You know, my mother once told me that bad news was just good news in disguise.

Ice Age: Continental Drift is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated adventure/comedy film features the voice talents of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Peter Dinklage, Wanda Skyes with Jennifer Lopez and Queen Latifah.

It is the fourth installment of the Ice Age series, being produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox, and the first sequel not to be directed by Carlos Saldanha. It was the second Ice Age that utilises Digital 3D. It is scheduled to be released in the US on July 13, 2012, 3 years after Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and 10 years after the original Ice Age. This was the first Ice Age film to be shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. A fifth film, titled Collision Course, is set to be released on July 22, 2016.

Directed by Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier. Produced by Lori Forte and John C. Donkin.

Manny

• [referring to Peaches] No teenager is ever up early.
• [to Crash and Eddie] You two were supposed to be responsible uncles!
• [as the ice shelf breaks off] Stay alive! No matter how long it takes, I WILL FIND YOU!
• How big is this ocean?!
• [kind of dryly; to Gutt] Look, as much as I'm tempted to join a monkey, the Easter Bunny and a giant bag of pudding, I'll pass. No one is gonna stop me from getting back to my family.
• [to Sid, Diego and Granny] No! They may look real, but they're not. They're going to destroy the ship.
• You know, sometimes, it pays to weigh 11 TONS! [catapults Captain Gutt towards him] Bon voyage, Monkey-boy! [strikes Gutt with a log, sending him flying away]
• Huh?! No, no. They're not real. [to Sid, Diego and Granny] They're monsters, they're sirens! Don't listen to them! [singing] Who can take the sunrise? Sprinkle it with dew…

Sid

• Deep down I knew I wasn't abandoned.
• We fought dinosaurs in ice age! It made no sense, but it was exciting!
• HOLY CRAB!
• If I don't make it, find me a wife and tell her I love her!
• Did somebody hail a whale?

Diego

• I don't know what's wrong with me, I can't eat, I can't sleep. I think I'm coming down with something.
• [to Sid's family; after the log-sled ride] That was fun. Now, who should I eat first?
• [After saving Shira] You're welcome. So, care to join our "scurvy crew"?
• [After Granny jumps in the water, spreading oil all around and killing nearby fishes and a shark] There's your proof.

Ellie

• She's just upset, honey. [to her daughter] Peaches, it's not the end of the world.
• Hey! Your father is the toughest, most stubborn mammoth I've ever met. He'll come back for us. [hugs Peaches] That's a promise.

Peaches

• Okay, So tell me, when exactly will I be allowed to hang out with boys?
• How could you embarrass me in front of my friends?
• Is was freak.
• Well, I wish you weren't my father!
• LET GO OF ME!
• Our home is gone. Where do we go now?

Granny

• [referring to her and Sid] They think we're screw-ups and we can't do anything right.
• Has anyone seen Precious? It's her feeding time.
• Ha, who says old ladies can't drive?
• [angrily] I'll bury y'all and dance on your grave!
• [seeing the narwhals] Y'all got some ugly goldfish.
• [Referring to Sid, to Manny] I'll push him overboard. You guys say it was an accident.
• So long, banana breath! Thanks for the ship!
• This is my first bath in decades.

Captain Gutt

• I need warriors, and all I have are kitty cats and bunny rabbits!
• Grab your weapons, mates! [as his crew raises their weapons; Flynn raises a spoon] Not the spoon, Flynn! [Flynn chips off the blunt part of the spoon, making it into a dagger]
• Oh, no! It's been a diversion! [Flynn: I know! I'm having a blast!] No, pinhead! THEY'RE STEALING MY SHIP!
• When this ends, I'll have a tiger's skin hanging on my wall! I don't care whose! That mammoth has taken my ship, my bounty, and now the loyalty of my crew! I will destroy him! And everything he loves!
• Sacrificing yourself for your daughter. How touching. And predictable.
• I don't think so. You destroyed everything I had! I'm just returning the favor.
• Told ya, tubby! You shouldn't have messed with the master of the seas!
• [Last words before his death] Aye, aye...

