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 Nøhrmann.
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!. 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.
I hit the light and then wow! 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?
Nørdman! You are so done!
Where did he go?
I heard something! Come on!
- Did you see where he ran? - Maybe over there!
To Mrs Gæmelkrå's 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 firm ExoFarm, 1000s of fleas disappeared.
- I stand here with the director... - Isn't that Amanda and Ida's father?
You missed your dad'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?
- 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 wildest thing that's 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 kryptonite makes him extremely weak.
Wilhelm! Remember to take the garbage out!
Come on, Mom! I have a guest!
- What 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.
- I would like a cape. - Do you know how inconvenient that is?
I want a cape. I don't care!
Some males can fly under favourable 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 which is 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'm going to the kiosk. - What if someone robs 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 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.
Nørdman!
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 give your presentation?
Could you guys help me? I'm about to fall!
Help!
Can anybody can help? Help!
Hi, honey. Could you buy a liter of milk on the way home? Rice milk.
- I can't talk now. - Not soy milk. Rice milk.
- Help me! - Don't worry. It's over now.
I'll fall down...
Antboy! I needed to meet you.
My father received this video this morning.
Director Sommersted... I have your lovely little daughter
I'm The Flea. Just like the insects I'm impossible to get rid of.
So don't waste your precious time trying to contact the police.
My requirements are simple. 20 million kroner in unmarked bills.
Two: You withdraw as director ExoFarm.
- Who is he? - I don't know.
- Can't your father just pay? - He's not rich.
Isn't it your job to save her? Isn't that what superheroes do?
Yes. Don't worry. Wilhelm and I will find her.
- Wilhelm? - No. I don't think that's what I said.
- Well, you said Wilhelm. - I have to go now.
- I'm coming with you. - It's too dangerous.
Hello! So what?
Don't get mad now. Promise you won't get angry.
Hello.
You guys certainly like Superheroes.
A girl in Solitary Fortress! Haven't you been listening at all?
Girls ruin everything. Now she will tell everyone that I know who you're.
No. I don't think so.
- You have too many dolls. - Action Figures! And don't touch them!
You only became a Superhero to get the girl!
You're very childish! This is serious! And what kind of a limp sidekick are you?
Whoever took Amanda, calls himself The Flea.
My requirements are simple. 20 million kroner in unmarked bills.
Two: You withdraw as director ExoFarm.
You have 48 hours.
If you want to see your daughter again, you better use them wisely.
Otherwise, I'll suck her blood instead of yours.
Don't you know who she is? Her father is like Lex Luthor...
- My father isn't like Lex Luthor. - She doesn't even know who it is.
He's the villain in Superman.
Yes. A wealthy CEO believed to be good, but who wants to take over the world!
- You are so crazy. - You are too.
- Does your father have any enemies? - Some people don't like him.
- It's cold at the top of ExoFarm. - The factory is located outside of town.
- What kind of drugs are they making? - Vaccines. But also research.
- What kind of research? - It's a secret.
My dad says the tests are to help people seriously ill people.
- What if it's someone from town? - Marianne... She is evil.
- What about Mark and Allan? - They're too stupid.
Is that Amanda's necklace?
- What are you doing? - I can smell her scent.
Right!
- Over there. - In there? That's Mrs Gæmelkrå's house.
This is where I was bitten. In Gæmelkrå's garden.
- This is where I got my powers. - The house has been empty since she died.
She lay rotting for two weeks before they found her.
I have heard that it took over two months.
The fluids from the dead body trickled down throughout the house.
The corpse was dry as a mummy.
It is said that you can still hear her dragging footsteps at night.
Is it true?
I'll have to see what's in there. Antboy isn't a coward.
Hello? You gave me a big shock.
- Are you in? - Yes. I'm down in the basement.
- It seems to be a lab. - Cool. Have you found Amanda?
No. Not yet.
- This place gives me the creeps. - Watch your step. The Flea can be there.
I can hardly hear you.
Do not worry. I'll get you out.
So we finally meet, Ant... boy.
It is me that you want, release Amanda. She has done nothing to you!
No. But it's her father, Director of ExoFarm.
Director Sommersted.
He took everything from me and destroyed my life.
I was a biochemist at ExoFarm. My research was groundbreaking.
What kind of research?
An extremely rare ant species: Formica accelonia.
I thought the species had antibodies that could cure life-threatening diseases.
So I started developing a Hercules serum...
which transferred the healing qualities to my first test subject.
My mother.
- Are you Mrs. Gæmelkrå's son? - Yes.
Tumours in her body became smaller and smaller...
but then Sommersted began making cuts in the company to save money.
My research was the first to disappear. I was furious...
and I threatened the company's Board of Directors, so that I could continue.
Sommersted didn't care.
