A scene from A Bug's Life 1998
P.T. Flea
[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!

Slim
[Inside the wagon, the Circus bugs looks at Flik from behind feels depressed]

Poor fellow.

Francis

Hey, maybe we can cheer him up a bit.

Heimlich

Don't worry, Flik. The circus life isn't so bad.

Slim

Yes, you can be part of our act.

Francis

Here! Like this.

Slim

Slapstick! Get it? I... I'm a walking stick. Oh, never mind.

Dot
[From Off-screen]

Flik!

Flik
[Noticed Dot Calling Her Friend]

Dot?

Dot

Flik, wait! Wait!

Flik

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!

Heimlich

Oh, no!

Manny

Good heavens!

Dot

And I heard a grasshopper say that when they're finished, Hopper's gonna squish my mom!

Heimlich

Oh, not the queen!

Rosie

We got to do something!

Slim

How?

Rosie

Come on, you guys, think!

Gypsy

I know. The bird.

Manny

Yes, of course.

Slim

The bird! That's brilliant.

Heimlich

Ja!

Flik
[depressed]

The bird won't work.

Francis

What are you talking about? It was your idea.

Dot

But you said that everything...

Flik
[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.

Manny

You listen to me, my boy, I've made a living out of being a failure, and you, sir, are not a failure!

Rosie

Oh, but Flik, you've done so many good things.

Flik

Oh yeah, okay, show me one thing I've done right?

Dim

Us.

All

Yeah, yeah.

Manny

Dim is right, my boy. You have rekindled the long-dormant embers of purpose in our lives.

Slim

And if it wasn't for you, Francis would have never gotten in touch with his feminine side.

Francis

Oh, yeah?! Well... [chuckles] You know what? He's right.

Gypsy

Lieutenant Gypsy reporting for duty.

Francis

Kid, say the word, and we'll follow you into battle.

Manny

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?

Flik
[slowly lifts his head up with a smile spreads on his face]

Thanks Dot.

Francis
[Dot hugs her friend] [to Slim]

Hey, what's with the rock?

Slim

Must be an ant thing.

Flik

All right, let's do it.

Gypsy

That's the Flik we know and love.

Heimlich

Ooh-whoo-whoo!

Manny

We're on!

Rosie

So, what do we do first?

Hopper
[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!

Flik
[Watches The Grasshoppers Gather The Ants]

They're Rounding Everyone Up.

Francis
[To The Firefly]

Hey, Turn Your Butt Off.

Flik
[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.

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