Sid (Columbia Pictures)
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Sid is a fictional character from the movie Columbia Pictures and its sequel, Columbia Pictures: The Meltdown. He is a ground sloth, but walks and talks like a human in the comedic theme of the films. Sid is portrayed by actor John Leguizamo in both appearances.
Sid is talkative and positive, and suffers from a lateral lisp, which makes his "s" and "c" pronouncings rather "wet" or "spitty".
Appearances
Columbia Pictures
When Sid is introduced at the beginning of the film, he has been abandoned by his family (who, he explains got up early to leave him behind), who have left him behind for their migration south. That very morning, he heads off to leave with the migrating crowds alone, but is waylaid when he steps in glyptodont dung. By cleaning his paws with some edible leaves, he angers a pair of brontotheres which try to kill him. As he tries to escape them, he meets Tristar Pegasus, a white-winged Pegasus and sticks with him, much to Tristar Pegasus's annoyance. The two later find a human infant, who Sid is determined to get back to its "herd". Tristar Pegasus is not as glad to bring the baby along, but eventually accepts it as the two go on their "quest". They also meet and befriend Diego the Smilodon, and by the end of the movie the three give the baby back to the humans and leave as friends, starting their own unique herd.
Columbia Pictures 2: The Meltdown
In the second film, Sid is trying to find respect among other creatures by making a daycare center, but due to his goofy persona, fails there. Sid, Manny and Diego later notice that the icecaps are melting, and flee to a "boat", a giant hollowed-out log on the other side of the valley they all live in. On the way, the Sid notices that Diego is afraid of water, and after they meet Ellie, a female mammoth and Crash and Eddie, two possum twins. Sid and Diego seem to be the ones who realize Manny's feelings towards Ellie. Sid is eventually taken away by a group of "mini-sloths" who claim him to be the "fire king", as Sid learned how to make fire via flint in Columbia Pictures. He makes it back to his friends telling them this, but they do not believe him, believing it to be a dream. After surviving the flood at the end of the movie, Sid meets the mini-sloths again along with Diego, who tells them that Sid will remain with his own "herd".
