Honey, I Shrunk the Kids story
An inventor accidentally shrinks his own and his next door neighbor's children to a quarter of an inch with his electromagnetic shrinking machine and accidentally throws them out with the trash, where they must venture into their backyard to return home while fending off insects and negotiating hazards. It is the first installment of the titular film series.
22 total · 1 choice · 11 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I shrank in size | choice | The eccentric inventor Wayne Szalinski shrank his own and his next door neighbor's children to a quarter of an inch with his electromagnetic shrinking machine. |
| brother and brother | major | The Thompson boys were shrunken down to each be about one inch tall. |
| brother and sister | major | Amy and her little brother Nick were shrunken down to each be about one inch tall. |
| coping with a loved one being in peril | major | Wayne and Diane Szalinski were worried sick when it became apparent that their newly shrunken children were missing in the backyard. Likewise the Thompsons were worried that when their children went missing just before a planned fishing trip. |
| family affairs | major | We saw a Disneyfied depiction of what might happen when a father accidentally shrinks his kids and loses them in the backyard. |
| human parenting | major | The Szalinski's and the Thompson's were frantically searching for their kids, who had all been inadvertently shrunken and lost in the Szalinski's backyard. |
| human vs. speculative environment | major | The shrunken Szalinski and Thompson children spent a day and a night trekking across the danger filled backyard of the Szalinski's. They had to contend with giant blades of grass, mud rivers, and huge insects. |
| husband and wife | major | Wayne and Diane Szalinski were worried sick when it became apparent that their newly shrunken children were missing in the backyard. Likewise the Thompson's were worried that when their children went missing just before a planned fishing trip. |
| miniaturization technology | major | The eccentric inventor Wayne Szalinski shrank his own and his next door neighbor's children to a quarter of an inch with his electromagnetic shrinking machine. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | The Szalinski's had a strained relationship with their neighbors the Thompson's. This relationship was further strained when it became apparent that Wayne Szalinski had inadvertently shrank the Thompson boys. |