A Bug's Life

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**A Bug's Life** is a computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 14, 1998, and the United Kingdom on 20 April 1999.

## Profile

* **Title:** *A Bug's Life*
* **Genre:** Family/Animation
* **Directed by:** John Lasseter
* **Produced by:** Darla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher
* **Country:** USA
* **Release date(s):** November 14, 1998
* **Running time:** 98 minutes
* **Language:** English
* **Australian Rating:** G
* **Budget:** $45 million
* **Total Worldwide Box Office Gross:** $363,398,565
* **Following by:** *Toy Story* (1995)
* **Followed by:** *Toy Story 2* (1999)

## Plot Summary

**WARNING: Spoilers follow here.**
*If you have not seen this film, it is recommended to skip to another section.*

## Characters

* Flik - an inventive, but mostly accident-prone, ant.
* Hopper - the ruthless leader of the grasshopper gang.
* Princess Atta - the soon-to-be queen of the colony.
* Dot - Princess Atta's younger sister and initially Flik's only friend in the ant colony.
* Queen - the leader of the ant colony.
* Molt - Hopper's dimwitted younger brother.
* Slim - a walking stick and Francis and Heimlich's friend.
* Heimlich - a plump, German-accented caterpillar who longs to be a butterfly.
* Francis - a short-tempered male ladybug who is constantly mistaken for a female.
* Manny - a praying mantis and magician in P.T. Flea's circus.
* Gypsy - a gypsy moth and Manny's beautiful wife and assistant.
* Rosie - a black widow spider and Dim's tamer and friend.
* Tuck and Roll - twin pillbug brothers from Hungary.
* P.T. Flea - the owner of the circus.
* Dim - a rhinoceros beetle that plays the "Ferocious Beast" in the circus act. He is Rosie's companion.
* Mr. Soil - the lead thespian.
* Dr. Flora - the doctor of the ant colony.
* Thorny - Princess Atta's assistant.
* Cornelius - an elderly ant.
* Harry - a mosquito.
* Lead Blueberry Scout - a troop of ant children that Dot belongs to.

## Cast

* Dave Foley .... Flik (voice)
* Kevin Spacey .... Hopper (voice)
* Julia Louis Dreyfus .... Atta (voice)
* Hayden Panettiere .... Dot (voice)
* Phyllis Diller .... Queen (voice)
* Richard Kind .... Molt (voice)
* David Hyde Pierce .... Slim (voice)
* Joe Ranft .... Heimlich (voice)
* Denis Leary .... Francis (voice)
* Jonathan Harris .... Manny (voice)
* Madeline Kahn .... Gypsy Moth (voice)
* Bonnie Hunt .... Rosie (voice)
* Michael McShane .... Tuck / Roll (voice)
* John Ratzenberger .... P.T. Flea (voice)
* Brad Garrett .... Dim (voice)

## DVD Release

A Bug's Life was released on DVD on April 20th, 1999. It was also released in May 2003 as a collector's edition 2-Disc DVD.

## Parodies

1. A Bug's Life/Thomas
2. A Bug's Life/TUGS
3. A Bug's Life/The Simpsons
4. A Bug's Life/Theodore Tugboat
5. A Bug's Life/Thomas and The Magic Railroad
6. A Bug's Life/Sonic
7. A Bug's Life/Spongebob
8. A Bug's Life/COPS
9. A Bug's Life/Skarloey
10. A Bug's Life/Toy Story
11. A Bug's Life/Rugrats
12. A Bug's Life/Mario
13. A Bug's Life/Over the Hedge
14. A Bug's Life/The Incredibles
15. A Bug's Life/Doug
16. A Bug`s Life/The Wiggles

## Trivia

* The Pizza Planet truck appears next to the mobile home when a bug flies into a bug zapper.
* A cereal box in Bug City bears the code "A113-1195". It marks the appearance of Pixar's in-joke A113, while 1195 represents the release date of *Toy Story* (November 1995).
* A drink cup from Pizza Planet can be seen on top of the restaurant can in Bug City.

## External Links

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 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120623/ (IMDb Profile)

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