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Tom McGrath explained in an interview that the intention of Madagascar was not to take a political stance on whether "zoos are bad and the wild is better, or that the wild is bad", but to show "the most extreme 'fish out of water' story that (they) could do".[1] McGrath stated "the basic irony to the story is that, you think animals do belong in the wild, but if they're so accustomed to civility, they wouldn't know where food even came from", and the animals were meant to "love the zoo and to love where they are because they've got" 5,000 square feet (460m2) "right off Fifth Avenue".[1]
McGrath also described, during the research of Madagascar, they "found these crazy, weird animals that were already cartoons in their own right."[1]
Ben Stiller (films and TV specials) Wally Wingert (first video game, spin-offs, Ride Attractions) Quinn Dempsey Stiller (cub) Declan Swift (cub) Crispin Freeman (second and third video games, All Hail King Julien, DreamWorksTV Animations, Ride Attractions, Commercials) Tucker Chandler (cub; A Little Wild)
Alex (born Alakay) is a male, happy-go-lucky African lion who is best friends with Marty (voiced by Chris Rock). He is the star attraction at zoo but learns to adapt to the wild. A dancer by nature, Alex often impresses others with his aerobatic feats. He does tend to be a little self-absorbed, often not seeing the problems of others above his own.
As a cub, Alex was born on an African wildlife reserve, and was named Alakay. He was the only son of the alpha lion, Zuba, and was constantly given lessons on hunting, though he displayed no interest in the activity. During one of these lessons, Alex was captured by poachers, but the crate he was contained in fell into a river and eventually floated to New York. He is found by humans who renamed him Alex and took him to the Central Park Zoo. In Madagascar, after Marty, Alex's best friend, leaves in an effort to take a train to the wild, Alex, Gloria the Hippopotamus, and Melman the Giraffe pursue him and are shot with tranquilizer darts by humans. The animal-rights activists pressure the zoo into releasing them back into the wild, but on the ship to the preserve, Alex and his friends fall into the ocean. They wash ashore on Madagascar, and, while Marty is excited to be free, Alex wishes to go home. He grows very hungry after days of being unable to eat, not realizing that steak is animal flesh. Hunger drives Alex into a crazed state, and after almost killing Marty in hunger, in a moment of lucidity, he goes into self-imposed exile, barricading himself in the fossa territory. Marty pursues him, unwilling to leave his friend, but is attacked by the fossas, the native predators of Madagascar. Alex works to defend Marty and is later given sushi by the penguins to satiate his hunger.
In Madagascar 2, Alex and the other animals arrive in Africa, where Alex reunites with his family. In Madagascar 3, the group travels to Europe, where they join a traveling circus. Alex is the only character of the four to appear in the TV Series The Penguins of Madagascar, but as a guiding hallucination to Skipper only, and had a cameo in the last episode of All Hail King Julien.
Marty is a male plains zebra who used to live at the Central Park Zoo, and is a best friend of Alex. He once had an iPod before Alex accidentally broke it. Marty likes seaweed on a stick.
Marty is a hopeless optimist; he usually sees the brighter side of many things, taking every situation in stride. He strives to be unique, which proves difficult when he meets his own kind in Africa, who look and act almost exactly the same. Marty is best friends with Alex and the two are rarely at odds. His carefree lifestyle tends to get on the nerves of his friends, but mostly serves to impress them; he is the one who helps hold the group together when things seem to get down.
Melman Mankiewicz is a male reticulated giraffe. He sometimes pretends to be hypochondriac, having doses of medicine for meals and doctor's appointments frequently. He dreams of being a doctor.
He is skittish most of the time, but often has moments of profound clarity. His experience being medicated has given him insight regarding how to treat sick or injured animals who might otherwise give up hope and dig a hole, waiting to die in it. His love for Gloria is deep, and is always a gentleman to her; to Marty and Alex, he's just another one of the "awkward" guys.
Melman had a residence at the Central Park Zoo, where he received constant medical treatment for problems that were all psychosomatic. He would undergo MRIs, CAT scans, injections, flu shots, and be put into braces and crutches for no particular purpose at all.
Gloria is a female hippopotamus who resided in the Central Park Zoo as an attraction, all the while being good friends with Alex, Marty, Melman, and becoming the latter's girlfriend as of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Gloria comically serves as the height and weight of the gang, both intentionally and in situations she accidentally falls into. She is often serious with what she is talking about and the guys are careful not to get on her nerves.
The Penguins are a group of NYC adélie penguin (and maybe hybridized with royal penguins since adélie penguins lack white faces and orange beaks) spies. Skipper is a major character in the first film, but Kowalski, Rico, and Private are supporting characters and don't talk much until The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper. All four penguins have major roles in the first sequel and supporting roles in the second sequel, then later get their own TV Series and film.
Skipper is the leader of the penguins and is the main character in the TV show. His head is flatter than those of the other three penguins. Like the rest of the penguins, he has no idea what is expected of the penguin species, other than to "smile and wave."
Although Skipper's plans and theories often serve as jokes, his most unorthodox theories are sometimes proven true; the Blowhole existence is the most extreme example of this. Doctor Blowhole is first mentioned in "Eclipsed", when Skipper brings up his plan to extinguish the sun; this is because the sun was covered by a solar eclipse and, before Mason, Phil, and Kowalski mentioned it, Skipper believed he finally succeeded. Skipper being paranoid often comes up due to his theories, and whether or not he's right depends on the episode. Often, those around him refuse to follow along, mostly Marlene because she believes Skipper overreacts. He often comes up with theories without basis on new arrivals, usually flying piranha or being a spy for Doctor Blowhole. According to him, there are actually 8 continents, since he counts Atlantis as one (and appears to believe it is off the coast of Brazil). He once tells Maurice that if he had Skipper's security clearance, he would believe it too. In the episode "Launchtime", when he asks Kowalski to search for a place where nearly no lemurs can be found, he states that he cannot set foot in Denmark; when Private questions him on this, he replies by saying "Well, that's private, Private, between me and the Danes." It is later revealed that the incident in question was caused by Hans the Puffin, revolving around a fish fight and top-secret documents that made them both public enemy number one.
Kowalski is second-in-command and the tallest of the penguins, forming plans for the group and usually taking notes for Skipper. When Skipper is absent, he takes charge and his rank is First lieutenant. He tends to overanalyze situations. Often formulating plans for the group, Kowalski is a loyal supporter of his leader, Skipper.
Kowalski is the technician of the group and always has his notepad (and, every now and then, an abacus). While being able to formulate plans and invent things (such as a rocket ship out of a trashcan and fireworks, a futuristic rotary saw blade made of energy and multiple random objects, or an intelligence manipulator from just a cardboard box and a magnet and a vacuum).
Rico is third-in-command of the penguins. He's a mute penguin, usually communicating by making unintelligible vocals. He is similar in physical features to the other penguins in the movies, but he has a tuft of feathers shaped like a mohawk and a scar of unknown origin on his left cheek in the television series, which makes him easier to distinguish, particularly from Skipper. Rico is the greediest and fattest of the penguins (though he's third in the latter compared to Skipper and Private) - he will eat almost anything, and thinks constantly of food. Skipper describes him as "a world-class psychopath".
Rico is the team's weapons expert and his main function is to regurgitate any necessary tools that Skipper may need for a mission. His stomach operates as a hammer space, containing items as large or larger than himself, or that weigh much more than common sense would allow, with no ill effect on himself. He can swallow and regurgitate almost anything from paperclips and explosives, all the way to a running chainsaw and ground-to-air missile.
Private is the youngest and shortest of the penguins. Private has been known to be a rather curious penguin and is much nicer and down-to-earth than the others. In a way, he's much more childish, enjoying "Lunacorns" (pony dolls based on a show that teaches good morals and friendship) and often suggesting much nicer plans (such as asking for something instead of breaking into a habitat or simply telling the truth to others). He is often called inexperienced by the others. He has an addiction to Peanut Butter Winkies, first displayed in "Skorka" and further elaborated on in later episodes.
