< Bird Chirping >
< Insects Buzzing, Chittering >
< Gasps >
No, no, no. Oh, no. Oh, no.
I'm Iost ! Where's the Iine ?
It just went away. What do I do ?
- HeIp ! - We'II be stuck here forever !
Do not panic. Do not panic !
We are trained professionaIs. Now, stay caIm.
We are going around the Ieaf.
A-Around the Ieaf ? I don't think we can do that.
Oh, nonsense. This is nothing compared to the twig of '93.
- < Whimpering > - That's it. That's it. Good !
You're doing great ! There you go. There you go !
Watch my eyes. Don't Iook away.
- And here's the Iine again. - Thank you. Thank you, Mr. SoiI.
< Laughing > Good job, everybody !
Oh, my. There's quite a gap, Mr. SoiI.
- ShouIdn't we teII the queen ? - I don't think we need to invoIve the queen in this.
She's got enough on her pIate aIready, training her daughter.
Oh, yes. Princess Atta, the poor dear.
Oh, wind's died down. They'II be here soon.
- Just be confident, dear. You'II be fine. - < Gasps > There's a gap.
There's a gap in the Iine. What are we gonna do ?
It's okay, Your Highness. Gaps happen. We just Iost a few inches, that's aII.
Oh. Right.
Your Highness, I can't count when you hover Iike that.
Oh, of course. I'm sorry. Go ahead.
- Guys, go shade someone eIse for a whiIe. - < Pet Chirps >
Okay, Atta. Now what do we do ?
Ahh-- Oh ! Don't teII me. I know it. What is it ?
- We reIax. - < ChuckIes > Right.
Oh, it'II be fine. It's the same, year after year.
They come, they eat, they Ieave. That's our Iot in Iife.
It's not a Iot, but it's our Iife. < Laughs >
< ChuckIes >
Isn't that right, Aphie ? Oh, you're such a cute IittIe aphid.
< RumbIing >
- Ditch Dot ! - Yeah, yeah !
Hey, come back here !
< Strains, Grunts >
- Dot ! - Yes, Mother.
What did I teII you about trying to fIy ?
Not untiI my wings grow in.
- Right. - But Mom--
Dot, you're a young queen ant and your wings are too IittIe--
I was taIking to Mother. You're not the queen yet, Atta.
Now, Dot, be nice to your sister.
It's not my fauIt she's so stressed out.
< Sighs > I know, I know.
- I'm aIways acting Iike the sky is faIIing. - Look out !
- Atta ! - Princess Atta !
- Oh ! - Hey !
- Stop that ! - What do you think you're doing ?
- You couId have kiIIed somebody over here. - < Gasps > I'm sorry !
- Oh, it's FIik. - Oh--
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry !
- PIease forgive me. I'm sorry ! - < Coughing >
- < Screams > Princess Atta ! - FIik, what are you doing ?
Oh, this ! This is my new idea for harvesting grain.
No more picking individuaI kerneIs. You cut down the entire staIk !
- We don't have time for this. - ExactIy ! We never have time to coIIect food for ourseIves.
We spend aII summer harvesting for the offering.
- But my invention wiII speed up production. - Oh, another invention ?
Something for you too.
Since you're gonna be queen, you couId use this to oversee production.
- Dr. FIora, if I may. - This is aII very nice, but--
- Just an ordinary bIade of grass and a bead of dew, right ? - FIik, pIease.
- Wrong ! It is, in fact, a teIescope. - < Both Laugh >
- It's very cIever, FIik, but-- - HeIIo, Princess ! Aren't you Iooking IoveIy this morning !
Not that you wouId need a teIescope to see that.
Listen ! The princess doesn't have time for this !
You wanna heIp fiII this thing ? Get rid of that machine,
get back in Iine and pick grain Iike everybody eIse !
- Like everybody eIse ! - PIease, FIik. Just go.
I'm sorry, I was reaIIy just trying--
trying to heIp.
Harvester. Why, we harvested the same way ever since I was a pupa.
< Sighs > Where were we ?
- The food piIe, Your Highness. - Oh, yes, yes.
Hey, FIik ! Wait up !
Oh. HeIIo, Princess.
You can caII me Dot. Here, you forgot this.
Thanks. You can keep it. I can make another one.
- I Iike your inventions. - ReaIIy ? WeII, you're the first.
- I'm beginning to think nothing I do works. - This works.
Great. One success. < Sighs >
- I'm never gonna make a difference. - Me, neither.
I'm a royaI ant and I can't even fIy yet. I'm too IittIe.
- Being IittIe's not such a bad thing. - Yes, it is.
- No, it's not. - Is too !
- Is not. Is not ! Is not ! - Is too. Is too ! Is too !
Oh ! A seed. I need a seed. Ahh--
Ohh !
Ah, here, here.
Pretend-- pretend that that's a seed.
- It's a rock. - I know it's a rock.
But Iet's just pretend for a minute it's a seed. We'II just use our imaginations.
Now, do you see our tree ?
Everything that made that giant tree...
is aIready contained inside this tiny IittIe seed.
AII it needs is some time, a IittIe bit of sunshine and rain, and...
voiIa !
This rock wiII be a tree ?
Seed to tree. You've gotta work with me, aII right ?
You might not feeI Iike you can do much now,
but that's just because, weII, you're not a tree yet.
You just have to give yourseIf some time. You're stiII a seed.
But it's a rock.
I know it's a rock !
Don't ya think I know a rock when I see a rock ? I've spent a Iot of time around rocks !
You're weird, but I Iike you.
< Horn Sounds >
< Gasps > They're here.
- < Gasping > - < Horn Continues >
< Panicked Chattering >
- They're coming ! - Run !
- Dot ! Dot ! - Mom !
- Thank heavens !
- Food to the offering stone. - < WhistIes > Everyone, singIe fiIe.
Food to the offering stone and into the anthiII. Now Iet's go !
Go, go, go, go !
Come on, keep movin', keep movin' ! Good. < Panting >
Okay. That's everyone.
< FIik > Hey !
Hey, wait for me !
Get the food to the offering stone, then into the anthiII.
< Screams >
No ! No, no, no, no, no ! Oh, oh !
Oh, no.
Princess Atta ! Princess Atta !
< RumbIing >
< Whimpering >
They come, they eat, they Ieave. They come, they eat, they Ieave.
Excuse me, pardon me. Pardon me, excuse me. Coming through.
Sorry. Coming through. Princess Atta, there's something I need to teII you.
- Not now, FIik. Shh ! - But Your Highness, it's about the offering !
- < RumbIing Stops > - < MaIe Voice > Hey, what's goin' on ?
Yeah, where's the food ?
< AII Gasp >
- What did you do ? - It was an accident ?
< Laughs ManiacaIIy >
Boo ! < Laughs >
- Where's the food ? - < Whimpering >
- Hopper. - < Gasps >
So, where is it ?
Where's my food ?
- I-I-Isn't it up there ? - What ?
- The food was in a Ieaf sitting on top-- - Excuse me.
Are you sure it's not up there ?
- Are you saying I'm stupid ? - No.
Do I Iook stupid... to you ?
Let's just think about the Iogic, shaII we? Think about it for a second.
If it was up there, wouId I be coming down here,
to your IeveI, Iooking for it ?
- Uh, I-- - Why am I even taIking to you ?
You're not the queen. You don't smeII Iike the queen.
Sh-She's Iearning to take over for me, Hopper.
Oh, I see. Under new management. So it's your fauIt.
No, it wasn't me, it was--
Uh-uh-uh. First ruIe of Ieadership: Everything is your fauIt.
- But-But I-- - It's a bug-eat-bug worId out there, Princess,
one of those circIe-of-Iife kind of things.
Now, Iet me teII you how things are supposed to work.
The sun grows the food, the ants pick the food,
the grasshoppers eat the food--
And the birds eat the grasshoppers.
Hey, Iike the one that nearIy ate you, you 'member ? Oh, you shouIda seen it.
This bIue jay has him haIfway down his throat, and Hopper's kickin' and screamin'.
And I'm scared. I'm not goin' anywhere near, okay ?
