Thinking about it, now I wonder what it could've been like if Clover had appeared in the rest of the saga XD
Like, for Madagascar 2, would she have gone with Julien and Maurice in the plane, or would she have been tasked with looking after the kingdom while they were gone?
If she had gone with them, I wonder what kind of shenanigans she could've gotten up to, with the plane crash, the sacrifice to the volcano, Madly Madagascar, the whole thing with Europe and the circus, etc etc.
I love to think about Clover traveling the world with the circus. 🥺 I answered here if Clover would stay to watch the kingdom, but in review I am 100% Clover comes with them or nothin.
The plane crash makes me tehehe because the idea is basically the ahkj lemurs are bored and dissatisfied after all their problems go away, so they decide to answer the call of adventure. And what does adventure have in store but shooting them out of a plane thousands of feet in the air over unfamiliar terrain with nothing but a parachute and Maurice clutching at her for dear life? And she's living for this!
With the sacrifice, Clover wouldn't really believe Melman jumping in a volcano will fix the water. She's a skeptic. But if he's dumb enough to jump in, well… he's a grown man. She probably thinks Julien was being nice asking for volunteers. Usually a sacrifice is nominated whether they like it or not, but KJ's a soft touch.
Would she think selling the Madly Madagascar love potion is stupid af? Yes. But her attention would be RAPT on if Maurice will really kiss Mort on the lips just bc Julien told him to. 😭🤭 She also gets to be the muscle enforcing those contracts he wanted people to sign. THAT is something movie Julien did not have and really needed! I wonder if the lemurs occupied themselves the entire time in Africa running schemes on random reserve animals. Clover has her integrity thing so she wouldn't scam people, but it's not HER fault you were so distracted by Maurice in a bra you didn't read the contract you signed.
For the circus, Clover would make a great act bc she can do so many incredible things, and she's never before actually gotten cheered by a crowd for it like she deserves, which is heartbreaking to me. I want her to perform with Sonya bc she can throw that bear. Then she'll backalley brawl those british dogs. While KJ is busy with Sonya, Clover will also take Maurice and Mort out like she does. But maybe Maurice will flip it around on her and be like ok EYE decide where we go this time.
Another thing I gotta mention: rooming together! The zoosters and penguins have been doing it their whole lives, but in ahkj the lemurs have their own houses. They ironically have the most adult sense of going home separately each day. Now they're bunking together for the first time. It's the part of the deal they wouldn't get the full implications of until they're actually doing it lawl. I think Clover would set up camp and be really proud of it the longer they use it. Did a tree become THEIR tree? Were they like unsupervised giddy kids having a sleepover the first week? When did they start annoying each other? How big of an imposition is it on Maurice and Clover when KJ tries to move Sonya in with them?