In this paper the transforming model of the modern family is considered as a key to the description emerging in Ice Age characters and the relationships between them. In the description of the characters a reference is made to the studies of Deborah S. David and Robert Brannon on the four imperatives used for constructing the traditional paradigm of masculinity and Arkadiusz Lewicki’s observations about modern animation heroes connected with them. There is also an attempt of reconstructing the family model proposed by the authors of these animations in combination with traditional and contemporary models presented in the reference books and papers. In the analysis of the issue there is also a reference to the wider background of the functioning of the modern family as well as cultural texts.