Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs
At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.
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In the scene where the lemurs are being briefed in the crashed airplane, one of them holds up a book titled "To Serve Lemur" and screams "it's a cookbook!" This is an homage to an episode of the original Twilight Zone series -
To Serve Man - which was itself based upon a short story of the same name by Damon Knight.
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Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs:
The orientation of the word 'GIRAFFE' on Melman's crate changes when he uses it for a tombstone. (From parallel to the arrow to perpendicular). However, if you look closely earlier in the movie, you can see in certain shots, that the other side of the crate has 'GIRAFFE' perpendicular.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Alex the Lion:
Surprise! Marty the Zebra:
Aaahhh! Alex! Do not interrupt me when I'm daydreaming. When a zebra's in the zone, leave him alone. See more »
Crazy Credits
You can see Gloria as the Statue of Liberty at the end of all credits, performing a Tinkerbell-esque magic wand tap to end the movie.
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"National Geographic Fanfare"
Composed by Elmer Bernstein Performed by The United Kingdom Symphony Orchestra Courtesy of The RCA Records Label By Arrangement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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