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Ice Age is a feature-length computer-animated film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox in 2002. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J. Wilson. Its sequels are called Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) and Ice Age 3 (2009). Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... Image File history File links Ice Age DVD cover Source: Amazon. ... Chris Wedge (born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York) is the director of Ice Age and Robots. ... Carlos Saldanha (born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is the director and co-director of Ice Age, Robots, and Ice Age 2. ... Raymond Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated, American actor and comedian best known for his starring role on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. ... John Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American comedian, actor and producer. ... Denis Leary (born Denis Colin Leary on August 18, 1957) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, comedian, writer and director. ... There have been a number of prominent figures named David Newman, including: David Newman, American composer David Newman, American Visual Artist David Newman, Canadian politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Blue Sky Studios is an Academy Award winning computer animation studio which specializes in photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation and rendering. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. ... Carlos Saldanha (born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is the director and co-director of Ice Age, Robots, and Ice Age 2. ... Chris Wedge (born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York) is the director of Ice Age and Robots. ... For other uses, see Sequel (disambiguation). ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... Ice Age 3 is an upcoming computer animated film to be the second sequel of Ice Age. ... This is an article listing verifiable movies in production with a release date set in the next few years. ...

Ice Age was rated PG by the MPAA. The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and territories and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ...

Characters

The characters are all prehistoric animals with the exception of some early humans (who bear some Neanderthal-like facial features, yet are not shown conversing, only grunting or yelling, and possess technology that is much more sophisticated). The animals can talk to and understand each other and are voiced by a variety of famous actors. What can also be noted is that, like many films of prehistoric life, the rules of time periods apply very loosely, as many of the species shown in the film never actually lived in the same areas, let alone the same time periods. Stonehenge, England, erected by Neolithic peoples ca. ... For other uses, see Neanderthal (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ...

• Manfred (Mammoth) — Ray Romano
• Sid (ground sloth) — John Leguizamo
• Diego (Smilodon) — Denis Leary
• Soto (Smilodon) — Goran Visnjic
• Zeke (Smilodon) — Jack Black
• Oscar (Smilodon) — Diedrich Bader
• Lenny (Smilodon) — Alan Tudyk
• Scrat (Saber-toothed squirrel) — Chris Wedge
• Carl (Brontops) — Cedric the Entertainer
• Frank (Brontops) — Stephen Root
• Rachel (Female ground sloth) — Jane Krakowski
• Jennifer (chocolate ground sloth) — Lorri Bagley

