| Here is a transcript of Hopper's speech to the
grasshoppers
from A Bug's
Life.
(The scene is set in the nest of a group of
grasshoppers. The
focus is on their leader, Hopper (GL), and four others
(G1,
G2,
G3,
and G4).)
[Preamble:
This time,
due to an accident, the ants of Ant
Island could not gather
the food for a protection racket of grasshoppers. Non finding
the tribute in the ant colony, the grasshoppers now want a
double amount
of food in a short time. Once back to their nest, one
of
them suggests to their boss to stay and not to go back to Ant Island since
they have
already plenty of food and the trip to the ant colony would be
dangerous being the rain season very close.]
(GL):
Guys,
order another round… because we’re staying here!
[The
grasshoppers
cheer.]
(GL):
What was
I thinking? Going back to Ant Island. I mean, we just got here, and
we have more than enough food to get us through the winter. Right?
Why go back?
[Hopper is perplexed.]
But there was that ant that stood up to me.
[Hopper
places himself
directly in front of three grasshoppers, G1, G2, and G3, and
next to the chute of a
silo where grains are stored; the other grasshoppers observe
the scene in the background.]
(G2):
Yeah, but
we can forget about him!
(G1):
Yeah, it
was just one ant.
[G3, joking,
simulates fear for
one ant.]
(G3):
Uuuu.
(GL):
Yeah,
you’re right! It’s just one ant!
(G1):
Yeah,
boss. They’re puny!
(GL):
Hmm,
puny. Say, let’s pretend this grain is a puny little ant.
[Hopper
removes a grain from
the silo and throws it at G1, hitting
him.]
(GL):
Did that
hurt?
(G1):
No!
(GL):
Well, how
about this one?
[Hopper
removes another grain
from the silo and throws it at G2, hitting
him.]
(G2):
Are you
kidding?
[The
grasshoppers
laugh.]
(GL):
Well, how
about this!?
[Hopper
suddenly breaks
the chute and all the grains cascade over G1, G2, and G3; killing
them; Hopper
climbs the fallen pile of grains and speaks to all the shocked
grasshoppers.]
(GL):
You let
one ant stand up to us… then they all might stand up. Those
puny
little ants outnumber us 100 to 1, and if they ever figure that
out, there goes our way of life! It’s not about food;
it’s about
keeping those ants in line. That’s why we’re going
back! Does
anybody else wanna stay?
[All
the grasshoppers
together get ready to fly; G4
address a grasshopper next
to him.]
(G4):
He’s
quite a motivational speaker, isn’t he?
[Hopper
to all the
grasshoppers.]
(GL):
Let’s
ride!
[Hopper
and the
grasshoppers take off and ride back to Ant Island.]
|
In the 1998 animated movie A
Bug's Life, the
leader of the grasshoppers (the Zionists) explain what would
happen if the stupid ants (the Goyim) were to realize that they
don't have to be under the control of the grasshoppers. Some
interesting remarks: