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The Penguins of Madagascar

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The Penguins of Madagascar
Genre Animation
Comedy
Created by Tom McGrath
Eric Darnell
Mireille Soria
Starring Tom McGrath
Jeff Bennett
James Patrick Stuart
John DiMaggio
Danny Jacobs
Kevin Michael Richardson
Andy Richter
Conrad Vernon
Country of origin Template:USA
No. of episodes 4
Production
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Broadcast
Original channel Nickelodeon
Original run November 28, 2008—present –
Links
Official Site Nick.com
IMDb profile IMDb
TV.com summary TV.com summary


The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI Animated TV season broadcast on Nickelodeon, starring the Penguins from the 2005 film, Madagascar. A pilot episode, Gone in a Flash, aired part of Super Stuffed Nicktoons Weekend on November 28, 2008 before a new episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series in March 2009. The series takes place after the events of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Nickelodeon ordered 26 episodes for season 1 and in January 2009 ordered a second season of 26 episodes, bringing the total to 52.[1] To date, this is the only Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers.[2]

Contents

[edit] Plot

In a situation largely separate from the Madagascar films, the series follows the adventures of four penguins, Skipper (the leader of the group), Kowalski (the smartest), Private (the youngest) and Rico (the craziest), in New York City's Central Park Zoo. The Penguins will rule the roost at their Central Park habitat, carrying out secret missions in the heart of the city. At times, their missions beckon them to venture outside the zoo. Just as the team thinks it has its urban acreage under control, a new neighbor moves in next door: Julien, King of the Lemurs. Now the penguins must keep control of the Central Park Zoo despite the lemur's antics.

[edit] Characters

  • Skipper, the Penguin (Tom McGrath): The leader of the group. He usually barks out orders, names plans, and slaps the others. Tom McGrath was able to return to voice Skipper for this series.
  • Kowalski, the Penguin (Jeff Bennett): The smartest of the penguins. He forms plans for the group, but they are often disregarded. He usually takes notes for Skipper. He apparently has a crush on a female dolphin named Doris.
  • Private, the Penguin (James Patrick Stuart): The youngest of the group. He's mostly good at cracking codes, and is often slapped by Skipper. He loves taking notes for Skipper, and also makes good tuna smoothies, with "love".
  • Rico, the Penguin (John DiMaggio): Psychotic knife wizard and explosives expert. Rico likes to do what he wants and is always in another world. He always spits up war gear for the other penguins.
  • Mort, the Goodman's Mouse Lemur (Andy Richter): Mort likes nothing more than touching Julien's feet. He is often treated poorly by Julien, who sees him as an annoyance, but he doesn't seem to notice or care.
  • Phil, the Chimpanzee
  • Max, the cat (Wayne Knight) He is a hungry alley cat on the top of an apartment building in New York
  • Roger, the Alligator (Rob Paulsen): Skipper and Marlene found him living in the sewer below Marlene's home.

[edit] Episodes

→ Main article: List of The Penguins of Madagascar episodes.


[edit] History

In the summer of 2007, Nickelodeon and Dreamworks Animation announced that they would collaberate to create a Nicktoon based on the Madagascar films. The new series would star the Penguins from the film series. Nothing had been confirmed on what the series is about, until November 2007.

At first, in November 2007, Nickelodeon advertised a sneak peak of three new Nicktoons coming to Nickelodeon, The Mighty B!, Making Fiends, and The Penguins of Madagascar all on November 25, 2007 part of Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend. Then December 2007, Nickelodeon had advertised many events that were going to premier on Nickelodeon in 2008 (The Mighty B!, Fairly OddBaby, The Penguins of Madagascar, KCA 2008, Sidekicks, and "Pest of the West").[4] Since then, The Penguins of Madagascar had been delayed at least twice in 2008, and saw a debut in March 2009, most likely due to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa being delayed to November 7, 2008. On November 28, 2008, Nickelodeon aired an episode from the series as a sneak peek. The Double DVD Pack of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa includes an early DVD of the show.

[edit] Nickelodeon Debut (2009-2010)

After some delays of the series to air, The Penguins of Madagascar is currently being brodcasted for a Nickelodeon. The series is produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California.[5] Though Making Fiends and Random! Cartoons were sent to Nicktoons Network, with a failure to premiere on Nickelodeon, the Penguins of Madagascar will still be airing on Nickelodeon. Both Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation are planning on a 26 episode season.[5] The Penguins of Madagascar aired after the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards on March 28, 2009 at 9:30pm ET/PT.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ http://news.toonzone.net/articles/27938/pr-nickelodeon-greenlights-26-more-episodes-of-the-penguins-of-madagascar
  2. ↑ Nickelodeon Nabs Ratings Records With Kids' Choice, 'Penguins'. tvweek.com. Retrieved on 2009-03-30.
  3. ↑ http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3820
  4. ↑ The Penguins of Madagascar. movieweb.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 {{cite web |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40112 |title=The Penguins of Madagascar are coming! |accessdate=2008-10-07 |publisher=comingsoon.net}
  6. ↑ http://www.nick.com/shows/penguins/index.jhtml

[edit] External links

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