A Bug's Life Movie Quotes
Hopper
First rule of leadership: Everything is your fault.
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Hopper
I swear, if I hadn't promised Mother on her deathbed that I wouldn't kill you, I would kill you!
Molt
And believe me, no one appreciates that more than I do.
Hopper
Shut up! I don't wanna hear another word out of you while we're on this island. Do you understand me?
[Molt whimpers]
Hopper
I said do you understand me?
Molt
Well, how can I answer? You said I couldn't say another word!
[Hopper raises his fist to hit him]
[Hopper punches the wrong grasshopper]
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Francis
Where are you?
Slim
I'm over here.
Francis
Where?
Slim
Here!
[irritated]
Slim
I'm the only stick with eyeballs!
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Flik
Here, pretend - pretend that that's a seed.
Dot
It's a rock.
Flik
Oh, I know it's a rock, I know. But let's just pretend for a minute that it's a seed, alright? We'll just use our imaginations. Now, now do you see our tree? Everything that made that giant tree is already contained inside this tiny little seed. All it needs is some time, a little bit of sunshine and rain, and voilá!
Dot
This rock will be a tree?
Flik
Seed to tree. You've gotta work with me, here. Alright? Okay. Now, y-you might not feel like you can do much now, but that's just because, well, you're not a tree yet. You just have to give yourself some time. You're still a seed.
Dot
But it's a rock.
Flik
[shouting]
I know it's a rock! Don't you think I know a rock when I see a rock? I've spent a lot of time around rocks!
Dot
You're weird, but I like you.
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Hopper
You piece of dirt! No, I'm wrong. You're lower than dirt. You're an ANT! Let this be a lesson to all you ants! Ideas are very dangerous things! You are mindless, soil-shoving losers, put on this Earth to serve us!
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 food for themselves *and* you. So-so who is 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?
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Mosquito
Hey, bartender! Bloody Mary, O-positive.
[the mosquito is given a drop of blood]
Mosquito
Aha, yeah...
[he slurps it quickly and passes out]
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Fly
I only got twenty-four hours to live, and I ain't gonna waste it here.
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[Hopper has just drowned three dissenting grasshoppers in a pile of seeds]
Hopper
You let one ant stand up to us, then 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 anybody else wanna stay?
[grasshoppers shocked - all the grasshoppers "rev up" their wings]
Hopper
Let's ride!
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Flik
[has just realized the "warrior bugs" are from the circus]
Your Highness! The warriors have called a secret meeting to make plans for circus, uh, *circumventing* the oncoming horde, so they can trapeze - *trap* them with ease!
Princess Atta
Well, shouldn't I come, too?
Flik
No! Ha ha ha! Sorry. No, no, see it's classified in the DMZ, gotta go ASAP, you know, strictly BYOB. Bye!
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[first lines]
[a leaf falls in front of one of the worker ants in the food line]
Ant #1
I'm lost! Where's the line? It just went away. What do I do?
Ant #2
Help!
Ant
We'll be stuck here forever!
Mr. Soil
Do not panic, do not panic. We are trained professionals. Now, stay calm. We are going around the leaf.
Ant #1
Around the leaf? I-I-I don't think we can do that.
Mr. Soil
Oh, nonsense. This is nothing compared to the twig of '93.
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[two mosquitoes fly near a bug zapper; one flies towards it, as if in a trance]
Bug zapper mosquito #1
Harry, no! Don't look at the light!
[Harry gets zapped, falls]
Harry the Mosquito
Woo hoo!
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Fly
Hey, waiter, I'm in my soup.
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Manny
You listen to me, my boy. I've made a living out of being a failure, and you, sir, are not a failure.
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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
No, it's because I'm a prop. You always cast me as the broom, the pole, the stick... a *splinter*!
P.T. Flea
You're a walking stick. It's funny! Now go!
Slim
You parasite.
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Francis
Stand back, ye flies! We are the greatest warriors in all Bugdom.
