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* What I never got when watching the first; what exactly happened when Diego jumped between Manny and Zoto? Zoto bit his throat? Way too subtly shown in that case.

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* What I never got when watching the first; what exactly happened when Diego jumped between Manny and Zoto? Zoto that nearly costed him his life? Zoto bit his throat? Way too subtly shown in that case.
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* What I never got when watching the first; what exactly happened when Diego jumped between Manny and Zoto? Zoto bit his throat? Way too subtly shown in that case.
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* In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, why was Ellie mad at Manny after he and the others got out of the helium/laughing gas? I didn't hear him say anything about her, and it's not like they could have helped themselves from breathing in the gas, less they would have fainted from exhaustion by holding their breaths.

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* In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, why was Ellie mad at Manny after he and the others got out of the helium/laughing gas? He asks her how much she heard and she says she heard everything. I didn't hear him say anything about her, and it's not like they could have helped themselves from breathing in the gas, less they would have fainted from exhaustion by holding their breaths. her?
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* In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur, why was Ellie mad at Manny after he and the others got out of the helium/laughing gas? I didn't hear him say anything about her, and it's not like they could have helped themselves from breathing in the gas, less they would have fainted from exhaustion by holding their breaths.

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* In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur, Dinosaurs, why was Ellie mad at Manny after he and the others got out of the helium/laughing gas? I didn't hear him say anything about her, and it's not like they could have helped themselves from breathing in the gas, less they would have fainted from exhaustion by holding their breaths.
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* In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur, why was Ellie mad at Manny after he and the others got out of the helium/laughing gas? I didn't hear him say anything about her?

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* In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur, why was Ellie mad at Manny after he and the others got out of the helium/laughing gas? I didn't hear him say anything about her?her, and it's not like they could have helped themselves from breathing in the gas, less they would have fainted from exhaustion by holding their breaths.
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* In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur, why was Ellie mad at Manny after he and the others got out of the helium/laughing gas? I didn't hear him say anything about her?
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** He had nine lives. Now he has eight.
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* WordOfGod says that Diego '''really did die''' in Number 1. So, in the sequels, Diego's a ghost?
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** It's to make the character distinctive and to give a visual aid as to why they're rivals in the first place. Plus, it makes Buck more CrazyAwesome.
* Ok, one thing that's somewhat bugged me about the third film...Where's the ''male'' T.rex? Did he die? Is he the frozen T.rex in the first movie? What? The movie shows that the female T.rex took care of her young (which is a widely accepted theory among paleontolgists), but paleontologists also theorize that T.rex lived in small family groups (IE: A breeding pair and their offspring) and that ''both'' the male and female take care of their young. So, I ask again...Where's the ''male'' T.rex?
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** MoneyDearBoy makes anything possible.
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* Just how long before the third film's events did Buck have his near-fatal encounter with Rudy? Carnosaurs like Rudy replaced their teeth when they were damaged, yet he's still missing a tooth in the film.
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* How can they have a ChristmasSpecial with Santa Claus if it's set in the ice age?! Aka a prehistoric era!
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*** I think the OP may have been referring to how the T rex got them there in the first place. If I remember correctly they had to walk over a path of bones over a fall to get there that would of broke under the weight, and the cave probably wasn't tall enough for her to get in there with out breaking it. If that isn't what he/she was referring to, then it's a new question.
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** I always thought the first movie took place near the end of the IceAge. Remember, most of the animals were headed south, where it was warmer, and Manny was moving against the flow which is how he got wrapped-up with the left-behind Sid. After the errand with the human was done, the three of them could've just followed common sens and moved south too.

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** I always thought the first movie took place near the end of the IceAge. Remember, most of the animals were headed south, where it was warmer, and Manny was moving against the flow which is how he got wrapped-up with the left-behind Sid. After the errand with the human was done, the three of them could've just followed common sens sense and moved south too.



*** I really don't think they were trying to make the setting be South America so much as a generic ice age American land. Bisons, brontotheres, mammoths, Gastornis and Hesperornis (two birds seen in the second movie) all come from North America and Moetherium (the things that looked like little naked tapirs) comes from Africa. [[YouFailBiologyForever But many of those lived way before the ice age anyway]]
*** The movie gave hints of being set in all kinds of places. We both Old Faithful and Stone Henge within less than a day's walk of each other.

