Cockroach Waitress
Hey, who ordered the Poo Poo Platter?
Flik
Dave Foley · 24 quotes
Francis
Denis Leary · 16 quotes
Gypsy
Madeline Kahn · 15 quotes
Hopper
Kevin Spacey · 15 quotes
Princess Atta
Julia Louis-Dreyfus · 15 quotes
Mr. Soil
Roddy McDowall · 14 quotes
Queen
Phyllis Diller · 14 quotes
Dot
Hayden Panettiere · 11 quotes
P.T. Flea
John Ratzenberger · 10 quotes
Slim
David Hyde Pierce · 10 quotes
Manny
Jonathan Harris · 9 quotes
Molt
Richard Kind · 9 quotes
Rosie
Bonnie Hunt · 8 quotes
Dr. Flora
Edie McClurg · 7 quotes
Thorny
Alex Rocco · 7 quotes
Cornelius
David Ossman · 6 quotes
Dim
Brad Garrett · 4 quotes
Grub
4 quotes
Reed
3 quotes
Tuck and Roll
Michael McShane · 2 quotes
Most scenes together: Flik & Princess Atta (10), Heimlich & Slim (9), Flik & Queen (7)
A Bug's Life quotes
Page 1 of 8No! Bad grasshopper! Bad grasshopper! Go home! [Thumper roars, and Dim roars loudly, and Thumper is scared and leaves; Dim and Dot give a high-five] Yeah!
Drunk Mosquito
Hey, bartender, Bloody Mary, O positive.
YOU'RE PERFECT! Oh, great ones! I have been scouting for bugs with your exact talents!
My colony's in trouble. Grasshoppers are coming! We've been forced to prepare all this food.
Dinner theater!
Food?
Fly
[?]
Where are they?
We'll take the job!
Really?
Yah! Yah!
[has just realized the "warrior bugs" are from the circus]
Your Highness! The warriors have called a secret meeting to make plans for the circus... Uh, circumventing the oncoming horde, so they can trapeze... Trap them with ease!
Well, shouldn't I come, too?
No! Ha ha ha! Sorry. No, no, see, it's classified in the DMZ; gotta go ASAP, you know, strictly BYOB. Bye!
Ants
They're here!
Mom! Where are you?!
Ants
They're coming! Run!
Dot! Dot!
Mom!
Single file!
Mom!
Thank heavens!
Please, everyone. Uh, food to the offering stone.
[whistles]
Okay, everyone, single file. Food to offering stone and into the anthill. Now, let's go!
Ant #4
Go, go, go, go.
Come on. Keep movin', keep movin'. Good! Okay. That's everyone.
[She flies into the anthill with the others]
Hey! Hey, wait for me! [runs up to the offering stone, tangled up in his harvester] Get the food to the offering stone, then into the anthill.
[Flik takes off his harvester and sets it on the offering stone. It vibrates off the platform and falls to the ground. The stalk-holder flips out and knocks one of the supporting rocks loose. The offering stone tips over, and the food starts falling off. Suddenly, we hear the crash, and Flik turns around and sees the food falling off!] [screams]
No! No, no, no, no, no! Oh, oh!
[Flik grabs the leaf's stem to save the food, but his attempts are futile. Every single piece of food falls off. Looking over the edge, Flik watches in horror as the very last piece falls into the creek]
Oh, no. Princess Atta! Princess Atta! Princess Attaaaa!
[Soon, the ants started cheering for Flik's departure] [breathes in]
All right. Hey, fellas. Beautiful morning, huh?
[Sliding down a clover. Reed follows]
My dad says he gives you one hour before you come back to the island crying.
Does he now?
My dad doesn't think that.
He doesn't huh?
Nah, he's betting you're gonna die.
Oh.
Yeah, he says if the heat doesn't get you, the birds will.
Well, I think he's gonna make it.
Nobody asked you, Your Royal Shortness.
Yeah, Dot. What do you know?
Hey, hey, hey. Ease up, all right? Come on. She's entitled to her opinion, too. Ohh...
