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{{quote|''"Cute and cuddly, boys!"''|'''Skipper'''}}
A spin-off of the ''[[Madagascar]]'' films currently airing on [[Nickelodeon]]. It is an [[All CGI Cartoon]] featuring the [[Everything's Better With Penguins|penguins]] of the ''Madagascar'' film series (Skipper, Rico, Kowalski, Private), as well as the [[Everything's Better With Monkeys|lemurs (King Julien, Maurice and Mort) and chimpanzees Mason and Phil]]. A new character, Marlene the otter, is placed in several episodes, and various other characters appear, while Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria from the films are not shown at all. Private, Kowalski, Maurice and King Julien have all had their voice actors [[Poor Man's Substitute|replaced]] with some [[Hey, It's That Voice!|names you might recognize just the same]].
In it, the titular penguins and other aforementioned characters are all residents of the Central Park Zoo. Led by Skipper, the penguins deal with various missions within the zoo. At times, they are at odds with [[Incidental Villain]] King Julien, but at other times, he and the other two lemurs are needed to help in the missions.
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* [[Acceptable Targets]]: In-universe, Hoboken, NJ.
{{quote| '''Skipper''': I am '''not''' vacationing in New Jersey's own Ninth Portal of Hades!}}
* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: The penguins have trouble removing a hornet nest. They discover that Mort isn't hurt by the hornets because he is protected by a "halo of ignorance". Kowalski uses a machine to [[Phlebotinum
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Sort of. There are several new characters, but at the expense of four main characters from ''[[Madagascar]]'' proper.
* [[All CGI Cartoon]]
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'''Private''': Skipper? How long will it take to saw through the bracelet?<br />
'''Skipper''': Bracelet? I was just going to saw off my foot. But maybe you're on to something there, Private. }}
* [[April
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
** In "Fit to Print", the penguins are concerned over a picture of the lemurs that also has the penguins doing their secret things in the background... but Skipper's even more concerned that the picture also shows him with toilet paper stuck to his foot.
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** Private sometimes shows elements of this, such as his reaction to [[The Reveal]] in "Mask of the Raccoon" or "Untouchable".
** Burt the elephant also qualifies, such as in {{spoiler|"The Big Squeeze"}}.
* [[Be Yourself]]: Spoofed, King Julien tries being nicer after the Chimps pull a prank on him and the Penguins have to convince him to be a [[We Want Our Jerk Back|jerk again]] as his being nice [[Stop Helping Me!|made him MORE ANNOYING]].
* [[Big Eater]]: Rico doesn't just choke things up, it's been shown that he also eats almost anything too. He's also the fattest of the penguins, with something resembling a double chin.
* [[Big Red Button]]: Played with in "Tagged." The lemurs have to hit the right-colored one to prevent the heat/air conditioning system (which Kowalski doctored) from blowing up, but all seven are virtually indiscernible shades of red (brick, crimson, scarlet etc.). Mort finally hits the right one, but they've installed the pressure mechanism on the air conditioning system ''instead'' of the heater by mistake.
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* [[Cool Toy]]: "Hello Dollface" has the Chatty Ms. Perky, so popular that crowds snap up the inventory everywhere the penguins attempt to get one.
* [[Counting Sheep]]: In "Two Feet High and Rising," Mort tries to do this but the sheep turn into King Julien's feet.
* [[Cross
* [[Cucumber Facial]]
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]:
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** Skipper has apparently been involved in every major conflict since [[World War Two]], and more then few minor conflicts as well. Even though that is a biological impossibility, but then again, Skipper's never been one to let a little thing like reality stand in his way. He also believes in (and may have been to) Atlantis.
** Dr. Blowhole seemed to be a one-off gag... until the viewers meet one of his agents reporting in. He then appears himself in "Operation: Blowhole".
* [[Explain, Explain, Oh Crap]]: All of them in "The Officer X Factor". They think Officer X is in the pretzel cart. They are wrong. {{spoiler|But the reality isn't much better. He's in the umbrella, [[Plot Hole|which only raises further questions.]]}}
* [[Expy]]: Marlene the Otter is one for Gloria the Hippo. She also exhibits some behavior similar to Alex the Lion (arguably). In fact, one could argue she's meant as an [[Expy]] for the entire original ''cast'' of the movies.
