A scene from Antz 1998
Bartender

Two aphid beers.

Z Marion-4195

Why'd I have to be born a worker? Soldiers get all the glory, plus you get to go out in the world. You meet interesting insects, you get to kill them.

Weaver

Yeah. But you get to spend all day with those beautiful worker girls.

Z Marion-4195

Weaver, they're career girls. They're obsessed with digging. [sighs] I don't think I'm ever gonna meet the right girl for me.

Weaver
[to Z]

Who said a girl for you? I was talking about a girl for me. Don't you want your aphid beer?

Z Marion-4195

Call me crazy, but... [clears throat] I have a thing about drinking from the anus of another creature. Okay?

Weaver

Suit yourself. Ah, me,? I'm cutting a lose. We got a royal inspection coming up.

Z Marion-4195

Inspection, meaning you're gonna stand around like an idiot while a bunch of blue bloods smirk at you. I don't know how you put up with it, Weaver.

Weaver

Z, I've known you for a long time. Right?

Z Marion-4195

Definitely. You were born two seconds after me.

Weaver

Yeah, and ever since we were little, I've been listening to you complain. What are you b*tching about? In case you haven't noticed, we ants are running the show! We're the lords of the earth!

Z Marion-4195

Hey, don't talk to me about earth, okay? 'Cause I just spent all day hauling it around. [he sighs] There's just got to be a better place.

Grebs

There is. I've been there.

Z Marion-4195

I'm sorry. Were you talking to me?

Grebs

There is a better place, Insectopia.

Z Marion-4195

Oh, really. Lunatic at 3:00.

Grebs

You can't understand until you go there and see it yourself. You can be your own ant there. The streets are paved with food. Nobody tellin' you what to do. No wars. No colony. I shoulda never left.

Z Marion-4195
[chuckling]

Oh, yeah. Fascinating.

Grebs

We were on a long-range recon. I got cut off from my unit.

Z Marion-4195

Nothing like post-traumatic stress disorder to make your day complete.

Grebs

Then I saw it, Insectopia!

Worker Ant #1

Hey!

Grebs

You head towards the monolith. Ten clicks past the great canyons to the land of red and white.

Guard Ant #1
[takes Grebs]

Hey, gramps. You've had enough for one tonight. Come on. Before you get in trouble.

Grebs

Head for the monolith. Listen to me! The monolith!

Weaver
[chuckling]

That guy's got a screw loose.

Grebs

Cross the lake!

Z Marion-4195

Insectopia. [he scoffs] Wouldn't it be great if it were that easy?

Weaver
[chuckling]

Yeah. Dream on, Z.

Grebs

Cross the lake! Look for the land of red and white.

Princess Bala
[Bala sneaks into the bar with two handmaidens] [excited]

Wow...This is so...gritty!

Handmaiden #1

Ten minutes and we're out of here, right? I mean, this place is off limits.

Princess Bala

Just blame it on me. Say it was all my idea.

Handmaiden #2

It is all your idea!

Princess Bala
[removes her crown]

Besides, no one's gonna recognize us. Come on, girls, what do you say? Let's take a walk on the wild side.

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