The Herd List of Ice Age characters

1 herd

1.1 manny
1.2 sid
1.3 diego
1.4 crash , eddie
1.5 ellie
1.6 shira
1.7 brooke
1.8 granny
1.9 peaches
1.10 julian
1.11 gavin
1.12 gertie
1.13 roger
1.14 scrat

the herd
manny

manfred manny , woolly mammoth, in 5 ice age films. personality shown aloof, grumpy, , standoffish, otherwise loving , courageous. in first film, while passing through icy cave, herd discovers cave paintings of manny wife , child, killed humans; sentimental moment manny, since failed protect them. @ end of film, manny , sid return roshan neanderthals injured diego trailing behind them. finds love ellie in ice age: meltdown. in ice age: dawn of dinosaurs, anxious when ellie pregnant. @ end of film, becomes proud father of baby daughter named peaches. in ice age: continental drift, gets argument teenage daughter before being pulled away in drift diego, sid , granny. , team later encounter group of pirates led captain gutt. when team escaped destroy ship , take shira them. enrages captain hunts them down. later on, manipulated sirens.

a running gag manny, shown in 4 of 5 films, if character refer him fat, deny it, saying fur makes him big , s poofy .

sid

sidney sid ground sloth in 5 films dull-witted, talkative, friendly, carefree, naive, accident-prone, patient , funny herd member caring nature, , voiced lateral lisp. little known sid s life other sid once lived in tree other sloths wanted leave sid behind when migration occurred, using several different ways leave him behind. clear sid s mother told him bad news news in disguise prior abandoning him good. accidentally starts fire in first film , learns how towards end; shows skill in second film, worshiped tribe of mini-sloths call him fire king , try sacrifice him. in third film, adopts trio of baby t-rexes, , forcibly taken underground dinosaur land mother, requiring others come , save him. in fourth film, revealed full name sidney, though name used in deleted scene of first film. when he, diego , manny on ice , forced water spout, see rainbow in bright blue sky told them there rainbow @ end of every corner.

a mechanical version of sid appears in robots during miming scene.

sid built along form typical of ground sloths, short, brushy tail, clawed hands , feet, long thin neck, ovular head bulbous eye on both sides , pair of buckteeth. sid s right front tooth bigger left, similar right eye, bigger left, both eyes of pale green. sid s pelt dirty , tan, , became brown when fungus carried dried out, sid attributing state of pelt vegetarian diet, said led younger-looking pelt. in films, sid faints @ times when s getting hit - e.g. faints when gets hit on nose block of ice , apparently tongue stuck floor of ice cave.

diego

diego saber-toothed cat found in 5 of films. shira s love interest. has sardonic personality, although not intended nasty. sent pack retrieve human baby called roshan; when found roshan in manny , sid s care, pretended lead them humans, instead planned lead them ambush pack. however, when manny saved life, diego had change of heart, confessing pack , sacrifices himself them escape. seemingly killed pack s leader, soto, survived , joined manny , sid on travels. in second film, revealed suffer aquaphobia, conquered in order save sid, crash , eddie. in third film, began fear losing predatory abilities being in herd long, , considered staying in underground dinosaur world buck. changed mind after managing save labored ellie dinosaur attack. in ice age: continental drift, smilodon named shira joins group, , diego feels attracted her. during end credits, diego , shira seen nuzzling each other showing have become couple.

crash , eddie

crash , eddie 2 twin brother opossums. adoptive brothers of ellie, cared , taught hang tail tree branch when slept, did. shown adventurous , fun-loving, courtesy of fact re both stupid.

they first made presence known opening characters means of shooting pebbles through reeds @ sid , diego, roasting them humiliate them, diego began chasing them, leading both sid , diego ellie. after persuasion, ellie , brothers joined manny, sid, , diego, though crash , eddie spared no opportunity in annoying diego.

as traveled manny , friends, ellie grew closer manny, putting both crash , eddie closer manny , friends, creating short feud when manny tried hitting on ellie. play dead when crows nearby. in time, however, saw behind petty grudges , worked manny, sid, , diego escape flood, left ellie when left manny , friends cross minefield, claimed suicide cross it. crash , eddie joined ellie in trying escape flood, ran trouble when trapped in cave.

