Post by Belle on Oct 5, 2014 12:23:24 GMT
Flik, an individualist and would-be inventor, lives in a colony of ants. The ants are led by Princess Atta and her mother, the Queen and they live on Ant Island, which is a small island in the middle of a dried creek. Flik is different and always unappreciated because of his problematic inventions. The colony is oppressed by a gang of marauding grhoppers led by Hopper who arrive every season demanding food from the ants. When the annual offering is inadvertently knocked into a stream by Flik's latest invention, a grain-harvesting device, the grhoppers demand twice as much food as compensation. Given a temporary reprieve by the grhoppers, the ants trick Flik into accepting his plan to recruit "warrior bugs" to fight off the grhoppers. While Flik actually believes in the plan, the other ants see it as an opportunity to get rid of Flik and save themselves trouble.
Making his way to the "big city" (a heap of trash under a trailer), Flik mistakes a group of circus bugs, who have recently been fired by their money-hungry ringmaster, P.T. Flea, for the warrior bugs he seeks. The bugs in turn, mistake Flik for a talent agent and agree to travel with him back to Ant Island. After they arrive, the circus bugs and Flik both discover their mutual misunderstandings during a welcome performance by the ants. The circus bugs then attempt to leave, but are forced back by a bird who attacks the group. They save Dot, Atta's younger sister, from the bird as they flee, gaining the ants' trust in the process. At Flik's insistence, they continue the ruse of being "warriors" so the troupe can continue to enjoy the attention and hospitality of the ants. The bird encounter inspires Flik into creating a false bird to scare away Hopper (who is deeply afraid of birds) and his gang. While the bird is being built, Hopper reveals to the other grhoppers on their time away from the island, how greatly the ants outnumber them and is afraid that they will eventually stand up against them, which is why it is more about keeping the ants in line than taking their food.
The bird is constructed, but during a celebration party, the circus bugs are exposed when P.T. Flea arrives searching for them, realizing their potential in a popular new circus act. Outraged at Flik's deception, Atta exiles him and the ants desperately attempt to pull together enough food for a new offering to the grhoppers. When the grhoppers discover the mediocre offering upon their arrival, they take control of the entire colony, demanding the ants' winter store of food. After overhearing Hopper's plan to kill the Queen, Dot leaves in search of Flik and the circus bugs to convince them to return and save the colony with the bird model.
The bird nearly works, but P.T. Flea, also mistaking it for a real bird, lights it on fire, causing it to crash and be exposed as a fake. Hopper has Flik beaten in retaliation and proclaims that the ants are lowly life forms and live to serve the grhoppers: however, Flik reveals how much they are independent and that the grhoppers actually need them. This inspires the entire colony along with the circus bugs to drive the grhoppers out of Ant Island. Hopper, who refuses to flee is taken by the ants to be disposed of, but it suddenly begins to rain. During the chaos, he kidnaps Flik and flees. In the ensuing pursuit, Atta eventually rescues Flik after the circus bugs fail to save him. As Hopper viciously pursues them, Flik leads him to the same bird that he encountered earlier. Mistaking the actual bird for another fake one, Hopper taunts it, before he is picked up by the bird who then feeds him to her chicks.
Some time later, Flik's inventions are finally perfected and appreciated by the ants and he and Atta are now a couple. After Flik is congratulated as a hero, the troupe depart with Hopper's brother, Molt, as an employee and Heimlich, who is now a butterfly, whilst Atta is crowned the new queen and Dot is crowned the new princess.
Making his way to the "big city" (a heap of trash under a trailer), Flik mistakes a group of circus bugs, who have recently been fired by their money-hungry ringmaster, P.T. Flea, for the warrior bugs he seeks. The bugs in turn, mistake Flik for a talent agent and agree to travel with him back to Ant Island. After they arrive, the circus bugs and Flik both discover their mutual misunderstandings during a welcome performance by the ants. The circus bugs then attempt to leave, but are forced back by a bird who attacks the group. They save Dot, Atta's younger sister, from the bird as they flee, gaining the ants' trust in the process. At Flik's insistence, they continue the ruse of being "warriors" so the troupe can continue to enjoy the attention and hospitality of the ants. The bird encounter inspires Flik into creating a false bird to scare away Hopper (who is deeply afraid of birds) and his gang. While the bird is being built, Hopper reveals to the other grhoppers on their time away from the island, how greatly the ants outnumber them and is afraid that they will eventually stand up against them, which is why it is more about keeping the ants in line than taking their food.
The bird is constructed, but during a celebration party, the circus bugs are exposed when P.T. Flea arrives searching for them, realizing their potential in a popular new circus act. Outraged at Flik's deception, Atta exiles him and the ants desperately attempt to pull together enough food for a new offering to the grhoppers. When the grhoppers discover the mediocre offering upon their arrival, they take control of the entire colony, demanding the ants' winter store of food. After overhearing Hopper's plan to kill the Queen, Dot leaves in search of Flik and the circus bugs to convince them to return and save the colony with the bird model.
The bird nearly works, but P.T. Flea, also mistaking it for a real bird, lights it on fire, causing it to crash and be exposed as a fake. Hopper has Flik beaten in retaliation and proclaims that the ants are lowly life forms and live to serve the grhoppers: however, Flik reveals how much they are independent and that the grhoppers actually need them. This inspires the entire colony along with the circus bugs to drive the grhoppers out of Ant Island. Hopper, who refuses to flee is taken by the ants to be disposed of, but it suddenly begins to rain. During the chaos, he kidnaps Flik and flees. In the ensuing pursuit, Atta eventually rescues Flik after the circus bugs fail to save him. As Hopper viciously pursues them, Flik leads him to the same bird that he encountered earlier. Mistaking the actual bird for another fake one, Hopper taunts it, before he is picked up by the bird who then feeds him to her chicks.
Some time later, Flik's inventions are finally perfected and appreciated by the ants and he and Atta are now a couple. After Flik is congratulated as a hero, the troupe depart with Hopper's brother, Molt, as an employee and Heimlich, who is now a butterfly, whilst Atta is crowned the new queen and Dot is crowned the new princess.