Scrat: Spaced Out

Scrat: Spaced Out is a 2016 American computer animated comedy slapstick short film directed by Mike Thurmeier and Galen T. Chu. The short is a spin-off of the Ice Age franchise and focuses on Scrat. This is the third Scrat short film and it's set right after the events of Collision Course.

Plot

Right after the events of Collision Course, Scrat is ready to come back to Earth but he's kidnapped by alien female anthropomorphic sabertooth squirrels named Scratazons.

Following their initial attempt to kill him, the Scratazons are unsuccessful and only manage to take his acorn, which he fortunately recovers quickly, but now with an additional attraction ray.

This allows an attraction-ray-armed battle between Scrat and the Scratazons' leader to ensue, which results in the explosion of the Scratazons' ship and leads to the formation of a black hole that swallows all the Scratazons, leaving only Scrat and the Scratazon leader in their run-against for the single available acorn, which Scrat successfully takes back while knocking Scratazon right into the black hole, only for it to start swallowing him too. Though, at the end, he gets unexpectedly spitted out along with his acorn, bringing him a momentary state of happiness, which quickly turns into horror and disappointment once it gets sucked right back in, causing him to scream in frustration while floating in the space.

Cast

• Chris Wedge as Scrat
• Karen Disher as Scratazon Leader / Scratazons guards
• Neil deGrasse Tyson: narrator

Possible sequel

It's currently unknown if there will be another Scrat short but since the character is very popular it's most likely there will be at least another one. If there will be a new short film it will probably not be a direct continuation of this short as the shorts follows the "no-continuity" rule of the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner episodes.