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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=Madagascar (2005 film)}} {{Multiple Works Need Separate Pages}} [[File:Madagascar_Theatrical_Poster_X2.jpg\|frame]] '''''Madagascar''''' is a successful 2005 [[All CGI Cartoon\|computer-animated comedy]] produced by [[Dreamworks Animation]]. The movie is about four friends- Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo and Melman the (hypochondriac) giraffe- who live in New York's Central Park Zoo. Since they have lived their whole life in the zoo they are unaware of what the wilderness is like or the fact that Alex is their natural predator. After they are shipped off to a wildlife reserve for escaping, they become shipwrecked on the coast of Madagascar. There they meet a society of lemurs and Alex's true nature starts to emerge. In late 2008 a sequel titled ''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' came out. The sequel takes place shortly after the first movie. The penguins fix a crashed airplane and the zoo animals (plus King Julien and Maurice) try to fly back to New York but run out of fuel (or perhaps more accurately, run out of plane) and crash. They land in a wildlife reserve and discover not only that there are others like them, but the Lion pride that runs the place is Alex's family. Line 10 ⟶ 11: There have also been two [[Christmas Special\|Christmas Specials]]: the short film ''A Christmas Caper'' ([[Prequel\|set before the first movie]]) and the TV special ''Merry Madagascar'' ([[Interquel\|set between the first and second movies]]). A Valentine's Day TV special, ''Madly Madagascar'', has been announced as well. The series is notable for featuring the voices of comedians [[Chris Rock]] and [[Ben Stiller]], as well as ''[[~~Friends (TV)\|~~Friends]]'' alumnus David Schwimmer. On March 29, 2009 a [[Spin-Off]] called ''[[~~The Penguins of Madagascar (Animation)\|~~The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' premiered on [[Nickelodeon]]. It takes place in Central Park Zoo and most notably features the penguins, lemurs, and chimps. Alex, Marty, Gloria, and Melman do not make appearances in the series. {{franchisetropes}} ~~=== The ''Madagascar'' films provide examples of the following tropes: ===~~ * [[A Minor Kidroduction]]: As a tribute, "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" starts off with Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman as kids. * [[Actor Allusion]]: In the beginning of the first movie, Alex's face while posing for a camera is the Blue Steel, the signature pose of Derek [[Zoolander]]. Line 20 ⟶ 21: * [[Animal Talk]] * [[Annoying Laugh]]: Melman finds Gloria's laugh "amazing", but nobody else does. * [[Anthropomorphic Zig -Zag]]: The animal characters go between walking on all fours to walking like human beings like it's nobody's business. * [[Artifact Title]]: The second film starts in Madagascar, and has nothing else to do with it. ** The third film seems to have nothing to do with Madagascar,{{spoiler\|but in the end of the film,Captain Chantel along with three officer are sent to Madgascar.}} Line 48 ⟶ 49: * [[Compressed Vice]]: Melman's crush on Gloria flat out didn't exist in the first movie. It was, however, shown in a flashback in the second movie as having existed for years. * [[Cool Old Lady]]: The little old woman from the first movie, who ''beats up a lion'' while everyone else is running in terror. {{spoiler\|She returns in the second, and actually contrives to become ''even more dangerous''.}} * [[Cut His Heart Out ~~With~~with a Spoon]]: "I'm going to strangle you! And bury you! Then dig you up and clone you, and then kill all your clones! And then, I'm ''[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking\|never talking to you again!]]''" * [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Invoked (unintentionally) when Julien first tests the New York animals by throwing Mort to them. {{quote\| '''Gloria:''' I just wanna dunk him in my coffee!