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** ne early film idea was a film called "Bugs: Light's Out" about microscopic insect-like robots who were responsible for the entropy of electronics and machinery. Despite a developed script and some test animations made to pitch the film, the idea was scrapped when the studio was picked up by Dreamworks to make this film.

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** ne One early film idea was a film called "Bugs: Light's Out" about microscopic insect-like robots who were responsible for the entropy of electronics and machinery. Despite a developed script and some test animations made to pitch the film, the idea was scrapped when the studio was picked up by Dreamworks to make this film.
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** ne early film idea was a film called "Bugs: Light's Out" about microscopic insect-like robots who were responsible for the entropy of electronics and machinery. Despite a developed script and some test animations made to pitch the film, the idea was scrapped when the studio was picked up by Dreamworks to make this film.
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** Creator/SarahJessicaParker was signed on as Bala, and even recorded some dialogue, but was replaced by Creator/SharonStone as the producers felt that Sarah's voice didn't fit.

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** Creator/SarahJessicaParker was signed on as Bala, and even [[TheOtherMarty recorded some dialogue, dialogue]], but was replaced by Creator/SharonStone as the producers felt that Sarah's voice didn't fit.

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** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was offered the role of Weaver, but his asking payrate was too high.
** Creator/SarahJessicaParker was signed on as Bala, and even recorded some dialogue, but was replaced by Creator/SharonStone as the producers felt that Sarah's voice didn't fit.
* WorkingTitle: ''Army Ants.''
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* AllStarCast: Hell, it’s just their ''FIRST'' released film, and yet the billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, Creator/JohnMahoney, Creator/GrantShaud, and Creator/PaulMazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* AllStarCast: Hell, it’s it's just their Creator/DreamworksAnimation's ''FIRST'' released film, and yet the billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, Creator/JohnMahoney, Creator/GrantShaud, and Creator/PaulMazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* CreatorBacklash: Woody Allen was understandably dissatisfied that he was forced to record all of his lines in five days, then brought back in for retakes for lines he was perfectly satisfied with.



* OldShame: Woody Allen was understandably dissatisfied that he was forced to record all of his lines in five days, then brought back in for retakes for lines he was perfectly satisfied with.
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Mandible was in the original script, but he was MAJOR Mandible.


** [[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Antz.html According to the original script]], General Mandible was originally called Formica. His ultimate fate, instead of being impaled on a twig, was nearly drowning before being rescued by Z and the others, then becoming a honeydew keg.

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** [[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Antz.html According to the original script]], General Mandible was originally a major, and the evil general (under whom he served) was called Formica. His Formica, who was voiced by Creator/DannyGlover. The latter's ultimate fate, instead of being impaled on a twig, was nearly drowning before being rescued by Z and the others, then becoming a honeydew keg.
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* AllStarCast: Hell, it’s just their ''FIRST'' released film, and yet the billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* AllStarCast: Hell, it’s just their ''FIRST'' released film, and yet the billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], Creator/JohnMahoney, Creator/GrantShaud, and Paul Mazursky, Creator/PaulMazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.
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* OldShame: Woody Allen was not thrilled with the fact that he was forced to record all of his lines in five days, then brought back in for retakes for lines he was perfectly satisfied with.

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* OldShame: Woody Allen was not thrilled with the fact understandably dissatisfied that he was forced to record all of his lines in five days, then brought back in for retakes for lines he was perfectly satisfied with.
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** Perhaps taking a page out of Disney's book, Pacific Data Images announced in 1998 that they were [[http://www.awn.com/news/dreamworks-having-picnic-antz-ii-marching working on a direct-to-video sequel for the film]]. It never happened.

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** Perhaps taking a page out of Disney's book, Pacific Data Images announced in 1998 that they were [[http://www.awn.com/news/dreamworks-having-picnic-antz-ii-marching working on a direct-to-video sequel for the film]]. It never happened. This may have been due to the disappointing sales of ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'', which made [=DreamWorks=] abandon the concept of direct-to-video films.
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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* AllStarCast: The Hell, it’s just their ''FIRST'' released film, and yet the billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.
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* OldShame: Woody Allen disliked doing the film mainly because the producers had him record all of his lines in 5 days and even had him redo some of the lines.

