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* BeamMeUpScotty: Despite being circulated alongside a screenshot from the film, the line 'We did it boys, racism is no more' comes from ''WebVideo/ThePenguinsOfMadagascarOperationNWord'' rather than the canon script.
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** [[spoiler:King Julien's cameo during TheStinger has him being voiced by his TV replacement actor, Danny Jacobs, instead of Creator/SachaBaronCohen[[note]]Although you can briefly hear Baron Cohen's voice as Julien singing "I Like to Move It Move It" verse of "Afro Circus" during the beginning of the movie[[/note]].]]

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** [[spoiler:King Julien's cameo during TheStinger has him being voiced by his TV replacement actor, Danny Jacobs, instead of Creator/SachaBaronCohen[[note]]Although you can briefly hear Baron Cohen's voice as Julien singing the "I Like to Move It Move It" verse of "Afro Circus" during the beginning of the movie[[/note]].]]
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* AcclaimedFlop: TBA.The film was positively received by critics holding a score of 74% on Rotten Tomatoes but unfortunately due to additional costs the film bombed at the box office.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $132 million. Box office, $81,268,373 (domestic), $320,483,373 (worldwide). Sounds good on paper... [[spoiler:except that's not even counting the advertising budget, believed to be ''just as large.'' [=DreamWorks=] Animation had already been suffering from previous box office stings, but this film delivered the biggest blow to the studio. After the studio predicted it would make a $49 million loss at theaters[[note]]which was bigger than their previous $15 million loss prediction[[/note]], studio shares tumbled ''six percent'' the following month, and the film's underperforming forced the company to [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/breaking-dreamworks-animation-will-shut-down-pdidreamworks-studio-over-500-jobs-will-be-eliminated-108161.html terminate five hundred employees and shut down PDI]]]].

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $132 million. Box office, $81,268,373 (domestic), $320,483,373 (worldwide). Sounds good on paper... [[spoiler:except except that's not even counting the advertising budget, believed to be ''just as large.'' [=DreamWorks=] Animation had already been suffering from previous box office stings, but this film delivered the biggest blow to the studio. After the studio predicted it would make a $49 million loss at theaters[[note]]which was bigger than their previous $15 million loss prediction[[/note]], studio shares tumbled ''six percent'' the following month, and the film's underperforming forced the company to [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/breaking-dreamworks-animation-will-shut-down-pdidreamworks-studio-over-500-jobs-will-be-eliminated-108161.html terminate five hundred employees and shut down PDI]]]].PDI]].
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $132 million. Box office, $81,268,373 (domestic), $320,483,373 (worldwide). Sounds good on paper... except that's not even counting the advertising budget, believed to be ''just as large.'' [=DreamWorks=] Animation had already been suffering from previous box office stings, but this film delivered the biggest blow to the studio. After the studio predicted it would make a $49 million loss at theaters[[note]]which was bigger than their previous $15 million loss prediction[[/note]], studio shares tumbled ''six percent'' the following month, and the film's underperforming forced the company to [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/breaking-dreamworks-animation-will-shut-down-pdidreamworks-studio-over-500-jobs-will-be-eliminated-108161.html terminate five hundred employees and shut down PDI]].

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $132 million. Box office, $81,268,373 (domestic), $320,483,373 (worldwide). Sounds good on paper... except [[spoiler:except that's not even counting the advertising budget, believed to be ''just as large.'' [=DreamWorks=] Animation had already been suffering from previous box office stings, but this film delivered the biggest blow to the studio. After the studio predicted it would make a $49 million loss at theaters[[note]]which was bigger than their previous $15 million loss prediction[[/note]], studio shares tumbled ''six percent'' the following month, and the film's underperforming forced the company to [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/breaking-dreamworks-animation-will-shut-down-pdidreamworks-studio-over-500-jobs-will-be-eliminated-108161.html terminate five hundred employees and shut down PDI]].PDI]]]].
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** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/Home2015 next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to [[Creator/NBCUniversal Comcast [=NBCUniversal=]]] within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.

