A Bug's Life
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A Bug's Life is a computer animated film, released by Disney and Pixar to theatres in 1998. It concerns an oddball ant named Flik, who recruits circus bugs to defend his colony from grasshoppers. The story is an interpretation of the classic Kurosawa film, The Seven Samurai.
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[edit] Flik
- You're wrong, Hopper. Ants are not meant to serve grasshoppers. I've seen these ants do great things, and year after year, they somehow manage to pick enough food for themselves and you. So-so who's the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! It's you who need us! We're a lot stronger than you say we are. And you know it, don't you?
- [after Heimlich suggests that he tell the truth] They can't know the truth! The truth, you see, is bad! I will be branded with this mistake for the rest of my life! My children's children will walk down the street, and people will point and say "Look! There goes the spawn of Flik the Loser!"
[edit] Hopper
- So where is it... Where's My food!?
- First rule of leadership: everything is your fault. It's a bug-eat-bug world out there, Princess. One of those "circle of life" kind of things. Now let me tell you how things are supposed to work out: the sun grows the food, the ants pick the food, the grasshoppers eat the food...
- We'll be back at the end of the season... (produces an autumn leaf) ...when the last leaf falls. (drops it and prepares to leave) You ants have a nice summer. (to his troops) Let's Ride!!! (all grasshoppers cheer and leave after him)
- I swear, if I hadn't promised Mother on her deathbed that I wouldn't kill you, I would kill you!!
- You let one ant stand up to us, and they all might stand up! Those "puny little ants" outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It's not about food. It's about keeping those ants in line. THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING BACK! Does anyone else wanna stay?
[edit] Others
- Queen: That's our lot in life. It's not a lot, but it's our life! Ah-ha-ha-ha!
- Fly: I only got 24 hours to live, and I ain't gonna waste it here!
- Heimlich: Someday, I will be a beautiful butterfly, and then everything will be better.
- Heimlich: But I am flying! And from way up here, you all look like little ants!
- P.T. Flea: These guys are the lousiest circus-bugs you've ever seen! AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE ME RICH!
- Atta: I want you to leave, Flik. And this time, don't come back.
[edit] Dialogue
- P.T. Flea: We're losing the audience! You clowns get out there now!
- Heimlich: I hate performing on an empty stomach!
- P.T. Flea: Do your act, Heimlich, then you can eat.
- Slim: P.T., what's the point?
- P.T. Flea: Not now, Slim.
- Slim: What's the point of going out there? They'll only laugh at me...
- P.T. Flea: THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE A CLOWN!
- Slim: Noooo, it's because I'm a PROP! You always cast me as a broom, a pole, a stick! A splinter!
- P.T. Flea: You're a walking stick! It's Funny! Now Go!!!
- Slim: You parasite.
- Fly No.1: (To Francis) Hey, cutie! Wanna pollinate with a real bug? (Laughs)
(Francis flies up to the pair of flies)
- Francis: So! Being a ladybug automatically makes me a girl! Is that it, flyboy? Huh?
- Fly No.2: Yikes!
- Fly No.1: She's a guy!
- Heimlich: Francis, leave them alone. They are poo-poo heads.
- P.T. Flea: Not again!
- Francis: Judging by your breath, you must have been buzzing around a dung heap all day!
- Slim: Come on, Francis. You're making the maggots cry.
- Francis: Any time, pal! I'm gonna pick the hairs out of your head, one by one!
- Fly No.1: You take your best shot!
- Francis: You name the place!
- Fly No.1: Oh, yeah?
- Francis: Yes! 'Cause when you get there, you are dead!
- Slim: Francis, let me handle this. (To flies) That's no way to speak to a lady.
- Francis: I heard that, you twig!
- Heimlich: (Nervously) I think I'm going to vet myself.
- Francis: (Out of the corner of his mouth) Steady...
[edit] Cast
- Flik - Dave Foley (voice)
- Hopper - Kevin Spacey (voice)
- Atta - Julia Louis-Dreyfus (voice)
- Dot - Hayden Panetierre (voice)
- Queen - Phyllis Diller (voice)
- Molt - Richard Kind (voice)
- Heimlich - Joe Ranft (voice)
- Francis - Denis Leary (voice)
- Slim - David Hyde Pierce (voice)
- Manny - Jonathan Harris (voice)
- Gypsy - Madeline Kahn (voice)
- Rosie - Bonnie Hunt (voice)
- Dim - Brad Garrett (voice)
- Tuck & Roll - Michael McShane (voice)
- P.T. Flea - John Ratzenberger (voice)
- Mr. Soil - Roddy McDowall (voice)
- Dr. Flora - Edie McClurg (voice)
- Thorny - Alex Rocco (voice)
- Cornelius - David Ossman (voice)
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