Character: Rosie the black widow spider.
Circus troop performer.

Release Date: 11/20/98

Total Gross: $162,792,677
Opening weekend: $33,258,052
Director: John Lasseter

Bonnie on A Bug’s Life:
"Being a part of this film has really been one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. You kind of just show up and help bring their imagination to life as best you can through your voice. Then the animators find a little big of your personality and maybe some of your mannerisms and put them into this bug. Rosie is a great character. She has some issues that she’s been working on. If there were such a thing as bug therapy she’d be in it. This movie works on every level. It’s a fantasy that both kids and adults will love. There’s a lot of empathy for these bugs and their little struggle in the film and their adventure. I think ant farms are going to sell like crazy. I always liked ants when I was a kid. My mother used to give me a little baggie with sugar in it and I would go out in front of the house and watch the ants carry the little granules of sugar back to their hill. I would do that for hours."
From the Disney/Pixar Bug’s Life bio.

Bug’s Life Quotes:

Circus
Rosie is whipping Dim for the act.
Rosie: Ayyyyahhh! Back you horrible beast! I have no fear. Ayyyahhh! (whips him again and he falls down)
Rosie: Oh my goodness. Oh no. Oh, I’m so sorry Dim. An owie? Oh ok, show Rosie the owwie.

Next scene Rosie is putting a bandaid on Dim
Ringleader: Rosie onstage NOW!
Rosie: Ok, I just need a little time to…
Ring leader: NOW!
Rosie: Coming, coming. Oh ok.
(To Tuck and Roll)
Rosie: Let’s get moving guys. We’re up next.
(they speak in another language.
Rosie: Don’t you understand? We’re UP.
(they jump on top of each other.)
Rosie: Ay..They don’t understand me…

Flaming death scene
Ring leader: Our pill bug’s only hope of survival os our mistress of the highwire..ROSIE!!.
(she waves nervously)
Ringleader: Secured to a wire of exact length, Rosie will swing down to these two posts, spinning a web of safety in less that 15 seconds!
(Everything goes wrong)
Rosie: Go? Ok… (she spins the web wildly, but not fast enough)
(The ring leader yells at them)
Rosie: It was the web. I’m so sorry.
Ring leader: You’re all fired!

At the bar
Tuck and roll: You fired, you fired!
Rosie: Will you shut up!

Flik comes along and asks them to help the colony. While they think he’s a talent scout
Rosie: Ok, c’mon everyone. Break a leg.

Flick: Whoa! You’re vicious!

Kid ants walk under Dim
Rosie: Oh oh. Kids he’s a tad ticklish. Let’s..c’mon out..careful.

When presented with the mural from the 2nd graders of them fighting the grasshoppers.
Rosie: Oh, look at all the beautiful colors..of the.. blood….

Rosie whispers in Flik’s ear that they are not warriors when he is doing his thankyou speech.

After saving Dot
Rosie: What is that?
Ant: That my dear is applause.

Flik asks them to stay
Rosie: Whoa, Flik honey. Ha ha, we’re not about to fight grasshoppers ok?

Rosie spins a web to hold the bird together:
Rosie: Done! Good job guys. Nice work.

Ant party
Rosie is talking to an ant
Rosie: Then that’s how my 12th husband died. Ha ha ha. So now, I’m a widow. Well, I’ve always been a black widow, but now I’m a black widow widow. (laughs)

Flik tells them they can go
Dim: Dim don’t wanna go.
Rosie: Well if Dim stays, he’s gonna need me here. He’s not fully trained. I mean house trained.
(Dim laughs)

Dot comes to get the troup back.
Dot: Hoppers’ gonna squish my Mom.
Rosie: Well we’ve got to do something. C’mon you guys think.

Flik thinks he’s a failure.

Rosie: Oh, but Flik, you’ve done so many good things.

Flik agrees to go back.
Rosie: So what do we do first?
(she spins a web over the ring leader)

Bugs do a show for the grasshoppers
Rosie whips Dim.
Hopper flys away with Flik.
Rosie spins a web and uses Roll and Tuck as poi balls to hit Hopper.

The troupe is leaving and Dim is hiding the kid ants under his wings
Rosie: Dim..Oh I’m so sorry kids. I wish you could come along too.

Saying goodbye
Rosie: Well Flik you really goofed up. Thanks.
Flik: Yeah, you too.
Rosie starts to clap and the whole colony joins in.
Rosie: See you next season. Goodbye.

Bloopers
Rosie: Whoa! Flik honey, we are not about to..Is someone hammering? Can we hold the work please? People!
Stick: Am I in the shot?

In the "will you two shut up" scene.
In the bar Tuck and Roll are burping etc with Rosie looking disgusted.
Rosie: Ok, can we stop. Get me Cindy on the phone will ya?