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Madagascar: A Little Wild (also known as A Little Wild) is an animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and animated by Mainframe Studios. [1] [2] The series, which is a prequel to the 2005 film, features Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe residing in a rescue habitat at the Central Park Zoo as children.
Gloria is a female hippopotamus who resided in the Central Park Zoo as an attraction, all the while being good friends with Alex, Marty, Melman, and becoming the latter's girlfriend as of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Gloria comically serves as the height and weight of the gang, both intentionally and in situations she accidentally falls into.
Madagascar is a 2005 animated comedy film and the first film in the series. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, the film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals: Alex the lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (), Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith).
On Marty's tenth birthday, Alex, Melman, and Gloria attempt to cheer him up, but a still-unsatisfied Marty learns that the zoo's penguins—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—are trying to escape to Antarctica, and promptly follows them out. Marty heads towards Grand Central Terminal, as he plans to catch a train to nearby Connecticut.
After crash-landing in Africa, penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private and chimpanzee duo Mason and Phil leave for Monte Carlo in their modified airplane. [a] After a while of waiting, Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria and lemurs King Julien, Maurice and Mort decide to go find them so they can all return to their home at the Central Park Zoo in New York City.
Declan Swift as young Alex; Chris Rock as Marty, a zebra and Alex's best friend. Rock also voices the other zebras in the herd. Thomas Stanley as young Marty; David Schwimmer as Melman, a giraffe and one of Alex's friends. Zachary Gordon as young Melman. Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, a hippopotamus, one of Alex's friends, and Melman's love ...
Taking place after the events of the first film and before the events of the second film, Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria attempt to return to New York City in a hot air balloon for Christmas. However, the lemur population inadvertently thwarts their escape by mistaking them for the "Marauding Red Night Goblin" that visits annually. The "Goblin ...
Marty decides that he must go back for Alex. Meanwhile, Alex is hiding in the lair of the foosa, feeling ashamed of himself. He encounters the king of the fossa and defeats him, after which Marty arrives and rescues Alex and they give the leader to the penguins and reunite with Melman and Gloria at the beach.