Ekorren Scrats eviga jakt på det fördömda ekollonet, som han har suktat efter sedan urminnes tider, får oanade konsekvenser – en vidsträckt jordbävning som utlöser tidernas största äventyr för Manny, Diego och Sid. I kaosets kölvatten återförenas Sid med sin grälsjuka mormor, och hjorden stöter på ett ruffigt gäng sjöpirater som är fast beslutna att stoppa deras hemfärd.

In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.

Popeye skates over to Olive's house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he's teaching her, Bluto skates up and gets fresh; of course, Popeye fights him. When Olive rejects Bluto again, he sends her careening on an ice floe towards a waterfall.