History Funny / Madagascar

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* The penguins in general.
** The penguins' {{Catch Phrase}}s:
--->"[[JustSmileAndNod Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave.]]"\\
"[[CutenessProximity Cute and cuddly]], boys. Cute and cuddly."
** When SWAT bursts in Grand Central Station:
--->'''Skipper:''' We've been ratted out, boys! ''(all four raise their flippers to surrender)''
** The penguins taking control of the freighter. It's pure awesomeness done by four small, flightless, waddling ninja-birds.
** They reach Antarctica, a complete frozen wasteland:
--->'''Private:''' [{{Beat}}] Well, this sucks!
** Alex thinks they have a few bolts loose:
--->'''Alex:''' The penguins are [[ComedicSociopathy psychotic]]!
*** They don't think too highly of him, either:
---->'''Skipper:''' Where's that [[IronicEcho psychotic]] lion (...)
** The Penguins are well aware of this and use it for a quick gag themselves.
---> '''Gloria:''' Where are the people?\\
'''Skipper:''' We killed 'em and [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs ate their livers]]. ''({{Beat}} while we see Gloria's and Melman's looks of horror. Skipper just grins)'' Gotcha, didn't I?
** Skipper casually mentioning that Private probably won't survive the mission, and Private's [[OhCrap shocked reaction.]]
* After the animals chastise Marty for his wish, this priceless moment happens.
-->'''Alex''': ''[Holding the steak to Marty's face]'' There's certainly none of this in the wild. This is a highly refined type of food thing that you do not find in the wild.
-->'''Marty''': You ever thought there might be more to life than steak, Alex?
-->'''Alex''': ''[Holding the steak up to his own face]'' He didn't mean that, baby. No, no, no.
* At one point after the animals enter the subway, Alex asks where the train is, and Melman comments that he hears it arriving. The animals then look down the tunnel, towards the direction ''opposite'' to the approaching train. The train horn blows, and then we have Melman's priceless [[OhCrap reaction]].
* Marty shows Alex his impressive zebra-made shed and he scowls.
-->'''Alex''': Shut up, Spalding! ([-''pan to [[Film/CastAway a basketball with a smiley face]]''-])
** While Alex is working on the Art/LadyLiberty signal beacon, Melman is rubbing two planks of wood strapped to his hooves.
-->'''Alex''': How's the liberty fire goin', Melman?\\
'''Melman''': Great! [-Idiot-]...\\
'''Alex''': {{I heard that}}!\\
'''Melman''': [[StatingTheSimpleSolution Why can't we just borrow some of Marty's fire]]?\\
'''Alex''': That's wildfire! We're not using wildfire on Art/LadyLiberty! NOW RUB!\\
'''Melman''': (''groans in frustration'') I can't! I've been trying! I Ju-- I CAN'T DO IT! (''slams the planks down...and they suddenly ignite'') Fire! Fire! (''laughs...then [[OhCrap notices the burning planks are still attached to his hooves]]'') FIRE! AAH!\\
(''Panics and accidentally lights Alex's beacon on fire; then trips and the planks extinguish in the sand'')\\
'''Gloria''': JUMP! Alex, jump! [''Alex does so''] Don't worry! Cats always land on their-- [''Alex lands flat on his face''] ''FACE?!'' Man, what kinda cat are you?
** Then when Alex sees his burned down beacon:
-->'''Alex:''' YOU MANIAC! YOU BURNED IT UP! [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes Darn you...!]] [[GoshDangItToHeck Darn you all to]] '''[[GoshDangItToHeck HECK!]]'''
-->{{Beat}}
-->'''Melman''': ''[Not caring in the slightest]'' Can we go to the fun side now?
** He then tries to create the word "HELP" with bamboo poles, [[SignsOfDisrepair only the P falls apart, leaving the word "HELL"]].
* King Julien XIII supplies nearly ALL the moments of funny. The Penguins supply most of the rest.
** When Julien reassures Alex that there are people on the island, Alex is [[TemptingFate relieved]]... until this happens:
-->'''Julien:''' They're up there.\\
(AnswerCut to a skeleton hanging from a tree)\\
'''Julien:''' ''(nonchalantly, while the group looks horrified)'' [[CrossesTheLineTwice Don't you love the people? Not a very lively bunch, though.]]\\
'''Alex:''' ''(still unnerved)'' Oh, wow. So, do you have any ''live'' people?\\
'''Julien:''' Uh, no. Uh, only dead ones.
** He uses a skeletal human arm as a scepter. While he's waving it around during the argument on the crashed plane, it constantly makes the appropriate positions as if it were his own hand.
** This exchange:
--->'''Alex:''' I feel like a king again!
--->'''Julien:''' (''throws a pineapple at Maurice, who goes rolling with it'') ''[[GreenEyedMonster King?!]]''
** Later, during Alex's performance, Julien asks Maurice if his crown is on his head. And while everyone is reacting in surprise to Alex's lion roar, Julien simply looks on with a deadpan, unimpressed look.
* A lemur holds up a book titled "To Serve Lemur" screaming, '''"[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan IT'S A COOKBOOK! IT'S A COOKBOOK!]]"''
** The fact that Julien merely ''mentioning'' the Fossa causes mass panic.
** Maurice using the '''FASTEN SEATBELT''' sign to get everyone's attention.
* The scene with the spider.
