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The Penguins Of Madagascar Theme Song

Opening sequence with the new logo in 2009.

The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI TV show broadcast on Nickelodeon, starring the Penguins from the Madagascar film franchise. The pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend on November 29, 2008, right before a new episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. The series officially began regularly airing in March 2009. Nickelodeon ordered 26 episodes for season 1, and ordered a second season of 26 episodes in January 2009, bringing the total to 52. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers.

Tom McGrath (the franchise's co-creator and the voice of Skipper) stated that this series does not actually take place in the same continuity as the Madagascar movies themselves, saying that he "think[s] of it as taking place in a parallel universe".[1] Despite this statement, however, the show does occasionally allude to the events of the films, Alex the lion, one of the main characters from the movies, notably appears as a hallucination of Skipper's in the hour-length second-season finale "The Return of Dr. Blowhole's Revenge", saying that they "used to be neighbors".In the Season 1 episode "Zoo Tube", a taxi driver tells his friend on the phone if he had seen the video of a lion getting hit by an old lady (referencing a scene in the first Madagascar film). And In the show's Christmas episode, "The All Nighter Before Christmas", Santa Claus appears, with Carl Reiner reprising the voice from the 2009 Christmas special Merry Madagascar, and both he and King Julien recognize each other, possibly in reference to the special.

It should be noted that a theatrical movie starring the Penguins and sharing the show's title was released in November 2014. Unlike the show, the movie is set in the same continuity as the Madagascar movies, specifically taking place almost immediately after Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox (the distributor of DreamWorks Animation's films at the time) with no involvement from Nickelodeon whatsoever, so it is not covered on this wiki.

The series was officially stated to have ended production in December 2014.[2] Afterward, DreamWorks Animation would produce two other Madagascar television shows, both of them prequels to the original films - All Hail King Julien, which ran on Netflix from 2014 to 2017, and Madagascar: A Little Wild, which will be streaming on Hulu.

Plot

In a situation largely connected to the Madagascar films, the series follows the adventures of four penguin protagonists, Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private, in New York City's Central Park Zoo. The Penguins will rule the roost at their Central Park habitat, carrying out secret missions in the heart of the city. At times, their missions beckon them to venture outside the zoo. Just as the team thinks it has its urban acreage under control, a new neighbor moves in next door: Julien, King of the Lemurs and the main antagonist of the show. Now the penguins must keep control of the Central Park Zoo despite the lemur's antics.

Characters

Image Character description
Skipper, the Penguin
Skipper, the Adelie Penguin (Tom McGrath): The leader of the group or elite force. He usually barks out orders, names plans, and slaps the others. One of his famous lines are "You didn't see anything", while he move his flippers, trying to confuse the others. He base his life on miltary force and saves animals in need with his friends. His archnemis, Dr. Blowhole, is always on the lookout for the penguins which cause Skipper to be parnoid sometimes. Tom McGrath was able to return to voice Skipper for this series.
Kowalski, the Penguin
Kowalski, the Adelie Penguin (Jeff Bennett): The smartest, and tallest of the penguins. He forms plans for the group, but they are often disregarded. He usually takes notes for Skipper and helps the others in need. He apparently has a crush on a female dolphin named Doris in "Gone in a Flash". Also Kowalski loves science, but he sometimes he thinks he's always right and can be self-important. When he's exaggerating, things can go wrong.
Rico, the Penguin
Rico, the Adelie Penguin (John DiMaggio): Psychotic knife wizard and explosives expert. Rico likes to do what he wants and is always in another world. He always spits up war gear and other items for the other penguins. Also sometimes, he is seen with a barbie- like doll in some episodes and can be out of control. He's a funny-looking, party animal who can reguritate explosives devices. When he explodes with psychotic pressure, he the destro- machine but eventually cools down.
Private, the Penguin
Private, the Adelie Penguin (James Patrick Stuart): The youngest of the group. He's mostly good at cracking codes, and is often slapped by Skipper. He loves taking notes for Skipper, and also makes good tuna smoothies, with "love". Private also loves peanut butter winkies and butterscotch lollies like the others. Sometimes he knows what's going in the zoo while the others didn't realize that.
Marlene
Marlene, the Asian Otter (Nicole Sullivan): She dislikes the idea of being a damsel in distress and receiving help from the penguins. Marlene is afraid of going outside and tries to stay neutral between the feud of the penguins and lemurs. Sometime she knows what's going on and helps Skipper like in " Haunted Habitat". She can be a nice, positive mammel, but annoyed with Skipper in some episodes. Marlene can be paranoid when facing the unknown like Skipper.
King Julien XIII
King Julien XIII, Lord-of-the-Lemurs (Danny Jacobs): The ring-tailed lemur and a former self-proclaimed lemur king with his helpers: Mort and Maurice. He' s party animal who's annoying to everyone except Mort. He is also the series' main antagonist. Julien likes to order the lemurs duties and sometimes cares about himself instead of others. He wears a leafy crown and sits on a thone which makes him the king ( he thought). Also Julien causes the animals distress, but he saves them when he changes his heart.
Maurice, the Aye Aye Lemur
Maurice, the Aye Aye Lemur (Kevin Michael Richardson). The assistant of Julien who also helps Mort. He is annoyed by "the king" and secretly torture him. Sometimes Maurice is right and try to make things better while Julien is talking or making nonsense, but he swore to be his servent for life. When trouble happen, he goes to the penguins for help while Julien doesn't.
MORT
Mort (Andy Richter) is a goodman's mouse Lemur. His logic is exactly opposite to that of Maurice. He is very innocent and often takes naive decisions and conclusions just like King Julian. Infact who despises him but still wants him around. Mort worships Julian as God and loves his feet and tries not to miss any opportunity to hug them.