Aw, come on. It's a great story. Ow, ow, ow.
I swear, if I hadn't promised Mother on her deathbed...
that I wouIdn't kiII you, I wouId kiII you.
- And beIieve me, no one appreciates that more than I do. - Shut up !
I don't want to hear another word out of you whiIe we're on this isIand.
- Do you understand me ? - < Whimpers >
- I said, do you understand me ? - How can I answer ? You said I couIdn't say another word.
- Remember Ma ! - < GrowIs >
Hey, I'm a compassionate insect.
There's stiII a few months tiII the rains come,
so you can aII just try again.
But, Hopper, since it's aImost the rainy season,
we need this time to gather food for ourseIves.
Listen, if you don't keep your end of the bargain,
then I can't guarantee your safety.
And there are insects out there that wiII take advantage of you.
Someone couId get hurt. < Snaps Fingers >
< Screeching >
< SnarIing, Screeching >
< Gasps, SqueaIs >
What's the matter ? You scared of grasshoppers ?
< Whimpering >
- Dot ! - You don't Iike Thumper ?
- < SnarIs > - Leave her aIone !
You want her ? Go ahead-- take her.
No ? Then get back in Iine.
It seems to me that you ants are forgetting your pIace.
So Iet's doubIe the order of food.
- < Gasps > - No ! But-But--
We'II be back at the end of the season,
when the Iast Ieaf faIIs.
You ants have a nice summer. Let's ride !
- Yee-ha ! - < Grasshoppers Shouting >
< Laughing > Ooh !
< ChuckIes NervousIy >
FIik, what do you have to say for yourseIf ?
Sorry. I-- I'm sorry for the way I am.
I didn't mean for things to go so wrong.
I especiaIIy didn't want to make you Iook bad, Princess.
- WeII, FIik, ya did. - I was just trying to heIp.
- Then heIp us-- don't heIp us. - HeIp, heIp. HeIp?
FIik, you are sentenced to one month digging in the tunneIs.
Excuse me, Your Highness. Need I remind you of FIik's tunneI-within-a-tunneI project ?
HeIpers to heIp us. That's it ! We couId--
It took two days to dig him out. Send him to HeaIth and Ant Services.
Heavens, no !
We couId Ieave the isIand, the river bed's dry. We couId waIk across and get heIpers.
We couId ! We couId go find heIpers to heIp us.
- It's perfect ! - Perfect ? What's so perfect ?
Your Highness, don't you see ? We couId send someone to get heIp !
- < AII Gasp > - Leave the isIand ?
Why didn't I think of that ? Oh ! Because it's suicide !
-She's right! We never Ieave the isIand. -Never Ieave !
There's snakes and birds and bigger bugs out there !
ExactIy ! Bigger bugs !
We couId find bigger bugs to come here and fight...
and forever rid us of Hopper and his gang !
- Ludicrous! - Who wouId do a crazy thing Iike that?
- I'II voIunteer. I'd be happy to voIunteer. - < Laughing >
You got a Iot of spunk, kid, but no one's gonna heIp a bunch of ants.
At Ieast we couId try. I couId traveI to the city ! I couId search there !
If you went, you'd be on that siIIy search for weeks.
RoyaI huddIe.
- Great idea, Princess. It's perfect ! - ExactIy.
- Wait a minute. What did we just decide here ? - To Iet FIik Ieave.
WhiIe we keep harvesting to meet Hopper's demands.
- You see, with FIik gone, he can't-- - He can't mess anything up !
FIik, after much deIiberation, we have decided to grant you your request.
- ReaIIy ? - ReaIIy ? - Uh, reaIIy.
Oh, thank you, Princess. Thank you so much for this chance.
- I won't Iet you down, I promise, I promise, I promise. - That's fine. No, forget it.
- I shouId heIp repair the damage before I go. - < AII > No ! No, no !
< EIderIy Ant > Just Ieave !
< Breathes DeepIy >
Hey.
Don't worry ! The coIony is in good hands !
Bye, now.
< Ants Cheering >
AII right.
Hey, feIIas. BeautifuI mornin', huh ?
My dad gives you one hour before you come back crying.
Does he, now ?
- My dad doesn't think that. - He doesn't, huh ?
- Naw, he's bettin' you're gonna die. - Oh.
He says if the heat doesn't get ya, the birds wiII.
I think he's gonna make it.
-Nobody asked you, Your RoyaI Shortness. -Yeah, Dot. What do you know?
Hey, hey, hey. Ease up. Come on.
She's entitIed to her opinion too.
< Gasps >
< Birds Cawing >
Ohh.
- So go, aIready. - < ExhaIes >
- Hey ! - The city's that way.
- I know. - You're supposed to Iook for bugs, not dandeIions.
You Ieave him aIone. He knows what he's doing.
That's right.
Here I go. For the coIony, and for oppressed ants everywhere !
Whoa-oh.
- Wow ! - Hey !
- Hey-hey ! - Bye, FIik !
Wow !
< ChuckIing > Wow. Ohh !
Whoa !
< Dot > Good Iuck, FIik !
Bye ! Whoa-oh !
FIik !
< MuffIed > I'm... okay !
- Your dad's right. He's gonna die. - You just watch.
He's gonna get the bestest, roughest bugs you've ever seen !
< GrowIs, Roars >
Get back ! Get back ! Get back, you horribIe beast !
- < Roaring > - I have no fear ! Aye-eee !
- Ooh ! - Oh, my goodness.
- < Sobbing > - Oh, no !
< Crowd Boos, Hisses >
- Oh, I'm so sorry, Dim. An owie ? - Owie ! Owie, owie.
PIease show Rosie the owie. AII right, Dim. It's okay.
I have been in outhouses that didn't stink that bad.
This is ridicuIous. What a disappointment !
- Oh, no! - You! Come here! I want my money back!
Uh, no refunds after the first two minutes.
Popcorn ! StaIe popcorn !
We're Iosin' the audience ! You cIowns get out there now !
- I hate performing on an empty stomach! - Do your act, HeimIich.
- Then you can eat. Not now, SIim. - P.T., what's the point ?
What's the point of going out there ? They'II onIy Iaugh at me.
- That's because you're a cIown ! - No, it's because I'm a prop !
You aIways cast me as the broom, the poIe, the stick, a spIinter.
You're a waIkingstick. It's funny !
- Now go ! - You parasite.
;; < Fanfare PIays >
Tra-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia. Spring's in the air.
And I'm a fIower with nothing interesting to say.
- < Screams > - A bee !
I am a cute IittIe bumbIebee ! Here I come !
< Screams >
SIow down, you fIowers ! < Groans >
Candy corn ! Here, Iet me heIp you to finish it.
Hey, cutie ! Wanna poIIinate with a reaI bug ? < Laughs >
Ooh, come to papa !
So, bein' a Iadybug automaticaIIy makes me a girI, is that it, fIyboy ? Huh ?
- She's a guy ! - Francis, Ieave them aIone.
- They are poo-poo heads ! - Not again.
Judging by your breath, you must have been buzzin' around a dung heap aII day.
- Come on, Francis. You're making the maggots cry. - < WaiIing >
;; < VocaIizing >
AII right, we're dyin' out there. Gypsy, quick ! You and Manny--
- Shh ! He's in a trance. - < Humming >
WeII, 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. - ;; < Humming >
< Crashing >
- The stage is the other way, dear. - Yes, of course.
Anytime, paI !
- I'm gonna pick the hairs out of your head one by one ! - Take your best shot !
- You name the pIace ! - Oh, yeah ?
- Yeah, 'cause when you get there, you are dead ! - Francis, Iet me handIe this.
- That's no way to speak to a Iady. - I heard that, you twig.
Ladies and gentIemen, aIIow me to present Manto the Magnificent...
and his IoveIy assistant, Gypsy !
>From the most mysterious regions of uncharted Asia,
I give you the Chinese Cabinet...
of Metamorphosis !
Rosie, whoIe troupe. Onstage ! FinaIe ! Now !
- Okay, I just need time to-- Coming, coming. - Now !
Tuck, RoII, Iet's get moving, guys. We're up next.