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** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/Home2015 next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to [[Creator/NBCUniversal Comcast [=NBCUniversal=]]] within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.
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** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/Home2015 next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to [[Creator/NBCUniversal Comcast [=NBCUniversal=]]] within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.

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** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Jeffrey Katzenberg Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/Home2015 next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to [[Creator/NBCUniversal Comcast [=NBCUniversal=]]] within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.
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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of DWA's top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell. However, [[WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien a few]] [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild television adaptations]] have been released in the wake of this hibernation.

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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of DWA's top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell. However, [[WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien a few]] [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild television adaptations]] have been released in the wake of this hibernation.



* RecursiveAdaptation: [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Movie]] -> [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series]] -> movie. The penguins have taken such a huge leap in bringing their personalities and appearances closer to the series, that some people consider this movie to finally link to the ''Penguins'' series.

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* RecursiveAdaptation: [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar1 Movie]] -> [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series]] -> movie. The penguins have taken such a huge leap in bringing their personalities and appearances closer to the series, that some people consider this movie to finally link to the ''Penguins'' series.
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* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John [=DiMaggio=], [=DreamWorks=] staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom [=McGrath=], Chris Miller[[note]]no, not [[NamesTheSame Phil Lord's partner]][[/note]], and Christopher Knights, all DWA staff members, voicing them.

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* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John [=DiMaggio=], [=DreamWorks=] staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom [=McGrath=], Chris Miller[[note]]no, not [[NamesTheSame Phil Lord's partner]][[/note]], partner[[/note]], and Christopher Knights, all DWA staff members, voicing them.
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** It also ended the long run of chief creative officer Bill Damaschke, who had been with the studio since 1995, and the short run of COO and longtime Disney executive Mark Zoradi, who had been with DWA since earlier that summer (Zoradi would take over the Cinemark theater chain months later.)
** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/Home2015 next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to Comcast's [=NBCUniversal=] unit within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.
* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John [=DiMaggio=], Dreamworks staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom [=McGrath=], Chris Miller[[note]]no, not [[NamesTheSame Phil Lord's partner]][[/note]], and Christopher Knights, all DWA staff members, voicing them.
* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell. However, [[WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien a few]] [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild television adaptations]] have been released in the wake of this hibernation.

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** It also ended the long run of chief creative officer Bill Damaschke, who had been with the studio since 1995, and the short run of COO and longtime Disney executive Mark Zoradi, who had been with DWA since earlier that summer (Zoradi would take over the Cinemark theater cinema chain months later.)
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** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/Home2015 next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to Comcast's [=NBCUniversal=] unit [[Creator/NBCUniversal Comcast [=NBCUniversal=]]] within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.
* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John [=DiMaggio=], Dreamworks [=DreamWorks=] staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom [=McGrath=], Chris Miller[[note]]no, not [[NamesTheSame Phil Lord's partner]][[/note]], and Christopher Knights, all DWA staff members, voicing them.
* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' DWA's top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell. However, [[WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien a few]] [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild television adaptations]] have been released in the wake of this hibernation.
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** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/{{Home}} next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to Comcast's [=NBCUniversal=] unit within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.

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** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/{{Home}} [[WesternAnimation/Home2015 next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to Comcast's [=NBCUniversal=] unit within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.



* ReleaseDateChange: It was scheduled for March 2015 before moving to November 2014, swapping places with ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}''.

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* ReleaseDateChange: It was scheduled for March 2015 before moving to November 2014, swapping places with ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}''.''WesternAnimation/Home2015''.
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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell.

