History WesternAnimation / BeeMovie

*** "We will no longer tolerate derogatory bee-negative nicknames" (and Sting being arrested for this alone) and "We demand an end to the [[BearyFriendly glorification of the bear]] as anything other than a filthy smelly big-headed bad breath stink machine!" overstep the First Amendment right to free speech.

* InkSuitActor: Barry is just Creator/JerrySeinfeld with wings and stripes.

''Bee Movie'' is a 2007 CGI animated feature film produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and co-written by and starring Creator/JerrySeinfeld. Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry is rescued by Vanessa Bloome (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship [[JustForPun blossoms]], Barry discovers that humans take honey from bee hives without asking, thus stealing it. He then sues humanity for its percieved transgressions against bees, and things sure do happen.

''Bee Movie'' is a 2007 CGI animated feature film produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and co-written by and starring Creator/JerrySeinfeld. Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry is rescued by Vanessa Bloome (Creator/ReneeZellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship [[JustForPun blossoms]], Barry discovers that humans take honey from bee hives without asking, thus stealing it. He decides to sue them.

-->'''Adam''': Those ladies? Aren't they are cousins too?\\

* AgainstTheGrain: After graduating, Barry realises he's doomed to a life of non-stop labor and questions the role he's been born into. When he decides he doesn't want to work for the hive, his parents grow concerned and question his motives, especially after he reveals he's befriended a human. The trope is somewhat subverted, as the other bees adapt Barry's ethics and stop producing honey, resulting in catastrophic effects on the environment. Barry realises he shouldn't have meddled with the status quo.

->''Ya like jazz?''

*** "We will no longer tolerate derogatory bee-negative nicknames" - and Sting being arrested for this alone - oversteps the First Amendment right to free speech.

** After Creator/RayLiotta unleashes his temper on Barry during the trial, there is a section on the newspaper stating [[Film/UnlawfulEntry[[''Unlawful Entry 2'']]]] will be canceled.

* TheCameo: Vincent the bear from ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' makes a brief appearance during the [[https://youtu.be/jpEfgrff8z0?t=81 courtroom trial]], albeit with [[AdaptationalDyeJob brown fur instead of the black fur he had before]].

** Barry sues the five largest honey manufacturers on behalf of the bees they exploit. This is a class action lawsuit, where a few representative plaintiffs claim that they are representative of a larger class of people, and thus believe that they should be able to prosecute the lawsuit on behalf of all of those people who are similarly affected. Per the federal definition of a class action lawsuit, there are some requirements that have to be met before they can proceed further per Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, such as:

*** 6) Adequacy of counsel. (Barry is not even a lawyer, so he can't even proceed with this proceeding, let alone adequately represent the actual class members that he's trying to move forward with.)

** During Mr. Montgomery's effort to grill Barry about his relationship with Vanessa, people and bees should be interrupting with "Objection, relevance" and "objection, argumentative".

* CourtroomAntic:
** While waiting for the SmokingGun to arrive, Adam stalls by teaching the jury how to make paper boats.
** Barry brings a live and aggressive bear into the courtroom as a Demonstrative. Needless to say, no court would allow such a thing.

* Daydream surprise: Barry has one about Vanessa.

** Layton T. Montgomery says that

* ParentalBonus:

* KissingCousins: In the beginning, Adam makes a comment about a girl next to them being hot. Only to learn from Barry she's his cousin.

'''Barry''': She's my cousin.

-->'''Barry:''' [[LampshadeHanging You know there's a Larry King in the Human world too!]]

* AcousticLicense: There are ''numerous'' cases when you have to wonder how is it possible that everyone can hear a tiny bee crystal clear, no matter the distance. It gets especially egregious during Barry's speeches in the court, where he doesn't use a microphone or anything like that, and yet everyone can perfectly hear him.

*** 1) There needs to be an adequate class definition. ("All bees" is not an adequate class definition, especially that not all bees have had their honey taken)