As great king of the lemurs, Julien ruled over a great colony of lemurs in Madagascar using mostly his charisma and delegating, i.e. telling other animals what they should do since he certainly had very little ability to lead. Nevertheless, he shows more intelligence and calmness compared to the other lemurs (aside from Maurice), which is shown when the very word "Fossa" drives all of them, except himself and Maurice, into a state of panic.
He had parties for his subjects on Madagascar with much frequency, the likes of which were interrupted constantly by the fossa, which trespassed onto the lemur territory, devouring all that they could catch.
In Julien's early life as seen in All Hail King Julien, he was depicted as the nephew of Julien XII, who banned all noisy things to keep the fossa from attacking. After Julien XII abdicated to evade a prophecy from being eaten by the Fossa, Julien XIII became the new King of the Lemurs and did things that were opposite his uncle's rules.
Sacha Baron Cohen, the original voice of King Julien, has stated he based the voice of King Julien on his Sri Lankan attorney.[2]
Maurice, birth name Bricky, is an aye-aye and King Julien's advisor - although Julien seldom listens to him - and often shows skepticism of his ruler's mad plans.
Mort (full name Mortdecai) is a Goodman's mouse lemur who is a resident of King Julien's kingdom and later a traveling companion of the zoo animals. In All Hail King Julien, it is revealed that Mort is an immortal transdimensional being and that his alternate personalities are his alternate universe counterparts, who he defeated and absorbed.
Mason and Phil are two sophisticated common chimpanzees at the Central Park Zoo, who prefer to drink cups of coffee and "read" the newspaper in the morning. Mason speaks with a stereotypical British accent; Phil, by contrast, is mute and communicates entirely through American Sign Language, despite clearly not being deaf. In the 3rd film of the franchise, Phil does some Monkey/Chimpanzee noises at the Casino when he wins some money, that means Phil can do Monkey/Chimpanzee sounds similar to Miss Simian of The Amazing world of Gumball.[citation needed]
Tom McGrath explained that originally their "first scene was just deciphering the code on the shipping label".[1] The crew "got this girl who knew American Sign Language" to give them hand gestures. They wanted gestures to be "really frenetic", and "she signed out, 'Tell the tiny pea-brained birds that the sign reads: Ship to...'".[1] Afterward, the crew returned to the scene where Mason notes Tom Wolfe's lecture, and she signed "Can we throw our poo at his stupid white suit?"[1]
Zuba (voiced by Bernie Mac in the film and Dan White in the video game) is a lion who is Alex's father, Florrie's husband, and the alpha lion of the pride in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. He was first seen as the Alpha Lion of a pride in the reserve where Alex was born. At first, he thinks that Alex has returned to take over, but his wife notices that they both have the same birthmark and realizes that Alex is their long-lost son. Zuba is a proud father, but he is somewhat confused as to why his son is interested in dancing. After many events in the movie including Alex failing the rite of passage and shaming his family, Zuba finally accepts Alex. The film was dedicated to Mac's memory, as it was one of his final roles before his death.
Florrie (voiced by Sherri Shepherd) is Alex's mother, Zuba's wife, and the alpha lioness of the pride. Florrie, unlike Zuba, accepts Alex for what he is. She is not disturbed at all by the fact that Alex prefers to dance instead of fight. Due to this, she acts as the voice of reason and tries to encourage Zuba that it is better that Alex came back to them, dancer or not, at all.
Animals of Circus Zaragoza
The animals of Circus Zaragoza are trained circus performers that Alex's group had met while on the run from Chantel DuBois. Among the animals of Circus Zaragoza are:
Vitaly once jumped through hoops similar to how Alex showcases his dance moves, constantly pushing himself to the limit by jumping through smaller ones that seemed impossible for his size. After failing to jump through a ring-sized hoop that is additionally set on fire, Vitaly loses his wife, popularity and confidence. When Alex and his friends plead with the circus to let them escape on their train, Vitaly is the most resistant, only to be overruled by Gia. When the zoo animals purchase the circus, Vitaly remains the most hostile to their changes to the business, even as the rest of the crew becomes inspired. He is especially antagonistic to Alex, showing jealousy for his backstory on how popular he was back in New York.
In London, Vitaly decides to give up and prepares to leave just before the circus' newest performance there. Alex confronts Vitaly and reminds the tiger of his love of performing, while suggesting he uses hair conditioner as a safer lubricant before regaining his courage to jump through the hoop from all that time ago. As a result, Vitaly's stunt is pulled off without a hitch to open the successful show and he later befriends Alex. Even after Alex and company are exposed and estranged from the circus, Vitaly is the first to support Gia's proposal to rescue their new friends from DuBois and plays a key role in that operation.
Gia is an Italian-accentedjaguar who is part of the traveling circus in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. She is Alex's girlfriend/love interest who is always on the lookout to discover something new and gets her chance when she convinces a reluctant Alex to teach her the trapeze – "Circus Americano" style- and the duo soon becomes romantically involved. Her only role in the circus before Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria came around was doing normal cat tricks (sitting, standing and rolling over) but when Alex teaches her the trapeze, she performs with him and they move closer. Later on, she and the other circus animals save Alex and the gang from Dubois. They soon become an item.
Stefano is an Italian-accented New Zealand sea lion. He is part of the traveling circus in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and is a happy go-lucky and fun-loving individual who always looks on the brighter side of things. A true entertainer at heart, he is up for any challenge to save the circus, even convincing Alex that the show must go on.
Sonya is the circus' ferocious, yet playful Eurasian brown bear who appears in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Her tricycle riding act is only topped by her ridiculous tutu, but her biggest trick of all would be making King Julien smitten with her. Unlike most of the animals in the film series, she is a mute, but only Julien understands her.
While they are in Rome, she and Julien travel to Vatican City where they steal the Pope's ring after Julien pretentiously kisses and uses it to buy her a Ducati motorcycle after her tricycle is inadvertently destroyed, which she uses in her subsequent performances.
The Andalusian Triplets
Fictional character
The Andalusian Triplets Esperanza, Esmeralda and Ernestina
Esperanza, Esmeralda and Ernestina are three of the new characters in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. They are a trio of Spanish-accented Andalusian horse triplets who like Marty and are part of the circus. All of their names start with "E" and end with "A". When Alex's group improved Circus Zaragoza, the Andalusian Triplets bounced on the trampolines during their act while wearing butterfly-themed outfits.
The Dancing Dogs
Fictional character
The Dancing Dogs Frankie, Freddie, Jonesy and Shakey
The Dancing Dogs are a sextet of performing British Cockney-accenteddogs as members of the circus in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. They tend to fight and argue with each other and they hate being called cute and cuddly. The Dancing Dogs consist of Frankie (voiced by Nick Fletcher), Freddie (voiced by Vinnie Jones), Jonesy (voiced by Steve Jones), Shakey (voiced by Adam Buxton), Bobby and Sammy. Only the first three are credited.
For an all-animal circus, the elephants do an aerial silk act with flaming trunks.
Secondary
Ted
Ted (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) is a polar bear who lives in the Central Park Zoo. He first appeared in The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper where he was depressed due to being alone on Christmas. This caused Private to want to give him a present. When Skipper denied his request, Private snuck into the city to find Ted a gift only to be kidnapped by Nana. After getting Private back, the other penguins decided to invite Ted to their Christmas party where the polar bear had invited the rest of the Zoo as the animals present sing their rendition of "Jingle Bells".
Moto Moto
Moto Moto (voiced by will.i.am in the film and Greg Eagles in the video game) is a big, strong and muscular hippopotamus with a deep masculine voice, who is very attracted to 'big and chunky' female hippopotamuses. In Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, he falls in love with Gloria. However, Melman the Giraffe shows up and divulges romantic feelings for Gloria. This causes Gloria to break up with Moto Moto.
Okapi Girl
An unnamed female Okapi (voiced by Taraji P. Henson) appears in Madly Madagascar, whom Marty finds himself in love with. She is not interested until he uses a love potion on himself, causing her and all the other female animals to begin pampering him. She and the other animals lose interest in him after he jumps into a lake to hide from them, causing the potion to wash off.
