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* GroinAttack: Nana does not appear in the movie, so Alex was safe from such an attack from her this time around. But when he, Marty, Melman and Gloria ride by train with the circus, Vitaly throws his knives at them, and he comes very close to hitting the lion in the groin after all.

* GunshipRescue: Downplayed, in that there are no actual guns barring a pair of circus cannons (one of which is only used to throw out [=tightrope/trapeze=] lines, while the other does nothing), but the "Afro Circus" near the end of the film is used to [[spoiler: break the Zoosters out of the CPZ]].

* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: During the car escape scene, conducted by [[HeroicComedicSociopath the penguins]], during the animals' drive through Monte Carlo, they cause a ''lot'' of property destruction completely by consequence of them being animals and not having any driving expertise in the slightest.

* LanguageBarrier: Played straight when [=DuBois=] talks to the zookeepers at Central Park Zoo and all they hear is her speaking French. Zig-zagged with animals and French people -- animals are able to understand what French people are saying, but [=DuBois=] is [[SpeaksFluentAnimal the only one able to understand what the animals are saying]]. Also zig-zagged when [=DuBois=] has no trouble understanding the Italian cops, but they can't understand her.

* InexplicableLanguageFluency: The animals understand French people despite having never been to a French-speaking country before. Later in the movie, when the zookeepers talk to Captain [=DuBois=], all they hear is her speaking French.

** None of the characters introduced in the second film appear in the prologue where the group are still in Africa. In particular, Alex's parents are not seen or mentioned at all, likely out of respect for Zuba's late voice actor, Creator/BernieMac.

* ExplosiveCigar: Variant in the end of the "Firework" musical number -- when the American Promotor offers the circus a tour contract, he, the monkeys (in their guise as the "[[TotemPoleTrench King of Versailles]]") and his bald eagle all smoke bananas like cigars. The eagle's explodes harmlessly, causing the Promotor and top monkey to laugh hysterically.

* GroinAttack: The old lady Nana did not appear in the movie, so Alex was safe from such an attack from her this time around. But when he, Marty, Melman and Gloria ride by train with the circus, Vitaly throws his knives at them, and he comes very close to hitting the lion in the groin after all.

* MythologyGag: [=DuBois=] during the climax does the "Alex the Lion" roar.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: PlayedForLaughs. After the first performance in Rome bombs, Skipper decides ''just then'' to bring up that going the whole circus route to get home was completely unnecessary since they ''already had enough money to buy a new plane''. When Gloria asks if the penguins at least have some money left, Skipper reveals that he blew the rest of the money on gold-plated dentures so that he could eat apples... only to discover that he doesn't like apples.

** In the second film, Skipper "married" a lifeless bobble-head doll named Lola, and the film ended with them going to Monte Carlo for a honeymoon. In this film, the penguins are introduced on a prolonged gambling spree, and aside from the plane having the words "Just Hitched" painted on it, Lola is not mentioned at all (Skipper's line about Monte Carlo being their honeymoon was even changed to "gambling spree"). Though given Melman's remark in the second film that the relationship won't last, her absence could just be part of the joke.

** One of Dubois' men [[spoiler:(the same one that appears to be wearing mascara during her rendition of Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien]] checking out her butt while she sniffs the animal musk. Proceed to him getting slapped by the guy next to him.

-->'''Alex''': (''in the Roman Colosseum'') You know, my ancestors used to perform here.

''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted'' is a 2012 [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated comedy]] produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, and is a sequel to 2005's ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'' and 2008's ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa''.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[GrandFinale Getting home]] [[{{Tagline}} is going to be a circus.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} They have one shot]] [[GrandFinale to get back home.]]]]

''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted'' is a 2012 [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated comedy]] produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, and is a sequel to 2005's ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and 2008's ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa''.

** The Zoosters themselves are also depicted getting a pretty good taste of this, [[spoiler:as shown in the climax when Marty [[MyGreatestFailure blames himself]] for ever leaving the zoo in the first place, only for Alex to tell him that leaving the zoo was [[CallBack the best thing that has ever happened to them]], showing that they long journey across the [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} first]] and [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa second]] films have made them the adventure-seeking animals they are now.]]

** You can see [[spoiler:Bluehair's poodle and the duckling that got gobbled by the crocodile]], King Julien's gecko, Steve and a few other Dreamworks/''Madagascar'' critters. on Dubois' trophy wall.

* PanFromTheSkyBeginning: After the usual DreamWorks logo, the camera pans down to Africa, where monkeys are winding up a plane with the penguins on it.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: During the trapeze TrainingMontage, Gia suffers all of the AmusingInjuries that Alex does.

The animals are still trying to find a way back to New York, and end up journeying to Europe, where they find help in a traveling circus. While dodging a fanatical animal control officer, they help make the circus a spectacular success as a means to an end (said end being getting to America).

* PanFromTheSkyBeginning: After the usual studio logo of the boy on the moon, the camera pans down to Africa, where monkeys are winding up a plane with the penguins on it.

* SelfDeprecation: In the second advert for the third film against the mash-up between ''I Like To Move It'' and ''Afro Circus''.
--> "Status report."
--> "Some good news: this song is almost over."
--> "Well, that's music to my ears."
** [[TrailersAlwaysLie In the actual film]], ''[=Afro Circus/I Like To Move It=]'' (which is the song's actual title) plays over the credits, while Skipper's line refers to a cheesy Broadway number Alex and Marty are doing on the Superplane near the beginning of the film.
* ShotInTheAss: In the finale, [[spoiler:after [=DuBois=] ends up in Alex's cage at the zoo, Mort shoots her in the ass with a tranquilizer dart from her own gun, which he'd stolen shortly before.]]

* ASimplePlan: The four Zoosters will slip into the casino through the air ducts; Julien, Maurice, and Mort will shut off the power; and then Alex will be lowered down through the skylight he and Marty got open so he can snatch the King of Versailles and they can make their escape. Naturally it all goes wrong: Alex and Marty get into an argument over who should lead and why which ends with Gloria accidentally smashing through the skylight so they all drop in full view of the people, and Julien, who had been [[AreWeThereYet constantly demanding to know if it was time to shut off the power]] is suddenly too "busy" [[CloudCuckoolander stuffing pencils in his mouth, nose, and ears]] to bother with it until it's almost too late. The whole thing ends with the penguins bringing in their SUV, the casino being wrecked, and [=DuBois=] being called in to capture them.

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:After being shot with a dart by Dubois outside of the Zoo, King Julian quietly and unknowingly to the Animal Control, wanders back to the circus to make amends with Sophia. The Penguins find the dart in his tail and realize that the Zoosters are in dire trouble.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} They only one last shot]] [[GrandFinale to get back home.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} They only have one last shot]] [[GrandFinale to get back home.]]]]