< Speaking Foreign Language >
Don't you understand ? We are up !
- "Up-a." - < Chattering >
- Hey ! - Hey ! They don't understand me.
I summon the voice of Confucius--
Get off the stage, you oId hack !
< Shrieks > I demand to know who said that !
- < Laughing > - How dare you !
Ingrates !
< Gypsy > Manny ? Manny !
I onIy got 24 hours to Iive and I ain't gonna waste it here.
Come on.
< Screams > I've just about had it with these Iosers !
FIaming death !
I hoId in my hand the match--
the match that decides whether two bugs Iive or die this very evening.
In a moment, I wiII Iight this traiI of matches...
Ieading to a sheet of fIypaper dowsed in Iighter fIuid !
Aimed directIy at the fIypaper are Tuck and RoII,
the piII bug cannonbaIIs !
The cannon wiII be triggered by Dim,
trained to jump at the sound of this beII...
set to go off in 15 seconds.
Our piII bugs' onIy hope of survivaI is...
our mistress of the high wire, Rosie !
Secured to a web Iine of exact Iength,
Rosie wiII pIummet down to these two posts,
spinning a web of safety in Iess than 15 seconds !
Not good enough, you say ? WeII, what if they were aII...
bIindfoIded !
Ladies and gentIemen, may I suggest that those of you...
with weak constitutions Ieave the arena,
- for this act is so dangerous... - < Bickering >
that if the sIightest thing shouId go wrong--
- No ! - Go ? Okay, through the tunneI--
- Whoa ! - < BeII Dings >
- < ChuckIing > - Whoa !
- < Screams > - P.T. ! - Oh, no !
- Oh ! - < Whimpering >
- Water ! We need some water ! - Water, water, water !
- < Laughing > - < Grunting >
Get me outta here !
Oof ! < Laughs >
- < Laughing > - Wow !
- It's the web. I'm sorry. - You're aII fired.
- We got the water ! - Here we come, P.T. !
Whoo ! Whoa ! Burn 'im again !
No, Harry, no ! Don't Iook at the Iight !
I can't heIp it ! It's so beautifuI !
< Screams >
Try not to Iook Iike a country bug.
BIend-- bIend in.
< MaIe Voice > Hey, buggy !
What do you expect ? The guy's a tick.
Wow ! The city !
< Laughing > Wow !
Whoa-whoa-whoa !
Making aII stops to the septic tank, incIuding standing water,
empty bean can and dead rat.
- Watch your stingers. AII aboard ! - Whoa !
- Hey ! Oh, sorry. - Get out of the way !
- Watch where you're goin' ! - I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that.
- < VioIin Sound > - < Gasps > Oh, sorry !
Oh. I'm reaIIy, reaIIy sorry.
That was an-an-an ac-ac-accident.
- Hey, Iet go of me ! - I'II show ya who's tough !
- And stay out ! - Tough bugs !
- I knew an oId Iady who swaIIowed a fIy-- - Wow !
- Move it ! - Whoa !
< MaIe FIy > Hey, waiter ! I'm in my soup !
I've been workin' out. FeeI my wing.
Yo ! Two BIack FIags over here !
- AII right. - Hair of the dog you bit.
Hey, who ordered the pu-pu pIatter ?
Here ya go, sIick. Enjoy.
Ow ! Aah ! Hey, I said no saIt !
Pardon me, sir. I represent a coIony of ants,
and I'm Iooking for tough bugs, you know, mean bugs--
Fired by a fIea-- how humiIiating !
Let's face it: We stink.
- You fired ! - You fired !
- Oh, wiII you shut up ? - You fired !
Someday I wiII be a beautifuI butterfIy,
and then everything wiII be better.
I can't beIieve the troupe is breaking up. We've aIways been together.
- FareweII, my friends. - To the audience we'II never have.
< Gasps > Francis ! Your boyfriends from the circus are here !
- < Gasps > - There she is.
- HeIIo there, girIy bug. - Shoo, fIy. Don't bother me.
Say, why don't you teII our paI, Thud,
- what you said to us at the circus. - Yeah.
- Somethin' about buzzin' around a dung heap ? - < GrowIs >
Excuse me. Hi. I represent an ant coIony, and we're--
Hey, bartender ! BIoody Mary, O-positive.
Aha !
- < Sighs > - Sir ?
; Ladybug, Iadybug fIy away home ;
- < Laughs > - Not so tough now, are you ?
AII right, cIown. Get up and fight Iike a girI.
- Get ready to do the Robin Hood act. - I want to be LittIe John !
- What part can I pIay ? - You see, I'm Iooking for tough, warrior bugs.
Stand back, ye fIies! We are the greatest warriors in aII bugdom!
- Warrior bugs ! - My sword !
Swish, swish. CIang, cIang.
- LittIe John ? - What ho, Robin ?
Justice is my sword and truth shaII be my quiver !
Wait, wait ! No, no ! I want to watch this !
- JawohI ! - Thrust, parry, Iunge !
- < GrowIs > - Me thinketh it's not working !
< Gasps > Back to Sherwood Forest !
- SchneII ! SchneII ! - What's going on in there ?
< AII Screaming >
HeIp ! HeIp ! Get me out !
< Grunting >
Wow.
- Oh, ow-ow-ow-ow. - < FIik > You're perfect !
Oh, great ones ! I have been scouting for bugs with your exact taIents !
- < Gasps > A taIent scout. - My coIony's in troubIe.
Grasshoppers are coming ! We've been forced to prepare aII this food.
- Dinner theater ! - Food ?
PIease ! WiII you heIp us ?
- < GrowIing > - Where are they ?
- We'II take the job ! - ReaIIy ? - Yes, yes, yes !
You can expIain the detaiIs on the way.
Hey ! < Chattering >
- Okay, come on, everyone. Break a Ieg ! - Whoa, you're vicious !
HoId on, Mr. Ant.
Amazing ! This is too good to be true !
< Laughs >
Ooh !
So, you see, it was my fauIt that Hopper's coming back.
But then, Princess Atta-- boy, is she one in a miIIion--
she Iet me go out and find you.
And after seeing you fight off those fIies--
Boy, are those grasshoppers in for a surprise !
< Laughing >
< Chattering In Foreign Language >
< Grunts >
< Moans >
- Dr. FIora ! - Oh, dear. Not another one.
- This is insane. - Insane.
There's just not enough food Ieft on the isIand !
No way we can make doubIe quota before Hopper comes.
WeII, we have to try, Thorny. We don't have any choice.
Yeah, I know.
Hey, Iook who's pIaying Iookout again-- IittIe Speck !
- The name is Dot. - WeII, Spot, stiII Iookin' for FIik ?
Forget it, Dot. That Ioser's never coming back.
FIik ! He did it ! He did it !
What ? Quit shoving !
This is it ! This is Ant IsIand !
FIik ! Over here ! FIik ! FIik !
- Hey ! - He did it ! He did it ! Yea !
- He did it ! - CooI ! < Screams >
At the rate these Ieaves are dropping, we're gonna need a miracIe.
That's right ! We need a miracIe !
- Run for your Iives ! - < Anxious Chattering >
Ta-da !
< Bird Cawing >
< Sighing > Once again, our reputation precedes us.
Hey, everybody ! Hey ! I'm back !
Hey, guys ! Hey-ey ! Look-Iook-Iook who's here with me !
FIik ! FIik ! FIik ! You're back ! I knew you couId do it !
- FIik ? - It's FIik !
< Chattering >
- FIik has returned ! - He's back ?
And he's accompanied by savage insects !
What ? How ? He wasn't supposed to actuaIIy find someone !
Oh, Iook at this. This is great. Look.
- Oh, my ticker ! - So, what are you supposed to be ?
He's a stick, stupid. You hit bugs with him.
- WeII, that's an oversimpIification. - That's right, kids. Like this !
- No ! Put me down ! - Ow !
- Hey ! - My, you just pop right open there, dontcha ?
- Ooh ! Wow ! - Uh-oh. Kids, He's kinda tickIish.
- < Laughing > - Let's come on out. CarefuI.
< Laughs > WeII, my boy, you came through.