"A flea that barks," he simply said.
And my mother... It was too late.
After her death my revenge plans began taking shape.
I chose a different species. Pulex irritans.
Blood flea.
Its properties cured the arthritis in my legs and made them 100 times stronger.
Be glad you only have to eat sugar to recover your strength.
When I got the flea strength, I inherited also its insatiable need for blood.
The ant that bit you, was the last Hercules Engineered ant.
You should thank me, Antboy. Or should I say Pelle?
Amanda loves only Antboy.
She has absolutely no idea Pelle Nøhrmann exists.
And your friend, comic book nerd. Is it really your friendship he wants?
I see you for what you really are, Pelle.
A little piss ant to be crushed under my boot.
See you again soon.
The Flea was right.
Why should I risk my life for people that don't care about me?
I was just a little ant that wanted to be big, strong and loved.
But now the dream was over, and the ant was awake again.
I just wanted to be Pelle Nøhrmann and forget that Antboy ever existed.
I could not save her. I could not save Amanda.
What are you talking about? The Flea is on the run, and Amanda is safe.
It wasn't because of me. I didn't have a chance against him.
We can't give up now. Not when The Flea is on the loose.
If you want to fight The Flea, you can be Antboy!
- Fine! - Fine!
Then we go to non-fiction literature. As Anna said, it might be school books.
Are there any other suggestions for types of literature?
Books on tools. Is it nonfiction or fiction?
Books that tell you how to do things...
Follow me!
- Pelle! The Flea is attacking the school. - Let the police handle it.
INSECT SPRAY
You should not be afraid. Just run out to the others.
Antboy!
Antboy saved me!
Wilhelm...
Wilhelm! Wilhelm!
Wilhelm!
Get off me, you dirty louse!
Insects have been around for 500 million years and will survive humanity.
And I'm not a louse, I'm a flea!
Do you know what the problem is with you Super Villains? They talk too much.
Antboy...?
You are the dumbest genius I've ever met.
The game is over, Gæmelkrå.
Let go of my friend, or I'll give you a flea treatment, you will never forget!
What's the matter, Antboy? Is your sugar low?
Sugar!
- Let him go! - I'll take your friend to the woods.
It's so nice in nature.
Wilhelm!
- Antboy, The Flea has taken Wilhelm. - I know!
I have refueled with candy.
Wilhelm! What is it?
Antboy!
Antboy...
And I thought the need for sugar...
...was your Achilles' heel... Antboy.
But it's people that's your weakness.
- Where are you? - I don't know.
I have an idea.
Antboy...
Gæmelkrå!
Pissant...
Imagine, risking so much...
... for such a pathetic little weakling.
The pathetic little weakling is my friend.
Why do you need friends, when you have infinite strength?
You are not as strong as you think Flea. Come on, pests.
Time for dessert...
Do you know what your weakness is Gæmelkrå?
Your blood tank is empty and you do not have no friends to help you.
You have lost Gæmelkrå.
Give up now.
Never!
Did you know that ants can lift 50 times its own weight?
Thank you, Pelle.
The arrest marks the end of Gæmelkrå...
who kidnapped Amanda Sommersted and attacked the local school.
On ExoFarm we'll get to the bottom with The Flea's crimes
and make sure that this never happens again.
I want to say that I'm very happy and relieved...
that my daughter and all the other children can sleep soundly now...
now that Albert Gæmelkrå has been imprisoned.
For that, we owe you a big thank you, Antboy.
A little boy with a big heart.
You should close this window from now on. Just for safety's sake.
I was hoping that you would come, so I could say thank you.
- Is Ida home? - Ida?
I came here to bring you the necklace.
- Ida? - Your sister.
- What? - You have a visitor.
Hello. What are you doing here?
- I came to say thank you for your help. - It is I who should thank you.
You are really cool, Pelle Nørhmann.
Didn't you know that I knew? It is quite amazing that nobody has figured it out.
Do not worry. I won't tell anyone.
I have to go now.
Pelle, wait. Can't we be friends?
See you tomorrow, Ida.
Hello.
I had to give Skipper a flea treatment.
There is just something I want to talk to you about. I have an idea for a new suit.
- I'm happy with the one I have. - It's not for you.
- Antboy needs a sidekick. - You think Ida wants to be a superhero?
- Who said it has to be Ida? - I was just kidding, Willhelm.
Is Antboy necessary now that The Flea is gone?
There is always a need for someone like Antboy.
Have you ever longed to be someone else?
I have. But not anymore.
Antboy has super powers and lots of fans.
Pelle is still a small ant in a big anthill.
And that's okay.
If there is one thing an ant has it's friends. And I have them.
Fortunately. Because I can not save the world alone, right?
Subtitles by: TheRicker