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''Antz'' is a computer-animated film created by [[
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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* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: [[Deconstructed Trope]] with Z, who only deadpan-snarks when he is nervous.
* [[Denied Food
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|After the climax of the movie, Z appears to have drowned. Bala manages to revive him with [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable|CPR.]]}}
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: General Mandible. Subverted, as unlike most Disney villain deaths, they did show the aftermath (General Mandible was impaled on a root).
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** The wasps are wasps both literally and [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant|figurtively.]]
* [[The Dragon]]: Cutter.
* [[Dueling Movies]]: Dueled ''[[A Bug's Life
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Or rather, Fantastic Caste-ism between the soldier ants and the worker ants.
** Also touched upon between wasps and ants when the species meet in Insectopia.
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* [[Humans Are Cthulhu]]: The kid with the magnifying glass, and the one who stomps Bala and Z.
** Also, whoever wielded the flyswatter that nearly got them while killing Muffy.
* [[Impaled
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Nearly everyone has some resemblance to their voice actor, of course turned into anthropomorphic ants. It is actually quite unnerving watching Weaver channel the expressions of [[Sylvester Stallone]]. The irony is that, according to the [[DVD Commentary]], the characters were all designed *before* the actors were cast, as was the decision to give Weaver "Stallone-esque" lips.
* [[Insect Gender Bender]]: Ants shouldn't have gender as we define it anyway, much less love interests.
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* [[Losing Your Head]]: {{spoiler|1=Barbatus, the soldier ant who takes Z under his wing. Z has a [[Tear Jerker|sad]]/disturbing moment with his head before he actually dies.}}
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Z with Bala, Weaver with Azteca (and vice-versa?)
* [[Minion
* [[Moment Killer]]:
** At the campfire in Insectopia, right as Z and Bala are about to kiss, one of the hippie bugs asks Z to get more firewood. As Z goes to get it, he asks them if they know why they're called "pests".
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* [[My Eyes Are Up Here]]: When Weaver first meets Azteca, he spends a bit too much time admiring her legs, causing her to invoke this trope.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: General Mandible and [[Added Alliterative Appeal|Colonel Cutter]].
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Despite what the trailer tells you, Antz is not a comedy flick for kids or a direct contender for [[A Bug's Life
* [[Non-Action Snarker]]: Z.
* [[Official Couple]]: Z and Bala, Weaver and Azteca, Chip and Muffy.
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** Word has it that in an early script, Cutter was going to have a lady friend among the palace workers, who would double as Bala's best friend. But this would have taken attention away from the main romances, which were Z and Bala, and Weaver and Azteca.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Bala.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Out-of-universe and probably unintentional example: The ants in ''Antz'' are red while the ants in [[A Bug's Life
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: At first, Z laughs when he hears the legend of Insectopia.
* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified]]
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* [[Squick]]: [[Invoked Trope]] and [[Discussed Trope]] by Z when Weaver asks him if he's going to drink his Aphid Beer.
{{quote| '''Z:''' Call me crazy, but I have a thing about drinking from the anus of another creature.}}
* [[Talk to
{{quote| '''Hippie:''' Hey, man, welcome to Insec-'''WHACK!''' ''* groan* ''-topia.}}
** Weaver's interrogation scene qualifies as well.
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* [[Uptown Girl]]: The lowly worker ant pretends to be a soldier to impress a princess.
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: General Mandible thinks so.
* [[Villain
* [[Visual Pun]]: Chip and Muffy, the Yellowjackets, are portrayed like stereotypical upper-class [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant|WASPs.]]
* [[War Is Hell]]
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