- "Dim don’t wanna go."
- —Dim to Flik
Dim is one of the supporting characters in A Bug's Life.
A Bug’s Life
Dim is a large, blue rhinoceros beetle who plays the “ferocious beast” in P.T. Flea’s circus with a childlike nature, as seen when he sobs in pain after Rosie accidentally lashes the sole of his front left foot with her makeshift whip. He is also shown to be incredibly ticklish when some kid ants unintentionally tickle his thorax with their antennae while exploring beneath him. He is usually mothered by the black widow spider, Rosie. He is easily the biggest and heaviest insect in the circus troupe, and also the transport to Heimlich, Rosie, and Tuck and Roll. He is big and strong but also kind of cowardly, like when Thud the Horsefly scares him and his friends (although maybe because Thud was even bigger than Dim).
When the Circus Bugs perform their magic act in front of Hopper, Dim provides refuge for the Queen when she is made to look like she is put into the Chinese Cabinet. Dim also helps Dot scare the evil grasshopper Thumper away. When the ants load Hopper into the circus cannon, Dim is just about to jump onto the cannon, ready to blast Hopper away, but rain begins to fall before he can do so.
At the end of the film, some of the Blueberries try to hide under Dim’s wings, but Rosie spots them. As the circus troupe leaves the island, Dim carries the circus wagon, leaving Heimlich to be carried by Manny and Francis instead.
Trivia
- Dim was Brad Garrett’s first Pixar character.
- Toys of Dim and his friends can be seen at Al's Toy Barn in Toy Story 2.
- When Dim roars to help Dot scare Thumper away, his roar sounds just like the T-Rex in Jurassic Park, similar to how Rex roared in Toy Story 3 and during the "Strange Things" sequence in the original Toy Story.
- Dim also provides the same roars from the T-Rexes in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
- Dim’s horn structure wasn’t meant to be reflective of a specific kind of horned beetle. However, in 2006, entomologist Brett C. Ratcliffe discovered a species of rhinoceros beetle that closely resembled Dim, which was named Megaceras briansaltini and dubbed the “Nature imitates art” coincidence as the “Dim Effect”.
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