There’s a reason they never made a second bug’s life.
I’m not saying that Bird was named luigi. But it could have been.
There was Antz… I don’t remember much from it, but iirc it was the same kind of theme?
Antz was released the same year so it’s less a sequel and more a competitor. As for economic class oppression themes, it goes even further.
The image is from Antz.It is not. It’s a scene from A Bug’s Life.
Antz was an excellent example of parallel creation, and the creation and rivalry between the two is a fascinating story and a microcosm of the broader early rivalry between Pixar and DreamWorks. It’s detailed in the Production section of the Antz Wikipedia page.
My favorite quote from this movie was “first rule of leadership, princess: everything is your fault!”
