Assurance About Tranquilizer Cartridges' Safety
Dr. Charles Hendrickson:
They were tranquilizer cartridges. They wouldn't have hurt him. I assure you.
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Unexpected Actions and Reactions Unfold
Marshall Brooks: [he is driving an ice cream truck with a cone on the hood]
The next thing I knew, he grabbed it right off the truck.
Captain Ed Myerson:
What did he do with it?
Marshall Brooks:
What do you think he did with it?
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Understanding Electrical Forces and Their Effects
Diane:
I don't understand any of this.
Wayne:
Behind every electrical object, there's a magnetic force field.
Clifford Sterling:
That's what's causing the baby to grow.
Marshall Brooks:
Excuse me, but do these electrical object include neon lights?
Wayne:
Yeah, why?
Marshall Brooks:
Your son is heading for Las Vegas.
Diane, Wayne, Clifford Sterling:
Uh-oh.
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Unexpected Visitors and Heightened Concerns
Diane:
Why are you closing the shutters?
Wayne:
So one of the neighbors doesn't look in, see a 7 foot baby, and call the National Enquirer.
Adam: [hears the doorbell ringing]
Doorbell!
Diane:
Who's that?
Wayne:
One of the neighbors.
Diane: [sarcastically]
So far your plan has been working perfectly.
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Final Warning Repeated
Nick:
This is your last warning.
Nick:
All right, I'll give you one more warning.
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School Popularity and Extracurricular Activities
Nick: [after getting picked up from his workplace, Wet 'n Wild]
Dad, were you ever popular in school?
Wayne:
You bet. I was captain of the astronomy team three years in a row. We were happenin guys.
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A Child's Misunderstanding of Adult Objects
Adam:
I'll fix it!
Diane:
Don't fix it, Adam, just put down Mommy's coffee table.
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Confusion Surrounds Adam's Mysterious Appearance
Diane: [trying to get the truth from Wayne, who is slowly growing more nervous as she talks; holds up the enlarged Big Bunny plush]
Wayne... Where is Adam? And who is that man in the van? And where did this bunny come from!?
Wayne:
Alright, I confess! I did it!
Diane:
Did what?
Adam: [comes in from the front door]
Peek-a-boo!
Wayne:
I blew up the baby!
Adam:
Mama fall down! Mama!
Nick: [appears from behind Adam]
How'd she take it?
Wayne:
About like usual.
Adam:
Mama sleeping?
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Skepticism in a High-Stakes Situation
Wayne:
Mr. Sterling, sir, I can return my son back to normal!
Clifford Sterling:
You can?
Dr. Charles Hendrickson:
With that? Coca Cola bottles? Perhaps some chewing gum and twine?
Diane:
Just who do you think you are talking to him like that?
Wayne:
Diane, let me handle this. Who do you think you are talking to me like that?
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The Clash of Inventive Ideas and Authority
Wayne:
You think I'm just some fun guy from Fresno who tinkered with crack pot ideas in his attic? Well let me tell you something, this country was built on the shoulders of people who tinkered with crack pot ideas in their attics, basements and backyards. Alexander Graham Bell worked in a two room flat!
Clifford Sterling:
Young man, don't presume to stand there and lecture me about great minds and great inventors. In all my years I've never worked with anyone who is a fool and I don't intend to start now. So, Charles, you're fired.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson:
What?
Clifford Sterling:
You're fired! So, Szalinski, what is your plan to get your kid back to normal by bed time?
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Refusal to Change Diapers
Mandy Park: [seeing how large Adam has gotten]
There is no way I'm changing those diapers.
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Child's Call for Mother
Nick Szalinski:
Mommy!... Mom!
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Concern for Safety in a Comedic Situation
Nick Szalinski:
Adam! Don't eat us!
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Daddies and Mommies: Different Roles Explained
Diane Szalinski:
There's one thing every little kid knows. Daddies mean fun; mommies mean business.
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Waiting for the right moment
Wayne Szalinski: [after Wayne finds Nick and Mandy in the shrunken car]
Found them. I think we'd better give them a while though.
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Parental Responsibility in Unusual Situations
Wayne Szalinski:
We're his parents, we'll handle this. Diane, how do we handle this?
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Unexpected Consequences of Scientific Experimentation
Wayne Szalinski:
Oh no. Honey, I shrunk the kids.
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