You don't think I've offended the warriors, do you?
Oh, good. Because, you see, when you first brought them here, I'd thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns!
[voice suddenly higher]
You did?
Don't tell 'em I said that! That's all I need: another "royal blunder".
Princess! You're doing a great job.
Thanks. You're sweet. You're wrong, but sweet. I know what everyone really thinks.
Everyone, the whole colony. Nobody really believes I can do this job. It's like they're all watching me. Just... just...
Waiting for you to screw up.
Flik, I owe you an apology.
Well, I haven't been that nice to you, and I'm sorry. If there's any way I can make it up to you... Hey! I know! How would you like to be the queen's official aide to the warrior bugs?
Oh, sure. You've got a great rapport going with them, especially after that rescue. It was very brave. Well, not every bug would face a bird! I mean, even Hopper's afraid of 'em!
I said, even Hopper's afraid of birds!
Thank you. [kissing Atta's hand]
[Atta smiles]
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.
[sternly]
Tell me this isn't true.
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.
[gets in front of the Circus Bugs]
But the bird! The-the-the bird will work!
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.
[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!
[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.
RN Randy Newman
Was a bug, little bug, hardly there / How he felt, what he dreamed, who could care? / Without any evidence / His flaws were many / He was full of confidence / Some people haven't any / Didn't have much common sense / It's highly overrated / He just knew that he'd come through...| It's the time of your life so live it well / It's the time of your life so live it well...| We may only go 'round one time / As far as I can tell / It's the time of your life so live it well...| We may only go 'round this one time / As far as I can tell / He could be wrong about that / It's the time of your life / It's the time of your life / It's the time of your life so live it well.
Are you saying I'm stupid?
Do I look... stupid... to you?
[beeps]
Are you saying I'm stupid? Oh!
I'm sorry! I got it. No, no. Just do it again. I'm fine.
[beeps]
Are you saying I'm stupid?
This is the 15th take, I cannot work like this. I will be in my trailer.
M2 Man #2
[beeps]
Marker.
Whoa, Flik, honey, we are not about to... [hammer banging] Is someone hammering? [Slim sighs] Could we hold the work, please? People?
[ringing]
Am I in this shot? You can see me, right?
D Director
[beeps]
And action!
To infinity and beyond! [laughs] I'm sorry. I couldn't resist. Really, can y... can you blame me? Okay. Okay, let's go for real now.
[beeps]
Why go back to Ant Island at all? I mean, you don't even like grain!
WHAT?!? [stand up and walks to Molt threateningly]
[scared]
You're right! I didn't think it was such a good idea myself. Actually, it wasn't even my idea. It was...
[crashing]
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Is the camera broke? Oh, oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Did I ruin the take?
[beeps]
And thank you for findin' 'em, Flik.
Uh, oh, oh no. Oh no, oh...
[beeps]
So, is there a Mrs. Ant, you have to tunnel home to? Oh, I'm sorry! I thought he was real. [laughs] Ooh, dear. Put that thing in my car.
M2 Man #2
[beeps]
Marker.
Flik, after much deliberation... Whoa! [rattling, banging, Flik and other ants laughing]
[beeps]
Ohh, I... Ow. Oh. My eye! Oh. No, no. Seriously, I've got berry juice in my eye! [Hopper laughs] It stings! Stop acting. I'm serious. Oh, stop the camera!
[beeps; laughing; gurgling; liquid trickling]
Uh-oh. Towel! I need a towel over here! [Flik laughs]
T Thumper
[beeps; roars]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. [Dot groans] Can we... Can we cut? It's just that I don't think I'm coming across. Hmm. Oh, oh, I know. I know. I could lather up a bunch of spit. Ooh, ooh, that's good. I got it, J.L. Alright! One more for me.
Spinning a web of safety in less than 15... Bleh!