So go, already. Hey!
The city's that way!
I know.
You're supposed to look for bugs, not dandelions!
You leave him alone. He knows what he's doing.
That's right! Here I go! For the colony and for oppressed ants everywhere! Whoa...
Wow!
Hey!
Bye, Flik!
Wow. Whoa!
Good luck, Flik!
Bye! [hits a rock]
Flik!
You just watch. He's gonna get the bestest, roughest bugs you've ever seen!
We are going to build a bird: a bird we can operate from the inside...
...which will then be hoisted above the anthill, and right when Hopper and his gang are below, we launch the bird, and scare off the grasshoppers! It's going to take...
...everyone's involvement to make this plan a reality. I know it's not our tradition to do things differently, but if our ancestors were able to build this anthill, we can certainly rally together to build this bird!
[The ants cheer wildly]
Fly Brother #1
[to Francis]
Hey, cutie! Wanna pollinate with a real bug? [laughs]
[flies up to the pair of flies and angrily throws his hat off]
SO, being a ladybug automatically makes me a girl! Is that it, flyboy?! Huh?!
Fly Brother #2
Yikes!
Fly Brother #1
She's a guy!
Not again! [hops off]
Judging by your breath, you must have been buzzing around a dung heap all day!
Come on, Francis, You're making the maggots cry.
[The baby maggots wail. Large wings with eye spots fan out. They belong to a moth, Gypsy, who preens and warms up her voice in a dressing room. Gypsy operatic vocalizing]
All right, we're dying out there. Gypsy, quick, you and Manny...
Shh. He's in a trance.
[An elderly praying mantis, Manny, is shown in the room rubbing his temples with his eyes closed]
Well, get him out of it! You and your husband are up now!
Manny, we're on!
Oh? Yet again, it is up to me to rescue the performance. Gypsy, come.
Yes, of course.
[We cut to Francis, whose face is reflected multiple times in the fly's eyes]
Anytime, pal! I'm gonna pick the hairs out of your head one by one!
Fly Brother #1
Take your best shot!
You name the place!
Fly Brother #2
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, 'cause when you get there, YOU ARE DEAD!
I heard that, you twig!
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present Manto the Magnificent and his lovely assistant, Gypsy!
[?]
From the most mysterious regions of uncharted Asia, I give you the Chinese Cabinet of Metamorphosis!
Rosie, whole troupe! On stage! Finale! Now!
Now!
Coming. Coming. Tuck, Roll. Let's get moving, guys. We're up next.
Up-a! Up-a! [speaking gibberish]
Hey! They don't understand me.
I summon the voice of Confucius...
Circus Fly
Get off the stage, you old hack!
[Fruit continues to hit Manny as he storms offstage. Gypsy remains inside the food container] [muffled]
Manny? Manny!
Fly Brother #2
I only got 24 hours to live, and I ain't gonna waste it here! Come on!
[P.T. runs to a matchbox and takes a match]
I've just about had it with these losers! [Strikes the match and hops onto his thimble in the center ring] FLAMING DEATH!!!
[The leaving flies stop to look]
I hold in my hand the match! The match that decides whether two bugs live or die this very evening! In a moment, I will light this trail of matches, leading to a sheet of flypaper doused in lighter fluid! Aimed directly at the flypaper are Tuck and Roll, the pillbug cannonballs! The cannon will be triggered by Dim, trained to jump at the sound of this bell, set to go off in 15 seconds. Our pill bugs' only hope of survival is our mistress of the high wire, Rosie! Secured to a web line of exact length, Rosie will plummet down to these two posts, spinning a web of safety in less than 15 SECONDS!!! Not good enough, you say? Well, what if they were all BLINDFOLDED?! [The cast puts on blindfolds. The flies hurry back to their seats.] Ladies and Gentlemen, may I suggest that those of you with weak constitutions leave the arena, for this act is so dangerous that if the slightest thing should go wrong...
[Roll tightens Tuck's blindfold too tight, and they both slap each other, launching Tuck into P.T. He drops the lit match and triggers the line of Matches]
No!
