The Penguins of Madagascar
The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico; the lemurs King Julien, Maurice, and Mort; and Mason and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter and a zookeeper named Alice. It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation. A pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of "Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend" on November 29, 2008, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series on March 28, 2009. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere. Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, The Penguins of Madagascar does not take place at a precise time within it. McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place "not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe."
Seasons
1. Gone in a Flash
Air Date: 2008-11-28
Julien and Maurice fight over a camera that fell from the sky.
2. Launchtime
Air Date: 2009-03-28
Frustrated by their obnoxious lemur neighbors, the penguins decide to take a vacation... to the moon.
3. Haunted Habitat
Air Date: 2009-03-28
The penguins leap into action when a spooky noise frightens Marlene.
4. Operation: Plush and Cover
Air Date: 2009-03-30
The popularity of stuffed Mort dolls causes Julien to sabotage the toys, prompting a recall.
5. Happy King Julien Day
Air Date: 2009-03-31
Maurice bribes the animals with candy so they'll celebrate "King Julien Day."
6. Paternal Egg-Stinct
Air Date: 2009-04-01
Marlene discovers a lost egg and thinks the Penguins would be perfect egg watchers.
7. Assault and Batteries
Air Date: 2009-04-02
When Skipper steals Julien's radio batteries, a wild chase gets them stuck in a kangaroo pen.
8. Penguiner Takes All
Air Date: 2009-04-06
Julien challenges the penguins to play Capture the Flag, but the lemurs win every time.
9. Two Feet High and Rising
Air Date: 2009-04-07
Julien can't take Mort's obsessive feet touching, so he exiles Mort from the lemur habitat.
10. Tangled in the Web
Air Date: 2009-04-08
When the zoo installs web cams to bring in new visitors, Private accidentally becomes an Internet star.
11. Crown Fools
Air Date: 2009-04-09
Skipper accidentally causes King Julien to lose his beloved crown. Now the penguins go on a dangerous mission to retrieve the crown from the sewer.
12. The Hidden
Air Date: 2009-04-18
Marlene goes to greet the mysterious new animals... then promptly disappears.
13. Kingdom Come
Air Date: 2009-04-18
Maurice is left in charge when Julien is carted off to the zoo infirmary.
14. All Choked Up
Air Date: 2009-04-25
After Rico ingests a strange liquid, he discovers he can no longer regurgitate items from his belly.
15. Little Zoo Coupe
Air Date: 2009-04-25
The penguins and lemurs face off in a winner-take-all race around the zoo.
16. Popcorn Panic
Air Date: 2009-05-09
When the penguins lose access to their favorite snack, Skipper and crew leap into action to find a new supply.
17. Go Fish
Air Date: 2009-05-30
The penguins aren't happy when their fish supplies are replaced by imitation fish cakes.
18. Miracle on Ice
Air Date: 2009-05-30
The sewer rats challenge the penguins to a game of ice hockey.
19. Needle Point
Air Date: 2009-06-06
When the vet rounds up the penguins to give them a shot, Skipper's fear of needles takes over.
20. Eclipsed
Air Date: 2009-06-06
When a solar eclipse occurs, Julien is tricked into thinking it's his fault.
21. Mort Unbound
Air Date: 2009-06-26
Mort quadruples in size after being exposed to Kowalski's super-ray.
22. Roomies
Air Date: 2009-06-26
Marlene's can't stand her new roommate, so she asks the penguins to help get rid of her.
23. Misfortune Cookie
Air Date: 2009-08-01
Rico ignores a freaky fortune from his cookie, but Julien thinks Rico needs to believe in the superstition.
24. Lemur See, Lemur Do
Air Date: 2009-08-01
When a robot is sent to the zoo to learn from Julien, the penguins set out to retrain it.
25. Roger Dodger
Air Date: 2009-08-10
The rats have been terrorizing Roger the alligator, so he comes to the penguins for help.
26. Skorca!
Air Date: 2009-08-12
A giant balloon float of a killer whale haunts Private.
27. Otter Gone Wild
Air Date: 2009-08-12
When Marlene sets foot outside of captivity, she snaps and becomes a feral beast.
28. Cat's Cradle
Air Date: 2009-08-20
Officer X of New York City's animal control is after Max, the penguins' stray cat friend.
29. Monkey Love
Air Date: 2009-08-20
Phil tries to win the heart of a visiting chimpanzee named Lulu.
30. Tagged
Air Date: 2009-08-21
The penguins must ditch the watchful eye of a nosey scientist before he stumbles upon all their secrets.