Flik
[from a distance, to himself]
Warrior bugs!
Francis
My sword.
[Grabs Slim and brandishes him like a sword]
Francis
Little John.
Heimlich
What ho, Robin! Justice is my sword and truth shall be my quiver.
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Heimlich
I'm a beautiful butterfly.
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Slim
[dryly]
Tra-la-la-la-la. Spring is in the air, and I'm a flower with nothing interesting to say.
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[Dot gets a rock]
Dot
Pretend it's a seed, okay?
Flik
Thanks, Dot.
Francis
Hey, what's with the rock?
Slim
Must be an ant thing.
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Hopper
You think it's over?
Flik
No, no, no! No I-I can explain!
Hopper
All your little stunt did was buy them time.
Flik
No, please! Please, Hopper!
Hopper
I'll get more grasshoppers and be back next season, but you won't.
[suddenly, a bird looms over them]
Hopper
Well, what's this? Another one of your little bird tricks?
Flik
Yep!
Hopper
Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Hello, girls!
[the bird shrieks]
Hopper
Aaaugh!
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Queen
Why didn't I think of that? Oh, because it's suicide.
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Francis
So! Bein' a ladybug automatically makes me a girl. Is that it, fly boy? Eh?
Fly
Yikes! She's a guy!
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Slim
Say, how many roaches does it take to screw in a light bulb? Can't tell. Soon as the light goes on, they scatter.
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Flik
Hopper's afraid of birds!
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Cockroach waitress
[in the bar]
All right, who ordered the Poo Poo Platter?
[a bunch of flies swarm the dish she holds in the air]
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Flik
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"!
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Rosie
And that's how my twelfth husband died. So, now I'm a widow. I mean, I've always been a black widow, but now I'm a black widow *widow*.
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Francis
Hey, turn your butt off!
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Hopper
Not one ant sleeps until we get every scrap of food on this island!
Molt
Just do what he says. You don't wanna make him mad, believe me.
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[Francis is being harassed by two flies at the bar]
Francis
Shoo, fly. Don't bother me.
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Queen
It's the same year after year, they come, they eat, they leave; that's our lot in life. It's not a lot, but it's our life.
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Slim
Ladies and gentlebugs! Larvae of all stages! Rub your legs together for the world's greatest bug circus!
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Manny
I now summon the voice of Confucius...
Fly
Get off the stage, you old hag!
Manny
Huh? I demand to know who said that?
[Manny is pelted with fruit]
Manny
How dare you? Ingrates!
[leaves]
Gypsy
[inside box]
Manny? Manny?
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Princess Atta
You see Hopper, Nature has a certain order. The ants pick the food, the ants keep the food, and the grasshoppers leave!
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Hopper
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: The sun grows the food, the ants pick the food, the grasshoppers eat the food...
Molt
And the birds eat the grasshoppers. Hey, like the one that nearly ate you, you remember? You remem- Oh, you shoulda seen it, okay?
Hopper
Molt!
Molt
This blue jay has him half way down his throat, okay? And Hopper - Hopper's kicking and screaming, okay? And I'm scared, okay, I'm not going anywhere near, okay- Aw, come on! It's a great story.
[Hopper grabs Molt by the antennae]
Molt
Ow! Ow! Ow!
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Francis
Your majesty. Ladies and gentlemen. Boys and girls of all ages. Our troupe here guarentees a performance like no other. Why, when your grasshopper friends get here, we are gonna knock... them... dead!
[ants cheer]
Slim
Boy, these folks are sure hard up for entertainment.
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Gypsy
Manny, we're on.
Manny
Oh? Yet again it is up to me to rescue the performance. Gypsy, come.
[exits; offscreen crash]
Gypsy
The stage is the other way dear.
Manny
Yes, of course.
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Princess Atta
I think I'll go check on the bird.
[exits left, then enters again, embarrassed]
Princess Atta
Bird's *this* way.
