Contents.Concept and creation Tom McGrath explained in an interview that the intention of Madagascar was not to take a political stance on whether 'zoos are bad and the wild is better, or that the wild is bad,' but to show 'the most extreme 'fish out of water' story that they could do'. McGrath stated 'the basic irony to the story is that, you think animals do belong in the wild, but if they're so accustomed to civility, they wouldn't know where food even came from,' and the animals were meant to 'love the zoo and to love where they are because they've got' 5,000 square feet (460 m 2) 'right off Fifth Avenue'.McGrath also described, during the research of Madagascar, they 'found these crazy, weird animals that were already cartoons in their own right.' Main characters Alex AlexcharacterFirst appearance(2005)Created byVoiced by(films and TV specials)(first video game and spin-offs)Quinn Dempsey Stiller (cub)Declan Swift (cub)(second and third video games, All Hail King Julien)InformationSpeciesAlex (born Alakay) is a male. He is best friends with the. He is used to the life of comfort in the zoo but learns to adapt to the wild. He's smart, quick thinking and fast on his feet.
He is a dancer by nature, often impressing others with his aerobatic feats. He does tend to be a little self-absorbed, often not seeing the problems of others above his own.Alex enjoys his life at the zoo and has plenty of friends and is surprised when hearing Marty's wish to leave and live in the wild (or run free in as stated in the movie).
As a cub, Alex was born on an African wildlife reserve and named Alakay. He has brown and yellow fur, whiskers, a black nose, a big mane, and a long tufted tail. He was the son of the alpha lion, , and was constantly given lessons on hunting, though he displayed no interest in the activity. During one of the sessions, Alex was captured by, but the crate he was contained in fell into a river and eventually floated to New York.
He is found by humans who renamed him Alex and took to the Central Park Zoo. In Madagascar, after Marty, Alex's best friend, leaves in an effort to take a train to the wild, Alex, the , and the pursue him and are shot with tranquilizer darts by humans. The animal-rights activists pressure the zoo into releasing them back into the wild, but on the ship to the preserve, Alex and his friends fall into the ocean. They wash ashore on, and, while Marty is excited to be free, Alex wishes to go home. He grows very hungry after days of being unable to eat, not realizing that steak is animal flesh.
Hunger drives Alex into a crazed state, and after almost killing Marty in hunger (by biting him on the butt when he thought it was a piece of steak), in a moment of lucidity, he goes into self-imposed exile, barricading himself in the territory of the island. Marty pursues him, unwilling to leave his friend, but is attacked by the fossa, the native predators of Madagascar. Alex works to defend Marty and is later given by the penguins to satiate his hunger.In, Alex encounters his parents, Zuba and , who are overjoyed to see their son and he becomes co-alpha lion alongside his father.Zuba assumes Alex is strong after hearing he is the 'King' of New York and arranges a rite of passage into the pride. , Zuba's rival, persuades Alex to challenge during the Alex's. Teetsi was revealed to be a bulky, strong lion and Alex is quickly defeated by him. To keep from banishing Alex, Zuba transfers his control to Makunga, and in turn, he, Florrie, and Alex are banished.
Zuba soon grows unaccepting of Alex after realizing he is not a fierce warrior. The next day, the watering hole is shown to be dried up and Alex leaves with Marty to find out the cause. They leave the safety of the reserve, prompting Zuba to follow Alex and bring him back. Alex discovers that the stranded New Yorkers had created a dam, and through the use of dancing, he is recognized by the attacking New Yorkers. With the help of others, the dam is destroyed and they return to the preserve. His father learns to respect his habits, and they remain in Africa instead of flying home with the penguins. In The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, a stuffed animal Alex is seen briefly and its head is quickly dismembered by Nana's toy poodle, Mr.
Alex has small cameos with his friends celebrating Christmas and singing a version of '.The fact that Alex loses the challenge to Teetsi and is spanked by Nana in Madagascar gives him the impression he is a horrible fighter, but this is not true, because (in the Nana case), she only gets Alex by surprise, but was more visible when in Madagascar 2, he has a short, but equilibrated fight against Nana. Alex is shown to have a superhuman level of interior physical strength, seeing that he broke the zoo's public telephone, and lifts Melman, Marty and Gloria with relative ease.Alex made another appearance in 'The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Wally Wingert reprises his role from the first video game. In the show, he appeared as a hallucination 'spirit guide' to help Skipper, whose memories had been stolen by the evil Dr. At first, Skipper thought he was very talkative and annoying, but soon he accepted his guidance, especially when he had to face Blowhole when he got back to New York City.
