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.
Introduced in Madagascar
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.
- Its 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
- Everythings 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
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 .
Introduced in Escape 2 Africa
Zuba
Alex's mother
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 .
African wildlife
The shark
Introduced in Europe's Most Wanted
Vitaly
Gia
Stefano
Sonya
- Odd Couple: With King Julien.
- 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.