History YMMV / TheAntBully

* JerkassWoobie: Lucas Nickle. [[EarnYourHappyEnding Thankfully, he got better.]]

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Even when you feel beaten down and isolated, you're only hurting yourself more by pushing people away in anger and fear, or worse taking out your anger in needlessly cruel ways. Reaching out for help and learning to empathize with those who are different are signs of strength, not weakness.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Even when you feel beaten down and isolated, you're only hurting yourself more by pushing people away in anger and fear. Reaching out for help and learning to empathize with those who are different are signs of strength, not weakness.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The message about working together regardless of differences.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Working together regardless of differences is quite a valid aesop, but more than a few reviewers pointed out how Lucas was taught to conform to the point of not being an individual. Negative reviews went as far as to call the movie Communist propaganda or a Hezbollah training video.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The auditions for terrified ant #1697.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Fugax. Even the most negative reviews singled out Creator/BruceCampbell for praise for his performance.

** The wasp attack on the caterpillar herd, largely because of the wasps' menacing designs and the creepy voice acting behind them (particularly the wasp that stalks Lucas in the grass)

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Fugax. Even the most negative reviews singled out Creator/BruceCampbell for praise in his performance.

* NightmareFuel: The frog's stomach scene, along with a healthy amount of MoodDissonance: [[spoiler:BURRRRRP]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The auditions for terrified ant #1697.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Working together regardless of differences is quite a valid aesop, but more than a few reviewers pointed out how Lucas was taught to conform to the point of not being an individual. Negative reviews went as far as to call the movie Communist propoganda or a Hezbollah training video.
* FridgeBrilliance: Lucas seems to get SuperStrength and climbing ability for no reason. But if a person were shrunk that small, he would become stronger and probably be able to get his fingers into smaller cracks to climb up seemingly smooth surfaces!

** It's been [[ComicBook/AntMan done before]]. And it's [[Film/AntMan going to be done again]].
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The auditions for terrified ant #1697.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: [[spoiler: Stan's ultimate fate of seems very harsh considering his actions are not really all that different from Lucas. In fact, Stan was hired by Lucas to take out the anthill, meaning he's doing it for work, unlike Lucas who did it purely for his own sadistic satisfaction. He may be taking a bit too much pleasure out of his job, but he is unaware that the ants are intelligent creatures. At the end, Lucas gets to go home while Stan presumably has to live the rest of his life with a pretty serious disability.]]

** Of course, this trope is averted if you happen to come from a Communist family.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The message about working together regardless of differences. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Then again...]]

* CrowningMomentofFunny: The auditions for terrified ant #1697.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The frog's stomach scene, along with a healthy amount of MoodDissonance: [[spoiler:BURRRRRP]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Fugax. Even the most negative reviews singled out BruceCampbell for praise in his performance.

* FridgeBrilliance: Lucas seems to get SuperStrength and climbing ability for no reason. But if a person were shrunk that small, he would become stronger and probobly be able to get his fingers into smaller cracks to climb up seemingly smooth surfaces!

* Funny: The auditions for terrified ant #1697.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Working together regardless of differences is quite a valid aesop, but more than a few pointed out how Lucas was taught to conform to the point of not being an individual. Negative reviews went as far as to call the movie Communist propoganda or a Hezbollah training video.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The frog's stomach scene, along with a healthy amount of MoodDissonance: [[spoiler: BURRRRRP]]
* MoralEventHorizon: Beals crosses the line between doing his job and outright sadism. He loves killing bugs and he taunts Lucas into signing the contract just so he can kill a bunch of ants.