RN Randy Newman
It's the time of your life so live it well / It's the time of your life so live it well...| We may only go 'round one time / As far as I can tell / It's the time of your life so live it well...| Like us all, he started small / Then he grew / When the time came he knew what to do / He knew in order to succeed / They'd have to work together / He turned a rock into a seed / And they were changed forever / Then they had the strength they'd need / To get through stormy weather / Do or die, you gotta try...| It's the time of your life so live it well / It's the time of your life so live it well...| We may only go 'round one time / As far as I can tell / He could be wrong about that / It's the time of your life so live it well...| Isn't it a bit surprising / How one's fortunes ebb and flow / And only to the enterprising / Does the magic fortune cookie go / Believe me...| It's the time of your life so live it well / It's the time of your life so live it well...| We may only go 'round one time / As far as I can tell / It's the time of your life / It's the time of your life / It's the time of your life so live it well... [chorus singing]
Get back! Get back! Get back, you horrible beast! I have no fear!
[Dim stars crying. The other flies start booing]
Oh, I'm so sorry, Dim. An owie?
Okay, show Rosie the owie. All right, Dim. It's okay.
FM Fly Mom
[disappointed sighs]
I have been in outhouses that didn't stink that bad. This is ridiculous. What a disappointment.
CF Complaining Fly
You! Come here! I want my money back!
Uh, no refunds after the first two minutes!
C Cockroach
Popcorn! Stale popcorn!
We're losing the audience! You clowns get out there now!
I hate performing on an empty stomach!
Do your act, Heimlich, then you can eat!
What's the point of going out there? They'll only laugh at me.
That's because you're a CLOWN!
No, it's because I'm a PROP! You always cast me as the broom! The pole! The stick! A splinter!
You're a walking stick! IT'S FUNNY! NOW, GO!
[The other flies are booing. Slim and Francis prance in the arena with flowers on their heads] [dryly]
Tra-la-la-la-la. Spring is in the air, and I'm a flower with nothing interesting to say.
I am a cute little bumblebee!
[Heimlich begins chasing Slim and Francis around the arena]
Here I come!
[Slim and Francis are dramatically screaming] [panting]
Slow down, you flowers! Oh! Candy corn! [pants] Here. Let me help you to finish it.
L Loco
[Axel and Loco are talking to Molt]
We go all the way back there, and it starts to rain? We might as well be suckin' bug spray!
Ooh, don't even say that! You know something? You're making a lot of sense. I mean, why take the risk? You should tell Hopper!
A Axel
Good idea. But... y'know it's not really our place. I mean, you're his brother. That makes you like... the vice president of the gang.
Wow! It kinda does, doesn't it? Okay, I'll tell him! [leaves] Boy, I should talk to you guys more often.
L Loco
What if Hopper doesn't like it?
G Grasshopper
Then at least the genius will get smacked and not us.
Vice President Molt. [laughs; he flies to Hopper, who's getting a massage]
Ah, that's good. That's good. A little lower. Lower, lower.
That's fine. Then I won't tell you my idea.
Okay, okay. I'll tell ya anyway. Y'see, I've been thinking, okay, which is something that I do, y'know, being vice president and all, and this is a thought, and it was mine - why go back to Ant Island at all? I mean, you don't even like grain!
WHAT?!? [stands up and walks to Molt threateningly]
[scared]
You're right! I didn't think it was such a good idea myself. Actually, it wasn't even my idea. It was Axel and Loco's! They talked fancy to me! I GOT CONFUSED!
[Hopper stops and thinks; he then comes up to the other grasshoppers; the mariachi band stops playing]
Guys... order another round, because we're staying here!
[The other grasshoppers cheer]
What was I thinking? Going back to Ant Island. I mean, we just got here, and we have more than enough food to get us through the winter. Right? Why go back?
[The mariachi band plays "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and the rest of the gang begins to party again]
But... there was that ant that stood up to me.
A Axel
Yeah, but we can forget about him!
L Loco
Yeah, it was just one ant!
[The rest of the gang laughs agrees, mocking the ants] [sarcastically laughs]
Yeah, you're right! It's just one ant!
L Loco
Yeah, boss. They're puny!
Hmm, puny. Say, let's pretend this grain is a puny little ant. [throws the grain at Loco] Didn't that hurt?
