When Santa and his reindeer crash onto the island of Madagascar it's up to Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman and those wacky penguins to deliver the presents and save Christmas.
When toy dolls are made to look like Mort at the zoo, Julien gets jealous and has them taken back. Unfortunately, this causes the actual Mort to be shipped back with the toys.
A festive "King Julien Day" is held in Juliens honor. Unfortunately, no one will come unless Maurice bribes them with candy. And as much as Skipper doesn't want to join in the party, he can't seem to avoid it.
After Mort accidentally destroys Julien's floating chair because of his obsession with his feet, the king establishes a law saying that anyone who touches his feet will be banished from the "kingdom". Mort disobeys it in his sleep, causing him to be kicked out forever. However, the penguins make him feet-phobic and he stops obsessing. Later, Julien floats away in his chair and Mort has to save him from falling into a hot dog stand. He becomes obsessed again and saves him from death.
When Julien is taken to the zoo infirmary for acting even weirder than usual, Maurice is left in charge. Everything goes smoothly, until suddenly Maurice starts acting even crazier than Julien ever did.
Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico are all having fun today driving around the zoo in their small pink car, but trouble starts when King Julien wants to drive a car too, he gets jealous which results in a race to see who's better.
When the zoo is closed for Christmas, the animals prepare for "Kidsmas" -- their annual celebration complete with decorations, food, gifts and a visit from Santa.
The penguins' habitat freezes, so they decide to play a hockey game against each other. They are then challenged by a group of rats (the same rats featured in the Crown Fools episode) to play against them, since the rats cannot go back into their sewer home because the pipes burst.
Skipper runs from the zoo veterinarian in order to avoid getting a shot. The penguins try to force him to do it, but Skipper seems to escape and avoid all they throw at him. Skipper even tries to distract the penguins, as in dancing, trying to attract them.
Mort quadruples in size after an accident with one of Kowalski's inventions, a super-ray designed to enhance fish. After finally realizing that Mort is super strong, Julien uses him to steal food and supplies from the other animals, like stealing an elephant's peanuts, Joey's (from Assault and Batteries) hay for Julien art work.
Marlene gets a new roommate named Rhonda, a walrus who is sloppy and has bad manners. Before her roommate arrives, she dances with Skipper and is very excited, but Skipper is paranoid that Marlene's roommate may be a spy, possibly with the intent of stealing Kowalski's newest invention, a device whose function is not yet known.
Private sees a killer whale fly over NYC, but no one believes him, more importantly, Kowalski, Rico, and Skipper think he's gone crazy because of the amount of sugar he had ingested prior to spotting it. In an attempt to prove that he's not crazy, Private heads out to find the whale he knows he saw.
The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico; the lemurs King Julien, Maurice, and Mort; and Mason and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter and a zookeeper named Alice. It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation.
A pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of "Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend" on November 29, 2008, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series on March 28, 2009. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere.
Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, The Penguins of Madagascar does not take place at a precise time within it. McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place "not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe."
Creators
Madellaine Paxson,
Bill Motz,
Bob Roth,
Nicholas Filippi,
Mark McCorkle,
Bret Haaland,
Paul Rugg,
Matt Engstrom,
Bob Schooley
Cast
John DiMaggio,
Nicole Sullivan,
Jeff Bennett,
Andy Richter,
Danny Jacobs,
Kathy Kinney,
Mary Scheer,
Tom McGrath,
Conrad Vernon,
Kevin Michael Richardson,
James Patrick Stuart