Flik
[laughs with dazed expression on his face]
Yeah the bird's that way
[turns to the circus bugs, who have knowing smiles on their faces]
Flik
She went the- What?
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[Hopper is about to feed Dot to Thumper]
Flik
Leave her alone!
[Holds out Dot]
Hopper
Go ahead, take her.
[Flik just stands where he is, terrified]
Hopper
No? Then get back in line!
[Flik slowly walks backwards back to where he was before]
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Flik
Oh, great ones! I have been scouting for bugs with your exact talents!
Rosie
A talent scout!
Flik
My colony is in trouble. Grasshoppers are coming. We've been forced to prepare all this food.
Manny
Dinner theater!
Heimlich
Food?
Flik
Please, will you help us?
Fly
Where are they?
Slim
We'll take the job!
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Flik
Try not to look like a country bug. Blend. Blend in.
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Rosie
Okay, come on everyone. Break a leg.
Flik
Whoa! You're vicious!
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Cockroach waitress
Here you go, slick. Enjoy.
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P.T. Flea
Flaming Death is a huge hit!
Slim
P.T., shhh!
P.T. Flea
I'm serious! Word of mouth got around, the next day there was a line of flies outside the tent, went on forever. It must have been a foot long!
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[hanging on to Slim's leg in mid-air]
Flik
You can't go! I'm desperate.
Slim
Really? I couldn't tell.
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Hopper
Where do you get the gall to do this to me?
Flik
You were... you were gonna squish the queen.
[all the ants gasp]
Dot
It's true.
Hopper
I hate it when someone gives away the ending.
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Flik
For the colony, and for oppressed ants everywhere!
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Flik
Hello kids! Ready to make some grasshoppers cry?
Dot
It's payback time... Blueberry style!
Lead Blueberry Scout
Blueberries rock!
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Hopper
[outraged that the ants failed to make their deadline]
You little termites! I give you a second chance, AND THIS IS ALL I GET?'!
[throws the unfinished pile of grain down at the ants' feet]
Princess Atta
But, Hopper, we ran out of time!
Hopper
Have you been playing all summer? You think this is a game? Well, guess what? You just lost!
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Hopper
You piece of dirt! No, I'm wrong. You're lower than dirt. You're an ant!
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[Rosie realizes that the mural the Blueberries drew is that of a brutal battle between the grasshoppers and the circus bugs]
Rosie
Oh! Look at the... beautiful... colors of the blood.
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Francis
Anytime, pal! I'm going to pick the hairs out of your head, one by one!
Fly Brother
Take your best shot!
Francis
You name the place!
Fly Brother
Oh, yeah?
Francis
Yes! When you get there, you are dead!
Slim
Francis, let me handle this.
[to the fly brothers]
Slim
That's no way to speak to the lady.
Francis
I heard that, you twig!
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Slim
Thrust, parry, lunge! Me thinketh it not working!
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Slim
Francis, you're making the maggots cry.
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Tuck
Tuck, Roll: Tweet, tweet! Tweet, tweet!
Gypsy
[gasping]
HUUUH!
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Bus Bettle
Making all stops to the septic tank, including standing water, empty bean can and dead rat!
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Grub
My dad says he gives you one hour before you come back to the island crying.
Flik
Does he now?
Reed
My dad doesn't think that.
Flik
He doesn't, huh?
Reed
Nah, he's betting you're gonna die.
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Heimlich
But I *am* flying! And from way up here you all look like little ants.
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Flik
I was just trying to help.
Mr. Soil
Then help us; *don't* help us.
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Princess Atta
You don't think I've offended the warriors, do you?
Flik
*You*? No!
Princess Atta
Oh, good. Because, you see, when you first brought them here, I'd thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns!
Flik
[voice suddenly higher]
You *did*?
[laughs nervously]
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Queen
You've got a lot of spunk kid, but no one's gonna help a bunch of ants.
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[the ants watch as Heimlich gets stuck during the bird attack]
Princess Atta
The caterpillar's using himself as live bait.
Mr. Soil
How brave!
