History YMMV / ABugsLife

* AccidentalInnuendo: When Flik is showing off the telescope he's invented:
-->'''Flik:''' Hello, Princess! [[AllMenArePerverts My, aren't you looking lovely this morning! ...Not that you'd need a telescope to see that.]]

** Flik is an inventor who is treated by an oddball and outcast by the rest of the colony for daring to have new ideas. [[spoiler:When they discover that the "warriors" he brought to save them are actually circus bugs, he is exiled and told never to return. He comes within an inch of crossing the DespairEventHorizon, believing that the fake bird won't be able to save the colony from the grasshoppers and calling it "a guaranteed failure...just like me."]]

** Flik. Slowly graduates to an IronWoobie by the climax.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Atta's banishment of Flik purely out of anger or spite for lying to her about the circus bugs, or was she telling him to leave in order to spare him from Hopper's wrath when the grasshoppers arrived?

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The big LiarRevealed scene where Atta decides to banish Flik for lying to them about the Circus Bugs does not put her in a good light for some people, mainly because of the [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] displayed by herself and the other adult ants. They all originally lied to Flik by making him believe that they sent him off on a glorious quest to search for Warrior Bugs to save the ant colony from the grasshoppers, when in actuality, Atta and company just wanted Flik gone, and to not come back. The scene on [=YouTube=] even has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw&t=140s many comments]] criticizing Atta's decision.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The big LiarRevealed scene where Atta decides to banish Flik for lying to them about the Circus Bugs does not put her in a good light for some people. Mainly because of the [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] displayed by Atta and the other adult ants. They all originally lied to Flik by making him believe that they sent him off on a glorious quest to search for Warrior Bugs to save the ant colony from the grasshoppers when in actuality, Atta and company just wanted Flik gone, and to not come back. The scene on [=YouTube=] even has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw&t=140s many comments]] criticizing Atta's decision.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some fans criticize Attas decision to banish Flik form the colony a second time. Just see these many comments on [=YouTube=]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw&t=140s

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some fans criticize Attas decision to banish Flik form the colony a second time. Just see these many comments on [=Youtube=]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw&t=140s

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some fans criticize Attas decision to banish Flik form the colony a second time. Just see these many comments on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gIx67Cxvw&t=140s

* PopularWithFurries: Atta, Gypsy, and especially Rosie are all very popular with fans of arthropods.

%%* LoveToHate: Hopper.

* HilariousInHindsight: Speaking of earlier, given the fact that this movie was in a dueling release war with ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'', the main villain in that movie, General Mandible, was voiced by Creator/GeneHackman, while Hopper, the main villain in this movie, was voiced by Creator/KevinSpacey. Spacey would later play the same [[ComicBook/LexLuthor comic book supervillain]] that Hackman played [[Film/SupermanTheMovie three]] [[Film/SupermanII times]] [[Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace prior]] in ''Film/SupermanReturns'', which even serves as a standalone sequel to ''Superman II''.

** One of the hilarious outtakes features [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]] holding a film clapper. Eight years later, Creator/TomHanks and his Playtone company would produce/distribute their own animated insect film--''WesternAnimation/TheAntBully''.

* SignatureScene: Hopper's speech about keeping the ant colony in line is the most famous scene in the film. While originally it mainly beloved as a nightmarish but ''very'' effective showcase of how [[MoralEventHorizon evil Hopper is]], it gained a [[ValuesResonance new appreciation]] after the rise of the [=#MeToo=] movement. Hopper's "getting buried by grain" analogy is often used to show how while one accusation may not accomplish much, multiple people coming out with and backing it up can ultimately make a difference. In summer 2023, the scene gained another resurgence during the writer's strike with Hopper being compared to [=CEOs=] in Hollywood, and the ants being compared to writers and artists.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Many people dislike the ant colony (bar Dot) for being such nasty, hypocritical jerks towards Flik, exiling him for his ruse even though they set him up ''first'' simply to get him out of their way. Hopper, on the other hand, is considered to be quite a memorable villain, even though he goes as far as [[WouldHurtAChild almost feeding Dot to Thumper]] and strangling Flik to near-death by the climax.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Many people dislike the ant colony (bar Dot) for being such nasty, hypocritical jerks towards Flik, exiling him for his ruse even though they set him up ''first'' simply to get him out of their way. Hopper, on the other hand, is considered to be quite a memorable villain, even though he goes as far as [[WouldHurtAChild almost feeding Dot to Thumper]] and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown strangling Flik to near-death]] by the climax.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Many people dislike the ant colony (bar Dot) for being such nasty, hypocritical jerks towards Flik, exiling him for his ruse even though they set him up ''first'' simply to get him out of their way. Hopper, on the other hand, is considered to be quite a memorable villain, even though he goes as far as [[WouldHurtAChild attempting to feed Dot to Thumper]] and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating Flik to near-death]] by the climax.

* SignatureScene: Hopper's speech about keeping the ant colony in line is the most famous scene in the film. While originally it mainly beloved as a nightmarish but ''very'' effective showcase of how [[MoralEventHorizon evil Hopper is]], it gained a [[ValuesResonance new appreciation]] after the rise of the [=#MeToo=] movement. Hopper's "getting buried by grain" analogy is often used to show how while one accusation may not accomplish much, multiple people coming out with and backing it up can ultimately make a difference. In summer 2023, the scene gained another resurgence during the writer's strike with Hopper being compared to CEOs in Hollywood, and the ants being compared to writers and artists.