Well, how about this one? [throws another grain at Axel]
[The other grasshoppers laugh]
Well, how about this?
[He pulls the lid off the jar, releasing an avalanche of grain that buries and kills Axel and Loco, leaving the other grasshoppers shocked. Hopper then climbs on top of the grain pile]
You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It's not about food. It's about keeping those ants in line. That's why we're going BACK! Does anybody else wanna stay?
[The grasshoppers spread their wings]
He's quite the motivational speaker, isn't he?
LET'S RIDE!
[The grasshoppers fly off to Ant Island]
[During the rain, Hopper lands in front of Flik] [gasps]
Hopper!
[backs up to the bird's nest]
No, no, no. No, I can explain!
All your little stunt did was buy them time.
No please, Please Hopper!
[starts choking Flik]
I'll get more Grasshoppers and be back next season, but you won't! [Bird enters; Hopper looks up] Well, what's this? Another one of your little bird tricks?
[last words]
Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Hello, girls. [bird shrieks] AAAAAH!!!! [drops Flik; he tries to run, but the bird quickly catches up in front of him] Aaaaah! Aah! Aah! [Before the bird seizes him] Oh! [Bird snatching Hopper in its beak and then holds him over her chicks in his nest] A-AAAAAAAH!!! Ah! No! No! NOOO, NO, NO, NO! Aah! Aah! Aah! A-AAH-AAAH-AAAAH!!! AAAAAAAAH!!!! No! OH, NOOOOOOOO!!! AH! OH, NO! NO, NO, NO! AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!
[The camera zooms in on the chicks' mouths as Hopper's horrified scream fades.]
SA Scared Ant #1
[First lines; The movie begins as the line of ants marches to the stone; one ant spots a shadow moving across the ground. He looks up and gasps. A leaf is falling from the overhead tree] [gasps]
No, no, no, Oh, no. Oh, no.
SA Scared Ant #1
[the leaf lands in front of one of the worker ants in the food line]
I'M LOST!! Where's the line?! It just went away! What do I do?!
SA Scared Ant #3
We'll be stuck here forever!
Do not panic. Do not panic! We are trained professionals. Now, stay calm. We are going around the leaf.
SA Scared Ant #1
Around the leaf. I-I-I don't think we can do that.
Oh, nonsense. This is nothing compared to the twig of '93. [gestured for the line of nervous ants to come towards him] That's it. That's it. Good! You're doing great! There you go. There you go! Watch my eyes. Don't look away. And here's the line again.
SA Scared Ant #1
[gleeful shout]
Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Soil!
Oh, my. There's quite a gap, Mr. Soil. Shouldn't we tell the queen?
I don't think we need to involve the queen in this. She's got enough on her plate already: training her daughter.
Oh, yes, Princess Atta. The poor dear.
C Cockroach
[Inside, bugs sit, drink and talk as a saloon piano plays]
I knew an old lady who swallowed a fly...
F Fly
Hey, waiter! I'm in my soup! I've been working out. Feel my wing. Yo! Two Black Flags over here! All right.
B Bug
Hair of the dog you bit.
CW Cockroach Waitress
[in the bar]
Hey, who ordered the Poo Poo Platter? [a bunch of flies swarm the dish she holds in the air]
MW Mosquito Waitress
Here you go, Slick. Enjoy.
S Slick
[takes one bite and his mouth starts to bubble]
Ow! OW!! HEY I SAID NO SALT!!
Oh, pardon me, sir. I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment. I represent a colony of ants, and I'm looking... I'm looking for tough bugs, you know, mean bugs, the sort of bugs...
Fired by a flea, how humiliating!
[in disgust]
Oh, will you SHUT UP?!
Someday I will be a beautiful butterfly, and then everything will be better.
I can't believe the troupe is breaking up. We've always been together.
To the audience we'll never have.
[Slim sips his drop of water, the Fly Brothers enter the Bug Bar.] [gasps and whispers]
Francis! Your boyfriends from the circus are here!
FB Fly Brother #1
[Thug enters, Francis gasps]
There she is.