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Manny
Utilizing psychic vibrations, I shall select the perfect volunteer.
Molt
Oh, oh, oh, oh! Pick me! Oh, oh! C'mon, I'm asking you with my brain.
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Molt
That's very true, Hoppy. I mean, where would the mystery be if we all knew how it was -
[Hopper hits him with a seed]
Molt
Shutting up.
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Hopper
So, where is it? Where's my *food*?
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Fly
Hey, cutie! Wanna pollinate with a real bug?
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Dim
Aaaawwww
[opens his wings to let the children out]
Ant Boys
Aaaaaaawwwwwww!
[they get out of Dim's wings in disappointment]
Rosie
Oh I'm so sorry kids! I wish you could come along too!
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[Rosie accidentally whips Dim's foot]
Rosie
Oh my goodness.
[Dim falls onto his back, sobbing]
Rosie
Oh, I'm so sorry, Dim. An owie? Okay, show Rosie the owie. All right, Dim. It's okay.
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Mosquito
Hey bartender bloody mary! O'positive!
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Queen
[about Mr. Soil]
He's our royal thespian. Last year he played the lead in Picnic.
[laughs]
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Grasshopper
You moron we'll be out of here before it rains! Didn't you hear Hopper? After the ants pick all the food he's gonna squish the Queen to remind her who's boss! Then she's dead, they cry Boo-Hoo, we go home! End of story!
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Molt
Why go back to Ant Island at all? I mean you don't even like grain.
Molt
You're right. I didn't think it was such a great idea myself. Actually, it wasn't even my idea. It was Axel and Loco's, they talked fancy to me! I got confused!
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[one of the ants fainted]
Princess Atta
Dr. Flora!
Dr. Flora
Oh, dear. Not another one.
Thorny
Oh, this is insane.
Cornelius
Insane.
Thorny
There's just not enough food left on the island! No way we can make double quota before Hopper comes.
Princess Atta
Well, we have to try, Thorny. We don't have any choice.
Thorny
Yeah, I know.
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Heimlich
[Flik and the circus bugs are sitting on a leaf and Heimlich accidently knocks leaf off the stick it's attached too causing Flik and the other circus bugs to fall off into the ground screaming while Heimlich remains on the stick]
. Oh I didn't know it was genetic. Sorry.
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Princess Atta
Well, not every bug would face a bird. I mean, even Hopper's afraid of them.
Flik
Yeah, well, I guess maybe I have...
[turns to Atta]
Flik
Say that again?
Princess Atta
I said, even Hopper's afraid of birds.
Flik
[rushes off but comes back to Atta; quickly]
Thank you.
[kisses Atta on the cheek and runs off]
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Flik
Princess, you're doing a great job.
Princess Atta
Thanks. You're sweet. You're wrong, but sweet. I know what everyone really thinks.
Flik
I don't follow you.
Princess Atta
Everyone, the whole colony. Nobody really believes I can do this job. It's like they're all watching me. Just... just...
Flik
Waiting for you to screw up.
Princess Atta
Flik, I owe you an apology.
Flik
For what?
Princess Atta
Well, I haven't been that nice to you, and I'm sorry. If there's any way I can make it up to you... Hey! I know! How would you like to be the queen's official aide to the warrior bugs?
Flik
Me?
Princess Atta
Oh, sure. You've got a great rapport going with them, especially after that rescue. It was very brave.
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[last lines]
Thorny
Present, stalks!
[the ants face backwards]
Thorny
Harvester, salute!
[the harvesters launch their stalks into the air, crashing into each other and producing firework-like showers of grain]
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Firefly
Popcorn! Stale popcorn!
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Rosie
[telling ant about her husbands]
And that's how my 12th husband died. So now I'm a widow. I mean I've always been a black widow but now I'm a black widow widow.
[she laughs]
Dim
[laughs along with Rosie and shoots an ant child with his wings who goes flying in the air and lands on Rosie's web with other ant children]
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Dr. Flora
[to male ant]
So is there a Mrs. Ant you have to tunnel home to?