See also List of characters in the Ice Age films It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of characters in the Ice Age films . ... This article is about the genus Mammuthus. ... Raymond Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated, American actor and comedian best known for his starring role on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. ... Sid is a fictional character from the movie Ice Age and its sequels, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Ice Age 3. ... Families Rathymotheriidae Ameghino, 1904 Scelidotheriidae Ameghino, 1889 Mylodontidae Gill, 1872 Orophodontidae Ameghino, 1895 Megalonychidae Gervais, 1855 Megatheriidae Gray, 1821 Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct edentate (Superorder Xenarthra) mammals that are believed to be relatives of tree sloths and three-toed sloths. ... John Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American comedian, actor and producer. ... Diego is a fictional saber-toothed cat from the 2002 film Ice Age and its 2006 film sequel, Ice Age: The Meltdown. ... Species Smilodon californicus Smilodon fatalis Smilodon gracilis Smilodon populator Smilodon floridus For the record label, see Smilodon Records Smilodon (IPA: //, a bahuvrihi from Greek: knife and (Ionic) tooth) is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10... Denis Leary (born Denis Colin Leary on August 18, 1957) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, comedian, writer and director. ... Species Smilodon californicus Smilodon fatalis Smilodon gracilis Smilodon populator Smilodon floridus For the record label, see Smilodon Records Smilodon (IPA: //, a bahuvrihi from Greek: knife and (Ionic) tooth) is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10... Goran Višnjić (born on September 9, 1972) is a Croatian actor. ... Species Smilodon californicus Smilodon fatalis Smilodon gracilis Smilodon populator Smilodon floridus For the record label, see Smilodon Records Smilodon (IPA: //, a bahuvrihi from Greek: knife and (Ionic) tooth) is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10... Jack Black (born Thomas J. Black, Jr. ... Species Smilodon californicus Smilodon fatalis Smilodon gracilis Smilodon populator Smilodon floridus For the record label, see Smilodon Records Smilodon (IPA: //, a bahuvrihi from Greek: knife and (Ionic) tooth) is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10... Diedrich Bader Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor. ... Species Smilodon californicus Smilodon fatalis Smilodon gracilis Smilodon populator Smilodon floridus For the record label, see Smilodon Records Smilodon (IPA: //, a bahuvrihi from Greek: knife and (Ionic) tooth) is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10... Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American stage, film, and television actor. ... Scrat is a fictional saber-toothed squirrel (the species is also fictional) that appears in the 2002 film Ice Age and its sequel, the 2006 film Ice Age: The Meltdown. ... A saber-toothed squirrel is a fictional animal invented for the movies Ice Age and Ice Age: The Meltdown. ... Chris Wedge (born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York) is the director of Ice Age and Robots. ... Species (type) Brontops, BRON-tops (thunder face) was an extinct genus of rhinoceros-like perissodactyl mammal. ... Cedric the Entertainer (born Cedric Antonio Kyles on April 24, 1964) is an American actor and comedian. ... Species (type) Brontops, BRON-tops (thunder face) was an extinct genus of rhinoceros-like perissodactyl mammal. ... Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. ... Families Rathymotheriidae Ameghino, 1904 Scelidotheriidae Ameghino, 1889 Mylodontidae Gill, 1872 Orophodontidae Ameghino, 1895 Megalonychidae Gervais, 1855 Megatheriidae Gray, 1821 Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct edentate (Superorder Xenarthra) mammals that are believed to be relatives of tree sloths and three-toed sloths. ... Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... Families Rathymotheriidae Ameghino, 1904 Scelidotheriidae Ameghino, 1889 Mylodontidae Gill, 1872 Orophodontidae Ameghino, 1895 Megalonychidae Gervais, 1855 Megatheriidae Gray, 1821 Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct edentate (Superorder Xenarthra) mammals that are believed to be relatives of tree sloths and three-toed sloths. ... Lorri Bagley (Born August 5, 1973 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actress and model. ... This is a list of the characters in the Ice Age films mentioned by a name either presented in the films or in official material. ...

Plot details including deleted scenes

Synopsis

The film begins with an animal known as Scrat, who is trying to find a location to store his prized acorn. Eventually, as he tries to hide it, he causes an avalanche.

In the beginning, most animals are trying to avoid the ice age by migrating south. Sid, a clumsy ground sloth left behind by his family, is attacked by two Brontops whom he angered. Sid is soon saved by Manfred ("Manny"), an agitated mammoth who fights off the two Brontops. Not wanting to be alone and unprotected, Sid follows Manfred. Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... Sid is a fictional character from the movie Ice Age and its sequels, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Ice Age 3. ... Families Rathymotheriidae Ameghino, 1904 Scelidotheriidae Ameghino, 1889 Mylodontidae Gill, 1872 Orophodontidae Ameghino, 1895 Megalonychidae Gervais, 1855 Megatheriidae Gray, 1821 Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct edentate (Superorder Xenarthra) mammals that are believed to be relatives of tree sloths and three-toed sloths. ... Species (type) Brontops, BRON-tops (thunder face) was an extinct genus of rhinoceros-like perissodactyl mammal. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of characters in the Ice Age films . ... This article is about the genus Mammuthus. ... Species (type) Brontops, BRON-tops (thunder face) was an extinct genus of rhinoceros-like perissodactyl mammal. ...

Meanwhile, Soto, the leader of the Smilodon pride wants revenge on a group of humans by eating the chief's son, Roshan, because the humans had wiped out half of his pack. During the attack by the Smilodon pack on the humans, the baby's mother evades the cats who are pursuing her by jumping into a waterfall. With that, Soto orders Diego to find the baby and bring it to him alive. Species Smilodon californicus Smilodon fatalis Smilodon gracilis Smilodon populator Smilodon floridus For the record label, see Smilodon Records Smilodon (IPA: //, a bahuvrihi from Greek: knife and (Ionic) tooth) is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10...