North Wind
North Wind is an Arctic elite undercover interspecies task force that helps in protecting animals. They're the equivalent of the Penguins, who help them stop Dave from wiping out their species. Among the members of North Wind are:
Classified
Classified (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) is a courageous yet slightly arrogant British wolf and the team leader of North Wind.[3] He is at loggerheads with Skipper. Skipper calls him Classified, who states his name isn't really "Classified". His name is classified (as in "top secret") because he is the leader of the team. He is the North Wind's counterpart of Skipper.
Short Fuse
Short Fuse (voiced by Ken Jeong) is a Bulgarianharp seal. He is the North Wind's explosive and demolitions expert. He is the North Wind's counterpart of Rico.
Eva
Eva (voiced by Annet Mahendru) is a Russian snowy owl and North Wind's intelligence analyst whom Kowalski falls in love with. Coincidentally, she is the North Wind's counterpart of Kowalski.
Corporal
Corporal (voiced by Peter Stormare) is a Norwegianpolar bear and the muscle of the North Wind team. He seems to like penguins and he freaks out when other penguins are taken. He is the North Wind's counterpart of Private.
Nana's personality changes over her appearances. Initially, she appears as a very aggressive old lady with incredible martial arts skills. In The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, she is shown to be aggressive with anyone, no matter how courteous people are with her. But in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, she appears to be kinder than before, even leading the New Yorkers when she notices that they are in panic, only being aggressive with wild animals; which she sees as no different from domestic animals. She is also shown to be a soft and grandmother figure to the New Yorkers.
Mr. Chew
Mr. Chew is a small, white poodle, fond of chewing (hence his name) and tearing various items apart. Chew is owned by Nana, and lives in her apartment on the top floor in an apartment complex. Nana purchased Private, mistaking him for a squeaky toy, while he was attempting to find a gift for Ted, and reveals him to be a Christmas present for Mr. Chew. After that, Private gets stuffed in a Christmas stocking, whilst he gets nearly mauled by Chew. Nana was watching a football game on her TV and was too busy to realize that Chew was trying to kill Private. After that, Chew was defeated by Skipper, Kowalski and Rico, who had set out to rescue Private. Nana does not hear the fight, but after she sees the damage, she blames Mr. Chew for destroying her apartment and puts him on a big "time out".
The Fossa
The Fossa (voiced by Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell in the film and various voices in All Hail King Julien) appear as medium-sized weasel-like creatures, closely related to mongoose, and rarely speak, instead usually growling and yelping.[citation needed] Throughout Madagascar, they are shown to terrorize the lemurs and attempt to eat them. According to Julien, "They're always annoying us [the lemurs] by trespassing, interrupting our parties, and ripping our limbs off."
The fossa are recurring characters in All Hail King Julien. During his reign, King Julien's uncle King Julien XII had kept the lemur kingdom quiet in order to keep the fossa from attacking them. His uncle gives Julien the crown after learning that the king of the lemurs will be eaten by the fossa. But Julien only got bitten on the butt, while saving the lemurs and his scream sent boulders falling down and the fossa run away. Throughout the first movie and the two TV series, there have been male fossa. In the fifth episode of All Hail King Julien there is a fossa girl who flirts with Julien and Maurice in a fossa suit. She is seen in the end cuddling the suit with Julien's uncle in it who is being punished and sparred by Julien, for sending his nephew to the territory and trying to reclaim the throne. Julien is, at one point, able to tame a fossa girl named Mary Anne who later becomes a partial leader of the fossa.
Makunga
Makunga (voiced by Alec Baldwin in the film and John Cygan in the video game) is a male lion with a large black mane styled in a pompadour and has green eyes. He is Zuba's rival and wants to take his place as alpha lion. When asked why he wants to become alpha lion, he replies "I'm better looking, I have better hair, I'm deceivingly smart, and I want everyone else to do what I say". Makunga usually acts like he thinks he is smart and has good leadership, but he only is trying to become alpha lion because he wants to be in charge. Makunga often looks at other characters while making an evil unnoticed face where he crosses his arms in front of his chest and makes a big smirk, usually when he is planning to do something that is not good.
Teetsi
Teetsi (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) is Makunga's henchman and the strongest lion in his group who hides his true nature in a laid back appearance. Makunga tricked Alex by suggesting that he goes up against Teetsi. Alex ended up defeated by Teetsi, who placed the Hat of Shame on him on Makunga's orders.
Captain Chantel DuBois
Captain Chantel DuBois (voiced by Frances McDormand) is a Monacananimal control officer. She is a big-game hunter and has extraordinary tracking skills, as well as superhuman strength and a habit of mounting the heads of every animal she has caught on her wall. Throughout the third film, DuBois pursues the animals in hopes of having Alex's head as a trophy.
DuBois' Men
DuBois' Men are four men of Captain DuBois' animal control officers. They are prone to getting hurt, unlike their boss. However, even when they do get hurt, DuBois can heal them instantly simply by singing "Non, je ne regrette rien", thereby appealing to their patriotism. One is short, one is tall and skinny with a mustache, one is overweight with a goatee and sideburns, and one is also overweight and has a mustache.
Dave / Dr. Octavvius Brine
Dave (voiced by John Malkovich) is a purple giant Pacific octopus who appears in Penguins of Madagascar as the main antagonist. He disguises himself as a human professor under the alias of Dr. Octavius Brine. Dave used to be one of the top attractions at the Central Park Zoo, in which time he entertained children with his clever and funny tricks. However, when Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private arrived, they unknowingly stole all his glory due to their cuteness and he was forcibly removed from his home. Afterwards, Dave was shipped to every major Zoo in the world, but the same thing happened again and again and again: penguins getting all the attention while Dave was shunned, ignored and neglected. Embittered, Dave now seeks revenge on the penguin species, becoming a mad scientist in the process.
At the end of the film, Dave's plan for revenge is foiled and he is shrunk by his own ray and trapped in a snow globe, where he is admired by a little girl.
Dave's Henchmen
Dave's Henchmen are octopuses. They are evil minions who work for Dave and assist him in his plans to rid the world of all penguins. They don't speak, but they make a bubbling "octopus" sound that Dave understands. Each henchman share the first names of famous celebrities. Whenever Dave ordered them to do something, he would say the actor's first name and an action word that spells out the actors' full names.
The Penguins of Madagascar TV series
Marlene
Marlene (voiced by Nicole Sullivan in normal form and Dee Bradley Baker in wild form) is an Asian small-clawed otter residing at the Central Park Zoo. Marlene is shown to be both playful and kind towards others, which often conflicts with Skipper's serious and safety-cautious attitude. Though this is true, the two still share a very strong friendship with one another and still have the ability to keep that certain bond exceedingly strong, making it rather difficult to break.
In "Otter Gone Wild", it is revealed that Marlene was born in captivity. When she sets foot in the outside world, she becomes wild. In the episode "Littlefoot", Marlene is temporarily separated from her feral personality and gains greater control after reuniting with it.
Alice
Alice (voiced by Mary Scheer) is a zookeeper exclusive to The Penguins of Madagascar. She seems to dislike aspects of her job, and is happy to have a voice-automated robot guide give directions so she can avoid "annoying tour group questions". She also does not understand what people enjoy about watching animals on their computer, saying that they do not do anything interesting. Alice is involved in several aspects of the animal's well-being. It's hinted that deep down Alice cares for the zoo animals and only wants what's best for them as she hates it when people feed the animals popcorn, and posts several signs throughout the zoo after catching a child feeding Marlene a kernel.
Pervis McSlade
Pervis McSlade (voiced by Gary Cole) is the commissioner of the Central Park Zoo.
Zoo Doctor
This unnamed doctor (voiced by Brian George) works as a veterinarian with an Asian-Indian accent at the Central Park Zoo. He works in the "animal care" building. Unlike Alice, he seems to be quite fond of animals. He is bald and wears a white lab coat. Skipper often voices dislike of him because of his use of needles and when injured, he has been known to try and downplay the injury rather than visit the vet.