Episodes

(Note: Please visit the episode list by user Deb1701 on the Madagascar wiki for more information.)
Season Episodes Season Premiere Season Finale
Season 1 48 November 29, 2008 November 27, 2010
Season 2 68 March 13, 2010 March 31, 2012
Season 3 33 April 16, 2012 December 19, 2015

Production

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In the summer of 2007, Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation announced that they would collaborate to create a Nicktoon based on the Madagascar films. The new series would star the Penguins from the film series. Nothing had been confirmed on what the series was about, until November 2007.

Nickelodeon advertised a sneak peek of the series (along with The Mighty B! and Making Fiends) on November 25, 2007, as part of that year's Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend. The Penguins of Madagascar was teased to air in 2008, but was delayed at least twice, most likely due to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa being delayed to November 7, 2008. On November 28, 2008, Nickelodeon aired the pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", as a sneak peek. Some copies of the Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa DVD came with an extra disc featuring the show's first full episode.

The series was produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California, with animation being carried out in India, New Zealand and Taiwan. Both Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation were planning on a 26-episode season for Season 1, but then the episode number ended up at 46.

Broadcast history

  • Nickelodeon (original run November 28, 2008-December 19, 2013; reruns February 15-March 15, 2015)
  • NickToons (November 29, 2008-October 9, 2016; December 25, 2016 ["The All Nighter Before Christmas"])

The series was added to Hulu in June 2018.

DVD releases

Main article: The Penguins of Madagascar videography

The series' first DVD release, simply titled The Penguins of Madagascar and containing the two segments that made up the first episode, was released exclusively in a 2-pack with some copies of the DVD for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Nine more DVDs of the show were released from 2010 to 2014. Most recently, five select episodes were included on Universal Studios Home Entertainment's Madagascar: The Ultimate Collection DVD and Blu-ray sets in 2019.

Reception

The series received mixed to positive to critical acclaim reviews from critics and fans of the movies. While it has been praised for creativity, it was criticized by several fans of the franchise for not capturing the feel of the movies, having cheap animation, boring stories and for rewriting and flanderizing the characters' personalities (especially Julien). However, many fans of the franchise have praised it for being faithful to the source material, a funny premise, an all star cast, and even some great action scenes.

The series was nominated for Favorite Cartoon in the Kids' Choice Awards in 2010 and 2011, but lost to SpongeBob SquarePants both times.

Trivia

  • Although "Gone in a Flash" is considered the series' official pilot episode, the show finds its roots in the theatrical short A Christmas Caper, which originally accompanied Wallace & Gromit in Curse of the Were-Rabbit in theaters and later appeared as a bonus feature on the first Madagascar movie's DVD. When Nickelodeon first advertised the show during Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend in 2007, clips from the short were used.
  • Only four episodes of the series have not been released on any medium - "Tunnel of Love", "Goodnight and GoodChuck", "P.E.L.T.", and the series finale "The Penguin Who Loved Me". The only way one can view them is in the "Complete Series" collection on Amazon Prime Video, and a few on-demand releases such as Xfinity.

References

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