A Bug's Life

A 1998 Pixar animated comedy film follows Flik, an inventive ant, as he recruits circus performers to help his colony resist grasshoppers.

Flik: An inventive worker ant who seeks help to free his colony from grasshopper demands. His mistaken recruitment of circus performers sets the film’s plot in motion.
Ant colony: A social insect colony organized around cooperative labor and reproduction. The film’s central community depends on coordinated work and shared food.
Pixar: An American animation studio known for feature films made with computer-generated imagery. Pixar produced and released the film as its second feature.
Antz: A 1998 DreamWorks animated comedy about an anxious worker ant who challenges his colony’s hierarchy. Its near-simultaneous release made it the film’s most conspicuous rival.
Princess Atta: The heir to the ant colony’s leadership who struggles with the expectations of ruling. Her succession gives the colony’s resistance a political stake.
Grasshopper: An insect in the suborder Caelifera, known for powerful hind legs and many plant-feeding species. The film casts grasshoppers as mobile predators exploiting the ants’ harvest.
John Lasseter: An American animator and filmmaker who directed early Pixar features. He directed the film with Andrew Stanton.
DreamWorks Animation: An American animation studio that produces animated feature films. The studio released Antz during the same year as Pixar’s film.
Hopper: The grasshopper leader who demands food from the ant colony and enforces his power through intimidation. His control over the ants supplies the film’s central threat.
Circus: A live entertainment tradition featuring performers such as acrobats, clowns, and animal acts. The troupe’s performance skills are mistaken for combat expertise.

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