History NightmareFuel / ABugsLife

* Dear God; ''Thumper''. For some added FridgeHorror, consider the fact that he belongs to the same species as the anthropomorphized, English-speaking grasshoppers. Does he represent a vicious attack dog...or an extremely mentally deranged and violent person? He is more or less the grasshopper version of ''Film/DannyTheDog''. [[RuleOfFunny In the outtakes]], [[NightmareRetardant he asks if his scream was good enough]]. In the wimpiest, most non-threatening voice you can imagine. Evidently a case of MeanCharacterNiceActor.

* Hopper when he lands right in front Flik and slowly advances on him. Flik begs for mercy but Hopper grabs his throat and attempts to strangle him.

'''Flik''': No, no, I can explain!\\

* Hopper when he's attempting to strangle Flik: "I'll get more grasshoppers and be back ''next season''. But '''you won't!!!'''"

* Dear God; ''Thumper''. For some added FridgeHorror, consider the fact that he belongs to the same species as the anthropomorphized, English-speaking grasshoppers. Does he represent a vicious attack dog...or an extremely mentally deranged and violent person? He is more or less the grasshopper version of ''Film/DannyTheDog''. [[RuleOfFunny In the outtakes]], [[NightmareRetardant he asks if his scream was good enough. In the wimpiest, most non-threatening voice you can imagine. Evidently a case of MeanCharacterNiceActor.]]

* Dear God; ''Thumper''. For some added FridgeHorror, consider the fact that he belongs to the same species as the anthropomorphized, English-speaking grasshoppers. Does he represent a vicious attack dog...or an extremely mentally deranged and violent person? He is more or less the grasshopper version of ''Film/DannyTheDog''. [[RuleOfFunny In the outtakes]], [[spoiler:[[NightmareRetardant he asks if his scream was good enough. In the wimpiest, most non-threatening voice you can imagine.]] Evidently a case of MeanCharacterNiceActor.]]

* The movie does a pretty good job of making a cute little goldfinch and its chicks absolutely terrifying. [[spoiler: While a mother bird feeding her children obviously isn't scary, Hopper's FamilyUnfriendlyDeath shows how horrifying it would be if you were a bug.]] The sound the bird makes; they did a convincing job of depicting what birdsong must sound like from a bug's perspective, because the noises she makes would be right at home in ''Film/JurassicPark''. Dinosaurs are still among us, pal. Even more terrifying is the ''speed'' in which the goldfinch [[spoiler: snaps up Hopper to feed him to her chicks.]] It's one hundred percent clear that, from the moment that the goldfinch saw [[spoiler: him,]] there was no escape.

* The entire sequence at the end of the movie, beginning with the rain. What is a normal and perfectly harmless occurrence for us humans is amplified into a nightmarish and regular disaster for all bug kind. Amidst the chaos, Hopper still manages to spot Flik, and with a furious roar, lunges at him (see above image), and snatches him and flies off. Flik's friends from the circus ''try'' to come to the rescue, but their rescue attempts are all foiled. (Admittedly, the incident where Hopper lost one of his antennae is pretty funny.) Not even Princess Atta can keep Hopper away for too long, and his final death, albeit very [[KarmicDeath karmic]], in and of itself was '''very''' unsettling.

* Hopper was to be eaten ''alive'' by the birds. When the camera cuts away from the scene, he's still in the mother bird's beak, and note that she is NOT doing any attempt to snap his neck or whatever to give him a quick and painless death; on the contrary, she looks to be about to just drop him into (one of) her chicks' mouths. He'd still be ''fully conscious'' when given to the chicks as food... It's a gruesome death for a G-rated movie!

** The entire sequence at the end of the movie, beginning with the rain. What is a normal and perfectly harmless occurrence for we humans is amplified into a nightmarish and regular disaster for all bug kind. Amidst the chaos, Hopper still manages to spot Flik, and with a furious roar, lunges at him (see above image), and snatches him and flies off. Flik's friends from the circus ''try'' to come to the rescue, but their rescue attempts are all foiled. (Admittedly, the incident where Hopper lost one of his antennae is pretty funny.) Not even Princess Atta can keep Hopper away for too long, and his final death, albeit very [[KarmicDeath karmic]], in and of itself was '''very''' unsettling.

* The movie does a pretty good job of making a cute little goldfinch and its chicks absolutely terrifying. [[spoiler: While a mother bird feeding her children obviously isn't scary, Hopper's FamilyUnfriendlyDeath shows how horrifying it would be if you were a bug.]]
** The sound the bird makes; they did a convincing job of depicting what birdsong must sound like from a bug's perspective, because the noises she makes would be right at home in ''Film/JurassicPark''. Dinosaurs are still among us, pal.
** Even more terrifying is the ''speed'' in which the goldfinch [[spoiler: snaps up Hopper to feed him to her chicks.]] It's one hundred percent clear that, from the moment that the goldfinch saw [[spoiler: him,]] there was no escape.