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*** I really don't think they were trying to make the setting be South America so much as a generic ice age American land. Bisons, brontotheres, mammoths, Gastornis and Hesperornis (two birds seen in the second movie) all come from North America and Moetherium (the things that looked like little naked tapirs) comes from Africa. [[YouFailBiologyForever [[AnachronismStew But many of those lived way before the ice age anyway]]
anyway, and Hesperornis was contemporary of dinosaurs]].
*** The movie gave hints of being set in all kinds of places. We see both Old Faithful and Stone Henge within less than a day's walk of each other.



* Ice Age 3. Dawn of the FRIGGIN DINOSAURS. Anyone with any knowledge of prehistory would know that the ice age came AFTER the dinosaurs. What were they thinking?

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* Ice Age 3. Dawn of the FRIGGIN FRIGGIN' DINOSAURS. Anyone with any knowledge of prehistory would know that the ice age came AFTER the dinosaurs. What were they thinking?



* What is it with the happy families thing they pull in 2, What kind of responsible adult would let their kids out on their own in an area known to house a carnivore (it's only Diego, but he 'is' a carnivore)?

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* What is it with the happy families thing they pull in 2, What kind of responsible adult would let their kids out on their own in an area known to house a carnivore (it's only Diego, but he 'is' ''is'' a carnivore)?



*** Well, if Cretaceous and Maelstrom didn't have legs, they wouldn't have posed much threat to the heroes. At least it makes some sense, considering mosasaurs and icthyosaurs descended from land reptiles.

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*** Well, if Cretaceous and Maelstrom didn't have legs, they wouldn't have posed much threat to the heroes. At least it makes some sense, considering mosasaurs and icthyosaurs ichthyosaurs descended from land reptiles.

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*** Trailers for the first two movies focused on the squirrel almost exclusively, when in fact that squirrel had little to do with the plot. It's kinda tradition for the series at this point.
**** This troper had a drama teacher who figured it was a deliberate tribute([[YourMileageMayVary or an unconscious cultural nod]]) to Shakespeare. To take the obvious example, ''Romeo and Juliet'' starts with two servants who have absolutely nil to do with the plot; it's a scene-setting device, just like Scrat the unfortunate squirrel.

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*** Trailers for the first two movies focused on the squirrel almost exclusively, when in fact that squirrel [[WackyWaysideTribe had little to do with the plot. plot.]] It's kinda tradition for the series at this point.
**** This troper had a drama teacher who figured it was a deliberate tribute([[YourMileageMayVary tribute ([[YourMileageMayVary or an unconscious cultural nod]]) to Shakespeare. To take the obvious example, ''Romeo and Juliet'' starts with two servants who have absolutely nil to do with the plot; it's a scene-setting device, just like Scrat the unfortunate squirrel.




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**** The designer also said they were running out of giant mammals to introduce, and the lost world could be a good variant to the icy environment with mostly brown animals.


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** He was not exactly ''there'' in the cave that leads to the LostWorld, his roar is just loud.


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**** Again, chronology. They had time enough to make a kid between the two movies(20 months or more, assuming mammoths and elephants have roughly the same gestation period). They changed.
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*** I understand, and I love Ellie's character usually, and maybe she was just worried about her "brother" but what happens when Peaches gets hurt (as most little kids do) will she yell at Manny for that?
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*** Well, if Cretaceous and Maelstrom didn't have legs, they wouldn't have posed much threat to the heroes. At least it makes some sense, considering mosasaurs and icthyosaurs descended from land reptiles.
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** She's supposed to be his wife AFTER the events of the second movie. Chronology, folks!
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\n* In Ice Age 2 after Manny [[spoiler: flings Crash into the tree]] Ellie yells at him and then claims believing crash accually could was Manny's fault. REALLY? and she's supposed to be his WIFE
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** I always thought the first movie took place near the end of the IceAge. Remember, most of the animals were headed south, where it was warmer, and Manny was moving against the flow which is how he got wrapped-up with the left-behind Sid. After the errand with the human was done, the three of them could've jsut followed common sens and moved south too.