FB Fly Brother #2
[Francis nervously popping lips]
Hello there, girlie bug.
Shoo, fly. Don't bother me.
FB Fly Brother #1
Say, why don't you tell our pal, Thud.
FB Fly Brother #1
[Thud slams down behind Francis. Thud growls]
What you said to us at the circus?
FB Fly Brother #2
Yeah. Something about buzzing around a dung heap?
Excuse me. Hi, I represent an ant colony, and we're just...
DM Drunk Mosquito
Hey, bartender! Bloody Mary, O-positive. Aha! [given a drop of blood] Oh, yeah... [slurps it quickly and passes out]
FB Fly Brothers
[singing]
Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home.
FB Fly Brother #1
Not so tough now, are you? All right, clown. Get up and fight like a girl.
Get ready to do the Robin Hood act.
I want to be Little John!
You see, I'm looking for tough, warrior bugs.
Stand back, ye flies! We are the greatest warriors in all bugdom!
[from a distance, to himself]
My sword!
[Francis grabs Slim and brandishes him like a sword]
[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!
AB 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.
F Firefly
[The Queen and Cornelius walk down toward the ants and circus bugs joyfully gathering among blooming flowers]
Oh, thank you!
[Dim opens his shell to reveal ant kids attempting to secretly ride him]
Oh...
[The ant boys moaning]
I'm so sorry, kids. I wish you could come along too.
[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.
AA 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.
[P.T. jumps on top of the wagon]
You sure you can't come on tour with us?
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.
[Manny twirls a leaf and produces a large rock, handing it to Atta]
For you!
Oh! [chuckles] It's a rock.
[Manny, Slim, & Francis congratulate each other]
What's with the rock?
Well, Flik, you really goofed up. [quavering] Thanks.
[quavering]
Yeah, You too.
[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]
Bye! We miss you already!
[gasps]
We forgot Heimlich!
[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!
[Francis and Manny fly down and carry Heimlich away.]
Auf Wiedersehen!
[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]
[Later, Atta banging a gavel inside a large courtroom with the Queen and the Council of Elders]
Flik, what do you have to say for yourself?
Sorry. I-I'm sorry for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong. I...especially didn't want to make you look bad, Princess.
I was just trying to help.
Then help us. Don't help us.
Flik, you are sentenced to one month digging in the tunnels.
Uh, excuse me, Your Highness. Need I remind you of Flik's tunnel-within-a-tunnel project?
Helpers to help us. That could... That's it! We could...
It took the whole engineering department two days to dig him out. Send him to Health and Ant Services.
We could leave the island. The riverbed's dry right now. We could just walk right across the riverbed. We could go get helpers. We could! We could leave, sure. We could go find helpers to help us. It's perfect!
Perfect? What's so perfect?
Your Highness, don't you see? We could send someone to get help!
[Ant council gasps]
Leave the island?
Why didn't I think of that? Oh, because it's suicide!
She's right. We never leave the island.
There's snakes and birds and bigger bugs out there!
Exactly! Bigger bugs! We could find bigger bugs to come here and fight and forever rid us of Hopper and his gang!
Who would do a crazy thing like that?
I'll volunteer. I'd be very happy to volunteer.
[laughs]
You got a lot of spunk, kid, but no one's gonna help a bunch of ants.
At least we could try. Oh, I-I could... I could travel to the city. I could search there!
If you went, you'd be on that silly search for weeks.
Royal huddle. [whispering] Great idea, princess. It's perfect.
Wait a minute. What did we just decide here?
While we keep harvesting to meet Hopper's demands.
You see? With Flik gone, he can't...
He can't mess anything up! [After talking with the Council] Flik, after much deliberation, we have decided... to grant you your request!
Oh! Thank you, princess. Thank you so much for this chance. I-I-I won't let you down, I promise, I promise, I promise, I promise.
Yeah, yeah, that's fine, that's fine. No, forget it, forget it.
But I should probably help repair some of the damage before I go, don't you think...
AC Ant Council
No! No, no!