Go?! Whoa! Okay, through the tunnel...
Whoa!
[Gypsy falls onto the timer, causing it to ding and signalling Dim to jump. Dim laughs]
Okay, that's done!
Aaah!
P.T.!
Oh, no!
Oh, dear.
[The flame continues approaching. P.T. Flea attempts to pull himself off. P.T. Flea panics and grunts]
Water! We need some water!
Water, water, water, water!
Fly Brother #1
[P.T. successfully pulls himself off the flypaper and walks off laughing triumphantly until the flypaper falls on top of him and is ignited by the flame]
Wow!
[The flypaper burns away, leaving behind a charred P.T.standing midstep]
It's the-the web. I'm sorry, it's--
You're all fired.
We got the water!
Here we come, P.T.!
We'll save you.
Fly Brother #1
[Francis, Slim and Heimlich toss water onto P.T. Flea, who floats within it] [clapping]
Whoo! Whoa!
Fly Brother #2
Burn him again!
Grasshopper Seeker #1
Just shut up a minute, will ya? I think I heard something over here. Have you checked over there?
Grasshopper Seeker #2
No, not yet.
Grasshopper Seeker #1
Well, then, go over there and check it out!
Grasshopper Seeker #2
Wait a minute... Hey, I think I found something. [picks up Dot's blueberry bandana] Hee, hee, cool! [places it on to of his head] Hey, how do I look?
Grasshopper Seeker #1
Like an idiot.
Grasshopper Seeker #2
I don't know, maybe it'll, uh, keep me dry in the rain.
Grasshopper Seeker #1
You moron, we'll be outta here before it rains, didn't you hear, Hopper? After the ants pick all the food, he's gonna squish the queen to remind them who's boss; then she's dead, they cry, boo-hoo, we go home, end of story!
Grasshopper Seeker #2
Oh, cool, I love our job.
Stay here; I'm gonna get help.
Hey, look who's playing lookout again. Little Speck!
The name is Dot.
Well, Spot, you still looking for Flik?
Forget it, Dot. That loser's never coming back.
What?
Quit shoving!
Flik! Over here! Flik! Flik!
Hey!
He did it! He did it! Yay! He did it! He did it!
Cool!
That's right! We need a miracle!
YOU LITTLE TERMITES! I GIVE YOU A SECOND CHANCE, AND THIS IS ALL I GET?!
But, Hopper, we ran out of time!
HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING ALL SUMMER?! YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME?!
No, no! Please!
WELL, GUESS WHAT... you just lost! [Thumper scares Ants] NOT ONE ANT SLEEPS UNTIL WE GET EVERY SCRAP OF FOOD ON THIS ISLAND!!!
Just do what he says. You don't want to make him mad, believe me!
Mosquito Waitress
Here you go, Slick. Enjoy.
[singing]
I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich, I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich, I'm gonna be the richest flea in the land! Ka-Ching! The Streets'll be paved with golden retrievers, I'm rich, rich, rich, that's who I am!
Hey, maybe we can cheer him up a bit.
Don't worry, Flik. The circus life isn't so bad.
Yes, you can be part of our act.
Here! Like this.
Slapstick! Get it? I... I'm a walking stick. Oh, never mind.
Flik, wait! Wait!
Dot, you're flying! What are you doing here?
Oh, no!
Good heavens!
And I heard a grasshopper say that when they're finished, Hopper's gonna squish my mom!
Oh, not the queen!
We got to do something!
How?
Come on, you guys, think!
I know. The bird.
Yes, of course.
The bird! That's brilliant.
Ja!
What are you talking about? It was your idea.
But you said that everything...
[depressed]
Forget everything I ever told you All right Dot? Let's face it. The colony is right; I just make things worse. That bird is a guaranteed failure. [sighs] Just like me.
You listen to me, my boy, I've made a living out of being a failure, and you, sir, are not a failure!
Oh, but Flik, you've done so many good things.
Oh yeah, okay, show me one thing I've done right?
Us.
