History Awesome / ABugsLife

** Whats awesome about this is that unlike most villains, Hopper does not ShootTheMessenger which turns out to be his Brother Molt, Molt even tells Hopper it was Axel and Loco's idea, Hopper instead Shoots or in this case buries the People who sent the messenger which turn out to be Axel and Loco. Evil he may be but Hopper is Pretty smart to not fall into the shoot the messenger cliché trap that most villains do. Axel and Loco might have thought they were safe because they were the ones who sent the messenger and they are not the messengers themselves but Hopper proves both Axel and Loco and that cliché to be wrong and Axel and Loco pay for it with their lives.

** Whats awesome about this is that unlike most villains, Hopper does not ShootTheMessenger which turns out to be his Brother Molt, Molt even tells Hopper it was Axel and Loco's idea, Hopper instead Shoots or in this case buries the People who sent the messenger which turn out to be Axel and Loco. Evil he may be but Hopper is Pretty smart to not fall into the shoot the messenger cliché that most villains do. Axel and Loco might have thought they were safe because they were the ones who sent the messenger and they are not the messengers themselves but Hopper proves that cliché to be wrong and Axel and Loco pay for it with their lives.

--> '''Flik:''' Ants are ''not'' meant to serve grasshoppers! I've seen these ants do great things! And year after year, they somehow managed to pick food for themselves and you. So who's the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! [[WhamLine It's]] ''[[WhamLine you]]'' [[WhamLine who need]] ''[[WhamLine us!]]'' We're a lot stronger than you say we are. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion And you know it, don't you?]]

---> '''Flik:''' Ants are ''not'' meant to serve grasshoppers! I've seen these ants do great things! And year after year, they somehow managed to pick food for themselves and you. So who's the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! [[WhamLine It's you who need us!]] We're a lot stronger than you say we are. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion And you know it, don't you?]]

** He does the same when Thumper threatens Dot and Atta again and this time refuses to back down, even as Thumper beats him stupid, leading to his WorldOfCardboardSpeech mentioned above.

* This:
--> '''Thumper:''' ''Snarling''

* After her near-death experience with Thumper when she goes to look for Flik, Dot is finally able to -- say it with us -- [[EleventhHourSuperpower FLY!]]

** Likewise, the circus bugs' entire rescue of Francis and Dot from the bird when they're trapped in the cracked ground.

** Likewise, the circus bugs' entire rescue of Francis and Dot from the bird.
** Dot pulling Francis out of the bird's way after he's knocked out cold.
* Flik using the goldfinch to trick Hopper at the end of the movie.

--> '''Flik:''' [[ExactWords Yep!]]
--> '''Hopper:''' Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Hello, girls!
--> '''Bird:''' *ROAR*
--> '''Hopper:''' [[OhCrap AAAAAHHHH!!!!]]

'''Hopper''': Hmmm, puny? Say let's pretend this grain is a puny, little ant. (Throws grain at left grasshopper.} Did that hurt?\\

'''Hopper''': Well, how about this? (Breaks the entire dispenser and buries the three grasshoppers to death, causing the laughter to stop)\\

'''Middle Grasshopper''': Yeah, but we can forget about him!\\
'''Left Grasshopper''': Yeah, it was just one ant!\\

'''Left Grasshopper''': Yeah boss, they're puny!\\

'''Left Grasshopper''': Nope.\\

'''Middle Grasshopper''': Are you kidding?!? (Grasshoppers laugh.)\\

*** I wouldn't be surprised if, in a more darker film, we would've ended up seeing the aftermath of them eating him!

** Hopper's response? He knocks him down and puts his foot on his head and gets ready to kill him off, only to be stopped by Atta at the last second. Here's the thing: Even if Hopper did kill Flik, he would've not only proved his point, but possibly motivate the entire colony to attack even more than when they all heard Flik's speech.

*** And the way he keeps a straight (and yet strangely bored) face during the crushing of three other grasshoppers is pure evil awesome.

* Princess Atta finally standing up to Hopper before initiating the Zergrush:

* Princess Atta finally standing up to Hopper:

** And cue the ZergRush.

--> '''Flik:''' Ants are ''not'' meant to serve grasshoppers! I've seen these ants do great things! And year after year, they somehow managed to pick food for themselves and you. So who's the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! [[WhamLine It's you who need us!]] We're a lot stronger than you say we are. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion And you know it, don't you?]]

* Flik's "Ants aren't meant to serve grasshoppers" speech. And everyone else [[MisfitMobilizationMoment realizing he's right]].

--> '''Flik:''' Ants are ''not'' meant to serve grasshoppers! I've seen these ants do great things! And year after year, they somehow managed to pick food for themselves and you. So who's the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! [[WhamLine It's you who need us!]] We're a lot stronger than you say we are. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion and you know it, don't you?]]

--> '''Flik:''' Ants are ''not'' meant to serve grasshoppers! I've seen these ants do great things! And year after year, they somehow managed to pick food for themselves and you. So who's the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! It's you who need us! We're a lot stronger than you say we are. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion and you know it, don't you?]]

* The moment the fake bird's finally hoisted up and put in place, Tuck and Roll pop out of its beak announcing, ''"YOU'RE FIRED!"'' to everyone below. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} AND a BrickJoke!

** He does the same when Thumper threatens Dot and Atta again and this time refuses to back down, even as Thumper beats him stupid, leading to his WorldOfCardboard speech mentioned above.

* Francis catching Dot mid-fall. Doubles as a HeartwarmingMoment.

** His speech shows he's not all muscle - he's [[MagnificentBastard really very smart]], too.

* Flik's [[spoiler:"Ants aren't meant to serve grasshoppers" speech. And everyone else [[MisfitMobilizationMoment realizing he's right]].]]

** Although Flik does back down when Hopper coldly encourages he stand up to him again, it's still impressive. It's a {{Foreshadowing}} that [[spoiler: the ants have the potential to stand up to the grasshoppers]].
** If it's any indication of how significant that small act of bravery was, [[spoiler: Hopper's "You let one ant stand up, then they all stand up" speech serves to further glorify it.]]
** He does the same when Thumper threatens Dot and Atta again [[spoiler: and this time refuses to back down, even as Thumper beats him stupid, leading to his WorldOfCardboard speech mentioned above]].

* Even though he [[NiceJobBreakingItHero really screws things up]], P. T. Flea's [[spoiler: improvising a flamethrower to use on the fake bird would have been absolutely awesome if it had been a real threat.]]
** [[spoiler: Under the false impression that one of his performers has died at the hands of the bird, P. T. Flea is basically [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge avenging him]].]]

* [[spoiler: Flik using the goldfinch to trick Hopper at the end of the movie.]]
--> '''Hopper:''' [[spoiler: Well, what's this? Another one of your little bird tricks?]]
--> '''Flik:''' [[spoiler: [[ExactWords Yep!]]]]
--> '''Hopper:''' [[spoiler: Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Hello, girls!]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Bird:]]''' [[spoiler: *ROAR*]]

* The moment the fake bird's finally hoisted up and put in place, Tuck and Roll pop out of its beak announcing, ''"YOU'RE FIRED!"'' to everyone below. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny AND a BrickJoke!

** Dot pulls Francis out of the bird's way after he's knocked out cold.