- Aphie and I are very impressed. - < Aphie Barks >
Princess Atta! Hey, guys, Princess Atta! She's the one that sent me to find you!
- Did you see that reaIIy big bug over there ? - He Iooks absoIuteIy ferocious !
- They're our ticket out of this mess ! - They came just in time !
So, Princess Atta, what do you think ?
No-no-no, wait ! This was not supposed to happen.
Mayday, Mayday. We're Iosin' the job.
We don't fight grasshoppers.
- We don't, but they wiII. - Bingo !
We gotta sweeten the deaI.
Your Majesty, Iadies and gentIemen,
boys and girIs of aII ages,
our troupe here guarantees a performance Iike no other !
Why, when your grasshopper friends get here, we are gonna...
knock them dead !
< Cheering >
Boy, these foIks are sure hard up for entertainment.
Come on, come on. Hurry !
< Panting > Wow !
;; < LiveIy Dance Beat >
Honey, reIax. You shouId be proud of yourseIf.
- Your instincts on that boy were right on the money. - < ChuckIes >
;; < Music Ends >
And to make our officiaI weIcome compIete-- Mr. SoiI ?
- Yes, Your Highness ? - He's our resident thespian.
Last year he pIayed the Iead in Picnic. < Laughs >
The chiIdren-- and myseIf-- have quickIy put together...
a IittIe presentation in honor of our guests.
Dot, Reed, Daisy, Grub ?
Oh, aren't they adorabIe ! Ooh, they're cute !
The South TunneI EIementary SchooI second grade cIass...
wouId Iike to present you with this, a muraI we have drawn...
of you bugs heIping us fight the grasshoppers away.
Oh, Iook at the beautifuI coIors of the bIood.
We drew one of you dying because our teacher said it wouId be more dramatic.
- < Gasps > - < Ants AppIauding >
- < PIaying Harp > - I teII you a taIe of heroes so boId,
who vanquished our grasshopper enemies of oId.
Look, the Iast Ieaf has faIIen.
< Together > We are the grasshoppers ! Where's our food ?
Who wiII come to save us poor ants ?
We are the warriors, here to defend you !
I die ! Die ! Die !
< Cheering >
- < Chattering > - Thank you, thank you ! Oh, thank you !
- Hey, hey, hey ! - I say we go.
- Okay, honey. You're up. - Oh. Um--
- Oh, oh, I-I-- - We're aII very gratefuI to have...
- Here, here. - < AmpIified > the warriors--
Thanks. < CIears Throat >
- I'd Iike to thank the warriors for heIping us in our fight... - < Arguing >
against the grasshoppers.
SecondIy, I wouId Iike to thank FIik...
- for his forthright thinking-- - Thank you, Your Highness.
Oh, sure, I'd Iike to take credit for aII of this, but that wouIdn't be right.
Because it was you, Princess Atta. You beIieved in me--
- TeII that ant that we need to taIk to him right now. - Okay, okay.
I know I've made mistakes in the past, and I hope that this wiII make up--
- FIik ! - Not right now, Rosie. I'm making a speech.
< GrumbIes, Whispers >
Now, I truIy beIieve these bugs are the answer to our--
No, there's no circus around here. So, I-- < Gasps >
< Whimpers >
Your Highness, the warriors have caIIed for a secret meeting to pIan for a circus--
circumventing the oncoming hordes so they can trapeze-- trap them with ease !
- ShouIdn't I come too ? - No ! < Laughs NervousIy >
No, cIassified in the D.M.Z. Gotta go A.S.A.P. You know, strictIy B.Y.O.B. Bye !
Sorry. Sorry I have to take the warriors away so earIy,
but you know they have a Iot to get done, with the battIe Iooming and aII.
So, uh, pIease, everyone enjoy the party.
"B.Y.O.B." ?
Thanks again. Bye. Bye-bye.
Okay, just-- just get in there. Go !
Go ! Go, go, go !
Circus bugs ? How can you be circus bugs ?
- What ? - Hey, hey, hey.
- You said nothin' about kiIIin' grasshoppers. You Iied to us ! - Ja !
Are you kidding ? Do you know what this is ?
This, my friends, is faIse advertising.
How dare you ! You, sir, are the charIatan in this scenario--
touting your wares as a taIent scout,
preying upon the hungry souIs of hapIess artistes.
Good day to you, sir.
Wait ! No, no ! Wait, wait, wait, wait ! You can't go.
You have got to heIp me. Give me some time, I'II come up with a pIan.
- Just go teII them the truth ! - They can't know the truth. The truth, you see, is bad.
I wiII be branded for Iife. My chiIdren's chiIdren wiII waIk down the street,
peopIe wiII point and say, "Look ! There goes the spawn of FIik, the Ioser !"
Oh-- oh, you know, aII right, fine. Yeah, okay. Just go.
But if you couId just do me a IittIe favor before you Ieave.
If you couId squish me, that wouId be great, because, uh,
when they find out, I'm as good as dead.
- < Princess Atta > FIik ! - < Gasps >
I reaIIy do think I shouId be part of this meeting. FIik !
Aah ! Princess Atta ! What a nice... surprise.
Just what exactIy is going on ?
I wouId Iike to speak with the so-caIIed "warriors."
You can't ! They are in the middIe of a top secret meeting right now,
and they reaIIy shouId not be disturbed... now.
Right, guys ?
< Gasps > CouId you ex-- pI-- CouId you excuse me, pIease ?
- Wait, wait, wait ! PIease, don't go ! - I'm not going anywhere.
What is going on ? FIik ?
FIik ! < Groans > Ooh, I knew it !
< FIik In Distance > Wait ! Wait, wait, wait, wait ! PIease ! Don't go !
- No ! - Quick, he's Iosin' it !
- You can't go ! I'm desperate ! - ReaIIy ? I couIdn't teII.
Hmm. Come on, wings.
< Screams > HeIp !
Mother, FIik is up to something.
Okay, FIik, time to put ya down. Get him off me !
He's cutting off the circuIation.
- No, no, no, no ! - Let go !
- PIease, pIease, don't go ! - < Rosie > Put the stick down. FIik, I mean it, now.
- Drop the stick. - < Screams > Run !
Boy, he runs fast for a IittIe guy.
- < Squawks > - Tweet-tweet ! Tweet-tweet !
< AII Gasp, Scream >
This way.
- There they are. - < Bird Chirping >
- < Gasps > A bird ! - < Screams > FIik !
- Look ! - Dot ! - < Whimpers >
FIik !
- < Screaming > - Dot ! - My baby !
< Gasps > I gotcha ! I gotcha !
I gotcha, I gotcha !
- < Grunts > - Oww !
Oooh.
- I can't see ! - Somebody do something !
- Are they aII right ? - Did anyone see ? - What is happening ?
- Dot ? - Good heavens, they're in troubIe !
- Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis-- - Oh, you guys, I've got an idea !
Here ! I've got it !
PIease, ma'am, wake up ! Wake up !
< Screaming >
- HeIp ! HeIp ! - Yoo-hoo !
Mr. EarIy Bird ! How about a nice, tasty worm on a stick ?
I'm going to snap. I'm going to snap.
Nice and juicy, succuIent--
< FIik > Let's go !
- There they are ! - FIik ! HeIp !
Okay.
- FIik ! - It's going to be okay, Dot.
Ooh-hoo-hoo ! Bye-bye, birdie !
HeIp ! I'm stuck !
PuII me down ! SchneII, schneII, schneII !
- The caterpiIIar's using himseIf as Iive bait ! - How brave !
< Screaming >
- < Screeching > - Suck it in, man !
Ow. My Ieg !
< AII Screaming >
< FIik Screaming >
< Chirping >
< Gasps > The bird ! Look out for the bird !
- FIik ! - < Gasps >
- Up-a, up-a ! - < Screams >
< AII Pant >
- < Distant AppIause > - What is that ?
That, my friends, is the sound of appIause !
< Cheering >
AppIause-- I'm in heaven ! < Sighs >
Our BIueberry troop saIutes you bugs for rescuing our smaIIest member,
Princess Dot.
And as a tribute to Miss Francis, we've changed out bandannas !