ellie insisted leave point of pushing them outwards small crevice, promised return help, , true word, persuaded manny try , free ellie. made way rushing current of water , swept away when overzealous sid came along jump current, leaving them, in addition holding onto branch dear life against current of water, trying hold onto unconscious sid. diego helped when jumped in , saved them drowning along sid. when manny had saved ellie drowning, helped ellie onto solid ground, drowned when flood encroaching.

eventually however, waters drained, leaving crash, eddie, , of others alive. when herd of mammoths came (as mammoths presumed extinct), thought ellie go them , leave manny, went her. turned out, manny , ellie stayed because wanted to, rather being obligated to, , left onwards sid , diego, crash , eddie.

in third film, crash , eddie travel others dino jungle save sid momma, , both grow idolize buck, one-eyed dinosaur-hunting weasel helped them find sid. in third film, mentioned never liked sid. not true however, due helping buck save sid incoming death.

overall, close , inseparable brothers, shown in sequels. near-on identical: crash has blue eyes , flatter nose ridges, , voiced seann william scott while eddie has brown eyes , pointier nose brown stripe, , voiced josh peck. mom mother opossum, first saved ellie when crash , eddie small.

in ice age: dawn of dinosaurs, crash , eddie, along buck, ride pterosaur , save sid lava flow heading downwards.

in ice age: continental drift, have more minor roles in previous films partake in final battle gutt s crew fighting dobson hopping on , having rodeo, accidentally let him charge manny and, later shira, knocking them onto other ship.

ellie

ellie female woolly mammoth, whom manny, diego, , sid meet during migration escape flood in second movie, ice age: meltdown.

it revealed when ellie young, separated herd during ice age. came across 2 opossums named crash , eddie, along mother. later forgot origins , thought opossum.

initially manny overjoyed had found of kind, got dismayed when realized ellie believed opossum. nevertheless, , herd (or rather, sid) welcomed ellie , brothers travel them. during time, ellie displayed mannerisms pertaining opossum insisting (despite obvious proof not possum) , tested manny s patience, namely when claimed act of bravery had done of fighting off sea reptile cretaceous dumb.

soon, manny got time alone ellie when , ellie went walk through wooded area, ellie had flashback told of past. upon remembering this, knew mammoth. when manny later implied must mate in order save mammoths extinction, angered, in time apologized overreacting.

soon, however, new herd reached horrible obstacle between them , safety oncoming flood: field of geysers, manny explained must crossed, ellie not listen: , brothers felt must go around. proved disastrous: trying reach destination, rocks caved down , crushed ellie , brothers, trapped them instead in sort of cave. manny rescued ellie, water flooding cave trapped , had drowned ellie. , manny escaped , regrouped others, faced problem, waters still rising.

after waters had subsided herd of mammoths made way valley. manny thought because mammoths had come, ellie not want remain him. persuaded otherwise sid , diego , confronted ellie confessing feelings, saying wanted not because had be, because himself wanted to. ellie accepted him mate. mammoths trumpet while manny , ellie embrace. manny , ellie decide stay old friends, taking along sid, diego, , possum brothers.

in ice age: dawn of dinosaurs, , manny mates , ellie pregnant first child. when find dinosaur world under feet, have go in , search sid in lava falls. when close lava falls, ellie goes labour, , gives birth peaches (which named after codeword if ellie went labor on trip). when return surface, ellie introduces peaches new home.

in ice age: continental drift, understanding wife , mother. ellie supports peaches, when had argument manny. when ice age: continental drift happens aids herd land bridge. in end fights pirates.

shira

shira appears in ice age: continental drift part of gutt s crew, , captain gutt s pawn. dazzlingly beautiful, female saber-toothed cat , diego s lover resembling snow leopard. makes first appearance in scrat s continental crack-up: part 2 standing next captain gutt, holding scrat.

