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Antz begins with worker ant Z discussing his feelings of insignificance with a shrink before heading off to his tunnel-digging job, work supervised by General Mandible and Colonel Cutter. Mandible has big dreams of conquest, and he convinces the Queen an attack is necessary to prevent a termite invasion. Her daughter is Princess Bala who's not overly enchanted by her engagement to Mandible. The Princess goes slumming, visiting the bar where Z hangs out with his friend Weaver and she dances with Z. Entranced by the encounter, Z convinces Weaver to swap places, so a military parade will allow him to see Bala in the reviewing stand. Befriended by soldier ant Barbatus during the parade, Z nervously realizes he's actually marching into battle. Attacked by termites, the troops experience great horrors. The dying Barbatus tells Z, "Don't follow orders all your life." As the only survivor of the slaughter, Z returns home a war hero. Threatened by Mandible, Bala and Z are thrown together in a journey into the outside world, and they travel toward the legendary Insectopia.
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