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A Bug's Life

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Synopsis

In a place called Ant Island, there lives a group of ants. Their job is to collect the food for the grasshoppers, but a sort of clumsy ant named Flik accidentally tips the rock under the food, making it all fall down into the water. Upon noticing that their food has disappeared, the grasshoppers show up and warn the ants that they will come back at the end of the last season, when the last leaf falls. And it's all because of Flik. The ants send him away to find circus bugs. As he does so, he invites them to the island. But when they leave, they see a bird's nest, which can only mean one thing -- a snack for one hungry bird. When Flik notices that Hopper's afraid of birds, he and the other ants make a bird out of leaves themselves. Unfortunately, Flik ends up lying to everyone, so he and the circus bugs are ordered to leave and not come back... until they had to because the grasshoppers were coming back to eat everything. When one of the bugs performs the flaming death at the bird made out of leaves, the grasshoppers want to know whose idea it was. They find out that it was Flik. A rainstorm begins, and the grasshoppers run away. Later in spring, all is well again.

Cast

Character's name Voiced by
Flik Dave Foley
Hopper Kevin Spacey
Princess Atta Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Dot Hayden Panettiere
The Queen Phyllis Diller
Molt Richard Kind
Slim David Hyde Pierce
Heimlich Joe Ranft
Francis Denis Leary
Manny Jonathan Harris
Gypsy Madeline Kahn
Rosie Bonnie Hunt
Tuck and Roll Mike McShane
P.T. Flea John Ratzanberger
Dim Brad Garrett
Dr. Flora Edie McClurg
Thorny Alex Rocco
Cornelius David Ossman

Production timeline

  • February 5, 1997: Background information announced for the film.
  • October 1, 1997: The film's official release date announced, and a new theatrical trailer posted online and presented on television.

In Other Languages

Language Title
Spanish Bichos: Una Aventura en Miniatura
Portuguese Vida de Inseto
Japanese バグズ・ライフ
Chinese 蟲蟲特工隊
Korean 벅스 라이프
Thai ตัวบั๊กส์ หัวใจไม่บั๊กส์

Release timeline

Format Country of origin Date
Teaser trailer USA November 14, 1997
Theatrical trailer #1 USA June 19, 1998
Theatrical trailer #2 USA October 1, 1998
Original theatrical USA November 25, 1998
Original theatrical (with different outtakes) USA December 18, 1998
VHS/DVD USA April 20, 1999
VHS (Spanish dub) USA May 18, 1999
VHS/DVD Australia September 28, 1999
VHS UK October 1, 1999
VHS Brazil October 10, 1999
DVD Taiwan October 28, 1999
VHS/DVD Japan October 29, 1999
VHS France November 10, 1999
VHS (with Toy Story) UK November 19, 1999
VHS South Korea November 22, 1999
DVD (Collector's Edition) USA November 23, 1999
DVD Latin America 2000
DVD South Korea June 9, 2000
VHS/DVD (re-release) USA August 1, 2000
DVD UK January 8, 2001
DVD France July 26, 2001
DVD (Collector's Edition) South Korea April 10, 2002
DVD (Collector's Edition) UK September 9, 2002
DVD (Collector's Edition) Japan September 20, 2002
DVD (Collector's Edition) France November 27, 2002
DVD (Collector's Edition; re-release) USA May 27, 2003
Blu-ray Disc USA May 19, 2009
Digital Download USA May 19, 2009
Blu-ray Disc UK December 6, 2010
Blu-ray Disc Japan July 6, 2011
Digital HD USA October 1, 2012

A Bug's Life grossed $163 million domestically and $362 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing animated film of 1998. This is about $240 million domestically and $540 million worldwide by today's standards.

Television broadcast timeline

Broadcast date(s) Channel aired Notes
  • September 30, 2001
  • October 27, 2002
  • January 24, 2004
  • June 24, 2006
 American Broadcasting Company Logo Premiered in HDTV (1080i) format, at 7:00 p.m. on The Wonderful World of Disney.
  • November 30, 2001
  • December 22, 2001
  • February 15, 2002
  • November 22, 2002
  • November 14, 2003
  • February 27, 2004
  • January 8, 2005
  • December 26, 2011
  • February 21, 2012
  • May 21, 2012
  • January 9, 2013
  • August 12, 2013
  • December 15, 2013
  • February 5, 2014
  • April 14, 2014
  • July 8, 2014
  • December 7, 2016
  • June 24, 2017

Disney Channel 1997

Disney Channel

Disney channel Logo 2010

Disney Channel 2014

No known broadcasts in 2007 or 2008 exist for this film.
  • January 9, 2011
  • March 5, 2011
  • October 15, 2011
  • November 28, 2011
  • December 15, 2011
  • May 26, 2013
  • August 17, 2013
  • September 13, 2014
  • November 8, 2014
  • September 11, 2015
  • March 19, 2016
  • June 18, 2016
  • January 21, 2017
  • June 17–18, 2017

Abc family hd

Freeform logo

  • November 3, 2012
  • August 23, 2015
 Telemundo
  • April 6, 2012
  • March 27, 2013
  • May 18–19, 2013
  • June 28–29, 2013
  • March 21, 2016

Disney XD
DisneyXD 15

  • November 15, 2013
  • November 11, 2016
 Disney Junior

Home video timeline

Main article: Home video timeline for A Bug's Life

Websites

A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life -- The Official Homepage