* [[Fake Rabies]]: The penguins decide [[We Need a Distraction]] when their friend Max the cat is being chased by Officer X of Animal Control, and use cream and fake ears to disguise Mort the mouse lemur as a rabid chihuahua. It works fine until he eats the cream. "[[Cloudcuckoolander|I like diseases!]]"
* [["Falling in Love" Montage]]:
** Skipper and Kitka have one in "The Falcon and the Snow Job."
** Phil gets one in "Monkey Love" with the one-shot female chimp who enters their habitat.
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* [[For Science!]]: Kowalski justifies more of his dangerous and questionable inventions with this trope.
* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]: Averted with humans, chimpanzees and gorillas. Played straight with non-primates and lemurs except Maurice.
* [[Four
** [[Only Sane Man|The Normal Guy]]: Skipper. Of course, that doesn't mean he's normal; just that he's the basis for normal within the group.
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Kowalski.
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** [[Butt Monkey|The Butt Monkey]]: Private catches a lot of suffering for being the team's rookie.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Skipper is Choleric; Kowalski combines a Phlegmatic's strengths with a Melancholic's weaknesses; Rico is Sanguine and Private is Supine.
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Treasure or falling into lava. Julien decides for them and dumps the treasure.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Skipper and Julien. They spend most of their shared screentime arguing and generally being annoyed by the other, but Skipper will go out of his way to help Julien, and Julien has gone to Skipper to have his problems fixed. It was to the point that they were actually mistaken as 'BFF's by Skipper's Arch Nemesis Dr. Blowhole... [[Everyone Can See It|and the other penguins agreed with him.]]
{{quote| '''Julien''': So I face danger and the adventure of a lifetime and nobody will ever know about it?!<br />
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* [[Girls Have Cooties]]: Played with in "Operation: Cooties". Julien sees girls chasing after boys and "spreading" cooties throughout the zoo, right after Marlene has offered leaves of poison ivy to the penguins. The penguins then conclude that Marlene has given them cooties once the poison ivy kicks in.
* [[Going Cold Turkey]]: This is how the penguins try to break Mort free from his foot fetish.
* [[Good Times Montage]]: Rico and King Julien have one during "Kaboom And Kabust" that hews surprisingly close to a [["Falling in Love" Montage]].
* [[Gosh Hornet]]: The subject of the episode "Sting Operation."
* [[Hammerspace]]: Rico's stomach, quite often.
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* [[Hates Being Touched]]: Again, "NO ONE MAY TOUCH THE ROYAL FEET!"
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]/[[Reverse Mole]]: King Julien in the "Blowhole" episode.
* [[Heh, Heh, You Said "X"]]:
** The common "duty"/"doody" variant occurs in "All King, No Kingdom." Maurice says that he has duties, and Mort starts giggling about Maurice saying "doody."
** After a scene where the penguins [[It Makes Sense in Context|rub Max's butt against a tree to leave his scent and fool Agent X]], they move off to the side to watch Agent X. Private starts snickering when Agent X starts saying things like "no ifs, ands or buts," "get to the bottom of this," etc., and then loses it when Skipper remarks that he hasn't seen Private laugh so much since the time that they were in Butztown, Pennsylvania.
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* [[Homemade Inventions]]: Kowalski builds several of the things they use.
* [[Hostage for Macguffin]]: Marlene in ''The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel'' and Julien in ''Dr. Blowhole's Revenge''.
* [[How Did That Get in There?]]: On one occasion, the Penguins' holiday snaps got mixed in with their mission slides.
* [[Humanlike Foot Anatomy]]: The penguins.
* [[Humans Are Cthulhu]]: The Bus Called Graveyard Eight.
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{{quote| '''Vet:''' Don't worry. I know you don't like the big, scary needles, so we'll use a topical cream instead. <br />
'''Skipper:''' Oh, yeah? You try anything and I'll cream your topical! }}
* [[
{{quote| '''Private:''' We're going for yummy snow cones, Marlene. Wanna come?<br />
'''Marlene:''' Snow cones? Oh, snow cones are the best! Real quick: A snow cone is…? }}
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* [[Keet]]: King Julien.
* [[The Knights Who Say Squee]]: In "The Red Squirrel," Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico all squee over meeting and working with the legendary Special Agent Buck Rockgut. Skipper even claims to have "patterned his whole life" after Rockgut. Their enthusiasm fades when he accuses first Private then Kowalski of being the villainous Red Squirrel.