-->'''Spider:''' [''cheerfully''] Well, howdy-do!\\
[''Alex starts screaming his head off'']\\
[''the fossa run away in terror, thinking he's about to attack them'']
** Gloria starts whacking Alex with a stick, trying to get the spider... Which's a way from Alex and yelling to "Get him!" Note that Gloria does this for [[OverlyLongGag a good while,]] somehow not seeing the spider is off of Alex and requiring him to take the stick off of her hands to make her stop.
* "I hear Tom Wolfe's speaking at Lincoln Center. [''Phil signs frantically''] Well, of course we're going to throw poo at him!"
** "If you have any poo, fling it ''now.''"
* The animals wash up on the titular country and are reunited.
** When Alex finds Melman, Melman is stuck in his crate, so Alex then grabs a log to use as a battering ram to get Melman out and tells him he's getting him out of the box, before he smiles maniacally and says, "Relax...Giraffe CORNER POCKET!''
** Alex then stops ''inches'' from Melman's crotch when the giraffe points Gloria's crate to him.
-->'''Melman''': Oh, hey. It ''is'' Gloria. [''faints after realising how close the log is to him'']
** Alex then goes up to the crate and knocks on it a couple times... Before Gloria bursting out sends him flying into Melman's crate, destroying it. Alex then gets whacked in the crotch by a stick as he tries to re-approach Gloria whom has some sealife stuck to her.
** As Alex and Marty are reunited, in slow motion, with the theme of ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' as BGM, there's [[MeadowRun this exchange]]:
-->'''Alex:''' Marty!
-->'''Marty:''' Alex!
-->'''Alex:''' Marty!
-->'''Marty:''' Al!
-->'''Alex:''' ''[grows angry]'' Marty!
-->'''Marty:''' ''[grows concerned]'' Alex?
-->'''Alex:''' ''[goes into full sprint, angry]'' MARTY!
-->'''Marty:''' ''[OhCrap eyes, turns to run away]'' Oh, [[FunWithAcronyms Sugar Honey Ice Tea!]]
** Soon afterwards, Alex threatens to kill Marty, clone him, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs kill his clones]] and then [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking never speak to him again]].
* Alex's MeatOVision, with the circle bones forming as mouths. Then, when Alex snaps:
-->'''Marty:''' Excuse me... You're biting my butt!
-->({{beat}})
-->'''Alex:''' [[ImplausibleDeniability No, I'm not]].
** Maurice then states that it's proof that Alex is a predator. King Julien disagrees:
--->'''Julian:''' What is a simple bite on the butt among friends? ''(offers his backside to Maurice)'' Come on, give me a nibble.
** As Maurice explains Alex being a predator, the lion spots a butterfly and tries to chomp at it.
** This is then followed by BlackComedy when Alex gets MeatOVision and Marty asks him if he looks like a steak to Alex. Alex responds "Yeah!", and Marty is about to tell everyone they were wrong about Alex wanting to eat them when he suddenly does a DoubleTake.
** During the party, Marty says that Alex can sometimes be a "real pain in the butt - and believe me, I know!", and shoves his rear in the camera, showing a double band aid.
* Alex introducing himself to Mort (from his perspective).
--> '''Alex:''' Hi theeeee'''''EEEEEEERE.'''''
* In a bit of GallowsHumor, when Alex is attacking Marty with the intent of eating him, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-ICI-9gXs National Geographic's classic theme from 1964 to 1987]] plays.
* A bit of MoodWhiplash during the SadTimesMontage, Alex gets his claws stuck in the trunk of a tree. In his stuggle to free himself, he pulls so hard that he is sent tumbling down a grassy hill and down a jagged, rocky cliff. Suddenly, he lands on a field of flowers...and then he falls into a field of cacti. The fall finishes with him landing into a river...which promptly leads him to a waterfall. All while he has a cacti stuck to his back.
** A great bit of BlackComedy: When Marty, Gloria and Melman are trekking through the jungles, they see some pretty scary creatures. They suddenly come across a cute little duckling, and after seeing two other small critters eaten horribly, quickly grab it and rush it over to a pond. They sigh with relief knowing they saved the duckling... only for it to be eaten by a large crocodile a second later. All three are visibly traumatized.
*** And what song plays over the sequence? [[SoundtrackDissonance "What a Wonderful World."]]
* When the animals are riding the subway, a frightened man is sitting next to Alex on the seat, hiding behind his newspaper. What he hears is an angry roar, what ''we'' hear is "Aw, Knicks lost again!".
** Another instance of what humans hear is when Alex calls an operator and asks him to get him Missing Animals. The operator only hears roars on the other end. Then Alex realizes that they can't call the people and hangs up. After a second, he then ''breaks the pay phone and tosses it aside.'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Gloria and Melman's reaction to this]] is just plain hilarious.
* Alex's first fight with [[NeverMessWithGranny Nana]]. While everyone else is running in terror, Nana [[HandbagOfHurt whacks him with her purse]], [[GroinAttack kicks him in the crotch]], [[EyeScream sprays his eyes with pepper spray]], and ''flings him to the ground.''
