History WesternAnimation / IceAge2TheMeltdown

* IgnoredEpiphany: A humorous example. Upon discovering his assistant Stu, was killed, leaving only his shell behind, Fast Tony is grief stricken...before promptly offering to sell the empty shell for "everyone to buy their a new nice mobile home!"

* MoodWhiplash: The mini-sloths scene, as they go from seemingly worshipping Sid to tying him up and planning to [[OhCrap sacrifice him]].

* AffablyEvil: The Lone Gunslinger

* AffablyEvil : The Lone Gunslinger

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Implied to be literal after Fast Tony's line about bark being able to float, and someone tells him, "I'll show you something that floats!"

** A young aardvark is seen blowing bubbles in a pool of meltwater, by breathing out through its elongated snout and in through the mouth at its base. Real aardvarks have tiny mouths, and they're located at the tips of their snouts, not underneath them. Keeping the end of its snout continuously submerged should've drowned it. Also, Scrat the proto-squirrel has huge saber-like canine teeth. Being rodents, squirrels -- even prehistoric ones -- don't have canines at all.
** The authors have said in an interview that it was PlayedForLaughs. Later crosses into AccidentallyAccurate since [[http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/11/03/141997834/scientists-unveil-fossil-of-saber-toothed-squirrel-that-lived-among-dinos a recently discovered prehistoric mammal was indeed squirrel-like]], [[ScienceMarchesOn and did indeed have fangs]]. It was not a rodent though, and lived in the ''Mesozoic'', not in the Cenozoic, much less the last ice age.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Flemish version features the song ´[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_m9LY3Mt1k De Andere Kant]] (The Other Side) by X!NK.

* WhatTheHellHero: Manny tries to suggest repopulating the species in a way that doesn't sound like "let's have sex immediately." He fails miserably.

** Manny is quite frankly suggesting he and Ellie have sex since its their "responsibility" to save their species.

This film received mixed reviews, but was warmly-received by the general public, and became a box office success, grossing $660 million worldwide against it's $80 million budget.

This film received mixed reviews, but was warmly-received by the general public, and the film became a massive success, grossing $660 million on it's $80 million budget.

* EpicFail: Sid trying to save Crash and Eddie in the water near the end. He dives into the water to get to them, but lands headfirst on a piece of ice and is knocked out, forcing Crash and Eddie to have to try and save him. [[spoiler:As a result, Diego is forced to save all three and conquer his fear of water in the process.]]

* ObliviousAdoption: Ellie raised by possums of course. She eventually discovers the CaptainObvious truth when [[spoiler: she encounters the same moss tree she encountered as a calf lost in a blizzard.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Crash and Eddie.

-->'''Manny:''' See, ''that's'' why I called it a "burro"!\

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Eviscerator.

'''Sloth:''' We have one - sacrifice the fire king.
'''Sid:''' Well, that's not very advanced!
'''Sloth:''' Worth a shot.

'''Manny:''' Fine. The "wild ass" boy returned home to his "wild ass" mother.
''Kids start laughing''
'''Manny:''' See, ''that's'' why I called it a "burro"!\

-->'''Sid:''' You're a very advanced race! Together, we can look for a solution.\\
'''Sloth:''' We have one - sacrifice the fire king.\\
'''Sid:''' Well, that's not very advanced!\\

-->'''Kid:''' "Burro" is a demeaning name; technically, it would be called a "wild ass".\\
'''Manny:''' Fine. The "wild ass" boy returned home to his "wild ass" mother.\\
''Kids start laughing''\\
'''Manny:''' See, ''that's'' why I called it a "burro"!\\

* HappilyAdopted: Ellie was unaware that she was adopted for most of her life but also seems to have a very close relationship with his adoptive family. Even after learning that she is in fact a mammoth, it doesn't change how she feels about them and still refers to Crash and Eddie as her brothers. Likewise, they still call her their sister.

* TheLoad: Ellie, Crash and Eddie fall into this for much of the film. Due to Ellie thinking she's a possum, she slows the group down a lot at first, before realizing she is a mammoth after all. [[spoiler:Even after Ellie realizes and accepts this, it's her decision to go around the geyser field that gets her trapped and she almost drowns as a reuslt, forcing Manny and the others to have to turn back and save her. If they had just gone through the geyser field as Manny insisted, they would have been more likely to make it to the boat and get on it with no problem.]]