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The originality of the film comes from the fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper".
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The two mosquitoes next to the insecticidal lamp were voiced by the film directors John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton.
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Dim's roar when scaring away the grasshopper is the same as the roar of T-Rex in the movie "Jurassic Park".
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In the city where Feili came to, there was a poster for Disney's musical stage drama "The Lion King on Broadway".
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In order to adapt to the 4:3 aspect ratio on TV, instead of the 2.35:1 ratio in the movie theater, Pixar staff used the original images in the computer to re-plan, and even moved the positions of some characters to adapt to the 4:3 ratio.
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The biscuits in the food packaging box in the circus cart of the head of the flea in the film each contain 92 grams of protein.
A Bug's Life behind the scenes gags
2021-10-20 17:21
Extended Reading
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Princess Atta: You see Hopper, Nature has a certain order. The ants pick the food, the ants keep the food, and the grasshoppers leave!
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Hopper: It's a bug-eat-bug world out there, princess. One of those Circle of Life kind of things. Now let me tell you how things are supposed to work: The sun grows the food, the ants pick the food, the grasshoppers eat the food...
Molt: And the birds eat the grasshoppers. Hey, like the one that nearly ate you, you remember? You remem- Oh, you shoulda seen it, okay?
Hopper: Molt!
Molt: This blue jay has him half way down his throat, okay? And Hopper - Hopper's kicking and screaming, okay? And I'm scared, okay, I'm not going anywhere near, okay- Aw, come on! It's a great story.
[Hopper grabs Molt by the antennae]
Molt: Ow! Ow! Ow!