Antboy

Have you ever longed to be someone else?

Someone special.

Class clown or the star of the football team?

That people thought you were cool, or at least just noticed you.

I have.

This is me. Pelle Nшhrmann.

An ordinary 12-year-old boy. A little too plain, if you ask me.

I've had enough...

Many people think it's okay to be normal.

But I'm pretty sick of it. There is nothing special about me.

I'm not even the nerd that gets bullied. At least he gets noticed.

I'm just Pelle. A little ant in a big anthill.

Super! Good! Straighten your back.

- Small and insignificant. - Chin up. Yes.

Not so much up. You need to look into the camera and smile with your eyes. Super, fine!

- Fine!. What was your name again? - Pelle.

- Palle? Okay! Next! - Pelle.

Oh well, next!

Amanda?

That's Amanda Sommersted.

We are in the same class, but she barely knows I exist.

As everybody else.

Neat! great.

The camera loves you! Give me a little smile. Yes, it's good. Super!

Tobias, get up! Try to look good.

Orange!

Put away your pictures now. Ida, take off the headphones.

You will make a presentation about someone that has had an impact in our town.

Make a poster with pictures and facts.

but save something for the presentation. Like why is that person so exciting?

- No one is exciting in Middellund. - Ida, that's not quite true.

What about your father? Director of ExoFarm.

Make a presentation of him along with your sister. Is that a good idea, Amanda?

You will be doing work in pairs. Please select a partner and get started.

- Come on, you loser! - He walks around with comic books!

Who the hell did this?

Hello! How many times must I say that you can not sit out there?

Nцrdmann! You are so done!

Where did he go?

I heard something! Come on!

- Did you see where he ran? - Maybe over there!

To Mrs Gжmelkrеs' house? No, he wouldn't dare.

- Are you sure? - I'm afraid of her myself.

Just go and look for him. Or are you afraid?

- Nah. I just don't bother. - Are you afraid of zombie witch?

Shut up, you jerk! Come, let's take a look over there.

- Well. There you are. - Is that him?

- I'm sorry. - Where have you been?

Playing outside. With a school friend.

That's nice. Well, let's have dinner now.

I'm not hungry. I'm going to bed. Good night.

Middellund may suffer the worst flea epidemic ever.

During a burglary at the pharmaceutical company ExoFarm, thousands of fleas dissapeared.

- I stand here with the director... - Isn't that Amanda and Ida's father?

You missed your father's lasagna yesterday. Did you have female company?

"Female company."

- Dad, can you just...? - Thank you, Pelle.

There is no sugar. I'm sure I had bought a package.

- What happened? - There were probably cracks in the glass.

- Hello. Watch it! - I'm sorry. You dropped your Donald Duck.

"Donald Duck!" Are you crazy? This is the Spiderman!

Today should be about tactics, coordination, speed and strength.

This is an exercise I learned in the military.

It has shaped the rock-solid fighting machine that stands here today.

The rules are simple.

If you fall, you go outside the circle or lose the stick, you lose.

Any questions?

Good! Who would like to help me with a little demonstration?

- Palle? - Pelle.

Into the middle. In the middle, Palle!

- Shouldn't we have protection? - It won't be necessary.

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Ready!

You can do better than that.

Come on, Palle. Show me what you've got.

You're not even trying.

Good...

This is good, Palle... Come on.

Let's see what you got.

- Hey! How did you do that? - What?

- About Carsten. How did you get so strong? - He just pretended.

The school door, then? How did you get that kind of power?

The government has subjected you to secret experiments?

Have you been struck by lightning? Or are you a mutant?

What is it then? Have you been bitten by a radioactive spider?

I won't tell anyone that you're a Superhero.

- Look at this. Read it. - Fine. Will you leave me alone?

You can become one! Wouldn't that be awesome?

What if you could take off your arm and hit people with it? As Arm Fall Off Boy!

- Hey! Do you realize how lucky you are? - Leave me alone!

EXOFARMS SUCCESS DIRECTOR

Have you heard a flea bark...

Amanda...

"Now I have you, Amanda." "You will never get me, Teddy!"

- "Pelle...!" - "Shut up."

"You don't hit girls." "What? Who said that?"

"It was me." "And who the hell are you?"

"I'm a true superhero." "Go away!"

"Thank you for saving me." "That was nothing, Amanda."

"I'm not finished with you!"

"Show mercy!" "Here there's no mercy!"

It was an ant.

