Madagascar/Characters
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This list applies only to the film franchise and its respective canon. For the character traits applicable to the The Penguins of Madagascar canon, go here.
Introduced in Madagascar
Alex the Lion
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- Camp Straight
- Funny Animal: He walks on two legs and is more anthropomorphic than most other characters.
- The Hero
- Heterosexual Life Partners:
- Ho Yay: With Marty.
- It's All About Me: Although a less negative version of this trope.
- Keet
- King of Beasts: In the first movie.
- Took a Level in Badass
- "Well Done, Son" Guy
Marty the Zebra
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- Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag: He walks on his legs through out most of the movie but he stand up on two legs when he is excited .
- Catch Phrase: "Crack-a-lackin!"
- Fearless Fool
- Ho Yay: With Alex.
- I Just Want to Be Special
- Ink Suit Actor: Designed to look like his voice actor Chris Rock .
- Jive Turkey
- Keet
- The Lancer
- Undying Loyalty: In the first movie, he went to go save Alex despite the fact that he wanted to eat Marty.
- You All Look Familiar:When he was with the Zebras in Madagascar 2.
Gloria the Hippo
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- Annoying Laugh
- Big Girl: Even though she is a female, she uses more power than any character in the group.
- Big Beautiful Woman: Intentionally designed as so.
- Funny Animal:Always walks on two legs and she is very anthropomorphic .
- Interspecies Romance: With Melman in the sequel.
- Sassy Black Woman
- Team Mom
Melman the Giraffe
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- The Chick: He's very sensetive.
- Gullible Lemmings
- Interspecies Romance: With Gloria.
- Lovable Coward
- The Medic
The Penguins
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- Badass
- The Big Guy: Rico.
- Breakout Character
- Everything's Better with Penguins
- Jerkass
- Killer Rabbit
- Magnificent Bastard
- The Nicknamer: Skipper.
- The Smart Guy: Kowalski.
- The Woobie: Private.
King Julien
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- Ambiguously Gay
- Animal Gender Bender: Lemur colonies are matriarchal. Because of this, Wild Mass Guessing has pegged him as Ambiguously Transgender.
- Ensemble Darkhorse
- Fat and Skinny: With Maurice.
- Flanderization
- Jerkass
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Nice Hat
- Upper Class Twit
- What the Hell Is That Accent?
Maurice
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- Closer to Earth
- Deadpan Snarker
- Fat and Skinny: The fat to Julien's skinny.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick
- Only Sane Man: among the lemurs, anyway.
Mort
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- Butt Monkey
- Cloudcuckoolander
- The Ditz
- Fearless Fool: Mostly in Madagascar 2.
- Older Than They Look: According to the movie commentary, he's actually an adult - mouse lemurs all look like babies.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter
- Small Annoying Creature
- The Woobie
Mason and Phil
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- Fake Brit: Mason
- Four-Fingered Hands: Averted for the sake of Phil's sign language.
- Never Learned to Read: Mason is illiterate. Phil, on the other hand, is the penguin's go-to translator for reading things.
- One-Scene Wonder:in the first Madagascar .
- Road Apples: Mason mentions throwing poo in the first Madagascar but is never seen doing it .
- Shown Their Work: Phil's sign language is completely accurate.
- The Speechless: Phil
Old Lady
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The Foosa
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- Expy:They are very similar to the Hyenas from The Lion King.
- Hulk Speak: All of the fossas speak like this .
- You All Look Familiar:All of the them look the same the only difference is there fur color .
Introduced in Escape 2 Africa
Zuba
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Alex's mother
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Makunga
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- Captain Ersatz: Of Scar from The Lion King, with his manipulative nature played up for laughs.
Moto Moto
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- Big Handsome Man:Hippo style !
- Big Ol' Unibrow.
- Chubby Chaser:This is the main reason why he is attracted to Gloria.
- Pec Flex
- Sixth Ranger.
- Soul Brotha: His voice actor Will i am wanted to make him sound like Barry White .
African wildlife
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The shark
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Introduced in Europe's Most Wanted
Vitaly
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Gia
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Stefano
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Sonya
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- Odd Couple: With King Julien.
- The Unintelligible: The only animal who's unable to speak.
Captain Chantel DuBois
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- Badass
- Big Bad
- Implacable Woman
- Knight Templar
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: A Foreign badass woman with a grudge against Alex? Sounds like a certain old lady.
- Worthy Opponent: Sees Alex as this.
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