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Why did the villain in the first Men in Black movie care about Earth's Cockroaches?


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Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches



From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.




Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent Jay's attempts to distract him. The only thing that got Edgar's attention was Jay stomping on a cockroach and almost supernaturally (or comically) Edgar took notice, jumped down to confront Jay and bought time for Agent Kay to find his gun inside the creature after being swallowed.



This is not also the only time in the film Edgar has shown offense to this. He also seems to care about other of Earth's insects. There was that part with a bug exterminator and that clerk who was swatting flies.



Why does Edgar care? He is not exactly of the same species or even from the same planet.










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Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches



From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.




Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent Jay's attempts to distract him. The only thing that got Edgar's attention was Jay stomping on a cockroach and almost supernaturally (or comically) Edgar took notice, jumped down to confront Jay and bought time for Agent Kay to find his gun inside the creature after being swallowed.



This is not also the only time in the film Edgar has shown offense to this. He also seems to care about other of Earth's insects. There was that part with a bug exterminator and that clerk who was swatting flies.



Why does Edgar care? He is not exactly of the same species or even from the same planet.










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Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches



From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.




Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent Jay's attempts to distract him. The only thing that got Edgar's attention was Jay stomping on a cockroach and almost supernaturally (or comically) Edgar took notice, jumped down to confront Jay and bought time for Agent Kay to find his gun inside the creature after being swallowed.



This is not also the only time in the film Edgar has shown offense to this. He also seems to care about other of Earth's insects. There was that part with a bug exterminator and that clerk who was swatting flies.



Why does Edgar care? He is not exactly of the same species or even from the same planet.










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Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches



From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.




Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent Jay's attempts to distract him. The only thing that got Edgar's attention was Jay stomping on a cockroach and almost supernaturally (or comically) Edgar took notice, jumped down to confront Jay and bought time for Agent Kay to find his gun inside the creature after being swallowed.



This is not also the only time in the film Edgar has shown offense to this. He also seems to care about other of Earth's insects. There was that part with a bug exterminator and that clerk who was swatting flies.



Why does Edgar care? He is not exactly of the same species or even from the same planet.







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I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?



It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:




Damn decent of you.




This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.






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    Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different

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    Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.

    – mr.eaver
    3 hours ago






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    Which animals we're okay with killing or not seems to be cultural, though often due to judgement on their traits such as how charismatic the animal is, or how intelligent it is. For instance, killing a horse is often seen as taboo while cattle in the same culture are commonly killed for food. In other cultures, cattle are sacred, and killing them is so anathema, people have been committed mob justice over it. Charisma seems to trump intelligence, however, as few cultures have problems with killing the octopus, even though they can be extremely intelligent.

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    It could also be that humans are pretty useless in space, while cockroaches can survive for an impressive amount of time under strong radiation or without food and air. See wikipedia.

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  • I thought the implication was that ALL bugs (or at least all cockroaches) were actually alien babies of the same species as Edgar, and have been all along. Kind of the main theme of the MiB series is that aliens have been among us for a long time, and just keeping on the down-low forever.

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Although this question has been answered and accepted, let's not forget that Kay said:




Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper, is tear-assing around Manhattan Island in a brand-new Edgar suit. That sound like fun?"




He's one of them. Not literally but effectively. And anyone who picks on his "kind" is picking on him and with a massive inferiority complex, he's going to want revenge.






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    I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?



    It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:




    Damn decent of you.




    This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.






    share|improve this answer



















    • 1





      Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different

      – mr.eaver
      3 hours ago








    • 3





      Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.

      – mr.eaver
      3 hours ago






    • 3





      Which animals we're okay with killing or not seems to be cultural, though often due to judgement on their traits such as how charismatic the animal is, or how intelligent it is. For instance, killing a horse is often seen as taboo while cattle in the same culture are commonly killed for food. In other cultures, cattle are sacred, and killing them is so anathema, people have been committed mob justice over it. Charisma seems to trump intelligence, however, as few cultures have problems with killing the octopus, even though they can be extremely intelligent.

      – Kai
      3 hours ago








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      It could also be that humans are pretty useless in space, while cockroaches can survive for an impressive amount of time under strong radiation or without food and air. See wikipedia.

      – Eric Duminil
      2 hours ago











    • I thought the implication was that ALL bugs (or at least all cockroaches) were actually alien babies of the same species as Edgar, and have been all along. Kind of the main theme of the MiB series is that aliens have been among us for a long time, and just keeping on the down-low forever.

      – Darrel Hoffman
      1 hour ago
















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    I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?



    It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:




    Damn decent of you.




    This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.






    share|improve this answer



















    • 1





      Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different

      – mr.eaver
      3 hours ago








    • 3





      Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.

      – mr.eaver
      3 hours ago






    • 3





      Which animals we're okay with killing or not seems to be cultural, though often due to judgement on their traits such as how charismatic the animal is, or how intelligent it is. For instance, killing a horse is often seen as taboo while cattle in the same culture are commonly killed for food. In other cultures, cattle are sacred, and killing them is so anathema, people have been committed mob justice over it. Charisma seems to trump intelligence, however, as few cultures have problems with killing the octopus, even though they can be extremely intelligent.

      – Kai
      3 hours ago








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      It could also be that humans are pretty useless in space, while cockroaches can survive for an impressive amount of time under strong radiation or without food and air. See wikipedia.

      – Eric Duminil
      2 hours ago











    • I thought the implication was that ALL bugs (or at least all cockroaches) were actually alien babies of the same species as Edgar, and have been all along. Kind of the main theme of the MiB series is that aliens have been among us for a long time, and just keeping on the down-low forever.

      – Darrel Hoffman
      1 hour ago














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    I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?