Flynn

• [first lines; sees Manny, Sid and Diego] Hey, they look fluffy.
• [the fruit from Flynn's plate is missing] Where's my booty, has anyone seen it?
• [before Captain Gutt sings "Master of the Seas"] Oh! Captain's going to sing a shanty!
• [panicking] They sank our battleship, what are we gonna do? We're all gonna drown!
• And a seal and a kangaroo.
• I know; I'm having a blast.
• Oh, no, he's gone forever! [Captain Gutt returns with the new ship] Oh! There he is.
• [to Manny] You remember us? We're the bad guys.
• [last word before his defeat; to Precious] Ooh! This feels so good! Thank you, Mister Whale.

Shira

• Don't call me kitty!
• [Referring to Gutt] You know you won't beat him.
• You're pretty soft for a saber.
• Your little bunny nose wiggles in the cutest way when you're mad!

Louis

• [to Peaches] I'm a molehog! My head's supposed to be underground! And my idea of "fun", isn't risking death, just so that you can meet some cute mammoth.
• THIS IS WHY I TRAVEL UNDERGROUND!
• We're all gonna survive this.
• [standing up to Gutt to save Peaches] Let… the mammoth… go!
• Someone once told me no matter what, you never leave your friend behind.

Others

• Buck: [only lines of the film's beginning, riding Rudy] YEE-HAW!!!!
• Steffie: [after Peaches lands on Ethan] Gross. It's that weirdo who chills with possums!
• Raz: G'day, Mate.
• Ariscratle: Stop, brother! Rise above this base desire. Be more than a rodent.
• Milton: [about Granny] And warn the community. She tends to wander!
• Squint: Hit the mammoth, win a prize!
• Milton: We just knew Sid would want to see his poor dear Granny before... her time is up.
• Gupta: [to Captain Gutt] Should I fly the white, Captain?
• Silas: It's a huge bounty, Mon Capitaine. 4 passengers, ripe for the taking.

Dialogue

Peaches: Okay, so tell me, when exactly will I be allowed to hang out with boys?

Manny: When I'm dead… plus 3 days, just to make sure I'm dead.

Diego: I'll handle this. Sid, uh... your family was wiped out by an asteroid. Sorry.

Sid: WHAT?!

Manny: Ahem! What Diego is trying to say is... they left. They only wanted to find you so you could take care of Granny.

Sid: Oh, come on! What kinda sick family would ditch their own Granny on someone? That's just crazy. That's just... that's just... my family.

Diego: Well, at least you still have Granny. Right, Buddy.

Sid: Yeah, Granny. Granny? Granny!

[Granny's gone]

Ellie: Wow. For an old girl, she moves fast.

Peaches: Oh, no, Ethan I am so sorry. I... Wow, you’re even better-looking up close.

Ethan: Phenomenal. I mean... You have a twin sister?

Manny: [after catching Peaches hanging out with Ethan when she isn’t allowed to] Am I interrupting something?

Peaches: Dad! Hold on! [nervously tries unclamping her tusks from Ethan]

Ethan: Oh, boy. Okay...

Peaches: Sorry, if I just... Wait, no, you go left.

Ethan: Just move back a bit.

[Manny steps between Ethan and Peaches and forcefully unlocks their tusks]

Manny: You! Keep away from my daughter! [glaring at his daughter] And you, you’re grounded!

Peaches: [tries to protest] But I didn’t do--

Manny: GROUNDED!!!

Buddy: Loser alert.

Katie: Ouch, that’s her dad.

Steffie: Seriously, that’s embarrassin’.

Meghan: What a freak!

Manny: [Peaches turns to walk away] Peaches! Peaches, come on. Let’s talk about this!

Peaches: How could you embarrass me in front of my friends?!

Manny: You deliberately went where you weren’t supposed to!

Peaches: [scoffs angrily] You can’t control my life!

Manny: I’m trying to protect you! That’s what fathers do!

Peaches: Well… I wish you weren’t my father!

[Manny is stunned and hurt by her words]

Ellie: [to Manny] She’s just upset, honey. Peaches, it’s not the end of the world.

Sid: Whoa, excuse me.

Diego: I don’t think that was you.

Ellie: Uh... what was that.

Manny: I don’t know. Stay there. I’ll come to you.