}} * [[The Determinator]]: Capitaine DuBois. Between chasing animals miles out of her jurisdiction and ''nation'' and ramming through office walls and windows like they are paper while chasing the gang, you'll understand what one critic meant saying "she makes Cruella De Vil look like a quitter." * [[Doing It for ~~The~~the Art]]: One joke in the first movie required a million leaves to be created for it. ''One'' joke. * [[Elderly Blue -Haired Lady]]: Not literally, but the Penguins identify that old woman by the codename 'Bluehair'. * [[Everything's Better ~~With~~with Penguins]]: So much so that it crosses with [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] and eventually spawned a spin-off. * [[Fat and Skinny]]: King Julien and Maurice. Somewhat inverted because the fat one is the [[Straight Man]]. * [[Fun ~~With~~with Acronyms]]: "Oh, '''S'''ugar '''H'''oney '''I'''ce '''T'''ea!" * [[Funny Afro]]: Need we bring up "Afro Circus"? * [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Marty (the zebra), Gloria (the hippo) and Skipper (the penguin) all manage to get crap past the radar over the course of the movies. The HELP message having the "p" fall down to spell out HELL. When 'landing' the plane in the second movie, Skipper has this exchange with the psychotic Rico: {{quote\| '''Skipper:''' Rico, you've had your fun. Pull up. Gear down. Gently. You just want to kiss the ground. Just a peck, a smooch, like you'd kiss your sister.~~<br />~~ ''(Rico slams the landing wheel into the ground so hard that it snaps off)''~~<br />~~ '''Skipper:''' ''(irritated)'' I said kiss it! }} ** During the [[Meadow Run]] scene, when Marty realizes that Alex is livid, he says "oh" followed by a drawn out "sh" sound, which turns into "sugar." This appears to merely be something of a [[Last -Second Word Swap]], unless you notice that he says "'''S'''ugar '''H'''oney '''I'''ce '''T'''ea." * [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: "Darn you! Darn you all to heck!" * [[Gossip Evolution]]: The monkeys' relaying of Alex's message changed "Get out of here, as fast as we can" to "We must blow up the dam" and "There must be another way than killing me" to "Kill me. It's the only way." Line 75 ⟶ 76: * [[I Choose to Stay]]: {{spoiler\|The Zoosters decide to run away with the circus instead of going back to live in the zoo.}} * [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: When Melman sees Gloria on her date with Moto Moto, he says something like, "You don't know now now lucky you are. You've found the perfect woman, so you better treat her like a princess." Then he goes on to tell what he would do if he were in Moto Moto's shoes. {{quote\| '''Melman:''' And breakfast in bed, every morning. Her favorite is [[Big Eater\|six loaves of wheat toast, buttered on both sides, no crusts]].}} ** {{spoiler\|This becomes his reason for a planned [[Heroic Sacrifice]] when Melman offers himself up for Julien's crazy plan to sacrifice to the Rain Gods.}} * [[Implausible Deniability]]: Alex, when he first loses it & goes for Marty. {{quote\| '''Marty:''' ...Excuse Me, you're biting my Butt!~~<br />~~ '''Alex:''' (His teeth clamped on Marty's Butt) ....No I'm not. }} * [[Interquel]]: ''Merry Madagascar'' takes place between the first and second movies. Line 84 ⟶ 85: * [[Island Help Message]]: They were trying to say "HELP," but it ended up "HELL". * [[I Was Just Joking]]: In the first movie Skipper knows perfectly well that everybody thinks he and his team are crazy. He doesn't seem to care. {{quote\| '''Gloria:''' Where are the people?~~<br />~~ '''Skipper:''' We killed 'em and ate their livers. ''[Gloria looks horrified. Skipper just grins]'' Gotcha, didn't I? }} * [[Jerk ~~With~~with a Heart of Gold]]: Vitaly * [[Jive Turkey]]: Marty the Zebra is the only one of the group to use street slang. * [[Keet]]: Alex is ''really'' hyperactive, especially in the first one. So much that Skipper refers to him as "that psychotic lion". This is probably a gag on that Alex called the penguins psychotic earlier. Line 100 ⟶ 101: * [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: No, Makunga, his name's Bob, not Shirley. ** Stephano keeps calling Alex Alice. * [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted across both movies, though principally (if not always) with [[Ineffectual Death Threat\|Ineffectual Death Threats]]. * [[Nice Hat]]: King Julien consistently makes himself bigger and more garish crowns with leaves, small animals, carved wood, flamingo feathers... anything. What he does with the old ones is unknown. In the first movie he has two different crowns and in the second he changes between three different crowns. * [[No Cartoon Fish]]: The fish are the only non-anthropomorphic animals in the entire first film, and thus the only things predators can eat [[Carnivore Confusion\|without feeling guilty]]. Line 109 ⟶ 110: * [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]: Surprising averted in a film where hippos can walk on their back legs. * [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The ending of the first film implies {{spoiler\|this may be the case for Julien. ''May''.