Michael

## Michael the Mustang

(Michael James Samson)

**Michael** is a deuteragonist of the franchise. He is a Mustang Horse who formerly lived in the Central Park Zoo in New York City.

## Biography

### Madagascar: A Little Wild

Michael appears as a calf in *Madagascar: A Little Wild* season 5 along with Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria.

### The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

Michael has a small cameo with his friends while celebrating Christmas and singing a version of "Jingle Bells" at the end.

### Madagascar

As an adult, he was first seen arrive at manhattan, seeing Marty and Alex. He visits them and Alex gives Marty a birthday present. After Marty leaves the zoo in an effort to take a train to the wild, Michael, Alex, Gloria and Melman pursue him and were all shot with tranquilizer darts by humans when they caught up to him at Grand Central Station. Animal-rights activists pressure the zoo into releasing them back into the wild, but on the ship back to the reserves located in Kenya, Michael and his friends fall into the ocean when the Penguins take over the ship. They eventually wash ashore on the beaches of Madagascar.

After some confusion, they start to set up their own society and attract the attention of a lemur colony. later Michael, Melman and Gloria saves Marty from King Foosa and his henchmen and in the end, they seem to be a bit used to be in the wild.

### Merry Madagascar

Michael helps his friends deliver presents on Christmas, due to Santa's amnesia.

### Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

In the second film, Michael's role is much smaller, in which he is the tritagonist. While heading back to New York City in King Julien's plane, they crash land in the middle of the African Savannah, where Alex is reunited with his long-lost parents. While the other zoosters mingle with other members of their species, he Meets his Long-lost Brother Thomas. While he enjoys this new lifestyle at first, it becomes evident that he has no individuality in the herd.

The next day, Michael Joins accompanies Alex, Marty and Thomas to unblock a dam set by stranded New Yorkers in the jungle (which caused the watering hole to dry up). When Alex is caught, Michael along with Marty and Thomas gets the other animals to help rescue him and Zuba.

### Madly Madagascar

When he sees Marty meets a female Okapi who he gains a crush on, Michael helps Marty to make her come to him, but Marty finds a love potion (which was made the penguins) and sprays it on! and Michael tries to stop him. Marty washes off the potion and Michael relieved that it is over for now.

### Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

When Michael and his friends decide that the penguins have taken long enough to return to pick them up, Marty and his friends go to Monte Carlo in order to try and find them. While there get the penguins, Michael & Thomas sees an untrusted Mountain Lion named Zack Unfortunately, they find themselves spotted by the humans in the casino as well as finding the penguins. As a result, Michael and pals find themselves being chased after by animal control.

In order to hide, Michael, Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, Thomas, and Zack decide to hide with Circus Zaragoza in order to stay away from the animal control. While hiding they find that this particular circus, Michael reunites with Esmeralda for a long time. The group soon learn they could earn a contract for an American tour with a stop in New York City, when the group finds that this circus is not going to earn that contract without a serious makeover, Michael and pals take it upon themselves to refresh the circus with some new acts. Michael ends up finding his calling in doing a routine, running and jump flip on the road.

When they do get the contract, the group returns to New York, upsetting their new friends in the process, Michael ends up deeply hurting the others, espeically Esmeralda when they find out that they were actually zoo animals. After this, Michael and Alex put a bit of a fight and leaves the zoosters and went his own way alone (along with Thomas) in new york.

When he actually get back to New York City, he finds that the zoo not as great as he actually remembered. That made him realize his mistake and miss his new friends espeically Esmeralda and he decided to come back for Alex and the zoosters, But he and Thomas saw Julien with a blow dart on his tail and tells them that Alex sees his friends captured and knocked out by Storm and Captain Chantel DuBois, the leader of the animal control, as they sent them back to the zoo, and made him realize for what he has done and goes to get help, but Thomas stops him and reminded him that the circus don't need them anymore but Michael refused. Just then he's been knocked to the ground by one of the animal controls accidentally and they chased him in the park. While their chasing on of the animal control Michael calls the remaining Zoo animals for back up, as they stopped and gets one of the controls cornered but the rest of the animal controls arrived and back him up and yet Michael & Thomas are started to attack them, because they are the only ones to save Alex and his friends. While they are fighting off the controls he runs into Storm as they had a lot of unfinished business with two rivals between him and Storm but interrupted by Vitaly as he Punches Storm so hard to save Michael, Michael was surprised to see his new circus friends and he apologises to them as they continued to battle the animal controls. And the rest of the zoo animals arrived to the battle but Michael sees on the them is missing and Roy the rhino responded that Burt the elephant having his trunk problem, yet Michael ask them to initiate Operation: Dog pile and they lost having trouble with the slingshot and accidentally falls on top of Thomas as Michael Shocked to see his brother hurt really bad, and Michael, Esmeralda, Roy, the zoo animals and the rest of the circus animals gathered around Thomas as he about to die and felt guilty espeically Michael after he lost his own brother.

