humanizations

hey I like tpom a lot talk to me about the human au brother shippers dni follows from cassiecainwaynes

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heyy you happen to know where these pictures are from? found the three first on Pinterest

and then I asked my friend for help finding anything, so far we've only found three other more and have no idea where they're from

Hmm these look like some sort of promo or bumper for the TPoM series but I'm afraid it doesn't look familiar to me!! 😫 anyone else have an idea??

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It's from a McDonalds ad for Happy Meals

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heyy you happen to know where these pictures are from? found the three first on Pinterest

and then I asked my friend for help finding anything, so far we've only found three other more and have no idea where they're from

Hmm these look like some sort of promo or bumper for the TPoM series but I'm afraid it doesn't look familiar to me!! 😫 anyone else have an idea??

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Just some thoughts

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King Julien XIII 🕺

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Skipper from The Penguins of Madagascar

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I love that sometimes when they're in a crisis and have to act quick, it's Private who yells the orders. Remember this happening a few times, almost as if he's a mini Skipper lol. Especially in the ep Private and the Winky Factory when Skipper goes ''Leadership, man! The next stage in your soldiers training.'' like. Aw man. Skipper was so proud of him then 😭

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Meet the besties: Alexandra and Martina 🗽

AKA Alex and Martie 🦁🦓

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This is a top tier episode. To me.

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Hey, what about Private’s mom? How did his dad meet her, and manage to keep up a relationship long enough for him to be born? Were his mom and dad married? Also, did Private and his mom ever meet again? Or is his mom dead?

I had two questions like this so this is for both of you!

Backstory for Privates mother (Ivy Gentoo)

⭐Theo’s mother, Ivy, was a flight attendant. She met Sam when he was on a mission early in his career. Back then, Sam was more rebellious, and Ivy’s bubbly personality amused him. On a whim, he asked her out, and one thing led to another—they had a one-night stand. When Sam tried to disappear without a word, Ivy was offended. She didn’t understand that his job made commitment impossible, nor that he didn’t want to be tied down. They parted on bad terms.

Sam never gave much thought to Ivy afterward. He occasionally saw other civilian women but had to be careful—relationships like that could get him fired. 😬

Unbeknownst to him, that single night resulted in Theodore’s birth.

Ivy loved Theo deeply—he was the brightest part of her life—but she knew she couldn’t provide him with the stable future he deserved on her salary. At the same time, she resented that his father wasn’t around to help. From a few hints in conversation that night, she had learned that Sam was quite well-off in his career. So why was she only having to care for him?

Desperate for support, Ivy tried to track Sam down when Theo was two years old. One of her hobbies was sketching, and after that night, she had drawn him several times from memory. Hoping someone might recognize him, she took those drawings and started asking around, sharing small details Sam had told her.

But instead of finding Sam, she attracted the attention of a broad-shouldered Englishman—Nigel.

As soon as Nigel learned that a civilian was digging into an agent’s identity, he stepped in to contain the situation. But what he hadn’t expected was to discover—and confirm—that his brother had a son. While the revelation of being an uncle brought him joy, it also alarmed him. Ivy, without realizing it, had made herself a target. She had drawn too much attention, and now people who shouldn’t know about Sam’s existence were aware of her—and the fact that she had sensitive information.

When Nigel confronted her, Ivy admitted she had only been trying to get financial help from Theo’s father. He sympathized with her as he saw that Ivy was struggling. She wasn’t careless—just desperate to do what was best for her son.

Nigel made her a deal. Sam would take responsibility for Theo for a while, and in return, Nigel would relocate Ivy, find her a safer job, and ensure no one was looking for her anymore. The plan was that once she was stable and secure, Theo could return to her. Ivy, heartbroken but knowing she had little choice, agreed. With a heavy heart, she sent Theo off with his favorite stuffed animal, his lunacorn. Then, Nigel took him back to London.

