is an 9-minute
3-D Movie based on the
Pixar movie, ''
A Bug's Life ''. Using lighting, 3-D filming techniques, audio-animatronics and various special effects, the show gives the audience an idea of what it would be like to be an insect. Flik, from ''A Bug's Life'', hosts the show and educates the viewer on why bugs shouldn't be seen as pests, but more as friends.
The attraction opened at the
Walt Disney World Resort 's
Disney's Animal Kingdom on April 22, 1998, a full seven months before the actual feature debuted in theaters. It has since opened at
Disney's California Adventure Park on February 8, 2001.
In
Disney's Animal Kingdom , the Bug's Life theater is located inside of
The Tree Of Life and the queue is a long path that wraps it. During the trip you see posters of various bug acts during the show, and see some carvings of animals on
The Tree Of Life that can only be seen in the queue.
The queue features parodies or renditions of songs from famous movies put together with bug sounds.
One of the tracks, "
Beauty And The Bees ", can be found on these official albums:
The show's score is composed by
Randy Newman and
Bruno Coon , Newman also conducts the score.
The theme song for the film is "It's Tough to be a Bug" and can be found on
Music From Disney's California Adventure (2001 CD) . This track is played at the very end of the movie.
Dave Foley -Flik, the host of the show.
Kevin Spacey -Hopper, the show's antagonist.
Corey Burton -The Announcer.
Cheech Marin -Chili, Chilian Tarantula.
Frank Oz -Weevil-Kneevil.
French Stewart -The Termite-Ator, sprays acid at "Intruders".
Tom Kenny -The Dung Beetle Brothers.
- The film was not created by Pixar , but instead it was created by Rhythm And Hues Studios Rhythm and Hues Studios. "Strap on your special "bug eyes" to see life from an insect's point of view in this 3-D show filled with Audio-Animatronics® characters, special effects, and lots of laughs." http://www.rhythm.com/film/theme_parks.shtml.
- The termite in the show is an obvious reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger 's character '' The Terminator '', hence the attitude and similar catch phrase.
- Right before the film is about to start you will hear, "the part of the stink bug will be played by Claire De Room," which sounds similar to the phrase, "clear the room."
- In the part where Hopper derides humans for portraying insects as monsters, he shows clips from classic insecticide commercials and a scene from '' Empire Of The Ants ''.