[She puts her hand on the male ant's shoulder and he falls over revealing that he's not real]
Dr. Flora
[to camera]
Oh! I'm sorry I thought he was real! Oh dear! Put that thing in my car!
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Princess Atta
You mean you're not warriors?
P.T. Flea
Are you kidding? These guys are the lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen, and they're gonna make me rich!
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P.T. Flea
[singing]
I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich I'm gonna be the richest flea in the land, ka-ching! The streets will be paved with golden retrievers...
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Princess Atta
Tell me this isn't true.
Flik
No, you don't understand, I...
Mr. Soil
This couldn't have happened in a more inopportune time! The last leaf is about to fall!
Dr. Flora
We haven't collected any food for the grasshoppers!
Thorny
If Hopper finds out what we almost did...
Queen
Hopper is *not* going to find out! We're going to hide all this and pretend it never happened.
[to the Circus Bugs]
Queen
You bugs were never here! So, I suggest you all leave.
Flik
But the bird! The bird will work!
Queen
I never thought I'd see the day when an ant would put himself before the rest of his colony.
Flik
What?
Queen
The point is, Flik, you lied to us.
Flik
No, no, I--!
Princess Atta
You lied, Flik. You lied to her. You lied to the colony! You lied to *me*! And, like an idiot, I believed you.
Flik
I... I was just afraid that... if you knew I'd gotten circus bugs...
[sighs]
Flik
I just wanted to make a... difference.
Princess Atta
I want you to leave, Flik. And this time, don't come back.
P.T. Flea
Tough crowd.
[sets off with Flik and the circus troupe]
Dot
[tries to go after Flik and the circus bugs, but gets stopped by the Queen; sadly] Flik...
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Slim
[Slim uses squished berries to make it look like blood as if the bird attacked him]
Ow! My eye! Help me!
Hopper
Aaaaaahh!
[he runs away]
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[Francis is resting in an flower bed and had a cast on his broken foot]
Lead Blueberry Scout
[to the Circus Bugs]
Our Blueberry Troop salutes you bugs for rescuing our smallest member, Princess Dot. And as a tribute to Ms. Francis, we've changed our bandannas.
[the young ants turned around to show that their bandannas were now a light pink color with black spots like on a ladybug's back]
Dot
We voted you our honorary den mother!
[the young ants soon rushed over to him with smiles]
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Slim
[Slim uses smushed berries to look like blood as if the fake bird attacked him]
[from outtakes]
Slim
Ow! My... OW! Oh, my eye! No, no, no, seriously! I've got berry juice in my eye!
Hopper
Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
Slim
Ow! That stings! Stop the camera!
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Hopper
Are you saying I'm stupid?
Princess Atta
No.
Hopper
Do I look "stupid" to you?
[Next take]
Hopper
Are you saying I'm stupid?
Princess Atta
[She bursts out laughing which are louder than last time. Hopper sighs]
HA HA! I'm sorry. No, no, no. I think I got it this time.
[Next take]
Hopper
Are you saying I'm stupid?
Princess Atta
YES!
[Her laughing is uncontrollable]
Hopper
This is the 15th take. I cannot live like this. I will be in my trailer.
[He leaves]
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Director
[from outtakes] And action.
Flik
[hands Dot the rock] Pretend. Pretend that's a seed.
[a beat of silence]
Dot
Uh... What's my line again?
Director
It's a rock.
[Flik laughs]
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Director
[from outtakes] And action.
Mr. Soil
I don't think we need to involve the Queen. She's got enough in her plate already...
[Glaring at her]
Mr. Soil
training her daughter.
Dr. Flora
Oh, yes. Princess ABBA. "ABBA?"
[She laughs at her mistake]
Dr. Flora
Let's go disco.
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Thumper
[from outtakes]
RAAAAR!
