Madagascar/Characters

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.

Alex the Lion

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * Gullible Lemmings
 * Interspecies Romance: With Gloria.
 * Lovable Coward
 * The Chick: He's very sensetive.
 * The Medic

The Penguins

 * Badass
 * Breakout Character
 * Everything's Better With Penguins
 * Jerkass
 * Killer Rabbit
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * The Big Guy: Rico.
 * The Nicknamer: Skipper.
 * The Smart Guy: Kowalski.
 * The Woobie: Private.

King Julien

 * Ambiguously Gay
 * Animal Gender Bender: Lemur colonies are matriarchal. Because of this, Wild Mass Guessing has pegged him as Ambiguously Transsexual.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse
 * Fat and Skinny: With Maurice.
 * Flanderization
 * Jerkass
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Nice Hat
 * Upperclass Twit
 * What the Hell Is That Accent?

Maurice

 * Closer to Earth
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fat and Skinny: The fat to Julien's skinny.
 * Hypercompetent Sidekick
 * Only Sane Man: among the lemurs, anyway.

Mort

 * 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

 * 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

 * Cool Old Lady

The Foosa

 * 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.

Makunga

 * Captain Ersatz: Of Scar from The Lion King, with his manipulative nature played up for laughs.

Moto Moto

 * 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.

Vitaly

 * Broken Ace
 * Commander Contrarian: At first.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Papa Wolf

Sonya

 * Odd Couple:.
 * The Unintelligible: The only animal who's unable to speak.

Captain Chantel Du Bois

 * 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.