The Rat King (voiced by Diedrich Bader) is a genetically enhanced, muscular lab rat who resides in the sewer. He constantly torments the penguins and never learns his lesson when he's defeated each time.
Officer X (voiced by Cedric Yarbrough) is a New York animal control officer who has a single-minded focus on removing stray animals from the streets. Officer X is shown to have a superhuman level of strength, crushing a small metal cage with his bare hands and defeating Joey, who even the penguins could not easily beat, head on, and Mason even suspects Officer X cannot be human.
Joey
Joey (voiced by James Patrick Stuart) is a bad-tempered and hostile Australian-accentedred kangaroo that always refers to himself in the third person who loves beating up anyone who steps foot in his habitat, especially Skipper and Julien. He first appeared in the season one episode, "Assault and Batteries" and later on in "Cat's Cradle" when he tried to beat up Officer X but was badly hurt instead. He also appeared to have a big role in "Skorca!" In the season two episode, "Kanga-Management", the Penguins accidentally destroy the Koala habitat, forcing Leonard to temporarily live with Joey until the pen is re-built, much to their dismay. Eventually, the two settle their differences and become friends, agreeing on their shared hatred for the penguins.
Weirdly, he has a pouch even though he's male.
Leonard
Leonard (voiced by Dana Snyder) is an extremely paranoid and nervous koala. He was shown to be very afraid of the penguins. After being accidentally launched into the city due to Kowalski's evacuation launcher, the penguins come save him and bring him back to the zoo.
He appears again in "Kanga Management" in which the penguins accidentally destroy his enclosure, forcing him to temporarily live in Joey's enclosure. He and Joey eventually become friends due to their shared hatred for the penguins.
In "Nighty Night Ninja", he watches a martial arts film with the penguins while he waits for his home to air out, due to a fish bomb. This causes him to start attacking the other animals in a sleep-walking state the next day. The penguins cure him by making him watch The Lunacorns, and save him from vengeful sewer rats, whom he had attacked earlier.
Hans
Hans (voiced by John DiMaggio) is a puffin with a past history with Skipper that involves a mission in Denmark that somehow resulted in Skipper being declared Public Enemy Number One in the country in question. During "Huffin & Puffin", he appeared in New York, initially apparently wanting to make peace with Skipper, before his true agenda was revealed to be his attempt to take control of the Penguins' lair for revenge. With Skipper having infiltrated the lair and defeated Hans, he was then shipped to the Hoboken Zoo.
He appeared in "The Hoboken Surprise" and helped the penguins defeat the animal androids who had taken over the Hoboken Zoo.
He appeared in "The Return of the Revenge of Doctor Blowhole", working with Doctor Blowhole as part of a plan to take Skipper's memories away.
Dr. Blowhole
Dr. Blowhole (voiced by Neil Patrick Harris) is an evil, mad bottlenose dolphin scientist and supervillain, who plans to take revenge on the human race: In the past, Blowhole was known as "Flippy", and was forced by humans to perform tricks at Coney Island for their own amusement. Blowhole gets around by the use of a Segway-type vehicle while on land, which also projects a glass dome around it.
Rhonda
Rhonda (voiced by Kathy Kinney) is a very rude, unhygienic, lazy and obnoxious walrus. She is transferred into Marlene's habitat. At first Marlene is excited to have another girl to hang out with, but gets annoyed by Rhonda very quickly due to her disgusting and obnoxious behavior. She asks the penguins to ship her out overnight, but stops the shipment after hearing she is getting taken to a polar bear reserve. Instead they send her to the Hoboken Zoo. At the end, we see that she is one of Dr. Blowhole's agents and stole Kowalski's plasma cutter.
She appears again, as an ally this time, in "The Hoboken Surprise" where she, Hans, Clemson, Lulu and Savio help the penguins fight off animal androids in the Hoboken Zoo.
Bada and Bing
Bada (voiced by John DiMaggio) and Bing (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) are giant Brooklyn-accented eastern lowland gorillas. Bada is a gray-furred gorilla and Bing is a brown-furred gorilla. They served as thuggish bodyguards for Maurice, but they have been seen displaying softer sides upon other occasions, such as when they looked after Mort in "The Penguin Stays in the Picture" while a photographer was there as an unrequested favor to Private, who wanted to be on the cover of the zoo brochure.
Burt
Burt (voiced by John DiMaggio in the TV series and Fred Tatasciore in the video games) is an Indian elephant who was just an extra zoo animal during the beginning of the series, but then evolved into a character of greater focus as the series evolved.
Burt is shown to be obsessed with peanuts, and when he does not eat them, he goes insane as shown in "Jungle Law". He nearly eats Julien when he mistakes him for a peanut.
Roger
Roger (voiced by Richard Kind) is the penguins' American alligator friend who lives in the sewer. In the episode "Gator Watch", Roger is captured by animal control and transferred to the Central Park Zoo. He has dreams of becoming a star at the Broadway.
Max
Max (voiced by Wayne Knight) is the penguins' stray tabby cat friend who lives in an alley near Central Park. He first meets the four penguins in the episode "Launchtime" when the penguins end up on a rooftop across the street from the zoo instead of on the moon. At first, the penguins thought he was a "mooncat", but at the end they figure out he was just a stray cat. Max is skinny and hopes to catch a bird in his life. He at first wanted to eat the penguins, but was so touched when he was given a can of fish by them that he became their friend instead.
Duck Family
The Duck Family are a family of ducks that live in a pond in Central Park.
Mother Duck (voiced by Tara Strong) is a white duck who is the mother of Bradley, Samuel, Ramona, and Eggy.
Eggy (voiced by Tara Strong) is a duckling who is the son of Mother Duck and the brother of Ramona, Samuel and Bradley. In "Paternal Egg-Stinct", Marlene found an abandoned egg in her habitat. She gave it to the penguins to look after. Julien wanted the egg for himself. He called it Julien Junior, or JJ for short. Private called the egg Eggy. At the end, Marlene brings Mother Duck to the penguins to get her duckling back. Unfortunately, the effects of the Penguins' training goes to a point where Mother Duck asks the Penguins to do something to stop him as seen in "Hard Boiled Eggy." Their attempts to show Eggy the dangerous portion of their missions fails, as the duckling goes on a rampage taking down all the animals in the zoo (except Julien).
Ramona, Bradley and Samuel (voiced by Jessica DiCicco) are ducklings who are Eggy's siblings and Mother Duck's children. Like Eggy's previous personas before becoming more like Julien in Hard Boiled Eggy, they crave action and mayhem.
Fred
Fred (voiced by Fred Stoller) is a dimwitted squirrel that lives in Central Park and takes everything said literally and has a slow, unemphatic speech pattern. Kowalski met Fred briefly in the "Otter Gone Wild" episode, while the full penguin group met him in "Mask of the Raccoon" where he is friends with Archie despite the fact that Archie is no good.
Roy
Roy (voiced by Danny Jacobs) is a short-tempered white rhinoceros, appearing predominantly as an extra zoo animal for the majority of the series. When given more of a role, he often appears to have little-to-no patience for any animal that provokes him, usually responding with threats.
Pinky
Pinky (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a sassy American flamingo, who usually only appears as an extra zoo animal in the series. Her only main role, so far, is when she was used for aerial support when the penguins wanted to take fish from a fish delivery truck. Somehow she wound up getting all the fish for herself by the end of the episode.
In the episode "Operation: Good Deed" the penguins need one of Pinky's feathers so that Julien would let Maurice massage Mason. She agrees to give them one after they got her peanuts through a series of additional tasks.
Darla
Darla (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a very tough, unfriendly, aggressive, tomboyish, determined but also kind-hearted, sweet and caring Western-accented Guinea baboon. She appears mainly as a background zoo animal. Carol and Jillian (voiced by Grey DeLisle) are Darla's baboon friends who are often seen with her.
Shelly
Shelly (voiced by Melissa McCarthy) is an ostrich who lives in the Central Park Zoo. For most of the series, she only appears as a background zoo animal.
