It's Tough to be a Bug!
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| It's Tough to be a Bug! | |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering and Rhythm and Hues Studios |
| Attraction type | Interactive 3-D film |
| Theme | A bug's perspecitve of the world, based on A Bug's Life |
| Hosted by | Flik from the film |
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| Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
| Land | Discovery Island |
| Opening date | April 22, 1998 |
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| Disney's California Adventure | |
| Land | Bountiful Valley Farm |
| Opening date | February 8, 2001 |
It's Tough to be a Bug! is an 9-minute 3-D movie based on the Pixar movie, A Bug's Life. Using lighting, 3-D filming techniques, audio-animatronics and various special effects, the show gives the audience an idea of what it would be like to be an insect. Flik, from A Bug's Life, hosts the show and educates the viewer on why bugs shouldn't be seen as pests, but more as friends.
The attraction opened at the Walt Disney World Resort's Disney's Animal Kingdom on April 22, 1998, a full seven months before the actual feature debuted in theaters. It has since opened at Disneyland Park's Disney's California Adventure Park on February 8, 2001.
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[edit] Disney's Animal Kingdom
In Disney's Animal Kingdom, the Bug's Life theater is located inside of The Tree of Life and the queue is a long path that wraps it. During the trip you see posters of various bug acts during the show, and see some carvings of animals on The Tree of Life that can only be seen in the queue.
[edit] Soundtrack
[edit] Queue music
The queue features parodies or renditions of songs from famous movies put together with bug sounds.
| Track | Name | Parody / rendition of |
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| 1 | One | One (A Chorus Line) |
| 2 | Beauty and the Bees | Beauty and the Beast (1991 song) |
| 3 | Tomorrow | Tomorrow (Annie) |
| 4 | I Feel Pretty | I Feel Pretty (West Side Story) |
| 5 | Hello Dung Lovers | Hello Young Lovers (The King and I) |
| 6 | Tonight | Tonight (West Side Story) |
One of the tracks, "Beauty and the Bees", can be found on these official albums:
- Walt Disney World Resort: The Official Album (1999 CD)
- Walt Disney World Resort: Official Album (2000 CD)
- Official Album: Walt Disney World Resort Celebrating 100 Years of Magic (2001 CD)
- Music From Disney's California Adventure (2001 CD)
[edit] Theme song
The theme song for the film is "It's Tough to be a Bug" and can be found on Music From Disney's California Adventure (2001 CD). This track is played at the very end of the movie.
[edit] Trivia
- The film was not created by Pixar, but instead it was created by Rhythm and Hues Studios [1].
- The termite in the show is an obvious reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger's character The Terminator, hence the attitude and similar catch phrase.
- Right before the film is about to start you will hear, "the part of the stink bug will be played by clar de room." Which is ironically similar to the phrase, "clear the room."
- In the part where Hopper derides humans for portraying insects as monsters, he shows clips from classic insecticide commercials and a scene from Empire of the Ants.
[edit] See also
- List of current Disney's Animal Kingdom attractions
- List of current Disney's California Adventure attractions
- Honey, I Shrunk the Audience - A similar attraction at Epcot
[edit] References
- ^ Rhythm and Hues Studios. "Strap on your special "bug eyes" to see life from an insect's point of view in this 3-D show filled with Audio-Animatronics® characters, special effects, and lots of laughs." http://www.rhythm.com/film/theme_parks.shtml
[edit] External links
- Walt Disney World Resort - It's Tough to be a Bug!
- Disney's California Adventure Park - It's Tough to Be a Bug!
