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| It's Tough To Be A Bug |
It's Tough to Be a Bug! is a 9-minute long 3-D film based on the Disney·Pixar film, A Bug's Life.
The film, created by Rhythm and Hues Studios, is the main component of a theme park attraction
at several Walt Disney theme parks. Using theater 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.
At Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Bug's Life theater is located inside The Tree of Life. As the
queue winds around the tree, visitors can glimpse animal carvings on the tree that aren't visible
from other vantage points. The "underground" pre-show area features posters of various bug
acts from the show, as well as those for all-insect parodies of Broadway musicals, such as
Beauty and the Beast, Web Side Story, Little Shop of Hoppers and My Fair Ladybug.
In Disney's Animal Kingdom, a female bug voice says "Ten minutes till showtime." before the
song "One" plays. After the song, "Tomorrow", the voice says, "Five minutes till showtime.". When
"Tonight" is playing, the voice says "One minute till showtime." After the song, the doors open.
But in California Adventure, the voice is a male bug and has "Flight of the Bumblebee". The doors
close, and the announcer tells the audience to never buzz, sting, pollinate and chirp. Flik pops up
upside-down behind the butterfly curtains. Then, Flik talks and the butterflies fly. The leaf is the
title card and says "IT'S TOUGH TO BE A BUG!". Then, the little butterfly flies away and a
millipede bites the leaf. Then, jungle music is heard, and a Mexican redknee tarantula (called
Chilean Tarantula) named Chili walks to see Flik. Flik screams and Chili laughs. A pair of Acorn
Weevils place a trident like item on the stage with a web. Chili shoots the acorn with a quill.
Then, the acorn weevils got an acorn with Weevil Kneevil and Chili didn't shoot him. He misses
the acorn and Weevil escapes and Chili chases him. The next guest is a soldier termite who
defends his mound by spraying intruders with acid. The piece of wood falls and makes a loud
rumble. The termite shoots at the flea and shoots at the audience. He ran out of acid and went
away. A Stink Bug named Claire de Room walks to the stage and is silent. The acorn weevils
place a flower and Weevil enters the flower; Claire passes gas and then walks away. An
explosion is heard when Hopper jumps into stage. Hopper was mad at Flik. A Rhinoceros beetle
chases Flik and four Acorn Weevils hold a picture of the movie, "Knock em Dead". and then, the
film shows up a live boy screaming and a tarantula about to destroy the home. Two soldiers
shoot at a grasshopper in the park. A pair of Fireflies climb up the building and two ants walk to
the boat and a man hits the ant on the boat. A fly was hit by the fly swatter three times and the
human uses a Bug Spray. It's so dark and wasps poke the audience. Several Black widow
spiders go up and down trying to capture the audience and go up and went up and are gone.
Hopper says that nothing can stop him, but a chameleon eats Hopper and spits out Hopper and
Hopper flies away. Some bug audience members talk at once while Flik said that he forgot to
mention about reptiles. On the song, several bees start to sing, along with severalDung beetles,
The Dung Brothers, several dragonflies and several ladybugs in the song. In addition, it frightens
adolecenes to the point of tears. Weevil returns holding a cupcake and the bugs chase him. The
butterflies come back to form as curtains and Flik says that a magnifying glass is for looking at
little things, not for burning. He lets the little butterfly fly into the butterfly curtains and the show
ends. The announcer says that audience members should be seated, so the beetles, maggots
and cockroaches can leave the show safely. The bugs start to talk at once and the announcer
says to pick up the grubby things before they exit. In the Animal Kingdom show, the female voice
says to exit through the doors to the left, while the male voice says to exit through the doors to the
right. The guests put their bugs eyes in the bins outside the theater and exit.
The film, created by Rhythm and Hues Studios, is the main component of a theme park attraction
at several Walt Disney theme parks. Using theater 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.
At Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Bug's Life theater is located inside The Tree of Life. As the
queue winds around the tree, visitors can glimpse animal carvings on the tree that aren't visible
from other vantage points. The "underground" pre-show area features posters of various bug
acts from the show, as well as those for all-insect parodies of Broadway musicals, such as
Beauty and the Beast, Web Side Story, Little Shop of Hoppers and My Fair Ladybug.
In Disney's Animal Kingdom, a female bug voice says "Ten minutes till showtime." before the
song "One" plays. After the song, "Tomorrow", the voice says, "Five minutes till showtime.". When
"Tonight" is playing, the voice says "One minute till showtime." After the song, the doors open.
But in California Adventure, the voice is a male bug and has "Flight of the Bumblebee". The doors
close, and the announcer tells the audience to never buzz, sting, pollinate and chirp. Flik pops up
upside-down behind the butterfly curtains. Then, Flik talks and the butterflies fly. The leaf is the
title card and says "IT'S TOUGH TO BE A BUG!". Then, the little butterfly flies away and a
millipede bites the leaf. Then, jungle music is heard, and a Mexican redknee tarantula (called
Chilean Tarantula) named Chili walks to see Flik. Flik screams and Chili laughs. A pair of Acorn
Weevils place a trident like item on the stage with a web. Chili shoots the acorn with a quill.
Then, the acorn weevils got an acorn with Weevil Kneevil and Chili didn't shoot him. He misses
the acorn and Weevil escapes and Chili chases him. The next guest is a soldier termite who
defends his mound by spraying intruders with acid. The piece of wood falls and makes a loud
rumble. The termite shoots at the flea and shoots at the audience. He ran out of acid and went
away. A Stink Bug named Claire de Room walks to the stage and is silent. The acorn weevils
place a flower and Weevil enters the flower; Claire passes gas and then walks away. An
explosion is heard when Hopper jumps into stage. Hopper was mad at Flik. A Rhinoceros beetle
chases Flik and four Acorn Weevils hold a picture of the movie, "Knock em Dead". and then, the
film shows up a live boy screaming and a tarantula about to destroy the home. Two soldiers
shoot at a grasshopper in the park. A pair of Fireflies climb up the building and two ants walk to
the boat and a man hits the ant on the boat. A fly was hit by the fly swatter three times and the
human uses a Bug Spray. It's so dark and wasps poke the audience. Several Black widow
spiders go up and down trying to capture the audience and go up and went up and are gone.
Hopper says that nothing can stop him, but a chameleon eats Hopper and spits out Hopper and
Hopper flies away. Some bug audience members talk at once while Flik said that he forgot to
mention about reptiles. On the song, several bees start to sing, along with severalDung beetles,
The Dung Brothers, several dragonflies and several ladybugs in the song. In addition, it frightens
adolecenes to the point of tears. Weevil returns holding a cupcake and the bugs chase him. The
butterflies come back to form as curtains and Flik says that a magnifying glass is for looking at
little things, not for burning. He lets the little butterfly fly into the butterfly curtains and the show
ends. The announcer says that audience members should be seated, so the beetles, maggots
and cockroaches can leave the show safely. The bugs start to talk at once and the announcer
says to pick up the grubby things before they exit. In the Animal Kingdom show, the female voice
says to exit through the doors to the left, while the male voice says to exit through the doors to the
right. The guests put their bugs eyes in the bins outside the theater and exit.
