While full transcripts run approximately 45 pages of dialogue, certain moments have become iconic. Below are excerpts from an accurate "Ice Age 1 transcript" , illustrating the film’s tonal range.
After Sid latches onto him, Manny delivers a line that perfectly summarizes his arc:
Manny: "Look, I don’t do herds. I don’t do friends. I don’t even do conversations. So whatever it is you’re selling, I’m not buying."
[Scene: A human village attacked by tigers. A mother jumps into a river with her baby to save him. She places him on a rock before being swept away.] ice age 1 transcript
Diego (to his pack leader, Soto):
The baby got away.
Soto:
Find him. Bring him to me. Alive. I want to taste his fear.
[Cut to: Manny and Sid finding the baby alone on the ice.] While full transcripts run approximately 45 pages of
Sid:
Oh, look, a delicious pink raisin! Can we keep him?
Manny:
No. Leave it.
Sid:
You’re a real giver, you know that? We can’t just leave a baby. What would your mother say? Manny: "Look, I don’t do herds
Manny:
My mother’s frozen at the bottom of a tar pit. So she’d probably say nothing.
(Beat. Manny sighs, picks up the baby.)
Manny:
Fine. We take him to the humans. Then we’re done.