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* OldShame: Woody Allen disliked doing was not thrilled with the film mainly because the producers had him fact that he was forced to record all of his lines in 5 days and even had him redo some of the lines.five days, then brought back in for retakes for lines he was perfectly satisfied with.
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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JenniferLopez, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* ActorAllusion: There's a reason people consider ''Antz'' a vital part of Creator/WoodyAllen's oeuvre despite his not writing or directing it (though he rewrote it). Weaver is very much a Stallone type of character as well, especially when he mutters while being tortured, "I ain't tellin' you ''nothin'.''"



** In early concepts, Cutter was going to have a Lady Friend among the ladies-in-waiting, but hesitated to pursue her because of his job. There wasn't enough time for it with the other romances, and it was cut.

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** In early concepts, Cutter was going to have a Lady Friend among the ladies-in-waiting, but hesitated to pursue her because of his job. There wasn't enough time for it with the other romances, and it was cut.cut.
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* RealLifeRelative: Brothers Paul and Chris Weitz co-wrote the film's script.
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* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office. This is the duel that, courtesy of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert's'' Creator/GeneSiskel (who sadly died not long after), provides the quote for the DuelingWorks page on TV Tropes.[[note]]This was also the source for Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}}' rivalry with Creator/{{Pixar}}, beginning since the former just made its first film.[[/note]]

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* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office. This is the duel that, courtesy of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert's'' Creator/GeneSiskel (who sadly died not long after), provides the quote for the DuelingWorks page on TV Tropes.[[note]]This was also the source for Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}}' rivalry with Creator/{{Pixar}}, beginning since the former just made only completed its first film.film and the latter only completed two films.[[/note]]
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* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office. This is the duel that, courtesy of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert's'' Creator/GeneSiskel (who sadly died not long after), provides the quote for the DuelingWorks page on TV Tropes.

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* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office. This is the duel that, courtesy of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert's'' Creator/GeneSiskel (who sadly died not long after), provides the quote for the DuelingWorks page on TV Tropes.[[note]]This was also the source for Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}}' rivalry with Creator/{{Pixar}}, beginning since the former just made its first film.[[/note]]
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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Anne Bancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Anne Bancroft, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.
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Shout Out is not a trivia trope.


* ShoutOut:
** To ''Film/IndependenceDay'', when the kid with the magnifying glass vaporizes a dumb soldier ant who thinks the light is beautiful, a take-off on a similar dialogue. The sound effects are directly from the original ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''.
** ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', the scene where they try to drown the workers.
** Any resemblance to ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' during the termite battle scene is a coincidence, according to WordOfGod.
** The film also has strong elements from ''Literature/TheRedBadgeOfCourage''.
** There are several subtle shout outs in dialogue to ''Franchise/StarWars'':
*** "I hope you know what you're doing." "Yeah, me too."
*** "The Colonel is not as understanding as I am."
*** "Aren't you a little short for a war hero?"
*** "Who's the bigger idiot, the idiot or the idiot who gets kidnapped by the idiot?"
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* ActorAllusion: There's a reason people consider ''Antz'' a vital part of Creator/WoodyAllen's oeuvre despite his not writing or directing it. Weaver is very much a Stallone type of character as well, especially when he mutters while being tortured, "I ain't tellin' you ''nothin'.''"

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* ActorAllusion: There's a reason people consider ''Antz'' a vital part of Creator/WoodyAllen's oeuvre despite his not writing or directing it.it (though he rewrote it). Weaver is very much a Stallone type of character as well, especially when he mutters while being tortured, "I ain't tellin' you ''nothin'.''"
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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Anne Bancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, John Malhoney, [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Anne Bancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, [[Series/{{Frasier}} John Malhoney, Mahoney]], [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.
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* BechdelTest: Passes the original version, fails the updated versions (neither the Queen Ant or Bala's handmaidens are named and their conversations either don't last more than sixty seconds or don't without mentioning a male character).
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ChristopherWalken, known mainly for being [[LargeHam hilariously over-the-top]] characters, plays the soft-spoken, deadpan Colonel Cutter.
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* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office.