* [[Know When to Fold
{{quote| '''Skipper:''' Kowalski, options.<br />
'''Kowalski:''' I recommend a strategic retreat.<br />
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* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Skipper tries to smack a malfunctioning flashlight. It works...for all of about three seconds, and then fizzles out again.
* [[Persona Non Grata]]: [[Useful Notes/Denmark|Denmark]] does not like Skipper. Nobody dares ask why.
* [[Phlebotinum
** "Sting Operation," the penguins use one of Kowalski's inventions to make themselves stupid so that they can't feel the hornet's stings.
** Happens with Kowalski in "Brain Drain", owing both to a malfunction in a brain-enhancing machine and a lack of fish in the diet.
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** Also CHROME CLAW.
* [[Power Walk]]: Parodied in "Launchtime." The penguins are shown walking in what appears to be [[Slow Motion]], until Skipper stops them and says that they'll never get to the moon at that rate.
* [[Precision
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Skipper, but only sometimes. Other times, he wears the paranoia cap just a little too long...
* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]:
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Rico and Kowalski.
* [[Reluctant Monster]]: Roger the alligator.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]:
** The penguins' car's headlights took on a red glow in "Driven to the Brink" after it targeted Rico.
** Each of the lemurs' eyes turned a near-red after they became crazy and dangerous from eating lychee nuts.
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** "The Big Squeeze" {{spoiler|plays it straight with Savio}}.
* [[Retired Gunfighter]]: Parodied (with mini-golf) in ''Mr Tux''.
* [[Rewind, Replay, Repeat]]: Blowhole orders a lackey to rewind a few times so he can catch the exact moment of Skipper's demise, including freezing his death scream.
* [[A Riddle Wrapped in A Mystery Inside An Enigma]]: Skipper calls Alice "a riddle, wrapped in mystery, and dunked in nasty sauce" in the cartoon short "All Choked Up."
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Mort, Eggy, and possibly Private.
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* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Aside from Alice (who is a minor adversarial character), Marlene is the only main female character. Even then, she isn't featured in every episode.
* [[Sniff Sniff Nom]]: Kowalski tends to do this to evidence. He's done it to chameleon footprints and a strand of Julien's hair, among other things.
* [[Some Kind of Force Field]]: In "Skorca!", when the penguins attack the killer whale balloon (thinking it's a real whale) and bounce off it, Kowalski remarks that "the creature appears to be protected by some kind of blubbery force field. Also, [[Wasn't That Fun?|Whee-hee-hee-hee!]]"
* [[Soul Jar]]: In one episode, the baboons use "backwoods magic" to steal {{spoiler|King Julien's "groove"}} and seal it in a jar until he gives them an apology. Julien, of course, refuses, and a fight for the jar ensues. It falls and breaks at Skipper's feet; Skipper has remained skeptical about the whole "groove in a jar" thing until he starts dancing uncontrollably.
* [[The Speechless]]: Phil, who converses only in sign language.
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* [[Voices Are Mental]]: Taken to its literal extreme, when Roger the sewer alligator's singing voice becomes a [[Chekhov's Gun|delayed plot point]].
* [[Warts and All]]: Buck Rockgut, as introduced in "The Red Squirrel."
* [[Weaponized Landmark]]: A minor landmark, but in one episode, the Red Squirrel hides a missile inside [
* [[We Have Reserves]]: Doctor Blowhole says as much while trying to rally his [[Mooks]] to take on the penguins.
* [[We Only Have One Chance]]: In "Wishful Thinking" when the Penguins are being taken away after their secret has been exposed, Skipper tells Private that he has only shot at making his wish that none of it ever happened.
* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: Occurs in "Eclipsed." King Julien is led to believe that the eclipse is caused by him being a jerk to everyone so he decides to be nice but he becomes very annoying trying to help everyone. {{spoiler|An annoyed group of penguins and a made up "sign from the sky spirits" later he's back to normal.}}
* [[What Is This Feeling?]]: King Julien's first feeling of guilt, in "Assault and Batteries":
{{quote| '''Julien''': But what is this feeling I am feeling? It is not a happiness. It is a feeling that I have not done all I should have done. I do not like it! How do I make it ''go away''? }}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Kowalski gets an interesting one after confessing to the others ''where'' he got the parts he needed for his mind reading machine. Nobody ''says'' anything, but their expressions -- and the mind reader -- make it clear.
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