A running gag in the episode is that Skipper's friends are confused and convinced he's crazy when they see him talk to Alex, since only Skipper can see him. Blowhole was defeated, Alex's spirit guide form disappeared.In, it opens on Alex's birthday and after a present from his friends of a mud New York he is determined to get the penguins from. Alex creates four phases and after a fight with his friends they are exposed and are pursued by Captain Chantel DuBois.After cutting the DuBois' snare they fly back to New York until they crash in a train yard. Alex is determined to get back home and tries to fix the plane but fails. Then he persuades a to let them on the train, with whom he is smitten upon first sight. After being let on the train Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria realized that this was a ticket home.After a failing performance in Rome, he gives a pep talk and has the circus spiced up to get the circus promoter for a tour in America. Stefano told Alex why the was grouchy.
Alex teaches Gia trapeze, and they begin to fall deeply in love. The London performance was better and they go to America.
DuBois came to 'take home' Alex but gets shot out of a cannon. Alex tells them why they had to join the circus.Alex gives another pep talk to his friends and Julien that they were wrong and they decide to go back until DuBois comes. Awakening, Alex realizes they are back in the zoo with iron cage links between them.
Luckily the circus came and rescued him. But DuBois is still determined to get Alex's head and is taking Stefano. But Alex saves the day (with Gia's help) by saving , a, and defeating DuBois.Marty MartycharacterFirst appearance(2005)Created byVoiced by(films and TV specials)(video games)Thomas Stanley (foal)InformationSpeciesMarty is a male who used to live at the Central Park Zoo, and is a good friend of the. He once had an before Alex accidentally broke it. Marty likes seaweed on a stick.Marty is a hopeless; he usually sees the brighter side of many things, taking every situation in stride.
He has black and white stripes, a furry coat, a mane, and a tufted tail. He strives to be unique, which proves difficult when he meets his own kind in Africa, who look and act almost exactly the same. Marty is best friends with Alex and the two are rarely at odds. His carefree lifestyle tends to get on the nerves of his friends, but mostly serves to impress them; he is the one who helps hold the group together when things seem to get down.Marty lived a life of comfort in the zoo.
After his tenth birthday had come and gone, meaning that his life was already half over, Marty decided that never having seen the wild, he must travel to the wild, for at least a short time.In the movie, Alex says he's black with white stripes, as he has 30 black, and only 29 white, but this was partly because Alex had to give an explanation as to why he was licking Marty, as he thought he was the steak in his dream.The film begins on Marty’s 10th birthday (middle-aged for a zebra). His friends try to give him a great birthday, but somehow, Marty wants more.
He escapes the, where he had lived for the past ten years, and makes a dash for the wild. His friends, Alex, the, and the, flag him down, but as they are about to take him back to the zoo, police officers and animal control officers appear in all directions, tranquilize the animals, and send them on a ship to a wildlife preserve in. The take over the ship and the four friends are washed up on the shores of.Once on the island, Marty had his dream fulfilled.
Marty sets up a 'bar' on the island, known as 'Casa del Wild' (in English Home of the Wild). Alex is mad at Marty for getting them shipped to the wild, but he later apologizes to Marty and actually begins to enjoy himself on the island. Unfortunately, his enjoyment brings on his killer instincts, causing him to attack the resident lemurs and his friends, including Marty. Alex does not 'go savage' for long, and after regaining his senses, he runs away from his friends out of regret. Soon after that, Marty learns the hard way that the wild is not what it seems to be, and how hard it really is for many animals to live there with so many predators and other dangers. Realizing the consequences brought upon by his impulsive actions, such as sacrificing his and the other's lives at the Zoo (the one safe place they called home) and the misfortune he caused his best friend, Marty comes to truly regret his birthday wish. However, after learning of the penguins having hijacked a boat and are offering the zoo animals a trip back home, Marty immediately runs after Alex in hopes to save his friend.
