Gloria

Gloria
Background Information
Films	Madagascar The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (cameo) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Merry Madagascar Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Madly Madagascar
Voice	Jada Pinkett Smith (adult) Willow Smith (child)
Character information
Quote	"Uh-huh I know that's right!"

Gloria is one of the four main characters in the Madagascar film series. She is the sole female of the quartet and acts as a motherly figure to the males (at least until she becomes Melman's girlfriend).

Madagascar

As a hippo, Gloria had a passive nature when it came to most problems, and serves as the voice of reason for her friends. At the time of Marty the zebra's birthday, Gloria is another animal in the Central Park Zoo and was one of the many attractions, drawing crowds that enjoyed seeing her swimming about in her water tank. She would also receive the star treatment as one of the zoo's main attractions and attend Marty’s birthday party. At this party, Marty announced his wish upon blowing out the candles on his cake: to go to the wild. Gloria, Alex and Melman tried to have Marty come to his senses by telling him that life out in the wilds was savage and difficult, whereas life in the zoos was adequate. Marty was unhappy at hearing this and Gloria told Alex to go and console Marty.

Later that night, however, Marty acted out his wish and headed straight for the Terminal Station so as to take a train and go to Connecticut, where Marty heard that wide open spaces were found. Gloria urged both Alex and Melman to come with her so as to find Marty and bring him back before any people would notice. They were found, regardless, alongside Mason and Phil, the two chimps; and a troupe of secretive penguins, all ending up tranquilized with darts.

When they all came to, they found themselves in crates bound for Africa. When the penguins hijack the ship, the crates fall into the ocean and wash up on the island of Madagascar. After some confusion, they start to set up their own society and attract the attention of a lemur colony.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Gloria expresses a desire to join in the zoo breeding program, in the hopes of finding a boyfriend. When the animals crash land in Africa, she attracts the attention of a hippo named Moto Moto ("Hot Hot" in Swahili). Though she thinks he's the ideal boyfriend at first, she realizes that he only loves her for her belly (constantly telling her she's big or huge when she asks him what he likes about her), whereas Melman loves her for who she is. Realizing that she loves Melman back, she convinces him not to sacrifice himself into the volcano and Gloria grabs him by the horn and says, "It's crazy to think that I had to go half way around the world to find the perfect guy was right next door..." and then joins the other animals in rescuing Alex from Nana.

Quotes

• "It's okay. Cats always land on their... face? What kind of cat are you?"
• "Don't you shush me!"
• "Alrighty boys, fun's over."
• "Let's make gas look good."
• "Come on, we are New Yorkers, right? We're tough! We're gritty! We're adaptable! And we are not gonna lay down like a bunch of Melmans!"
• "Don't make me come up there, I'll get the whuppin' on both of y'all."
• "Who's your friend, or is that your butt?"
• "Hey, I can live with that."
• Melman, Melman, calm down, Melman, relax!
• You broke their clock?
• (as a calf) "Well, I think he's kinda cute."