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Ice Age: Collision Course
Movie

Ice Age: Collision Course

2016 • Unknown

Woke Score
2
out of 10

Plot

Set after the events of Continental Drift, Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and locations.

Overall Series Review

Ice Age: Collision Course is a standard animated family film focused on traditional themes, showing very little evidence of the 'woke mind virus' as defined by the provided categories. The central plot is a classic disaster movie where a found-family herd must save their world from an asteroid. The primary character conflict revolves around the family unit: Manny's struggle to accept his daughter Peaches' marriage to Julian and her leaving home, and Diego and Shira considering having a child. The film strongly affirms the nuclear family, marriage, and natalism throughout the narrative. No characters are defined by intersectional status, and there is no vilification of a majority group. The most notable point of contention is a brief framing device that uses science/accidental cosmic events to humorously explain the origins of the solar system, which one critic interpreted as exalting science at the expense of faith.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

Characters are prehistoric animals and their conflicts revolve around survival and family milestones, not immutable human characteristics or social hierarchy. The narrative does not contain any lectures on systemic oppression or privilege, nor is there any vilification of a dominant 'whiteness' as the characters are an interspecies 'herd' defined by their relationships. The movie is a universal tale of characters judged purely by the content of their soul and actions.

Oikophobia1/10

The plot's sole focus is the heroic quest by the main characters to prevent a cosmic event from destroying Earth, their home. The core message reinforces the vital necessity of family, friendship, and sticking together, which are the fundamental institutions of the 'herd'. This narrative is about preserving the known world and home culture, placing it in direct opposition to civilizational self-hatred.

Feminism2/10

The core domestic subplot validates the traditional family life, focusing on Peaches' marriage to Julian and Diego and Shira's conversation about having children. Manny and Ellie's journey is about parental anxiety over their daughter growing up and marrying, ultimately affirming the value and goodness of marriage and children. Ellie acts as the complementary partner, balancing Manny's over-protective male anxiety. There is no presence of the 'motherhood is a prison' trope.

LGBTQ+1/10

The narrative strictly adheres to the normative structure, focusing exclusively on traditional male-female pairings: Manny and Ellie, Diego and Shira, Peaches and Julian, and Sid finding love with Brooke. There is no deconstruction of the nuclear family, and the film does not center alternative sexualities or contain any commentary or lecturing on gender theory.

Anti-Theism5/10

The score is elevated from the baseline due to a framing device that uses Scrat's accidental space antics to humorously 'explain' the formation of the solar system's planets. This narrative choice, in the opinion of at least one critic, suggests a vague anti-religious undertone that exalts a materialist/scientific explanation of the cosmos at the expense of faith, presenting a transcendent moral vacuum rather than acknowledging a higher moral law.