Baby Hunter (2024)

Baby hunter or Bebê Caçador in Brazil or Bebe cazador in Mexico is Planeta-Elefante's first production, the film has the same story as the ice age and was directed by Eric Darnell and among others, dreamworks was also involved to make the film, creators say they also want to create a canonical animated series and some games that will be declared as canonical in the Baby Hunter chronology.
== Synopsis ==
=== Prologue ===
The film is set in a future where modern humans have left the earth while non-modern humans have continued to live on earth and begins when a meerkat named Suri tries to find a place to store his cheese for the winter. Eventually, as he tries to step onto the ground, he inadvertently causes a large crack to form in the stone that stretches for miles before triggering a large avalanche that nearly crushes him. He narrowly escapes, but is trampled by a herd of African animals that migrate south in order to escape the first ice age on the African continent.
=== Jerry meets Timbo ===
"We make a great team. What do you think about going south together?"
―Timbo[src]
A rude African elephant with backwards tusks named Jerry and an enthusiastic Lephant (a species of fictional two-footed elephant in the film) named Timbo refuse to join the migration of Africa's first ice age. Abandoned by his herd, Timbo attempts to migrate alone, but comes into conflict with his two best rhino friends, Rhino the black rhino and Cerus the white rhino, who attempt to attack Timbo but fail due to Jerry's intervention, only to leave Timbo behind. after. Timbo stays with Jerry, referring to the elephant as “Jerrami” for protection, much to Jerrami's dismay.
A tribe of humans camps near a waterfall, among them their leader, named Salam, with his wife Rau and son Linba, before heading north to their settlement in the mountains. A water lion named Leonarde, leader of a pack of the strongest carnivores in the valley, watches the humans with his trusted lieutenant, a leopard named Leo. Leonarde, seeking revenge against the humans for exterminating half of his pack, intends to devour Salam's son, Limba, in revenge and plans an attack for the next morning. The attack happens, with Leo chasing Rua, but she runs away with Limba, jumping over the waterfalls so that Leo returns to Leonarde without the baby, leaving Leonarde furious; Leonarde tells Leo that she will give him the chance to take the baby to the whale skeleton where his pack will be waiting and if he fails again, Leonarde will kill Leo.
=== Returning the Baby ===
: "I'll help you take it to its herd. But promise me you'll leave me alone after that."
: ―Jerrami[src]
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: Jerry and Timbo continue their journey, Jerry uncomfortable with the Lephant's constant chatter, until the two find Rua on the riverbank, very weakened from her jump over the falls, barely having the strength to pass her son to Jerry before she disappears. Jerry leaves, but Timbo intends to return the baby to his "herd", which Jerry will not help with. The two meet Leo, who takes the baby, claiming he intends to return it to humans. Jerry, unconvinced, decides to help Timbo return the baby to his family, leaving the saber behind; The humans' camp is abandoned and Jerry reluctantly decides to head north to find the humans' settlement at Glacier Pass and return the baby, taking Leo as his guide. The trio takes the baby to the north and on the way they encounter a fanatical flock of blue Chikens, where they look for food for the baby. During the journey, however, Leo secretly meets with two of his packmates, who pass on a message from Leonarde demanding the baby; Leo sends them back with a message for Leonarde, promising the baby and Jerry. The next morning, Timbo takes the baby to a mud crater, where he meets two beautiful She-Wolves named Lisa and Jesica, who he tries to woo using the baby, which Jerry takes back; Timbo returns to the mud crater, only to find the She-Wolves gone, Rhino and Cerus in their places. The rhinos chase Timbo, who comes across Leo and begs the leopard to stop the rhinos: Leo pretends to have killed Timbo to get the rhinos off the trail and releases them once the rhinos are gone; Leo then moves on with Jerry and Timbo. Along the way, the group faces a series of difficult situations, from a changing landscape to freezing ice age blizzards. The group meets a suricator named Suri, who saw a bunch of sabers pass by and tries to tell Jerry before Leo secretly drives Suri away.
=== Shortcut ===
: "This time tomorrow, you can be a free loxodonta Africana. Or a nanny; personally, I can never get enough of hide and seek." ―Leo[src]
: Further ahead, Leo sees humans nearby and suggests a shortcut to ambush Jerry and Timbo; this shortcut takes them through an ice cave that leads to a cave adorned with paintings, all of which feature animals. Among the paintings is an image of a family of African elephants where one of them looks like Jerry, hunted by humans, which Jerry sees, revealing that the elephants depicted were Jerry's deceased family and himself: Jerry's wife and son They were hunted by humans, leaving Jerry alive and bitter at the world for his loss. The baby reaches out to the painting, comforting Jerry as he lets go of his bitterness over losing his wife and child.
=== A Herd ===
: "That's what you do in a herd."