Alex is later able to rejoin his friends as they head back to the zoo.Marty, along with his friends, has only a few small cameos in. He, Alex, and Gloria are seen at the beginning decorating Melman's neck with Christmas lights. At the end, he, his friends, and almost all the other zoo animals are seen singing their own version of 'Jingle Bells'.In, Marty (along with Alex, Melman, Gloria, Hannah, the lemurs, and the penguins) finds himself stranded in Africa after a failed attempt at flying to New York. There, he joins a herd of zebra that all look and sound exactly like him. While he enjoys this new lifestyle at first, he quickly becomes depressed when it becomes evident he has no individuality in a herd. Marty also becomes upset when Alex is unable to tell him apart from the other zebras.
Ultimately, Alex is able to make amends by picking Marty out of the herd (later revealed to be due to the bite mark left on his backside from the previous film, and the fact that he is black with white stripes, while the other zebras are all white with black stripes.) Marty accompanies his friend to unblock a dam set by stranded New Yorkers in the jungle (which causes the watering hole to dry up). When Alex is caught, Marty gets the other animals to help rescue him.In, Marty joins the circus along with the others. His circus act is cannon along with the. In the middle of the film, you can tell he loves the afro. At the end of the film, it is shown that Marty is dancing in his afro (along with the others) to the tune Afro Circus / I like to Move it.Melman Melman Mankiewicz IIIcharacterFirst appearance(2005)Created byVoiced by(films and TV specials)(video games)(calf)InformationSpeciesMelman Mankiewicz III is a male.
He has a furry coat, green eyes, whiskers, a snout, a long neck, brown spots, horns, and a tufted tail. He is somewhat of a, having doses of medicine for meals and doctor's appointments frequently.
He even complains about having brown spots on his neck (the spots, in real life, are natural).He is skittish most of the time, but often has moments of profound clarity. His experience being medicated has given him insight regarding how to treat sick or injured animals who might otherwise give up hope and dig a hole, waiting to die in it. His love for Gloria is deep, and is always a gentleman to her; to Marty and Alex, he's just another one of the 'awkward' guys.Melman had a residence at the Central Park Zoo, where he received constant medical treatment for problems that were all psychosomatic. He would undergo MRIs, CAT scans, injections, flu shots, and be put into braces and crutches for no particular purpose at all. In the Central Park Zoo, Melman was used to his cushy life taking pills and undergoing treatments.
One night, Marty the Zebra escaped and Melman immediately informed Alex of this.In a flashback in, there is a hint that he had a crush on Gloria as a child (as he seems uncomfortable when she comments that Alex is cute). When the animals nearly die trying to fly back to New York in a salvaged airplane, he screams he is in love with Gloria; she is asleep and does not hear. In Africa, Melman is horrified to learn that once a giraffe becomes sick, it has no way to survive and therefore must simply wait in a hole to die. He takes the position of Witch Doctor to cure sick animals, introducing them to Western medicine and giving them longer and better lives.While he proves to be a very good witch doctor, he is informed by another giraffe that Melman has a brown spot on his shoulder, one which the previous Witch Doctor seemed to have gotten and 'was gone' two days later. Thinking he only has two days to live, Melman initially waits in a hole, but then takes King Julien's advice and goes to declare his love to Gloria. He finds her on a date and simply tells her date what a wonderful girl Gloria is and to treat her right.
When the watering hole dries up and King Julien decides to sacrifice an animal for the water gods, Melman offers himself. He is saved at the last moment, when Gloria tells him that she loves him back, and the two become a couple; it becomes apparent the 'brown spot' was not fatal (the previous Witch Doctor is found alive and well, the brown spot in fact being a natural giraffe spot); however, there is not a scene where Melman is told of this. It is assumed that he figured it out when his 'time' came and went and he was fine. He was last seen dancing off into the sunset with Gloria, Alex and Marty.In, Melman and Gloria are still together.
They and the other animals go to Monte Carlo to find the penguins. Once inside the hotel, Melman, Alex and Marty argue over who should be the leader of the group. They are crushed by Gloria's weight and they fall into the casino. Whilst escaping the hotel with the other animals, they are pursued by DuBois.
On the way they lose DuBois and manage to reach the Hotel Ambassador. While boarding the plane, Melman is grabbed by the neck when DuBois appears. Alex with a little help from Mort, cuts the rope and saves Melman.Above the skies of France, the plane's engine fails and it crash lands into a suburban rail yard.
