Sloth from the "Ice Age" - perhaps oneof the most comical characters of modern animated films. It is clear that the profitability of this cartoon franchise is due to the presence in the plot of such an ambiguous and funny character like Sid. Why is his image so remarkable?
The slothful from the "Ice Age": photo, brief biography
Sydney is quite a popular and recognizable character.Therefore, not a single modern film fan will have a question, what was the name of the sloth from the Ice Age. The first part of the animation franchise was watched by more than 70 million viewers in all cinemas of the world. The number of people who saw the second part of the cartoon in 2006 reached approximately 80 million.
A brief biography of the sloth Sid, we learn in the firsta few minutes of the cartoon. When meeting with the mammoth Manny, he immediately puts all the details of his life. The comedic sloth has a family, and a rather large one. But no one in the family loves him and does not value them. In order to get rid of the “mistake of nature”, as Sid’s relatives consider, they run south without him at night, while the sloth sleeps in a tree.
Subsequently, fate gives Sid loyal friends who are almost kin to the sloth. But they are not averse to at least get rid of annoying fidget for a short time.
Character features of the hero
The sloth from the "Ice Age" with its appearance involuntarily causes a smile: huge silly eyes, lisping speech, a purple nose, a long neck and an awkward gait.
Character's hobby is getting into ridiculous situations andfind trouble on your head. He does this regularly and quite successfully. As a rule, Sid is not able to cope with problems, and they have to solve them for friends.
Sid is extremely sociable. You can say, "pristavuch" than annoying everyone without exception.
Nevertheless, the sloth is not as stupid as it seems at first glance. He knows how to think outside the box and often in difficult situations offers a spontaneous solution that saves all the heroes of the cartoon.
But the main thing for which Sid is still loved by his friends is genuinely good nature and the ability to sympathize.
The fate of the character of the animated film
The slothful from the "Ice Age" in the first partthe franchise meets Manny's mammoth and is imposed on him as a fellow traveler. On their way south, the heroes witness the death of a young woman who presents them with her infant child before death.
Чудом Сид уговаривает Мэнни отклониться от курса and deliver the baby to the human "flock." After some time, the Diego tiger joins them: initially he had to lead a mammoth and a sloth into a trap where they would be attacked by other predators, but at the last moment Diego defended new friends.
Subsequently, Sid and his company will have to gomany trials. They will be saved from the flood, they will get acquainted with the mammoth Ellie, funny possums and the tigress Shira. Sid will try himself as a "father" of three dinosaurs and even get engaged to the sloth Brooke in the fifth part of the film.
Sid's relationship with other heroes
The sloth from the “Ice Age” is an ambiguous personality. With his strange behavior of many cartoon characters, he sets himself against himself.
Manny, of course, protects Sid and somewhere deep down deeply loves his friend. But sometimes after the next trick of the sloth, the mammoth is ready to kill him himself.
The same can be said about Diego, who treats Sydney as a child.
Sassy possums prefer to get a slothbarbs, because they know that he will not be able to answer them wittily. But Mammoth Elli and Peach, wife and daughter Manny, do not care for the soul in Side: they never allow themselves to be rude or threatened.
All other heroes of the “Ice Age” universe cannot stand a lisping lisping spirit.