-->'''Alex''': Lady! What is ''wrong'' with you?! ''(gets whacked again)'' Ow! Get a ''grip'' on yourselves, people!\\
'''Nana''': You're a bad kitty!
** Then, when the animals are surrounded by the police and animal control, Nana ''somehow'' walks right past the officers and kicks Alex in the crotch again, before being promptly dragged away by the police.
--->'''Alex''': ''([[InstantSoprano highest pitched voice imaginable]])'' Oh! Would you give a guy a break?!
* Alex must have some ''really'' [[TheChewToy bad luck]] in the wild. First a tree branch smacks him in the face, and he holds his nose in pain. Then he stubs his right foot on a rock, and as he hops in pain, he ''hops right on a thorn patch''! Then he gets tangled in a cobweb. Finally, a coconut tree falls on him.
* After the gang finds out they're in the wild, much to Alex, Melman, and Gloria's horror and Marty's delight:
-->'''Alex''': ''(calmly)'' Could you excuse me for a moment? ''(Cut to Alex sprinting back to the beach, sobbing hysterically, with Gloria close behind)'' GET ME OUTTA HERE! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE! '''''HELP!''''' ''(leaps towards the sea, only to be stopped by Gloria)''\\
'''Gloria''': What are you ''doing''?!\\
'''Alex''': I'm swimming back to New York! I know my chances are slim! But I've gotta try!\\
'''Gloria''': But you can't swim!\\
'''Alex''': I said, "my chances are slim!"\\
'''Melman''': (''with a bound of vines and leaves around his head'') AAAH! NATURE! ''IT'S ALL OVER ME!'' '''''GET IT OFF!''''' I can't see! I can't see! ''(Gloria steps on the vine Melman's dragging, and the bush on his head falls apart)'' I can see! (''Shrieks and promptly buries his head in the sand'')
** Gloria's [[TeamMom demeanor]] throughout the scene is as hilarious as it is adorable.
*** Though eventhen, she's clear near her limits, brushing Alex's mane with a thousand yard stare as she tries them things will be okay, not knowing she's choking Alex, who gasps for air once let go.
* When Mort finally starts to try Julien's patience, we get this:
-->'''Julien:''' (''to Mort'') [[BigShutUp OH, SHUT UP!]] YOU'RE SO ANNOYING!\\
''(Beat)''\\
'''Mort:''' (''[[{{Troll}} giggles sheepishly]]'')
** Made even funnier with Mort looking like he's about to tear up again, only to suddenly switch to a smug "Did I do that?~" look.
* Alex taking a drink and doing a SpitTake. Why? It's seawater. And then when it shows up again at the end...
-->'''Marty''': Oh, you don't swallow it. It's just temporary till the plumbing's done.
* Alex dealing with an uncomfortable moment after Marty catches him licking him:
-->'''Alex''': 27, 28, 29, 30. Hmm, 30 black and only 29 white, looks like you're black with white stripes after all. Dilemma solved. Good night!
** [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Marty's slowly growing grin as that mystery is seemingly finally solved.]]
* King Julien waiting to put his welcome for the Zoosters in action: "All we need to do is wait until they are deep in their sleep..." ''(roughly five seconds of silence)'' "[[WithCatlikeTread HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE?!]]"
* Alex is hit with a tranquilizer dart early in the movie and starts hallucinating [[DisneyAcidSequence a psychedelic music video]] set to a cover of "The Candy Man" from ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory''. It comes to an end and he wakes up in the zoo during a press conference, weakly trying to get up as a zoo representative explains to the crowd that he and the rest of the main cast are going to be released into the wild. The crowd panics as they see the "dangerous" lion getting up and he gets tranked again. Then the entire Candy Man sequence plays ''again'', but in fast-forward.
** Special mention goes to the absolute *storm* of darts that are fired at Alex to put him back to sleep. ''One'' of them hits him. Made even better by his lax "Ah maaaan," clearly knowing what's about to happen.
* When the cargo ship returns, the Zoosters somehow manage to flag it down, at which point it turns toward the island. After being offscreen for less than a minute, it is shown ''charging toward the beach at full speed'', stopping mere feet from flattening Melman. Immediately after stopping, the ship sounds its horn, then drops one of its anchors onto the sand.
** Of note: When it sounds its horn, the force from it [[GaleForceSound visibly pushes]] the trees in front of it.
** How the Zoosters flag down the ship bears mention as well; with Gloria standing on top of Melman's head while Marty hangs off his neck, ArtisticLicenseBiology be damned.
* This little bit after Alex saves his friends' lives:
-->'''Alex''': So. What's for lunch?\\
''[{{Beat}}]'', then everyone has a DoubleTake.
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*** Alex then goes up to the crate and knocks on it a couple times... Before Gloria bursting out sends him flying into Melman's crate, destroying it. Alex then gets whacked in the crotch by a stick as he tries to re-approach Gloria whom has some sealife stuck to her.

