Nonetheless, the colony's council, including Princess Atta (voice of JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS), agree to his plan since it will get him out of their antennae. Unfortunately, other than Dot (voice of HAYDEN PANETTIERE) and the rest of the young ants known as "blueberries," no one thinks this will work. Sensing this and realizing it's all his fault, Flik comes up with a plan to leave Ant Island, recruit some bigger bugs who will fight the grasshoppers, and then prepare for their return. Upon the grasshoppers' quick departure, the colony's Queen (voice of PHYLLIS DILLER) gets everyone working double time, but few believe they'll be able to meet the quota and most worry that there won't be any food left over for the ants if they do. Their leader, the malevolent Hopper (voice of KEVIN SPACEY), threatens the ants and tells them that they have until the end of the summer to gather up another offering. When the grasshoppers arrive, they're none too happy. Unfortunately, this time around an industrious ant by the name of Flik (voice of DAVE FOLEY), who had hoped to put an industrial revolution spin on their harvesting technique, accidentally causes their edible offering to be lost for good.
PLOT: Each summer, a greedy and domineering group of grasshoppers descend on Ant Island demanding a large portion of the ants' annual harvest.
QUICK TAKE: Children's/Computer Animated: An ant mistakenly recruits a group of insect circus performers, believing them to be fierce warriors, hoping they'll defend his colony from a gang of greedy and domineering grasshoppers. (1998) (voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey) (G)