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!!The film:
* The death of Manny's original family by humans as depicted in the cave painting. The paintings of the humans are scary too. Like real life cave art, they are just portrayed as black silhouettes without faces, which makes them look extremely unsettling as the animation for this segment is very dreamlike, making their movement look unnatural and skittish. Even their voices are just portrayed as high pitched yelling and chanting. Extra disturbing since this is likely how Manny sees humans, or used to.
** If the paintings were human made, they detailed it unnervingly well and drew themselves in the aforementioned, indistinguishable creepy stick figures they believed animals saw them. If it's the work of an unseen anthropomorphic character, they've distressingly captured the misanthropic theme the sabers live by.
** You think Manny's the only mammoth who lost his family to humans? Hell, mammoths only lasted as long as they did because they were a useful prey species, even as the climate changed...
* When Sid sees a frozen ''T. rex''.
** That entire "ice horror museum" sequence is kind of creepy...especially the glossed over spacecraft and its unlucky inhabitants.
* The entire "river of lava" scene. At first, the ice begins to melt under Sid's feet. It seems like nothing until fire bursts out everywhere, leaving the group to make it across a small ice bridge that is falling apart underneath them.
* Manny's [[BerserkButton reaction]] to TheReveal of Diego's betrayal. He comes close to killing him right then and there.
-->'''Diego:''' I'm sorry!
-->'''Manny:''' No, you're not! ''Not yet''.
* Soto's desire to eat Roshan and threats towards Diego make him a [[NoNonsenseNemesis no-nonsense villain]].
-->'''Soto''': Alert the troops. We attack at dawn. And Diego, bring me that baby ''alive''. If I'm gonna enjoy my revenge, I want it to be fresh...
** After Diego's failure, Soto is furious but gives him another chance and pretty much threatens Diego if he fails again, he'll kill him.
--->'''Soto''': I want that baby, Diego!\\
'''Diego''': I'll get it!\\
'''Soto''': You'd better! Unless you wanna serve yourself as a replacement. We'll go up to Half Peak! Meet us there. It'd better be alive...
** When he explains his plan to his goons on how to take down Manny.
--->'''Soto''': Mammoths don't go down easily. There's only one way to do it. First, you have to force it into a corner. Cut off its retreat. And when you three have it trapped, I'll go for the throat...
** His ultimate [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice fate]]: [[SoundOnlyDeath You can actually]] ''[[SoundOnlyDeath hear]]'' [[SoundOnlyDeath the icicles stab him to death.]] ''Yikes!''
* When everyone goes to sleep after their dodo adventure, Diego suddenly wakes with glowing eyes. He then sneaks up to get Roshan from Manny's trunk, claws fully protracted. If it weren't for [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Soto's pack rustling in the bushes]], he would have succeeded seizing the baby from the herd. His glowing eyes only appear in this scene, reminding the audience that Diego here is a villain until [[HeelFaceTurn near the end of film]].
** There's also his cold warning to Sid earlier, right after Manny's convinced to have him track down the humans:
--->'''Diego''': ''{circling Sid and the baby}'' You won't always have Jumbo around to protect you. And when that day comes, I suggest you watch your back. Cause I'll be ''chewing'' on it.\\
'''Sid:''' ''[suitably terrified]'' Help me.
* The cave drawings seen in the end credits of this film and [[WesternAnimation/IceAge2TheMeltdown the second]] can be this for some people, due to their uncanny, crudely-drawn appearances.

* Yes, believe it or not, ''the Christmas special'' contains an example. Scrat is ice-skating gracefully with his acorn. He goes through a log, where he misplaces the acorn and instead mistakenly holds onto ''[[SpidersAreScary a huge spider]]''! Scrat screams in terror as the spider ([[NightmareFace up close even]]) bites him, [[SmashToBlack cutting to black]]. Yes, Scrat is the ChewToy, but ''that'' was just [[JumpScare sudden]], [[MoodWhiplash out of nowhere]], and [[NightmareFuel just plain scary]], ''especially'' if one has arachnophobia...

--->'''Diego''': ''{circling Sid and the baby}'' You won't always have Jumbo around to protect you. And when that day comes, I suggest you watch your back. Cause I'll being ''chewing'' on it.\\

-->'''Soto''': Alert the troops. We attack at dawn. And Diego, bring me that baby ''alive''. If I'm gonna enjoy my revenge, I want it to be fresh!

'''Soto''': You'd better! Unless you wanna serve yourself as a replacement. We'll go up to Half Peak! Meet us there. It'd better be alive!

--->'''Soto''': Mammoths don't go down easily. There's only one way to do it. First, you have to force it into a corner. Cut off its retreat. And when you three have it trapped, I'll go for the throat.
** His final [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice fate]]: [[SoundOnlyDeath You can actually]] ''[[SoundOnlyDeath hear]]'' [[SoundOnlyDeath the icicles stab him dead.]] ''Yikes!''

--->'''Diego''': ''{circling Sid and the baby}'' You won't always have Jumbo around to protect you. And when that day comes, I suggest you watch your back. Cause I'll being ''chewing'' on it.

* The death of Manny's original family by humans as depicted in the cave painting. The paintings of the humans are scary too. Like real life cave art, they are just portrayed as black silohuettes without faces, which makes them look extremely unsettling as the animation for this segment is very dreamlike, making their movement look unnatural and skittish. Even their voices are just portrayed as high pitched yelling and chanting. Extra disturbing since this is likely how Manny sees humans, or used to.