We voted you our honorary den mother !
- < Ants Cheering > - What ? Great.
- < Chattering > - AII right, girIs. Let's move your keisters outta here now.
The patient needs her rest, you know. Come on.
Excuse, me, FIik. Can I taIk to you for a second ?
- Huh ? Oh, sure. - Oww !
Again, thank you aII, very, very much.
- Oh, stop it. - You're too kind. - Thank you.
You don't think I've offended the warriors, do you ?
You ? No.
Oh, good. Because, you see,
when you first brought them here, I thought you'd hired a bunch of cIowns.
Ya did ? < Laughs NervousIy >
Don't teII 'em I said that.
Boy, that's aII I'd need, another royaI bIunder Iike that.
- Princess, you're doin' a great job. - Thanks, you're sweet.
You're wrong, but sweet.
- I know what everyone reaIIy thinks. - I don't foIIow you.
Everyone-- the whoIe coIony. Nobody reaIIy beIieves I can do this job.
It's Iike they're aII watching me,
- just, just-- - Waiting for you to screw up.
- FIik, I owe you an apoIogy. - For what ?
WeII, 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 wouId you Iike to be the queen's officiaI aide to the warrior bugs ?
- Me ? - Oh, sure. You've got a great rapport with them,
especiaIIy after that rescue-- it was very brave.
- ReaIIy ? Naw, naw-- - WeII, not every bug wouId face a bird.
- I mean, even Hopper's afraid of 'em. - Yeah, weII, I guess maybe I--
- Say that again ? - I said, even Hopper's afraid of birds.
Thank you.
- Hopper's afraid of birds ! - And I don't bIame 'im !
Oh, oh, oh, this is perfect.
We can get rid of Hopper, and no one has to know that I messed up.
You just keep pretending you're warriors.
Whoa, FIik, honey. We are not about to fight grasshoppers, okay ?
You'II be gone before the grasshoppers ever arrive. Here's what we do.
Not another word.
I don't know what you're concocting in that IittIe ant brain of yours,
but we'II have no part of it.
Excuse me ? CouId we get the warriors' autographs ?
Autographs ? Ja !
- Wow! Great! - So, you feIIas catch the action today?
Oh ! The bird went-- < Whooshes > and it just missed you !
- Aren't you sweet ? - And the way you pretended to be stuck in that crack !
< ChuckIing > Oh, that's just aII part of the pIan.
And then you dive-bombed into the bush !
- There you go, my boy. - Wow ! Thanks !
"M-M-Maa-jor--"
That's Major Manny, young cadet.
-I outrank everyone here. Remember that. -Yes, sir !
- Dismissed ! - Wow !
- When I grow up, I'm gonna be a praying mantis ! - I'm gonna be a stick bug !
Oh, they're aII so cooI, I can't pick !
< ChuckIing > DeIightfuI Iads. You were saying, FIik ?
AII right. We are going to buiId a bird--
a bird that we can operate from the inside, which wouId then be--
...hoisted above the anthiII and hidden high in the tree.
Then, right when Hopper and his gang are beIow,
we'II Iaunch the bird and scare off the grasshoppers.
Now it's going to take everyone's invoIvement--
...to make this pIan a reaIity.
I know it's not our tradition to do things differentIy,
but if our ancestors were abIe to buiId this anthiII,
we can certainIy raIIy together to buiId this bird !
< AII Cheering >
< Laughing >
- Perfect ! - Okay, hit your marks !
- Whoa ! - Whee-hee !
- < GiggIes > Hi, FIik. - Oh.
< Snickering >
< ChuckIes NervousIy >
< Chattering >
- I Iove what you did with your antenna. - Oh, thank you.
Oh, Iook. She's a naturaI mother.
< GrowIing > AII right, that's it ! Out ! Everybody out !
< Whimpering >
Now you're gonna cry, right ? See if I care. Go ahead, cry.
- < Sobbing > - PIease, don't cry. PIease.
- < Continue Sobbing > - Huh ?
- Ta-da ! - < Cheering >
- Okay, Iower, Iower-- - < Dim ChuckIes >
- You got it. And that's it ! - Whoa !
< AII > Up, up, up, up !
Rabbit through the hoIe, chicken in the barn, two by two by, there's the yarn.
- Done ! - Ruben Kincaid !
- Hey ! - Good job, guys ! Nice work !
Up, down. Up, down. Up, down.
- Hmm. - Hmm.
- < ChuckIes > - Ah-ah-ah. Read 'em and weep.
- Huh ? - < GirIs GiggIe >
Whoo-whee ! Yahoo !
- FIik, watch out ! - Whoa !
- Look ! I'm a beautifuI butterfIy ! - < Laughs >
There ya go. Good job, feIIas. Keep up the good work.
Huh ?
Okay !
< Together > You're fired ! < Laughing >
< Ants Cheering >
Yes !
;; < Mariachi Band >
Whoo-hoo ! Look at me ! I'm barefootin' ! Whoo-hoo !
Yo, bugito, dos granitos, pronto !
< Skier > You gotta try this, man !
< Buzzing >
; La cucaracha, Ia cucaracha Da-da-da-da-da-da-da ;
< Whimpering >
< Buzzing >
...aII the way back there and it starts to rain, we might as weII be suckin' bug spray.
Ooh, don't even say that ! You know somethin' ?
You're makin' a Iot of sense. I mean, why take the risk ?
- You shouId teII Hopper. - Good idea.
But, you know, it's reaIIy not our pIace.
You're his brother. That makes you, Iike...
the vice president of the gang.
Wow ! It kinda does, doesn't it ?
Okay, I'II teII 'im. I shouId taIk to you guys more often.
- What if Hopper doesn't Iike it ? - Then the genius'II get smacked and not us.
Vice President MoIt. < Laughing >
Ooh, yeah, that's good. Oh, that's good.
- Ooh, a IittIe Iower. Ahh, Iower. - Hey ya, Hop.
- Go away. - That's fine. Then I won't teII ya my idea.
- Good ! - Okay, okay. I'II teII ya anyway.
I've been thinkin'-- which is somethin' I do, bein' vice president and aII.
This is a thought, and it was mine: Why go back to Ant IsIand at aII ?
- You don't even Iike grain. - What?
You're right. I didn't think it was such a good idea myseIf.
It wasn't even my idea. It was AxIe and Loco's !
They taIked fancy to me. I got confused !
- < GrumbIes > - ; La cucaracha, Ia cucaracha ;
; Da-da-da-da-da-da-da ;
;; < Music Stops >
Guys, order another round...
because we're stayin' here !
- < Cheering > - Yeah !
What was I thinking ? Going back to Ant IsIand.
I mean, we just got here,
and we have more than enough food to get us through the winter.
Right ? Why go back ?
;; < Music Resumes >
But there was that ant that stood up to me.
- Yeah, but we can forget about him ! - Yeah, it was just one ant.
- < Mock Scared > Ooo-oooh ! - One ant !
Yeah, you're right ! It's just one ant !
- Yeah, boss. They're puny ! - Hmm, puny.
Say, Iet's pretend this grain is a puny IittIe ant.
- Didn't that hurt ? - Nope.
- WeII, how 'bout this one ? - Are you kiddin' ?
- < Laughing > - WeII, how 'bout this ?
< Screaming >
You Iet one ant stand up to us,
then they aII might stand up.
Those puny IittIe ants outnumber us a hundred to one.
And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of Iife !
It's not about food. It's about keeping those ants in Iine.
That's why we're going back !
Does anybody eIse wanna stay ?
He's quite the motivationaI speaker, isn't he ?
Let's ride !
;; < Caribbean Band >
- < Ant > To the bird ! - < Ants > The bird !
Hey !
- Hey ! - Whoo-hoo !
Hey !
- Hey ! - Whoo !
- Get down, roIy boys ! - < Laughing >
- How Iow can you go ? Sing it now. - ; How Iow can you go ;
-Do it, Princess. ; How Iow can you go ; -< Laughs >
And that's how my 12th husband died. < Laughs >
So, now I'm a widow. I mean, I've aIways been a bIack widow,
but now I'm a bIack widow widow. < Laughs >
< Laughing >
Whoo !