shira first appears when gutt s crew attacks herds ship . diego smitten upon first sight on beautiful creature has ever seen. diego, wanting himself, manny, sid, , granny home, tries chomp off pirates ropes ship , late shira arrives , restrains him, mocking him declaration of don t fight girls pinning him down , saying, can see why . after manny , others escape capsizing gutt s iceberg, shira seen in water, calling out crewmates help; flynn concerned on shira s whereabouts, gutt ignores , demands crew move on forward without her. rescued against manny, , angered when diego calls kitty calling them bad joke of herd. journeyed herd island. once there, attempts escape, diego catches , imprisoned in tree, anger.

that night, shira approached diego, learns left pack once did. diego tells traded 1 pack another, , herd has each other s backs, pointing out gutt hadn t made thoughts of planning search party in first place. next morning, shira escapes , finds gutt making new ship on other side of island. gutt angrily berates not killing herd, , punishes making squint new first mate. gutt orders shira target diego, declaring have tiger-skin rug when ended, didn t care (somewhat proving diego s point shira gutt never had on anyone, including hers). when herd enacts plans take gutt s new ship home, shira once again tackles diego, convinces turn against gutt , come him. because of newfound love, follows diego ship, on seeing gutt catching them, secretly puts ice in way. herd floats away, shira tells diego has back, while both looking @ each other longingly boat leaves implying have feelings each other.

during return home, diego realized had fallen in love shira, despite denying manny , sid. later, when gutt holding peaches hostage, shira seen struggling up, implying gutt had physically punished shira betrayal. during fight, protects ellie squint, mocking rabbit s cute little bunny nose . after defeat of gutt s crew, shira joins herd, sharing loving diego. rests head on diego s shoulder during herd s landing on switchback cove. in end credits, shira nuzzles against diego s side showing have become couple.

shira voiced jennifer lopez in ice age: continental drift.

brooke

brooke british ground sloth living in geotopia becomes sid s love interest , new girlfriend. appears in ice age: collision course.

brooke voiced jessie j.

granny

granny ground sloth , sid s grandmother. joins herd after own family abandons her, calling dead weight save own skins before earthquake (that , avoid sid). despite, how granny picks on , berates grandson, sid happy have around. granny loud, abrasive, tough, sarcastic, crazy, once thought gutt being nice her. on time begins warm group, sid asked granny why own family abandoned him , granny; moment, granny sympathetically answers because think re screw-ups , can t right . helps out in several attempts home. @ end granny admits sid lucky have real family (his herd) care him. asks sid chew food, sid had fixed new set of teeth, pair of shark teeth raz s weapon granny uses them quite sharp.

it shown in film had allegedly imaginary pet named precious, showed @ end , turned out real: giant whale defeats gutt s crew (minus squint) blasting them away. precious helped group switchback cove , granny bid pet fond good-bye.

peaches

peaches daughter of manny , ellie, born in dinosaurs world whilst under attack pack of guanlong. appeared close end of ice age: dawn of dinosaurs , named after code-word thought ellie going labour. manny claims peaches sweet, round , fuzzy, peaches , ellie. looks mother, ellie (which sid thinks lucky). @ end of film, returned surface parents , rest of group. voiced ciara bravo in ice age: mammoth christmas , keke palmer in ice age: continental drift.

peaches appears teenager in ice age: continental drift. self-taught possum moves mother. shortly after scrat sets off domino effect of continents breaking apart, shown sneaking in morning going falls louis, molehog best friend. after manny embarrasses in front of ethan, crush, , other mammoths grounding her, , father fight, , result, when he, diego, , sid separated them on iceberg, feels not helpless stop guilty. later during events of film, ethan shows interest in hanging out him , friends. kind of condition, suggests leave louis behind. convinced d start her, readily agrees. following day, while walking ethan , other mammoths, unbeknownst them louis looking her, begin question friendship him. when claims have none gain approval, louis overhears, making himself known. shortly after louis leaves, peaches begins grow tired of other mammoths teasing, afterwards tremor causes dangerous moving cloud of dust, , instead of expressing concern try convince fun escaping blast. upon calling them out on stupid behaviour, ethan , others carelessly judge family being part possum, causing upset, confront ethan, leave. @ end of movie, , herd are, in part, saved louis, bravely challenges captain gutt, , distracts him peaches slamming chunk of ice on foot. bravery, peaches own heroics in saving mother, impress ethan , friends, ask hang out them instead. louis casually agrees.

