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Cretaceous is overall the main tritagonist of the ice age franchise. he is the main antagonist turned final tritagonist of the 2006 computer-animated film by 20th Century Fox Ice Age: The Meltdown. he also serves as a major protagonist of the next two films and the quaternary tritagonist of ice age: collision course. he is manny's fist arch-nemesis turned friend and is a member of the sub-zero heroes.


Biography[]

Despite being the main antagonist, cretaceous's role in the film is small, just like Soto from the first film.

Cretaceous is a slender purple Ichthyosaur. he is shown in the beginning frozen in a great block of ice that was jarred loose when the wall of ice began crumbling. The ice melted, releasing both him and Maelstrom into the lake which was all but abandoned by most animals. When they made it to the ice lake, the first animal that they had encountered and eaten was Stu, leaving behind only his shell. The two sea reptiles then swam further down the series of rivers where they eventually reached Manny's herd as well as Crash, Eddie, and Ellie. Maelstrom made the first move, breaking through the ice as Cretaceous joined in the chase, going after Manny, trapping him on an ice floe and slithering after him. Manny then saw that the ice block they were floating on was tipping because of Manny's weight. seizing this opportunity, Cretaceous made a great lunge at Manny, but his jaws were caught on his tusks, only to be flung far off as he twisted his head to rid cretaceous of him, hitting a piece of ice and falling back into the water on his way. he swore revenge for this and plotted to have manny the last mammal he kills. cretaceous soon freed and recruited other marine reptiles and made an army. cretaceous gave a speech that they would all strike when the flood began, killing and eating every last mammal.

Later, when the dam broke, the two reptiles went swimming on the wall of water that was slowly approaching towards the escaping masses and pulled down Manny when he was swimming to save Ellie. Manny devised a plan to rid himself of the two sea reptiles by having them try to chase him, he tricked them into hitting a log that was wedged under a large rock. The plan worked so well, freeing Ellie, and the boulder falls on Cretaceous and his partner Maelstrom, despite escaping. cretaceous became furious and wanted to kill manny, but when manny wondered why cretaceous was out to kill all mammals, cretaceous explained it was to ensure his newborn brothers would live in a better world. manny convinced cretaceous his brothers wont live at all if the flood destroyed everything. cretaceous reformed and helped manny and Ellie up onto land. when the flood began to get worse, he sent two globidenses to smash the wall enough to drain out the water. in the end, cretaceous and maelstrom joined manny and his friends and began to lead a happier life.

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