    It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:




    Damn decent of you.




    This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.






    share|improve this answer













    I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?



    It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:




    Damn decent of you.




    This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.







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    • 1





      Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different

      – mr.eaver
      3 hours ago








    • 3





      Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.

      – mr.eaver
      3 hours ago






    • 3





      Which animals we're okay with killing or not seems to be cultural, though often due to judgement on their traits such as how charismatic the animal is, or how intelligent it is. For instance, killing a horse is often seen as taboo while cattle in the same culture are commonly killed for food. In other cultures, cattle are sacred, and killing them is so anathema, people have been committed mob justice over it. Charisma seems to trump intelligence, however, as few cultures have problems with killing the octopus, even though they can be extremely intelligent.

      – Kai
      3 hours ago








    • 1





      It could also be that humans are pretty useless in space, while cockroaches can survive for an impressive amount of time under strong radiation or without food and air. See wikipedia.

      – Eric Duminil
      2 hours ago











    • I thought the implication was that ALL bugs (or at least all cockroaches) were actually alien babies of the same species as Edgar, and have been all along. Kind of the main theme of the MiB series is that aliens have been among us for a long time, and just keeping on the down-low forever.

      – Darrel Hoffman
      1 hour ago














    • 1





      Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different

      – mr.eaver
      3 hours ago








    • 3





      Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.

      – mr.eaver
      3 hours ago






    • 3





      Which animals we're okay with killing or not seems to be cultural, though often due to judgement on their traits such as how charismatic the animal is, or how intelligent it is. For instance, killing a horse is often seen as taboo while cattle in the same culture are commonly killed for food. In other cultures, cattle are sacred, and killing them is so anathema, people have been committed mob justice over it. Charisma seems to trump intelligence, however, as few cultures have problems with killing the octopus, even though they can be extremely intelligent.

      – Kai
      3 hours ago








    • 1





      It could also be that humans are pretty useless in space, while cockroaches can survive for an impressive amount of time under strong radiation or without food and air. See wikipedia.

      – Eric Duminil
      2 hours ago











    • I thought the implication was that ALL bugs (or at least all cockroaches) were actually alien babies of the same species as Edgar, and have been all along. Kind of the main theme of the MiB series is that aliens have been among us for a long time, and just keeping on the down-low forever.

      – Darrel Hoffman
      1 hour ago








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    Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different

    – mr.eaver
    3 hours ago







    Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different

    – mr.eaver
    3 hours ago






    3




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    Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.

    – mr.eaver
    3 hours ago





    Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.

    – mr.eaver
    3 hours ago




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    Which animals we're okay with killing or not seems to be cultural, though often due to judgement on their traits such as how charismatic the animal is, or how intelligent it is. For instance, killing a horse is often seen as taboo while cattle in the same culture are commonly killed for food. In other cultures, cattle are sacred, and killing them is so anathema, people have been committed mob justice over it. Charisma seems to trump intelligence, however, as few cultures have problems with killing the octopus, even though they can be extremely intelligent.

    – Kai
    3 hours ago







    Which animals we're okay with killing or not seems to be cultural, though often due to judgement on their traits such as how charismatic the animal is, or how intelligent it is. For instance, killing a horse is often seen as taboo while cattle in the same culture are commonly killed for food. In other cultures, cattle are sacred, and killing them is so anathema, people have been committed mob justice over it. Charisma seems to trump intelligence, however, as few cultures have problems with killing the octopus, even though they can be extremely intelligent.

    – Kai
    3 hours ago






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    It could also be that humans are pretty useless in space, while cockroaches can survive for an impressive amount of time under strong radiation or without food and air. See wikipedia.

    – Eric Duminil
    2 hours ago





    It could also be that humans are pretty useless in space, while cockroaches can survive for an impressive amount of time under strong radiation or without food and air. See wikipedia.

    – Eric Duminil
    2 hours ago













    I thought the implication was that ALL bugs (or at least all cockroaches) were actually alien babies of the same species as Edgar, and have been all along. Kind of the main theme of the MiB series is that aliens have been among us for a long time, and just keeping on the down-low forever.

    – Darrel Hoffman
    1 hour ago





    I thought the implication was that ALL bugs (or at least all cockroaches) were actually alien babies of the same species as Edgar, and have been all along. Kind of the main theme of the MiB series is that aliens have been among us for a long time, and just keeping on the down-low forever.

    – Darrel Hoffman
    1 hour ago













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    Although this question has been answered and accepted, let's not forget that Kay said:




    Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper, is tear-assing around Manhattan Island in a brand-new Edgar suit. That sound like fun?"




    He's one of them. Not literally but effectively. And anyone who picks on his "kind" is picking on him and with a massive inferiority complex, he's going to want revenge.






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      Although this question has been answered and accepted, let's not forget that Kay said:




      Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper, is tear-assing around Manhattan Island in a brand-new Edgar suit. That sound like fun?"




      He's one of them. Not literally but effectively. And anyone who picks on his "kind" is picking on him and with a massive inferiority complex, he's going to want revenge.






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        Although this question has been answered and accepted, let's not forget that Kay said:




        Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper, is tear-assing around Manhattan Island in a brand-new Edgar suit. That sound like fun?"




        He's one of them. Not literally but effectively. And anyone who picks on his "kind" is picking on him and with a massive inferiority complex, he's going to want revenge.






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        Although this question has been answered and accepted, let's not forget that Kay said:




        Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper, is tear-assing around Manhattan Island in a brand-new Edgar suit. That sound like fun?"




        He's one of them. Not literally but effectively. And anyone who picks on his "kind" is picking on him and with a massive inferiority complex, he's going to want revenge.







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