in ice age: collision course, peaches young adult , prepares marry male mammoth named julian.

julian

julian young , courageous mammoth peaches fiancé , part-time member of herd , brat pack. julian may absent-minded, devoted , caring toward peaches, , wants part of family.

gavin

gavin tough-as-nails dromaeosaur part of extended family of flying birds , main antagonist of film.

gertie

gertie posh , foxy dromaeosaur part of extended family of flying birds .

roger

roger freaky , cowardly young dromaeosaur part of extended family of flying birds.

scrat

scrat sabre-toothed squirrel obsessed collecting acorns, putting life in danger obtain , defend them. has own stories in film independent of of main characters, though 2 intersect @ times.

in special feature in second film s dvd, name has been stated mix of words squirrel , rat , species allegedly believed have been common ancestor of both. in ice age dvd commentary, referred scrat directors chris wedge , carlos saldanha.

scrat voiced in ice age movies , short films director chris wedge. directly interacts story s main characters on 8 occasions, sid. in first film, attacks sid when latter tries eat acorn, regaining it. later meets manny, sid, , diego asking him baby s family , scrat attempts tell them nearby saber-toothed tigers, diego kicks scrat away before so. @ end of second film, after scrat created hole in valley , released melted ice, later attacks sid saving life (when had died , gone paradise , giant acorn). in third film, scrat stepped on manny , falls onto sid s head while chasing acorn. next, appears when sid s children batting ball around, ball being scrat. also, when scratte rips off skin, screams loud herd can hear him, causing crash , eddie deem place jungle of misery . lastly, while diego sleeping, wakes when gets hit scrat s acorn. in fourth film, when sid pries open clam, finds scrat inside. sid s grandmother mistakes scrat rat , continuously hits him cane until falls ocean.

scrat hunts acorn either bury or eat it, fate gets in way. invariably ends in humorous or painful situations: being struck lightning, pursued avalanches, , repeatedly knocked unconscious while fighting acorn. yet never gives up. scrat loses, except when defeats school of piranhas , battles sid.

scrat main character in 4 short films. in first, gone nutty, loses collection of acorns in catastrophic chain of events. jams acorn hole in middle of collection, shatters pile , entire continent - begins continental drift.

in second film, no time nuts, scrat finds time machine left time-traveler , visits several historical events. becomes trapped in frightening future when oak trees have become extinct, somehow manages return series time period.

a third scrat short, scrat s continental crack-up, released in 2010 accompanying feature gulliver s travels, , later rio promotion fourth ice age movie ice age: continental drift.

a fourth , recent short film, cosmic scrat-tastrophe, released in 2015 preceding peanuts movie.

scrat has cameo in surviving sid, important plot.

scrat main character in ice age: meltdown video game. playable in other 2 games based on series.

scrat makes cameo appearance in family guy episode sibling rivalry , in cutaway gag in peter griffin says scrat s nuts his, leading scrat attack peter.

the origin of scrat disputed. cartoon designer ivy supersonic claims created character in 1999, after seeing squirrel-rat hybrid in skidmore college s case green. called character sqrat , says presented idea 20th century fox movie executives. cnn report jeanie moos of ivy s discovery aired in 2000, 2 years before ice age went development. supersonic claims studio s own documents identified character in ice age sqrat , though creation not sabre-toothed.

ivy supersonic offered $300,000 settlement fox studios. turned down , subsequently lost in court. case in appeal (case # 04401 court of appeals, second circuit, nyc). still has hopes of receiving damages claimed infringement.

supersonic did win partial summary judgement trademark trial , appeal board in reverse suit, fox film corporation v. ivy silberstein (her real name), in fox had tried prevent registering trade mark sqrat .

according wedge, artist peter de seve came design scrat after visit museum of natural history. wedge called sort of squirrel based on lemur.

while created fictional species comedic purposes, in 2011 mammal quite similar scrat described. newly described taxon, cronopio dentiacutus not squirrel, , did not live in cenozoic; belonged dryolestoids, group of mammals thought closely related therians, , lived approximately 100 million years ago in patagonia. precedence of animated character discovery of real animal example of known dim effect .

as of 2013 film epic, scrat has gone on become mascot of blue sky studios , featured in production logo.