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Release year: 2014

Storyline

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private join forces with the secret organization North Wind in an effort to stop a terrible villain from wiping out all the penguins in the world.

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Cast

Tom McGrath — Skipper
Chris Miller — Kowalski
Christopher Knights — Private
Conrad Vernon — Rico

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Did you know

• (at around 42 mins) When Kowalski says "Nope, I still can't read", it's a reference to the first Madagascar (2005) where he says "Sorry Skipper, I can't read" when the sign says the ship is going to Africa.

• Dave's direct orders to his octopus cronies incorporate a famous actor's name, e.g. "Drew! Barry! More power!"; "Anthony and Michael, haul them away", "Nicolas, cage them!"; "Charlize, they're on the ray!"; "Hugh, Jack, man the battle stations."; "Halle, bury them."; "Kevin, bake on; we're still gonna need that victory cake."; "Robin, write this down."; "Helen, hunt them down!"; "William, hurt them." ; "Parker! Posey! Go all terrain!" ; "Elijah, would you please take them away?". The relevant actors are Drew Barrymore, Anthony Michael Hall, Nicolas Cage, Charlize Theron, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Kevin Bacon, Robin Wright, Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Parker Posey and Elijah Wood. The idea had already been used two years earlier in Escape from Planet Earth (2013).

• (at around 26 mins) The sheep that North Wind was holding hostage is from the Dragons: Riders of Berk (2012) series also produced by DreamWorks Animation.