# Anyone else remember the alternate ending to "Big"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864 "2002-04-16T02:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/461 "2016-04-04T16:18:10Z")
Given that the movie was released in 1988, Josh would now be 40 years old and having his own midlife crisis. BTW, there is a [13 Going on 30](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337563/) in IMDB, and [14 Going on 30](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094592/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), but there is no “14 Going on 40.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/462 "2016-04-04T17:02:02Z")
Does anyone remember the alternate ending to this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/463 "2016-04-04T17:10:46Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Does anyone remember the alternate ending to this thread? Al Traina does. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/464 "2016-04-04T17:43:05Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Does anyone remember the alternate ending to this thread? Yes, but it only exists in New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/465 "2016-04-04T17:49:05Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Yes, but it only exists in New Zealand. Commonly seen in NZ and yet simultaneously impossible to find! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/466 "2016-04-04T17:55:12Z")
There is no alternate ending to this thread. You’re thinking of the **Stewart Sandwiches** thread. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/467 "2016-04-04T18:04:09Z")
I dreamt about an ending to this thread, but it turns out there isn’t one. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/468 "2016-04-04T22:26:06Z")
This thread is so resilient, I should make another thread about the same topic. ---
**Author:** ![Rothel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Rothel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rothel)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/469 "2016-05-22T19:27:36Z")
My husband and I saw it and not just once but several times as we went back to see the movie when it was in theaters. Then one day we were watching it on tv and it was a completely different ending. I saw that other sites said that we were mistaken and it was really 14 going on 30 that had that ending. Well, good explanation but wrong! We never seen 14 going on 30. Why are they covering this up? Give me a break! They said this ending was in Australia and Canada but we lived in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/470 "2016-05-22T20:07:52Z")
Here’s my reply from the other Alternate Big ending thread: > [@What happened to the alternate ending to Big?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-alternate-ending-to-big/456801/59): > > Here;s what[IMDB says on the subject:](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/alternateversions) > > [And here is the ending scene from 14 going on 30.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6783tkwbZw0) Start at about 2:40 to see the girlfriend walk in to the classroom. > > The “missing” big scene is clearly from the Disney rip-off. All of the descriptions by people match 14 Going On 30, not Big. Besides, if an alternate ending to Big really existed, it’d be on YouTube by now! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/471 "2016-05-22T20:38:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > This thread is so resilient, I should make another thread about the same topic. Strangely enough, both threads have exactly the same ending. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/472 "2016-05-22T20:53:43Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Strangely enough, both threads have exactly the same ending. Yes. I’m really Penny Marshall, and there is one ending. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/473 "2016-05-22T21:37:46Z")
> [@Rothel](#): > > My husband and I saw it and not just once but several times as we went back to see the movie when it was in theaters. Then one day we were watching it on tv and it was a completely different ending. I saw that other sites said that we were mistaken and it was really 14 going on 30 that had that ending. Well, good explanation but wrong! We never seen 14 going on 30. Why are they covering this up? Give me a break! They said this ending was in Australia and Canada but we lived in the US. You saw a completely different ending because you saw a completely different movie. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/474 "2016-05-22T23:01:09Z")
No. Please make it stop. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/475 "2016-05-22T23:14:49Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Yes. I’m really Penny Marshall, and there is one ending. 😃 I am Tom Hanks and I approve of this message. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/476 "2016-05-23T00:19:56Z")
I’m still in the “it exists” camp. I remember the people I watched it with and how they explained she had gone to the Zoltar machine too. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/477 "2016-05-23T00:22:07Z")
There was no blonde, or Alan Thicke or goofy cgi lightning rooms in the version I remember. And she sat in the front of the classroom and looked at him back over her shoulder. Nothing like the “14 going on 30” scene ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/478 "2016-05-23T06:34:13Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I am Tom Hanks and I approve of this message. I’m David Moscow, and I also approve this message. (I watched it today on TV, so I knew this thread would be bumped.) ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/479 "2016-05-24T00:36:30Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > There was no blonde, or Alan Thicke or goofy cgi lightning rooms in the version I remember. And she sat in the front of the classroom and looked at him back over her shoulder. Nothing like the “14 going on 30” scene That’s because the version you remember is a product of your imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/480 "2016-05-24T01:12:34Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > I’m still in the “it exists” camp. I remember the people I watched it with and how they explained she had gone to the Zoltar machine too. If there was even the tiniest bit of evidence of the alternate ending you might get a better reception. But after all these years with no evidence from a major Hollywood movie, and massive amounts of contrary evidence, this just has no legs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864.md?page=25)