31. What Goes Around
Air Date: 2009-09-19
A girl loses her doll at the zoo, and Rico is convinced to give up his own doll to replace it.
32. Mask of the Raccoon
Air Date: 2009-09-19
A mysterious bandit is robbing the zoo animals of their beloved possessions.
33. Out of the Groove
Air Date: 2009-10-12
Julien is horrified when the baboons' dance routine is getting more attention than his own.
34. Jungle Law
Air Date: 2009-10-12
A zoo blackout elevates King Julien's delusional rulership ideas to a whole new level.
35. I Was a Penguin Zombie
Air Date: 2009-10-24
The other penguins fear that Skipper has become a zombie after a visit to the vet.
36. Sting Operation
Air Date: 2009-10-24
Some unfriendly hornets make plans to sting anyone who enters the zoo.
37. All King, No Kingdom
Air Date: 2009-11-14
After a mishap with Julien, Maurice and Mort are banished from his kingdom.
38. Untouchable
Air Date: 2009-11-14
A tiny frog with a nasty attitude moves to the zoo and starts terrorizing the other animals.
39. Over Phil
Air Date: 2009-11-27
After a fight, the penguins show Mason and Phil how much they need each other.
40. Miss Understanding
Air Date: 2009-11-27
Skipper has an identity crisis when Alice mentions that one of the penguins is actually female.
41. An Elephant Never Forgets
Air Date: 2009-12-05
Burt the elephant asks the penguins to help him break out of the zoo.
42. Otter Things Have Happened
Air Date: 2009-12-05
Marlene catches a glimpse of Fred the squirrel and falls in love at first sight.
43. Zoo Tube
Air Date: 2010-01-02
The animals make a commercial to promote the zoo after a new TV channel renders them obsolete.
44. Snakehead!
Air Date: 2010-01-02
When a giant fish terrorizes the duck pond, Skipper leads a mission to eliminate the menace.
45. Jiggles
Air Date: 2010-01-16
Kowalski accidentally creates a living blob of jelly... with a big appetite.
46. The Falcon and the Snow Job
Air Date: 2010-02-06
When a beautiful falcon crash-lands in the zoo, Skipper insists that she stays.
47. The Penguin Stays in the Picture
Air Date: 2010-02-06
Private is upset when Mort is chosen to be the cover animal for the zoo's brochure.
48. Dr. Blowhole's Revenge
Air Date: 2010-02-15
When arch-nemesis, Dr Blowhole kidnaps King Julien and threatens to melt the Arctic Circle, the Penguins have to stop him, but they walk into a clever trap.
1. The Red Squirrel
Air Date: 2010-03-13
The penguins are recruited by Buck Rockgut to help him capture the Red Squirrel.
2. It's About Time
Air Date: 2010-03-13
Kowalski travels back in time to prevent himself from building a time machine.
3. Gator Watch
Air Date: 2010-05-15
When Roger's sewer home becomes unbearable, the penguins try to find him a new home in the city.
4. In The Line of Doody
Air Date: 2010-05-15
The penguins must protect the zoo commissioner from Frankie the pigeon's wrath.
5. Can't Touch This
Air Date: 2010-06-19
The penguins try to help Randy overcomes the problems he's having at the petting zoo.
6. Hard Boiled Eggy
Air Date: 2010-06-19
Eggy the duckling is convinced that he can handle dangerous missions like the penguins.
7. The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel
Air Date: 2010-04-25
It's a race against time when the whole gang competes with the Rat King to find the Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel, which may have a dangerous curse on it!
8. Fit To Print
Air Date: 2010-07-19
When the penguins realize their operation is at risk of being exposed, they attempt to destroy the evidence.
9. Operation: Cooties
Air Date: 2010-07-19
The penguins and Julien believe Marlene has cooties after overhearing a group of schoolchildren.
10. Mr. Tux
Air Date: 2010-07-19
The Amarillo Kid arrives and declares that he has a score to settle with "Mr. Tux."
11. Concrete Jungle Survival
Air Date: 2010-07-19
Private is ready to move up in rank within the penguin commando unit... or is he?
12. Stop Bugging Me
Air Date: 2010-09-04
A group of cockroaches ask the penguins for help with their exterminator problem.
13. Field Tripped
Air Date: 2010-09-04
The penguins become convinced that a kid on a field trip to the zoo is spying on them.
14. Badger Pride
Air Date: 2010-09-04
Private wants to be friends with a group of badgers... until they threaten to hurt Marlene.
