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What should we do with Xixi the Toucan (All Hail King Julien)?
Hug
Pat on the head
Adopt
Kill
Some of my favorite semi-obscure pieces of Madagascar media:
Madagascar: The Musical
Madagascar #2: Escape Plans
The Madagascar Penguins in: The New Neighbor
Today's the nineteenth anniversary of Madagascar!
It's also the twelfth anniversary of The Penguins of Madagascar episodes Street Smarts and Nighty Night Ninja!
And it's the third anniversary of season 3 of Madagascar: A Little Wild!
Looking like an episode centering around Melman.
Some good luck for an adorable and sweet giraffe boy.
vorrei dire tante cose che ho gia nominato nei nuovi calendari del 2020 a denti strettissimi.
porco dioo bastardo 👍🏿
While I love Madagascar: A Little Wild, I think it's such a missed opportunity that they didn't ever include the penguins. I'm glad they still got a cameo in the final episode, but I think it would have been interesting if they had gotten more screen-time. It's not like they needed to be recurring characters or anything, but it would have been cool if there were one full episode revolving around the zoosters running into the penguins for the first time. They could have interacted, overcome some conflict together, and by the end of the episode go their separate ways, yet still knowing the others are out there.
This is somewhat of a follow-up to a post I made a while back about the villains throughout the franchise, but in any case I think it's interesting how we have such a wide array of villain archetypes throughout the franchise.
In the films we start out with the fossa as the first main villain, though they don't have much of a personality. The film is very much a fish-out-of-water/man vs. nature type of story, with the main conflict being Alex's reaction to his newfound freedom in the wild. The fossa reflect this, with them still being the antagonist but less-so a straight up villain, since they're meant to reflect the "nature" in this story. As the films go on we progress more and more into actual villain territory. We have Makunga (and Nana) in the second film, DuBois in the third film, and finally Dave in the Penguins film. As you can see, we quickly went from the antagonist pretty much just being nature all the way to the antagonist being your stereotypical evil villain who wants to take over the world (or at least just get revenge on all penguins). Each subsequent film was trying to raise the stakes and one-up the previous films, which meant that the villains became more and more over-the-top.
Even the shows have villains that uniquely suit the story they're trying to tell. As I touched upon in the post I mentioned at the top, the villains in The Penguins of Madagascar are more of the straight-up-evil villain type. Characters like Dr. Blowhole, Hans, and The Red Squirrel are made to pay homage to villains from classic spy films (like Blofeld), who's sole desire is to get revenge/take over the world. The same goes for other antagonists throughout the series, like Clemson, the Rat King, and the Blue Hen. While their appearances may not necessarily be as overt as the previously mentioned three, they're motivations are still pretty much the same.
The villains in All Hail King Julien were somewhat upgraded to reflect the villains of the mid-late 2010s vs those of the mid-late 2000s. They have more complex motivations and somewhat understandable backstories, but still ultimately fall back into stereotypical villain territory. We have plenty of evil relatives as antagonists throughout the franchise, from Uncle King Julien to Bruce to Grandpa Mort, with Crimson even embodying the evil twin archetype. Unlike most of the villains from TPOM, these villains are given backstories to explain their evil-doing, and they're even allowed to grow and develop at times, but at the end of the day they still just become recurring evil villains with a scheme of the week for the protagonists to over come.
Then comes Madagascar: A Little Wild, which doesn't have actual villains for the most part. Most episodes revolve around the characters overcoming an emotional conflict, and a physical villain becomes unnecessary. There are a few exceptions, however. For example, in the episode A Roar Is Born we get Harley Hooves, who's a sort of "never meet your heroes" type of villain. He's someone who Alex looked up to, someone who even played a superhero in a movie, but ended up being the opposite - someone who was self-centered and would do whatever it takes to be the only one in the spotlight. Unlike TPOM and even AHKJ, the few villains they do have aren't relegated to those being largely incapable of change; instead, characters like Harley Hooves are able to learn and grow in the space of a single episode, which suits the type of story this show in particular was trying to tell.
But overall, villains don't have to be complex to be interesting. For instance, a one-note character like Clemson might be more interesting just because they're charismatic and fun to watch carry out their evil schemes. Either way, though, it is interesting looking back and seeing how the villains have evolved to suit the needs of the franchise at the time.
Today's the fifteenth anniversary of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa!
