History Characters / ABugsLife

* MachiavelliWasWrong: A perfect example. He rules through intimidation, even to his own men, and nothing else and largely does it for no other reason than to assert his authority and satisfy his own sadism which eventually just pushes the ants against him and makes the other Grasshoppers abandon him when things go sideways. He misses the crucial lesson of Machiavelli to be feared but not ''hated'' and to not push your enemies until they have nothing to lose and even his own men end up abandoning him in the end.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The ants are so terrified of Hopper that they probably would have gone on serving him forever... if he didn't order them to give up so much food that they themselves risked starving in the winter, or [[spoiler:find out that he intended to squish the queen]].

* ObviouslyEvil: Domineering presence, strongest of his group, enjoys making people suffer.

* TooCleverByHalf: Hopper is smart enough to know that the ants far outnumber the grasshoppers. Unfortunately, he isn't smart enough to realize that doubling down on his cruelty towards them is what will cause them to rebel as opposed to keeping them eternally submissive.

* TheDreaded: Even his own grasshopper gang are scared of him, including the AxCrazy Thumper. The room tends to go quiet every time he enters it, with everyone apprehensive of his every word and gesture.

* FauxAffablyEvil: In contrast to his typical intimidating persona, he becomes chillingly courteous when about to do something like slaughtering his own henchmen.

* MachiavelliWasWrong: A perfect example. He rules through intimidation, even to his own men, and nothing else and largely does it for no other reason than to assert his authority and satisfy his own sadism which eventually just pushes the ants against him and makes the other Grasshoppers abandon him when things go sideways.

* {{Narcissist}}: Hopper meets all the hallmarks of a malignant narcissist: he's controlling, impulsive, selfish, can't take criticism, lacks empathy, and exploits others for sheer personal gratification.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: He is savvy enough to fear the ants' numbers and their ability to bite back at any time, but his own method of avoiding this, abusing and intimidating them to increasing measures, is ultimately what causes the ants to snap and turn on the grasshoppers.

* VillainousGlutton: Downplayed, but he makes the ants gather double the usual offering of food and later orders his gang to eat every scrap of food on the island, when he and his gang have more than enough to last them through winter - which he openly admits.

* AssholeVictim: He is lured to a bird’s nest by Flick and devoured by the bird at the end since he mistakes it for another fake one. Due to his cruel nature though, he will never be missed by anyone

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some fans criticise her, for her decision to banish Flik, the second time. Just read the comment's for this YouTube Video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw&t=139s

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some fans criticise her, for her decision to banish Flik, the second time. Just read the comment's for this YouTube Video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw&t=139s

-->'''Hopper''':Have you been playing all summer, you think this is a game.\\
'''Atta''': No,no,no, please.

-->'''Atta:''' You see, Hopper, nature has a certain order. The ants ''pick'' the food, the ants ''keep'' the food, and the grasshoppers ''LEAVE!''

* AintTooProudtoBeg: After Hopper comes back, with the ants having spent time on the bird and not gathering grain, she begs for her colony's safety.

* Ain'tTooProudtoBeg: After Hopper comes back. "Have you been playing all summer, you think this is a game." "No,no,no, please."

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: A lot of fan criticize her decision to banish Flik and the circus bugs, just see the comments from this Website/YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: A lot of fan criticize her decision to banish Flik and the circus bugs, just see the comments from this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw

* Ain'ttooProudtoBeg: After Hopper comes back. "Have you been playing all summer, you think this is a game." "No,no,no, please."

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the brief scene of Thumper chuckling with the others when Hopper compares pieces of grain to ants, Thumper was also as shocked as everyone else when Hopper buries a few henchmen alive.

* {{Expy}}: Of General Mandible from ''Antz''.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Tends to get in several arguments with Slim, and is not over hitting him, but they still care and help each other whenever they need it.

* GutturalGrowler: The contrast of appearance is complete with his raspy, definitely male voice.

* CatchPhrase: "You fired!" becomes theirs after their boss actually ''does'' fire them. Also "Up!"

* KeepItForeign: They never learn a word of English, except... "[[CatchPhrase You fired]]!" The creators state they're Hungarian, even though their gibberish sounds nothing like the actual language.

* CatchPhrase: "Shutting up", whenever he find out that he's pushing his luck.

* GuileHero: He comes up with the plan to scare the grasshoppers away with a fake bird. In the climax, [[spoiler:he gets Hopper killed by luring him to the nest of a real bird]].