Manfred The Wooly Mammoth, better known as Manny, is the main protagonist of the Ice Age series. He is a woolly mammoth. He is Ellie's love interest and later, her husband, Peaches' father, and Sid and Diego's best friend. He is the main protagonist of the films (except for Dawn of The Dinosaurs, as he appears as the deuteragonist), a major character in the Christmas Special, and the deuteragonist of the Easter Special.