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Madagascar is a 2005 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images, and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath from a screenplay by Mark Burton, Billy Frolick, Darnell, and McGrath, and features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith, with Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter voicing secondary characters. The film's plot revolves on four animals from the Central Park Zoo who unexpectedly find themselves stranded on the island of Madagascar, and must learn to adapt to the wild.

It is DreamWorks Animation's 10th theatrical feature film.

Madagascar was released to theaters on May 27, 2005. Despite its mixed critical reception, it was a success at the box office. The film launched a franchise with a series of films, including the sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa in 2008 and the triquel Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted in 2012. A spin-off featuring the series' penguin characters, Penguins of Madagascar, was released on November 26, 2014. Madagascar is also DreamWorks Animation's successful film to date, and it held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film of all time until Rio surpassed it in 2011.

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  • In Flushed Away, an Alex the Lion toy is seen in the background of the kid’s room.
  • The famous Wilhelm Scream was heard when the people in the subway are panicking while the zoo animals are escaping.
  • The penguins were originally going to be a barbershop quartet, but were changed over to military commandos.
  • Originally, In this Madagascar film, Melman and Glorida were suppose to fall in love and have a baby hippo. But since the film just came out, they thought this might be weird for a giraffe and a hippo to fall in love. So they put the love story Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa instead.
  • Originally, Melman was going to be an okapi. But he was changed to a giraffe to become a more familiar animal.
  • The plane used by the lemurs is a Lockheed Electra, the same plane that pilot Emilia Earhart went missing in.
  • The animals that the quartet are aren't actually housed in the Central Park Zoo. Put there are penguins.
  • The plot was originally going to be about animal rights activist liberating the animals out of the zoo.

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Media
Feature Length Films: Madagascar (2005) • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) • Penguins of Madagascar (2014) • Untitled fourth Madagascar film (TBA)
Short films: The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005)
Television Series: The Penguins of Madagascar (2008-2015) • All Hail King Julien (2014-2017) • Madagascar: A Little Wild (2020-2022)
Television Specials: Merry Madagascar (2009) • Madly Madagascar (2013)
Characters
AlexMartyMelmanGloriaKing Julien XIIIMauriceMortMason and PhilSkipperPrivateKowalskiRicoZubaFlorrieMakungaNanaFossasVitalyGiaStefanoSonyaMoto MotoChantel DuBoisShort FuseEvaCorporalDave
Locations
MadagascarNew YorkCentral Park ZooCentral Park StationAfricaCircus ZaragozaCircus Zaragoza
Songs
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Theatrical films
Antz (1998) • The Prince of Egypt (1998) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Chicken Run (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) • Over the Hedge (2006) • Flushed Away (2006) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Bee Movie (2007) • Kung Fu Panda (2008) • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Megamind (2010) • Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) • Puss in Boots (2011) • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) • Rise of the Guardians (2012) • The Croods (2013) • Turbo (2013) • Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) • Penguins of Madagascar (2014) • Home (2015) • Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) • Trolls (2016) • The Boss Baby (2017) • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) • Abominable (2019) • Trolls World Tour (2020) • The Croods: A New Age (2020) • Spirit Untamed (2021) • The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) • The Bad Guys (2022) • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) • Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) • Trolls Band Together (2023) • Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) • The Wild Robot (2024)
Upcoming films
Dog Man (2025) • The Bad Guys 2 (2025) • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) • Shrek 5 (2026)
Direct-to-video films
Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
Streaming films
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021) • Orion and the Dark (2024)
Television specials
Shrek the Halls (2007) • Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Merry Madagascar (2009) • Scared Shrekless (2010) • Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) • Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • Madly Madagascar (2013) • Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale (2017) • Trolls Holiday (2017) • Home: For the Holidays (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) • Trolls: Holiday in Harmony (2021)
TV Shows
Toonsylvania (1998-1999) • Invasion America (1998) • Alienators: Evolution Continues (2001-2002) • Father of the Pride (2004-2005) • The Penguins of Madagascar (2008-2015) • Neighbors from Hell (2010) • Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011-2016) • DreamWorks Dragons (2012-2018) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2013-2014) • Turbo FAST (2013-2016) • VeggieTales in the House (2014-2016) • All Hail King Julien (2014-2017) • The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015-2018) • Dinotrux (2015-2018) • The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015-2017) • Dawn of the Croods (2016-2017) • Noddy, Toyland Detective (2016-2020) • Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016-2018) • Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh (2016-2018) • Trollhunters (2016-2018) • VeggieTales in the City (2017) • Spirit Riding Free (2017-2020) • Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (2018-2019) • The Boss Baby: Back in Business (2018-present) • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2018-2019) • Harvey Girls Forever! (2018-2020) • The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018-2020) • She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018-2020) • 3-Below: Tales of Arcadia (2018-2019) • Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny (2018-2019) • Where's Waldo? (2019-present) • Archibald's Next Big Thing (2019-present) • DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (2019-present) • Cleopatra in Space (2019-present) • Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2019-present) • Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (2020) • Rhyme Time Town (2020-present) • Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (2020) • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020-2022) • Go, Dog, Go! (2021-present) • Gabby's Dollhouse (2021-present) • The Mighty Ones (2020-present) • Trolls: Trollstopia (2020-present) • Madagascar: A Little Wild (2020-2022) • Doug Unplugs (2020-present) • The Croods Family Tree (2021-2023)
Upcoming shows
Felix the Cat (TBA) • Bearbrick (TBA) • The Adventures of Little Audrey (TBA)
Characters
Shrek Characters: ShrekDonkeyPrincess FionaPuss in BootsDragonKitty SoftpawsPerrito

