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Although they [[One-Scene Wonder|only appear as comic relief]] in the movies, the penguins have proven to be [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Ensemble Darkhorses]] to the point that they received their own show, ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' and a recently announced solo movie. After all, [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins]].
 
Note that this character sheet applies only to the TV series canon. For tropes related to the characters in the movie franchises, go [[Madagascar (Animation)/Characters|here]].
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== Skipper ==
The leader of a [[Badass Crew]] of Commando Penguins, voiced by [[Dream WorksDreamWorks]] animator/TV series co-creator Tom McGrath. He speaks in a crisp, hard-edged tone like a cool spy from a ''film noir'' movie. In the TV series, Skipper is somewhat abrasive with the other three penguins, often chastizing them and [[Dope Slap|Dope Slapping]] them to keep them in line.
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** [[Never My Fault]]: The one time it was his fault, he pinned the blame on Private.
* [[Large Ham]]: Lots of dramatic closeups and exaggerated gestures accompany his powerful paranoia and give the impression that Skipper has trained at the [[William Shatner]] school of acting. His tendency to clutch a flipper to his chest when upset gives one the permanent suspicion that he's suffering from some sort of heart condition.
* [[Loves My Alter Ego]]: He fell for Arlene (Marlene in disguise due to chlorine accident) and became kinda [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]].
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Let's see. He's well aware of what is happening in the entire zoo, His plans involving other people go very well and can think on the fly (including the one time that required him to flawlessly switch places with Julien without Julien separately disguising himself as Skipper), has succeeded in missions ranging from escaping a zoo to defeating a giant evil [[MP 3]] player flying over midtown with an evil dolphin at the helm, and everyone will go along with him despite hating him and him hating them. Yep, he fits.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: He almost always refers to Julien as "Ringtail," Mort as "Sad Eyes" and Max as "moon cat."
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The Danes don't like him for some reason.
** As one episode showed, it apparently had something to do with it ending in a fish-sword fight, among others.
* [[Officer and Aa Gentleman]]: Mostly Officer.
* [[Persona Non Grata|Penguin Non Grata]]: As stated above, he can't set foot in Denmark due to Hans the Puffin making him Public Enemy Number One.
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Sometimes. Other times, he wears the paranoia cap too long.
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* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Ringtail."
* [[It's All About Me]]: He is the King, and so ''obviously'' is more important than any non-kingly animals, right?
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: He has his moments of being... less mean to the others.
* [[Large Ham]]: With a side of [[Keet]]
* [[Malaproper]]: He is a bit of a word mangler. Examples include "These stitions are very super!" and "No one will be [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|sucking seed]]!"
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== Marlene ==
A female otter who tolerates the penguins. Playful and kind, she tries to see the best in others and is one of the only characters who cares for Mort's well-being. Voiced by [[Nicole Sullivan (Creator)|Nicole Sullivan]].
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Tropes associated with Dr. Blowhole:
* [[Actor Allusion]]: A villain played by [[Neil Patrick Harris]] causes the cast to start singing against their will? [[Batman: theThe Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Where have we seen that before?]]
** He sings "Brand New Plan", which contains several shout outs to [[Dr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog|another]] [[Villain Song]] [[Neil Patrick Harris]] has sung.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Skipper.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Is mentioned as Skipper and the Penguins' [[Arch Enemy]], but rarely appears or has a large effect on the series.
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: He's smart enough to know to NOT leave his enemies in a [[Death Trap]] and then leave the room, he stays to watch unless it'd kill him as well.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Has a scar over his right eye that's just barely visable under the metal plate covering it.
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Ultimately has his memory erased by his own machine.}}
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
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