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** I always thought the first movie took place near the end of the IceAge. Remember, most of the animals were headed south, where it was warmer, and Manny was moving against the flow which is how he got wrapped-up with the left-behind Sid. After the errand with the human was done, the three of them could've jsut just followed common sens and moved south too.



*** I really don't think they were trying to make the setting be South America so much as a generic icea age american land. Bisons, brontotheres, mammoths, Gastornis and Hesperornis (two birds seen in the second movie) all come from North America and Moetherium (the things that looked like little naked tapirs) comes from Africa. [[YouFailBiologyForever But many of those lived way before the ice age anyway]]

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*** I really don't think they were trying to make the setting be South America so much as a generic icea ice age american American land. Bisons, brontotheres, mammoths, Gastornis and Hesperornis (two birds seen in the second movie) all come from North America and Moetherium (the things that looked like little naked tapirs) comes from Africa. [[YouFailBiologyForever But many of those lived way before the ice age anyway]]
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** Based on the beliefs of ancient peoples, she could have seen him as a totem/protector spirit.
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*** The movie gave hints of being set in all kinds of places. We both Old Faithful and Stone Henge within less than a day's walk of each other.

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\n* Did this movie kill the dinosaurs?
** No. Watch the third movie.
** [[BatmanAndRobin I see what you did there...]]
*** [[DontExplainTheJoke Quiet, you.]]

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* I can forgive ''Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' since it's a [[strike: rip-off]] homage to ''JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth''. I can't forgive ''The Meltdown'' for not offering any explanation for how to carnivous aquatic reptiles can survive being frozen in ice for millions of years with no side-effects, other than being {{Super Persistent Predator}}s.

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* I can forgive ''Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' since it's a [[strike: rip-off]] homage to ''JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth''. I can't forgive ''The Meltdown'' for not offering any explanation for how to carnivous two carnivorous aquatic reptiles can survive being frozen in ice for millions of years with no side-effects, other than being {{Super Persistent Predator}}s.


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** I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "side-effects" so this may not be of any help to you, but being a dino nerd I know that the sea reptiles of the dinosaur time and the ones in the movie had a few differences in physical appearance. But WordOfGod states that the differences in appearance are because the sea reptiles were mutated from being frozen. So does mutation count as a "side-effect"?
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* FridgeLogic: Mostly the context of the fight VS Rudy - a) how did it know to wait for them in that cave? and b) how did it even fit inside in the first place without wrecking the cave door? It's HUGE!
** Rudy is suposed to be intelligent and he was tracking them.
** How did the eggs wind up in the ice cave in the first place?
*** Think about it. Where's the safest place to hide vulnerable unhatched offspring from predators? Somewhere they would never go. Hence, cave. It's not Mama's fault Sid decided to [[strike: adopt]] steal them.

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* All the stupid rumors flying around the Internet about the possibilities for casting (The RoleAssociation of [[{{ICarly}} Jennette McCurdy]] who might potentially voicing Manny's daughter Peaches) plot-line ideas such as the ''ridiculous'' Ice Age: Th4w (thankfully {{Jossed}}) and how speculation about ''Ice Age: Continental Drift'' is already causing a slight InternetBackdraft on sites such as fanfiction.net. Rant over.

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** Ice age. Freezing water. SUDDENLY A MAMMOTH. She probably died of shock from seeing the mammoth so close.
** Or she thought she was hallucinating Manny. Or she was hallucinating something else entirely.
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**She was probabley woozy from being near-death and unable to get out and help her child. She might have not even known that the animal next to her child was a mammoth.
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* Okay, in ''Ice Age'', the baby's mom is nearly dead in a river. She looks up and sees a ''fucking mammoth'' hovering over her and her infant. She simply smiles, dies, leaving the baby at the mercy of the mammoth. Of course, we know this mammoth is Manny and he's not going to hurt the infant, but seriously, IRL, a woman would not be too pleased that an elephant is within a few feet from her baby.

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