History WMG / ThePenguinsofMadagascar

*** In "Love Hurts", Alice calls Prive 'princess'. Maybe 'he' is the 'she' after all?

Kowalski's DNA test was wrong; one of the team is female, just as Alice claimed. But the show won't ever reveal which one because of the potential UnfortunateImplications. If [[TheHeart Private]] is 'the {{token girl}},' that's TheChick stereotyping; [[TheSmartGuy Kowalski]] being female would seem like PositiveDiscrimination (and make the fangirls scream in terror); [[TheBigGuy Rico]] being revealed as an ActionGirl would have UnfortunateImplications because of his problems communicating and AxCrazy bent...

** Skipper, as the leader, is right out (plus his 1950s style sexism towards Marlene also puts him out). We've seen Private's thoughts, and he's just incredibly babyish - rainbows and unicorns, anybody? Kowalski has Doris, and when he fantasised about that jeep he called it 'she'. I'd call it on Rico, and Miss Perky was a bluff that he seems to have forgotten about. That, or she was a cover for him being gay.
*** Or he's actually a ButchLesbian (or bisexual, considering his/her HoYay with Julien). Or he's transgendered - see below. Or he's a SweetPollyOliver and his grooming and playing with Miss Perky is a desperate attempt to take out any feminine urges in a way which won't make the others suspicious. Or he just enjoys playing with dolls. UnfortunateImplications on most options, yes, but that doesn't make it impossible.
*** Rico looked between his own legs when Alice said that. Checking to see if it's visible, maybe?

*** The trouble with Kowalski lying with the machine is when it goes wrong. Alice says 'three males, one female'. If Kowalski lied for somebody, including himself, he'd know the machine was wrong. But then Skipper comes up the girl and Kowalski just swings with it. The only feasible option is that the machine went wrong and Kowalski didn't know it. After all, he wasn't expecting the power cut to give Skipper even a temporary minus, and Skipper would believe they're all males anyway.

** Kowalski made the machine. He could make it lie - most likely for him. "I also have a plus... ''obviously."'' SuspiciouslySpecificDenial? He says that and doesn't even look at his result. After all, he wasn't expecting the power cut to give Skipper even a temporary minus, and he knew Skipper would believe they're all males anyway.
*** The trouble with Kowalski lying with the machine is when it goes wrong. Alice says 'three males, one female'. If Kowalski lied for somebody, including himself, he'd know the machine was wrong. But then Skipper comes up the girl and Kowalski just swings with it.

** Kowalski made the machine. He could make it lie - most likely for him.
*** "I also have a plus... ''obviously."'' SuspiciouslySpecificDenial? He says that and doesn't even look at his result. Another sign that he lied with the machine? After all, he wasn't expecting the power cut to give Skipper even a temporary minus, and he knew Skipper would believe they're all males anyway.
*** The trouble with Kowalski lying with the machine is that he's got no reason to lie for anybody else but himself. Alice says 'three males, one female', and Kowalski knows

*** "I also have a plus... ''obviously."'' SuspiciouslySpecificDenial? He says that before the machine has even finished his + sign. Another sign that he lied with the machine? After all, he wasn't expecting the power cut to give Skipper even a temporary minus, and he knew Skipper would believe they're all males anyway.

** In "Truth Ache" Private says that "You should see what Kowalski does when he thinks no-one's watching." Since he says 'he' under the influence of the Truth Serum, it's obviously not 'being a woman'.

[[WMG: Rico is a [[{{Disgaea}} Prinny]].]]
In ''his'' case, due to a slight mix-up, he was sent to an Earth realm rather than a Netherworld or Celestia. To cover for this, his soul was sown into a "sturdier" penguin-esque shell - he would have stood out too much as a regular Prinny. He has most of a Prinny's regular abilities; but he likely ''won't'' explode if thrown, since penguins don't have easy access to quick resurrection. His atonement is to serve under Skipper and the others as a completely loyal soldier -- note the following:
-> '''Skipper''': "Rico's never disobeyed a direct order! Not even that time I asked him to suck the cobra venom out of my left buttock..."

