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* TalkingAnimal: Apparently since Dave can speak English in the guise of Dr. Brine, it's safe to say they may all very well be this.
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* ShoutOut: During the climax, the four heroes go into battle stance while the camera pans around each of them, similar to a [[TheAvengers previous blockbuster.]] Subverted when Kowalski asks how long they have to stand like that, to which Skipper replies, "until we reach maximum coolness."
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Dave's squid minions are never seen again [[spoiler:after the end of the final battle.]]
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* BadassCrew: The penguins, most of the time.
** The North Wind alternate between being a BadassCrew and FeetOfClay.
** The North Wind alternate between being a BadassCrew and FeetOfClay.
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* GenreBlindness: The North Wind get hit with this when they break into Dave's submarine to capture him. [[spoiler:They confront him in the cockpit, and after a brief exchange of banter, Dave's octopus minions capture the team inside of five seconds.]]
* GentleGiant: Corporal of the North Wind is a polar bear who coos visibly whenever he sees a penguin.
* GentleGiant: Corporal of the North Wind is a polar bear who coos visibly whenever he sees a penguin.
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* ChekhovsGun: The paperclip that Rico coughed up earlier is later used by Private.
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** The paperclip that Rico coughed up earlier is later used byPrivate.Private.
** Similarly, Rico eating Dave's snowglobes becomes useful [[spoiler:when the penguins need to figure out where he will attack next.]]
** Private's cuteness works like this: it starts off as an obstacle for him to be respected by the others, but eventually [[spoiler:powers Dave's gun to reverse the effects of the Medusa Formula.]]
** The paperclip that Rico coughed up earlier is later used by
** Similarly, Rico eating Dave's snowglobes becomes useful [[spoiler:when the penguins need to figure out where he will attack next.]]
** Private's cuteness works like this: it starts off as an obstacle for him to be respected by the others, but eventually [[spoiler:powers Dave's gun to reverse the effects of the Medusa Formula.]]
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: This is Private's goal throughout the movie -- he wants to be seen as a valued member of the team, but everyone else (especially Skipper) just sees him as the adorable sidekick.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: This is Private's goal throughout the movie -- he wants to be seen treated as a valued member of the team, but everyone else (especially Skipper) just sees him as the adorable sidekick.
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* HumanMail:
** The North Wind sends the penguins to a safe house in Madagascar via cardboard box.
** The penguins travel from Shanghai, China to Shanghai, China (ItMakesSenseInContext) by piling into a box and shipping themselves.
** The North Wind sends the penguins to a safe house in Madagascar via cardboard box.
** The penguins travel from Shanghai, China to Shanghai, China (ItMakesSenseInContext) by piling into a box and shipping themselves.
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* BigBad: Dr. Octavius Brine, aka Dave the octopus.
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* ApatheticCitizens: The penguins at the start of the movie, who are blindly marching in line (for a brief dip in a pool) and unconcerned about a runaway egg rolling past them.
* BigBad: Dr. Octavius Brine,aka ''a.k.a.'' Dave the octopus.
* BigBad: Dr. Octavius Brine,
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* ContinuousDecompression: Averted; the penguins puncture holes in several passenger airplanes, but there's none of Hollywood's usual continuous-wind-sucs-everything-out-of-the-fuselage involved.
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* ContinuousDecompression: Averted; the penguins puncture holes in several passenger airplanes, but there's none of Hollywood's usual continuous-wind-sucs-everything-out-of-the-fuselage continuous-wind-sucks-everything-out-of-the-fuselage involved.
* ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation: The North Wind's computer interfaces run on this trope. Even their in-field tactical planning sessions utilize a ''projected display dome'' with animated graphics.
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* AHeroIsBorn: The movie starts with young versions of Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico rescue a runaway egg, which hatches to reveal Private.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: One member of the North Wind is a harp seal.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: One member The explosives expert of the North Wind is a harp seal.seal named Short Fuse.
* SmoochOfVictory: [[spoiler:Kowalski gets this from Eva after Dave is defeated.]]
** KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:She uses her wing to block the camera's view of the actual smooching.]]
* SmoochOfVictory: [[spoiler:Kowalski gets this from Eva after Dave is defeated.]]
** KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:She uses her wing to block the camera's view of the actual smooching.]]
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* UnflinchingWalk: Classified's plan for infiltrating Dave's submarine/base includes a simulated graphic of the team walking away without looking behind as the base explodes.
** Later subverted; when the submarine explodes, the North Wind indeed walk away without looking behind... [[spoiler:only to get hit by a truck crossing their path.]]
--->"Oh, so ''that's'' why you look behind at the explosion."
** Later subverted; when the submarine explodes, the North Wind indeed walk away without looking behind... [[spoiler:only to get hit by a truck crossing their path.]]
--->"Oh, so ''that's'' why you look behind at the explosion."
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* AHeroIsBorn: The movie starts with young versions of Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico rescue a runaway egg, which hatches to reveal Private.
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* BigEater: Not only does Rico eat ''everything,'' but he can also cough up whatever he ate on cue.
** BagOfHolding: Rico effectively becomes this at one point when he gets used as a backpack.
** BagOfHolding: Rico effectively becomes this at one point when he gets used as a backpack.
* HopelessWithTech: Dave invokes this when he tries to video chat with the North Wind.
-->'''Eva:''' "Where's the sound?"\\
'''Kowalski:''' "Dave, your microphone, it's not working."\\
'''Classified:''' "Click on the button with the picture of the microphone."\\
'''Short Fuse:''' "Every time a villain calls in, this happens."
-->'''Eva:''' "Where's the sound?"\\
'''Kowalski:''' "Dave, your microphone, it's not working."\\
'''Classified:''' "Click on the button with the picture of the microphone."\\
'''Short Fuse:''' "Every time a villain calls in, this happens."
* KickTheDog: Skipper slaps around a ''baby squid'' at one point.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: When the penguins dress up in lederhosen to distract the squids.
-->'''Skipper:''' "We take this to our graves."\\
'''Kowalski:''' "Agreed."
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: When the penguins dress up in lederhosen to distract the squids.
-->'''Skipper:''' "We take this to our graves."\\
'''Kowalski:''' "Agreed."
* MidBattleTeaBreak: A variation -- after the penguins escape from being shipped to Madigascar, they use an inflatable bounce house to land safely in the middle of the desert. A short cut later, it's revealed they spent the last hour bouncing on it instead of heading for civilization.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheezy Doodles are the preferred snacks of penguins ''and'' octopii.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheezy Doodles Dibbles are the preferred snacks of penguins ''and'' octopii.
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* TheUnintelligible: Rico and the squids.
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* BrutalHonesty: Kowalski is prone to this.
-->'''Private:''' "Are you my family?"\\
'''Kowalski:''' "You don't have a family, and we're all gonna die."
-->'''Private:''' "Are you my family?"\\
'''Kowalski:''' "You don't have a family, and we're all gonna die."
* ContinuousDecompression: Averted; the penguins puncture holes in several passenger airplanes, but there's none of Hollywood's usual continuous-wind-sucs-everything-out-of-the-fuselage involved.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Likely the main reason this film exists.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Likely Invoked in-story; Dave plans to use the main reason this film exists.Medusa Formula to [[spoiler:turn all of the penguins of the world into hideous monstrosities so people will stop loving them.]]
* GlobalIgnorance: The penguins mistake Shanghai, China for Dublin, Ireland.
-->'''Skipper:''' "We gotta blend in. River dance."
-->'''Skipper:''' "We gotta blend in. River dance."
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dave's sole reason for becoming an evil mastermind is due to the fact that that he feels penguins stole his glory at every zoo and aquarium where he was ever an attraction.
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* TransformationHorror: [[spoiler:The Medusa Formula turns penguins into hideous creatures with mismatched body parts, extra eyes, and other deformities.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dave's sole reason for becoming an evil mastermind is due to the fact that that he feels penguins stole his glory at every zoo and aquarium where he was ever an attraction.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dave's sole reason for becoming an evil mastermind is due to the fact that that he feels penguins stole his glory at every zoo and aquarium where he was ever an attraction.
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* CaptainsLog: Skipper delivers one after [[spoiler:Dave escapes with Private captured]] and the penguins are stranded at sea without food and water.