}} * [[Officer and Aa Gentleman]]: Skipper. * [[Older Than They Look]]: Mort. [[Word of God]] says that Mort is actually 35. The scene revealing this was cut out. This takes him from cute, to downright creepy. * [[Only Sane Man]]: Maurice - although not by a whole lot. He has a tendency to agree with King Julien on a lot of his majesty's crazy ideas. * [[Overly Long Gag]]: Anything Julien says feels like this. {{quote\| '''Talking to crowd:''' What does that do? Excellent question. First, my sacrifice goes in the volcano. Then, the friendly gods eat up my sacrifice.~~<br />~~ '''As water god:''' Mmm, very nice. Thank you for the sacrifice.~~<br />~~ '''As Julien:''' Here have another sacrifice.~~<br />~~ '''As water god:''' No, I've had enough for today.~~<br />~~ '''As Julien:''' Listen, I'm going to be very insulted if you don't take another.~~<br />~~ '''As water god:''' I don't want another sacrifice, okay?~~<br />~~ '''As Julien:''' But look at you! You look skinny!~~<br />~~ '''As water god:''' No! I've had enough! Is that clear? }} * [[Overly Long Name]]: King Julien's full name. * [[Parachute in Aa Tree]]: When Alex demands to meet the people, King Julien points to the skeleton of a parachuter on a tree. * [[Parental Bonus]]: Quite a few references to made-for-adult films like ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'', ''[[American Beauty]]'' and others. ** The sequel takes it [[Up to Eleven]] with references and gags the target audience couldn't ''possibly'' get, including [[Shout -Out\|Shout Outs]] to [[The Twilight Zone]], [[West Side Story]], and there's even a slightly troubling joke about Mort trying to get scissors and hand cream through airport security... * [[Parrot Expowhat]]: {{quote\| '''King Julien:''' Welcome to Madagascar!~~<br />~~ '''Marty:''' Mada-who-ha?~~<br />~~ '''King Julien:''' No, not who-ha. As-car. }} * [[Pec Flex]]: Moto Moto does this a few times in Escape 2 Africa. Line 136 ⟶ 137: * [[Robinsonade]] * [[Rule of Funny]]: More and more with the series. WHY can Marty soar through the air in the 3rd move?! Because it's hilarious. * [[Running Onon All Fours]]: Lampshaded by Marty. * [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Gloria is voiced to sound like one. * [[Savage Piercings]]: Spoofed in the second film. When the other giraffes make Melman their [[Witch Doctor]], they present him with the requisite nose bone. "Don't worry, it's a clip-on." * [[Saving Christmas]]: ''Merry Madagascar''. * [[Seldom -Seen Species]]: The lemurs. Also their far more obscure predator, the foosa. * [[Scenery Porn]] * [[Shout -Out]]: "[[Planet of the Apes\|You maniac! You burned it up!]] [[Gosh Dang It to Heck\|Darn you! Darn you to heck!]]" Again to [[Planet of the Apes]] in the second movie, {{spoiler\|Skipper says he's so happy at the monkey he could kiss him. Monkey: All right, but you're just so darned ''ugly''." and casually smooches him, to Skipper's surprise.}} Line 154 ⟶ 155: * [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: "What a Wonderful World" plays while Alex flees his friends and his friends (elsewhere) see various animals getting eaten as they take a walk. Somewhat justified in that the music itself is more melancholic than you would anticipate from the text. Another during the second movie. While Alex is fighting the old lady, a fast polka version of ''[[The Good, the Bad ~~And~~and ~~The~~the Ugly]]'''s theme is played * It's reprised at the end when {{spoiler\|Nana (the old lady) beats up Makunga.}} Also in ''Escape 2 Africa'', the plane rescue of Alex has "Copacabana" playing. Line 163 ⟶ 164: * [[Tailor-Made Prison]]: Alex in the first movie. His [[Heroic BSOD]] leads to him building his own ''enclosure''. * [[Take That]] {{quote\| '''Julien:''' Hmm, New York. It's kind of a dump. Are you sure we're not in [[New Jersey]]?}} * [[Tastes Like Chicken]]: The little old lady says lions do. * [[This Is My Side]]: During Alex's feud with Marty during the first movie. Line 181 ⟶ 182: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Animated Films~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Films of the 2000s~~Film]]▼ [[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:Films of the 2010s]] [[Category:Western Animation]] [[Category:Western Animation of the 2000s]] [[Category:Western Animation of the 2010s]] [[Category:Animated Films]] [[Category:The Millennium Age of Animation]] [[Category:Dreamworks Animation]] ▲[[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:All CGI Cartoon]] [[Category:~~Madagascar~~Memetic Works]] [[Category:~~Western~~Pages ~~Animation~~with working Wikipedia tabs]]