Princess Dot

Dot is the tritagonist of Pixar's 2nd full-length animated feature film .
She is the daughter of the Queen, the younger sister of Princess Atta, and the best friend of Flik.
She was voiced by Hayden Panettiere, who later portrayed Suri in Dinosaur, Red Puckett in Hoodwinked 2, Fairy Princess Willow in Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King, and Channing Walsh in Racing Stripes, voiced and motion-captured Sam Giddings in Until Dawn, and potrayed Kirby Reed from the Scream franchise.
==Background==
Dot is the second daughter of the Queen of the Ant Colony and is a princess. Her older sister, Atta, is the the heir to the throne. Dot is initially Flik's only friend and supporter. She is a member of the Blueberries, a group similar to a scout troop. Like her sister and mother, she has wings, but they are not fully grown in due to her age. By the end of the film however, she is capable of flight.
==Personality==
Dot idolizes Flik and hates being small. She compliments Flik's ideas and helps and convinces him a number of times during the film. Dot fears her archenemy, the demented grasshopper, Thumper, whom Hopper uses as a punishment and who later almost kills her at one point in the film. However, she eventually conquers her fear of him when she smacks him and has Dim scare him away.
==Role in A Bug's Life==
Dot struggles to fly at the beginning of the film, because of her small size, and is scolded by her mother for that attempt. She later follows Flik after he is dismissed by Atta, commenting on how she likes his inventions, but is unable to fly yet. Flik then shows Dot a small rock and makes her pretend it is a seed. After the grasshoppers arrive to find their food gone, Dot is captured by Hopper, who plans to feed her to Thumper, prompting Flik to try to make Hopper release her, but backs away in fear. When Flik is to leave Ant Island to go to the City, Dot wishes him good luck, hoping that Flik will come back in one piece. She is later seen sitting on a leaf of a plant, using Flik's telescope to look for him, despite two of her friends poking fun at her. She then spots Flik returning with the newly-recruited "warrior" bugs, who are actually a troupe of Circus Bugs recently fired by their ringmaster P.T. Flea, and rushes over to welcome him back.
When Flik follows the Circus Bugs across the stream, Dot follows him, but becomes stuck in the air when she accidentally takes a dandelion puff. At the same time, Flik and the Circus Bugs are trying to escape a hungry bird, who wants to eat them. The bird spots a helpess Dot and charges toward her, prompting her to let go of the dandelion puff. She then starts free-falling, but Francis catches sight of her and flies over to catch her in his arms, but the force of impact causes the two to fall into a gap in the riverbed, where Francis's leg gets smashed by a rock. The bird pecks at the gap, trying to catch Dot and/or Francis. As Heimlich lures the bird away, Flik uses Rosie's thread to scoop up Dot and Francis. After Flik, Dot, and the Circus Bugs fly to safety, the ants applaud the Circus Bugs for their bravery in rescuing Dot. Dot and the Blueberries decide to make Francis their "den mother." However, P.T. Flea arrives looking for his troupes, telling them that the Flaming Death act is a success and Flik's cover is blown. Flik and the Circus Bugs are banished by Atta, and as they leave Dot tries to go after Flik, but is stopped by her mother.
After Hopper's gang usurp Ant Island, Dot goes into hiding with the Blueberries. Upon hearing that Hopper is planning to squish her mother after enough food has been collected, she decides to go out to get help. Unfortunately, she accidentally bumps into Thumper, who viciously chases her off until she falls from the cliff. Before Dot can know it, her wings finally sprout out and she becomes able to fly. She then flies through the air until she catches up with Flik and the Circus Bugs, and tries to convince Flik to go back to Ant Island, telling him that Hopper is going to kill her mother if he doesn't do something. However, Flik does not want to go back, ashamed of all the troubles he has caused for the colony. Dot then retrieves a stone and shows it to Flik, reciting the exact words he has told her at the beginning of the film, "Pretend this is a seed," gradually turning Flik's depression into determination. Once they return, Flik and Dot gather the Blueberries, and they all climb aboard Flik's makeshift bird and commandeer it, with Dot giving instructions and making bird sounds. However, the bird is set on fire by P.T. Flea, and Hopper discovers that he has been tricked. Dot is captured by Hopper again, but Flik orders Hopper to release her, confessing to Hopper that the bird is his idea. When the ants rebel against the grasshoppers, Thumper confronts Dot again, but she slaps him and says "Bad grasshopper! Go home!" giving an assumption that she has plucked up courage and overcame her fear of Thumper. Just then, Dim lands behind her and gives out a monstrous roar to scare away Thumper, and he and Dot high-five each other.
At the conclusion of the film, Dot and the Blueberries are seen crying as their "den mother," Francis, must leave with the circus troupe. Dot receives Atta's tiara, making her the Crown Princess who is next in line for the throne, when Atta is made the new Queen. As Flik waves good-bye to the departing circus troupe, Dot and Atta take him to a tree root for a better view.
==Trivia==
*Dot is the narrator of the read-along version of the story, possibly making her voice actress, Hayden Panettiere, the youngest to narrate a Disney read-along.
*Her age can be equivalent to a 9-year-old girl, similar to her voice actress, Hayden Panettiere, who was 9 years old when A Bug's Life was released.
*Dot is a "child ant", but these do not technically exist. Dot would be a pupa and spend most of her time at this stage being cared for by the worker ants, such as Flik or Atta, before growing and joining the work force. Though Atta does technically look after her, it is mostly like a typical sister relationship.
*Her scream as she falls into the fog was recycled in Pixar’s Monsters Inc.
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