Sid and Manfred spot Nadia near the lake having survived her fall, having only enough strength to trust her baby to Manfred before she dies. After much persuasion by the sloth, they decide to return the baby but when they get to the human camp, the humans are gone. Diego convinces the pair to let him help by tracking the humans. The four travel on, with Diego secretly leading them to an ambush. Soon they reach a cave where Sid and Diego learn that Manfred once had a wife and son, but lost them to humans. For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). ...

At the end of the film, Diego, Manfred and Sid battle Soto's pack and a short fight ensues. Diego fights against Soto, and Soto knocks Diego out. As Soto closes in for the kill on Manfred, Diego leaps and stops Soto, who wounds Diego in the process. Manfred, in vengeance, knocks Soto into a wall of rocks, where icicles fall and kill Soto. Manfred and Sid manage to return the baby to his tribe, and Diego rejoins them, as the group begin heading off to warmer climates.

Years later, the Scrat is shown on a tropical island, with a coconut to replace his lost acorn, but as he proceeds to pack the coconut, it causes another avalanche.

Alert viewers will notice the plot has some similarity to Disney's animated version of The Jungle Book (1967), though it also has a lot of themes and jokes from Three Men and a Baby. During a speech given at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2006, producer Bill Mechanic stated, "I had been at Disney, we had success with Three Men and I thought we had picked the ice age as a good milieu, and then what story could we tell in there? And I thought the way to do it was Three Men and a Baby."^{[citation needed]} Disney redirects here. ... The Jungle Book is a 1967 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released on October 18, 1967. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Three Men and a Baby is a 1987 comedy film starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson. ... Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is a film festival established in 1985. ...

Deleted Portion

Originally, Sid was trying to avoid another sloth named Sylvia. He manages to lose her by putting her in the path of some migrating glyptodons, who unknowingly carried her off when she got caught on their backs, and again by making it look like Diego had killed him, but she saw he was faking, so she deserted him in anger. This segment was still used in the movie, but was used for Sid to avoid the two brontotheres who were still after him, as they fell for the trick. It was kept in the storybook version, however. The deleted scenes can be viewed separately, or in Nutty Movie Mode, both of which are included on Disc 1 of the two-disc Special Edition DVD. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Genera See Text Brontotheriidae, also called Titanotheriidae, is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla, the order that includes horses, rhinos, and tapirs. ...

Scrat

Main article: Scrat

There is also a subplot where an animal named Scrat makes many comical attempts to bury his beloved acorn. His misfortunes include getting chased by an enormous glacier, being struck by lightning, attempting to thaw out the acorn by a fire too long so that it accidentally took the form of a kernel of popcorn, and finally getting cryonically frozen in an ice cube along with his much sought after nut. 20,000 years into the future, the ice cube washes up on the shore of an island. The sun slowly melts the cube, thawing Scrat and the ice surrounding his acorn, which is barely out of reach, and ends up being removed from the ice cube by the tide. Scrat then explodes out of the ice cube in anger and hits his head repetitively on a tree, which drops a coconut. Scrat's anger immediately turns to glee at this new find. He tries to pack it into the ground as he did previously with his acorns, but in the process causes a volcanic eruption. Scrat is a fictional saber-toothed squirrel (the species is also fictional) that appears in the 2002 film Ice Age and its sequel, the 2006 film Ice Age: The Meltdown. ... For other uses, see Acorn (disambiguation). ... This article is about the geological formation. ... Not to be confused with lighting. ... For other uses, see Popcorn (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Future (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Coconut (disambiguation). ...

Scrat is known to be similar to the prehistoric animal Leptictidium. Species Leptictidium auderiense Leptictidium nasutum Leptictidium tobieni The leptictids (Latin: graceful weasels) were a group of small prehistoric jumping mammals. ...

Scrat also got his own short film entitled Gone Nutty, where he loses his meticulously-organized collection of acorns in a catastrophic chain of events occurring after ramming his acorn into the hole in the exact middle of the collection. He remains with one which is reduced to an ashen crisp after it went crashing down on him with an impact like a missile. Gone Nutty Gone Nutty, also known as Scrats missing adventure, is a short film starring Scrat from Ice Age who is yet again having troubles with collecting his beloved acorns. ... For other uses, see Missile (disambiguation). ...