Her first major role and her first speaking role so far is in the episode "Love Takes Flightless". In this episode she falls for Rico after he saves her from being frozen in cement by demolishing it. She tries to get Rico's attention by hiding his doll in the dumpster. After seeing how upset Rico was about it, she helps the penguins get it back from the garbage truck. At the end, Shelly gets herself a muscular male doll and becomes happy with it.
Despite her gender, she has the colors of a male ostrich.
Private was initially fearful of badgers, but Becky and Stacy won his heart by giving him Peanut Butter Winkies. After Private left, Becky and Stacy started badgering Marlene into doing wild and crazy things with them. Marlene, annoyed, tells them to stop badgering her. They ended up attacking Marlene due to the use of badger stereotypes. They were eventually defeated when Marlene fell outside the park and went into her wild state. After that incident, Becky and Stacy appear to respect and fear Marlene since they all have a picnic with the penguins in the park with the two of them being held in between wild Marlene's arms.
Randy
Randy (voiced by Will Friedle) is a sheep who lives at the Children's Zoo at the Central Park Zoo. Children are constantly coming to pet him. Many of them have sticky hands due to eating too much candy, causing him to bite one.
Muffy, Buffy and Fluffy
Muffy, Buffy and Fluffy (voiced by Kristen Schaal) are three adorable, cute, and cuddly rabbits who reside in the Central Park Children's Zoo. As shown in the show they appear to be cute and innocent but they happen to be very good fighters.
Clemson
Clemson (voiced by Larry Miller) is a very descriptive and exuberant bamboo lemur who made his first appearance in the episode "Right Hand Man". After being transferred to the Central Park Zoo, Clemson tried to replace Maurice as Julien's right-hand man by constantly pampering him. Mort found out that Clemson was planning to ship Julien to the Hoboken Zoo so that he could take over as king. The Penguins later turn the tables on him by pushing Clemson into the crate to be sent off himself.
Lulu
Lulu (voiced by Jane Leeves) is a female chimpanzee. She was staying at the Central Park Zoo while her habitat in the Hoboken Zoo was being repaired. Once she showed up, Phil fell in love with her. When Mason tries to set the two up, she thinks Mason is asking her out. After several failed attempts by the penguins and King Julien to show off Phil's skills, Phil explains the whole situation to her in American Sign Language and she agrees to go out with him before she has to leave.
Doris
Doris (voiced by Calista Flockhart) is a dolphin and Dr. Blowhole's sister. Kowalski has a crush on her who is spoken of in several episodes. As shown in "Hot Ice", Kowalski sees her as a love interest, though it appears to be unrequited. Her first and only appearance was in "The Penguin Who Loved Me".
Savio
Savio (voiced by Nestor Carbonell) is a large Spanish-accentedgreen anaconda who attacked the animals on three occasions. When he was initially transferred to the zoo in "The Big Squeeze", the penguins suspected him of being the cause of the disappearance of the lemurs and Marlene, but his cage appeared inescapable; the only means of departure was a vent that Savio could have used when unfed but would have been unable to access when returning. Skipper realises that he was instead using the vent to access the keypad that controlled his cage locks with his tail, allowing him to open his cage. He was defeated on this occasion when the penguins lured him into Burt's habitat, with Burt throwing Savio around and squeezing him through the bars to expel his previously-eaten victims. Alice later had Savio transferred to the Hoboken Zoo.
The Vesuvius Twins
The Vesuvius Twins (voiced by Atticus Shaffer) are two schoolboys from a very wealthy family. They are disliked by all of the animals of the zoo because of how nasty they are. Even though they are repeatedly banned from going near the animals, they usually get around the ban because of their parent's wealth, e.g. purchasing all of the tickets for an event at the zoo. Private often encourages others to show kindness to the boys, choosing to believe that they are secretly good.
Cecil (voiced by French Stewart) and Brick (voiced by John DiMaggio) are two criminals that have occasionally run afoul of the Penguins.
Archie
Archie (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a raccoon with a Robin Hood-like motive and a friend of Fred. He has been going around stealing from the zoo and supposedly giving to the poor. His plot was exposed by the Penguins upon learning about him from Fred and ends up having to give to the poor for real.
In "The Big Move", Archie appears as a property agent where he tries to sell Rico a house. In this appearance, he is not in his Robin Hood costume and not using a French accent.
A long time ago, the Amarillo Kid challenged Private to a game of mini golf, back when Private was one of the best mini golf players and was known as Mr. Tux. Private quit after the game, which ended in a tie, because he had to hit a little possum girl's ice cream cone to tie it up. Though Private admitted that the pressure made him quit after all. Several years later in "Mr. Tux", he arrived at the Central Park Zoo to challenge Private to a game to prove he's the best. At first, Private refuses to fight him. Enraged by this, the Kid locked down the entire zoo and threatened to blow it up with a thermonuclear reactor. Private battles him, and though the game is close, Private wins with the help of a cricket he had saved earlier. Ashamed, the Amarillo Kid leaves.
Miss Perky
Miss Perky (voiced by Tara Strong) is Rico's doll girlfriend. While not alive, Rico does treat her as if she was.
Granny Squirrel
Granny Squirrel (voiced by Debbie Reynolds) first appeared as a granny of Fred in "The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel", but then the gang believed she is a ghost.
Barry
Barry (voiced by Kevin McDonald) is a strawberry poison-dart frog who is a transfer from the Hoboken Zoo and begins terrorizing the animals by temporarily poisoning Skipper, Kowalski and Rico. Private manages to stop him by putting on a steel suit and hugging him, making Barry realize he only needed a friend.
Frances Alberta (voiced by Megan Hilty) is the presumptive head zookeeper at the Hoboken Zoo who was first shown to be a cheerful zookeeper who had worked to clean up the zoo's poor conditions, gaining the respect of resident animals Rhonda, Hans, Clemson, Savio, and Lulu. Frances also afforded the animals under her care many amenities, such as fine cuisine, massage chairs, and a fountain of cheese. It is later revealed that Frances never had the respect of her animals, whom she had simply sealed away under the ground and replaced with android look-alikes, all in an effort to meet her demanding standard for cleanliness and to get the attention of Parks Commissioner Pervis McSlade. At the end of the episode, Commissioner McSlade fires her and the Hoboken Police arrests her for making android look-alike animals and assault of a Bartender.
Uncle Nigel (voiced by Peter Capaldi) is Private's uncle, who works as a spy for MI6, and comes to New York to visit his nephew and to find The Red Squirrel.
When around the penguins (minus Private), Nigel acted like a "posh nancycat". This was all part of his cover story. When captured by The Red Squirrel, Nigel was forced to tell Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico that he actually was a spy. It is unknown if Nigel really is Private's uncle in blood or not. Though it is possible that he is either an honorary uncle or perhaps one of Private's parents was the same species of penguin Nigel is and he is their brother whilst the other parent was the same species as Private.
Blue Hen
Blue Hen (voiced by Audrey Wasilewski) is a chicken who is a mute animal with psychic powers. Kowalski, being a sceptic, records her and sends the video on internet, hoping someone will figure out that Blue Hen is faking her powers, only for her to gain popularity.
She is then revealed to just be extremely intelligent rather than psychic, being able to figure out what's going to happen with analytical thinking. She can also talk and becomes an enemy of the penguins after they find out that she was waiting for someone like Kowalski to expose her so that she can gain popularity and power. Unable to defeat her rationally or by fighting, Kowalski sets up a plan to distract her by singing and dancing seductively, leading her to choose the wrong option. While she starts holding a grudge against Kowalski, she compliments his dancing ability and kisses him.
Manfredi and Johnson
Manfredi (voiced by James Patrick Stuart) and Johnson (voiced by Danny Jacobs) are penguins who were former members of Skipper's team. They are typically cited for the nature of their demise or a mistake they made as an example of what can happen if one lets their guard down or neglects their training. The exact method of their demise varies in each instance and in some cases are contradictory: killed by an exploding trap, killed by flying piranhas, losing vital internal organs, etc.