15. Kaboom and Kabust
Air Date: 2010-09-11
When the Penguins send Rico off to help King Julien, an unlikely friendship develops between them.
16. The Helmet
Air Date: 2010-09-11
Julien causes chaos at the zoo when he steals Kowalski's new invention.
17. Night and Dazed
Air Date: 2010-09-18
The penguins accidentally launch Leonard the koala out of the zoo and into midtown Manhattan.
18. The Big Squeeze
Air Date: 2010-09-18
When animals begin disappearing, the penguins suspect Savio, the new boa constrictor.
19. Wishful Thinking
Air Date: 2010-10-02
Private tells Mort that if he throws a penny in the fountain, his wish will come true... and it works!
20. April Fools
Air Date: 2010-10-02
Julien goes on a pranking spree when he learns about April Fool's Day.
21. Hello, Dollface
Air Date: 2010-10-09
Rico desperately wants to a voice chip upgrade for his doll-girlfriend.
22. Huffin and Puffin
Air Date: 2010-10-09
A puffin from Skipper's past returns and tries to take over the penguins' habitat.
23. Invention Intervention
Air Date: 2010-10-16
After a series of gadget malfunctions, Skipper orders Kowalski to stop inventing.
24. Cradle and All
Air Date: 2010-10-16
When a baby stroller rolls outside the zoo, the penguins redefine the term "daycare."
25. Driven to the Brink
Air Date: 2010-10-23
The penguins' car seems to have a mind of its own after Rico rebuilds it.
26. Friend-in-a-Box
Air Date: 2010-10-23
Kowalski steals the computer chip from Mort's new video game to finish an invention.
27. Work Order
Air Date: 2010-11-06
The penguins must stop a contractor from completing repairs on their habitat before he destroys the world!
28. Hot Ice
Air Date: 2010-11-06
Two thieves stash a very expensive diamond necklace at the zoo.
29. Command Crisis
Air Date: 2010-11-07
When Skipper is knocked on the head, he's unable to lead the penguins on an important mission.
30. Truth Ache
Air Date: 2010-11-07
Private accidentally drinks Kowalski's truth serum and starts spilling the penguin's secrets to the rest of the zoo.
31. The All Nighter Before Christmas
Air Date: 2010-12-12
When the zoo is closed for Christmas, the animals prepare for "Kidsmas" -- their annual celebration complete with decorations, food, gifts and a visit from Santa.
32. Whispers and Coups
Air Date: 2011-01-15
Julien believes Maurice is plotting an overthrow and the penguins send him through basic training.
33. Brush With Danger
Air Date: 2011-01-15
Burt the elephant discovers a love for painting, and he's remarkably talented.
34. Love Hurts
Air Date: 2011-02-12
Private is smitten with the zoo nurse, but the only way he can see her is to get injured.
35. The Officer X Factor
Air Date: 2011-02-12
The penguins have a plan to beat the heat, but they'll need Alice out of the way.
36. Brain Drain
Air Date: 2011-02-26
Kowalski's attempt to super-charge his brain backfires and now he's dumber than mud.
37. Right Hand Man
Air Date: 2011-02-26
The lemur habitat gets a new resident, Clemson, and Julien loves to order him around.
38. Danger Wears a Cape
Air Date: 2011-03-19
Private finds a stack of comic books and ignores Skipper's request to destroy them.
39. Operation: Break-Speare
Air Date: 2011-03-19
Shakespeare in the park has inspired Private as he struts around quoting from the Bard's works.
40. Rat Fink
Air Date: 2011-03-19
A simple plan to have Mort spy on the rats ends up with Julien and Skipper captured.
41. Kanga Management
Air Date: 2011-03-19
The penguins accidentally blow up the koala habitat wall, so Leonard has to bunk up with Joey.
42. King Julien For a Day
Air Date: 2011-03-26
King Julien and Skipper switch places for a day, troubling everyone involved.
43. Maurice At Peace
Air Date: 2011-03-26
The penguins intercept a fax with catastrophic news -- Maurice has only 24 hours to live!
44. Cute-Astrophe
Air Date: 2011-04-02
When Private's cuteness factor tests off the charts, the penguins use it to their advantage.
45. Operation: Neighbor Swap
Air Date: 2011-06-13
Annoyed by the lemurs' constant music, the penguins plan to get them moved to another part of the zoo.
46. All Tied Up With a Boa
Air Date: 2011-06-14
The animals panic when a boa constrictor escapes from the zoo.