Skipper may or may not be aware of Rico's origins. Either way, he's likely created a cover story just in case. A commander has to look out for his men, after all -- especially when there's a chance that [[BadBoss a certain demon]] might come looking for another slave...
* Prinnies can also Magichange into guns; Rico can't quite swing a full body transformation, but still makes a serviceable bazooka.
** They have access to a BagOfHolding where they keep all their weapons; Rico's was incorperated into his design, which also explains his odd interior.
** His issues with speaking clearly double as hiding that familiar VerbalTic; alternately, certain "special" Prinnies seem to be able to speak without the distinctive "Dood!"/-ssu, and given his other modifications for Earth-living purposes, Rico qualifies.

** In "Truth Ache" Private says that "You should see what Kowalski does when he thinks no-one's watching." Since he says 'he' under the influence of the Truth Serum, it's obviously not 'pretend to be a woman' but it might be referring to reciting the bad Doris poetry.

*** "I also have a plus ... ''obviously."'' SuspiciouslySpecificDenial?
*** Kowalski doesn't have to be a last name. It can also be a gender neutral first name.

* Then we have Rico with Dolly. Dolly is a Barbie-type doll.
* Private, on the other hand, doesn't seem to share the penguin's lust of inanimate objects. His only love interest has been Cupid, a lady reindeer on the Merry Madagascar special. It's implied though that Private hasn't been with penguins as long, hence isn't as insane as everyone else. He's the exception that proves the rule.

** According to [[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17972270 this article]], female ring-tailed lemurs have an enlarged clitoris, so at first glance anyone not familiar with lemurs may not notice, even if you assume they can see through his fur when the viewers of the cartoon can't thanks to artistic convention. Also, male lemurs have spurlike claws on their wrists which the females don't, and Julien doesn't appear to have those - ''probably'' just due to simplified cartoon anatomy, but it leaves the possibility open. And Kowalski may or may not know, even if the others don't; when Julien claimed the duck egg was his, Kowalski was more concerned about Julien being a mammal than being male when saying it was impossible.

* This probably wouldn't work with lemur anatomy, but I see room for a human!AU fanfic where the reason Julien doesn't want people touching his feet is because he's afraid someone will realise his feet are unusually small to belong to a guy. [[
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6715281/4/Princess Speaking of fanfic ...]]

* This probably wouldn't work with lemur anatomy, but I see room for a human!AU fanfic where the reason Julien doesn't want people touching his feet is because he's afraid someone will realise his feet are unusually small to belong to a guy.

** What, Kowalski can't be transgendered? A male penguin stuck in a female penguin body. It's probably the reason he couldn't be with Doris, because she found out and couldn't accept him for who he really was. So, when the gender issue came about he rigged the test in his favor so that his teammates wouldn't discover his biological gender and shun him, too. He never admitted the truth, and after seeing how Skipper was treated when they though he was a female, I doubt he ever will.

** Skipper and Private may be confirmed male, as the scientist in "Tagged" described "Male penguins performing bizarre mating dance ritual" when Private was trying to hold Skipper back from escaping. But then the scientist also didn't notice when the penguins were replaced with clockwork dolls, so ...

[[WMG: The Ignorance Beam from the "Sting Operation" episode, or a very similar device, was also used to create the {{Teletubbies}}.]]

[[WMG: Dr. Blowhole's crab [[{{Mook}} mooks]] are [[SouthPark crab people]].]]

[[WMG: [[WallaceAndGromit Feathers McGraw]] is an ex-teammate of Skipper's.]]
He pulled a FaceHeelTurn and left the organization. It's only a matter of time before they cross paths again, though...

[[WMG: ''All'' of the penguins are biologically female.]]

** According to [[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17972270 this article]], female ring-tailed lemurs have an enlarged clitoris, so at first glance anyone not familiar with lemurs may not notice, even if you assume they can see through his fur when the viewers of the cartoon can't thanks to artistic convention. Also, male lemurs have spurlike claws on their wrists which the females don't, and Julien doesn't appear to have those - ''probably'' just due to simplified cartoon anatomy, but it leaves the possibility open.

All we know about Fred's grandmother is that she is ''not'' the crazy old squirrel hag in "The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel". Rockgut described the squirrel as "he", but considering both Rockgut's sanity level and the number of other characters on the show who could potentially be of a different biological sex than they present as (see above) ...

** Or, considering that they might have another transsexual animal in the zoo (Joey the kangaroo), perhaps by the time the lemurs arrived, the zoo animals had concluded that questioning the preferred gender of a female animal who's acting male will result in an excruciating amount of pain.