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List Of Films Featuring Insects
This is a list of films in which some or all of the main characters are anthropomorphic insects. It excludes films where the antagonists are inhuman insects or a human becomes an insect, such as '' The Adventures of André and Wally B.'', ''Them!'' or ''The Fly''. It also excludes documentary, scientific and educational films about insects, such as the ''Secrets of the Ant and Insect World'' (1960), ''More than Honey'' (2012), and ''The Strength and Agility of Insects'' (Percy Smith, 1911). Animated Animated films with anthropomorphized insects include: *''The Ant Bully'' (2006) - ants *'' Maya The Bee Movie'' (2014) - bees and others *''Ants in the Plants'' (1940) - ants in a Fleischer ''Color Classics'' short *'' Antz'' (1998) - ants and others *'' Bee Movie'' (2007) - bees and others *'' James and the Giant Peach'' (1996) - grasshopper, centipede, spider, others *'' Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen'' (2007) - spiders *''Bugs in Love'' (1932) - lovebugs in a Disney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions, and natural forces, such as seasons and weather. Both have ancient roots as storytelling and artistic devices, and most cultures have traditional fables with anthropomorphized animals as characters. People have also routinely attributed human emotions and behavioral traits to wild as well as domesticated animals. Etymology Anthropomorphism and anthropomorphization derive from the verb form ''anthropomorphize'', itself derived from the Greek ''ánthrōpos'' (, "human") and ''morphē'' (, "form"). It is first attested in 1753, originally in reference to the heresy of applying a human form to the Christian God.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st ed. "anthropomorphism, ''n.''" Oxford University P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugs In Love
''Bugs in Love'' is a ''Silly Symphonies'' animated Disney short film. It was released in 1932, and was the final Symphony to be shot with black-and-white film. Plot A carnival is made by insects out of garbage. The carnival includes a Ferris wheel made out of a bike tire and pedals, a "slide" made out of a pipe, and a record player "merry-go-round". Two love bugs are skating on a broken mirror when the female bug leaves to her house to freshen up. The male bug follows her. While the two are courting, a crow flies by and spots the two bugs. Licking his lips, he sneaks closer to them. He starts chasing after the two bugs. The crow scares the male bug into a glass bottle and puts a cork on the bottle. The female bug runs into her home. The crow follows her, and chases her around the room while she tries to hide. Meanwhile, the male bug escapes from the bottle he was trapped in and runs to save his lover. The male bug begins to fight the crow when another bug sees the battle. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterpillars
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Symphyta) are commonly called caterpillars as well. Both lepidopteran and symphytan larvae have eruciform body shapes. Caterpillars of most species eat plant material ( often leaves), but not all; some (about 1%) eat insects, and some are even cannibalistic. Some feed on other animal products. For example, clothes moths feed on wool, and horn moths feed on the hooves and horns of dead ungulates. Caterpillars are typically voracious feeders and many of them are among the most serious of agricultural pests. In fact, many moth species are best known in their caterpillar stages because of the damage they cause to fruits and other agricultural produce, whereas the moths are obscure and do no direct harm. Conversely, various species of caterpilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katy La Oruga
''Katy, la oruga'' ("Katy, the Caterpillar") is a special single by Lucerito, this single was a gift for the purchase of the Discopóster Magazine. First edition was released on 1984. The songs from this single were included in the soundtrack of the Spanish-Mexican animated film of 1984 produced by Fabian Arnaud and directed by José Luis Moro and Santiago Moro and is based from an original story by Silvia Roche. History In 1984, one of the few animated films made in Mexico was released, with quite remarkable success. Katy the Caterpillar film today has become a cult following. The co-production was made between Mexico and Spain with producer Carlos Sotomayor and Mexican voice actors. Written by Silvia Roche based on an original story that she wrote entitled Pepina Oruga (Pepina the Caterpillar) which was also a 380-episode radio drama that aired on XEW-AM Radio on Sunday mornings as well as a popular children's book. The film was successfully transferred to the comics, market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny The Giant Killer
''Johnny the Giant Killer'' aka ''Johnny vs the Giant'' (french: Jeannot l'intrépide) is a 1950 French fantasy animated film directed by Jean Image. The film was made in 1 years with a very small crew. The first feature-length animated film made in France, the work's music was composed by René Cloërec. The film won the Venice Film Festival's Grand Prix for children's films, and was picked up for U.S. distribution in 1953 by Lippert Pictures, a company specialising in B-movies. The bees would later appear in the 1960-1963 television series Joe the Little Boom Boom and the 1973 film of the same name which was released as ''Johnny in the Valley of the Giants'' in English-speaking territories. Plot Johnny and a troop of boy scouts are camping in a forest. One night Johnny reads a tentful of scouts a fairy tale book about the evil giant. They sneak out to find the giant's castle. The giant captures them all except for Johnny, whom he shrinks to insect size. A bird carries Johnny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Itch In Time
