History YMMV / ThePenguinsOfMadagascar

** At the end of "The Hidden" the main threat turn out to be [[spoiler: friendly chameleons]]. A few years later, the main villain of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'' is a evil chameleon.

** How much is Hans's antagonist against Skipper ForTheEvulz and how much is him simply wanting to have his attention. In "Best Foes", he seems legitimate delighted to have him as a friend and never considers double crossing him (in fact he gets jealous when he believes he was replacing him with King Julien), impling he actually would like to be friends with Skipper. Also many episodes seem to imply Hans, for all of his flaws doesn't wanna kill the penguins, just cause them pain, which supports the latter interpretation.

** Chuck Charles becomes a SecretKeeper for the Penguins at the end of "Goodnight and Good Chuck". The idea of the Penguins having a human ally opens the door to a lot of stories, but given that it was the last episode produced, this idea is never used again.

** "Night of the Vesuviuses": Besides the In-Universe EsotericHappyEnding (The Vesuvius twins have learned to stop being cruel to the animals but that [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality doesn't stop them from being cruel with people]]), the fact that the Penguins are still sworn enemies with the rest of the Zoo for protecting the Vesuvius twins, including their close ones like Marlene and the Lemurs is never acknowledged. [[AccidentalDownerEnding Not helped by this being the last aired episode.]] Hopefully NegativeContinuity takes care of that.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show is very popular in Poland, partly due to SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing. The fact that one of the main characters has a Polish surname likely helps.

** Chuck Charles becomes a SecretKeeper for the Penguins at the end of "Goodnight and Good Chuck". The idea of the Penguins having a human ally opens the door to a lot of stories but given it was the last episode produced, this idea is never used again.

** Blue Hen, at least in her first appearence. Her plan involves fooling everyone into believing she is a psychic chicken, and use those influences to become the president. The only issue is that [[VillainyFreeVillain she never planned to do anything bad once she got to that position of power]]. The only reason why they decide to stop her is because Skipper believes a chicken would accidentally press the doomsday buttom which ignores her high intelligence.

** At the end of "Operation: Big Blue Marble", Skipper blames himself for the whole Furro incident but mentions he would blame Kowalski in the official report. This is treated as a comical case of NeverMyFault by the episode, except that Kowalski is actually the most guilty part in the whole operation, given he invented the machine in the first place, dismissed the side effects of the toxic waste disposal until it started happening, refused to hear Private's observation that adding more chemicals to the bubble could make the situation worse and didn't gave any of the rockets parachutes which is why they needed a rescue in the first place. While Skipper didn't help by forcing the machine to keep going and refusing to accept the evidence that the Furros are causing damage in the environment, is hard to deny Kowalski doesn't have an equal or bigger amount of fault in the entire incident.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Buck Rockgut only appears in three episodes but is largely regarded as one of the most memorable characters of the series, thanks to his paranoic personality, solid voice acting from ''Creator/ClancyBrown'', providing one of the show's most memorable gags ("THE RED SQUIRREL") and [[spoiler: [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight actually being kinda right about the Red Squirell being a thing]]. ]]

** King Julien is far from the UniversallyBelovedLeader from the movies and his own show; he's seen as a nuisance by the whole zoo (especially the Penguins) for constantly messing up things for the sake of getting what he wants. Even Maurice, his loyal right hand, tends to be as annoyed by his antics as everyone else is, while Mort, his YesMan, has admitted to only liking him for his feet. Fans, on the other hand, find him amusing, thanks to JerkassDissonance and his occasional HiddenDepths.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Remember all those times Marlene was shown to be outside [[DependingOnTheWriter without turning back to her feral form?]] "Snowmageddon" reveals it took her a while but she doesn't become feral anymore. While is probably just a HandWave to have the plot of the episode going, is still nice she no longer has to deal with the fear and angst of going outside that she suffered in previous appearances

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Remember all those times Marlene was shown to be outside [[DependingOnTheWriter without turning back to her feral form?]] "Snowmageddon" reveals it took her a while but she doesn't become feral anymore. While is probably just a HandWave to have the plot of the episode going, is still nice she no longer has to deal with the fear and angst of dealing of going outside that she suffered in previous appearences

*** As noted in AntiClimaxBoss, [[spoiler: Dr. Blowhole's final outing doesn't amount to much, despite being a KnightOfCerebus in his previous appearances. He basically recovers his memory, then Kowalski annoys him enough time to distract him and kick him, and that's pretty much it. Given the special ends with a AndTheAdventureContinues note, chances are this wasn't meant to be the end of the character, but is still quite a disappointing way for the BigBad to go.]]

