Ice Age (franchise) facts for kids
Ice Age is a super popular animated movie series that tells the funny and heartwarming adventures of a group of prehistoric animals. There are five main movies in the series: Ice Age (released in 2002), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). There's also a spin-off movie called Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild that came out in early 2022, focusing on the adventurous weasel, Buck.
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About the Ice Age Movies
The Ice Age movies are known for their amazing animation, funny jokes, and lovable characters. They take place during the Ice Age, a time when much of the Earth was covered in ice and many large animals roamed the land. The stories often involve the characters trying to survive natural disasters, find new homes, and protect their families.
The Main Characters
The main group of friends in the Ice Age series includes:
- Manny: A grumpy but kind-hearted woolly mammoth. He often acts as the leader of the group.
- Sid: A silly and clumsy ground sloth. He's always getting into trouble but means well.
- Diego: A brave and loyal saber-toothed tiger. He starts off as a loner but becomes a true friend.
- Ellie: A female mammoth who believes she's an opossum at first, but later joins Manny's herd and becomes his mate.
- Crash and Eddie: Ellie's two mischievous opossum brothers. They love pranks and adventure.
- Peaches: Manny and Ellie's daughter, a young mammoth who grows up throughout the series.
- Buck: An adventurous and slightly crazy one-eyed weasel who lives in the dinosaur world beneath the ice.
The Story So Far
The first movie, Ice Age, introduces Manny, Sid, and Diego as they work together to return a lost human baby to its family. This unlikely trio forms a strong bond. In Ice Age: The Meltdown, the friends discover that the ice is melting, threatening their valley, and they must find a way to escape the flood.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs takes the group into a hidden world beneath the ice, where dinosaurs still live! They meet Buck, who helps them rescue Sid. Ice Age: Continental Drift sees the continents breaking apart, separating the friends and forcing them to navigate the ocean on an iceberg. Finally, in Ice Age: Collision Course, a giant asteroid threatens to hit Earth, and the gang must find a way to stop it.
The Popularity of the Series
The Ice Age movies have been very successful around the world. People love them because they are funny, exciting, and have important messages about friendship and family. The character of Scrat, a saber-toothed squirrel who is always chasing an acorn, is also a fan favorite and often has his own hilarious side stories in each film.
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