A Bug's Life

Movie • 1998 • Adventure  

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Flik (Kang Su-jin) is an inventive ant who's always messing things up for his colony. His latest mishap was destroying the food stores that were supposed to be used to pay off grasshopper Hopper (Lee Hyeon-seon). Now the strong-arming insect is demanding that the ants gather double the food -- or face annihilation. To avert disaster, Flik goes on a journey to recruit fighters to defend the colony. When he meets a band of high-flying circus insects, he thinks he's found his salvation.
This movie contains 24 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
171 supporters
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Samantha May Rose Day
Umm there not a dog in bug life
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is there body horror?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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CaptainDemozan
Hopper's behavior towards Atta comes off as such, but they're not actually a couple.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Lynxwithaharpn
A child is repeatedly threatened by the main antagonist.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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A mosquito gets drunk on blood.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Anonymous
Hopper (a Grasshopper) was Eaten by A Baby Bird. No Animals Nothing Died In This Film
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Are animals abused?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Bugs are mistreated.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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There are 2 or 3 spiders in this movie.
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Are there snakes?
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Lynxwithaharpn
There are millipedes, caterpillars, etc however.
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Are there bugs?
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Lynxwithaharpn
I mean, yeah, the movie is literally called "A Bug's Life". There are bugs of many different kinds. None of them are very scary, however.
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Assault
Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone restrained?
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Lynxwithaharpn
No, but some flies catcall and verbally harass a ladybug.
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Bodily Harm
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GigiTheSpiderAnt
Hopper loses his antenna.
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Is there cannibalism?
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CaptainDemozan
Hopper crushes three grasshoppers under an avalanche of grain. A deleted scene shows one of them going limp from underneath.
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Lynxwithaharpn
A flea is set on fire, and several ants are piloting a model bird that catches fire. Nobody is killed.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Anonymous
A grasshopper's antenna is accidentally amputated, but it is not traumatic to the character.
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Lynxwithaharpn
A character is briefly thought to be decapitated, though.
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Is there a hanging?
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JesusIsMyZoloft
None of the characters have teeth.
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The lady bugs breaks it's leg
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Hopper has a blinded eye, apparently from being damaged by a bird (though we don't see this, there is a reference to it). To frighten Hopper, many bugs put red jam on their eyes to make it seem like the bird gouged them out (and in a bloopers scene, Slim mentions it getting in his eye and stinging).
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Lynxwithaharpn
A kid is threatened by the main villain several times, however.
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Death
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CaptainDemozan
The main villain is fed to a bird.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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Lynxwithaharpn
The main antagonist threatens to kill the queen ant, but does not carry through with this.
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Lynxwithaharpn
They're fairly mild, though.
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Anonymous
Some of the characters are circus performers, and do the clown's part, but without any makeup.
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JesusIsMyZoloft
Only if you count a rain shower.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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GigiTheSpiderAnt
A caterpillar goes pale but the fear does not cause him to vomit.
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Is someone eaten?
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DeenGray
Hopper gets eaten by a bird
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Does someone spit?
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Lynxwithaharpn
During the end-credits outtakes, there is a scene where the queen ant's pet aphid urinates on her (audio only).
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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egg
a character is in bandages and in a hospital bed or just bed
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Anonymous
One of the grasshoppers is kept restrained as a sort of weapon to be let loose at the right time.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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egg
two bug babies cry at the circus
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Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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Anonymous
Yes, but only in the bloopers during the credits. It's humerous.
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Anonymous
A male ladybug is repeatedly called a her, and is at one point cat called when they believed he was a girl.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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jdpamv
A few people have interpreted the role of the grasshoppers and particularly their speech as representing the “new world order” conspiracy theory but it’s not likely or explicit.
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TheCassandraComplex
There’s a ladybug character who’s entire point is a joke that he’s actually a male.
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Is there hate speech?
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KaiB
One of the characters is named G*psy
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there n-words?
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Lynxwithaharpn
A model of a bird that several bugs were piloting catches fire and crashes, though.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
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JesusIsMyZoloft
Not explicitly, however there are no humans in the film suggesting some to theorize that it takes place after a nuclear holocaust. There is no evidence for this in the film however.
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Is there blood/gore?
27 supporters
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memethyst
just in a painting
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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