They are finally seen in "The Penguin Who Loved Me", in an enclosure in Seaville both with bruises and injuries, but very much alive. However, they have somehow injured their eyes. Manfredi has lost his left foot now replaced by a stick while Johnson broke his right flipper and seems to have a burn on his body. Johnson noticed the penguins and Doris "flying out" of Seaville and banged on the glass panel for help. Unfortunately for them, the penguins never noticed their desperate pleas and swam away saying they were never going to come back ever again.
Parker
Parker (voiced by Ty Burrell) is a platypus who was in a relationship with Doris, and he was hired by her to bring Kowalski in so that she could convince him to help free her brother, Francis. However, after Francis turned out to actually be Dr. Blowhole, Parker also reveals that he was hired by the lobsters to bring the amnesiac Blowhole back to them so that they could restore his memory. Afterwards, Parker double-crosses them in order to complete his mission.
All Hail King Julien
Clover (voiced by India de Beaufort) is a green-eyed crowned lemur who is King Julien's bodyguard. She is smart, cunning, mature, but tends to be rather paranoid (not unlike Skipper), is brave to the point of recklessness and can be prone to sudden outbursts of violence, but can also be sweet, friendly and kindhearted towards her friends. In general, she and Maurice tend to be the voice of reason to keep Julien's crazy ideas in check. A running gag is that she always claims to have a British accent which she clearly does, but everyone turns down her claims.
Masikura (voiced by Debra Wilson) is a psychic chameleon who analyzes predictions and reads thoughts. She told Julien's uncle that the king of the lemurs would be eaten by the Foosa. With that, Julien hands over the crown to his nephew and leaves under the assumption "being eaten" means "dying". At the coronation, the Foosa interrupted and take some lemurs with them. Masikura told King Julien, Maurice, and Clover about what happened. King Julien goes to the Foosa territory to save the lemurs, he got bitten on the butt, he shouts and the boulders fall down, scaring the Foosa. Julien was relieved that Masikura was wrong about the Foosa eating him (or at least killing him as everyone thought).
Maggie (voiced by Andy Richter) is a poor replacement of Masikura. Her predictions are shams and she constantly suffers from extreme flatulence.
Prince Barty (voiced by John Michael Higgins) is a ring-tailed lemur who is the father of King Julien XIII and the husband of Princess Julienne. He always acts in a posh and upper-class manner. Like his wife, he does not care much about his son, or the fate of the kingdom, and they are content to live on a remote island as long as the kingdom sends them mangos.
Princess Julienne (voiced by Anjelica Huston) is a ring-tailed lemur who is the mother of King Julien XIII and the wife of Prince Barty. She is also the sister of Uncle King Julien. Like her husband, she doesn't care about her son at all, only that her constant supply of mangoes is provided.
King Julien XII (voiced by Henry Winkler) is a ring-tailed lemur who is the maternal uncle of King Julien XIII. As Julien XIII's predecessor, Julien XII is a lazy, strict, paunchy, cowardly, and older lemur. In the first episode, he gives the crown to his nephew and leaves when he learns from Masikura that the king of the lemurs will be eaten by the Foosa (which he and everyone else assumed meant death). When King Julien saves the captured lemurs, he got bitten on the butt yet is still alive. When King Julien XIII thrives as king, his devious uncle will do any conniving thing to regain the throne.
Ted (voiced by Conrad Vernon in Madagascar and Andy Richter in All Hail King Julien) is a slight-accented Golden bamboo lemur. Throughout all the series, Ted is shown to be nervous at many times. He says silly things like "Flipper-doodles" or "Maraschino cherries." Ted also has a tendency to joy- or fear-tinkle a lot, something he feels the need to exclaim loudly. He is not to be confused with polar bear Ted from "Christmas Caper".
Karen (voiced by Ellie Kemper) is a blue-eyed white lemur who used to be King Julien's girlfriend, though after Julien bailed on her, she took it badly and wanted him dead, only to be killed herself by a fossa.
Willie (voiced by Cody Cameron in Madagascar and Jeff Bennett in All Hail King Julien) is a lemur who first appears in the first episode as one of the captured lemurs. King Julien saves them from the Foosa. Willie has a tendency to see the worst in everything, and his catchphrase is screaming "We are all gonna die!" whenever there is any crisis at hand. Consequently, King Julien tends to blame Willie for things he is not even responsible for.
Xixi (voiced by Betsy Sodaro) is a very trustworthy toucan (although toucans aren't found in Madagascar in reality) in news who informs the lemur kingdom on current events. According to King Julien, Xixi's also a very trustworthy Toucan in friendship. She covered King Julien's coronation party but fled when the party was raided by the Foosa in the first episode.
Hector (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is an incredibly moody black-and-white ruffed lemur. According to Maurice, Hector hates everybody and everything. Despite his bitterness, he does admit that King Julien is doing a better job than the previous kings, even though he is one of the few unwilling to go along with Julien's crazy schemes.
Helen is a lemur and the mother of Hector who was abducted by humans.
Horst (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a blue-eyed black lemur. As said by Clover in the episode "My Fair Foosa", not much is known about him. Kind of a loner, fears change, and is always seen holding a beverage in a coconut shell. It was also revealed in the same episode that he was married to the fossa named Mary Ann but she mauled him twice because of his snoring.
Dorothy (voiced by Sarah Thyre) is a mongoose lemur who is the wife of Ted. She appears to be at about the same intelligence level of her husband. Dorothy is sweet, caring, and possibly good at cooking, yet despite all this Ted doesn't seem fond of her.
Pancho (voiced by Danny Jacobs) is a crowned lemur. He is mentioned in "Poll Position" when Xixi mentions him in her report stating that he is looking cozy for he's canoodling with a new lemur lady and questions if love is in the air. King Julien agrees that he hopes so and states that "Pancho needs it." In Season 4, it is revealed in 'The Panchurian Candidate' that Uncle King Julien uses mind-washing to condition Pancho as the perfect assassin, for the scenario if he is ever deposed.
Sage Moondancer (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a buff and spiritualistic indri lemur. He tends to speak in spiritualist, hippie-like sentences nobody seems to understand. Despite his great strength and fighting skills, he is a devoted pacifist. He and Clover have a complicated romantic relationship - he is drawn to her but often feels threatened by her aggressiveness. Sage has made lifelong a bond with a great eagle, who comes to his aid or to carry him off when it's needed; he can call him via squawking at any time.
Tammy (voiced by Debra Wilson) is a common brown lemur who is the mother of Todd and the wife of Butterfish. While she loves her son, she tends to pressure him. She is domineering and in every competition tries to push Todd into the foreground, even cheating if it is necessary. Unlike most lemurs, she does not respect King Julien at all.
Butterfish (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a lemur who is the husband of Tammy and the father of Todd.
Todd (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson in All Hail King Julien and JP Karliak in Madagascar: A Little Wild) is a common brown lemur who is the son of Tammy and Butterfish. He is a child prodigy according to his mother, but being forced to perform in every competition seems to have taken a toll on him. Todd is often nervous and has a tic, and when he snaps he can be a terrifying force which can even frighten Mountain lemurs. He and Mort are often rivals because of their similar size, and because his mother often tries to make Todd replace Mort.
Timo (voiced by Chris Miller in Madagascar and David Krumholtz in All Hail King Julien) is a tenrec (specifically a Highland streaked tenrec) scientist who is an expert on technology. King Julien first encountered Timo in "He Blinded Me with Science" where he replaced the batteries in King Julien's boom box after it ran out of power during King Julien's dance to get the Sky God Kevin to bring rain to his kingdom. Upon introducing Timo to the lemurs, King Julien had them receive the technology that was salvaged from Timo's area. The lemurs get hooked on the technology until a power surge happened that destroyed Timo's generator and started a fire. With help from Masikura, King Julien, Maurice, Mort, Clover, and Timo were able to find ground water to help stop the fire. In "Viva Mort", Timo invented a device that would help King Julien to make him embarrassed as a way to make it up to Maurice. Due to the device not being plugged in, Maurice was put through the device and embarrassed instead. In "The Really Really Big Lie", King Julien asks Timo to build a giant mechanical gecko to make it believable to cover his lie. The robot gecko went on a rampage, leaving the kingdom in a panic. Timo says that the off switch is on the bunny ears because Todd loves bunnies. King Julien, Maurice, and Clover managed to shut down the mechanical gecko and escaped from a fall. He shares a lot of similarities with Kowalski.
