Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
Theatrical poster, designed as a parody of The Martian
Directed by	Galen Chu Michael Thurmeier
Produced by	Lori Forte
Written by	Yoni Brenner Mike Reiss Ian Southwood
Starring	Chris Wedge
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Edited by	James M. Palumbo
Production company	20th Century Fox Animation Blue Sky Studios
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06) (with The Peanuts Movie)
Running time	5 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe is a 2015 computer-animated short film from Blue Sky Studios, starring Scrat of Ice Age. It is the fourth in the series of Ice Age short films. Directed by Michael Thurmeier and Galen Chu, the short premiered on November 6, 2015, along with the film The Peanuts Movie.^[1] The majority of the film's footage, minus the closing scene, was included in the feature film Ice Age: Collision Course.

Plot

After he causes Scratlantis to be sucked down the plughole, Scrat wanders through the landscape with a new acorn in hand. Inadvertently, he falls through into a cave and spots a place to stick his acorn in. Upon placing it, the whole cave melts, revealing that he is inside a spaceship (resembling the one inside the ice cave's walls in the first film). Scrat pulls the leaver that the acorn is on only for the ship to suddenly take off, the ship zooms into space and crashes into the Moon, causing it to hit several other planets causing them to bounce around and bump into each other as if they were billiard balls (the Moon is the cue ball) which ends up forming the Solar System which incidentally gives two planets new appearances (Jupiter's Great Red Spot is formed when Mars bumps into it, leaving a red splotch-like bruise on its surface; while Saturn is bumped into its rings as if it were a billiard ball falling into a pocket), as well as causing a green planet to be shot off into space and toward some constellations and two more extra planets to collide with each other, shattering both worlds and forming the Asteroid Belt.

Scrat manages to slow the ship down and is amazed at the "new world" he's in, until one of his tears accidentally reactivates the spaceship. After spotting a rock-like meteoroid ahead, he dones a spacesuit along with his acorn, venturing out towards the surface of the planet. He and the acorn then get tied on to the front of the spaceship while it crashes on the planet, causing Scrat to land on the other side of the planet. Scrat joyfully places his acorn into the ground and salutes in delight, however, the surface cracks and gives way, causing the squirrel to get stuck in his own space helmet after being pulled by the spaceship and holding on to the acorn. Prying himself off, he then watches as half of the asteroid begins to head towards Earth. In embarrassment and relief, Scrat floats away off-screen after his suit breaks away.

Back on Earth, Manny, Sid and Diego spot some meteors flying overhead. Thinking they are shooting stars, Sid asks for Manny and Diego to quickly make a wish. One meteor catapults him into a tree and then burns him as he claims his "marshmallows" are burnt.

Release

The short was shown prior to the screening of The Peanuts Movie and used to promote Ice Age: Collision Course.^[2]

Cast

• Chris Wedge as Scrat
• Ray Romano as Manny
• John Leguizamo as Sid
• Denis Leary as Diego

References

External links

• Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe at the Internet Movie Database