# What happened to the alternate ending to Big? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-alternate-ending-to-big/456801 "2008-07-17T05:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 107
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-alternate-ending-to-big/456801/107 "2023-07-25T13:29:24Z")
Primary thread is here: > [@Anyone else remember the alternate ending to "Big"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864): > > I was telling a friend the other day that I remembered the Tom Hanks movie ending different when I was younger. I saw it on video when it first came out and swear there is a different ending. In the version we all have seen, it ends with Josh and his friend walking down the street. Fade to Black. In the version I remember, it cuts to school and Josh is in class. The teacher introduces a new student named… the girl Josh was in love with. Yep, she went to the fair and asked the machine to become… This one was bumped once again by a sock of a troll and so this is the alternate ending of the alternate ending to Big. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-alternate-ending-to-big/456801)._