Shark Tale Characters: OscarLennyAngieSykes
Madagascar Characters: AlexMartyMelmanGloriaKing Julien XIIIMauriceMortSkipper, Kowalski, Private, Rico
Over the Hedge Characters: RJVerneHammyStellaOzzieHeatherLouPennyBucky, Spike and Quillo
Bee Movie Characters: Barry B. BensonVanessa Bloome
Kung Fu Panda Characters: PoShifuTigressViperCraneMantisMonkeyMaster Oogway
Monsters vs. Aliens Characters: Susan MurphyB.O.B.Missing LinkDr. Cockroach
Megamind Characters: MegamindMinionRoxanne Ritchi
Trolls Characters: PoppyBranchBiggieCooperSatin and ChenilleGuy DiamondSmidgeFuzzbertDJ SukiBridgetKing Gristle Jr.
How to Train Your Dragon Characters: Hiccup HaddockToothlessAstrid HoffersonStoick the VastGobber the BelchFishlegs IngermanSnotlout JorgensonRuffnut ThorstonTuffnut Thorston
The Boss Baby Characters: The Boss BabyTim TempletonJanice TempletonTed Templeton
Mr. Peabody & Sherman Characters: Mr. PeabodyShermanPenny Peterson
Home Characters: OhTip TucciKyleLucy Tucci
The Croods Characters: Grug CroodEep CroodGuyUgga CroodGranThunk CroodSandy CroodBelt
Turbo Characters: TurboChetWhiplashBurnWhite ShadowSmoove MoveSkidmarkTitoAngelo
Antz Characters: ZPrincess Bala
Chicken Run Characters: Rocky RhodesGinger
Wallace & Gromit Characters: WallaceGromit
Flushed Away Characters: Roddy St. JamesRita Malone
Spirit Characters: Lucky PrescottPruAbigailSpirit Jr.Chica LindaBoomerangJim PrescottCora PrescottSnips StoneSpirit
Abominable Characters: YiEverestJinPeng
The Bad Guys Characters: Mr. WolfMr. SnakeMs. TarantulaMr. SharkDiane Foxington
Other Characters: MegamindMinionRoxanne RitchiRuby GillmanRozOscarLennyAngieSykesRJVerneHammyStellaOzzieHeatherLouPennyBucky, Spike and QuilloBarry B. BensonVanessa BloomeSusan MurphyB.O.B.Missing LinkDr. CockroachZPrincess BalaGeorge BeardHarold HutchinsCaptain UnderpantsMr. WolfMr. SnakeMs. TarantulaMr. SharkDiane FoxingtonRocky RhodesGingerWallaceGromitRoddy St. JamesRita Malone

Songs
I'm a BelieverI Like to Move ItKung Fu FightingCan't Stop to FeelingWhere No One GoesWhat the World Needs Now is LoveWay Back WhenFeel the Light Shine Your WayThat Snail is Fast Beautiful LifeCar WashHeistHigh HopesFearlessHere Comes the SunDancing with Myself
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