''Bugs in Love'' is a ''

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. It was released in 1932, and was the final Symphony to be shot with black-and-white film.

Plot

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is made by insects out of garbage. The carnival includes a

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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 warns all the other bugs at the carnival about the crow. The bugs stop what they are doing and together defeat the crow and save the couple.

Comic adaptations

The ''

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'' comic strip began on January 10, 1932 with a storyline about

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, an original character inspired by ''Bugs in Love''. Bucky starred in the ''Silly Symphony'' strip until March 4, 1934. In 1943, the anthology comic book ''

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'' began publishing original full-length comic book stories, and the first new 10-page Bucky Bug story appeared in issue #39 (December 1943) -- "A Cure for Gout," by

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. Bucky's stories appeared monthly for the next six years, ending with issue #120 (September 1950). The stories were drawn by a number of artists, including

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, Vivie Risto, Ralph Heimdahl and

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Home media

The short was released on December 19, 2006 on '' Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two''.

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* * {{Burt Gillett 1932 films 1932 short films 1930s Disney animated short films Silly Symphonies Animated films about insects 1932 animated films Films directed by Burt Gillett Films produced by Walt Disney Films scored by Frank Churchill American black-and-white films Films based on American comics 1930s English-language films 1930s American films