The Ant and the Grasshopper (TV series)

The Ant and the Grasshopper is an American animated comedy adventure streaming television series loosely based on one of Aesop's Fables of the same name for Netflix. It premiered on November 23, 2029 on Netflix. The series has received critical acclaim for its animation, humor, story and voice acting. In December 2029, Netflix renewed the series for a second season which will be titled The Ant and the Grasshopper: Mandibles From Far Away.

Premise
In a tiny town called Bugtropica in Central Park, Aaron, a young scout ant finds a picnic basket that fell from the sky. The rest of ant colony also saw it and start carrying off the spoils of the picnic to store for the winter season. Hops, a lazy grasshopper claims that the basket came from the human city called New York City and convinces them the humans have better food. He guides him to the city against the ant wizard, Zadok's wishes. A swarm of fierce hornets led by Arrow has already set their sights on the loot and would stop at nothing to steal it from them. After sliding down an embankment inside the basket and into a stream on the tin, Hops and Aaron, accompanied by a honeybee named Henry, his sister Beatrice, and a crew of friendly insects, set sail across all around New York City on a hair-raising adventure against hornets, other insects, animals, and even humans and pest exterminators to gather as much food for the winter as possible.

Main

 * Neil Patrick Harris as Hops, a lazy yet free-spirited and intelligent grasshopper who would rather spend the summer singing and playing his fiddle than work all day and never worries about tomorrow. But when the winter season arrives, he finds itself dying of hunger and understands why Aaron and the ants work hard during the summer.
 * Austin Zajur as Aaron, a timid yet inventive and hard working scout ant who is always well prepared and afraid of the outside human world, until Hops guides him through New York City. He is Henry's best friend, Hops' closet friend, and Beatrice's love interest/boyfriend.
 * Narrated by Ringo Starr

Insects

 * J.K. Simmons as The Thief, a cockroach who follows Hops and Aaron and steals food from human kitchens and other insects.
 * Liam Neeson as Arrow, the leader of the hornets and the main antagonist who pursues Aaron, Hops, and the others and wants to kill them and steal the picnic basket of food.
 * Beyoncé as Queen Anastasia, the queen ant and Aaron's mother figure who is beloved by the colony.
 * Will Forte as Henry, a cautious honeybee who is Beatrice's brother and Adam's best friend.
 * Ilana Glazer as Beatrice, a good-hearted, adventurous honeybee who is Henry's sister and Aaron's love interest/girlfriend.
 * Julia Roberts as Cassandra, a kind-hearted nurse ant and Zadok's love interest/mate. She is very influential and leaves a good impression on Hops. She stays by Aaron's side no matter what. She is also protective of the ones she loves and considers Aaron her pupa.
 * Nicolas Cage as Zadok, a wizard ant who is Aaron's student and Cassandra's love interest/mate. He had a strong hatred for the humans or bugs interfering around humans, especially Hops due to his laziness and free-spirited lifestyle, but he learned of the goodness in their hearts by seeing how Hops taking care of his friends.
 * Matthew Broderick as Bob, a sensible yet adventurous cockroach.
 * Richard Dreyfuss as Flyer, a crazy, self-centered bluebottle fly.
 * Max Casella as Cecil, a timid yet creative caterpillar (later butterfly) with big dreams.
 * Regina King as Karna, a forager ant with a tough, no nonsense personality around her ant pupa-students. She is very grounded, but becomes soft whenever someone she cares about is hurt. She is a caring ant overall and has a soft spot for Fungus and began a romantic relationship with him.
 * Bruce Campbell as Fungus, a "brave and tough" scout ant. He is a little full of himself, but he has a loyal heart. He is kind hearted and overexaggerates situations a bit, but he means well. He is also very flirtatious, especially with his love interest, Karna.
 * Nick Kroll as Stripes, one of the swarm of hornets.
 * Andy Dick as Thorne, a dirty and dust hornet.
 * Natalie Portman as Dahlia, a sweet natured damselfly, and Bob's romantic interest.
 * Amanda Leighton as Poppy, Adam's maggot sister who is an outgoing and fearless pupa ant. She loves adventure, monsters, and having fun with her family. Although she is young, she has the heart of an explorer.
 * Tara Strong as Nate and Kate, mischievous identical twin houseflies. They like pranking other insects and get into trouble, but can easily get out of it.
 * Bob Joles as Antony, Adam and Poppy's father and skilled farmer. He is overprotective and cautious, having nearly lost part of an antenna in a grass baler accident.
 * Jane Leeves as Mrs. Lademann, a lovely ladybug.
 * Susan Sarandon as Willow, a black widow spider, who chose Flyer as her romantic interest rather than lunch.
 * David Thewlis as Brian, a worrywart earthworm.
 * Wang Leehom as Mantis, a wise preying mantis.
 * Doug Lawrence as Roan, a tour guide beetle to New York City.
 * Wally Wingert as Head council red ant.
 * Kevin McDonald as Head council orange ant.

Humans

 * Tony Hale as Wilfried, a local pest exterminator and the secondary antagonist.
 * Zac Efron as Shawn, a 15-year old hardworking boy and Lisa's older brother who befriends the bug gang.
 * Quinn Copeland as Lisa, Shawn's 10-year old sister who is fascinated with insects.
 * Michelle Williams as Janice, Shawn and Lisa's mother.
 * Carol Burnett as Mrs. Hera, Shawn's paranoid neighbor who becomes suspicious of the bug gang running around her house and stealing her food.