Dot The name is Dot.
Tied for 8th most-quoted character in A Bug's Life (1998): in 11 of its 109 quotes
Most scenes with: Flik (7), Francis (4), Princess Atta (4)
No! Bad grasshopper! Bad grasshopper! Go home!
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9 scenesOh... 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!
Dot Hey, come back here! [tries to hover after the boys. But drops to the ground]
Dot!
Dot Yes, Mother.
What did I tell you about trying to fly?
Dot Not until my wings grow in.
Right.
Dot But, Mom...
Dot, you're a young queen ant, and your wings are too little to be...
Dot I was talking to Mother! You're not the queen yet, Atta!
Now, Dot, be nice to your sister.
Dot 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.
Ants
They're here!
Dot Mom! Where are you?!
Ants
They're coming! Run!
Dot! Dot!
Dot Mom!
Single file!
Dot 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.
Dot 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!
Dot 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...
Dot Wow!
Hey!
Dot Bye, Flik!
Wow. Whoa!
Dot Good luck, Flik!
Bye! [hits a rock]
Dot Flik!
Dot You just watch. He's gonna get the bestest, roughest bugs you've ever seen!
Hey, look who's playing lookout again. Little Speck!
Dot The name is Dot.
Well, Spot, you still looking for Flik?
Forget it, Dot. That loser's never coming back.
Dot [They spot Dim]
Flik! Flik did it! Flik did it!
What?
Quit shoving!
Dot Flik! Over here! Flik! Flik!
Hey!
Dot He did it! He did it! Yay! He did it! He did it!
Cool!
That's right! We need a miracle!
You mean, you're not warriors?
Are you kiddin'? These guys are the lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen, and they're gonna make me rich!
You mean to tell me that our entire defensive strategy was concocted by clowns?!
Hey, hey, hey, hey. We really thought Flik's idea was gonna work.
[All ants gasp and angrily turn to Flik, while the fireflies put a spotlight on him] [realizes his mistake]
Oops.
No, you don't... You don't...
This couldn't have happened at a more inopportune time! The last leaf is about to fall!
We haven't collected any food for the grasshoppers!
If Hopper finds out what we almost did--
[angrily]
Hopper is NOT going to find out. We're going to hide all this and pretend it never happened. [angrily points to the Circus Bugs] You bugs were never here, so I suggest you all leave.
I never thought I'd see the day when an ant would put himself before the rest of his colony.
The point is, Flik, you lied to us.
No, no, no, no! I just--
[walks to Flik, hurt with disappointment]
You lied, Flik. You lied to her. You lied to the colony! You lied to ME! And like an idiot, I believed you.
But I was just afraid that if you knew I'd gotten circus bugs. [looks at Princess Atta, still mad, sighs sadly] I just wanted to make a difference.
I want you to leave Flik, and this time, don't come back.
[Flik sadly hangs his head in sadness; Dot gasps and Aphie whimpers. Flik & the Circus Bugs then sadly leave]
Tough crowd. [Snaps the reins and the wagon rolls off] Yee-haw!
Dot [sadly tries to run after her friend and the bugs. But the mother stops her and holds her back as Flik and the bugs leave]
Flik.
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.
Dot Stay here; I'm gonna get help.
[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.
Dot [From Off-screen]
Flik!
Dot Flik, wait! Wait!
Dot, you're flying! What are you doing here?
Dot [panting]
You have to go back; Hopper moved into the anthill & his gang's eating everything!
Oh, no!
Good heavens!
Dot 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.
Dot 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.
Dot Flik, please?
Dot [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.
Dot No! 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!
[Last lines; The next morning, in a conch sounds. Thorny and other ants, using their own harvesters to cut down and harvest grain stalks, stop work at the sound of the conch]
Come on boys!
Ant Boy
[Dot and other children are playing in the frame of the fake bird, now surrounded by flowers]
Hey, Princess Dot! Wait up!
