History Headscratchers / ThePenguinsOfMadagascar

*** They can't read, they keep getting the chimps' help for that. And real animals can somewhat understand human speech(obviously not to this extent) but obviously can't speak it.

* In "Officer X factor" there is very hot weather in zoo, but water in all of animals' pools is drained, so much water, it could not be only evaporated (and if, Alice has to fill their pools up, does not she?)... What, Alice?

* In "Skipper makes perfect" [[spoiler: danish guard]] called Skipper "Skipper". So how is it with animals' names, anyway? Clemson and Savio seems to be named by people (because people know their names) and [[spoiler: Doris and dr. Blowhole]] got names from people too (and did not keep them, because they already have names)[[spoiler: dr. Blowhole kept his show name Flippy when he was brainwashed and sent to Seaville (he did not know it is not his name), but when his memories were back, he calls himself dr. Blowhole again]]. So if Skipper is called Skipper even from humans there, does it mean, that he [[spoiler: is actually from Copenhagen zoo]]?

** There are people who distrust certain group of people for whatever reason, but still don't want to hurt them and will even gladly protect them. For example, there are people who do not hate LGBT community as much as they are just kind of weirded out by them and do not actually want to hurt them. I guess there are just different levels on discrimination and penguins' racism towards humans works the same way. I mean, Skipper has prejusticed throughts about mammals in general, but is still friends with Marlene...

* Why Clemson in his debut episode was so quick to butt-kissing Julien, despite the fact that he didn't know yet that zoo where he was gonna live had a king? Related to this, how he knows about how to behave around the royalty, despite probably not having (or hearing) any concept of it before that?
* Related to the above guess [[spoiler: how Clemson prepared the crate to Hoboken]] despite the fact that he had been in the lemur habitat this entire time? Sure, it could said that he had prepared it before Alice introduced him to Julien, Maurice and Mort but at that time he didn't know that Julien is the king, ergo. [[spoiler: he didn't yet thought of dethroning him]].
* In Officer X debut episode, he accuses penguins of breaking laws of nature and thinking they're above them [[InsaneTrollLogic by blaming them that they swim instead of flying like the rest of the birds]]. Why he even thought of something like that? Didn't he read any animal encyclopedia that contained an information that penguins ''evolved'' their abilities to swim, thus not breaking any laws of nature?

* Does Central Park Zoo has any keepers other than Alice? Because it looks like this woman does almost all the work at the zoo (mostly poorly).

** One Polish youtuber [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShGTa_nRVpQ made a theory]] that penguins alongside with chimps had returned to the zoo, while Alex and co. ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg plus circus animals]]) sent them Julien who was annoying them [[ItsAllAboutMe with his ego]].
* In Lost Treasure Of The Golden Squirrel, why did Marlene not go psycho the moment she was taken out of the zoo?

--> '''Mason''': Honestly, how that woman got employed is a mystery worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

* In "Best Laid Plantains" why King Julien didn't thought of breaking into zoo magazine to eat green bananas ''there'', instead of eating Bada and Bing's bananas?

* In "Cat's Cradle" Officer X says that obstructing an officer's work is typical of penguins. But how did he know that despite it being the first time when he meet them? [[note]] Not mentioning that not all penguins in this universe are secret agents. [[/note]]

* Related to the above guess [[spoiler: how Clemson prepared the crate to Hoboken]] despite the fact that he had been in the lemur habitat this entire time? Sure, it could said that he had prepared it before Alice introduced him to Julien, Maurice and Mort but at that time he didn't know that Julien is the king, ergo. [[spoiler: he didn't yet thought of dethroning him]].

* Frances, the villain of "The Hoboken Surprise" is a good enough inventor to create an almost exact replica of all animals, yet she chooses to use this technology to be a zookeeper, when she hates interacting with animals? Wasn't there another job she could have with this level of competence?

--> '''Mason''': Honestly, how that woman got employed is a mystery worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

-->-- '''Mason''': Honestly, how that woman got employed is a mystery worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

* In the "Work order", how did even Marlene and lemurs appear in fake zoo? They did not know, about the zoo is fake, so why they went to fake zoo at first, and why on Earth they thought, that they are in real zoo?

* After Skipper's memories are removed with Dr.Blowhole's Mind Jacker you see him fall into the ocean and sink. You later see him wash ashore ''in the morning''. If he couldn't swim, [[SuperNotDrowningSkills how did he survive that long underwater]]?

** Rico's quite often implied to be near completely insane. He's a merciless pyromaniac who if not kept under control could destroy the whole zoo, skipper even refers to him having "Devil Made Psychosis" at one point, so any irregularities in his personality are probably just an example of that.

** Blueberries are known for causing stains.

* Why did they need to change Kowalski's and Private's voice actors for the show? Replacing Sacha Baron Cohen and Cedric the Entertainer I can understand, but the original [=VAs=] were Creator/DreamWorks staff anyway. Not that I have a problem with the replacements (Creator/JeffBennett is made of win), but it was just an interesting change.

** It's also possible that even if Chris Miller and Chris Knights actually wanted to, it could have been easily accommodated along with their regular duties. I doubt if most animators would not jump at the chance for even more recognition. Even though they are full time animators on other shows, it is possible for them to dedicate a few days to recording voice over for several ten minute episodes. Voice actors often record their lines separately so it's not impossible for them to record them whenever they have the time. The issue might be that they are not professional voice actors. Kowalski and Private's dialogue was sparse in the movies so we didn't see a wide range of character from them (this was before their Solo movie). Skipper carried most of the lines for the Penguins. It's plausible that the studio didn't feel the need to invest in professional voice actors for two characters that would have minimal dialogue at best. But when the Penguins proved to be unexpected [[BreakoutCharacter BreakoutCharacters]], the studio may not have felt confident that the two Chris' acting skills could carry a series in which their roles would naturally be greatly extended. Hence the need for pro voice actors who can really inject something into the character. And it's hard to deny the fact that Jeff Bennett really does this for Kowalski. Most people wish he'd done Kowalski in the movie.

** It could have also been muscle memory, which is a form of procedural memory. People with brain damage such as the famous patient, Henry Molaison, was still able to complete certain tasks despite significant impairment to other brain functions such as severe anterograde amnesia. Penguins are naturally good swimmers, so Skipper would have still been able to swim even if he didn't know how, the same way a person can still walk even if he doesn't know the precise mechanics behind it, kind of like the opposite of the [[Centipede's Dilemma]]. For all his smarts, Dr. Blowhole has shown himself to be something of a [[{{Pun}} blowhard]], so he probably doesn't know everything despite what he says.

** It could have also been muscle memory, which is a form of procedural memory. People with brain damage such as the famous patient, Henry Molaison, was still able to complete certain tasks despite significant impairment to other brain functions such as severe anterograde amnesia. Penguins are naturally good swimmers, so Skipper would have still been able to swim even if he didn't know how, the same way a person can still walk even if he doesn't know the precise mechanics behind it, kind of like the opposite of the [[Centipede's Dilemma]]. For all his smarts, Dr. Blowhole has shown himself to be something of a [[IncrediblyLamePun blowhard]], so he probably doesn't know everything despite what he says.