* When Alex finds Melman, Melman is stuck in his crate, so Alex then grabs a log to use as a battering ram to get Melman out and tells him he's getting him out of the box, before he smiles maniacally and says, "Relax...Giraffe CORNER POCKET!''

** While Alex is working on the Lady Liberty signal beacon, Melman is rubbing two planks of wood strapped to his hooves.

'''Alex''': That's wildfire! We're not using wildfire on Lady Liberty! NOW RUB!\\

** Skipper casually mentioning that Private probably won't survive the mission, and Private's shocked reaction.

* A bit of MoodWhiplash during the SadTimesMontage, Alex gets his claws stuck in the trunk of a tree. In his stuggle to free himself, he pulls so hard that he is sent tumbling down a grassy hill and down a jagged, rocky cliff. Suddenly, he lands on a field of flowers...and then he falls into a field of cacti. The fall finishes with him landing into a river...which promptly leads him to a waterfall. All while he has a cacti stuck to his back/

** Later, during Alex's performance, Julien asks Maurice if his crown is on his head.

** When Alex finds Melman, Melman is stuck in his crate, so Alex then grabs a log to use as a battering ram to get Melman out and tells him he's getting him out of the box, before he smiles maniacally and says, "Relax...Giraffe CORNER POCKET!''
*** Alex then stops ''inches'' from Melman's crotch when the giraffe points Gloria's crate to him.
-->'''Melman''': Oh, hey. It ''is'' Gloria. [''faints'']

* A bit of MoodWhiplash during the SadTimesMontage, Alex gets his claws stuck in the trunk of a tree. In his stuggle to free himself, he pulls so hard that he is sent tumbling down a grassy hill and down a jagged, rocky cliff. Suddenly, he lands on a field of flowers...and then he falls into a field of cacti. The fall finishes with him landing into a river...which promptly leads him to a waterfall.

** [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Marty's slowly growing grin as that mystery is finally solved.]]

* Marty, Gloria and Melman all trying to signal the boat for rescue even combining their incredibly differing and disproportionately-sized bodies together jumping around side to side.

** Special mention goes to the absolute *storm* of darts that are fired at Alex to put him back to sleep. ''One'' of them hits him.

** The Penguins are called psychotic even by the other characters. They seem aware of this...

'''Alex''': {{I heard that!}}\\