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* DeathTrap: Dave has one in his ''submarine,'' where victims are tied into a ThemePark-style ride car and driven through a series of swinging blades, mashing spikes, and explosive rockets fired at close range.
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* FeetOfClay[=/=]WartsAndAll: Played with by the North Wind. While they are a competent and heroic team, they're also rather egotistical and unsympathetic, causing much of the antagonism between them and the penguins. Cemented when [[spoiler:the North Wind abandon the penguins inside Dave's submarine to "regroup", even after Private saved them from a DeathTrap.]]
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* LostAtSea: Occurs after [[spoiler:Dave escapes with Private captured]] and the penguins are adrift in a metal bowl without food and water. [[spoiler:Subverted when it is revealed they're being towed by the Lost Wind, who are relaxing five feet away in an inflatable pontoon dining on fine food and drink.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The paperclip that Rico coughed up earlier is later used by PrivatePrivate.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: This is Private's goal throughout the movie -- he wants to be seen as a valued member of the team, but everyone else (especially Skipper) just sees him as the adorable sidekick.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: This is Private's goal throughout the movie -- he wants to be seen as a valued member of the team, but everyone else (especially Skipper) just sees him as the adorable sidekick.
* FamilyOfChoice: The penguins. A brief flashback even shows a page from Private's journal, with a crayon drawing of the four of them labeled "FAMILY"
* GloryDays: Before he was upstaged by penguins, Dave used to be a star attraction at the Central Park zoo, entertaining crowds with his dexterous antics.
* HeroesRUs: The North Wind is a secret organization of antarctic animals. Their backers are unspecified, but they have a massive secret base, complete with hypersonic flying craft, PoweredArmor, {{Big Freaking Gun}}s, and flying jetpacks.
* InterspeciesRomance: Kowalski (a penguin) falls in love with Eva (a snow owl), who rebuffs his advances. [[spoiler:She reciprocates at the end, though.]]
* GloryDays: Before he was upstaged by penguins, Dave used to be a star attraction at the Central Park zoo, entertaining crowds with his dexterous antics.
* HeroesRUs: The North Wind is a secret organization of antarctic animals. Their backers are unspecified, but they have a massive secret base, complete with hypersonic flying craft, PoweredArmor, {{Big Freaking Gun}}s, and flying jetpacks.
* InterspeciesRomance: Kowalski (a penguin) falls in love with Eva (a snow owl), who rebuffs his advances. [[spoiler:She reciprocates at the end, though.]]
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* RunningGag: Dave's orders to his squid minions coincidentally sounding like the name of an actor. It gets to the point where he delivers multiple ones in the span of a few minutes, rapid-fire.
-->'''Dave:''' [[Creator/NicolasCage Nicolas, cage]] them!
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** Dave's orders to his squid minions coincidentally sounding like the name of an actor. It gets to the point where he delivers multiple ones in the span of a few minutes, rapid-fire.
-->'''Dave:''' --->'''Dave:''' [[Creator/NicolasCage Nicolas, cage]] them!them!
** Skipper repeatedly forgets and misremembers Dave's name.
** Dave's orders to his squid minions coincidentally sounding like the name of an actor. It gets to the point where he delivers multiple ones in the span of a few minutes, rapid-fire.
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* ToiletHumor: Fairly abundant, as is typical for most Dreamworks movies.
-->'''Classified:''' "We are the North Wind. And you cannot break the wind."
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheezy Doodles are the preferred snacks of penguins ''and'' octopii.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dave's sole reason for becoming an evil mastermind is due to the fact that that he feels penguins stole his glory at every zoo and aquarium where he was ever an attraction.
-->'''Classified:''' "We are the North Wind. And you cannot break the wind."
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheezy Doodles are the preferred snacks of penguins ''and'' octopii.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dave's sole reason for becoming an evil mastermind is due to the fact that that he feels penguins stole his glory at every zoo and aquarium where he was ever an attraction.
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A 2014 feature film from Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, starring the eponymous penguins of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' film trilogy and [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series spinoff]]. In the film, the four penguins (Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private) are working with the North Wind, a task force led by a gray wolf named Classified.
