It's Tough to Be a Bug!, 4D theater show in Discovery Island, United States.

It's Tough to Be a Bug! is a performance inside a climate-controlled theater located within a replica tree structure, using glasses, moving seats, and special effects to tell the story. Rows of seats rise gradually so all guests can see the large screen and the figures that move during the show.

It's Tough to Be a Bug! opened with Disney's Animal Kingdom on April 22, 1998, the same day as the park, inside its icon, the Tree of Life. It was Pixar's first attraction in a Disney park, debuting seven months before A Bug's Life reached theaters. A second version ran at Disney California Adventure from February 8, 2001, until March 19, 2018. The Animal Kingdom show closed on March 16, 2025, replaced by Zootopia: Better Zoogether! on November 7, 2025.

The theater show brings characters from a well-known animated film to life and uses surprises like sudden movements and sound effects to tell stories about the world of small creatures. Families watch as insects explain their role in nature through humor and effects that make the audience feel part of the action.

The show runs nine minutes. The theater sits inside the Tree of Life on Discovery Island, reached by a queue that winds between the tree's roots past animal carvings not visible from elsewhere. The lobby holds insect parodies of Broadway posters such as "Little Shop of Hoppers" and "My Fair Ladybug". A plaque outside honors Dr. Jane Goodall beside a sculpture of her chimpanzee David Greybeard.

More than eight thousand individual artificial leaves decorate the walls and ceiling of the theater, creating a dense green environment around the seating area. During the performance, unexpected sensory moments like fine water droplets, brief movements beneath the seats, and specific scents add to the impression of being inside the world of small creatures.