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• Why does Diego initially join Manny and Sid on their journey?▾

  Diego is part of Soto's saber-toothed tiger pack, which is hunting the human baby Roshan to avenge the death of half their pack at the hands of the boy's father. He volunteers to track the baby and lead Manny and Sid into an ambush at Half Peak, posing as a helpful guide so the herd will deliver the child straight to Soto.

• What is the significance of Manny's flashbacks throughout the film?▾

  Manny's brief, painful flashbacks reveal that his wife and child were killed by human hunters, which explains his gruff, isolated nature and reluctance to return the baby at first. By the end of the film, returning Roshan to his father becomes a way for Manny to make peace with that loss and reopen himself to companionship.

• Why does Diego betray Soto at the end of the movie?▾

  Over the course of the journey, Diego bonds with Manny, Sid, and Roshan, and Manny's willingness to risk his life to save him from the ice fall earns his loyalty. At Half Peak he warns the herd of the ambush and fights alongside Manny, taking a near-fatal blow meant for him as Soto is killed by falling ice from the cave wall.

• What is the running gag with Scrat the squirrel about?▾

  Scrat is a saber-toothed squirrel whose single-minded obsession with burying his acorn repeatedly triggers natural disasters, including cracking glaciers, causing avalanches, and even setting off the tar pit sequence. His subplot runs parallel to the main story and serves as a silent-comedy framing device that has no direct connection to Manny's group.

• Why do the animals call their journey 'the migration,' and what is the human tribe doing?▾

  The story is set as the Ice Age is beginning, and most animals are heading south to escape the advancing cold, which is why Manny stubbornly heading north seems strange to everyone. The human tribe is also on the move searching for better hunting grounds, and Roshan's mother sacrifices herself in the river so her baby can be found and returned to his father's camp near the mountain pass.