How do you keep a bug on Ant Island when he’s seen a rusty can of beans? Flik’s epic adventure had to lead to somewhere exciting, and the perfect contrast to a pastoral island was a city teeming with exotic insects. In a rare acknowledgement of human presence, the Pixar team created a bustling metropolis out of a garbage pile. It’s here that Flik encounters P.T. Flea’s Circus Troupe. According to co-director Andrew Stanton, the inspiration for a multinational flea circus “was the first thing that really felt like us, felt like Pixar.”