A typical third part of the cartoon, which once attracted the attention of the masses. About this looks like the third part of any cartoon franchise, up to that survived. The hero has already achieved self-realization, found his destiny, has already accomplished his main feats, has already lost those he had to lose, and found those he had to find. Within this framework, stories have nowhere else to go, which is essential, because they start from the points where it all ended. Therefore, from time to time the authors are forced to use the same plot moves: the characters find some more friends, relatives, find girlfriends, have children, experience a new social adaptation in another team. Surely there is another villain on the morning, deliberately secondary and about which no one has heard in previous parts. But the worst thing is that the secondary characters, who were scooped up by the previous parts, each time again and again remain in the team, and the authors are agonizingly looking for them at least some plot role, trying to attach. Here, for example, there is this Buffalo – she was even given to play a plot catalyst here. But she's not a real character, she's a walking gag, she was only invented to get into the frame with how scary and stupid she is. And she has a role here... Or did anyone (except the most ardent fans) notice that there was Ereth among the bunch of heroes, the same one who was a half-villain in the second part? He's not needed here, and he was crammed into the law of the "Ice Age": characters must accumulate. That's the worst thing about cartoon sequels in general, it's a mistake of the whole concept. The only franchise I know that has escaped this problem is Toy Story. There was never afraid not only to add, but also to write off some heroes.
In general, the cartoon is weak even on its own. Even years later, I can retell what the first part was about, roughly remember the essence of the second, and the third I forgot in an hour, seriously. The heroes moved to another island so that they could not be found, but they were still found. Look, this is bullshit. Some are captured, and then others are captured. And the villain is doing exactly the same thing as the villain of the previous part. I don't know why I'm making a cartoon like that. Oh, for the money.
I can only say that the characters grow up with each part. This does not happen almost anywhere, and here the authors were not afraid to destroy the same self-identification (which in fact does not exist and is a myth), they made the boy an adult, married him, finally separated from his “Carlson” – this is the only plus. Everything else is garbage.