The Penguins of Madagascar

The Penguins of Madagascar
The Penguins of Madagascar
Genre	Comedy; Action; Adventure;
Based on	Characters; by Tom McGrath; Eric Darnell
Developed by	Mark McCorkle; Bob Schooley;
Directed by	Bret Haaland; Nick Filippi;
Voices of	Tom McGrath; John DiMaggio; Jeff Bennett; James Patrick Stuart; Danny Jacobs; Kevin Michael Richardson; Andy Richter; Conrad Vernon; Tara Strong[1]; Nicole Sullivan; Mary Scheer;
Composer(s)	Adam Berry
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	149 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark McCorkle; Bob Schooley[2];
Producer(s)	Dina Buteyn (S2); Dean Hoff (S2); Andrew Hubner (S3);
Running time	11 minutes; 22 minutes (long-length specials: episodes 48, 55, 79, 98, 110, 122, 146 and 147); 44 minutes ("The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole", episode 99);
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Animation; Nickelodeon Animation Studio;
Distributor	Viacom Media Networks
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon (2008–12); Nicktoons (2013–15)
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	November 28, 2008[3] –; December 19, 2015
Other websites
	Website

The Penguins of Madagascar is an American computer-animated television series. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon.[4] It stars nine characters from DreamWorks' animated movie Madagascar. The characters include the penguins Skipper (voiced by Tom McGrath), Rico (John DiMaggio), Kowalski (Jeff Bennett) and Private (James Patrick Stuart), the lemurs King Julien (Danny Jacobs), Maurice (Kevin Michael Richardson) and Mort (Andy Richter) as well as Mason (Conrad Vernon) and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter (Nicole Sullivan) and a zookeeper named Alice (Mary Scheer).

This is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation. The series was executive-produced by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle. They were the creators of the animated series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and Disney Channel's Kim Possible.

Characters

Skipper
Rico
Kowalski
Private
King Julien
Maurice
Mort
Mason
Phil
Marlene
Alice
Amy - The bully of the Central Park Zoo. She watches "Nothing Can Stop the Smooze" from "My Little Pony: The Movie" on her phone in the bus. She wears a red shirt, a blue skirt, and red and white sneakers.
Pablo - One of Amy's henchmen. He, along with Anderson, first appeared in the Season 2 premiere episode "The Red Squirrel". He wears a sea green jacket, blue pants, and black shoes.
Anderson - One of Amy's henchmen. He, along with Pablo, first appeared in the Season 2 premiere episode "The Red Squirrel". He wears a black shirt with a skull, red pants, and brown shoes.

Some of the original movie actors were not available to play their roles again. Chris Miller, who had voiced Kowalski, is replaced by Jeff Bennett, Christopher Knights is replaced by James Patrick Stuart as the voice of Private, Danny Jacobs takes over from Sacha Baron Cohen as the voice of King Julien, and Cedric the Entertainer's character, Maurice, is replaced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

Tom McGrath, John DiMaggio, Jeff Bennett, James Patrick Stuart, Danny Jacobs, Kevin Michael Richardson, Andy Richter, Conrad Vernon, Tara Strong (November 28, 2008). "Gone in a Flash". The Penguins of Madagascar. Season 1. Episode 1. 11:28 minutes in. Nickelodeon.
"The Penguins of Madagascar are Coming!". ComingSoon.net. Los Angeles, CA: CraveOnline. December 10, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
"Nickelodeon's Thanksgiving Menu Offers Non-Stop Animation".
"'Penguins of Madagascar' Move It, Move It to Nickelodeon". Chicago Tribune. January 9, 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

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