Hopper Returns to Ant Island

by Christine L. Charlemagne
(Quebec, Canada )

My favorite scene from the Pixar movie, A Bug’s Life, is when Hopper tells his followers why it’s necessary to go back to Ant Island. Originally, one of his followers suggested that they not go back because there was plenty of food leftover. Hopper makes his point that they have to go back because they can’t let the tiny, puny ants find out that they outnumber the grasshoppers a hundred to one. If that happened, then the grasshoppers’ way of life would be gone forever because the ants would learn how to stick up for themselves.

This is my favorite scene in A Bug's Life movie because it really establishes Hopper as a believable villain and adds a lot of depth. It also gives the audience a solid reason to be on the ants’ side and sets them up as the film’s underdogs who have a major problem to overcome.

Hopper was this movie’s most memorable character for me because he is not a typical villain; he is just a bug. But he is depicted in such a way that makes him truly authentic. When I watch this movie, I am always amazed at how I can view a grasshopper like I view him. He also had a lot of funny one liners—he was delightfully sarcastic, which is my favorite characteristic in a villain.