Mae Thompson Quotes in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

[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!

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.

[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.

[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.

Mae Thompson: How did this happen?

Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Sr.: Let me handle this. How did this happen?

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.