47. Rock-a-Bye Birdie
Air Date: 2011-06-15
Kowalski's invention turns Skipper into a baby, so the penguins must find a way to change him back.
48. Herring Impaired
Air Date: 2011-06-16
The penguins journey to the bottom of the Atlantic for preserved herring.
49. A Visit From Uncle Nigel
Air Date: 2011-06-17
Private's quirky Uncle Nigel pops in for a quick visit from across the pond.
50. The Hoboken Surprise
Air Date: 2011-08-20
After a sailing trip to the Massachusetts coast goes wrong, the penguins wind up at the Hoboken Zoo, which turns out to be a perfectly pristine paradise... or is it?
51. The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole
Air Date: 2011-09-09
Dr. Blowhole, the penguins' evil dolphin nemesis, returns to New York with a diabolical plan to turn them into creatures of destruction.
52. Pets Peeved
Air Date: 2011-09-24
The Vesuvius twins adopt Skipper and Julien, then force them to fight each other.
53. Byte-Sized
Air Date: 2011-09-24
Kowalski invents a group of tiny robots, which he says will protect the penguins from harm.
54. Operation: Good Deed
Air Date: 2011-10-08
The penguins are inspired seeing a good deed and decide to perform their own.
55. When the Chips are Down
Air Date: 2011-10-08
Mort and Private are sucked into a vending machine after trying to retrieve a snack.
56. Time Out
Air Date: 2011-10-10
Kowalski's time-stop invention falls into the wrong hands -- Julien's!
57. Our Man in Grrfurjiclestan
Air Date: 2011-10-10
Special Agent Rockgut contacts the penguins with a warning that Red Squirrel has brainwashed one of them.
58. Gut Instinct
Air Date: 2011-10-10
The animals think Julien caused old lady Gladys to slip and hurt herself.
59. I Know Why the Caged Bird Goes Insane
Air Date: 2011-10-10
Kowalski is laid up in the hospital, so he can't attend the invention expo, and it's driving him crazy.
60. Arch-Enemy
Air Date: 2011-11-26
Private accidentally steps on Dale the snail, so Dale wants some payback.
61. The Big S.T.A.N.K.
Air Date: 2011-11-26
Julien becomes enamored with the gigantic toilet that the penguins built, but it's all a trap!
62. Operation: Antarctica
Air Date: 2012-01-16
Private's heart overcomes his instinct to flee as he helps a stranded seal get back to Antarctica, and the rest of the team follow in the submarine to make sure they make it.
63. The Big Move
Air Date: 2012-01-16
Julien is supposed to keep quiet about the penguins' secret tunnel, be he blabs anyway.
64. Endangerous Species
Air Date: 2012-01-16
Kowalski tries to bring a penguin species back from extinction, but clones a Dodo instead.
65. Loathe at First Sight
Air Date: 2012-02-11
Skipper orders Kowalski's love ray to be put in reverse.
66. The Trouble With Jiggles
Air Date: 2012-02-11
When the penguins discover that Jiggles is still alive, the others start squishing it, which makes it multiply.
67. Alienated
Air Date: 2012-03-31
Lemmy the robot returns from Mars with a space squid.
68. The Most Dangerous Game Night
Air Date: 2012-03-31
Marlene plans a game night to help the zoo animals bond but it takes a terrible turn when the snacks run out.
1. Feline Fervor
Air Date: 2012-04-16
When King Julien is accidentally bounced out of his kingdom, he is mistaken for a cat and adopted by old lady Gladys.
2. King Me
Air Date: 2012-04-17
Kowalski uses an invention to switch King Julian's mind with all the penguins in order to win a contest.
3. The Otter Woman
Air Date: 2012-04-18
Marlene's fur is bleached when Alice over-chlorinates the otter habitat.
4. Action Reaction
Air Date: 2012-04-19
Skipper is accidentally doused with a substance called Inflatium, so whenever he is stressed he swells up like a balloon.
5. Thumb Drive
Air Date: 2012-04-20
After realizing that Maurice's thumbs could prove to be very useful, the penguins recruit him into their team.
6. Operation: Big Blue Marble
Air Date: 2012-04-22
The Penguins are faced with a global battle when their specialty food-making machine belches out a toxic cloud that threatens not just the zoo, not just the city, but the earth itself!
7. Hair Apparent
Air Date: 2012-05-06
The Commissioner's toupee blows off and soon gets stuck on Maurice's head.
8. Love Takes Flightless
Air Date: 2012-05-06
After Rico saves Shelly, she falls for him but things turn a little crazy when she kidnaps his doll in a fit of jealousy.