Peaches: Daddy!

Manny: Stay alive! No matter how long it takes, I WILL FIND YOU!

Peaches: [sobbing as she watches her father drift away] Mom, this is all my fault! If I had just—

Ellie: Peaches! This is not your fault, okay?

Peaches: What if I never see him again? And the last thing we did was fight!

Ellie: Hey, your father is the toughest, most stubborn mammoth I've ever met! He'll come back for us. [hugs Peaches] That's a promise.

Sid: My mother once told me that bad news is just good news in disguise.

Diego: Was this before she abandoned you?

Sid: Yes, it was.

Gastornis bird chick: When you drink water through your trunk, does it taste like boogers?

Ellie: Uh, no. Well… sometimes. Now, let's move!

[Manny, Diego and Sid meanwhile are stuck in a storm.]

Manny: Just keep your eyes on the horizon!

Diego: I can't find the horizon!

[A crab appears on their ice floe.]

Sid: HOLY CRAB! Hold me.

Manny: I can't believe this! You slept through that storm?!

Granny: Nah. I slept through the comet that killed the unicorns. [jumps into the ocean] Thanks for drawing my bath, Sidney.

Sid: Granny, grab my paw!

Granny: No way. This is my first bath in decades. [oil-rainbow stain appears around her as fish and a shark float up dead]

Diego: There's your proof.

Sid: Quick! Somebody do something! [Manny throws Sid in the water] I got you, Granny.

Granny: [fighting Sid off with her stick] Get off of me!

Sid: [as he gets her back on the ice berg] Ow, ow, ow, ow! Granny!

Granny: [to Manny and Diego] What are you peeping toms all looking at? [Manny and Diego turn around] A lady can't take a bath in peace? Eyeballing me like a rump roast.

Diego: What's the life expectancy for a female sloth?

Manny: She'll outlive us all, you know that, right? Yeah, the spiteful ones live the longest.

Capt. Gutt: [to Manny and his herd] Ahoy, down there! How lucky are you? You know these waters are infested with pirates! Right, boys?

Pirates: ARGH!

Gutt: Glad we found you before they did: Captain Gutt, here to help.

Granny: You know, that's a nice monkey!

[One of the rats pretend to be a monkey. But Gutt throws it off.]

Manny: Look. We don't want any trouble. We just need to get back to the continent.

Gutt: "The continent"? That pile of rubble?

[The pirates are in hysterical laughter]

Manny: My family's there... so if you could just--

Gutt: Your family? That is so sweet. I hope you said goodbye, 'CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY BACK.

Flynn: Yes, there is. [Gutt sighs] Don't you remember, Captain? You can sail to Switchback Cove and catch a current back from there. Like a steel trap this noggin is.

Gutt: [laughs] Thank you, Mr. Flynn! [steps on Flynn's tail flipper]

Flynn: Ow!

Manny: See? I knew there was a way home.

Gutt: There is no home! There is only here. And here... your ship belongs to me. BATTLE STATIONS! Fly the colors! [Gupta climbs up the pole and flags Gutt's ship] Now surrender your ship or face my fury!

Sid: Or face your furry what?!

Gutt: Not "furry", "FURY"! [to his crew] FIRE!

Gutt: Morning, sunshine! Let me be the first to extend the Hand of Friendship.

Manny: That's your foot. [it's revealed that Gutt is standing on his hands]

Gutt: Oh, nothing goes by you, does it?

Shira: Two sloths, a mammoth and a saber? You guys are like the start of a bad joke.

Diego: And we... saved you, so that makes you the punchline, Kitty.

Shira: [pins him down; angrily] Don't call me "Kitty".

Diego: Okay, I won't… [pins her down] ...Kitty.

Granny: If they kiss, I'm gonna puke!

[Captain Gutt and his crew are ordering the enslaved hyraxes in building his new ship]

Gutt: You call this a ship, you miserable runts?

Squint: Yeah, you little runts! Get to work!

Gutt: Faster, you worthless wormy sons of sorry excuses for shark-bait weevils!

Flynn: What did he say?

Silas: I don't know.