: ―Leo[src]
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: Further on, the group approaches the Skull Behemoth when they reach a lava field, which they must cross. Leo almost falls into the lava, but Jerry saves him, falling into the lava pit himself as the ice he is standing on breaks. Leo is thrown unharmed out of the lava pit, thrown with the ice he was on. Leo, marveling at Jerry's actions, asks why Jerry risked his life to save him, Jerry responding that such sacrifices were what herds did. Meanwhile, Leonarde and her pack plan to ambush Jerry, aided by Leo.
=== Ambush ===
That night, as he settles in by the campfire, Leo begins to see the mistake he made in betraying Jerry. After the others fall asleep, Suri appears on the scene with her cheese, planning to defrost it from the ice by mistakenly roasting it into a popcorn popper. The group continued, arriving at the whale skeleton, where Leo, feeling remorse for betraying Jerry's trust, confesses his plans to Jerry, which angers the biblical elephant. Jerry attempts to suffocate Leo in a stone wall, intending to kill him for his mistake, but Leo, having changed his mind, agrees to help them escape the pack, as they cannot convince themselves otherwise.
Leading the pack away from Jerry, whom they intended to ambush, Timbo slips on two pieces of bark with a baby decoy made of snow; the pack, however, catches up to Jerry, who knocks them down with a log, except for a hyena, called a handa, which Timbo steps into a hollow tree. Leonarde catches up with them and corners Jerry, asking Leo to help take down the elephant; Leo deserts Leonarde and defends Jerry at his own expense while Leonarde knocks Leo down, injuring him. Leonarde then turns towards Jerry, intending to attack him alone, but luckily Leo used his last strength and jumped in the way and stopped Leonarde. Timbo and Baby appear just before Leonarde can finish off Leo, distracting him and Jerry in revenge by throwing Leonarde against an ice wall, which releases several hanging icicles, lethally impaling him. The other carnivores, Rulo the wild dog and Nandi the nandi bear, saw their leader being killed and fled the scene.
=== Happy Ending ===
Jerry, Timbo and the baby are safe; Leo, however, is seriously injured and appears to succumb to his injuries, leaving Jerry and Timbo alone to find the humans. The two encounter the humans, who prepare to attack when Jerry gives the baby to the boy's father, safe and sound. Grateful for Jerry's baby's return, the baby's father calls off the attack and gives Jerry a beaded necklace in thanks before leaving with the baby. Jerry and Timbo leave and find Leo alive and well. The three become a herd and decide to head south together and in the end Timbo says he could go to Asia and Jerry and Leo say that won't happen.
== Gallery ==
File:Timbo the lephant.png|Timbo the lefante
File:Jerry (jerrami).png|Jerry
File:Leo the leopard.png|Leo
File:Rhino the black rhino & ceros the white rhino.png|Rhino & Ceros
File:Suri.png|Suri
File:Nandi the nandi bear.png|Nandi
File:Rulo the wild dog.png|Rulo
File:Hyenaconcept.png|Henda
File:Leonarde the atlas lion.png|Leonarde
File:Blue Chikens.png|Blue Chiken
File:Lisa & Jesica.png|Lisa & Jesica
File:Salam.png|Salam
File:Rau.png|Rau
File:Limba.png|Limba
== Appearances ==
=== Characters ===
* Suri
* Jerry
* Timbo
* Cerus
* Rhino
* limba
* Salam
* Rau
* Leo
* Leonarde
* Henda
* Rulo
* Blue Chiken
* Lisa
* Jesica
* Frozen Fish
* Frozen Dinosaur
* Frozen Elephants (making reference to the real evolution of the proboscidea order before it arrived in Asia)
=== Species ===
* Meerkat (First Appearance)
* Elephant (First Appearance)
* Black Rhinocerus (First Appearance)
* White Rhinocerus (First Appearance)
* Blue chickens (First Appearance)
* Blue Elephant (First Appearance)
* Tortles (First Appearance)
* Warthog (First Appearance)
* Aardvark (First Appearance)
* Lephant (First Appearance)
* Human (First Appearance)
* Leopard (First Appearance)
* Wild Dog (First Appearance)
* Nandi Bear (First Appearance)
* Hyena (First Appearance)
* Husky (First Appearance)
* Wolf (First Appearance)
* Fish (First Appearance)
* Colossal Bird (Mentioned)
* Hippo (mentioned)
* Flamingo (mentioned)
* Bird (mentioned)
* Flying fish (mentioned)
* Piranha (first appearance)
* Kasai rex (first appearance)
* Amoeba (first appearance)
* Chipekwe (first appearance, cave painting only)
* Antelope (first appearance, cave painting only)
* Buffalo (cave painting only)
* Zebra (first appearance, cave painting only)
Category:Animation
Category:Animation films
Category:Animated adventure films
Category:Animals
Category:Elephants
Category:DreamWorks Animation
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Category:DreamWorks Pictures films
Category:Dreamworks Films
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Category:2024
Category:2024 films
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