 In one of her many "public feuds" Ivy claims that the idea for the character Scrat from the movie "Ice Age" was stolen from her after she pitched her character "Sqrat", a cross between a squirrel and a rat that she claims to have seen in Madison Square Park to 20th Century Fox movie executives.Ivy claims she created the character in 1999 and has the trademark to prove it.A CNN report by Jeanie Moos of Ivy claims was aired in 2000, two years before "Ice Age" went into development.