All
Yeah, yeah.
Dim is right, my boy. You have rekindled the long-dormant embers of purpose in our lives.
And if it wasn't for you, Francis would have never gotten in touch with his feminine side.
Oh, yeah?! Well... [chuckles] You know what? He's right.
Lieutenant Gypsy reporting for duty.
Kid, say the word, and we'll follow you into battle.
We believe in you, my boy.
Flik, please?
[Flik doesn't move as Dot flies off and picks up a rock from the ground and brings it to her best friend]
Pretend it's a seed, okay?
Must be an ant thing.
All right, let's do it.
That's the Flik we know and love.
Ooh-whoo-whoo!
We're on!
So, what do we do first?
[Yelled To The Ant Colony Like A Slave Driver]
ALL RIGHT, GET MOVING! [Pushing All The Ants Into Line] Get Going, Move Your Abdomens Now!
[Watched The Ants Gather The Food]
Oh No, They've Finished Collecting The Food. We've Got To Get The Queen Now. Once She's Safe, We Move On Gypsy's Signal.
Oh... Wind's died down. They'll be here soon.
Just be confident, dear. You'll be fine.
Ah! There's a gap. There's a gap in the line! What are we gonna do?!
It's okay, Your Highness. Gaps happen. We just lost a few inches, that's all.
Oh, right. [hovers over Thorny's shoulder]
Your Highness, I can't count when you hover like that.
Oh, of course. I'm sorry. [chuckles] Go ahead.
Guys, go shade someone else for a while. Okay, Atta. Now what do we do?
Oh! Don't tell me. I know it. I know it. What is it?
We relax!
Right.
Oh, it'll be fine. It's the same, year after year. They come, they eat, they leave. That's our lot in life. It's not a lot, but it's our life. [laughs. Atta laughs too] Isn't that right, Aphie? Oh, you're such a cute little aphid. [As she sets Aphie down, the two ant boys pop out of a hole in the ground]
Ditch Dot!
Yeah, yeah!
Hey, come back here! [tries to hover after the boys. But drops to the ground]
Dot!
Yes, Mother.
What did I tell you about trying to fly?
Not until my wings grow in.
Right.
But, Mom...
Dot, you're a young queen ant, and your wings are too little to be...
I was talking to Mother! You're not the queen yet, Atta!
Now, Dot, be nice to your sister.
It's not my fault she's so stressed out.
Atta!
Thorny and Dr. Flora
Princess Atta! Princess Atta!
Hey! Stop that!
What do you think you're doing?!
You could have killed somebody over here!
[Cornelius groans]
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! I'm sorry! [The council members lift the stalk, freeing Atta; Flik exclaims] Princess Atta!
Flik, what are you doing?
Oh... Oh, this? This is my new idea for harvesting grain! No more picking individual kernels! You can just cut down the entire stalk!
Flik, we don't have time for this.
Exactly! We never have time to collect food for ourselves, because we spend all summer harvesting for the Offering! But my invention will speed up production.
Yeah, and I've got something for you, too. [Picks up a blade of grass and folds it into a cone]
Since you're gonna be queen soon, you could use this to oversee production. [borrows a dewdrop from Dr. Flora's flower] Dr. Flora, if I may.
This is all very nice, but...
What?
Just an ordinary blade of grass and a bead of dew, right?
Flik, please.
Wrong! It is, in fact... [drops the dewdrop in the middle of the blade] A telescope!
[Flik peers at Atta through the telescope]
Hello, princess! My, aren't you looking lovely this morning! Not, of course, that you would need a telescope to see that...
[swipes the telescope from Flik and throws it near Dot's feet]
All right, listen! The Princess doesn't have time for this! You wanna help us fill this thing?! Then get rid of that machine, get back in line, and pick grain, like everybody else!
Like everybody else!
Please, Flik. Just go.
I'm sorry. I was... I was really just trying... [Thorny and Cornelius gesture pointing for Flik to go] Trying to help.
"Harvester"! Why, we've harvested the same way ever since I was a pupa.