This is a list of trivia the 2005 film, Madagascar.
Trivia[]
- This was the only movie to have a bad ending. The reason why the ending was bad was because Alex and his friends were stuck in Madagascar for a while longer, due to the fact that the boat was out of gas. And even though Alex and his friends didn't know that the boat was out of gas, it's possible that they eventually found out about it when they realized that the boat wasn't moving.
- In Flushed Away, an Alex the Lion toy is seen in the background of the kid’s room.
- The famous Wilhelm Scream was heard when the people in the subway are panicking while the zoo animals are escaping.
- The Penguins were originally going to be a barbershop quartet, but were changed over to military commandos.
- Originally, Melman and Gloria were supposed to fall in love and have a baby hippo. But since the film just came out, the directors thought that it might be weird for a giraffe and a hippo to fall in love. So, they put the love story in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa instead.
- Originally, Melman was going to be an okapi. However, he was changed to a giraffe to become a more familiar animal. Despite this, an okapi made an appearance in the short film, Madly Madagascar.
- The plane used by the Lemurs is a Lockheed Electra, which is the same plane that pilot Emilia Earhart went missing in.
- In real life, lions, zebras, giraffes, and hippos don't live in the Central Park Zoo. It does have penguins, though.
- The plot was originally going to be about animal rights activist liberating the animals out of the zoo.
General[]
- This is the second-to-last DreamWorks Animation film to be released by DreamWorks Pictures (the then label from Universal Pictures).
- This also marks the only Madagascar film to be released by DreamWorks Pictures (the then label from Universal Pictures).
- This is also the only Madagascar film to be released on VHS.
- This is the only film in the Madagascar franchise where the names of the major cast members are listed outside the credits at the start instead of the end.
- This is the final Pacific Data Images (aka PDI/DreamWorks) film to be released by DreamWorks Pictures (the then label from Universal Pictures).
- This is the final DreamWorks Animation film distributed by DreamWorks Pictures (the then label from Universal Pictures), where the film is produced by the company, the next (and last) DWA film distributed by DreamWorks Pictures would have the company only be released by them.
- This is the fourth DreamWorks Animation film to release in theaters during May, right after Shrek, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Shrek 2.
- Madagascar was the first Animated film to win a Kids' Choice Award for "Favorite Animated Movie" in 2006.
- This is the fourth DreamWorks Animation film to be Co-Produced with Pacific Data Images (aka PDI/DreamWorks). The first three being Antz, Shrek, and Shrek 2.
- Madagascar is the second DreamWorks Animation film to become a full on franchise with sequels and spinoffs. The first being Shrek.
- This film was released on the same day as the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard, which also features Chris Rock.
- The scene where Alex says "You maniac!! You burned it up! Darn you!! Darn you all to heck!" when the liberty lady gets burned down is a reference where George Taylor (Charleton Heston) has a huge tantrum because of the broken liberty in the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes.
- This is the third DreamWorks Animation film to be promoted by mentioning Shrek in the advertisements, following Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Shark Tale.
- It's also the first time that another DreamWorks film besides Shrek was mentioned in the advertisements to promote one of their upcoming movies (the film being Shark Tale).
- Coincidentally, this film is one year away and one DreamWorks film apart from Shark Tale, which stars Jada Pinkett Smith's husband, Will Smith.