Later Michael brings Thomas' body to the medical vet center, there he sees Sharpal and he warns him that his brother is gone and Sharpal tells him brings Thomas to the table and knocks off Larry the Snake from Disney's The Wild as a cameo. Michael tells Sharpal fixing Thomas' body till he get's back, but Sharpal is confused by this and Michael tells him that he shall fix his mistake.

Back at the circus Michael ask Zack did he do what he asked Zack responded that the pigeons saw the Zoosters in cages in their enclosure, and Michael tells Esmeralda and the circus animals that he shall lead the rescue mission, but first he ask Kowalski to give him a bigger mech designed by the penguins.

The mission was a success and Storm has been defeated by Michael, Alex and the Revived Thomas, and Michael give a victory kiss by Esmeralda as he and the zoosters later end up joining Circus Zaragoza.

### Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie

Michael only appears for a few moments, dancing with the other Zoosters to Afro Circus/I Like to Move It.

In the post credits. Michael Along with Esmeralda talks to Skipper asked to where have they been. Skipper explains to them that they have left because it's Private's Birthday. As the penguins left to get some Frosty mugs. Michael ask Esmeralda to coming and she respond that she can't wait.

## Personality

Michael has the personality very similar to Alex.

In the first film, he was very scared when he discovered his predatory nature and did his best to isolate himself from others to protect them. Despite his pride and selfishness, Michael is very loyal to his other Zooster friends, especially Alex and Marty. Michael never loses the opportunity to show off and boast that he is a star, but sometimes some situations make him nervous, like when he tries to deal with the penguins or his attempts to flirt with Esmeralda in the circus. He is also determined to fix things when he knows he spoiled them, like when he fights with Alex or Marty, or his attempt to re-fit into Africa or to convince the Zoosters to return to the circus and apologize to everyone.

Michael is also very energetic, he is able to raise morale to everyone around him, also has good leadership skills, Along with Alex, especially in the third film, when he even manages to lead a complete circus.

## Relationships

### Esmeralda

Esmeralda is Michael's long lost best friend from the beginning, later they become something much more then friends, She became Michael's girlfriend after he defeats his arch enemy and save his friends.

### Alex

Alex is a best friend of Michael and went through a lot together. They have had a few squabbles but they still remain as buddies.

In *Madagascar*, Alex convence Michael to help him and his friends to rescue Marty and later get tranquilizer darts by humans. They were the two to meet again when washed up on Madagascar.

In *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa*, Michael later becomes Alex's Brother in arms when he meets Alex's Parents. Before Alex and Marty about to leave to find about what happened to the water, Michael joins them.

In Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Michael and the others made a New York City replica out of the mud for Alex on his birthday, and later decided to go find the Penguins at the casino in Monte Carlo and later they Join the Circus. However, the Zoosters were ambushed and knocked out by Storm & Captain Chantel DuBois, only Michael left to escape, and he gets help from the others from the Circus to save his friends from Storm & DuBois.

### Marty

Marty is another best friend of Michael and went through a lot together. They have had a few squabbles but they still remain as buddies. When Marty is in danger, Michael always find a way to protect his friends.

### Storm

Storm is Michael's arch nemesis from the beginning of his first time in central park zoo with Storm's brother Thunder. Thunder didn't like the ideas, though Storm slightly did. Thunder had Storm go with him to destroy Michael. Michael prevailed and Thunder was crushed, as he slammed his huff in the wall, causing the wall to crumble. Michael banished Storm from the Zoo in New York and told him to never come back, but Storm hid in the old warehouse, his new kingdom, and he kept watching for a long time in the shadows.

Now Storm has returned he want's to get his revenge on Michael by teaming up with DuBois, capturing his friends in order to face him.