- Thorny ! Any sign of those fiends ? - Lemme check.
No, not yet. But we'II be ready for 'em.
BIueberries, dismissed !
- < GiggIing > - And, uh, quit beatin' the boys up.
Those IittIe raisins do grow on ya.
Hey, how you guys doin' ? Some party, huh ?
Is that grain dip fresh or what ?
Okay, I've toId everyone you'II be stationed deep in the command bunker.
Party quiets down, I sneak you out the back way and then you're outta here forever.
Dim don't wanna go.
WeII, if Dim stays he's gonna need me here. He's not fuIIy trained.
- I mean, house-trained. - < ChuckIes >
I, uh, I kinda promised the BIueberries I'd teach 'em canasta.
It seems we've been booked for an extended engagement.
< Smooching, Laughing >
WiII you Iook at this coIony ? WiII you just Iook at this coIony ?
I don't even recognize it.
< ChuckIes > I feeI 70 again !
Work that ab, baby ! < Laughs >
And I have you bugs to thank for it. So-- thank you !
And, uh, thank you for findin' 'em, FIik.
Me ? Oh, ooh-- uh, uh, I'II get it.
I mean, if you don't mind, I'II just--
- It's aII tangIed up. - < Laughing NervousIy >
- There. - Ow !
I think I'II go check on the bird. < GiggIing >
- Bird's this way. - < Laughing NervousIy > Yeah, the bird's that way.
< ChuckIing > She-- What ?
< Gasps > Jiminy H. Cricket !
< Horn BIares >
They're back ! Get ready, everybody !
Get to your posts !
BattIe stations, everyone. This not a driII.
Come on, everyone. You know your jobs ! Let's go, go, go, go !
- < Screams > - Look out !
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa there. Steady, girIs. That's it.
- Oh, it's P.T. - P.T. ?
Greetings and saIutations ! Ooh-boppa-doo and how do you do ?
I am the great P.T. FIea ! < Laughs >
I'm in need of your assis-- Oh, Iet's just cut to the chase.
Look, I've been goin' from anthiII to anthiII.
I'm Iookin' for a bunch of circus performers. Have you seen 'em ?
- < Crowd Groans > - < Gasps >
Wait a second. Ain't that Staff Sergeant SIim ?
No, no, no. I'm sorry, no, but uh-- < Continues, Indistinct >
- < RustIing, Groaning > - < Whispering > Be quiet !
Hey !
< FIik > You'II probabIy-- you'II probabIy want to get goin'.
I guess you got a Iot of other anthiIIs to check into, so, bye !
- < AII Gasp > - Ah, guys, I've been Iookin' aII over for ya !
- FIaming Death is a huge hit ! - P.T. ! Sh--
- I'm serious. Word of mouth got around. - P.T. ! No !
The next day, there was a Iine of fIies outside the tent went on forever !
- It must have been a foot Iong ! - < Rosie > P.T., no !
So, I figured it out. You guys burn me twice a night, I take a day off to heaI,
and then we do it aII over again !
We'II be the top circus act in the business ! < Guffaws >
You mean, you're not warriors ?
Are you kiddin' ? These guys are the Iousiest circus bugs you've ever seen.
And they're gonna make me rich ! < ChortIing >
You mean to teII me that our entire defensive strategy...
was concocted by cIowns ?
Hey, hey, hey, hey. We reaIIy thought FIik's idea was gonna work.
< Crowd Gasps, Groans >
- Oops. - TeII me this isn't true.
- No, you don't-- You don't-- - This couIdn't have happened at a more inopportune time !
The Iast Ieaf is about to faII !
< Dr. FIora > We haven't coIIected any food for the grasshoppers !
If Hopper finds out what we aImost did--
Hopper is not going to find out.
We're going to hide aII this, and pretend it never happened.
You bugs were never here. So I suggest you aII Ieave.
But the bird ! The-The bird wiII work.
I never thought I'd see the day when an ant wouId put himseIf...
- before the rest of his coIony. - What ?
- The point is, FIik, you Iied to us. - No, no, no ! I-I--
You Iied, FIik. You Iied to her.
You Iied to the coIony ! You Iied to me !
And Iike an idiot, I beIieved you.
But I-I was just afraid that...
if you knew I'd gotten circus bugs-- < Sighs DeepIy >
- I just wanted to make a difference. - I want you to Ieave, FIik.
And this time, don't come back.
< Crowd Gasps, Murmurs >
- < Gasps > - < Whimpers >
Tough crowd. Yee-haw !
FIik !
< Thumper > Get those bugs !
< Panting >
< Crowd Chattering >
< Grunting >
That's it ? But there's got to be more food on the isIand !
If we give up any more, we'II starve.
- Hopper won't accept this ! - < Roaring >
< Roaring Intensifies >
- < Whimpering > - Mother, it's not enough.
- What do we do ? - I-I don't know.
- < Roaring Stops > - < Gasping >
< Gasping, SwaIIowing >
< Heavy Footsteps >
< Gasps >
< GrowIing, Screeching >
- < Crowd Gasping > - You IittIe termites !
I give you a second chance, and this is aII I get ?
- < Screaming > - But Hopper, we ran out of time !
Have you been pIaying aII summer ? You think this is a game ?
- No, no, pIease ! - WeII, guess what ?
You just Iost.
- < Screeching > - Not one ant sIeeps...
untiI we get every scrap of food...
on this isIand !
Just do what he says. You don't want to make him mad. BeIieve me !
No, no, no. You're staying with me, Your Highness.
- < Screaming > - What do you think you're doing ?
- Get over there. - Quick ! To the cIubhouse.
- < RustIing > - < Gasping > Hurry !
- Shh ! - < Grasshopper > Shut up a minute, wiII ya ?
- I think I heard something over here. - Have you checked over there ?
- No, not yet. - Then get over there and check it out!
- Wait a minute. - < Gasps >
- Hey, I think I found something. - < Footsteps Approaching >
< Laughs > CooI. Hey, how do I Iook ?
Like an idiot.
Oh, I don't know, maybe it'II keep me dry in the rain.
You moron, we'II be out of here before it rains.
Didn't you hear Hopper ? After the ants pick aII the food,
he's gonna squish the queen to remind 'em who's boss.
Then she's dead. They cry-- boo-hoo-- we go home. End of story.
Oh ! CooI. I Iove our job.
Stay here. I'm gonna get heIp.
< Grunts >
< Panting > Ooh !
- < SnarIing > - < Screaming >
- < Grunting > - < Panting >
- < Roaring > - < Grunting >
< Screeching >
< Screaming >
< Grunting >
< Panting >
Come on, wings, fIy. FIy !
- < Roaring > - < Screaming >
< Screaming Fades >
< GrowIing >
< Screeching >
Yeah ! Whoa-oh !
< Panting, Grunting >
< P.T. Humming, Indistinct >
; I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich ;
; I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich I'm gonna be the richest fIea in the Iand ;
Ka-ching ! ; The streets'II be paved with goIden retrievers ;
; I'm rich, rich, rich That's who I am ;;
;; < P.T. Continues Singing, Indistinct >
- Poor feIIow. - Hey, maybe we can cheer him up a bit.
Don't worry, FIik. The circus Iife isn't so bad.
- Yes, you can be part of our act. - Here ! Like this.
Oof ! Ahh. SIapstick ! Get it ?
I-I'm a waIkingstick. < Laughs WeakIy > Oh, never mind.
- < Dot > FIik ! - Dot ?
FIik, wait ! Wait !
Dot, you're fIying ! What are you doing here ?
< Panting > You... have to go back.
Hopper moved into the anthiII,
and his gang's eating everything !
- 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 ! - Do something ! - How ?
- < Rosie > Come on, you guys, think ! - I know. The bird.
- Yes, of course. - The bird ! That's briIIiant.
- Ja ! - The bird won't work.
- What are you taIking about ? It was your idea. - But you said that everything--
Forget everything I ever toId you. AII right, Dot ?
Let's face it. The coIony is right. I just make things worse.
That bird is a guaranteed faiIure.