Whilst running from the authorities who are closing in on them, Melman gives Alex the idea of boarding the train containing the circus. Upon arrival in Rome, Melman and the group realize how terrible the circus was. En route to London, Melman and the others are discussing how terrible the circus was before Alex tells them about his newfound inspiration.Melman and Gloria create a dancing tightrope act that is performed in London. When Melman and his friends are pursued by DuBois, the circus discover their true identities.Gloria GloriacharacterFirst appearance(2005)Created byVoiced by(films and TV specials)(video games)(calf)InformationSpeciesGloria is a female who resided in the as an attraction, all the while being good friends with Alex, Marty, Melman, and becoming the latter's girlfriend as of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. She has gray skin, brown eyes, a snout, short arms and legs, black fingernails, an enormously fat belly, short stubby tail, and a triangular belly button.As a hippopotamus, Gloria is another animal in the Central Park Zoo and was one of the many attractions, drawing crowds that enjoyed seeing her swim about in her water tank.
She would also receive the star treatment as one of the zoo's main attractions and attend Marty’s birthday party. At this party, Marty announced his wish upon blowing out the candles on his cake: to go to the wild. Gloria, Alex and Melman tried to have Marty come to his senses by telling him life out in the wilds was savage and difficult, whereas life in the zoos was adequate. Marty was unhappy at hearing this, and Gloria told Alex to go to console Marty. Later that night, Marty acted out his wish and headed straight for the Terminal Station to take a train and go to Connecticut, where Marty heard wide open spaces were found. Gloria urged both Alex and Melman to come with her to find Marty and bring him back before any people would notice.
They were found, regardless, along with Mason and Phil, the two chimps, and a troupe of secretive penguins, all ending up tranquilized with darts.When they all came to, they found themselves in crates bound for Africa. When the penguins hijack the ship, the crates fall into the ocean and wash up on the island of Madagascar. After some confusion, they start to set up their own society and attract the attention of a lemur colony.In, Gloria expresses a desire to join in the zoo breeding program, in the hopes of finding a boyfriend.
When the animals crash land in Africa, she attracts the attention of a hippo named Moto Moto. Though she thinks he is the ideal boyfriend at first, she realizes that he only loves her for her size, whereas Melman loves her for who she is. Realizing that she loves Melman back, she stops him from sacrificing himself into the volcano, even saying 'It's crazy to think that I had to go halfway around the world to find the perfect guy was right next door.'
And then joins the other animals in rescuing Alex from Nana.Gloria returns in with Melman, the couple finds their way as they contribute to the circus' success with a spectacular tightrope act.The Penguins A group of the NYC spies. Skipper is a major character in the first film, but Kowalski, Rico, and Private are supporting characters and don't talk much until. All four penguins have major roles in the first sequel and supporting roles in the second sequel.Skipper SkippercharacterFirst appearance(2005)Created byVoiced byInformationSpeciesSkipper is the leader of the (despite their color-schemes not matching the real species) and is the main character in the TV show. He has dark, -blue eyes and his body is wider than those of the other three penguins.
Like the rest of the penguins, he has no idea what is expected of the penguin species, other than to 'smile and wave.' At one point, Private used a bird biology book to tell the other penguins how to act, but since the penguins usually need the chimpanzees Phil and Mason to translate for them, it was unclear how either he or Private were able to read the biology book, which is presumably written in English. His sidekicks, Kowalski, Rico, and Private don't talk much until.In the first Madagascar movie, Skipper is the mastermind behind a plot to escape the confines of the zoo and leave for Antarctica. Kowalski, Rico, and Private are his accomplices in this plot.
They dig under their enclosure until they reach Marty the zebra, thinking it to be the South Pole. Skipper explains to Marty that they are attempting to escape the zoo because penguins do not belong there in captivity. He then orders his accomplices to continue tunneling. Late that night, Skipper and the other penguins are caught by a SWAT team, as are six other animals found outside the zoo. The penguins are tranquilized and put into a crate to be transferred.When they awake, Skipper is confused at the lettering on the crate where they are being held and orders Mason to read it; Mason's companion Phil reads it. According to the box, they are all bound for a wildlife preserve in Africa, despite the cold climate penguins need. Skipper orders Rico to pick the lock on the crate where they are held, whereupon the four penguins knock out the crew and take command of the ship, commandeering it to reach Antarctica.
Skipper and his mates finally reach Antarctica and are sorely disappointed by the barren, desolate terrain (as evidenced by Private's exclamation, 'Well, this sucks.' ) Skipper has the ship return quickly from the South Pole, where it crashes into the beaches of Madagascar and a much warmer climate. Upon arriving, he and the other three encounter Gloria and Melman, and see that Alex and Marty (whom they refer to as their 'monochromatic friend') are gone.