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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell. However, [[WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien a few]] [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild television adaptations]] have been released in the wake of this hibernation.
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** Classified has been called Classy by many fans.
** Corp for Corporal. It isn't as popular as many other nicknames, but it still counts.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $132 million. Box office, $81,268,373 (domestic), $320,483,373 (worldwide). And that's not even counting the advertising budget. [=DreamWorks=] Animation had already been suffering from previous box office stings, but this film delivered the biggest blow to the studio. After the studio predicted it would make a $49 million loss at theaters[[note]]which was bigger than their previous $15 million loss prediction[[/note]], studio shares tumbled ''six percent'' the following month, and forced the company to [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/breaking-dreamworks-animation-will-shut-down-pdidreamworks-studio-over-500-jobs-will-be-eliminated-108161.html terminate five hundred employees and shut down PDI]].
* CreatorKiller: The film's disastrous financial results, along with that of ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'', scarred [=DreamWorks=]' ability to survive as an independent film studio. It took two years and several major job losses to get to the point of having to be sold.
** The film was such a disaster at the domestic box office that Creator/DreamWorksAnimation lost an enormous amount of money (though the failed merger with Creator/{{Hasbro}} deserves credit, too), resulting in studio Pacific Data Images shutting down as part of a restructuring of the company.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $132 million. Box office, $81,268,373 (domestic), $320,483,373 (worldwide). And Sounds good on paper... except that's not even counting the advertising budget. budget, believed to be ''just as large.'' [=DreamWorks=] Animation had already been suffering from previous box office stings, but this film delivered the biggest blow to the studio. After the studio predicted it would make a $49 million loss at theaters[[note]]which was bigger than their previous $15 million loss prediction[[/note]], studio shares tumbled ''six percent'' the following month, and the film's underperforming forced the company to [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/breaking-dreamworks-animation-will-shut-down-pdidreamworks-studio-over-500-jobs-will-be-eliminated-108161.html terminate five hundred employees and shut down PDI]].
* CreatorKiller: The film's disastrous financial results, along with that of ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'', all-but-fatally scarred [=DreamWorks=]' ability to survive as an independent film studio. It took two years and several major job losses to get to the point of having to be sold.
** The film was such a disaster at the domestic box office that Creator/DreamWorksAnimation lost an enormous amount of money (though the 2 failed merger mergers on the company's end, one reportedly with Creator/{{Hasbro}} deserves Creator/{{Hasbro}}, deserve credit, too), directly resulting in studio Pacific Data Images shutting down as part of a restructuring of the company.



* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John [=DiMaggio=], Dreamworks staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom [=McGrath=], Chris Miller, and Christopher Knights, all staff members, voicing them.

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* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John [=DiMaggio=], Dreamworks staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom [=McGrath=], Chris Miller, Miller[[note]]no, not [[NamesTheSame Phil Lord's partner]][[/note]], and Christopher Knights, all DWA staff members, voicing them.

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* StillbornFranchise: The film actually did worse than [=DreamWorks=]' [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians previous]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}} three]] [[WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman attempts]] to start a franchise, despite being fueled by the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' series, leading them to lose $49 million at theaters, over triple of what they expected, and the company's shares fell ''six percent'' because of it. Not enough to kill off the ''Madagascar'' franchise, but certainly enough to ensure that there would be no more ''Penguins'' solo films.

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* SameVoiceTheirEntireLife: In the AMinorKidroduction scene, the four penguins sound exactly the same as they do when they're adults. It's particularly conspicuous with Skipper and Kowalski, who both have deep male voices.
* StillbornFranchise: The film actually did worse than [=DreamWorks=]' [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians previous]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}} three]] [[WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman attempts]] to start a franchise, despite being fueled by the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' series, leading them to lose $49 million at theaters, over triple of what they expected, and the company's shares fell ''six percent'' because of it. Not enough to kill off the ''Madagascar'' franchise, but certainly enough to ensure that there would be no more ''Penguins'' solo films.films.
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** [[spoiler:King Julien's cameo during TheStinger has him being voiced by his TV replacement actor, Danny Jacobs, instead of Creator/SachaBaronCohen[[note]]Although you can briefly hear Baron Cohen's voice as Julien singing "I Like to Move It Move It" verse of "Afro Circus" during the beginning of the movie.]]