''An Itch in Time'' is a 1943 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on December 4, 1943 and features Elmer Fudd, with a dog and cat that look similar to Willoughby and Claude Cat. The voice of A. Flea is uncredited and was provided by Sara Berner, except for the character screaming "T-Bone!" which was done by Mel Blanc. Blanc also performs the voice of the dog and the cat. As usual, Arthur Q. Bryan is the voice of Elmer. A. Flea would make another appearance in 1947's '' A Horse Fly Fleas'', directed by Robert McKimson, in which the "A" in the flea's name is revealed to stand for "Anthony". Plot Elmer Fudd is laughing while lounging in his easy chair and reading his comic book (which is later revealed to have Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig on its cover), his dog nearby, sleeping comfortably in front of the fireplace. All is peaceful until a flea comes bouncing by, dressed in a farmer's-type outfit with a big straw hat, and car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Horse Fly Fleas
''A Horse Fly Fleas'' is a 1947 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon short. It was written by Warren Foster and directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on December 13, 1947. The short stars A. Flea, the nearly-microscopic protagonist of ''An Itch in Time'' from 1943. It is rarely aired today due to stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans. Originally released in Cinecolor, the cartoon was reissued in three-strip Technicolor Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ... during the 1955–56 season. Plot Home media This cartoon was released on DVD and Blu-ray with the original titles and Cinecolor version restored on the '' Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2''. References External links * * 1947 animated films 1947 short films 1947 films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grasshopper And The Ants (film)
''The Grasshopper and the Ants'' is a 1934 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Part of the ''Silly Symphonies'' series, the film is an adaptation of ''The Ant and the Grasshopper'', one of Aesop's Fables. It was directed by Wilfred Jackson and stars Pinto Colvig as the voice of the grasshopper "Hop." The film introduced the song "The World Owes Me a Living" (later "I Owe the World a Living") by Leigh Harline and Larry Morey, which later became associated with the character Goofy who was also voiced by Colvig. According to Leonard Maltin on the Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies DVD, this was an early example of the idea of having a character turn blue with cold, when full-spectrum Technicolor was still new at the time. Plot The grasshopper is playing his fiddle, dancing and eating leaves. He notices some ants working hard collecting food. He laughs and calls an ant to him. He tells the ant that there is food on eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphisbaena
The amphisbaena (, , or , plural: amphisbaenae; grc, ἀμφίσβαινα) is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. The creature is alternatively called the amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, amfivena, amphivena, or anphivena (the last two being feminine), and is also known as the "Mother of Ants". Its name comes from the Greek words ', meaning "both ways", and ', meaning "to go". Mythology According to Greek mythology, the amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with her head in his hand, after which Cato's army then encountered it along with other serpents on the march. Amphisbaena fed on the corpses left behind. The amphisbaena has been referred to by various poets such as Nicander, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Tennyson, Aimé Césaire, A. E. Housman and Allen Mandelbaum; as a mythological and legendary creature, it h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallavants
''Gallavants'' is an American 1984 in film, 1984 Animation, animated musical film produced by Marvel Productions, and released on home video. Plot Gallavants are ants living in their own fairy-tale land, Ganteville. The little ones have to go to school in preparation of their adult life as working ants. However, one pupil, named Shando, thinks he doesn't need to take lessons and work hard, in order to find his destination in life. He has to learn the hard way... He goes on many adventures to earn his "kabump," a bump on his abdomen that signifies his rank as a fully-fledged member of Gallavant society, and along the way must rescue a lost Gallavant egg and outsmart a Vanterviper, a Amphisbaena, two-headed worm-like creature resembling an amphisbaena that eats the Gallavants and their eggs. He also meets a small, mysterious bouncing ball that is thought to have been a runaway egg that got exposed to the light, which he mistakes for his kabump. Voice cast * Robert Lydiard . . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flea
Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, are usually brown, and have bodies that are "flattened" sideways or narrow, enabling them to move through their hosts' fur or feathers. They lack wings; their hind legs are extremely well adapted for jumping. Their claws keep them from being dislodged, and their mouthparts are adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. They can leap 50 times their body length, a feat second only to jumps made by another group of insects, the superfamily of froghoppers. Flea larvae are worm-like, with no limbs; they have chewing mouthparts and feed on organic debris left on their hosts' skin. Genetic evidence indicates that fleas are a specialised lineage of parasitic scorpionflies (Mecoptera) ''sensu lato'', most closely related to the family Nannochor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flea Circus
Tex Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor, and director. He became famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden age of American animation and produced his most significant work while employed by the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. He created the characters of Daffy Duck in ''Porky's Duck Hunt'' (1937), in Egghead in ''Egghead Rides Again'' (1937), Elmer Fudd in ''Little Red Walking Hood'' (1937), Bugs Bunny in ''A Wild Hare'' (1940), Cecil Turtle in ''Tortoise Beats Hare'' (1941), Droopy in ''Dumb-Hounded'' (1943), Screwy Squirrel in ''Screwball Squirrel'' (1944), George and Junior in '' Henpecked Hoboes'' (1946), Spike/Butch the Bulldog (Tex Avery's version) in ''Bad Luck Blackie'' (1949), and Smedley Dog in ''I'm Cold'' (1954). He developed the characters of Porky Pig from the Warner Bros. studio and Chilly Willy from the Walter Lantz Studio into the personas for which they are best remembered. Avery first began his animation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
