Julia Louis-Dreyfus credited as playing...
Atta
- Flik: [has just realized the "warrior bugs" are from the circus] Your Highness! The warriors have called a secret meeting to make plans for circus, uh, *circumventing* the oncoming horde, so they can trapeze - *trap* them with ease!
- Princess Atta: Well, shouldn't I come, too?
- Flik: No! Ha ha ha! Sorry. No, no, see it's classified in the DMZ, gotta go ASAP, you know, strictly BYOB. Bye!
- Princess Atta: You see Hopper, Nature has a certain order. The ants pick the food, the ants keep the food, and the grasshoppers leave!
- Princess Atta: I think I'll go check on the bird.
- [exits left, then enters again, embarrassed]
- Princess Atta: Bird's *this* way.
- Flik: [laughs with dazed expression on his face] Yeah the bird's that way
- [turns to the circus bugs, who have knowing smiles on their faces]
- Flik: She went the- What?
- Hopper: [outraged that the ants failed to make their deadline] You little termites! I give you a second chance, AND THIS IS ALL I GET?'!
- [throws the unfinished pile of grain down at the ants' feet]
- Princess Atta: But, Hopper, we ran out of time!
- Hopper: Have you been playing all summer? You think this is a game? Well, guess what? You just lost!
- Princess Atta: You don't think I've offended the warriors, do you?
- Flik: *You*? No!
- Princess Atta: Oh, good. Because, you see, when you first brought them here, I'd thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns!
- Flik: [voice suddenly higher] You *did*?
- [laughs nervously]
- [the ants watch as Heimlich gets stuck during the bird attack]
- Princess Atta: The caterpillar's using himself as live bait.
- Mr. Soil: How brave!
- Heimlich: [as bird looms over him] Aaaaaaaaah!
- Princess Atta: You mean you're not warriors?
- P.T. Flea: Are you kidding? These guys are the lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen, and they're gonna make me rich!
- [one of the ants fainted]
- Princess Atta: Dr. Flora!
- Dr. Flora: Oh, dear. Not another one.
- Thorny: Oh, this is insane.
- Cornelius: Insane.
- Thorny: There's just not enough food left on the island! No way we can make double quota before Hopper comes.
- Princess Atta: Well, we have to try, Thorny. We don't have any choice.
- Thorny: Yeah, I know.
- Princess Atta: Well, not every bug would face a bird. I mean, even Hopper's afraid of them.
- Flik: Yeah, well, I guess maybe I have...
- [turns to Atta]
- Flik: Say that again?
- Princess Atta: I said, even Hopper's afraid of birds.
- Flik: [rushes off but comes back to Atta; quickly] Thank you.
- [kisses Atta on the cheek and runs off]
- Flik: Princess, you're doing a great job.
- Princess Atta: Thanks. You're sweet. You're wrong, but sweet. I know what everyone really thinks.
- Flik: I don't follow you.
- Princess Atta: Everyone, the whole colony. Nobody really believes I can do this job. It's like they're all watching me. Just... just...
- Flik: Waiting for you to screw up.
- Princess Atta: Flik, I owe you an apology.
- Flik: For what?
- Princess Atta: Well, I haven't been that nice to you, and I'm sorry. If there's any way I can make it up to you... Hey! I know! How would you like to be the queen's official aide to the warrior bugs?
- Flik: Me?
- Princess Atta: Oh, sure. You've got a great rapport going with them, especially after that rescue. It was very brave.
- Princess Atta: Flik, what do you have to say for yourself?
- Flik: Sorry. I... I'm sorry for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong. I especially didn't want to make you look bad, princess.
- Princess Atta: Well, Flik, you did.
- Flik: I was just trying to help.
- Mr. Soil: Then help us. Don't help us.
- Flik: Help? Help? Help? Helpers to help us. That's it! That's... . We could...
- Princess Atta: Flik, you are sentenced to one month digging in the tunnels.