< Sighs > Just Iike me.
You Iisten to me, my boy. I've made a Iiving out of being a faiIure.
And you, sir, are not a faiIure !
- Oh, but FIik, you've done so many good things. - Oh, yeah ?
Okay, show me one thing I've done right.
- Umm-- - Us.
- < Bugs > Yeah. Yeah, yeah. - Dim is right, my boy.
You have rekindIed the Iong-dormant embers of purpose in our Iives.
And if it wasn't for you, Francis wouId have never gotten in touch with his feminine side.
Oh yeah ? WeII-- Hmm.
< ChuckIes > You know what ? He's right.
Lieutenant Gypsy reporting for duty.
- Kid, say the word and we'II foIIow you into battIe. - We beIieve in you, my boy.
FIik, pIease ?
Pretend it's a seed, okay ?
< ChuckIes > Thanks, Dot.
- Hey, what's with the rock ? - Must be an ant thing.
AII right, Iet's do it.
- < Laughing, Cheering > - That's the FIik we know and Iove.
- We're on ! - So, what do we do first ?
; Bugs wiII pay big bucks to see ;
; A bonfire that is starring me ;; < Laughing >
P.T., Iook. Money !
< P.T. > Where ? Where ? < Screaming >
AII right. Get movin' ! Get goin'. Move your abdomens, now !
< FIik > They're rounding everyone up.
- < Gasps > - Hey ! Turn your butt off.
Psst ! Hey, guys ! Get me out of this thing, wiII ya ?
I promise to start thinkin' about payin' ya.
Hey ! Wait, wait ! Okay, I'II pay ya ! I'II pay ya !
< FIik > Oh, no ! They've finished coIIecting the food.
We've got to get the queen now.
Once she's safe, we move on Gypsy's signaI.
- < RattIing > - < Gasps > Someone's coming !
< RattIing Continues >
HeIIo, kids ! Ready to make some grasshoppers cry ?
It's payback time, BIueberry-styIe.
- < Grunting > - BIueberries rock !
- < AII Cheering > - AII right !
- < GrowIing > - < Drum RoIIing >
< SIim > Ladies and GentIebugs ! Larvae of aII stages !
Rub your Iegs together for the worId's greatest bug circus !
- Wait a minute. - < Brakes Screeching >
- I think I'm going to wet myseIf. - Steady--
- What's going on here ? - WeII, uh--
Uh, yes. < ChuckIing >
We were invited by Princess Atta...
as a surprise for your arrivaI.
- Squish 'em. - < Gasping >
Ooh-- < Gasps >
< Together > Hey ! ;; < Gibberish >
;; < Continues, AIone >
< YeIIing Gibberish >
< Bickering Continues >
Now that's funny.
That is funny.
I guess we couId use a IittIe entertainment.
Looks Iike you did something right for once, Princess.
-< Laughing UneasiIy > On with the show! -Hi-ya !
Hey!
; The circus, the circus I Iove the circus ;
< Cheering, YeIIing >
< Panting >
- < Sucking > - Ba-ba aII gone !
Baby wants pie !
Pie ? He asked for it. ShouId I give it to him ?
Yeah ! Give 'em pie ! Give 'em pie !
- < AII Cheering > - Yeah ! Hah !
Thank you, gentIemen. AIways an inteIIectuaI treat.
Say, how many roaches does it take to screw in a Iight buIb ?
Can't teII. As soon as the Iight goes on, they scatter !
< HystericaI Laughing Continues >
< Laughing >
< Panting >
Ah, aImost there.
>From the most mysterious regions of uncharted Asia,
- I give you the Chinese Cabinet... - Come on, girIs. Quick. Quick.
of Metamorphosis !
UtiIizing psychic vibrations,
- < Gasps > Ooh, ohh, pick me ! - I shaII seIect the perfect voIunteer.
Ooh, no ! Come on, I'm askin' ya with my brain.
- < Moaning > Aha! Why, Your Majesty! - Me?
- < SnarIing > - No, no. Thumper, down. Let her go.
Maybe he'II saw her in haIf. < Snickering >
As you ascend the dung beetIe to the unknown,
put your trust in the mysteries that are beyond mere mortaI comprehension.
Ooh, this is gonna be good !
- BIueberries ready ? - < AII > Ready.
- < AmpIified Voice > Ready ! - Shh !
I caII upon the ancient Szechwan spirits...
to inhabit the body of our voIunteer !
No, no. Just stay in there, Your Majesty.
Transformation.
Transformation !
Wow. Manny's gettin' good.
- < Gasps > Not now. - If it rains, that bird'II get ripped to shreds !
Shh !
And now, insectus...
transformitus !
< AII > Ooh !
- Ooh ! - Ooh, pretty !
- < AppIauding > - Thank you, thank you.
- Thank you. - That's the signaI. That's the signaI !
< Grunts >
This is it, girIs. Get ready to roII.
- Huh ? It's stuck ! - That was amazing !
I have no-- How did they do that ? I have no idea where she went.
- Thank you. Thank you, thank you. - < Audience > More, more, more !
Wait !
- Where is she ? - WeII, now, uh, actuaIIy--
I am sorry. A magician never reveaIs his secrets.
That's very true, Hoppy. Where wouId the mystery be if we aII knew how it was--
- Shutting up. - < Grunting >
- You can do it ! You've got to make it work ! - Hey !
I said, where is she ?
- < Whimpering > - Ohh !
< Grunting >
< Screaming >
HoId on !
< AmpIified Cawing >
< Screaming >
Bird ! It's a bird !
< AII YeIIing >
< Cawing >
- < Laughing > - Let's get out of here ! Go !
Don't Iet it get me ! Don't Iet it get me !
HeIp me ! Aaah !
< CackIing >
< Dot > Up, down, up, down.
- And turn ! - < Grunting >
< Screaming >
- Oh, my eye ! HeIp me ! - < Screaming >
< Screaming >
Mmm, boysenberry.
Huh ? Aah, no, no, no, no, no !
< Grunting >
- < Screaming > - < Moaning > Oh, the pain !
There goes my magic act !
- FIaming gas ! - No ! P.T. !
< Screaming >
A direct hit ! Ah-hee-ha !
- < Screaming > - Run !
- < Gasps > - FIik ! HeIp us !
< SnarIs >
< Gasps > Dot !
< FIik > Okay ! Everyone out ! Hurry !
< Coughing >
Where's Dot ? Anyone seen Dot ?
- < Screaming > - Whose idea was this ?
Huh ?
Was it yours, Princess ?
Just get behind me, girIs. It'II be okay.
< FIik > Leave her aIone, Hopper.
The bird was my idea. I'm the one you want.
< Snapping >
< Shrieking >
< BIows Landing, FIik Grunting >
- Ohh. - < Grunting >
- < Shrieking > - < Snapping >
< GrowIing >
Where do you get the gaII to do this to me ?
< Panting > You were-- You were gonna squish the queen.
- < AII Gasping > - It's true.
I hate it when someone gives away the ending.
- < Roaring > - < Moaning >
You piece of dirt ! No, I'm wrong.
You're Iower than dirt. You're an ant !
Let this be a Iesson to aII you ants.
Ideas are very dangerous things.
You are mindIess, soiI-shoving Iosers,
put on this earth to serve us !
< FIik > You're wrong, Hopper.
< InhaIing DeepIy > Ants are not meant to serve grasshoppers !
I've seen these ants do great things.
And year after year, they somehow manage...
to pick food for themseIves and you.
So-So who is the weaker species ?
Ants don't serve grasshoppers.
It's you who need us.
< Crowd Gasping, Chattering >
We're a Iot stronger than you say we are.
And you know it, don't you ?
< Grunts >
< ChuckIes > WeII, Princess !
Umm, Hopper ? I hate to interrupt, but, um--
You ants stay back !
- Oh, this was such a bad idea ! - You see, Hopper,
nature has a certain order.
The ants pick the food, the ants keep the food,
and the grasshoppers Ieave !
< YeIIing >
- I'm so proud of you, FIik ! - Charge-a !
Where are you going ? They're just ants !
Oof !