Gutt: ...Now, get this chunk of ice seaworthy by sundown... or I will keelhaul THE LOT OF YOU!

[Shira is alone in her prison; a rustle is heard and she growls]

Diego: Easy, kitty. [pushes a bowl of water to Shira] Water. You need it.

Shira: [pushes the bowl away] I don't need anything from you.

Diego: Fine. Die of thirst. That'll really show me.

Shira: Wait, I'll take it. [Diego pushes the bowl to her again] Thank you.

Diego: You know you have a way of saying "thank you" that makes it sound like "drop dead".

Shira: It's a gift. You're pretty soft for a saber.

Diego: Excuse me? I am not soft, okay? I happen to be remorseless assassin.

Sid: Diego-poo! Hey, I made you another coral necklace. [to Shira] He keeps losing them. Hee-hee! [skips away]

Shira: Yeah. I think I'm starting to get why you're not in a pack?

Diego: Listen, I chose to leave my pack, alright?

Shira: Congratulations, warrior princess! So did I.

Diego: Really?

Shira: What?

Diego: Nothing. I just... I know hard that is. Walking away from everything you know.

Shira: Oh, great. What, are we gonna braid each other's fur now?

Diego: Funny. Really funny. Can I tell you difference between you and me?

Shira: I wouldn't still be wearing that necklace?

Diego: Huh? Ugh [takes off the necklace] No. We both might have wanted out of a pack life, but at least I didn't trade one pack for another. I got something more.

Shira: Oh yeah? What's that?

Diego: A herd

Shira: What's the difference?

Diego: We have each other's backs.

Shira: Gutt has my back! I'm his first mate!

Diego: Really? 'Cause I don't see Gutt sending out any search parties for ya.

Shira: You know, you won't beat him. Your big furry friend over there? [motions to Manny] He has no idea what he's up against.

Diego: Yeah, but neither does Gutt.

Gutt: I need warriors, and all I have are kitty cats and bunny rabbits!

Flynn: And a seal and a kangaroo.

Louis: [after Crash and Eddie fling themselves from trees onto the ground] Can I ask you guys something - how are you both so happy? Doesn't it weigh on you that the world might be ending?

Crash: [to Eddie] Can I tell him our secret? [Eddie nods; to Louis] Come here, come here... [Louis leans closer to them] We're very, very... stupid!

Louis: [glares at Crash and Eddie quizzically] But still, you're not a teensy bit concerned about... I don't know, say, imminent death?

[Pause]

Crash: [grabs Louis' nose] Beep.

Louis: [sighs] I'm gonna go find Peaches.

Ethan: [after the gang escapes the collapsed tunnel] Yo, that was insane! Hey, Peach, loosen up; have some fun.

Peaches: [disgusted] Fun?! You call that fun? I'm outta here!

Steffie: Come on, do you really want to go back to hanging out with a weird molehog freak and give all of this up?

Ethan: I mean, it's bad enough that your family's half possum...

Peaches: Bad enough?! There's nothing bad about being part of my family. I like hanging by my tail and if you geniuses are normal, the species is going to end up extinct!

Katie: Yeah. Well, your species is going to be extinct first!

Dumb Mammoth: Burn!

Ethan: We're the same species, genius.

Dumb Mammoth: What?! Double burn!

Sid: [recovering from a lotus berry] I can wiggle my toe again! The little piggy who went to market! W-wait! I'm talking again! I had so many things trapped in me that I couldn't say... like "Hey, I'm not dead", and why does a hurricane have an eye but not an ear...?

[Manny and Granny groan as Sid babbles on and on]

Granny: I'll push him overboard. You guys say it was an accident.

Manny: I'm in. How 'bout you, Diego? Diego? [sees Diego pacing back and forth] Hey, relax, buddy! Captain Crazy and his floating petting zoo are history! C'mon, we're finally heading home!

Diego: I dunno what's wrong with me. I can't eat, can't sleep. Maybe I'm comin' down with something.

Manny: [chuckles] Ohhoho! I know what you've got... the "L word".

Sid: Yeah! Leprosy.

Manny: No, Sid, no. It's four letters. Starts with L, ends with E.

Sid: Aha! Lice!