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Dr. Blowhole]] becomes this in "The Penguin Who Loved Me", especially [[KnightOfCerebus in comparison to his previous appearences]]. [[spoiler: After he recovers his memory, he tries to kickstart one of his old unfinished plans, only for Kowalski to pull a mind game with him, pointing out potential flaws he didn't consider until he's close enough to knock him out and release the team, after this, the Penguins and Doris easily take care of the situation]].

** [[spoiler: Dr. Blowhole]] surviving the events of "The Penguin Who Loved Me" for those who wanted a more closed ending for the series. There's also those who prefer to disregard [[spoiler: Dr. Blowhole's]] participation in the special, for those who thought his previous appearence was a more satistifing send-off.

** ExecutiveMeddling caused the special "The Penguin Who Loved Me" to uninitentionally become the ending of the series. Because of this, the handling of certain characters is a bit of a letdown for a GrandFinale.
*** Despite being main characters as well, The Lemurs only appear in the intro and in a small gag while Marlene is nowhere to be seen. They do however play a role of importance in the previous special "Operation: Lunacorn Apocalypse"
*** As noted in AntiClimaxBoss, [[spoiler: Dr. Blowhole in his final outing doesn't amount to much, despite being a KnightOfCerebus in his previous appearences. He basically recovers his memory, then Kowalski annoys him enough time to distract him and kick him, and that's pretty much it, given the special ends with a AndTheAdventureContinues note, chances are this wasn't meant to be the end of the character, but is still quite a dissapointing way for the BigBad to go.]]
*** [[spoiler: TheReveal that Manfredi & Johnson are still alive is reserved to a quick joke. Despite this opening a whole new can of potential stories.]]

* ToughActToFollow: "The Penguin Who Loved Me" isn't disliked but because of being the closest thing the show has to a GrandFinale, some fans found it anticlimatic in comparison to the previous special "Operation: Lunacorn Apocalypse" or [[spoiler: Dr. Blowhole]]'s previous special "The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole"

** [[spoiler: Dr. Blowhole]] surviving the events of "The Penguin Who Loved Me" for those who wanted a more closed ending for the series.

** [[spoiler: TheReveal that Manfredi & Johnson are still alive in "The Penguin Who Loved Me." is reserved to a quick joke. Despite this opening a whole new can of potential stories.]]

* FranchiseOriginalSin: Some of the later Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's shows like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens2013'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' would often receive criticisms of having downgraded animation quality and flanderization of the characters, leading to many older fans to consider them cash grabs that lacked the spirit of the movies. Despite having a much better reception, this show ended up kickstarting these trends but managed to control them well enough for them to not be an issue:

* EsotericHappyEnding: In "Endangerous Species", one of Dode's clones is saved, but the main problem is still present, once he dies, Dodos would be gone for good, so the Penguins didn't achieve their objective of saving a extinct species. Also a eternal staring contest isn't a practical way of living, without eating or sleeping is highly unlikely he's gonna last very long.

** The environmental disaster caused "Operation: Big Blue Marble" is easily solved by the Penguins, considering the nature of global warming in real life, it could have being more poignant if the conclusion wasn't as clean, and some chances of the blue bubble forming again were still out there.

** Polish dub only: after Julien gets eaten by Savio and comments that his stomach stinks, Mort says that he ate peas (which may suggest he farted) which is followed by Maurice pounding his fist against the inside of Savio's stomach and screaming "GET US OUTTA HERE!!!". Did he did that because he didn't wanted to smell Mort's fart, or did he do it because he was afraid of being in the snake's stomach and thought he was about to be digested?

** In "Antics on Ice" Skipper laughs at the notion of a show focused on the exploits of Penguins, arguing it will be too awesome for viewers to handle it. This was part of the last bunch of episodes produced for the show before it was ScrewedByTheNetwork and cancelled.

* HarsherInHindsight: All the jokes in "The Hoboken Surprise" about Hoboken being a terrible place are a lot less amusing after Hurricane Sandy. Or Hurricane Irene, for that matter (the episode literally aired a week before the latter storm hit).

** Officer X. It's hard to argue with his grudge against the penguins given the constant scorn and public humiliation he goes through because of the penguins while he's doing his job. On the other hand, he has overstepped boundaries numerous times on duty, including committing property damage, so getting arrested and fired from his job aren’t unwarranted.