Mom-Bot (voiced by David Krumholtz) is a domineering Jewish-accented mother figure robot built by Timo who somewhat resembles an owl, and always offers to bake traditional Jewish cookies to people. She is also armed to the teeth with lasers, rockets and built-in weaponry. Timo built her to be a supporting mother figure to himself, but her programming was glitchy and she basically imprisoned Timo, doting on him constantly, belittling his achievements, and berating him for not having a girlfriend or having a good job. When Mort visits, he is also captured and forced to stay, but they eventually manage to disable Mom-Bot and Timo reprograms her to be less manic - though she still tends to be doting. She helps the two build the portal to Morticus Khan's dimension, where the Khan attacks and dismembers Mom-Bot, reducing her to a head. In Season 5, Mom-Bot is still just a head, though Timo carries her around when she has to go somewhere.
King Joey (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) is a jumping rat who is the ruler of Madagascar's jumping rats. Like his kind, King Joey is not very bright. He is not to be confused with kangaroo Joey in The Penguins of Madagascar.
Clumsy Pete appeared once, in the episode "The Jungle Games". During spear throwing, he failed miserably, causing Xixi to state that King Joey should have put in Efficient Charlie. During harpoon shooting, Clover and Crimson get in a fight, causing them to get eliminated and give the round to Clumsy Pete and the rats by default. But while Clumsy Pete mumbled about which button it is to shoot, he hit his own leg. He was out for the Jungle Games and was never seen or mentioned again.
Efficient Charlie, unlike the rest of is kingdom, was surprisingly bright. He was said to always get jobs done. In the episode "True Bromance", when Maurice left the lemur kingdom because he was mad at King Julien, he says that he wished Julien would disappear. Since King Joey was not bright, he thought that Maurice wanted Julien killed. Joey put Lazy Dougie on the job, but Efficient Charlie was put in after Dougie overslept. Charlie was seen preparing to throw Julien off a cliff when Maurice arrived and rescued him. Efficient Charlie was not seen again, but he was mentioned in the episode 'The Jungle Games' when Xixi said that Charlie should have been in during spear throwing instead of Clumsy Pete.
Lazy Doug was a member of the jumping rat kingdom. He was shown to be very lazy, hence his name. He only appears once in the episode "True Bromance". He was supposed to have murdered King Julien, but he instead put Efficient Charlie on the job due to him oversleeping. Dougie was not seen or mentioned ever again.
Becca (voiced by Sarah Thyre) is a red/orange-eyed Southern-accented black lemur who is Abner's wife. Becca and Abner encountered King Julien in his alias of "Banana Guy Mike" where he had helped them fix their watering hole. She and her husband vowed to get King Julien off his throne to avenge the "death" of Banana Guy Mike. They remain strong opposers of King Julien and consider themselves a resistance movement, albeit they are very inept and know not much about the democracy they fight for. In "Viva Mort", Becca and Abner have started the Lemur Alliance Liberation Army to get revenge on King Julien. They duped Mort into helping them until their movement was discovered by Clover. Though Becca and Abner are thwarted, Clover had to leave to keep King Julien from getting stung by a scorpion that was placed in a package that they had Mort give to him. In a later episode, they and Hector decide to rid the kingdom of all "unwanted elements", via catapulting them outside the walls they built. This eventually leads to only them staying in the kingdom.
Abner (voiced by Jeffrey Katzenberg in Madagascar, Diedrich Bader in a Southern accent in All Hail King Julien) is a blue-eyed lemur who is Becca's husband and is not very bright. Abner and Becca encountered King Julien in his alias of "Banana Guy Mike" where he had helped them with their powers. He and his wife vowed to get King Julien off his throne to avenge the "death" of Banana Guy Mike. In Madagascar, he is only seen in the paradise scene, serving drinks and later watching Alex do his performance. In "Viva Mort", Abner and Becca have started the Lemur Alliance Liberation Army to get revenge on King Julien. They duped Mort into helping them until their movement was discovered by Clover. Though Abner and Becca are thwarted, Clover had to leave to keep King Julien from getting stung by a scorpion that was placed in a package that they had Mort give to him.
Karl (voiced by Dwight Schultz) is a devious fanaloka. He is a card-carrying villain who took it upon himself to become the arch-nemesis of King Julien. Known for his theatrics and love of over-complicated plans, Karl is the kind of villain who rather "arches" his nemesis than to actually kill him. It is revealed eventually that he blames Julien for the way he treated him in high school.
Chauncey (vocal effects provided by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a Madagascar hissing cockroach who is Karl's pet and henchman. Chauncey spies on King Julien and reports anything he hears to Karl. In the episode "The Jungle Rooster", King Julien managed to convince Chauncey to join his side due to seeing Mary Ann as a rival for Karl's friendship. Eventually, Karl tells Chauncey he would never choose Mary Ann over him and they become best friends again.
Crimson (voiced by India de Beaufort) is a red-furred blue-eyed crowned lemur who is the twin sister of Clover and is the opposite of her. Crimson leaves a trail of destruction everywhere she goes and she wants to marry and then murder King Julien, then move on to another lemur to do the same thing.
Rob “The Party Animal” McTodd (voiced by David Koechner) is a Coquerel's sifaka who was King Julien's old friend. Maurice never liked Rob as he was a bad influence on Julien, and eventually Uncle King Julien had him banished after scaring him by bursting out of a birthday cake. Rob returns years later to reconcile, but secretly plans revenge - revealing that he has aged and lost his good looks, he plans to transplant Julien's face to his own. Julien still likes Rob and reconciles with him, and while he has taken up odd habits, such as hibernating in a cave, he seems to have adjusted fine to the changes. Rob now calls himself Nurse Phantom and serves as the assistant to Dr S. - his now deformed face and mannerisms a homage to the Phantom of the Opera. During Exiled, he works with Mort to organize the resistance against Koto. In Season 5, Robb is seemingly restored to his original appearance, only to suddenly be crushed to death in a series of unlikely accidents after warning King Julien that something weird is going on. However, it is revealed later that like everyone else, he was replaced with a robot duplicate by Karl. In the last episode, he plays Igor to Dr S. when they create a fake Sage for the wedding.
Wigman Wildebeest (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a cocky blue wildebeest (likely having come from the mainland), and a rival of Clover's grandmother, who he killed at some point ago. In the episode 'Eye of the Clover", he enters the tournament and defeats every player. However he is defeated by Clover when he falls into the Pit of Doom and dies. He is often seen in scenes taking place in Heaven, where he has a rematch against Clover's grandmother Rose.
Dr. S (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a cobra (though Madagascar lacks cobras in reality) who works as a self-taught underworld doctor. Though it takes work to get a doctor's license, Dr. S' claim is that he can't get busted if he practices medicine in his own cave. He was brought to the kingdom by Rob who wanted to use him in his revenge plot, but after reconciling with Julien, the king let them stay. Dr S, while quite the mad scientist, has helped King Julien out in a lot of strange cases with his questionable "science" - even bringing the dead to life at one time. He also likes to experiment on willing subjects, though without much maliciousness. His catchphrase is shouting "Operating out of a CAAAVEEE!" which is always accompanied by lightning and thunder.
Fred (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) is a giant scorpion (possibly a Pulmonoscorpius which matches his size, but non-native and extinct) that lives in the desert parts of Madagascar. He apparently had a "personal problem" of eating babies, but has reformed. When Clover makes up a story that unfortunately features Fred as the villain, it riles him up enough to attack the kingdom. In Exiled, Fred is revealed to have become a guru for a self-help cult. As Clover and Sage are caught up in the cult's brainwashing, they are approached by Fred, who wants out—it is revealed that he just wanted a quick scam but people believed his fake teachings so much, he could not leave. In the end Clover successfully breaks her indoctrination and makes the cult disband, but Pam and Fred quickly start another quick money-making scheme again. In Season 5, Fred shows up for the wedding of Sage and Clover, though he has no dialogue. He is not to be confused with squirrel Fred from The Penguins of Madagascar.