[hesitates]
Thumper
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Um, can we cut? It's just I don't think I'm coming across. Hmmm... Oh! Oh! I know! I know! I know! I could lather up a bunch of spit. Ooh, ooh, that's good! I've got it, JL. Okay, once more for me.
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Queen
[from outtakes]
A-Hahahahahahaha
[Aphie urinates on her leg]
Queen
Uh-oh. Towel! I need a towel over here!
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Hopper
So where is it?
[the ants are silent]
Hopper
WHERE'S MY *FOOD?*
[the ants are silent]
Princess Atta
Uh, isn't up there?
Hopper
What?
[Hopper menacingly approaches Atta]
Princess Atta
The food was sitting on the leaf and...
Hopper
EXCUSE ME?
Princess Atta
Are you sure it's not up there?
Hopper
Are you saying I'm stupid?
Princess Atta
No.
Hopper
Do I look "stupid" to you? Let's just think of the logic. Shall we? Let's just think about it for a second. If it was up there, would I be coming down here to your level... LOOKING FOR IT?
Princess Atta
Uh...
Hopper
Why am I even talking to you? You're not the queen.
[Using his antennas]
Hopper
You don't smell like the queen.
Queen
She's learning to take over for me, Hopper.
Hopper
Oh, I see. Under new management. So it's YOUR fault.
Princess Atta
No, it wasn't me. It was...
Hopper
Uh-uh-uh. First rule of leadership: everything is your to fault.
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Princess Atta
Flik, what do you have to say for yourself?
Flik
Sorry. I... I'm sorry for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong. I especially didn't want to make you look bad, princess.
Princess Atta
Well, Flik, you did.
Flik
I was just trying to help.
Mr. Soil
Then help us. Don't help us.
Flik
Help? Help? Help? Helpers to help us. That's it! That's... . We could...
Princess Atta
Flik, you are sentenced to one month digging in the tunnels.
Thorny
Excuse me, Your Highness. Need I remind you of Flik's tunnel-within-a-tunnel project? It took the whole Engineering Department two days to dig him out. Send him to Health and Ant Services.
Dr. Flora
Heavens, no.
Flik
We could leave the island. The riverbeds dry now. We'd just walk right across the riverbed. We can go get helpers. We could! We can go find helpers to help us. It's perfect!
Queen
Perfect? What's so perfect?
Flik
Your highness, don't you see? We could send someone to get help!
Queen
Leave the island?
Queen
Now, why didn't I think of that? Oh! Because it's suicide!
Thorny
She's right. We never leave the island.
Cornelius
Never leave.
Thorny
There's snakes and birds and bigger bugs out there!
Flik
Exactly! Bigger bugs! We could find bigger bugs to come here and fight and forever rid us of Hopper and his gang!
Mr. Soil
Ludicrous!
Dr. Flora
Who would do a crazy thing like that?
Flik
I'll volunteer. I'd be very happy to volunteer.
Queen
You got a lot of spunk, kid, but no one's gonna to help a bunch of ants.
Flik
At least we could try. Oh, I could travel to the city, I could search there.
Princess Atta
If you went, you'd be on that silly search for weeks.
Thorny
Royal huddle.
[They all huddle]
Thorny
great idea, princess. It's perfect.
Cornelius
Exactly.
Princess Atta
Wait a minute. What did we just decide here?
Mr. Soil
To let Flik leave.
Cornelius
While we keep harvesting to meet Hopper's demands.
Dr. Flora
You see, with Flik gone, he can't...
Princess Atta
He can't mess anything up!
[They unhuddle]
Princess Atta
Filk, after much deliberation, we have decided to grant you your request.
Flik
Really?
Queen
Really?
Princess Atta
Really.
Flik
Oh, thank you, Princess. Thank you so much for this chance. I won't let you down, I promise. I promise. I promise. But I should probably help repair some of the damage before I go don't you think?
Queen
Queen, Mr. Soil, Dr. Flora, Thorny, Cornelius: No! No, no! Just go. Just go. Just leave.
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