Gallery

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The Walt Disney Company
Movies Disney: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • 101 Dalmatians (1961) • Mary Poppins (1964) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Tangled (2010) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Frozen (2013) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Zootopia (2016) • Moana (2016) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Frozen II (2019)
Pixar: Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Finding Dory (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019)
Home media Generation I Mary Poppins (1980/1985) • Dumbo (1981/1985) • Alice in Wonderland (1981/1986) • Robin Hood (1984) • Pinocchio (1985) • Sleeping Beauty (1986) • Lady and the Tramp (1987) • Cinderella (1988) • Bambi (1989) • The Little Mermaid (1990) • Peter Pan (1990) • The Jungle Book (1991) • 101 Dalmatians (1992)
Generation II Robin Hood (1991) • Beauty and the Beast (1992) • Pinocchio (1993/1999) • Aladdin (1993) • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1994) • The Lion King (1995) • The Aristocats (1995/2000) • Cinderella (1995) • Pocahontas (1996/2000) • Toy Story (1996/2000) • Bambi (1997) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997) • Mary Poppins (1997/2000) • Sleeping Beauty (1997) • The Jungle Book (1997) • Hercules (1998/2000) • Peter Pan (1998) • The Little Mermaid (1998) • Lady and the Tramp (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • Mulan (1999) • 101 Dalmatians (1999) • A Bug's Life/Collector's Edition (1999/2000) • Alice in Wonderland (1999) • Robin Hood (1999) • Toy Story 2 (2000)
Generation III Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2001) • Dumbo (2001/2006) • Peter Pan (2002/2007) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2002) • Beauty and the Beast (2002) • Pinocchio (2003) • Sleeping Beauty (2003) • The Lion King (2003) • Alice in Wonderland (2004) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (2004) • Aladdin (2004) • Mulan (2004) • Mary Poppins (2004) • Bambi (2005) • Pocahontas (2005) • Toy Story (2005) • Cinderella (2005) • Toy Story 2 (2005) • Lady and the Tramp (2006) • The Little Mermaid (2006) • Robin Hood (2006) • The Jungle Book (2007) • The Aristocats (2008) • 101 Dalmatians (2008)
Generation IV Sleeping Beauty (2008/2014) • Mary Poppins (2009/2013) • Pinocchio (2009) • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2009) • Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (2010) • Beauty and the Beast (2010) • Alice in Wonderland (2011) • Bambi (2011) • Dumbo (2011) • The Lion King (2011) • Lady and the Tramp (2012) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (2012) • Pocahontas (2012) • 101 Dalmatians (2012) • Cinderella (2012) • Peter Pan (2013) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2013) • Mulan (2013) • Aladdin (2013) • The Little Mermaid (2013) • The Jungle Book (2014) • Hercules (2014)
Post-2001 films Monsters, Inc. (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2005) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Tangled (2011) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2014) • Frozen: Sing-Along Edition (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2015) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2016) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2020)
Books The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1996) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)
Music Collections Classic Disney Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1995) • Classic Disney Vol. 2: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1995) • Classic Disney Vol. 3: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1996) • Classic Disney Vol. 4: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1997) • Classic Disney Vol. 5: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1998) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 1 (2001) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 2 (2001) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 3 (2002)
Film soundtracks The Lion King (1994) • Toy Story (1995) • Return to Pride Rock (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Incredibles (2004) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Frozen (2013)
Television networks Disney Channel • Toon Disney (1998-2009) • Disney XD

Movies
Pre-1980 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • The Wizard of Oz (1939) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • 101 Dalmatians (1961) • The Sword in the Stone (1963) • Mary Poppins (1964) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) • The Rescuers (1977)
1980s The Fox and the Hound (1981) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) • The Black Cauldron (1985) • My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) • Castle in the Sky (1986) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Oliver & Company (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • The Little Mermaid (1989)
1990s The Rescuers Down Under (1990) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • Toy Story 2 (1999)
2000–2002 Fantasia 2000 (2000) • Dinosaur (2000) • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) • The Emperor's New Groove (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) • Spirited Away (2001) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) • Ice Age (2002) • Lilo & Stitch (2002)
2002–2004 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Treasure Planet (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • Brother Bear (2003) • The Cat in the Hat (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Home on the Range (2004) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) • The Incredibles (2004) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
2005–2007 Robots (2005) • Chicken Little (2005) • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) • Cars (2006) • Open Season (2006) • Meet the Robinsons (2007) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Surf's Up (2007) • Ratatouille (2007) • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) • Enchanted (2007)
2008–2010 Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • WALL-E (2008) • Ponyo (2008) • Bolt (2008) • Up (2009) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Despicable Me (2010)
2010–2012 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) • Tangled (2010) • Hop (2011) • Rio (2011) • Winnie the Pooh (2011) • Cars 2 (2011) • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) • The Smurfs (2011) • Arthur Christmas (2011) • The Lorax (2012) • The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) • Brave (2012) • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
2013–2015 Epic (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Despicable Me 2 (2013) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Frozen (2013) • The Lego Movie (2014) • Rio 2 (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Inside Out (2015) • Minions (2015) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • The Peanuts Movie (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
2016–2017 Zootopia (2016) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • The Secret Life of Pets (2016) • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) • Storks (2016) • Moana (2016) • Sing (2016) • Monster Trucks (2016/2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Despicable Me 3 (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Coco (2017) • Ferdinand (2017)
2018–2019 Sherlock Gnomes (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Smallfoot (2018) • The Grinch (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Wonder Park (2019) • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)

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