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1!!From the 1977 Movie:
2* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: About two thirds through the film, the survivors stumble upon a battle between the black ants that have been harassing them and a second group of giant red ants. The red ants are never seen or mentioned again and don't even appear during the climax when all the black ants are killed.
3* {{Narm}}: Plenty to be found. Notably in the extremely hammy opening narration about ant behavior and Pheromones.
4* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the giant puppets the characters occasional interact with are fairly effective, most of the effects shots are accomplished by poorly superimposing stock footage and having the actors react.
5* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The majority of the main characters are jerks. [[RootingForTheEmpire It's hard not to root for the ants]].
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7!!From the Book Series:
8* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The book series, like with other Bernard Werber works, is quite popular in South Korea.
9* IronWoobie: 4000 always gets in trouble and has to be saved by 103683 but endures until the very end.
10* {{Sequelitis}}: The second book has been well-received, the third book less so.
11* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The fight against the woodpecker, that the ants manage to defeat by [[spoiler:plunging inside its bloodstream and gnawing its brain.]]

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