Ladybug
• Role: The heart and unofficial leader
• Personality: Optimistic, courageous, grounded
• Strengths: Natural leader, empathetic, quick thinker
• Flaws: Can doubt herself under pressure
• Dream: To lead her friends to fame and prove that bugs like them belong on the biggest stages
Butterfly
• Role: The dreamer with grace
• Personality: Shy but artistic and perceptive
• Strengths: Emotional intelligence, elegance, resilience
• Flaws: Fear of failure, initially passive
• Dream: To express herself fully through performance and inspire others

Caterpillar
• Role: The comic relief with hidden depth
• Personality: Naive, sweet, imaginative
• Strengths: Creativity, physical humor, charm
• Flaws: Low confidence, self-doubt
• Dream: To become a stage actor—and eventually transform, literally and metaphorically

Beetle
• Role: The skeptic turned believer
• Personality: Sarcastic, loyal, streetwise
• Strengths: Practical, resourceful, brave when needed
• Flaws: Cynicism, hard to motivate
• Dream: Secretly wants to be recognized but hides behind humor

Mosquito
• Role: Antagonist (comic villain)
• Personality: Jittery, bitter, overdramatic
• Strengths: Creative with sabotage, high energy
• Flaws: Jealous, insecure, easily flustered
• Dream: To be more famous than the Acting Bugs—by any means

Wasp
• Role: Antagonist (comic villain)
• Personality: Sharp, arrogant, scheming
• Strengths: Confidence, cunning
• Flaws: Ego-driven, prone to tantrums
• Dream: To dominate BuggyWoods, believing he’s destined for greatness