Skipper decides to help rescue Marty from the grim fate of being eaten by the native foossa (possibly as gratitude for Marty’s silence regarding the escape). It is Skipper who helps to distract the foossa while Marty is recovered, and also helps fight off a number of them.Skipper notices later on that Alex is still hungry, not having been able to eat steak, and has Rico prepare sushi for Alex. Skipper then relinquishes control of the ship to Alex, as he no longer needs it, and proceeds to sunbathe on the tropical beaches in comfort. Skipper is asked by Private if they should tell Alex and his friends that the ship is out of gas. Skipper declines, telling his troupe to 'Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave.'
In Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Skipper and the penguins salvage a crashed airplane to fly back to New York. They fix the plane when it crashes in Africa with the help of 'more thumbs' (Mason and Phil).
At the end of the movie, he marries a doll. In The Penguins of Madagascar, the bobblehead is nowhere to be seen.In Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, it is revealed that Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private, along with Mason and Phil, have been in Monte Carlo. With Phil dressed as the 'King of Versailles,' they are able to amass a fortune of jewels, diamonds and gold and plan to buy an aircraft to pick up the 'hippies' (Alex, Marty, Gloria, and Melman) in Africa and return to New York. Things change when Alex and the others rush to Monte Casino, believing that the penguins have abandoned them. Skipper later uses the fortune to help the gang become part of a traveling circus.Skipper is one of the four main characters of The Penguins of Madagascar. In the show, many things are revealed about him and it expands on his character from the movies.
In multiple episodes it is shown that Skipper knows karate and is an exceptionally capable fighter. He's also very strong, as seen in 'Launchtime.' In 'Crown Fools,' he states that he had taken down an angry walrus with 'a wing and a prayer and another wing'. However, in 'Needle Point', it is revealed that he has, so in later episodes if he's injured he's treated with medical cream or the like.
Generally, he is a straight man, displaying a very stereotypical general personality when not in battle: he's been shown waking his men up early in the morning for training, has given them trials on being able to work without him a number of times, and has been shown to being very hard-boiled. He is, though, soft on his men at times, properly rewarding them and even showing fear and worry when he knows they're in danger. He becomes especially upset when he believes one of them to be dead.
He often tries to hide this part, as he once told Private that he (Private) is always bait because he 'is gullible and expendable,' but later becomes upset when Private is eaten.Although Skipper's plans and theories often serve as jokes, his most unorthodox theories are sometimes proven true; the Blowhole existence is the most extreme example of this. Doctor Blowhole is first mentioned in 'Eclipsed', when Skipper brings up his plan to extinguish the sun; this is because the sun was covered by a solar eclipse and, before Mason, Phil, and Kowalski mentioned it, Skipper believed he finally succeeded. Skipper being paranoid often comes up due to his theories, and whether or not he's right depends on the episode. Often, those around him refuse to follow along, mostly Marlene because she believes Skipper overreacts.
He often comes up with theories without basis on new arrivals, usually flying or being a spy for Doctor Blowhole. According to him, there are actually 8 continents, since he counts (and appears to believe it is off the coast of Brazil). He once tells Maurice that if he had Skipper's security clearance, he would believe it too. Skipper indicates that he believes that some new arrivals to the zoo could be flying.
In the episode 'Launchtime,' when he asks Kowalski to search for a place where nearly no lemurs can be found, he states that he cannot set foot in Denmark; when Private questions him on this, he replies by saying 'Well, that's private, Private, between me and the Danes.' It is later revealed that the incident in question was caused by Hans the Puffin, revolving around a fish fight and top secret documents that made them both public enemy number one.Skipper has mentioned that there used to be two more penguins (Manfredi and Johnson, named for two ill-fated characters in the prisoner-of-war saga ) in addition to himself and the other three; this is unconfirmed, and these claims have never been adequately explained. When they're brought up, it's usually as a warning or an aside remark, as they died in the past during a mission. In 'The Hidden', he mentions that they died during a mission when they were attacked by 'flying piranhas' and that they had to 'bury what was left of them with a tea spoon'.
