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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 ''Madagascar'' films provide examples of the following tropes: ===

* [[The Alleged Car|The Alleged Plane]]: So much so, that one of the visual signs of its malfunctioning is that one of the engines ''isn't'' on fire. In Madagascar 2, the plane also has at least three skeletons still on board from its last flight - one in second class, one in first class, and one in the cockpit. A fourth skeleton was left behind in Madagascar hanging from a parachute trapped in a tree.

* [[American Accents]]: The tourists in ''Escape 2 Africa'' all have New York accents.

* [[Animal Talk]]

* [[Annoying Laugh]]: Melman finds Gloria's laugh "amazing", but nobody else does.

* [[Black Comedy]]: In the first film, Marty, Melman, and Gloria try to save a duckling after witnessing a mouse get attacked by a snake and carried off by a hawk. When they take the duckling to a nearby lake, a crocodile swoops up and swallows him whole.

* [[Book End]]: Follwing in line with [[Shrek Forever After]], the third movie ends with {{spoiler|Chantel Du Bois and her lackeys getting shipped in a crate to Madagascar much like the gang in the first movie.}}

* [[Breakout Character]]: The Penguins, who got their own short, and later an animated series.

* [[Brick Joke]]: {{spoiler|The shark that chases Mort.}}

* [[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''.}}

* [[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!}}

* [[Doing It for 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'.

* [[Fat and Skinny]]: King Julien and Maurice. Somewhat inverted because the fat one is the [[Straight Man]].

* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: "Oh, '''S'''ugar '''H'''oney '''I'''ce '''T'''ea!"

* [[Noisy Nature]]: Played with: The main characters are animals in a New York City zoo. Fair enough - but in the background are generic jungle noises. The cast go to bed... and someone yells to [[Sorry I Left the BGM On|turn off the ambiance]]. When that happens, a generic New York City background noise replaces it, complete with sirens. Alex the lion then yawns and relaxes and goes to sleep. Surprisingly, this is [[Truth in Television]], since many zoos do have random jungle white noise played throughout the park to make the guests (and animals) feel more immersed.

* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]: If the series continues beyond the third film, {{spoiler|it will have to take on a different focus since Alex and the gang finally make it back to Central Park Zoo in New York City and realize that they prefer being free after all.}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The ending of the first film implies {{spoiler|this may be the case for Julien. ''May''.}}

* [[Officer and A Gentleman]]: Skipper.

** And in ''Escape 2 Africa'', the jeep the penguins steal has a tape that plays "More Than A Feeling".

* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: In ''A Christmas Caper'', after Private runs off, Skipper tells his men to think about the Penguin Credo. Kowalski thinks that he is referring to "Never bathe in hot oil and bisquick." Later, when the penguins find Private again, Skipper tells him to remember the Penguin Credo, and he replies "What does swimming in bisquick have to do with anything?"

* [[Take That]]

{{quote| '''Julien:''' Hmm, New York. It's kind of a dump. Are you sure we're not in [[New Jersey]]?}}

* [[Warm Bloodbags Are Everywhere]]: Alex, starving, starts seeing his friends as walking steak.

* [[Wedding Day]]: About at the end of the sequel, we're lead to believe that Melman and Gloria are getting hitched. Then it pans down to reveal that its really Skipper marrying Lola, a bobble-head doll, which was an even weirder coupling.

* [[When Elders Attack]]: The little old lady.

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Julien in the second movie. "Which of you is attracted to me?"