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** [[spoiler:King Julien's cameo during TheStinger has him being voiced by his TV replacement actor, Danny Jacobs, instead of Creator/SachaBaronCohen[[note]]Although you can briefly hear Baron Cohen's voice as Julien singing "I Like to Move It Move It" verse of "Afro Circus" during the beginning of the movie.movie[[/note]].]]
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* TheOriginalDarrin: Kowalski and Private are voiced by their movie actors, Chris Miller and Christopher Knights, instead of their tv actors, Jeff Bennett and James Patrick Stuart.

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* TheOriginalDarrin: Kowalski and Private are voiced by their movie actors, Chris Miller and Christopher Knights, instead of their tv TV actors, Jeff Bennett and James Patrick Stuart.



** [[spoiler:King Julien's cameo during TheStinger has him being voiced by his TV replacement actor, Danny Jacobs, instead of Creator/SachaBaronCohen.]]
* RecursiveAdaptation: [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Movie]] -> [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series]] -> movie. The penguins have taken such a huge leap in bringing their personalities and appearances closer to the series, that some people consider this movie to finally link to the Penguins series.

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** [[spoiler:King Julien's cameo during TheStinger has him being voiced by his TV replacement actor, Danny Jacobs, instead of Creator/SachaBaronCohen.Creator/SachaBaronCohen[[note]]Although you can briefly hear Baron Cohen's voice as Julien singing "I Like to Move It Move It" verse of "Afro Circus" during the beginning of the movie.]]
* RecursiveAdaptation: [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Movie]] -> [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series]] -> movie. The penguins have taken such a huge leap in bringing their personalities and appearances closer to the series, that some people consider this movie to finally link to the Penguins ''Penguins'' series.



** [[spoiler: The stinger has Andy Richter and Danny Jacobs return to voicing Mort and Julien, the former from all non-video game media and the latter from the video games and the cartoon. ]] .
* StillbornFranchise: The film actually did worse than [=DreamWorks=]' [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians previous]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}} three]] [[WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman attempts]] to start a franchise, despite being fuelled by the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' series, leading them to lose $49 million at theaters, over triple of what they expected, and the company's shares fell ''six percent'' because of it. Not enough to kill off the ''Madagascar'' franchise, but certainly enough to ensure that there would be no more ''Penguins'' solo films.

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** [[spoiler: The stinger has Andy Richter and Danny Jacobs return to voicing Mort and Julien, the former from all non-video game media and the latter from the video games and the cartoon. ]] .cartoon while replacing Sasha Baron Cohen]].
* StillbornFranchise: The film actually did worse than [=DreamWorks=]' [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians previous]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}} three]] [[WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman attempts]] to start a franchise, despite being fuelled fueled by the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' series, leading them to lose $49 million at theaters, over triple of what they expected, and the company's shares fell ''six percent'' because of it. Not enough to kill off the ''Madagascar'' franchise, but certainly enough to ensure that there would be no more ''Penguins'' solo films.
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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the most 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell.

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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the most 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell.
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* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John DiMaggio, Dreamworks staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, and Christopher Knights, all staff members, voicing them.

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* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John DiMaggio, [=DiMaggio=], Dreamworks staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom McGrath, [=McGrath=], Chris Miller, and Christopher Knights, all staff members, voicing them.



** Instead of being voiced by John DiMaggio, Rico is instead voiced by Mason's voice actor, Conrad Vernon.

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** Instead of being voiced by John DiMaggio, [=DiMaggio=], Rico is instead voiced by Mason's voice actor, Conrad Vernon.



** Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, and Christopher Knights return to voicing Skipper, Kowalski, and Private.

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** Tom McGrath, [=McGrath=], Chris Miller, and Christopher Knights return to voicing Skipper, Kowalski, and Private.
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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the most 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell.