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A 2014 feature film from Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, starring the eponymous penguins of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' film trilogy and [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series spinoff]]. spinoff]].
In the film, which begins right after ''Madagascar 3,'' the four penguins (Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private) areworking breaking into Fort Knox for Private's birthday, only to cross paths with a vengeful octopus named Dave. The quartet escape from Dave's forces and hook up with the North Wind, a an animal task force led by a gray wolf named Classified.
out to stop Dave before he can utilize his mysterious Medusa Formula. Unfortunately, the two teams of heroes end up clashing with each other, allowing Dave to proceed with his evil penguin-threatening plans...
In the film, which begins right after ''Madagascar 3,'' the four penguins (Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private) are
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!!"Kowalski! What tropes can you find in this movie?"
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[[caption-width-right:350:The penguins, the North Wind, and ...Dan? Dwight? Debbie?]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The penguins, the North Wind, and ...Dan? Dwight? Debbie?]]
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* StockFootage: The sheep that the North Wind first thought was Dave is obviously from the [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Dragons]] franchise.
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* ChekhovsGun: The paperclip that Rico coughed up earlier is later used by Private
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* StockFootage: The sheep that the North Wind first thought was Dave is obviously from the [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Dragons]] franchise.
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Dave's ultimate fate.]]
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* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The team helps get back Private's cuteness by using [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Mort]] in Dave's ray. Mort has no visible side effects... but he is able to eat King Julien in one bite now.]]
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* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The team helps get back Private's cuteness by using [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Mort]] in Dave's ray. Mort has no visible side effects... but he is able to eat King Julien in one bite now.]]]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dave's sole reason for becoming an evil mastermind is due to the fact that that he feels penguins stole his glory at every zoo and aquarium he was ever an attraction.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dave's sole reason for becoming an evil mastermind is due to the fact that that he feels penguins stole his glory at every zoo and aquarium he was ever an attraction.
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* NoNameGiven: Classified. He tells Skipper that his real name is classified, but Skipper takes it literally and calls him Classified for the rest of the film.
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* TheCameo: The main cast of ''Madagascar'' only shows up as a shadow behind a circus tent at the beginning. [[spoiler:Mort and King Julien show up during TheStinger, though.]]
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* RapidFireComedy: Even more so than the original films.
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* BookEnds: The movie begins and ends with Private hatching out of something: his egg at the beginning and [[spoiler:a chrysalis]] at the end.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The film is differentiated from the TV series by not having "the" in its title.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The film is differentiated from the TV series by not having "the" in its title.title.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The team helps get back Private's cuteness by using [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Mort]] in Dave's ray. Mort has no visible side effects... but he is able to eat King Julien in one bite now.]]
* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The team helps get back Private's cuteness by using [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Mort]] in Dave's ray. Mort has no visible side effects... but he is able to eat King Julien in one bite now.]]
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* BigBad: Dr. Octavius Brine.
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* BigBad: Dr. Octavius Brine.Brine, aka Dave the octopus.
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* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Dr. Octavius Brine, an octopus, is the main villain.
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* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Dr. Octavius Brine, Dave, an octopus, is the main villain.villain.
* RunningGag: Dave's orders to his squid minions coincidentally sounding like the name of an actor. It gets to the point where he delivers multiple ones in the span of a few minutes, rapid-fire.
-->'''Dave:''' [[Creator/NicolasCage Nicolas, cage]] them!
* RunningGag: Dave's orders to his squid minions coincidentally sounding like the name of an actor. It gets to the point where he delivers multiple ones in the span of a few minutes, rapid-fire.
-->'''Dave:''' [[Creator/NicolasCage Nicolas, cage]] them!
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* AdamWesting: Werner Herzog as a particularly {{Jerkass}} version of himself who pushes the penguins off a cliff to get the shot he wants.
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For the TV series, see ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''.
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As the film is in canon with the film and not the TV series, tropes about the characters within should go [[Characters/{{Madagascar}} here]].
!Tropes present:
* BigBad: Dr. Octavius Brine.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Likely the main reason this film exists.
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Dr. Octavius Brine, an octopus, is the main villain.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: One member of the North Wind is a harp seal.
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[[redirect:WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar]]