Pam Simonsworthington (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a fast female ring-tailed mongoose who wears goggles and also her own tail as a scarf. She first appeared in the episode "The King and Mrs. Mort". Since King Julien was being hospitalized, Mort was temporarily the king. Pam arrived at the kingdom and told Mort, who pretended to be Julien, that she was a judge for a contest of which kingdom was the best. Mort showed her around the kingdom nervously. Near the end of the episode, Maurice and Clover do some investigating and find out the truth about Pam. She was a manipulator who ran from kingdom to kingdom marrying kings, robbing the kingdom, and literally running off. Clover attacks Pam, but she uses her speed to beat Clover up, but at the very end, she was captured. She returns in "Cult Fiction", when she has apparently given up her job on manipulating kings and is now part of a fake cult that Fred the giant scorpion created. Clover and Sage, who are looking for a weapon that will save the kingdom from Koto and the mountain lemurs, watch a bit. Sage wants to leave, but Clover is sucked in because all of Fred's fake wise words make so much sense to her. Clover's enthusiasm led to Pam putting her on a higher rank. One night, Fred tells Clover and Sage that everything is fake and he needs their help to escape. They agree, but Clover changes her mind and captures Fred and Sage. But she changes her mind again after a message from Jarsh-Jarsh in a dream and instead deprograms the cult-addicted minds of everyone. Pam however quickly suggests a get-rich scheme to Fred and they start another cult again. In Season 5, Pam shows up disguised as King Julien's popularity manager, Eloise. When King Julien starts "Facewall", and gets obsessed who gets more "Fleeks", Eloise steers him to change his views and entourage to be more liked by his people. This causes Julien to hire Todd to his "posse", and fire Clover and Maurice to replace them by a puppet operated by Pancho. However, as the puppet becomes more popular than him, soon the people choose to elect it instead of him, with a disguised Pam planning to marry the puppet and become queen. Clover and Maurice find out though that her "polls" were based on asking oblivious children or heavily manipulated. Clover knocks out Eloise, revealing her to be Pam - the first time Clover actually beat her in combat. Pam admits she did not even want the crown anyway, considering the people were stupid enough to elect a puppet. She is locked in jail, and immediately hits on Pancho. Her great speed is rather unrealistic and seems to be based on DC Nation's superhero The Flash.
Jarsh-Jarsh (voiced by JB Blanc) is a mudskipper and Sage's mentor. When first encountered by Clover, he seemed to be only able to say his name and spit mud at her and waddle on the ground. After testing Clover's patience this way, he revealed a map that would lead them to the ultimate weapon.
Koto (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is a mountain lemur and Sage's brother. He is the antithesis of his sibling - cruel, domineering, aggressive and manipulative. First appearing at the end of Season 4, Koto is rescued from a snake by King Julien, who shows him around the kingdom, little suspecting that Koto was simply scouting ahead for a kingdom to take over. At the end of the season, Koto arrives with his mountain lemur army and conquers King Julien's kingdom as well as the neighbouring ones like the rats or the crocodiles (though the latter later becomes an ally). He takes Julien's crown and enslaves the people, forcing them to work on his statue.
Zora is a female mountain lemur who arrived with Koto but fell in love with Mort during Exiled. She marries him in Season 5 but they later break up. Later, Uncle King Julien falls in love with her and she becomes smitten with him. He renounces his evil ways for her and they leave together. The two show up again in the last episode, attending Clover and Sage's wedding.
Brosalind (voiced by Kether Donohue) is an aye-aye and Maurice's long-lost sister.
Grandpa Mort (voiced by Frank Welker) is a wizened old mouse lemur. Though Mort only has vague memories of him, he indeed seems to be his grandfather, but was imprisoned decades ago due to conspiring against one of King Julien's ancestors. Grandpa Mort shows up in "Karlmaggedon" to offer one of the golden mangoes to Mort, so they can join the contest to become the new nemesis of King Julien. It is revealed at the end of the contest that he only wants to make Mort turn to evil, as is in his blood, and help him fulfill his destiny of destroying King Julien. When Mort refuses, Grandpa Mort reveals the Mort family line always absorbs the essence of the weaker ones, hence ensuring only the most evil remain, and attempts to do the same to Mort. While he succeeds, he then suddenly explodes, with Mort absorbing his essence.
Captain Ethan (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a rat who is the leader of the pirates that operate in the waters of Madagascar.
Lil' Arms Magee (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a crocodile who works for Captain Ethan. Magee, along with One-Eyed Simon and No Name Jack, worked for Ethan's crew of pirates that operated the waters near Madagascar.
Andy Fairfax (voiced by Diedrich Bader) is a bat who is involved in trickery, particularly to sell things. In the episode "Get Off My Lawn", he slyly sells all the lemurs in the kingdom protection scorpions, leaving Clover without a job. He is seen in many episodes selling things to unknowing people, like a comfort Mort in "Julien 2.0." He and Pancho are often seen together robbing houses, as seen in "The All Hail King Julien Show." Often he uses his charming personality to fool others. Apparently he and Pancho met at a summer camp for grown-ups that lasted for 3–5 years.
Mary-Ann (voiced by Debra Wilson) is a female fossa and Horst's secret-lover.
Madagascar: A Little Wild
Ant'ney (voiced by Eric Petersen) is a street-wise adult pigeon who is friends with the Zoosters. He delivers any big news to the Zoosters that he hears on the streets of New York City and sometimes helps them out on their adventures. His favorite activity is finding food laying on the ground and eating it.
Pickles and Dave (voiced by Candace Kozak) are brother and sister chimpanzees who live in the trees in the same den as the Zoosters. Pickles is a very tomboyish monkey, while her brother, Dave, is deaf and can only communicate through standard monkey chattering. They have a secret lever in their tree that they use to open a secret tunnel allowing the Zoosters to go out into the city, but only after the Zoosters pay them a fee.
Kate (voiced by Jasmine Gatewood) is the Zookeeper of the New York Zoo. It's her duty to take care of all the animals at the zoo as best she can. Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are her favorites with Melman being the one who loves her back the most.
Murray (voiced by Charlie Adler) is Mille's husband who is the only human in New York City who notices the Zoosters whenever they're out on the town, but his wife, Millie, doesn't ever believe him.
Mille (voiced by Johanna Stein) is Murray's wife who always missed out when the Zoosters are around town when Murray notices them.
Carlos (voiced by Eric Lopez) is another employee in the zoo who often acts as Kate's second-in-command, but oftentimes, he doesn't know what he's doing.
Ranger Hoof (voiced by Da'Vine Joy Randolph) is a military horse who often visits the New York Zoo. Marty idolizes her and dreams of being a horse ranger just like her.
Lucia (voiced by Myrna Velasco) is a sloth who was introduced in Season 3 of the show. She's very excitable and loves to teach the Zoosters about things she learned in her homeland, but she also loves to learn new things as well.
Lala (voiced by Grace Lu) is a tadpole who was introduced in Season 3. She is very optimistic about having new experiences and ends up becoming Gloria's best friend, but Gloria is a bit obsessed and overprotective with her.
Merry Madagascar
Donner (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the leader of Santa Claus' reindeer. His name is revealed in the song "Santa Claus is Coming to Madagascar". His personality is snarky, rude, selfish, and usually gets in fights with Skipper, Private, Rico, and Kowalski.
Cupid (voiced by Nina Dobrev) is one of Santa Claus' reindeer who falls in love with Private. She is kindhearted, and is against Donner's nasty behavior.
Reception
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Sean Axmaker of Seattle Post-Intelligencer praised the characters, noting the "marvelous character animation" and "the palpable camaraderie between animal buddies" kept Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa "rolling".[4] Axmaker also commended the voice of Zuba, played by Bernie Mac, saying "his vocal makeover is so complete that you may not recognize his voice, but you will appreciate the warmth and vivid personality of his creation."[4]
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