Nature Age (2002)

## Nature Age

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Davidchannel 29 Entertainment / Metro-Goldwyn Mayer / Paramount Pictures' movie-spoofs of 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky Studios Productions' 2002 Computer-Animated adventure/comedy film *Ice Age*.

## Summary:

In present days, Earth is a wondrous, natural world filled with great danger, not the least of which is the beginning of the Dry Season. To avoid a really bad frostbite, the planet's majestic creatures - and a few small, slothful ones - begin migrating south . The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a kodiak bear, a cougar, a mole and a squirrel, known as Bucky.

## Plot:

A herd of North American animals are migrating south in order to escape the forthcoming dry season. Godfrey (Sid), a clumsy mole, is left behind by his family and decides to move on by himself, but is attacked by a pair of moose after accidentally ruining their meal and making them angry. Godfrey is soon rescued by Kenai (Manny), a bitter kodiak bear heading north, who fights the moose off and continues on his path. Godfrey joins Kenai, not wanting to be alone and unprotected. Kenai is annoyed by Godfrey's outgoing demeanor and wishes to migrate on his own, but Godfrey nonetheless continues to follow Kenai. Meanwhile, Slade (Soto), the leader of a cougar pride, wants revenge on a human tribe for killing half of his pride by eating the chief's infant daugther, Noi (Roshan), alive. Slade leads a raid on the human camp, during which Noi's mother flees with her daugther. Cornered by Slade's lieutenant, Samson (Diego), she leaps down the waterfall with Noi. As punishment for his failure to retrieve the baby, Samson is sent to find and retrieve him while the rest of the pack waits for him at a mountain known as Half-Peak. If he fails, he will be killed in Noi's place.

Later, Godfrey and Kenai encounter the mother struggling out of the lake, dying from her plunge. The mother only has enough strength to entrust Noi to Kenai before she dies and disappears into the water. After much persuasion by Godfrey, they decide to return the baby, but when they reach the human settlement, they find it deserted. They meet up with Samson, who convinces the pair to let him help by tracking the humans. The four travel on, with Samson secretly leading them to Half-Peak where his pride is waiting to ambush them.

After encountering several misadventures on their way, the group reaches a cave with several cave paintings. There, Godfrey and Samson learn about Kenai's past and his previous interactions with the human hunters, in which they slaughtered his family, consisting of his mate and child, leaving Kenai a depressed loner. Later, the group almost reaches their destination, Half-Peak, only to encounter a forming river of lava. Kenai and Godfrey, along with Noi, make it across safely, but Samson ends up hanging on a cliff, about to fall into the lava. Kenai saves him, narrowly missing certain death by falling into the lava himself. The herd takes a break for the night, and Noi takes his first walking steps towards Samson, who starts to have a change of heart about his mission.

The next day, the herd approaches the ambush, causing Samson, now full of respect for Kenai for saving his life, to change his mind and confess to Kenai and Godfrey about the ambush. As the pair turn hostile towards him, Samson pleads for their trust and tries to foil the attack. The herd battles Slade's pride, but despite their efforts, Slade and his associates manage to corner Kenai . As Slade closes in for the kill on Kenai, Samson jumps in the way and is injured as a result. Samson then knocks a distracted Slade into a rock wall, causing several sharp icicles to fall onto Slade, impaling and instantly killing him. Horrified, the rest of the pride retreat. Kenai and Godfrey mourn for Samson's injury, which they believe is fatal, and continue their journey without him. The two manage to successfully return Noi to his tribe, and to their surprise, a recovered Samson manages to rejoin them in time to see Noi leave. The trio then begin to head south to warmer climates together.

