Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Kristine Sutherland: Mae Thompson
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Quotes
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Mae Thompson : [Russ nurses a head wound] You got it, honey.
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : Sure?
Mae Thompson : Positive. You're wiping away brain cells and there aren't many to spare.
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : Everybody in my family is a comedian.
Mae Thompson : Everybody except you.
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[after his talk with Don]
Mae Thompson : Did you tell him the truth?
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : [smiles knowingly] Honey...
Mae Thompson : Did they take it okay?
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : Mae...
[Don honks the horn in 'goodbye' and drives off]
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : [furiously] 80 bucks, Mae! NON-refundable! Those kids are GROUNDED!
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[after their visit with the Szalinskis]
Mae Thompson : I thought you didn't believe him.
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : Oh, I don't. Electricity's cheap.
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[Wayne shows the Thompsons the shrunken furniture]
Mae Thompson : Why didn't you tell us earlier?
Diane Szalinski : Well, up until now, the machine just... blew things up.
Mae Thompson : Are you saying that that machine...?
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : Blew up my kids?
Diane Szalinski , Wayne Szalinski : No, no!
Wayne Szalinski : No, if the machine had blown up the kids, there'd be pieces of them everywhere...
Diane Szalinski : Wayne!
Wayne Szalinski : Sorry, but I'm positive about this. The machine shrunk our kids.
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : You're the one who needs a shrink, Szalinski. You are a nut case. And I'll tell you something: I have got an air hammer in my attic, and if you did do something to my kids, there's gonna be pieces of you *all over the NEIGHBORHOOD*! Come on, Mae!
[he storms out of the house, dragging Mae after him]
Wayne Szalinski : I think that went well.
Diane Szalinski : I think we should have them over more often.
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Mae Thompson : How did this happen?
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : Let me handle this. How did this happen?
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Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : What do you take me for? A complete idiot?
[Wayne and Diane look at each other]
Mae Thompson : How did this happen?
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : Hang on, Mae. I'll handle this. How did this happen?
Wayne Szalinski : Well, the machine analyzes an object's molecular structure; then through laser inversion, it takes all the...
Diane Szalinski : Wayne... I think the Thompsons need to see the couch.
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[Wayne and Diane are still searching for the kids until Diane hears and sees Big Russ and Mae in the kitchen arguing]
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : [about Little Russ] I didn't force him to join the team.
Mae Thompson : I know, but you always make a big deal out of sports.
Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr. : Because sports build character.
Mae Thompson : No, they don't! They build muscle. Russell, you've got to understand, these kids aren't you. They have their whole lives...
Diane Szalinski : Wayne?
Wayne Szalinski : Yeah?
Diane Szalinski : [lowly] We've got to tell the Thompsons.