Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Disappointment Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

Quote #1

[Wayne's shrink ray makes an apple explode.] 

WAYNE: On the other hand, we've come up with an interesting way of making applesauce.

Wayne Szalinski has big dreams but little to show for them. The dude models himself after Einstein, Tesla, and Edison, but there's one big difference between him and those fellows—they actually got their inventions to work.

Quote #2

MAE: I shouldn't even be telling you this, but he was cut from the football team yesterday. 

BIG RUSS: What?

Big Russ expects his children—and especially his namesake, Little Russ—to follow in his footsteps and become athletes extraordinaire. That's a lot of pressure. What's more, it breeds a ton of conflict when they inevitably fail to live up to such high standards.

Quote #3

BIG RUSS: If he wants to feel big, he should act big.

Wow—the subtext of this statement is downright nasty. It shows just how little Big Russ respects his son's decision to take a different life path than his old man.