History Characters / ABugsLife

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Looks like he genuinely loved his late mother, as he refuses (despite coming very close) to kill Molt due a promise he did to her on her deathbed.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: As far as birds go it's not very big. But compared to the bugs it's a giant predator.

* {{Greed}}: Pretty much his prime motivation. He's willing to be burned twice a night for an act that has become a huge hit and Francis is able to distract him simply by pointing behind him and yelling, "Money!". When trying to negotiate with hs workers to be released, he merely offers them the ''promise'' that he will consider paying them.

* RepulsiveRingmaster: He is the ringmaster of the circus bugs, and while not outright evil, he is the least heroic and most unpleasant out of them.

* ButtMonkey: He's always used in his acts as a prop.

* CowardlyLion: He's much stronger and imposing than any other bug in the film, but he's got a cowardly personality and a calm demeanor that doesn't let his true strength show until the final battle where he proves fearsome enough to make [[AxCrazy Thumper]] run away without a doubt.

* TooCleverByHalf: Hopper is smart enough to know that the ants far outnumber the grasshoppers and that they need to be kept in line for the grasshopper' sake. 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.

* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: The only justification Hopper gives to the ants for his reign is some vague talk about the grasshoppers protecting them from more dangerous insects but the ants seem to not have any enemies except for Hopper. It's Flik pointing out that Grasshoppers need ants, not the other way around, that leads to the ants finally pushing back.

* BerserkButton: Challenging his authority or standing up to him, due to him being a ControlFreak tyrant and bully. He's visibly angered when Flick talks back to him while trying to defend Atta, and doubles down the offering because of it, and when Molt tells him that perhaps they should stay at their lair rather than return to Ant's Island he immediately becomes enraged and nearly beat Molt before killing the three grasshoppers who suggested the idea to Molt for questionning his decision in the first place.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardKind [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Henri Guybet (European French), François L'Écuyer (Canadian French), Ulf Brunnberg (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]

** Another minor case: At the start of the film she's terrified of Hopper, and when he demands to know what happened to the food she tries to pass the buck to Flik (though in her case she really didn't do it). At the end of the film, when Hopper is furious with [[spoiler:the false bird]] and demands to know who did it, Atta is calmly willing to take the blame to protect Flik (and the Blueberries), and stands up for Flik when Hopper is prepared to kill him over it.

* DumbassHasAPoint: He aggressively tries to stop Manny from using the Queen for his next magic trick before Hopper calls him off. It turns out that the trick was a ruse to get the Queen away from Hopper.

* MoreDespicableMinion: Hopper is a tyrannical, ruthless gangster with very few redeeming qualities, but if nothing else, he at least understands the value of restraint to a degree. The same cannot be said for his deranged, AxCrazy lieutenant Thumper.

* ObfuscatingInsanity: Implied. He acts like a vicious, psychotic animal who has to be leashed to stop him from attacking the ants, but in Hopper's hideout, he acts much more civilized around the other grasshoppers. Assuming it's not a ConformingOOCMoment, this implies his crazed persona is all an act he deliberately puts on to intimidate the ants before he kills them.