9. Smotherly Love
Air Date: 2012-05-13
Ma takes up residence in the Penguins Lair. She smothers the penguins with love and they devolve into a bunch of softies, opening the door for Hans to take advantage.
10. Littlefoot
Air Date: 2012-05-13
Marlene wants see a concert but every time she leaves the zoo she becomes a monster!
11. Antics on Ice
Air Date: 2012-05-20
The other penguins agree to take Private to see "Lunacorns on Ice" to cheer him up.
12. Showdown on Fairway 18
Air Date: 2012-05-20
A putter is at the center of controversy when the Amarillo Kid returns to the zoo.
13. Street Smarts
Air Date: 2012-05-27
A stray dog refuses to give up Mort after believing he is a squeaky toy, so the penguins set out to rescue him with the help of Max the cat.
14. Nighty Night Ninja
Air Date: 2012-05-27
Watching too many ninja movies has brainwashed Leonard the koala. During the day, as he sleeps, he terrorizes everyone by sleepfighting.
15. A Kipper for Skipper
Air Date: 2012-06-02
Skipper agrees gives a day off from training to the first penguin brings him a kipper.
16. High Moltage
Air Date: 2012-06-02
The penguins need Private's hypercute to escape Alice in order to see their favorite action star at the cinema, but Private's molting renders him unable to engage the talent.
17. Nuts to You
Air Date: 2012-06-10
Fred seeks financial advice from King Julien when he stumbles upon an oak tree loaded with acorns, but the Red Squirrel has his own plans for the loot.
18. The Terror of Madagascar
Air Date: 2012-06-10
A special delivery has come from Madagascar. A baby Fossa!
19. Mental Hen
Air Date: 2012-06-17
A hen who seems to have psychic abilities moves into the zoo, and a skeptical Kowalski tries to prove she's a fraud.
20. Siege the Day
Air Date: 2012-06-17
Private is tasked with babysitting Eggy and his siblings for Momma Duck while the rest of the team is away, and has to protect the ducklings from the combined forces of the hornets and the sewer rats.
21. P.E.L.T.
Air Date: 2012-07-29
Skipper must prove he can still be a leader when his strength starts to decline.
22. Private and the Winky Factory
Air Date: 2012-07-29
When Private learns that the Peanut Butter Winkies are going out of production, he urges a raid on the factory and Skipper is so impressed he lets him command the mission.
23. Best Laid Plantains
Air Date: 2012-11-03
It's a special day when Bada and Bing get a shipment of delicious plantains to eat. Although they jealously guard the African bananas, King Julien's determined to taste them too.
24. Skipper Makes Perfect
Air Date: 2012-11-03
Skipper's having one of those perfect days, and he decides to use the opportunity to settle an old score.
25. Marble Jar Head
Air Date: 2012-11-10
How in the world is Rico supposed to behave well when King Julien has kidnapped his doll, Miss Perky, with the intention of marrying her?
26. Good Night and Good Chuck
Air Date: 2012-11-10
A former news anchor grows suspicious of the penguins when he begins working at the zoo.
27. Best Foes
Air Date: 2012-11-17
Kowalski invents an enemy detector but it doesn't work. Old enemies are now friends and old friends are now enemies.
28. Night of the Vesuviuses
Air Date: 2012-11-17
The annual Zoo Snooze is here! This year the Vesuvius Twins buy up all the tickets. The zoosters plan to exact sweet revenge on the twins.
29. Operation: Lunacorn Apocalypse
Air Date: 2012-11-24
The Penguins are faced with a World Domination battle when Private accidentally unleashes KuchiKukhan the Destroyer of Worlds. Can they stop him in time to save the World?
30. Operation: Swap-anzee
Air Date: 2012-12-01
The Space Agency sends Private to the moon. The other birds can't monkey around if they hope to get him home again.
31. Snowmageddon
Air Date: 2012-12-01
Snowmageddon hits and traps Skipper and Marlene in the convenience store, while Kowalski and Private get snowed into a tree.
32. Tunnel of Love
Air Date: 2013-02-14
When a massive sneeze from Rico causes the underground tunnel system beneath the zoo to rupture, Skipper calls in 4 beavers to fix the situation.
33. The Penguin Who Loved Me
Air Date: 2013-02-28
Doris the dolphin's quest to rescue her brother Francis from Seaville brings her to the lovestruck Kowalski.
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Rating
7.4/10
Release Date
2008-11-28
Episodes
149 (3 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
DreamWorks Animation
Nickelodeon Productions