This compilation features a selection of Adam Quotes from the Bee Movie, showcasing his reactions, concerns, and thoughts throughout the film.
Initial Adam Quotes and Concerns
- “Can you believe this is happening?”
- “Never thought I’d make it.”
- “Those were so awkward.”
- “You did come back different.”
- “Hey, did you hear about Frankie?”
- “You goin’ to his funeral?”
- “Yeah, I guess he could have just gotten out of the way.”
- “I love this incorporating an amusement park right into our regular day.”
- “We are!”
- “Amen!”
- “A little scary.”
- “That girl was hot.”
- “She is?”
- “Right. You’re right.”
- “Ooh. What do you think he makes?”
- “Uh, uh, can anyone work on the Krelman?”
- “What’s the difference?”
- “Wow! That blew my mind!”
- “Well, I’m relieved. Now we only have to make one decision in life.”
- “Barry, why would you question anything? We’re bees. We’re the most perfectly functioning society on Earth.”
- “Like what? Give me one example.”
- “Wow.”
- “I’ve never seen them this close.”
- “Yeah, but some of them don’t come back.”
- “It’s just a status symbol. I think bees make too big a deal out of it.”
- “Those ladies? Aren’t they our cousins too?”
- “Obviously, I was trying to alert the authorities.”
- “Barry!”
- “Out? Out where?”
- “Oh, no!”
- “You’re gonna die! You’re crazy! Hello?”
- “Woah!”
Adam Quotes on Work and Society
- “I can’t believe we’re starting work today!”
- “Come on! All the good jobs will be gone.”
- “What’d you get?”
- “Woah.”
- “That is stellar!”
- “Wow!”
- “Yes, sir! Our first day! And we are ready!”
- “(to Barry) Do you want to go first?”
- “Oh, my. What’s available?”
- “Any chance of getting on to the Krelman, sir?”
- “Oh!”
- “What happened?”
- “Oh, this is so hard! Heating, cooling, stunt bee, pourer, stirrer, humming, inspector number seven, lint coordinator, stripe supervisor, antenna ball polisher, mite wrangler…. Barry, what do you think I should… Barry!”
- “Sounds amazing.”
Adam Quotes Reacting to Barry’s Human Encounters
- “Humans! Humans! I can’t believe you were with humans! Giant scary humans! What were they like?”
- “And do they try and kill you like on TV?”
- “How’d you get back?”
- “Look, you did it. And I’m glad. You saw whatever you wanted to see out there, You had your “experience”, and now you’re back, you can pick out your job and everything can be normal.”
- “Well?”
- “You met someone? Was she Bee-ish?”
- “Not a wasp? Your parents will kill you.”
- “Spider?”
- “So, uh, who is she?”
- “Oh no, no, no, no. That didn’t happen. You didn’t do that. That is a bee law. You wouldn’t break a bee law.”
- “Oh, oh boy!”
- “She’s so-o nice. And she’s a florist!”
- “Oh, no. No, no, no! You’re dating a human florist?”
- “You’re flying outside the hive. You’re talking to human beings that attack our homes with power washers and M-80s. That’s one-eighth of a stick of dynamite.”
- “This is over.”
- “This is not over. What was that?”
- “That was so stingin’ stripey!”
- “No.”
- “Come in here! (opens the door to the office where he works and guides Barry inside)”
- “Be quiet!”
- “Sit down!”
- “Listen to me! We are not them. We’re us. There’s us and there’s them.”
- “There’s no yearning. Stop yearning. Listen to me. You have got to start thinking bee, my friend.”
- “‘Cause he’s been talking to humans!”
- “Adam: He has a human girlfriend…”
- “Adam: …and they make out!”
- “Adam: You wish you could.”
- “Adam: The bees!”
- “Adam: I can’t believe how many humans don’t have to be at work during the day.”
Adam Quotes During the Legal Battle
- “Adam: Now that’s a good idea. You can really see why he’s considered one of the very best lawyers…”
- “Adam: (getting increasingly angry) Hold me back!”
- “Adam: He’s denouncing bees!”
- “Adam: I’m going to pincushion this guy!”
- “Adam: Adam, don’t! It’s what he wants!”
- “Adam: I can’t feel my legs.”
- “Adam: Hey.”
- “Adam: Yeah. (taps the medical button) I… uh… I blew the whole case, didn’t I?”
- “Adam: I’d be better off dead. Look at me. (he reveals a plastic sword sandwich pick in place of his stinger.) They got it from the cafeteria. They got it from downstairs, in a tuna sandwich. Look, there’s a little celery still on it.”
- “Adam: I can’t explain it. It was all… all adrenaline and then… and then ecstasy!”
- “Adam: You think that was all a trap?”
- “Adam: What do you think the humans will do to us if they win?”
- “Adam: I hear they put the roaches in motels. That doesn’t sound so bad.”
- “Adam: Oh my.”
- “Adam: Say, could you get a nurse to close that window?”
- “Adam: The smoke. Bees don’t smoke.”
- “Adam: It is? It’s not over?”
- “Adam: And assuming you’ve done step 29 correctly, you’re ready for the tub.”
- “Adam: Yes? Yes, Your Honor!”
- “Adam: Well, Your Honor, it’s interesting. You know, bees are trained to fly kind of haphazardly, and as a result, quite often we don’t make very good time. I actually once heard a pretty funny story about a bee…”
- “Adam: But you can’t! We have a terrific case.”
- “Adam: (to Vanessa) What if Montgomery’s right?”
- “Adam: We’ve been living the bee way a long time, 27 million years.”
Adam Quotes After the Honey Ban
- “Oh, yeah?”
- “No, they’re just home. They don’t know what to do. They’re laying out, they’re sleeping in. I heard your Uncle Carl was on his way to San Antonio with a cricket.”
- “Yeah, but sometimes I think, so what if humans liked our honey? Who wouldn’t? It’s the greatest thing in the world! I was excited to be part of making it. This was my new desk. This was my new job. I wanted to do it really well. And now… And now I can’t.”
- “That’s Barry!”
- “Come on. You got to think bee, Barry.”
- “Barry, it worked! Did you see the giant flower?”
- “Thank you.”
- “If anybody needs to make a call, now’s the time. I got a feeling we’ll be working late tonight!”