- Thorny: Excuse me, Your Highness. Need I remind you of Flik's tunnel-within-a-tunnel project? It took the whole Engineering Department two days to dig him out. Send him to Health and Ant Services.
- Dr. Flora: Heavens, no.
- Flik: We could leave the island. The riverbeds dry now. We'd just walk right across the riverbed. We can go get helpers. We could! We can go find helpers to help us. It's perfect!
- Queen: Perfect? What's so perfect?
- Flik: Your highness, don't you see? We could send someone to get help!
- Queen: Leave the island?
- Queen: Now, why didn't I think of that? Oh! Because it's suicide!
- Thorny: She's right. We never leave the island.
- Cornelius: Never leave.
- Thorny: There's snakes and birds and bigger bugs out there!
- Flik: Exactly! Bigger bugs! We could find bigger bugs to come here and fight and forever rid us of Hopper and his gang!
- Mr. Soil: Ludicrous!
- Dr. Flora: Who would do a crazy thing like that?
- Flik: I'll volunteer. I'd be very happy to volunteer.
- Queen: You got a lot of spunk, kid, but no one's gonna to help a bunch of ants.
- Flik: At least we could try. Oh, I could travel to the city, I could search there.
- Princess Atta: If you went, you'd be on that silly search for weeks.
- Thorny: Royal huddle.
- [They all huddle]
- Thorny: great idea, princess. It's perfect.
- Cornelius: Exactly.
- Princess Atta: Wait a minute. What did we just decide here?
- Mr. Soil: To let Flik leave.
- Cornelius: While we keep harvesting to meet Hopper's demands.
- Dr. Flora: You see, with Flik gone, he can't...
- Princess Atta: He can't mess anything up!
- [They unhuddle]
- Princess Atta: Filk, after much deliberation, we have decided to grant you your request.
- Flik: Really?
- Queen: Really?
- Princess Atta: Really.
- Flik: Oh, thank you, Princess. Thank you so much for this chance. I won't let you down, I promise. I promise. I promise. But I should probably help repair some of the damage before I go don't you think?
- Queen, Mr. Soil, Dr. Flora, Thorny, Cornelius: No! No, no! Just go. Just go. Just leave.
- Hopper: So where is it?
- [the ants are silent]
- Hopper: WHERE'S MY *FOOD?*
- [the ants are silent]
- Princess Atta: Uh, isn't up there?
- Hopper: What?
- [Hopper menacingly approaches Atta]
- Princess Atta: The food was sitting on the leaf and...
- Hopper: EXCUSE ME?
- Princess Atta: Are you sure it's not up there?
- Hopper: Are you saying I'm stupid?
- Princess Atta: No.
- Hopper: Do I look "stupid" to you? Let's just think of the logic. Shall we? Let's just think about it for a second. If it was up there, would I be coming down here to your level... LOOKING FOR IT?
- Princess Atta: Uh...
- Hopper: Why am I even talking to you? You're not the queen.
- [Using his antennas]
- Hopper: You don't smell like the queen.
- Queen: She's learning to take over for me, Hopper.
- Hopper: Oh, I see. Under new management. So it's YOUR fault.
- Princess Atta: No, it wasn't me. It was...
- Hopper: Uh-uh-uh. First rule of leadership: everything is your to fault.
- Director: [from outtakes] And action.
- Hopper: Are you saying I'm stupid?
- Princess Atta: No.
- Hopper: Do I look "stupid" to you?
- Princess Atta: [Atta starts laughing] Sorry.
- [Next take]
- Hopper: Are you saying I'm stupid?
- Princess Atta: [She bursts out laughing which are louder than last time. Hopper sighs] HA HA! I'm sorry. No, no, no. I think I got it this time.
- [Next take]
- Hopper: Are you saying I'm stupid?
- Princess Atta: YES!
- [Her laughing is uncontrollable]
- Hopper: This is the 15th take. I cannot live like this. I will be in my trailer.
- [He leaves]
- Princess Atta: [catching her breath] I need a break.