![]() The little critter was so close to eternal peace, but even that was cruelly taken from him. (Is his eternal misery somehow essential to the well-being of the universe? One cannot help but ponder.)Īt the end of the film, Scrat died and went to Scrat heaven where he was rewarded with joyous amounts of acorns-including the God acorn.īefore Scrat could touch it, however, Sid used CPR to bring him back to life-much to his dismay. The separation emptied the flood and saved the lives of many, but Scrat fell to his doom. ICE AGE ADVENTURES SCRATLANTIS CRACKAlas, at the end of the film, he caused yet another cataclysmic crack that separated a large wall of ice. While the other animals evacuated to escape a mass flood, Scrat was creating modern wonders like the pole vault, the martial arts, and the greatest of all inventions: the wheel.Īfter these fantastical feats of engineering, Scrat eventually secured his acorn. In Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Scrat’s passion for acorns forced him to invent tools and techniques that the human race would eventually adopt. The formation of the continents was the first of many contributions Scrat made to the modern world. It didn’t take long before Scrat’s compulsion led him to trouble when one out-of-order nut caused havoc that flushed Scrat off a cliff and caused another acorn to hit him so hard, it made the entire world break apart. (Could this hoarding behaviour stem from an unhealthy obsession that plagues his psyche? One cannot help but ponder.) At a glance, the collection seemed overindulgent. Rewinding the clock back 20 million years is Scrat’s missing adventure Gone Nutty, a DVD extra short film which saw Scrat gathering a hearty collection of acorns for the winter. ![]() It is clear that a metaphysical presence was stopping his every attempt at simple happiness, but we are never told why. When he tried to bury it, the sand itself took on an ice-like quality by cracking impossibly and causing a nearby volcano to erupt. He thawed on a deserted island and found an even greater prize: a coconut. At the end of the film, Scrat ended up frozen in ice for 20,000,000 years (which is still nowhere near present day). ![]()
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