A Brief History of Pixar

A Bug's Life, 1998
In Pixar's second full-length feature, Flik (above), voiced by Dave Foley, is the plucky leader of an ant insurgency that rises up against a gang of meanacing grasshoppers. He is joined by a motley crew of insectoid heroes ranging from an overweight caterpillar named Heimlich to a male ladybug called Francis.

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