I finally get a second to relax, and I got to get out of my chair. Come on! You can rub lotion on me later, shade boy.
Yeah, hubba-hubba.
Firefly
[The Queen and Cornelius walk down toward the ants and circus bugs joyfully gathering among blooming flowers]
Oh, thank you!
Thank you.
You're too kind.
The least we could do.
All in a day's work.
Any time.
Dim!
[Daisy tearfully hugs Francis. Daisy and the Blueberry troops are all crying with Dot] [quavering]
I'm not gonna cry. I'm not gonna cry.
[Tuck and Roll perform a skit using Hopper's severed antenna.]
Hey, let's go. We got a schedule to keep. Come on. Let's go.
Ant acrobats
[A number of acrobat ants cartwheel into the wagon]
Hup, hup, hup, hup, hey!
Hey, Tiny! Let's get this show packed up! We got paying customers hatching!
[Molt carries supplies into the wagon] [last words]
Yes, Mr. Flea. Yes, sir. Of course, sir. Right away, sir. And, um, I just wanted to thank you for giving me a chance, because it's an honor to work with creative giants such as yourself. [P.T. motions the fireflies to close the wagon door] Shutting up.
Sorry. My place is here.
Oh, well. Your loss. One minute, insects!
[Flik and Atta walk over to the circus troupe]
I want to thank all of you for giving us back our hope, our dignity... and our lives.
And to you, Princess Atta. You have given us so much. Please accept this gift from us bugs to you ants.
Oh! [chuckles] It's a rock.
Must be a circus thing.
Dot [Giggles]
.
Well, Flik, you really goofed up. [quavering] Thanks.
[Rosie begins to congratulate Flik as a hero, followed by the rest of the troupe and the entire ant colony celebrating their victory. Atta kisses him on the cheek. The queen removes her crown, placing it on Atta's. Atta tosses her tiara to Dot, who flies up and catches it on her head and giggles] [sniffles]
All right. Now it's getting mushy. We're out of here! [Snaps the reins and the millipedes pulling the wagon move as the bugs take off and Dim grabs lifts the wagon into the air]
Whoa!
See you next season!
See you Flik!
Bye! We miss you already!
You fired!
[A chrysalis hangs on a nearby tree root. It opens to reveal Heimlich's face]
I'm finished! Finally, I'm a beautiful butterfly!
[Heimlich struggles and slides out of the chrysalis, looking largely the same as before but now a green and blue color and with two bulges on his back. Heimlich grunts. Two tiny butterfly wings pop out of the bulges]
Mein wings! Oh, they're beautiful!
Heimlich! The wagon's taking off! You better start flying!
[Flik and other ants lift up Heimlich]
But I am flying! And from way up here, you all look like little ants!
Farewell!
Bye!
And thank you!
[Atta and Dot lift Flik and land on the root. They wave goodbye to the circus troupe. Thorny and the harvester-wearing ants line up.]
Present stalks!
[The ants face backwards]
Harvester, salute!
[The harvesters launch their stalks into the air, crashing into each other and producing firework-like showers of grain. Flik and Atta hold hands as they and Dot continue waving goodbye. The circus troupe flies away from the island, now surrounded by water and whose tree now bears pink blossoms]
Other characters in A Bug's Life
Flik
Dave Foley
Francis
Denis Leary
Gypsy
Madeline Kahn
Hopper
Kevin Spacey
Princess Atta
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mr. Soil
Roddy McDowall
Queen
Phyllis Diller
Heimlich
Joe Ranft
P.T. Flea
John Ratzenberger
Slim
David Hyde Pierce
Manny
Jonathan Harris
Molt
Richard Kind
Rosie
Bonnie Hunt
Dr. Flora
Edie McClurg
Thorny
Alex Rocco
Cornelius
David Ossman
Dim
Brad Garrett
Grub
Reed
Tuck and Roll
Michael McShane
