Wayne Szalinski

Professor Wayne Szalinski is the main protagonist of the entire "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" franchise: the three films and the TV series. He is a struggling inventor, known for his shrinking machine (which at first just explodes things), and he always intends to get it to work. He is married to a woman named Diane and has three children (two in the first film): Amy, Nick, and (since the second) Adam, and a dog named Quark. He is played in all three films by Rick Moranis and by Peter Scolari in the TV series.