Empire of The Ants/Fun Facts

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  • Director Bert I. Gordon created some of the special ant-effects by shooting magnified images of the Panamanian bullet ant.
  • Inspiration for the phrase, "I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords," where insect is usually replaced or substituted in an ironic sense. Though no character in "Empire of the Ants" says this line, "The Simpsons" (1989) character of newscaster Kent Brockman says it in the episode "Deep Space Homer" and is alluding to the theme of the film.
  • The title track of Warren Zevon's 2000 album Life'll Kill Ya includes the lines, "It's the kingdom of the spiders/It's the empire of the ants."
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