The Penguins of Madagascar
Overview
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."
Episodes
S01E02 Launchtime
Frustrated by their obnoxious lemur neighbors, the penguins decide to take a vacation... to the moon.
S01E03 Haunted Habitat
The penguins leap into action when a spooky noise frightens Marlene.
S01E04 Operation: Plush and Cover
The popularity of stuffed Mort dolls causes Julien to sabotage the toys, prompting a recall.
S01E05 Happy King Julien Day
Maurice bribes the animals with candy so they'll celebrate "King Julien Day."
S01E06 Paternal Egg-Stinct
Marlene discovers a lost egg and thinks the Penguins would be perfect egg watchers.
S01E07 Assault and Batteries
When Skipper steals Julien's radio batteries, a wild chase gets them stuck in a kangaroo pen.
S01E08 Penguiner Takes All
Julien challenges the penguins to play Capture the Flag, but the lemurs win every time.
S01E09 Two Feet High and Rising
Julien can't take Mort's obsessive feet touching, so he exiles Mort from the lemur habitat.
S01E10 Tangled in the Web
When the zoo installs web cams to bring in new visitors, Private accidentally becomes an Internet star.
S01E11 Crown Fools
Skipper accidentally causes King Julien to lose his beloved crown. Now the penguins go on a dangerous mission to retrieve the crown from the sewer.
S01E12 The Hidden
Marlene goes to greet the mysterious new animals... then promptly disappears.
S01E13 Kingdom Come
Maurice is left in charge when Julien is carted off to the zoo infirmary.
S01E14 All Choked Up
After Rico ingests a strange liquid, he discovers he can no longer regurgitate items from his belly.
S01E15 Little Zoo Coupe
The penguins and lemurs face off in a winner-take-all race around the zoo.
S01E16 Popcorn Panic
When the penguins lose access to their favorite snack, Skipper and crew leap into action to find a new supply.
S01E17 Go Fish
The penguins aren't happy when their fish supplies are replaced by imitation fish cakes.
S01E19 Needle Point
When the vet rounds up the penguins to give them a shot, Skipper's fear of needles takes over.
S01E20 Eclipsed
When a solar eclipse occurs, Julien is tricked into thinking it's his fault.
S01E22 Roomies
Marlene's can't stand her new roommate, so she asks the penguins to help get rid of her.
S01E23 Misfortune Cookie
Rico ignores a freaky fortune from his cookie, but Julien thinks Rico needs to believe in the superstition.
S01E24 Lemur See, Lemur Do
When a robot is sent to the zoo to learn from Julien, the penguins set out to retrain it.
S01E25 Roger Dodger
The rats have been terrorizing Roger the alligator, so he comes to the penguins for help.
S01E27 Otter Gone Wild
When Marlene sets foot outside of captivity, she snaps and becomes a feral beast.
S01E28 Cat's Cradle
Officer X of New York City's animal control is after Max, the penguins' stray cat friend.
S01E30 Tagged
The penguins must ditch the watchful eye of a nosey scientist before he stumbles upon all their secrets.
S01E31 What Goes Around
A girl loses her doll at the zoo, and Rico is convinced to give up his own doll to replace it.
S01E32 Mask of the Raccoon
A mysterious bandit is robbing the zoo animals of their beloved possessions.
S01E33 Out of the Groove
Julien is horrified when the baboons' dance routine is getting more attention than his own.
S01E34 Jungle Law
A zoo blackout elevates King Julien's delusional rulership ideas to a whole new level.
S01E35 I Was a Penguin Zombie
The other penguins fear that Skipper has become a zombie after a visit to the vet.
S01E36 Sting Operation
Some unfriendly hornets make plans to sting anyone who enters the zoo.
S01E37 All King, No Kingdom
After a mishap with Julien, Maurice and Mort are banished from his kingdom.
S01E38 Untouchable
A tiny frog with a nasty attitude moves to the zoo and starts terrorizing the other animals.
S01E39 Over Phil
After a fight, the penguins show Mason and Phil how much they need each other.
S01E40 Miss Understanding
Skipper has an identity crisis when Alice mentions that one of the penguins is actually female.
S01E41 An Elephant Never Forgets
Burt the elephant asks the penguins to help him break out of the zoo.
S01E42 Otter Things Have Happened
Marlene catches a glimpse of Fred the squirrel and falls in love at first sight.
S01E43 Zoo Tube
The animals make a commercial to promote the zoo after a new TV channel renders them obsolete.
S01E44 Snakehead!
When a giant fish terrorizes the duck pond, Skipper leads a mission to eliminate the menace.
S01E45 Jiggles
Kowalski accidentally creates a living blob of jelly... with a big appetite.
S01E46 The Falcon and the Snow Job
When a beautiful falcon crash-lands in the zoo, Skipper insists that she stays.
S01E47 The Penguin Stays in the Picture
Private is upset when Mort is chosen to be the cover animal for the zoo's brochure.
S01E48 Dr. Blowhole's Revenge
When arch-nemesis, Dr Blowhole kidnaps King Julien and threatens to melt the Arctic Circle, the Penguins have to stop him, but they walk into a clever trap.
Cast
Tom McGrath
Skipper (voice)
Jeff Bennett
Kowalski (voice)
James Patrick Stuart
Private (voice)
John DiMaggio
Rico (voice)
Danny Jacobs
King Julien XIII (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson
Maurice (voice)
Andy Richter
Mort (voice)
Nicole Sullivan
Marlene (voice)