## Cast:

* Manfred "Manny" - Kenai (Bear; Brother Bear)
* Sidney "Sid" - Godfrey the Mole (The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina) (Both are clumsy and comic relief ground mammal characters and both of their respective movies came out the same year)
* Diego - Samson the Cougar (Yakari; 2005)
* Scrat - Bucky the Squirrel (The Emperor's New Groove)
* Roshan - Noi (Raya and the Last Dragon) (Gender Swapped)
* Soto - Slade the Mountain Lion (The Little Bear Movie; 2000)
* Zeke - Louie the Mountain Lion (Disney)
* Oscar - Krueger the Cougar (Wild Kratts)
* Lenny - Tork the Cougar (Tales of Tatonka)
* Dab the Dodo - Serge the Duck (Open Season)
* Dodos - Various Mallard Ducks
* Carl and Frank - Morris the Bull Moose (Balto III: Wings of Change) and Thunderclap the Moose (Morris, the Midget Moose)

### Other Cast:

* Rachel and Jennifer - Lucy and Marianne the Moles (Jungle Bunch)
* Runar - Li Shang (Animated) (Mulan; 1998)
* Nadia - Fa Mulan (Animated) (Mulan; 1998)
* Tribe - Various Humans
* Animals - Various North American Animals
* Wolfdogs - Balto (Balto; 1995) and White Fang (White Fang; 1997; Goodtimes)

## Scenes Index:

1. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 1 - A Squirrel's Life
2. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 2 - The Big Chill
3. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 3 - All Alone
4. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 4 - A Great Team
5. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 5 - Cougars on the Prowl
6. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 6 - Save the Child
7. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 7 - Taking Care of the Baby
8. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 8 - Duck Fight
9. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 9 - Bedtime
10. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 10 - Where's the Baby?
11. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 11 - ♪ Send Me On My Way ♪
12. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 12 - A Shortcut / Slide Chase
13. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 13 - Cave Drawings
14. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 14 - The Searchers
15. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 15 - A Hot Foot
16. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 16 - The Cougars' Plan
17. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 17 - Fire Starter
18. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 18 - Samson's Confession
19. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 19 - Cougars Chase Godfrey / Final Showdown
20. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 20 - Goodbye, Noi / 20,000 Years Later
21. "Nature Age (2002)" Part 21 - End Credits

## Gallery:

### Characters Gallery:

Kenai (Bear) as Manfred "Manny" the MammothGodfrey the Mole as Sid the SlothSamson the Cougar as Diego the Saber-toothed CatBucky the Squirrel as ScratNoi as RoshanSlade the Mountain Lion as SotoLouie the Mountain Lion as ZekeKrueger the Cougar as OscarTork the Cougar as LennySerge the Duck as Dab the DodoMorris the Bull Moose as CarlThunderclap the Moose as Frank
### General:

Nature Age (2002) Title-Logo (V1)Nature Age (2002) Title-Logo (V2)Nature Age (2002) Title-Logo (Alternate Version; Used in Posters)

### Videos:

#### Trailers:

"Nature Age" Trailer"Nature Age (2002)" Trailer
#### TV Spots:

"Nature Age" Trailer"Nature Age (2002)" TV Spots
## Species Cast:

* Woolly Mammoth (*Mammuthus primigenius*) - Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi)
* *Nothrotheriops Shastenisis* - Common Mole (Talpa europaea)
* *Smilodon Fatalis* - North American Cougar (Puma concolor couguar)
* Cronopio dentiacutus - Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
* Macrauchenia patachonica - Mustang (Equus caballus)
* Doedicurus Clavicaudatus - Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
* Moeritherium Andrews - Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
* Leptorycteropus Patterson - North American Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
* Megacerops Coloradensis and Embolotherium andrewsi - Western Moose (Alces alces andersoni)
* Dodo Bird (Raphus cucullatus) - Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
* Gray Wolf Dog - Wolfdog (Canis familiaris × lupus)

## See Also:

### Film series:

* Nature Age 2: The Meltdown (2006)
* Nature Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
* Nature Age 4: Continental Drift (2012)
* Nature Age 5: Collision Course
* The Nature Age Adventures of Tod Wild (2022)

### Shorts:

* Bucky Short: Gone Nutty (2003)
* Bucky Short: No Time for Nuts
* Surviving Godfrey
* Bucky Short: No Time for Nuts 4D
* Bucky's Continental Crack Up
* Nature Age: A Bear Christmas
* Nature Age: The Great Egg-scaped
* Cosmic Bucky-tastrophe
* Nature Age: Bucky Tales