The BEST episodes of Minuscule season 1
Every episode of Minuscule season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Minuscule season 1!
Minuscule follows the day-to-day existence of anthropomorphic insects. The characters are modelled on computer in 3D and are then set against real scenery. Each animation has a short, self contained and often humorous storyline. The audio is a combination of genuine insect and ambient recordings, and sound effects such as car or helicopter engines, synthesized buzzing etc. During the episodes no words are ever spoken and, although it is a real world setting with houses, fences, cars and garbage bins often involved in the storyline, humans themselves appear only peripherally (if at all).
#1 - The Escapist
Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 2/20/2007
Three little flies have been trapped by a spider who wrapped them up neatly inside tight cocoons. The three flies have no intention to become the spider’s dinner and will do anything to escape…
#2 - Totem
Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 2/2/2007
A column of ants finds a cell phone in an undergrowth and carries it back to the anthill. The phone is propped up vertically like a divinity and whether is rings or lights up the device regulates everyday life inside the anthill as the ants dash towards it filled with respect whenever the bell rings…
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Mad Fly
Season 1 - Episode 72 - Aired 2/17/2007
In a small village in Provence a little fly bumps against a shutter. The shock makes her a little “crazy” and she starts crashing against bells and car hoods to trigger off all the alarms she can possibly find… How can such a tiny insect create such a din?
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Goofing Off
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 2/14/2007
A column of ants is busy carrying small rocks towards their anthill. One of the ants repeatedly leaves the work site to take a nap. Yet the foreman keeps an eye on him and wakes him up with a start each time. Go to work!
#5 - O Tannenbaum
Season 1 - Episode 61 - Aired 11/15/2006
A fly keeps trying to land on the branches of a Christmas tree but this spider is hell-bent of gobbling her up. The exasperated fly soon comes up with an original and unexpected stratagem to render the predator harmless…
#6 - Yellow
Season 1 - Episode 73 - Aired 10/8/2006
This centipede is the biggest coward to be crawling the face of the earth, everything scares him to death: a falling leaf, the faintest noise and so on. When the thunder storm starts brewing he finds shelter first under a plastic cup and then inside a pipe connected to the garden hose. Probably not the safest place!
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Come Christmas
Season 1 - Episode 78 - Aired 2/9/2007
It is snowing outside. A mosquito finds shelter inside a house with the intention of getting warmer in front of the fireplace. Typical Christmassy atmosphere with the tree and the piles of gifts. Another mosquito enters the picture…
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - The Last Supper
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 10/11/2006
A group of flies is busy chasing a ladybug who just insulted them when everyone suddenly stops in front of a picnic table for a providential bite. The calculating and patient ladybug watches the flies stuff themselves. The chase resumes and the flies have a hard time keeping up with her…
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Narcissus
Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 11/12/2006
A beetle comes across a piece of mirror and discovers his own reflection. What an amazing discovery! Our beetle spends all his time admiring his own image when the mirror disappears! Our little narcissus starts investigating…
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Horsefly
Season 1 - Episode 68 - Aired 10/29/2006
A ladybug is having a great time getting a rise out of a group of flies she is insulting profusely. The flies react in the twinkling of an eye and start chasing the ladybug who is rapidly a length ahead. The flies request the intervention of one of their colleagues, a huge and very beefy horsefly…
#11 - Sleepless Night
Season 1 - Episode 71 - Aired 10/28/2006
One night a moth encounters a butterfly. The moth falls in love instantly and when the dawn breaks he must fight sleep in order to woo his lady. Is their love impossible?
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Torpedo
Season 1 - Episode 64 - Aired 10/27/2006
A mosquito dips his sting in a jar of mustard, causing an immediate and spectacular result: he takes off like a rocket. Our mosquito soon turns into a mad jackhammer…
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Chewing Gum
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/20/2006
A nosy fly glues herself on a piece of chewing gum on the asphalt. How will she manage to get rid of her sticky and cumbersome load?
#14 - The Caterpillar Who Wanted to See the Ocean
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/6/2006
By sheer chance a little green caterpillar comes across a piece of newspaper strewn on the ground. The puzzled insect stares at a black and white picture: it is a beautiful sunset on a pretty beach. The caterpillar makes up her mind to go looking for this heavenly place…
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - United We Stand
Season 1 - Episode 66 - Aired 11/19/2006
A fly enters a plastic bottle and finds herself imprisoned inside. A second fly shows up and joins her inside, then another one, and another one. Curiosity killed the cat. Our flies have no choice but to take off with the bottle…
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - City Caterpillar Butterfly Of The Fields
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 2/3/2007
A little green caterpillar is stressed out by the pace of life and decides to take a rest. She hops on public transportation and reaches the countryside… where she can finally turn into a butterfly…
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
Season 1 - Episode 62 - Aired 2/1/2007
A bee, a wasp, a dragonfly and a ladybug are on the starting line, ready for the race. The last competitor, namely a snail, shows up late. The race starts and as the saying goes “slow and steady wins the race”.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Insect High Velocity
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/22/2006
A show-off dragonfly annoys everyone with her back-firing engine. She suddenly comes across a serious contender: a wasp provokes her with her humming cylinders. The chase starts…
#19 - Cicada's Song
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 10/15/2006
A column of ants goes back and forth under the scorching sun to carry goods. Up on a branch cicadas watch the convoy and sing. With each new trip one of the ants looks more and more intrigued and captivated by the singing cicadas…
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - The Caterpillar and the Brook
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 10/4/2006
A caterpillar is indulging in the gluttonous chewing of all the leaves on top of a bush. Once the branches are entirely bare, the caterpillar spots another luxuriant bush in the distance. As we all know the shortest distance between two points is a line and our caterpillar sets out straight ahead until he is faced with a brook…
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Bless You
Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 2/10/2007
It’s cold and damp outside. A spider has a raging cold and won’t stop sneezing, which is a real impediment when it comes to hunting. She chases a fly tirelessly but the repetitive sneezing makes any attempt vain…
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - The Ladybug
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2006
A ladybug curtly insults a swarm of flies hanging out on a trash can. The flies start chasing the cheeky insect right away. A chase ensues above the asphalt roads while a spider who happens to be in the way gets herself in trouble…
#23 - Catapult
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2006
A grasshopper is hiding in the tall green grass, having a blast using her powerful thighs to jump all over the place and bump into other dumbfounded insects. This little game goes on with complete impunity until the wheel starts to turn…
#24 - Cowardly Coward
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 10/13/2006
A coward centipede has a hard time mustering his strength to cross the road because of all the passing cars. After a few failed attempts on his part another braver snail crosses the road, slowly but surely…
#25 - A Rolling Snail Gathers No Moss
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 2/6/2007
In a kindergarten, a few snails move up at a snail’s pace along a metal surface. The journey lasts for quite a while. The snails eventually reach the top of a playground slide and enjoy a few fast slides…