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* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office. This is the duel that, courtesy of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert's'' Creator/GeneSiskel (who sadly died not long after), provides the quote for the DuelingWorks page on TV Tropes.
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... well that's just a judgment we are not here to make. And definitely not the common opinion.


* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office. Thanks to the far more adult nature of the script, ''Antz'' has aged better, however.

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* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office. Thanks to the far more adult nature of the script, ''Antz'' has aged better, however.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Protagonist Z is played by Creator/WoodyAllen, and he's surrounded by an AllStarCast.
** Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/DannyGlover, Anne Bancroft, [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]].
** The Japanese-dubbed version uses many voice actors from action-oriented Anime series in the cast:
*** Z [[Creator/ToshioFurukawa is]] [[Anime/DragonBallZ Picollo]], [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Shin]] and [[Anime/{{Patlabor}} Asuma Shinohara.]]
*** Princess Bala [[Creator/MasakoKatsuki is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Tsunade]] and [[Anime/SailorMoon Michiru Kaioh[=/=]Sailor Neptune.]]
*** Weaver [[Creator/TesshoGenda is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Kurama]] and [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Takeda Shingen.]]
*** General Mandible [[Creator/KinryuArimoto is]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Patrick Zala]] and [[Anime/KillLaKill Dr. Isshin Matoi]].
*** Azteca [[Creator/ChikaSakamoto is]] [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Mei Kusakabe]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterEX Pullum Pulna]]
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* ShoutOut:
** To ''Film/IndependenceDay'', when the kid with the magnifying glass vaporizes a dumb soldier ant who thinks the light is beautiful, a take-off on a similar dialogue. The sound effects are directly from the original ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''.
** ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', the scene where they try to drown the workers.
** Any resemblance to ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' during the termite battle scene is a coincidence, according to WordOfGod.
** The film also has strong elements from ''Literature/TheRedBadgeOfCourage''.
** There are several subtle shout outs in dialogue to ''Franchise/StarWars'':
*** "I hope you know what you're doing." "Yeah, me too."
*** "The Colonel is not as understanding as I am."
*** "Aren't you a little short for a war hero?"
*** "Who's the bigger idiot, the idiot or the idiot who gets kidnapped by the idiot?"

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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Sharon Stone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Gene Hackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Anne Bancroft, Danny Glover, John Malhoney, [[MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]] and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.

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* AllStarCast: The billing goes ''twelve'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Sharon Stone, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Gene Hackman, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Anne Bancroft, Danny Glover, Creator/DannyGlover, John Malhoney, [[MurphyBrown [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]] Shaud]], and Paul Mazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.



* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office.
** Thanks to the far more adult nature of the script, ''Antz'' has aged better, however.

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* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office.
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office. Thanks to the far more adult nature of the script, ''Antz'' has aged better, however.



** Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JaneCurtin, Danny Glover, Anne Bancroft, [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]].

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** Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JaneCurtin, Danny Glover, Creator/DannyGlover, Anne Bancroft, [[Series/MurphyBrown Grant Shaud]].



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Antz.html According to the original script]], General Mandible was originally called Formica. His ultimate fate, instead of being impaled on a twig, was nearly drowning before being rescued by Z and the others, then becoming a honeydew keg.
** Also, Bala wasn't just [[LockedInARoom locked in Formica's office]] in the original script - she was BoundAndGagged and dumped in the Megatunnel before being rescued by Z.

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[[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Antz.html According to the original script]], General Mandible was originally called Formica. His ultimate fate, instead of being impaled on a twig, was nearly drowning before being rescued by Z and the others, then becoming a honeydew keg.
** Also, Bala wasn't just [[LockedInARoom locked in Formica's office]] in the original script - she script--she was BoundAndGagged and dumped in the Megatunnel before being rescued by Z.

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