- It was an ant that bit me. - It's the craziest thing that has happened!

- Can you help me? - Of course I can.

Superheroes always have something that make them lose their powers again.

Martial Manhunter can't read minds if he fights with fire.

Thor is the god of thunder, but only when he has Mjolnir.

Let's skip school tomorrow to test your powers.

Superman gets his powers from the sun but gets extremely weak in the presence of kryptonite.

Wilhelm! Remember to take the garbage out!

Come on, Mom! I have a guest!

- What kind of weaknesses does an ant have? - We'll find out.

Welcome to the ant's hidden world, where millions of years of evolution...

Boring!

Soldier Ant protect the colony by using its sharp mandibles

that makes it able to bite with an unimaginable force.

Bite into it. Come on. Bite into it.

- Wilhelm, it's a book. - Yes. But bite into it anyway.

What else can you do?

Ants have poor eyesight and depend heavily on its sense of smell...

which makes them able to recognize scents at a very long distance.

- You need a costume. - Not underpants on the outside of the garment.

- I would like a cape. - Do you know how inconvenient that is?

I want a cape. I don't care!

Some males can fly unde favorable conditions.

Go on, Pelle! Come on. Flap your arms. Come on.

However, this only applies to a few.

SUPERHERO COSTUME - SELECTION

In ant colony, the ant standing at the center is more important than the others.

Ant Queen is the primary focal point in any ant's life.

In addition to its mandibles, ants can also defend themselves with formic acid.

A corrosive poison being sprayed out through large glands.

CORROSIVE PEE

It was better than I thought.

Now we just have to find a name.

- What about "Ant-Man"? - No. Not a good name.

"Help me, Ant-Man!" It sounds stupid.

- Do you think they need help? - Nah.

"Pee Ant-Man"? Or just "Pee-Man?"

A Superhero's name must be cool. Aquaman, Batman, Captain America, Captain Marvel...

Daredevil, Deadman, Deadpool, Dr. Strange, Hellboy, Hawkeye...

Okay. I get it. Cool and easy to understand.

- Nothing yet? - What's "Ant-Man" in English?

"Ant-man", but it is taken. And you're not a man.

"Antboy"?

We can take it until we find something better.

- How long will we be here? - Until a crime happens.

- I'll go to the kiosk. - What if someone rob a bank?

- I'll just buy some candy. - Stay here.

Help! My bag!

You must not steal.

Are you mad, you look foolish man.

Why don't you get back to the costume party?

- Run back to school, so you... - What did you say?

Can get an education.

It's not good to miss too many classes.

- Who are you? - I'm... Antboy!

It's true! He just stood there in a strange costume.

Then he crawled up the wall and ran after me!

He said his name was Antboy!

Pssst! Wilhelm!

Did you see that? It was just small crime.

And then I crawled up the walls. Check it out.

I was able just now! I swear.

What happened to me? Why can't I climb on the wall?

Your powers are like a battery, they need to be recharged occasionally.

Ants get energy from sugar. This is why you took all the candy from the kitchen.

Here. I made a belt with chocolate, so you can recharge.

This is a holster for your phone.

And this is your Ant-Com. Connect it to your phone so we can stay in touch.

Who is he? The residents of Middellundin ask...

After a man was rescued yesterday from a wrecked car by a boy in a Superhero costume.

WHO IS ANTBOY?

SUPERHERO BEATS IGENI! MIDDELLUNDIN PROTECTOR!

Superhero Antboy rescued a baby from a burning house..

Antboy was a hit. For the first time in my life people noticed me.

We love you, Antboy

- He's so cute. - We love him

I was no longer just Pelle. I was something more. I was Antboy

The school play was about Antboy. They even copied my costume.

Nцrdmann!

I was Middellundin's protector and criminals feared me.

We'll never do it again. We're sorry, Antboy!

I was unbeatable.

- What is it? - Antboy isn't a celebrity.

Superheroes have more important things to do!

You're doing it just in order to be popular. Girls don't care about us.

Yes, but they love Antboy.

Ida!

- What? - Turn it down a little bit.

I can't concentrate because of your crappy music.

Good morning. Amanda and her sister are not coming today.

Amanda is sick.

Mette and Aisha, can you make your presentation?

Could you guys help me? I'm about to fall!

Help!

Can anybody can help? Help!

- Hello. - Hi, it's mom.

Could you buy a liter of milk on the way home? Rice milk.

- I can't talk now. - Not soy milk. Rice milk.