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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Alex [[spoiler: goads Nana into attacking Makunga by thinking Makunga deliberately stole her hand purse]].
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* FantasticRacism: When the chimps go on strike angry that Skipper rejects maternity leave for them, chimps are holding signs with one that reads "CHIMP POWER" and another sign with a No symbol that has a penguin in it.
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* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Gloria interrupts Melman's attempted sacrifice in the volcano because she returns his feelings.]]
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* KissOfLife: Used as a diversionary tactic by Private when he pretends to get hit by a tourist jeep and plays dead. While the tour guide is administering [=CPR=], the penguins steal the jeep.
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* PlanetOfSteves: Every zebra in the sequel acts and nearly looks the same as Marty. Alex is only able to tell Marty apart from the others because of the teeth marks on his butt from the previous film.
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* PlanetOfSteves: Every zebra in the sequel acts and nearly looks the same as Marty.Marty (not to mention that like Marty, they're ''all'' voiced by Creator/ChrisRock). Alex is only able to tell Marty apart from the others because of the teeth marks on his butt from the previous film.
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* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: The tourists all have New York accents.
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* SavagePiercings: Spoofed in the second film. When the other giraffes make Melman their WitchDoctor, they present him with the requisite nose bone: "Don't worry, it's a clip-on."
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The newspaper article briefly seen at the beginning of the movie dates Alex's arrival in New York as April 8, 1972, suggesting the modern day plot takes place some time in the 80s.
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* DistinguishingMark: Both Zuba and Alex have a birthmark in the shape of Africa on their right paw. It's how Zuba identifies Alex as his son.
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* CarnivoreConfusion: The lion pride are a group of wild carnivores, yet they aren't portrayed as hungry savages like Alex and the fossa were in the first film. On the same note, Alex or the other lions are never shown hunting or eating anything... or anyone.
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* WouldHarmASenior: Alex is more than willing to get in a one-on-one fight with [[NeverMessWithGranny the little old lady]] who beat him up in the first film. Despite Alex being a fully grown male lion, the old lady still wins the fight.
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*AllThereInTheManual: Alex's mother's name is confirmed in the film novelization--Florrie.
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''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' is a 2008 [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated comedy]] produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, and is the first sequel to 2005's ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''.
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* BatmanGambit: Alex [[spoiler: tricks Makunga into taking Nana's purse, and then lets her see that Makunga has her purse. Predictably, she proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle kick Makunga's ass]].]]
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The film takes place shortly after the first movie. The penguins fix a crashed airplane and the zoo animals (plus King Julien and Maurice) try to fly back to New York but run out of fuel (or perhaps more accurately, run out of plane) and crash. They land in a wildlife reserve and discover not only that there are others like them, but also that the lion pride in charge is Alex's family.
This film is followed by a third film titled ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'', which came out on June 8, 2012.
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* AdultFear: The opening. All of it. While his father Zuba is distracted for a minute, cub!Alex wanders off and is kidnapped by poachers. When Zuba realizes what's happened, he chases after the poachers' truck, desperately trying to save his son, only to get part of his left ear shot off by the poachers. Alex's crate is then knocked off the truck and into the river, where it ends up floating to New York. Zuba, however, doesn't notice, and continues to chase the truck. Until a grown Alex winds up back in Africa and reunited with them, Zuba and his wife believed their son was dead. Imagine how guilty Zuba must have felt for all those years, thinking that it was his fault his child was dead because he failed to protect him.
* [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Plane]]: So much so, that one of the visual signs of its malfunctioning is that one of the engines ''isn't'' on fire. The plane also has at least three skeletons still on board from its last flight - one in second class, one in first class, and one in the cockpit. A fourth skeleton was left behind in Madagascar hanging from a parachute trapped in a tree.
* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: The tourists all have New York accents.
* AnnoyingLaugh: Melman finds Gloria's laugh "amazing", but nobody else does.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: When the little old lady and Alex fight, he's punched in the mouth and spits out a tooth. Said tooth looks exactly like a human molar, but lions' back teeth are shearing carnassials, not grinding molars.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Marty's dream of being with thousands of his own kind goes from being cool to ''depressing'' for him.
* BigBeautifulMan: Moto Moto.
* BookEnds: The Traveling Song/Alex on the Spot. Similar songs set to the same tune that play near the beginning of the movie when Alex is first introduced to the Zoo and again near the end of the movie when Alex dances for the tourists.
* BrickJoke: [[spoiler:The shark that chases Mort.]]
* ChubbyChaser: Moto Moto. He likes 'em big, he likes 'em chunky. The hippos of the movie seem to believe that the fatter the hippo, the better, since that's all he likes about Gloria.
* CloningBlues: Technically, no, the herd of zebras are not clones, but they may as well be, and Marty has a hard time feeling special around them.
* CompressedVice: Melman's crush on Gloria flat out didn't exist in the first movie. It was, however, shown in a flashback in the second movie as having existed for years.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Alex doesn't quite fit in because he's more of a theater performer who loves dancing and really isn't into playing sports. ComingOutStory, anyone?
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Alex is trying to find Marty in the middle of a herd, one of the zebras ''really'' wants Alex to leave his Carmen Miranda-style fruit hat.
