History Headscratchers / ThePenguinsOfMadagascar

** Skipper is an AffectionateParody of the overly-macho war hero characters from the movies and TV. His "sexist" attitude comes from his naive idea that only guys can be "tough and badass" whereas every female is a DamselInDistress. Plus, unlike most sexists, Skipper ''does'' admit when he's wrong.

*** Original tropette here: yeah, great, not the point. And to the person above that one, I personally don't think kids' shows in particular involve that much over-thinking.
** Some will see what they want to see, for whatever reason they want to see it. In the case of thinking Guy A and Guy B are into each other, it's because it amuses people to read too far into something, and take it out of context. This is especially true if the show is aimed at kids, because some delight in pretending something sexual and "controversial" is in a programmed little children will see (think little kids dropping f-bombs and talking about weed in R-rated [[YourMileageMayVary "comedies"]]). Bugs Bunny didn't kiss Elmer out of attraction, it was for A) Distraction, and B) RuleOfFunny. Some people aren't mature enough to look at a cigar and only see a cigar.
** That and back in the olden days, gays were treated as a joke. Nowadays with them becoming more mainstreamy, scenes like that seem just weird today. It makes it look like the writers are overly naive into thinking moments like that are considered innocent instead of a double entendre. Basically the same thing with men in drag.

** Skipper is an AffectionateParody of the overly-macho war hero characters from the movies and TV. His "sexist" attitude comes from his naive idea that only guys can be "tough and badass" whereas females are meant to be [[DamselInDistress constantly saved]]. Plus, unlike most sexists, Skipper ''does'' admit when he's wrong.

** I see Julien as either bisexual, or just the sort of guy who loves having parties and sex and doesn't particuarly care what gender it's with. Not gay; he shows plenty of interest in females as well as males; there's just not that many females on the show.

** FYI, the only reason Freud said that was because HE smoked cigars.

* Some will see what they want to see, for whatever reason they want to see it. In the case of thinking Guy A and Guy B are into each other, it's because it amuses people to read too far into something, and take it out of context. This is especially true if the show is aimed at kids, because some delight in pretending something sexual and "controversial" is in a programmed little children will see (think little kids dropping f-bombs and talking about weed in R-rated [[YourMileageMayVary "comedies"]]). Bugs Bunny didn't kiss Elmer out of attraction, it was for A) Distraction, and B) RuleOfFunny. Some people aren't mature enough to look at a cigar and only see a cigar.
** That and back in the olden days, gays were treated as a joke. Nowadays with them becoming more mainstreamy, scenes like that seem just weird today. It makes it look like the writers are overly naieve into thinking moments like that are considered innocent instead of a double entendre. Basically the same thing with men in drag.

** [[SarcasmMode Welcome to the wonderful world of fandom.]] Just be glad that phrasing your choice in pairings a little better - maybe not using the word ''hate'' - would save you a lot of grief, as opposed to [[LuxPain other]] [[{{Merlin}} fandoms]] where merely breathing the first syllable of a pairing that is het might get you violently excommunicated. Ignore the people who do the flaming, and try to be civil to the polite ones even if you don't share their views; just because you don't see Skilene doesn't mean others can't, while the same of course goes for pairings you support and they don't see evidence for.

** The opening animation-sequence seems to imply that the lemurs were shipped to the zoo from Madagascar (or Africa in the sequel). Not only that, but there is a gag in one episode where a radio broadcast mentions a "little old lady beating up a lion" indicating that the movie is canon to the series.

** My guess would be because the two who voiced Kowalski and Private were career animators who, unlike Tom [=McGrath=] (Skipper), were not involved in creating the show, they likely wanted to work on other projects in their field without being constantly needed for voice work as major characters (with the most lines, no less) of a TV show. In other words, they wanted to be free to work in their field instead of doing voice work on a show they don't animate for. So instead the studio hired two career voice actors for the roles.

** My guess would be because the two who voiced Kowalski and Private were career animators who, unlike Tom McGrath (Skipper), were not involved in creating the show, they likely wanted to work on other projects in their field without being constantly needed for voice work as major characters (with the most lines, no less) of a TV show. In other words, they wanted to be free to work in their field instead of doing voice work on a show they don't animate for. So instead the studio hired two career voice actors for the roles.

* If none of the penguins [[NeverLearnedToRead know how to read]], how can they operate the Speak-and-Spell used in some of Kowalski's inventions? Especially since it's explicitly shown in "Driven to the Brink" that Kowalski can't spell -- yet in that same episode, the Speak-and-Spell's warning to Rico is spelled out neatly...

** AlternateContinuity.