30 quotes
Questioning the Concept of Perfection
Queen
Perfect? What's so perfect?
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Hopper Demands Food from His Followers
Hopper
So, where is it? WHERE'S MY FOOD?!
[first words; echoes]
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Confrontation Over Summer Activities
Hopper
HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING ALL SUMMER?! YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME?!
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Acceptance of Life's Routine
Queen
Oh, it'll be fine. 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.
[laughs.]
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Nature's Order and the Ants' Rights
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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Francis Threatens with Unconventional Violence
Francis
Anytime, pal! I'm gonna pick the hairs out of your head one by one! You name the place! Yeah, cause when you get there, YOU ARE DEAD!
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Dot's Defiance Against the Grasshopper
Dot
No! Bad grasshopper! Bad grasshopper! Go home!
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Introduction of the character Dot
Dot
The name is Dot.
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Hopper's View on Ants' Purpose
Hopper
You are mindless, soil-shoving losers put on this Earth to serve us.
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The Cycle of Consumption
Princess Atta
They come, they eat, they leave. They come, they eat, they leave.
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Acceptance of Imperfection in A Bug's Life
Francis
Let's face it. We stink.
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Queen's Realization of a Dangerous Idea
Queen
Oh, now why didn't I think of that? Oh! Because it's suicide!
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Embrace Confidence for Success
Queen
Just be confident, dear. You'll be fine.
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Flik proposes seeking external assistance
Flik
Your Highness, don't you see? We could send someone to get help!
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Francis Addresses an Insulting Comment
Francis
I heard that, you twig!
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Gender Assumptions in A Bug's Life
Francis
SO, being a ladybug automatically makes me a girl! Is that it, fly boy? Huh?
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The Importance of Perception and Acceptance
Francis
To the audience we'll never have.
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Queen instructs her colony on gathering food
Queen
Okay, everyone, single file. Food to offering stone and into the anthill. Now, let's go!
[whistles]
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Ants' Strength and Independence Challenged
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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Francis Asserts His Boundaries with a Fly
Francis
Shoo, fly. Don't bother me.
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Flik's Call to Action for the Colony
Flik
Here I go. For the colony, and for the oppressed ants everywhere!
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Confronting Fear and Insecurity
Hopper
What's the matter? You're scared of grasshoppers? You don't like Thumper?
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Queen's Urgency for Food Gathering
Queen
But, Hopper, since it's almost the rainy season, we need this time to gather food for ourselvesǃ
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Dreaming of Transformation and Beauty
Heimlich
Someday, I will be a beautiful butterfly, and then everything will be better.
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Flik's Urgent Call to Action
Flik
Oh no, they've finished collecting the food. We've got to get the queen now. Once she's safe, we move on Gypsy's signal.
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A Humorous Comment on Personal Hygiene
Francis
Judging by your breath, you must have been buzzing around a dung heap all day!
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A Moment of Weakness and Apology
Flik
] I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. I mean, really, can y... can you blame me? Okay. Okay, let's go for real now.
[outtakes; [Toy Story|To infinity and beyond!; laughs]
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Princess Atta questions leaving the island
Princess Atta
Leave the island?!
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Hopper's Frantic Reaction to Little Girls
Hopper
Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Hello, girls. AAAAAH!!!! Aaaaah! Aah! Aah! Oh! A-AAAAAAAH!!! Ah! No! No! NOOO, NO, NO, NO! Aah! Aah! Aah! A-AAH-AAAH-AAAAH!!!! AAAAAAAAAH!!!! No! OH, NOOOOOOOO!!! AH! OH, NO! NO, NO, NO! AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!
[last words; as the bird, a real one, roars; He drops Flik; the bird seizes him; The bird caught him and holds him over to her chicks; The camera zooms in on the chicks' mouths as Hopper screams again]
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A Defeat Acknowledged by Hopper
Hopper
WELL, GUESS WHAT... you just lost!
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