Trivia / The Penguins of Madagascar

• Acting for Two:
  • Joey and Private are both voiced by James Patrick Stuart. They have some dialogue together in "Kanga Management".
  • John DiMaggio also voices Burt the elephant. However, Rico and Burt have rarely been in scenes together, and have never conversed.
  • In the Latin American dub, both Mort and Private are voiced by José Antonio Macías.
  • Also in the Latin American dub, Mario Filio voices King Julien, and both Bada and Bing. And all of them with different voices.
  • Kowalski and the Red Squirrel - Lampshaded when Kowalski does a perfect impression of The Red Squirrel in "Our Man In Grrfurjiclestan".
• The Cast Showoff:
  • Kowalski's "Graveyard Eight" song lets Jeff Bennett show off his singing ability.
  • "The Return of the Revenge of Dr Blowhole" seems made to allow the cast to show off. Kowalski even gets a duet with Dr. Blowhole. Blowhole even gets two songs to himself afterwards.
• Celebrity Voice Actor:
  • Besides Andy Richter reprising his role as Mort? We’ve had the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, Nestor Carbonell, Larry Miller, Wayne Knight, Richard Kind, Kristen Schaal, Peter Capaldi and Conan O'Brien guest star.
  • And that's on top of guest appearances by actors from Nickelodeon sitcoms. Those included the likes of Victoria Justice, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Kress, Jerry Trainor, and Ciara Bravo. Elizabeth Gillies also sung a James Bond inspired song for one episode.
• Cross-Dressing Voices: Tara Strong voiced Eggy and at least one one-shot boy character. Of course, anyone familiar with more of her work would know this isn't unusual for her.
• The Danza: Fred Stoller as Fred the Squirrel.
• Early-Bird Release: A few episodes were released to DVD before airing on TV.
  • "Popcorn Panic" was released as apart of a 2 episode bonus disc packed with Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 3 months before airing.
  • "Dr. Blowhole’s Revenge" was released on “Operation DVD Premiere” a mere 6 days before airing.
  • "Command Crisis" and "Truth Ache" were released on “Operation DVD Premiere” 9 months before airing.
  • "The Helmet" was released on “Happy King Julien Day” 32 days before airing.
  • "The Big Squeeze" was released on “New to the Zoo” 39 days before airing.
  • "Driven to the Brink" was released on “I Was a Penguin Zombie” 18 days before airing.
• Fake Brit: Private's VA, James Patrick Stuart, is from California and is only half-British. Lampshaded during "Hard Boiled Eggy" when Skipper notes Eggy picked up "an adorably fake British accent" from Private.
  • Mason's VA is American, and according to Private, Mason himself is secretly Canadian.
• Kids' Meal Toy: McDonald's sold a set of eight figures of the Penguins in 2010, one of which was a periscope. Some of the toys featured in this promotion were re-issued in 2014 as a tie-in with the Penguins of Madagascar spin-off film.
• The Original Darrin: In the French dub, Boris Rehlinger reprises his role as King Julien from the first movie, having been replaced by Michaël Youn in the sequels.
• The Other Darrin: Among the eight voiced characters common to the films and the TV series (as mentioned, Phil doesn't talk), four have the same voice actors across the board: Tom McGrath (Skipper), John DiMaggio (Rico), Andy Richter (Mort) and Conrad Vernon (Mason).
  • DreamWorks staff members Chris Miller (Kowalski) and Chris Knights (Private) were respectively replaced by Jeff Bennett and James Patrick Stuart.
  • Kevin Michael Richardson took over Maurice's role from Cedric the Entertainer.
  • Danny Jacobs replaced Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien.
  • In an interesting case of both this and Role Reprise, Alex's appearance in the "Return Of The Revenge Of Dr. Blowhole" movie has Wally Wingert reprise his role from the first Madagascar video game, replacing his movie actor Ben Stiller.
• Role Reprise:
  • Tom McGrath, John DiMaggio, Andy Richter, and Conrad Vernon return to voicing Skipper, Rico, Mort, and Mason.
  • Alex's appearance in the "Return Of The Revenge Of Dr. Blowhole" movie has Wally Wingert reprise his role from the first Madagascar video game. In the Latin American Dub he's voiced by his voice actor from the movies, Ricardo Tejedo.
• Screwed by the Network: The show's cancellation was the result of Nickelodeon heads wanting to invest more in original programming rather than licensed material. Monsters vs. Aliens and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (also DreamWorks-based) suffered a similar fate.
• Similarly Named Works: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Phineas and Ferb have episodes titled "It's About Time"; all three episodes deal with time travel in a sense.

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