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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the most 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell.
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* FranchiseKiller: Throughout most of the most 2000's, ''Madagascar'' was only second to ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' as [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' CashCowFranchise. Even though ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' eventually overshadowed it in popularity, ''Madagascar'' was still able to stay afloat as one of Dreamworks' top-tier brands. This film's flopping at the box office, combined with the concurrent serious restructuring of the company following the other {{Box Office Bomb}}s of the 2010s, pretty much set the ''Madagascar'' franchise out to pasture as a previously-scheduled fifth film in the series remains in DevelopmentHell.
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* RecursiveAdaptation: [[Film/{{Madagascar}} Movie]] -> [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series]] -> movie. The penguins have taken such a huge leap in bringing their personalities and appearances closer to the series, that some people consider this movie to finally link to the Penguins series.

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* RecursiveAdaptation: [[Film/{{Madagascar}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Movie]] -> [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series]] -> movie. The penguins have taken such a huge leap in bringing their personalities and appearances closer to the series, that some people consider this movie to finally link to the Penguins series.
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* DescendedCreator: Rather than having John DiMaggio, Dreamworks staff member Conrad Vernon voiced Rico here. Skipper, Kowalski, and Private still have Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, and Christopher Knights, all staff members, voicing them.

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* TheOriginalDarrin: Kowalski and Private are voiced by their movie actors, Chris Miller and Christopher Knights, instead of their tv actors, Jeff Bennett and James Patrick Stuart.



** The film reverts Kowalski and Private to their original voice actors in the first three WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} movies (Chris Miller and Christopher Knights, instead of Creator/JeffBennett and James Patrick Stuart, respectively, on [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar the TV series]]). Oddly, Rico, who kept his original voice actor Creator/JohnDiMaggio for the TV series, is now voiced by Conrad Vernon, who voiced Mason the chimp in the movies and TV series. The only penguin who has had the same voice actor through every adaptation is Skipper (Tom [=McGrath=]).

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** The film reverts Kowalski and Private to their original voice actors in the first three WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} movies (Chris Miller and Christopher Knights, instead Instead of Creator/JeffBennett and James Patrick Stuart, respectively, on [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar the TV series]]). Oddly, Rico, who kept his original voice actor Creator/JohnDiMaggio for the TV series, is now being voiced by John DiMaggio, Rico is instead voiced by Mason's voice actor, Conrad Vernon, who voiced Mason the chimp in the movies and TV series. The only penguin who has had the same voice actor through every adaptation is Skipper (Tom [=McGrath=]).Vernon.


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* RoleReprisal:
** Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, and Christopher Knights return to voicing Skipper, Kowalski, and Private.
** [[spoiler: The stinger has Andy Richter and Danny Jacobs return to voicing Mort and Julien, the former from all non-video game media and the latter from the video games and the cartoon. ]] .
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* RecursiveAdaptation: [[Film/{{Madagascar}} Movie]] -> [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series]] -> movie (sort of).

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* RecursiveAdaptation: [[Film/{{Madagascar}} Movie]] -> [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar TV series]] -> movie. The penguins have taken such a huge leap in bringing their personalities and appearances closer to the series, that some people consider this movie (sort of).to finally link to the Penguins series.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's disastrous financial results scarred [=DreamWorks=]' ability to survive as an independent film studio. It took two years and several major job losses to get to that point.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's disastrous financial results results, along with that of ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'', scarred [=DreamWorks=]' ability to survive as an independent film studio. It took two years and several major job losses to get to that point.the point of having to be sold.



** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/{{Home}} next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to Comcast within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.

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** And finally, it was the beginning of the end for founder Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, with his ambitions against Disney having finally got the better of him. The studio's [[WesternAnimation/{{Home}} next]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 two]] films were financial successes, but not on high enough of a level to please shareholders. This eventually led to Katzenberg agreeing to sell the studio to Comcast Comcast's [=NBCUniversal=] unit within 18 months (after having decided not to take the company private with the help of a shareholder in China) and divest his involvement with DWA on a heavy basis.

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