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'''''Antz''''' is a computer-animated film created by [[DreamWorks]] in 1998, and the second full-length CGI movie ever released (after ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''). Most of the time, if someone mentions it, they're either [[Dueling Movies|comparing it]] or [[All Animation Is Disney|confusing it]] with Pixar's ''[[A Bug's Life]]'', which is also a computer-animated film about ants released in 1998. However, ''Antz'' is far [[Darker and Edgier]] than ''[[A Bug's Life]]'', as it was geared more towards adults and teenagers—whoteenagers--who all [[Animation Age Ghetto|brought their children and younger siblings to see it.]]
 
The protagonist is a worker ant named Z, voiced by [[Woody Allen]]. He is somewhat neurotic and maladjusted to life in an ant colony, where each individual is treated as an insignificant part of a greater society. One day, he hears a drunk veteran soldier ant rant about some place called Insectopia, where food is plentiful, there are no rules, and everyone lives in peace. Z and his soldier friend Weaver (voiced by [[Sylvester Stallone]]) snicker at the old ant behind his back and think the idea of an "Insectopia" is hilarious.
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** Weaver, Bala, Barbatus and Azteca are the names of [[Punny Name|species of ants]]. Cutter probably refers to leafcutter ants.
* [[Big Applesauce]]: The [[The Reveal|big reveal]] at the end is that the entire film {{spoiler|took place around a water fountain in Central Park's Great Lawn.}} (Of course, the film stars [[Woody Allen]].)
* [[Bowdlerize|Bowdlerized]]d: Whenever it is shown on TV, all the swear words are edited out. And there's quite a lot of petty swearing in the movie, so some of the dialogue is almost completely out of context. This is all to keep it in the [[Animation Age Ghetto]].
{{quote|'''General Mandible:''' We ''will'' finish this tunnel, ''on schedule.'' Come <ref>hell or</ref> high water.}}
** Later:
{{quote|'''Mandible:'''! <ref>Damn</ref>! [[Last-Second Word Swap|...good!]] <ref>Damn</ref> good!}}
** The cover of the movie also used to feature the World Trade Center quite prominently, until 2001.
* [[Big Bad]]: General Mandible.
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
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