Dab

"If you weren't smart enough to plan ahead, Then doom on you!"

―Dab telling Manny, Sid and Diego

Dab
Physical Attributes Species Dodo Gender Male Eye Color Blue Feather Color Purple-White Biological Information Status Unknown (possibly alive) Residence(s) Dodo camp Friends Dodo residents Enemies Manny Diego Sid Roshan Media Films Ice Age Voiced by Chris Wedge

Dab was the leader of the Dodo.

Biography

One dodo among a great flock of others, Dab was a fearless leader.

Stockpile

Dab was teaching the others not to fall into the smoldering pit. if they do, they will burn and die. Later, he saw Manfred, Sid, Diego and Roshan entering the camp, asking him to have their food back. But he refused, Reminding them that Sub-Arctic temperatures will force them underground for a million billion years.

Personality and Traits

Dab was a very serious dodo, like others of his kind, that intended to prepare for the oncoming ice ages by gathering food, but was distracted as well, as he did not realizing when he was balancing his feet on the first melon, tripping himself off when it rolled to Roshan. He ordered the flock attack and retrieve the melon.

Appearances

• Ice Age (First appearance)

Behind the Scenes

• Dab was voiced by Chris Wedge.
• Although believed to be burnt to death, it was implied jokingly in the Ice Age 2-disc "Super Cool Edition" DVD that it was all a stunt and that the scout was still alive and well, along with the other dodos that fell in.

References

• Ice Age DVD (Scene Specific Audio Commentary)