{{Smallville}} Chloe Sullivan.]]

*** Also in the TV Show, [[{{Firefly}} Kaylee]] is [[TheLibby Tiara VanHorn]].

* HeyItsThatGuy!: The non Rick Moranis parents are [[{{MASH}} Nurse Cutler]], MaxHeadroom and [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Joyce Summers.]]

*** ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' was originally slated for a $40 million budget which got cut down to $7 million when Disney decided to try it as its first live-action direct-to-video release. Thankfully the fact that VFX technology was ten years ahead of the first film by that point, it still looks pretty good. The shrink machine effects are actually way more elaborate.
* YouFailPhysicsForever: Mostly overshadowed by the RuleOfCool and the RuleOfFunny. Decreasing the amount of empty space between molecules would indeed decrease an object's ''volume''. However, since the amount of actual matter remains, it would do absolutely nothing to the object's ''mass''. Thus, Wayne should not have been able to sweep them up. What you've done is increase the object's ''density''. This greatly decreases the surface area over which their ''weight'', defined in physics as the ''force'' generated by the ''acceleration'' of gravity acting upon ''mass'', is distributed. This greatly increase the amount of ''pressure'' exerted upon the surfaces beneath their feet. Though the floorboards in his lab could probably have held them, once in the backyard, they should have sunk into the soft soil.
** And, of course, the opposite holds true, meaning that Diane could have ''picked Adam up'' in the second movie, whether she was blown up or not.
*** 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.
** Two take a "ride" on a bee. They are flown all over the yard, which to them is 3 miles long. Despite the fact that in comparison size that bee is traveling at well over two hundred miles per hour, they do a remarkable job of hanging on. After their shrinking escapade think of all the money they'll save by just grabbing onto an airplane rather than having to pay fare to sit inside.
* YouFailYourMedicalBoardsForever: In ''Shrunk Ourselves'', Mitch suffers from a potassium deficiency, and later on in the movie, when he can't find his medication, has an attack. The other kids revive him by force-feeding banana slices down his throat, which works as an almost-instant miracle cure. While bananas are a great source of potassium, there's a ''reason'' people have potassium prescriptions: they're almost essentially ''just the vitamin.'' The potassium in a banana, like a vitamin in any other food, would have to be digested and separated before it is distributed into the blood stream, a process that takes hours. Not to mention, [[TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs shoving a soft, lumpy food into an unconscious person's mouth will cut off their oxygen, putting them in that much more danger]]

** Stuart Gordon was originally intended to direct the first film and either Chevy Chase or John Candy would have starred.