* When everyone goes to sleep after their dodo adventure, Diego suddenly wakes with glowing eyes. He then sneaks up to get Roshan from Manny's trunk, claws fully protracted. If it weren't for [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Soto's pack rustling in the bushes]], he would have succeeded to seizing the baby from the herd. His glowing eyes only appear in this scene, reminding the audience that Diego here is a villain until [[HeelFaceTurn near the end of film]].

* When Sid sees a frozen T.rex.

[[caption-width-right:350:'''''"Where's the baby?"'''''[[note]] This was before HeelFaceTurn by the way[[/note]]]]

* When Sid sees a frozen T.rex (pictured above).

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "I'm afraid those things will harm me, cuz they sure don't act like Barney..."]]]]

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* '''Soto.''' His desire to eat Roshan and threats towards Diego make him a [[NoNonsenseNemesis no-nonsense villain]].

-->'''Soto''': I want that baby, Diego!\\

-->'''Soto''': Mammoths don't go down easily. There's only one way to do it. First, you have to force it into a corner. Cut off its retreat. And when you three have it trapped, I'll go for the throat.
** His final [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice fate]]: [[spoiler: [[SoundOnlyDeath You can actually]] ''[[SoundOnlyDeath hear]]'' [[SoundOnlyDeath the icicles stab him dead.]]]] ''Yikes!''

''Ice Age'' may be a series primarily focused on comedic antics back in...well, [[ShapedLikeItself the Ice Age]], but just because it's focus is more on the comedy doesn't spare it from [[NightmareFuel the more disturbing elements of that era]].

!! The Film:

!! Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas:

* Yes, believe it or not, ''the Christmas special'' contains an example. Scrat is ice-skating gracefully with his acorn. He goes through a log, where he misplaces the acorn and instead mistakenly holds onto ''[[SpidersAreScary a huge spider]]''! Scrat screams in terror as the spider ([[NightmareFace up close even]]) bites him, [[SmashToBlack cutting to black]]. Yes, Scrat is the ChewToy, but ''that'' was just [[JumpScare sudden]], [[MoodWhiplash out of nowhere]], and [[NightmareFuel just plain scary]], ''especially'' if one has arachnophobia...

[[WesternAnimation/IceAge Ice Age]] may be a series primarily focused on comedic antics back in...well, [[ShapedLikeItself the Ice Age]], but just because it's focus is more on the comedy doesn't spare it from [[NightmareFuel the more disturbing elements of that era]].

** If the paintings were human made, they it unnervingly well and drew themselves in the aforementioned, indistinguishable creepy stick figures they believed animals saw them. If it's the work of an unseen anthropomorphic character, they've distressingly captured the misanthropic theme the sabers live by.

** If the paintings were human made, the killers of Manny's family detailed it unnervingly well and drew themselves in the aforementioned, indistinguishable creepy stick figures they believed animals saw them.
** If it's the work of an unseen anthropomorphic character, they've distressingly captured the misanthropic theme the sabers live by.
** Humans are the ones who made all the other cave paintings, why would these ones be any different? Hell, it's very unlikely those paintings portray the fate of Manny's actual family at all, just the victims of a hunt. Manny probably just imagined everything else. You think he's the only mammoth who lost his family to humans? Hell, mammoths only lasted as long as they did because they were a useful prey species, even as the climate changed...

* The death of Manny's original family by humans in the cave painting. The paintings of the humans are scary too. Like real life cave art, they are just portrayed as black silohuettes without faces, which makes them look extremely unsettling as the animation for this segment is very dreamlike, making their movement look unnatural and skittish. Even their voices are just portrayed as high pitched yelling and chanting. Extra disturbing since this is likely how Manny sees humans, or used to.

** Humans are the ones who made all the other cave paintings, why would these ones be any different? Hell, it's very unlikely those paintings portray the fate of Manny's actual family at all, just the victims of a hunt. Manny probably just imagined everything else. You think he's the only mammoth who lost his family to humans? Hell, mammoth's only lasted as long as they did because they were a useful prey species, even as the climate changed...

* Yes, believe it or not, ''the Christmas special'' contains an example. Scrat is ice-skating gracefully with his acorn. He goes under a log, where he ''misplaces'' the acorn and instead mistakenly holds onto ''[[SpidersAreScary a huge spider]]''! Scrat screams in terror as the spider ([[NightmareFace up close even]]) bites him, [[SmashToBlack cutting to black]]. Yes, Scrat is the ChewToy, but ''that'' was just [[JumpScare sudden]], [[MoodWhiplash out of nowhere]], and [[NightmareFuel just]] [[NightmareFuel plain]] [[NightmareFuel scary]]...

* Yes, believe it or not, ''the Christmas special'' contains an example. Scrat is ice-skating gracefully with his acorn. He goes under a log, where he misplaces the acorn and instead mistakenly holds onto ''[[SpidersAreScary a huge spider]]''! Scrat screams in terror as the spider bites him and we fade to black. Yes, Scrat ''is'' the ChewToy, but ''that'' was just sudden, out of nowhere, and just plain scary..

* Soto's quite an intimidating fiend. His desire to eat Roshan and threats towards Diego make him a [[NoNonsenseNemesis no-nonsense villain]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic " ''I'm afraid those things will harm me, cuz they sure don't act like Barney...'' "]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "''I'm afraid those things will harm me, cuz they sure don't act like Barney...''"]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic I'm afraid those things will harm me, 'cause they sure don't act like Barney...]]]]