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.
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.
The image is from Antz.It is not. It’s a scene from A Bug’s Life.
My favorite quote from this movie was “first rule of leadership, princess: everything is your fault!”