Long story short—Nigel confronted Sam in secret and absolutely tore into him over the situation. Sam denied it as much as he could, but Nigel refused to back down. He reminded Sam that he had made a choice that came with consequences, and it was his responsibility to deal with them. That he was going to help. Sam argued that juggling both his career and raising a child would be complicated, but Nigel shut him down with a backhanded remark challenging his competence as an agent if he couldn't be relied on for something as small as this.

So the years passed. Theo asked questions about his mother, but Sam always brushed them off with dismissive answers like "It’s not important." Almost like the same he would get when he wanted to know what him and his uncle did for work.  With little to go on, Theo remained curious. The only tangible reminder was the strange clinginess he felt towards a plush he owned.

And of course When Theo was six, he ran away with the boys. Sam, prioritizing his work, didn’t immediately make finding him a top concern. Meanwhile, Nigel, who was also in America at the time, couldn’t reach Ivy about it. With no way to contact her, and with Sam failing to act fast enough, Ivy was left in the dark.

All she could do was hope that one day, she would see her son again.

(thanks for the ask!!! :))) )

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look how goofy kafoofy his victory dance is

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im fucking crying

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Expectation Subversion

Penguins of Madagascar has some of my favorite examples of subverting expectations for personalities. They also gave me something that I try to use when creating my own characters. It seems like the characters can easily fit into a one-dimensional stereotype, but then there's more. Let's start off with Rico.

At first glance, Rico is just a loose cannon. In lesser shows, he might have been. After all, he just needs to be the silly one who spits up weapons and sure, he is, but that's not all. Rico is also fiercely loyal. He's the same one who was terrified of a "haunted" car and still braved it head-on when it had hurt Skipper. Comically enough, he can just as easily turn on the others when Ms. Perky wants him to do something else (cue Rico attacking them because of that darn voice box). An underrated skill of Rico's is how resourceful he is. He always knows exactly what weapon is necessary for the moment. With these skills, his loyalty, and his fun/unhinged flair, he really comes to life as a character.

Private is seemingly just the nice guy of the group. He's the young one who's innocent. Again, this is a part of him. He is very nice, not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings like when he was supposed to win a rude-off against Clemson. He's also pretty naive with a lot of things, being unsuspecting about Hans actually being bad. Despite this, there's more to Private than niceness. He's got the most common sense of the group, being the only one to see that grabbing the plant needed to save Maurice's life would be easier than continuing to use the jaws of life AND realizing how unlikely it was that Santa was spending Christmas Eve in a random building. I also love how he's got a backstory of being this almost ruthless mini golf player. His underrated skill is that he's the second best fighter of the group. Solely looking at fin-to-fin combat, Private is the only one who's been on par with Skipper.

Kowalski could have just been the "science nerd." He definitely has this as a core part of him, but he's also such a drama queen. I love it. He's the poster boy for book smarts because this penguin has a score of 0 for practical reasoning. Heck, he had to figure out which instincts to use. His struggles with this leads to him continuously making inventions that almost kill everybody. Kowalski is always an invention away from turning into a mad scientist. I'm convinced this actually has happened before and then he just snaps back to his senses (thinking about times like Jiggles and more). Something else which adds an interesting layer to him is how much he wants to be in charge. He's technically the second-in-command and has made it clear that he'd like to replace Skipper when the time comes. "Kowalski's log...too soon?"

Skipper seems like he's just the tough boss. In a comedy like this, he easily could've been an incompetent leader. Rather than that, he's honestly a very good leader who is clever with his plans. Seriously, his escape plans shown in Pets Peeved and more episodes really demonstrate how thoroughly he can think out a strategy even when he's on the spot. Along with this, Skipper tries to act hard and rough, but he makes it clear that he cares about his team more than anything. He even faced his fear of needles (this show singlehandedly taught me what trypanophobia was) for Private when he learned that the soldier would've been hurt otherwise. It even stretches beyond them. Skipper really cares about everyone in the zoo, going so far as to look out for Julien who is probably one of his least favorite zoo mates. I also really like how much being a leader means to Skipper. When he thought he couldn't be in charge anymore, he was having a meltdown. He even put Private as leader just so that he could make it clear who actually deserves the position. It's so petty, that it's almost beautiful.

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