* GlassSmackAndSlide: Mort the mouse lemur tries to follow the rest of the gang as they are about to take flight. However, just as he's jumping toward the plane, King Julien closes the door and Mort smacks flat against its small window, before sliding down.
* GossipEvolution: The monkeys' relaying of Alex's message changed "Get out of here, as fast as we can" to "We must blow up the dam" and "There must be another way than killing me" to "Kill me. It's the only way." And "pass it on" was "basset hound".
* GullibleLemmings: The desperate animals of the reserve, when [[{{Jerkass}} Julien]] proposes making a sacrifice to a supposed nearby volcano god, solely so he can take ''some'' kind of power.
* GroinAttack: Alex was kicked "right the batteries" (as Marty put it), at the end of the fight with old lady. She kicked Makunga in the crotch as well, at the end of the movie, when he took her bag.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Melman sees Gloria on her date with Moto Moto, he says something like, "You don't know how lucky you are. You've found the perfect woman, so you better treat her like a princess." Then he goes on to describe in depth what he would do if he were in Moto Moto's shoes.
-->'''Melman:''' And breakfast in bed, every morning. Her favorite is [[BigEater six loaves of wheat toast, buttered on both sides, no crusts]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gloria discovers that Moto Moto is a pretty shallow guy, as he only asks her out because she's the fattest girl he's ever met. Moto Moto is still a pretty friendly guy, however, takes part in the search for water underground and seems to still be friends with Gloria even after she rejects him.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[JerkAss Makunga]] eventually meets his downfall when [[spoiler:Alex tricks him into taking Nana's purse, then unleashing the old lady to attack ''him.'' Then Nana drags Makunga away as the other animals cheer.]]
** The commentary confirms that [[spoiler:Nana brought Makunga back to New York in a kitty cage!]]
* LovingDetails: Melman recites a lot of minor details about Gloria when he interrupts her date with Moto Moto, including her favourite meal. This convinces Gloria that Melman really loves her, while Moto Moto is only interested in her because of her bulk.
* AMinorKidroduction: As a tribute, the film starts off with Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman as kids.
** Special mention that Ben Stiller's son Quinn voices young Alex and Jada Pinkett Smith's daughter Willow voices young Gloria.
* PecFlex: Moto Moto does this a few times.
* PlanetOfCopyhats: Apparently, all hippos are sassy like Gloria, all giraffes are neurotic and hypochondria-prone like Melman, and all zebras are laid-back and wise-cracking like Marty (as well as [[PlanetOfSteves look and sound exactly like him]]). Averted with Alex, who's an odd one out of his species with his flamboyant mannerisms and love of dancing.
* PlanetOfSteves: Every zebra in the sequel acts and nearly looks the same as Marty. Alex is only able to tell Marty apart from the others because of the teeth marks on his butt from the previous film.
* PopStarComposer: will.i.am co-wrote and performed the songs and music of this film.
* SavagePiercings: Spoofed in the second film. When the other giraffes make Melman their WitchDoctor, they present him with the requisite nose bone: "Don't worry, it's a clip-on."
* SmugSnake: Makunga.
* SoulBrotha: Moto Moto.
* StupidQuestionBait: Subverted when Skipper is organizing the newly recruited (by [[ThoseTwoGuys Phil and Mason]]) monkeys to repair their plane.
--> '''Skipper:''' ''(addressing the Monkeys)'' Stop lollygagging, and let's get to work. We'll divide into three groups. Group Alpha, you're in charge of sheet metal fabrication. Group Bronson, you'll handle assembly. Group George Peppard, you'll handle craft services. Any questions?''
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--> '''[[TranslatorBuddy Mason]]:''' ''(about to say something)''
--> '''[[{{Jerkass}} Skipper]]:''' ''(interrupts him)'' Good! Now let's get to work!
* SummonBiggerFish: How Alex and Zuba ultimately dispose of [[SmugSnake Makunga]]. Specifically, they sic [[CoolOldLady "Bluehair"]] on him.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: The fish in the dried-up water hole.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Alex, on his quest to save the watering hole. Marty disagrees.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: In the teaser to ''Escape 2 Africa'', Melman admits that he loves Gloria. At first, this seems to be a gag based on the fact that their plane is falling out of the sky (especially given the characters' reactions), but it turns out that it's the driving point of Melman's plotline in the movie.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm:
** Makunga manipulates Zuba into surrendering leadership of the pride and the reserve, and takes power.
** However, ''Julian'' also more or less takes over the reserve when he convinces the desperately thirsty animals of the reserve to make a sacrifice to the volcano god.
* WeddingDay: About at the end of the sequel, we're lead to believe that Melman and Gloria are getting hitched. Then it pans down to reveal that its really Skipper marrying Lola, a bobble-head doll, which was an even weirder coupling.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Julien: "Which of you is attracted to me?"
* WiperStart: The penguins' first attempt at Rico hotwiring the safari jeep results in this.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: The gold and diamonds the animals dig up at the watering hole while desperately looking for water. The penguins, who are from New York and are well aware what gold is worth to humans, take it all for themselves (the loot comes back in the third film, although the trope is no longer in play). Marty and the Zoosters are also aware of its value in civilization, but they have greater concerns.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Alex, while trying to explain his plane crash to the animals in Africa.
-->'''Lioness:''' ...is he talking about a plane crash?
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