* Hopper menacingly approaching Flik, fire burning in the background, with the greatest murder-face on a family movie villain.

* The entire sequence at the end of the movie, beginning with the rain. What is a normal and perfectly harmless occurrence for we humans is amplified into a nightmarish and regular disaster for all bug kind. Amidst the chaos, Hopper still manages to spot Flik, and with a furious roar, lunges at him (see above image), and snatches him and flies off. Flik's friends from the circus ''try'' to come to the rescue, but their rescue attempts are all foiled. (Admittedly, the incident where Hopper lost one of his antennae is pretty funny.) Not even Princess Atta can keep Hopper away for too long, and his final death, albeit very [[KarmicDeath karmic]], in and of itself was '''very''' unsettling.
* "They come. They eat. They leave." This line could be a tagline for a horror film.

** The sound the bird makes; they did a convincing job of depicting what birdsong must sound like from a bug's perspective, because the noises she makes would be right at home in ''Film/JurassicPark''.
** Even more terrifying is the ''speed'' in which the goldfinch [[spoiler: snaps up Hopper to feed to its chicks.]] It's one hundred percent clear that, from the moment that the goldfinch saw [[spoiler: him,]] there was no escape.

* The entire sequence at the end of the movie, beginning with the rain. What is a normal and perfectly harmless occurrence for we humans is amplified into a nightmarish and regular disaster for all bug kind. Amidst the chaos, Hopper still manages to spot Flik, snatch him, and fly off. Flik's friends from the circus ''try'' to come to the rescue, but their rescue attempts are all foiled. (Admittedly, the incident where Hopper lost one of his antennae is pretty funny.) Not even Princess Atta can keep Hopper away for too long, and his final death, albeit very [[KarmicDeath karmic]], in and of itself was '''very''' unsettling.

* The movie does a pretty good job of making a cute little goldfinch and its chicks absolutely terrifying. See FamilyUnfriendlyDeath.

* Dear God; ''Thumper''. For some added FridgeHorror, consider the fact that he belongs to the same species as the anthropomorphized, English-speaking grasshoppers. Does he represent a vicious attack dog...or an extremely mentally deranged and violent person? He is more or less the grasshopper version of ''DannyTheDog''. [[RuleOfFunny In the outtakes]], [[spoiler:[[NightmareRetardant he asks if his scream was good enough. In the wimpiest, most non-threatening voice you can imagine.]] Evidently a case of MeanCharacterNiceActor.]]

* The theme park attraction based on the movie at the DisneyThemeParks, It's Tough To Be A Bug.

* The theme park attraction at Disney World, It's Tough To Be A Bug.

* The entire sequence at the end of the movie, beginning with the rain. What is a normal and perfectly harmless occurrence for we humans is amplified into a nightmarish and regular disaster for all bug kind. Amidst the chaos, Hopper still manages to spot Flik, snatch him, and fly off. Flik's friends from the circus ''try'' to come to the rescue, but their rescue attempts are all foiled. (Admittedly, the incident where Hopper lost one of his antennae helped to alleviate this troper's fear at a young age.) Not even Princess Atta can keep Hopper away for too long, and his final death, albeit very [[KarmicDeath karmic]], in and of itself was '''very''' unsettling.

* Dear God; ''Thumper''. For some added FridgeHorror, consider the fact that he belongs to the same species as the anthropomorphized, English-speaking grasshoppers. Does he represent a vicious attack dog...or an extremely mentally deranged and violent person? He is more or less the grasshopper version of ''DannyTheDog'' [[RuleOfFunny In the outtakes]], [[spoiler:[[NightmareRetardant he asks if his scream was good enough. In the wimpiest, most non-threatening voice you can imagine.]]]]

* The entire sequence at the end of the movie, beginning with the rain. What is a normal and perfectly harmless existence is amplified into a nightmarish and regular disaster for all bug kind. Amidst the chaos, Hopper still manages to spot Flik, snatch him, and fly off. Flik's friends from the circus ''try'' to come to the rescue, but their rescue attempts are all foiled. (Admittedly, the incident where Hopper lost one of his antennae helped to alleviate this troper's fear at a young age.) Not even Princess Atta can keep Hopper away for too long, and his final death, albeit very [[KarmicDeath karmic]], in and of itself was '''very''' unsettling.