In 'A Kipper for Skipper,' when Skipper states that 'relatively few penguins get left behind', as the others point out that Manfredi, Johnson, and another penguin were. In 'Roger Dodger,' he tells Rico that he would take him out if he had to and tells him 'just ask Manfredi and Johnson.' In 'An Elephant Never Forgets,' he tells them that while he was training Private that Manfredi and Johnson 'fell for the exploding elephant foot.' They are also mentioned by Private, who claims that they mistook the hind end of a for an escape tunnel. In 'Maurice at Peace,' it is implied that they were accidentally smothered by the others due to a misinterpretation of a message which actually said to smother them with affection. In 'Smotherly Love,' it is mentioned that they died a very relaxing death in a day spa.In The Penguins of Madagascar, he uses some Italian words such as 'Sempre all'erta' (in 'Haunted Habitat'), 'Bravissimo' (in 'The Hidden'), 'Attenzione' (in 'Crown Fools'), 'Eccellente' (in 'Kingdom Come'), 'Finito!'
(in 'Popcorn Panic') and 'Perfetto' (in 'An Elephant Never Forgets'). His Italian pronunciation is not perfect.
In 'The Falcon and the Snow Job,' Skipper falls for a female named Kitka and they date for a while. Skipper breaks up with her after it is revealed that she had swallowed Fred the squirrel, and in subsequent episodes she wasn't heard from or mentioned.Skipper shares a very strong friendship with Marlene, a female Asian Otter who lives across from the penguins and is a main character in the series.
Despite their conflicting differences and clashes of personality, the two still remain very close and are able to keep their bond of friendship strong. Marlene is also considered 'privileged' by Skipper, due to the fact that he thinks of her as a smart, which is rather unusual, considering his otherwise generally scornful opinion of mammals. He sometimes allows her to tag along on missions.As the series The Penguins of Madagascar continues, Skipper starts to realize that Private is following in his footsteps in 'Private and the Winky-Factory.'
Skipper also becomes less sensitive to his enemies Dr. Blowhole and Hans the Puffin. Over the course of the series, he likes and trusts them less and less. Blowhole Special 'Blowhole Strikes Back,' Hans and Skipper are referred to as 'frenemies.' At the beginning of the episode, Hans surprises Skipper by meeting him in China and refers to him as such.Kowalski KowalskicharacterFirst appearance(2005)Created byVoiced by(films and other media)( The Penguins of Madagascar)InformationSpeciesKowalski is and the tallest of the penguins, forming plans for the group and usually taking notes for Skipper. When Skipper is absent, he takes charge and his rank is. He has blue eyes and tends to over-analyze situations.Often formulating plans for the group, Kowalski is a loyal supporter of his leader, Skipper.
Kowalski had escaped the zoo with the other penguins but was promptly captured and put into a crate for transfer with his comrades. The crates were all placed on a ship bound for Africa, where all the creatures from the zoo would be kept in a wildlife preserve. While in the crate, Kowalski confessed that he could not read (he said the words on the side of the box were an 'older code', in slight reference to Return of the Jedi) and asked another transferee, a chimpanzee named Phil, to read the words on the crate.
As soon as this was done, the four penguins headed to the ship's bridge, knocked out the crew and captain, bound them up, and Kowalski plotted the ship's course to Antarctica.He is the of the group and always has his notepad (and an in the animated series). While being able to formulate plans and invent things (such as a rocket ship out of a trashcan and fireworks, a futuristic rotary saw blade made of energy and multiple random objects, or an intelligence sucking machine from just a box, a magnet, and a vacuum) he is shown to have a bit of difficulty deducing simpler machines. At the end of 'Needle Point', it is revealed that he has a fear of zoological oral checks. He seems to also spout nearly or completely nonsensical words, such as, 'The moo cow may have a chocolate marshmallow', or 'I'll be a bicycle cream cone', whenever either hit incredibly hard (as he did when body checked by a giant rat during a hockey game) or when shocked severely (as by Officer X's stun gun). He screamed ' when he got his injection during 'Needle Point'.
He also loves candy.In the series he is shown to be intelligent but it is not as apparent in the films, which reveal that he does not know how to read (English) (e.g. In Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, he states that the paper plane would help them fly back to New York and he does not understand that the fuel indicator was indicating that fuel is finished; and in Penguins of Madagascar he wrongly calculated that they arrived in, when in reality they arrived in ). He does most of his calculations on an abacus, although he was briefly in possession of a calculator that was destroyed.
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