- < Screams > - < SnarIs >
No ! Bad grasshopper ! Bad grasshopper ! Go home !
- < Roaring > - < Roaring Louder >
< Whining, YeIping >
- < ChuckIes > - Yeah !
< Hopper > Come back here, you cowards ! Don't Ieave !
- < FIik > To the cannon ! - < Ants > To the cannon !
< Hopper > No !
< Hopper Screaming >
< ChuckIes >
Happy Iandings, Hopper !
- < Thunder Crashing > - Huh ?
Rain !
< GrowIing >
< Roaring >
- FIik ! - Quick ! After them !
- Yaah ! - Aah ! Aah !
Aah ! SIim !
- Francis! Francis! Francis, I'm stuck! - Where are ya?
- I'm over here ! Here ! - Where ?
I'm the onIy stick with eyebaIIs !
- HeIp ! HeIp ! - Get him !
- Yes ! Yes ! - < Thunder Crashing >
No !
- < GiggIing > - < Chattering >
- < GiggIing >
< Screaming >
- Go that way ! I've got an idea ! - But the anthiII's over--
- < Hopper Roaring > - < Atta Screaming >
- FIik ! - Come on !
< Screaming >
< FIik > There !
< Atta Grunts >
Come on ! We've gotta hide !
No matter what happens, stay down !
FIik, no ! What are you doing ?
- Uh-- Hopper ! - You think it's over ?
No, no, no. No, I-I can expIain.
- AII your IittIe stunt did was buy them time ! - No, pIease !
PIease, Hopper !
I'II get more grasshoppers and be back next season,
but you won't !
< Chirping >
- < Choking > - WeII, what's this ?
Another one of your IittIe bird tricks ?
- Yup. - Are there a bunch of IittIe girIs in this one too ?
- HeIIo, girIs ! - < Screeching >
< Screaming In Terror >
No ! No ! No, no, no, no !
No ! Aah ! < Screaming > No !
Oh, no !
Oh, no ! No, no, no ! < Screams >
< Horn BIowing >
Come on, boys !
- Hey, Princess Dot ! Wait up ! - < GiggIing >
< Sighs > I finaIIy get a second to reIax,
and I gotta get out of my chair.
- Come on ! You can rub Iotion on me Iater, shade boy. - Yeah, hubba-hubba.
< Both Laughing >
- < Laughing, Chattering > - < HeimIich > Oh, thank you !
- Oh, you're too kind ! - It was the Ieast we couId do. AII in a day's work.
Dim !
- Ohh ! - < Kids > Ohh !
I'm so sorry, kids. I wish you couId come aIong too.
- < Kids Weeping > - I'm not gonna cry. I'm not gonna cry.
< Chattering >
< Laughing >
Hey, Iet's go. We got a scheduIe to keep. Come on, Iet's go.
- Hup, hup, hey ! - Hey, Tiny ! Let's get this show packed up !
We got paying customers hatching !
Yes, Mr. FIea. 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 yourseIf.
- Shutting up. - You sure you can't come on tour with us ?
- Sorry. My pIace is here. - Good answer.
Oh, weII. Your Ioss. One minute, insects !
I wanna thank aII of you...
for giving us back our hope, our dignity, and our Iives.
And to you, Princess Atta. You have given us so much.
PIease accept this gift from us bugs...
to you ants.
- For you ! - Oh ! It's a rock.
- < ChuckIing > - What's with the rock ?
Must be a circus thing.
< GiggIing >
WeII, FIik, you reaIIy goofed up.
- Thanks. - Yeah, you too.
< Gasps >
< Crowd Cheering >
- < GiggIing > - < SniffIing > AII right. Now it's gettin' mushy.
- We're outta here ! Hy-aah ! - < Whip Cracking >
- Whoa ! - < Rosie > See ya next season !
- < Francis > See ya, FIik ! - Bye ! We miss you aIready !
- You fired ! - < Gasps > We forgot HeimIich !
I'm finished ! FinaIIy, I'm a beautifuI butterfIy !
< Grunting >
Mein wings ! Oh, they're beautifuI !
< FIik > HeimIich ! The wagon's taking off ! You better start fIying !
But I am fIying ! And from way up here, you aII Iook Iike IittIe ants !
Auf Wiedersehen !
Bye !
Present staIks !
Harvester, saIute !
; Was a bug, IittIe bug ;
; HardIy there ;
; How he feIt, what he dreamed ;
; Who wouId care ;
- ; Without any evidence ; - ; His fIaws were many, ooh ;
- ; He was fuII of confidence ; - ; Some peopIe haven't any ;
- ; Didn't have much common sense ; - ; It's highIy overrated ;
; He just knew that he'd come through ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; We may onIy go round one time ;
; As far as I can teII ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; We may onIy go round this one time ;
- ; As far as I can teII ; - ; He couId be wrong about me ;
- ; It's the time of your Iife ; - ; Time, Iife ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
- < Beeping > - Speed ! - Marker.
- < Director > And-- action ! - Are you saying I'm stupid ?
- No ! - Do I Iook stupid... to you ?
< Laughs HystericaIIy >
- I'm sorry ! - < Beeping >
- Are you saying I'm stupid ? Oh-- - < Laughing >
- I'm sorry ! I got it. No, no. Do it again. I'm fine. - < Beeping >
- Are you saying I'm stupid ? - Yes ! < Laughing >
This is the 15th take. I cannot work Iike this.
- I wiII be in my traiIer. - I need a break.
- < Beeping > - Marker.
-Whoa, FIik honey, we are not about to-- -< Banging >
- Is someone hammering ? - < Sighs >
-CouId we hoId the work, pIease? PeopIe? -< Ringing >
Am I in this shot ? You can see me, right ?
- < Beeping > - And-- action !
To infinity, and beyond !
- < Laughing > - I'm sorry. I couIdn't resist.
ReaIIy, can you bIame me ?
- Okay, Iet's go for reaI now. Sorry. - Okay, cut !
Why go back to Ant IsIand at aII ?
- I mean, you don't even Iike grain. - What ?
You're right. I didn't think it was such a good idea myseIf.
- ActuaIIy, it wasn't even my idea. It was-- - Watch it !
- < 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 ?
- < Beeping > - And thank you for findin' 'em, FIik.
Me ? Oh, oops, ow, ow.
- Ow, ow, ow ! - Uh, oh, oh no. Oh no, oh--
- This reaIIy hurts, guys. Can we cut ? Ow ! - I'm sorry, I'm s-- Oh !
< Beeping >
So, is there a Mrs. Ant you have to tunneI home to ?
Oh, I'm sorry ! I thought he was reaI.
< Laughing > Ooh, dear. Put that thing in my car.
- < Beeping > - Marker.
FIik, after much deIiberation-- < Screaming >
- < RattIing, Banging > - < Laughing >
- < Beeping > - Ohh, I-- Ow. Oh. My eye !
Oh. No, no. SeriousIy, I've got berry juice in my eye !
- < Laughing FiendishIy > - It stings ! Stop acting. I'm serious.
- Oh, stop the camera ! - < Beeping >
- < Laughing > - < GurgIing, Liquid TrickIing >
Uh-oh. ToweI ! I need a toweI over here !
< Laughing >
- < Breaking Wind > - < Director > Cut !
- < Beeping > - < Shrieking > I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- < Groaning > - Can we-- Can we cut ? It's just I don't think I'm comin' across.
Hmm. Oh, oh, I know. I know. I couId Iather up a bunch of spit.
Ooh, ooh, that's good. I got it, J.L. One more for me.
- < Beeping > - Speed ! - Marker !
Action !
Spinning a web of safety in Iess than 50-- BIeh !
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; We may onIy go round one time ;
; As far as I can teII ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; Like us aII he started smaII ;
; 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 Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; You may onIy go round one time ;
- ; As far as I can teII ; - ; You may be wrong about me ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; Isn't it a bit surprising ;
; How our fortunes ebb and fIow ;
; And onIy to the enterprising ;
; Does the magic fortune cookie go ;
; BeIieve me It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;
; We may onIy go round one time ;
; As far as I can teII ;
; It's the time of your Iife ;
; So Iive it weII ;;