Mickey Mouse

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'''Mickey Mouse''' is a [[mouse]] [[character]] and the [[mascot]] and icon for the [[Walt Disney Company]]. He was created in 1929 by [[Walt Disney]] and voiced by Walt Disney. The [[anthropomorphic]] mouse has evolved from being simply a character in animated cartoons and [[comic strip]]s to become one of the the most recognizable symbols in the world.
He is the first cartoon character to ever have a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]] on Wikipedia

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A Bug's Life

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'''''A Bug's Life''''' is a computer animated film produced by [[Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]]. The firm was released by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] and Buena Vista Distribution in the [[United States]] on November 25, 1998, in [[Australia]] on January 12, 1999, and in the [[United Kingdom]] on February 5, 1999. It is about an individualist [[ant]] who hires what he thinks are "warrior bugs" (actually circus performers) to fight off greedy [[grasshopper]]s. The story of ''A Bug's Life'' is a parody of [[Aesop's Fables|Aesop]]'s fable of ''The Ant and the Grasshopper''.

''A Bug's Life'' was directed by [[Wikipedia:John Lasseter|John Lasseter]] and [[Wikipedia:Andrew Stanton|Andrew Stanton]]. It was produced by [[Wikipedia|Darla K. Anderson|Darla K. Anderson]] and [[Wikipedia:Kevin Reher|Kevin Reher]]. The original story was by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, [[Wikipedia:Joe Ranft|Joe Ranft]]; the screenplay by Andrew Stanton, [[Wikipedia:Bob Shaw|Bob Shaw]], and [[Wikipedia:Don McEnery|Don McEnery]].

==Plot synopsis==
Flik ([[wikipedia:Dave Foley|Dave Foley]]) is an oddball, an individualist and would-be inventor in a colony of [[ant]]s that is oppressed by a gang of [[Wikipedia:Mafia|Mafia]]-like [[grasshopper]]s, who arrive once a season demanding food from the ants, in return for supposed protection from "bigger bugs". While working with an invention to pick fruit more efficiently, Flik accidentally destroys the offering that the ants were putting together to appease the grasshoppers. Given a temporary reprieve by the grasshoppers, Princess Atta ([[wikipedia:Julia Louis-Dreyfus|Julia Louis-Dreyfus]]) agree to Flik's plan to recruit "warrior bugs" to fight off the grasshoppers; Flik actually believes the plan, while the other ants see it as a way of effectively exiling Flik.

Flik finds his way to the "city" (actually garbage under a trailer), where he mistakes a group of recently fired circus performers (voiced by [[wikipedia:George Clooney|George Clooney]], [[wikipedia:David Hyde Pierce|David Hyde Pierce]], [[wikipedia:Joe Ranft|Joe Ranft]], [[wikipedia:Joe Alaskey|Joe Alaskey]], [[wikipedia:Madeline Kahn|Madeline Kahn]], [[wikipedia:Bonnie Hunt|Bonnie Hunt]], [[wikipedia:Brad Garrett|Brad Garrett]] and [[wikipedia:Michael McShane|Michael McShane]]) whose act collapses into chaos, for the warrior bugs he's seeking. The bugs, meanwhile, mistake Flik for a talent agent who wants to book their act, and agree to travel with him back to Ant Island.

Flik eventually realizes his mistake and develops a new plan. He advocates building a fake [[bird]] to scare away Hopper ([[wikipedia:Kevin Spacey|Kevin Spacey]]), the leader of the grasshoppers, who is deeply afraid of bug-eating birds. The ants unite behind Flik's plan until the circus' ringmaster, P.T. Flea ([[wikipedia:John Ratzenberger|John Ratzenberger]]), arrives to retrieve his performers, blowing Flik's cover.

The ants try desperately to pull together enough food for a new offering to the grasshopper crew, but it can't possibly be enough. Dot ([[wikipedia:Hayden Panettiere|Hayden Panettiere]]), a tiny royal ant who idolizes Flik, overhears Hopper's plan to kill the queen (voiced by [[wikipedia:Phyllis Diller|Phyllis Diller]]) after the offering and gets her friends to put Flik's bird plan back into action. It all nearly works, but when a confused P.T. inadvertently incinerates the bird, Hopper knows he has been tricked. After taking a beating from Hopper, Flik declares, in response to Hopper's claims of racial superiority, "Ants don't serve grasshoppers! It's you who need us. We're a lot stronger than you say we are... and you know it, don't you?" Hopper knows it. His words make the ants realize that they outnumber the grasshoppers 100 to 1, they need not be oppressed by grasshoppers ever again. They all rise up in a wave of fury and chase the grasshoppers out, but not before Hopper grabs Flik in a plan to squish him. Thanks to some quick thinking by Flik, Hopper ends up being eaten by a real bird that also inhabits Ant Island. Flik is welcomed back to the colony, and all the circus bugs join him in a celebration before departing Ant Island.

== Roleplaying ==
[[A Bug's Muck]], an unofficial [[roleplaying]] [[MUCK]] based on the film, opened in 1999 and ran until November 2006.

==External links==
* [http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/abl/ Information at Pixar's site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120623/ A Bug's Life] on IMDb
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bugs_life/ A Bug's Life] on Rotten Tomatoes
* [http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/bugslife?q=A Bug's Life A Bug's Life] on Metacritic

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The Lion King 1½

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[[Image:TLK1halfDVDcover.jpg|right|thumb|''The Lion King 1½'' DVD cover.]]
'''''The Lion King 1 1/2''''' (called '''''The Lion King 3''''' in Europe and Japan) is the third and so far final movie in ''[[The Lion King]]'' series. It was released direct to video in 2002. The movie centered in on [[Timon (character)|Timon]] and [[Pumbaa]] and filled in much of their backstory. It also explored various scenes from the original ''The Lion King'', often humorously, using the perspective of the two friends. Two new additions to the original ''The Lion King'' cast were Timon's Ma and Uncle Max.

[[Under the African Sun]], which opened for RP in January 2003 but has since closed, was a [[role-playing]] [[MUCK]] based on The Lion King 1 1/2, with Feature Characters (FCs) from the film.
[[Image:TLK3cover.jpg|right|thumb|''The Lion King 3'' international cover.]]
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== External links ==

* ''[http://imdb.com/title/tt0318403/ The Lion King 1½]'' at the [[wikipedia:Internet Movie Database|Internet Movie Database]]
* [http://www.lionking.org/sequels/TLK1.5/ Movie synopsis from lionking.org]

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