History YMMV / IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: AwesomeMusic/JohnPowell's score certainly counts, with the CreditsMedley and the 6-track battle suite from "Plates of Woe" through to "Rescues" being highlights.
* CanonFodder: Buck's backstory is a prominent one, among others. The best explanation is that he's got it all mixed up himself.
%% * CrossesTheLineTwice: The [[{{double entendre}} sexual innuendos]] use this trope over and over, much to the offense of some parents.
* CriticalDissonance: The film received mixed reviews from critics, but became a massive blockbuster success, grossing $886 million worldwide against it's $90 million budget. The film also received mostly positive reviews from audiences. The film currently holds a audience score of 62% on Rotten Tomatoes.
* DemographicallyInappropriateHumor:
** Sid tries to milk a yak, who ends up chasing Sid down in rage. Sid screams, "I thought you were a female!" suggesting Sid groped something else.
** Buck mentions that [[CripplingCastration he turned a T-Rex into a "T-Rachel"]] using his knife.
* {{Fanon}}: A popular fanon after ''Dawn of the Dinosaurs''' release was that Diego was having heart problems. Despite this being {{Jossed}} in the director's commentary with the confession that Diego was out of shape, there were still several fanfics written based around the inaccurate fanon, with some fics using it as an excuse to kill off Diego because he was "getting old" even though that, like the inaccurate heart problems fanon, was {{Jossed}} by the creators.
* FoeYay: Buck and Rudy. Buck is happier fighting him than he is doing anything else, and the way he addresses him is nothing short of deeply affectionate. He also calls him "Snowflake" in a way that sounds more like a pet name than an insult.
* GeniusBonus: Buck's attitude and tendency to fight Rudy is very akin to real weasels, which are known to be fearless and attack prey bigger than themselves.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** The presence of Buck can be this once you discover that 20th Century Fox had once planned to adapt ''Literature/TheWainscottWeasel'', a children's novel whose main character is also a weasel with an eyepatch.
** The main antagonist is a gigantic albino theropod, [[spoiler: who gets defeated by a female ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]]'']]. Sounds like the ''[[Film/JurassicWorld Indominus rex]]''.
** Buck using a rock as a phone can come off as this to fans of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'' due to the character Doppio also using various objects as "phones".
* JustHereForGodzilla: Several people openly admitted to rewatching the film solely for Buck.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Buck's pterosaur mount is referred to as female in the video game version of ''Ice Age 3''.
* ViewerSpeciesConfusion:
** Rudy is supposed to be a ''Baryonyx'', but viewers believe he is a ''Suchomimus'' or even a sail-less ''Spinosaurus''.
** The ''Triceratops'' are often referred to as ''Chasmosaurus'' by viewers, due to their unrealistically large frills.
** Buck's pterosaur mount is believed to be either a ''Pteranodon'' or ''Harpactognathus'', while the enemy pterosaurs are believed to be ''Quetzalcoatlus'' or ''Pterodactylus''.

** Buck using a rock as a phone can come off as this to fans of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'' due to the character Doppio also using various objects as "phones".

%% * CrazyAwesome: Buck seems to be insane, yet a Badass.

* CrazyAwesome: Buck seems to be insane, yet a Badass.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: The [[{{double entendre}} sexual innuendos]] use this trope over and over, much to the offense of some parents.

** The main antagonist is a gigantic albino theropod, [[spoiler: who gets defeated by a female ''TyrannosaurusRex'']]. Sounds like the ''[[Film/JurassicWorld Indominus rex]]''.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar sexual innuendos]] use this trope over and over, much to the offense of some parents.

* MemeticMutation:
** "Were you killed?" "Sadly, yes, BUT I LIVED!"
** "Rule number one, always listen to Buck!"
** "Rule number three... ''(one intense pause)'' He who has gas travels in the back of the pack."
** "I woke up one morning married to a pineapple. An ''ugly'' pineapple. But I loved her."

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Buck himself proves to be fascinating as an EnsembleDarkhorse character, as the movie he appears in canonically provides him no true {{Backstory}}, and for all his {{Crazy Awesome}}ness, there is not much ''else'' to him...

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Generally considered the best off all Ice Age sequels, due to the strong story, good comedy and [[EnsembleDarkhorse the existence of Buck]].

* FanNickname: Buck's pterosaur mount is named "Roger", based on Crash and Eddie confusing Buck saying "Roger".

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Roger, Buck's pterosaur mount, is referred to as female in the video game version of ''Ice Age 3''.

** The face Buck makes during his intense pause before stating his third rule ("He who has gas travels in the back of the pack.").

** The face Buck makes during his intense pause before stating his third rule ("He who has gas travels in the back of the pack).

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Roger, Buck's pterosaur mount, is referred to as female in the video game version of ''Ice Age 3''.

* MemeticMutation: "Were you killed?" "Sadly, yes, BUT I LIVED!"

* EarWorm: Queen Latifah's cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frl1oCz1h6Q Walk The Dinosaur]]".
** Revised (re-worked?) version of "Alone Again.....Naturally".

* MemeticMutation: "Where you killed?" "Sadly, yes, BUT I LIVED

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Roger, Buck's pterosaur mount, is referred to as female in the video game version of ''Ice Age 3''.

* EarWorm: Queen Latifah's cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frl1oCz1h6Q Walk The Dinosaur]]" from the third movie.
** Revised (re-worked?) version of "Alone Again.....Naturally" in the third movie.

** The main antagonist is a gigantic albino theropod, who gets defeated by a female ''TyrannosaurusRex''. Sounds like the ''[[Film/JurassicWorld Indominus rex]]''.

* HilariousInHindsight: The presence of Buck can be this once you discover that 20th Century Fox had once planned to adapt ''Literature/TheWainscottWeasel'', a children's novel whose main character is also a weasel with an eyepatch.

* CanonFodder: Buck's backstory is a prominent one, among others.

* FoeYay: Buck and Rudy. Buck is happier fighting him than he is doing anything else, and the way he addresses him is nothing short of deeply affectionate.

* FoeYay: Buck and Rudy. Buck is happier fighting him than he is doing anything else, and the way he speaks to him from a distance is nothing short of deeply affectionate.