Sequels

• Ice Age: The Meltdown was released on March 31, 2006
• Ice Age 3 is set to be released on July 1, 2009

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Animals Featured

Living Creatures

• Aardvark (huge long-nosed creatures seen in the migration scene)
• Alaskan husky (dogs owned by the humans)
• Brontops (Carl and Frank, and many others in the migration)
• Dodo (an army of dodos were trying to escape from extinction by stock-piling watermelons)
• Glyptodont (large armadillo-like creatures that were seen in the migration scene)
• ground sloth (Sid as well as three female sloths)
• Human (Roshan and his tribe)
• Macrauchenia (yellow long-trunked creatures that were seen in the migration scene)
• Mammoth (Manfred)
• Palaeotherium (gray short-legged trunked creatures that were seen in the migration scene) *
• Saber-toothed squirrel (Scrat) (fictional)
• Smilodon (Diego)
• Toxodon (large blue hippopotamus-like creatures that were seen in the migration scene, shown not in the film but on the official website) *

Animals with an asterisk were extinct by the time the movie was set. For other uses, see Aardvark (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Species (type) Brontops, BRON-tops (thunder face) was an extinct genus of rhinoceros-like perissodactyl mammal. ... For other uses, see Dodo (disambiguation). ... For the political designation, see Eco-socialism. ... Glyptodon (Greek for grooved or carved tooth) was a relative of the armadillo that lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. ... Families Rathymotheriidae Ameghino, 1904 Scelidotheriidae Ameghino, 1889 Mylodontidae Gill, 1872 Orophodontidae Ameghino, 1895 Megalonychidae Gervais, 1855 Megatheriidae Gray, 1821 Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct edentate (Superorder Xenarthra) mammals that are believed to be relatives of tree sloths and three-toed sloths. ... This article is about modern humans. ... Binomial name Owen, 1838 Macrauchenia patachonica (literally Big Neck (of) Patagonia) was a long-necked and long-limbed, three-toed South American ungulate mammal, typifying the order Litopterna. ... This article is about the genus Mammuthus. ... Species  ?  ?  ? Palaeotherium (old beast) is an extinct genus of mammal. ... A saber-toothed squirrel is a fictional animal invented for the movies Ice Age and Ice Age: The Meltdown. ... Species Smilodon californicus Smilodon fatalis Smilodon gracilis Smilodon populator Smilodon floridus For the record label, see Smilodon Records Smilodon (IPA: //, a bahuvrihi from Greek: knife and (Ionic) tooth) is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10... Binomial name Toxodon platensis Owen, 1837 Toxodon is a genus of mammals, similar to the capybara but now extinct, that lived in the late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in South America. ... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758[2] Range map[1] The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), from the Greek ‘ιπποπόταμος (hippopotamos, hippos meaning horse and potamos meaning river), often shortened to hippo, is a large, mostly plant-eating African mammal, one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other being the Pygmy...

Dead or Frozen Creatures

• Perch (flung at Manny's face at human camp site)
• Tyrannosaurus Rex (shown in ice cave)
• Piranha (shown in ice cave)
• Amoeba (shown in ice cave as Sid's ancestor)
• Conodont (shown in ice cave as Sid's ancestor)
• Eryops (shown in ice cave as Sid's ancestor)
• Hapalops (shown in cave as Sid's ancestor)

Species P. flavescens (Yellow perch) P. fluviatilis (European perch) P. schrenkii (Balkhash perch) For other meanings of the word perch, including fish not in the Perca genus, see Perch (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 Synonyms Manospondylus gigas Dynamosaurus imperiosus Dinotyrannus megagracilis Nanotyrannus lancensis? Tyrannosaurus (IPA pronunciation or ; from the Greek τυραννόσαυρος, meaning tyrant lizard) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. ... For other uses, see Piranha (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Amoeba (disambiguation). ... Conodonts are extinct worm-like forms with distinctive conical or multi-denticulate teeth made of apatite (calcium phosphate). ... Binomial name Eryops megacephalus Cope, 1882 Eryops (AR-ee-ops) meaning drawn-out face because most of its skull was in front of its eyes (Greek eryein = drawn-out + ops = face) is a genus of extinct, semi-aquatic amphibian found primarily in the Permian-aged Admiral Formation of Archer County... Hapalops is an extinct genus of mammal. ...

See also

• List of characters in the Ice Age films
• List of animated feature-length films
• List of computer-animated films

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