History VideoGame / ABugsLife

''A Bug's Life'' is the 3D PlatformGame adaptation of the Creator/{{Pixar}} [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife film of the same name]], released in 1998 on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, UsefulNotes/Nintendo64, and PC. It was developed by Creator/TravellersTales, making it their second Pixar-based LicensedGame after ''VideoGame/ToyStory''. An 8-bit version of the game was developed by Tiertex Design Studios and published by Creator/{{THQ}} for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor in 1998.

* WarmUpBoss: Thumper is the first boss of the game, and he mostly sticks to the center of the level so you can ignore him and grab stronger berries, which can be spammed to defeat him in seconds. Every other boss either incorporates more platforming or has better means of hurting Flik apart from [[BreatherBoss the bird]].

* GuideDangIt: [[spoiler:The game never hints at the existence of the secret bonus levels, with the only indication that they exist being the exclamation points produced when you do the actions related to their unlock conditions. The unlock methods (bouncing on five mushrooms in a row, killing five enemies by squashing them flat without missing, and killing five grasshoppers in a row without missing any berry throws) are hard to do on accident and can only be done in a few select levels each.]]

* AirborneMook: Flies, wasps, and mosquitoes; flies are smaller and more damage-absorbing while always remaining in flight, mosquitoes are larger but not as tough and sometimes drop to the ground, and wasps always remain airborne but can do an overly aggressive GroundPound move to sting Flik.

''A Bug's Life'' is the 3D PlatformGame adaptation of the Creator/{{Pixar}} [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife film of the same name]], released in 1998 on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, UsefulNotes/Nintendo64, and PC. It was developed by Creator/TravellersTales, making it their second Pixar-based LicensedGame after ''VideoGame/ToyStory''.

* GameOverMan: A repurposed clip from the film featuring Hopper (the "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall You think this is a game?]]" scene) is played after you lose your last life, before the game over screen appears and the game resets. [[SurpriseCreepy It works very well]] because Hopper is staring right at the camera in said scene.

* AirborneMook: Flies, wasps, and mosquitoes; flies are smaller and more damage-absorbing while always remaining in flight, mosquitoes are larger but not as tough and sometimes drop to the ground, and wasps always remain airborne but can do a GroundPound move to sting Flik.

* CarnivoreConfusion: Rosie is still an ally, but spiders and Daddy Long Legs' appear as enemies. It's even more confusing because the cutscene to the city level, where the very first enemy is a Daddy Long Legs, has the shot of the Daddy Long Legs from the movie passing over Flik and making no attempt to harm him or any other insects in the area.

* KingMook: Molt shares the same movement behavior as the grasshopper enemies (patrolling a small area and charging at Flik if he enters that area) while having a much larger health bar, faster movement compared to other grasshoppers, and the level's gimmick of having the ants throw red berries that take the place of your current berry. Hopper averts this by being the only grasshopper than can fly and throw water projectiles.

* CarnivoreConfusion: Rosie is still an ally, but spiders and Daddy Long Legs' appear as enemies.

* TheGoomba: Spiders are the first and weakest enemy in the game, only hurting Flik if they touch him and dying in one hit from a jump or berry throw.

* KingMook: Thumper and Molt share the same movement behavior as the grasshopper enemies (patrolling a small area and charging at Flik if he enters that area) while having much larger health bars. Hopper averts this by being the only grasshopper than can fly and throw water projectiles.

* AbsenteeActor: Downplayed with P.T. Flea, who appears in the movie clips but never shows up in gameplay unlike all the other named characters.

* GroundPound: Pressing the jump button while Flik is in midair makes him perform a butt-stomp, killing any enemies he lands near. It also slightly stalls his decent, which can be exploited for long jumps. [[spoiler:The wasps can also butt-stomp Flik if they get above him (i.e. sting him).]]

* ShoutOut: To {{WesternAnimation/Bambi}}. Thumper's boss level is titled "They call him Thumper", and Flik's first quote upon seeing Thumper is "I'm psycho, that's why they call me Thumper".

* SpellingBonus: Each level contains collectibles of the letters F, L, I, and K. Collecting all four letters gives you the FLIK Token for that level and an extra life (the only way to gain extra lives in the game).

* AbnormalAmmo: In the final level, Hopper attacks by throwing water droplets at Flik.

* AdaptationalBadass: Flik actually fights in this game. To give a comparison, in the movie, he was beaten to a pulp by Thumper. In this game, he kills Thumper.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the film, Thud was a thug who wanted to beat up Francis and the other circus bugs. In this game, he tries to outright ''murder'' Flik.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Flik's Harvester appears in several levels, and while operating it, he's invincible to enemy attacks, magnetizes grain towards him, and permanently kills any enemy that he kills with the blades ([[OneHitKill in one hit no less]]). However, Flik moves very slowly while using it and can't jump without dropping it, and only enemies that can be killed by red berries are affected by its blades. Since the Harvester is never required to finish a level, it's best to ignore it and use gold berries to kill the enemies instead (unless you don't have them).