Manny: NO! Diego, my friend, is in love.

Sid: Oh, yeah! Love!

Diego: You mean with the pirate? No.

Sid: Oh, Shira's gotten under your skin! Come on, admit it!

Manny: A rugged saber like you...

Sid: A more rugged saber like her. [laughs]

Diego: No, no, no. You guys are dead wrong! [leaves]

Manny: [he and Sid stare at each other, then burst out laughing] Denial is the clincher! You're in love, pussy cat!

Both: ♪ Diego and Shira, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! ♪

Diego: Real mature, guys. Real mature...

Manny: ELLIE, PEACHES! I'M HERE! PLEASE! She's gotta be here! [no response, Sid, Diego and Granny slump sadly; Manny closes his eyes in despair]

Peaches: [in distance] Dad!

Manny: Wait! Did you hear that?

Diego: Manny.

Manny: No, I heard something! I heard it!

[As they draw closer, a shadow is shown in the fog]

Diego: Is that—?

Manny: Peaches? THERE SHE IS!

Peaches: Dad!

Manny: We're coming, sweetie! Don't move!

Peaches: Daddy!

Manny: Peaches!

[Suddenly, Captain Gutt emerges out of the fog, holding a dagger at Peaches' neck]

Gutt: Welcome home, Daddy!

Peaches: LET GO OF ME!

Gutt: What are the odds? We were just talking about you! You like the new ship? I call her Sweet Revenge!

Ellie: Back off.

Shira: It's okay, I'm on your side.

[Squint throws starfishes at Ellie and Shira]

Squint: I knew you were a traitor.

Shira: Your little bunny nose wiggles in the cutest way when you're mad!

Squint: WHAT?! [prepares one last attack] Your nine lives are over, kitty!

[Ellie stomps on Squint]

Ellie: Silly rabbit... piracy doesn't pay.

Squint: [after he was stomped] Hey, that's not cool. Come on, now.

[Manny and Captain Gutt battle on top of the ice mass as a landmass carries them upwards]

Gutt: There's nowhere to run, Manny! [flings the mammoth by his tusks. As the ice hunk they fight on slides towards the sea, Gutt attacks with his bone sword. Manny defends himself with a spear held in his trunk] You know, this ocean isn't big enough for the both of us! [knocks the spear out of Manny's trunk, then swings his sword at the mammoth, barely missing his eye]

Manny: Don't worry! You won't take up much space once I FLATTEN YOU! [tries to stomp on Gutt, but Gutt pushes him off. Manny charges, but Gutt jumps upwards and swings from vine overhead. Jumping down, he kicks Manny to the edge. The mammoth eyes the nearing ocean.]

Gutt: [holding a log to finish him off] Told ya, tubby! You shouldn't have messed with the Master of the Seas!

Manny: You know, sometimes, it pays to weigh 11 TONS! [leaps on the end of the ice, catapulting Gutt into the air]

Gutt: NO!

Manny: [catching the log] Bon voyage, Monkey-boy! [bats Gutt, sending him flying into the distance]

"Female ape": Oh, Captain Gutt...

Gutt: [happily] That's me!

"Female ape": Let's rule the seas together.

Gutt: [last words before his death] Aye, aye... [The female ape revealed as a siren.] Huh? (What the…?)

[The siren grabs and eats Captain Gutt alive]

Taglines

• When the Earth falls apart, history's greatest heroes will keep it together.
• Wild and thief.
• Sweet and sour.
• Irritable and clueless.
• Stingy and naughty.
• This summer, the end of the world, is just a tip of the iceberg.

Voice cast

• Ray Romano - Manny
• John Leguizamo - Sid
• Denis Leary - Diego
• Queen Latifah - Ellie
• Jennifer Lopez — Shira

External links

• Ice Age: Continental Drift quotes at the Internet Movie Database

Feature films	Ice Age  (2002) · The Meltdown  (2006) · Dawn of the Dinosaurs  (2009) · Continental Drift  (2012) · Collision Course  (2016)
Short films	Gone Nutty  (2002) · No Time for Nuts  (2006) · Surviving Sid  (2008) · Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe  (2015)
Television specials	A Mammoth Christmas  (2011)