Mr. Grasshopper

"This is an outrage! You are a disgrace to your Phylum, Order, Class, Genus and Spe..."

"Say it in English!!

"YOU, Sir, are an ASS!!"

~ Mr. Grasshopper arguing with Mr. Centipede.
Mr. Grasshopper is a giant talking Grasshopper and one of the many heroes who befriend James in the film James and the Giant Peach. He dresses and speaks like a highly, sophisticated gentleman as he also wears a monocle. He is tall and can jump high and fly. His long legs give him speed and strength. The others look to him for answers but Centipede does not care for him which leads to the two constantly arguing. He is skilled in playing the violin. Before the bugs were magically turned life size, James would hear the violin playing and learns it was Mr. Grasshopper all along. In the film, he is voiced by Simon Callow.

When the peach fell in the ocean, James thought of capturing seagulls to use them to make the peach fly. When they get attacked by the mechanical shark, its torpedos broke the strings and Mr. Grasshopper took James and flew up to retrieve them. When the Centipede accidently steered the peach off course to the North Pole, Grasshopper furiously confronts him about it and gets the other bugs to turn on him. When Centipede challenged him, Grasshopper sternly kicks him in the face, knocking him out. He felt remorseful when Centipede jumed in the water, thinking he committed pesticide. When Centipede returned with a compass, he and grasshopper made up and the two became friends. Before arriving to New York, Mr. Grasshopper plays the violin in solace but James hears and was pleased to hear it. When the bugs made ot to New York, they helped getting rid of James' aunts. Miss Spider bound them in her string and Mr. Grasshopper spun them around with his feet, making the string cover them completely. After the kids ate the peach, the bugs made its core a home for them and James. In the credits, a newspaper headline shows Mr. Grasshopper as a professional violinist, playing in concerts around the city.