20 Best One-Liners In Netflix's "The Adam Project"

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Shawn Levy's latest sci-fi adventure has enough one-liners and self-burns to make your entire family laugh all the way through.

Adult Adam talking to Laura in "The Adam Project"/Young Adam looking up at Adult Adam by a lake in "The Adam Project"

20.Young Adam: "Who talks like that? Did you order like a Bully Starter Kit on Amazon or somethin'?"

Young Adam being held up against the wall by a bully in "The Adam Project"

I think whoever wrote this scene knows how hard it is to write dialogue.

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19.Ellie: "I don't think it's a date." / Young Adam: "Your dress thinks it's a date."

Ellie talking to Young Adam in their house in "The Adam Project"

How often is it that your kid knows more about dating than you do?

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18.Ellie: "It's the third time you've been suspended for fighting." / Young Adam: "I know. You'd think I'd be better at it by now."

Young Adam sitting in his mom's car in "The Adam Project"

Clearly, he hasn't learned to roll with the punches.

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17.Adult Adam: "Yeah, well, when a bad idea is the only idea, it becomes a great idea." / Young Adam: "Who said that?" / Adult Adam: "You. Nine years from now, right before you get arrested."

Young and Adult Adam walking up a staircase together in "The Adam Project"

Well, we know why he lost his scholarship.

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16.Adult Adam: "Shut the physics fountain in your face!"

Adult Adam arguing with Louis in "The Adam Project"

This isn't the kind of thing you'd expect to hear in an argument between father and son.

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15.Adult Adam: "When I say 'classified,' what does your brain hear? Chocolate?"

Adult Adam talking to his younger self in the bathroom in "The Adam Project"

This is pretty much every conversation between a parent and their child.

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14.Ellie: "Babies are pure love. They grow into teenagers, who grow into being assassins of happiness."

Ellie sitting at a bar in "The Adam Project"

Every parent knows the struggle of raising a child, and Ellie Reed sums it all up with this amusing statement. And it's especially funny when she says this as she anxiously waits for a drink.

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13.Adult Adam: "It's not a multiverse! My god, we watched too many movies."

Adult Adam in the cockpit of his time jet in "The Adam Project"

Well, that's quite a jab at No Way Home.

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12.Adult Adam: "If I wanted to hurt you, I'd have done it already. Because if I'm being perfectly honest with myself, you have a very punchable face."

Adult Adam talking to his younger self in the kitchen in "The Adam Project"

Talk about self-loathing.

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11.Young Adam: "I'm gonna take my eyes and ears for a walk."

Young Adam taking a bite out of a carrot in "The Adam Project"

On top of this hilarious line, you gotta love how little Adam takes a bite out of that carrot like Bugs Bunny, which really fits with his comedic personality.

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10.Young Adam: "Everyone is twice my size. I've seen babies bigger than me."

Young Adam talking in his mom's car in "The Adam Project"

Walker Scobell is like Deadpool's Mini-Me (Shawn Levy, I hope you wrote that one down). Like Ryan Reynolds, he shoves out one-liners left and right with seemingly little effort, and this line proves that he is the perfect person to play Reynolds' younger self.

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9.Adult Adam: "Teenage boys are horrible. It's like living with a urinal cake that yells at you."

Adult Adam sitting at a bar in "The Adam Project"

I think we can all agree with that.

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8.Adult Adam: "You shaved my ass with a Subaru!"

Adult Adam and Louis standing next to a wrecked Subaru in "The Adam Project"

Not the best product placement.

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7.Adult Adam: "On the bright side, your face now matches your soul."

Adult Adam talking to Christos in "The Adam Project"

We all know the trope of a villain having a scar or other kind of disfigurement to symbolize their warped soul, and it's funny to hear Ryan Reynolds go full meta and call it out.

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6.Young Adam: "God, it's like I traded my brains for those muscles. It's a s*** deal."

Young Adam looking up at Adult Adam by a lake in "The Adam Project"

We've all dreamed of our future selves having big muscles, but for Adam, that dream seems all but crushed after meeting his future self.

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5.Laura: "Cute kid." / Adult Adam: "Precious, isn't he? Don't you just want to hold him underwater until the bubbles stop? Oh, I frickin' hate myself."

Adult Adam talking to Laura in "The Adam Project"

Ryan Reynolds and Zoe Saldaña have great onscreen chemistry, although this exchange implies that Adam won't have kids anytime soon.

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4.Young Adam: "You have a wonderful mouth mullet. You must be proud."

Ellie and Adam talking to Derek in "The Adam Project"

From now on, I'm calling a goatee a mouth mullet.

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3.Adult Adam: I will pull bones out of your body. I will sharpen them. And I will use them to stab little Chuckie over here.

Adult Adam holding his childhood bully up against a wall in "The Adam Project"

You can really see some of Deadpool's rage in him during this scene.

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2.Young Adam: "Superhero landing."

Young Adam doing a superhero landing with a lightsaber in "The Adam Project"

Even Ryan Reynolds' younger self can't help but break the fourth wall. In a perfect callback to Deadpool, Adam's younger self does the classic superhero landing with his lightsaber to utter perfection. He didn't even hurt his legs.

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1.Louis: "Is that my jacket? Looks tight on you…like a condom with buttons."

Young and Adult Adam walking with Louis outside in "The Adam Project"

What did you think of The Adam Project? Were there any one-liners that I missed? Please let me know in the comments section below.