'The Partridge Family' Tribute -
7.1/10 with 236 votes
While they are creating the bird to scare the grasshoppers, there is a scene where Rosie (the black widow) is franticly tying the frame of the bird together with her web. As she finishes, Tuck and Roll (the pillbugs) exclaim, "Reuben Kincaid!"
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"Pizza Planet Truck" Second Appearance -
7.0/10 with 2 votes
Pizza Planet truck: next to the mobile home just before Flik enters the Bug City.
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Cereal Box Code -
6.4/10 with 103 votes
In the movie A Bug's Life, when Flik enters the city, a code on one fo the old boxes he passes reads A113-1195. When John, the creator of the movie was in the first year of the Character Animation Program at California Institute of the Arts, the classroom...
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Toy Story References -
6.3/10 with 128 votes
In the scene where Flick is just arriving at 'the big city' (after the one fly gets toasted by the bug zapper) - the big city is near a camper - well, the truck parked outside the camper as actually the delivery truck from Pizza Planet (from Toy Story).
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Dumbo Reference -
5.9/10 with 83 votes
the "circus train" (the animal cracker boxes) say "Casey Jr. Animal Crackers".
"Casey Jr." is the name of the circus train in "Dumbo".
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Cussing Rolly Pollies -
5.5/10 with 212 votes
In almost every scene with the Rolly pollies (the ones that always fight,) listen closely. They cuss a lot.
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A113 Bug's Life -
5.5/10 with 2 votes
A113: On a box to the left of Flik as he enters Bug City.
Directors Get Zapped -
5.4/10 with 68 votes
The voices of the two bugs blinded by the light of the bug zapper, right before the "city" scene, are actually the voices of the two directors John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton.
Hidden Broadway Poster -
4.8/10 with 113 votes
When Flik leaves Ant Island to find the warrior bugs, he goes to the large "city," made of boxes, bottles, and other junk. When he gets to the city and looks around, a wall of one of the buildings is made from the poster to the Broadway version of "The...
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Chess Piece Box -
4.5/10 with 60 votes
In the begining of Geri's Game, you see the codger set the box down on the table. If you
look at the side you'll see 'Pixar Shorts.'
If you look closer, you'll also see RT Richmond's.
Pixar is located in Richmond California. I'm guessing that...
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4.5/10 with 37 votes
In the "big city" scene, as the viewpoint moves deeply into the city, a box is seen, on the upper frame right, that is branded as "Blades Lightbulbs." The reference to "Blades" is significant as it is the nickname for Sharon Calahan, the Director of Photography...
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3.6/10 with 64 votes
When Flick enters the 'big city,' look at the big "human objects" like the ice-cream carton and such. The names on the carton are named after the director's children or relatives, I believe.
