A Bug's Life

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A Bug's Life Trivia

The two mosquitoes trapped in the light of the bugzapper ("Frank, don't go towards the light!" "I can't help it - it's so beautiful!") are the voices of the co-directors, John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton.
DVD version is first ever all-digital video transfer.
Roddy McDowall's final film.
The cookies from the box that that Flea's circus travels in contain 92 grams of protein per serving!
The Pixar short film Geri's Game was shown before this film in theaters, at least in the United States.
The tunnel in a tunnel joke was made in reference to Steve Jobs' (CEO of Pixar and Apple) plan for Apple's "store in a store".
Ashley Tisdale tried out for the part of "Dot".
Dave Foley, who is Flick, originally tried out for the Slim, played by David Hyde Pierce.
For the 1.33:1 video transfer, rather than pan-and-scan the original 2.35:1 theatrical image, Pixar actually re-used the original computer images, re-framed some scenes, and even to the point where they'd place characters to a different spot in the scene to fit into the 1.33:1 frame.
The names on the boxes that make up the City are all the names of the writers' kids. A few examples are: JuJu's Litter, Hannah's Bananas, and PJ Pop.
WILHELM SCREAM: A worker ant screams the "third scream" when the grasshoppers invade the colony.
In the home video release there were 5 covers to pick from (Hopper, Flick, Dot, Francis, and Heimlich.)
The hand gestures made by Hopper were modeled after gestures made by Steve Jobs.
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard twice in the rain storm.
This was the first computer generated feature film to be presented in a scope ratio of 2.35:1
P.T. Flea's name was based off of P.T. Barnum, who owned a traveling circus in New York City during the 1840s.
The original "teaser" trailer for this film was made up of animation made specially for the trailer and not appearing in the final film. This became a Pixar trademark.
The restaurant at Bug City is a can of "Low Fat Lard".
Atta is a genus of leaf-cutting ants.