Danyel Fisher wrote in with the original Simpsons quote (from
Deep Space Homer) in context:
News announcer Kent Brockman mistakes a
floating ant in a space shuttle experiment floating close to the camera
for a giant space ant:

"Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over -- 'conquered' if you will
-- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this
vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely
enslave them. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the
ants will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be
helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves."