A Bug's Life (1998)

David Hyde Pierce: Slim

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Quotes 

• Slim : [stuck among branches]  Francis! Francis, I'm stuck!

  Francis : Where are you?

  Slim : I'm over here.

  Francis : Where?

  Slim : Here!

  [irritated] 

  Slim : I'm the only stick with eyeballs!

• Slim : What's the point of going out there? They'll only laugh at me.

  P.T. Flea : That's because you're a clown!

  Slim : No, it's because I'm a prop. You always cast me as the broom, the pole, the stick... a *splinter*!

  P.T. Flea : You're a walking stick. It's funny! Now go!

  Slim : You parasite.

• Francis : Stand back, ye flies! We are the greatest warriors in all Bugdom.

  Flik : [from a distance, to himself]  Warrior bugs!

  Francis : My sword.

  [Grabs Slim and brandishes him like a sword] 

  Slim : [dryly]  Swish, swish. Clang, clang.

  Francis : Little John.

  Heimlich : What ho, Robin! Justice is my sword and truth shall be my quiver.

• Slim : [dryly]  Tra-la-la-la-la. Spring is in the air, and I'm a flower with nothing interesting to say.

• [Dot gets a rock] 

  Dot : Pretend it's a seed, okay?

  Flik : Thanks, Dot.

  Francis : Hey, what's with the rock?

  Slim : Must be an ant thing.

• Slim : [whispers]  Francis, your boyfriends from the circus are here!

• Slim : Say, how many roaches does it take to screw in a light bulb? Can't tell. Soon as the light goes on, they scatter.

• Slim : Ladies and gentlebugs! Larvae of all stages! Rub your legs together for the world's greatest bug circus!

• Flik : You can't go! I'm desperate!

  Slim : Really? I couldn't tell!

  Dot : Hmph.

• Francis : Your majesty. Ladies and gentlemen. Boys and girls of all ages. Our troupe here guarentees a performance like no other. Why, when your grasshopper friends get here, we are gonna knock... them... dead!

  [ants cheer] 

  Slim : Boy, these folks are sure hard up for entertainment.

• P.T. Flea : Flaming Death is a huge hit!

  Slim : P.T., shhh!

  P.T. Flea : I'm serious! Word of mouth got around, the next day there was a line of flies outside the tent, went on forever. It must have been a foot long!

• [hanging on to Slim's leg in mid-air] 

  Flik : You can't go! I'm desperate.

  Slim : Really? I couldn't tell.

• Slim : That's no way to speak to a lady.

  Francis : I heard that, you twig.

• Flik : Oh, great ones! I have been scouting for bugs with your exact talents!

  Rosie : A talent scout!

  Flik : My colony is in trouble. Grasshoppers are coming. We've been forced to prepare all this food.

  Manny : Dinner theater!

  Heimlich : Food?

  Flik : Please, will you help us?

  Fly : Where are they?

  Slim : We'll take the job!

• Slim : Francis, you're making the maggots cry.

• Francis : Anytime, pal! I'm going to pick the hairs out of your head, one by one!

  Fly Brother : Take your best shot!

  Francis : You name the place!

  Fly Brother : Oh, yeah?

  Francis : Yes! When you get there, you are dead!

  Slim : Francis, let me handle this.

  [to the fly brothers] 

  Slim : That's no way to speak to the lady.

  Francis : I heard that, you twig!

• Slim : Thrust, parry, lunge! Me thinketh it not working!