Madagascar Alternate Ending

Does anybody remember the movie “Madagascar”? You know, it’s a movie that is based around a quartet of animals ending up stranded on an island after a tragic accident.

I watched a lot of DreamWorks movie when I was a kid. They were phenomenal and still are. But there’s one memory that still haunts me in my head for days. It always will… It was a warm day in my area; not too hot nor too cold. I was browsing on my laptop looking on the classic DreamWorks films. At that moment, I got a notification on Google Mail.

The message was from no other than DreamWorks. The email read this:

***“Hello, DreamWorks fan from Australia. We would like to privately share an alternate ending of one of our old films, Madagascar, made by a sacked animator James Winterstone. After you watch this, please do not screen this anywhere. Kind regards, the DreamWorks team.”***

I was surprised; I just got an email from DreamWorks. I received many emails from Pixar before, but I was pretty surprised.

There was a link to the file so I downloaded it straight to my laptop. I saw the file and its filename was “madagascarbadend.mov”. I had a bad feeling about this. However, I had the courage to watch it. I clicked on the file. But before the video played, there was a warning;

***“This alternate ending of Madagascar was changed to match its demographic and has unsettling themes that are not suitable for children or people with sensory issues. If either you are a child or someone with sensory issues, please don’t watch this. Viewer discretion is advised.”***

I had a blank expression on my face.

“I hope it’s just a parody ending.” I spoke, trying to reassure myself.

The video started. It started with the scene where the Marty, Melman and Gloria were trying to escape from the Fossas.

The penguins then came to the rescue. However, there were too many Fossas for the animals and penguins to fight. Just then, the gang heard a ferocious roar. It was coming from no other than Alex.

“Alex?” Marty asked, before punching a Fossa in the face with his hoove.

**“That’s my kill! Mine.”** Alex said, before dropping down to the ground.

He proceeded to walk towards Marty, growling, looking deranged.

“Alex hungry… Alex eat…” he spoke, still walking towards his best friend.

Alex then bared his claws, as the ominous music continued playing. A couple of the Fossas sprinkled salt over Marty as the lion was still walking up to him.

Alex’s eyes begin to form into a dark red. And when he moved his towards Marty, instead of whispering “it’s showtime” as in the final film, he bit Marty on the neck.

Marty screamed in an agonizing way as if his actor Chris Rock was getting tortured.

Melman and Gloria stared in shock at what was happening before exchanging glances.

Alex continued gnawing his teeth in Marty’s neck until small drops of blood can be seen dripping from his neck. Alex pried his teeth away from Marty and the latter collapsed with no pulse. He then sucked the blood off his fingers and sighed in relief. “That was a good, tasty zebra.” said Alex, before looking directly at Gloria and Melman.

It cut to a shot of Alex staring at the two animals, who are off-screen as if he was staring at me. I felt extremely uncomfortable watching this I closed my eyes until the staring was over.

Melman broke the silence by shouting, **“RUN, GLORIA! RUN!”** The giraffe and hippo then made a run for it before Alex chased after them on all fours.

He lunged onto Melman and started biting him. Melman began screaming, but it wasn’t funny, it was blood-curdling and agonizing. Gloria screamed watching her boyfriend being mauled by her friend-turned-predator.

The blood was minor, but it was still shocking to see Melman’s corpse. His eyes were blank, his mouth was agape and he was crying blood. Alex then slowly turned to Gloria, grinning sinisterly before saying, “I’m hungry for some hippo…”

Gloria ran away screaming so she can find a place to hide as Alex chased after her. Gloria hid in a bush, and she panted to catch breath. She looked through the bushes to catch sight of Alex, but he was nowhere to be seen. Gloria sighed in relief. However, she heard a voice saying, “let’s play Hungry Hungry Hippos.”

Gloria turned around it was Alex with his pupils dilated. **“Alex, please! We’re your friends, not food! Don’t do this!”** Gloria pleaded as Alex stared right at her before the latter lunged onto her.

It cut to a shot of the bush rustling as we could hear Alex roaring and Gloria letting out a realistic blood-curdling scream. The screaming stopped as soon as the bush stopped rustling.

It then cut to the penguins alone in the rocky setting. “Well, boys, this is it. The lion has come down a dark path.” Skipper said. Private began to sob, “I don’t want to be poultry. I’m just a cute little penguin.”

Kowalski heard Alex’s roars.

“It seems like we’re done for. The oversized feline had found us.” He remarked worriedly. Alex emerged from the bushes and walked up to the four penguins. “It was nice knowing you, boys. It was nice knowing you.” Skipper said sadly. Alex began to pick Private up with his jaw while the latter screamed before swallowing him whole.

Rico was shocked before he started to run. Skipper and Kowalski ran, too. Alex pounced on Rico and ate him whole, too. “Kowalski, what do we do now?” Skipper asked in concern. Kowalski thought for a second before saying, “we have to get to the cruise ship before any other predators try to consume us!” “Affirmative!” Skipper said. The two remaining penguins ran through the forest, catching sight of the cruise ship as seen earlier in the film.

However, Alex jumped out from a bush like a jumpscare and attacked Kowalski, rolling offscreen. I can hear Kowalski’s agonizing scream as he was being eaten alive by Alex. Skipper watched in horror before falling to his rear and sulking. “You’re next, Avian Boy.” Alex teased, as he slowly approached Skipper.

It showed a shot of Skipper’s point of view of Alex’s face until he threw his face forward with a slack jaw, and it cut to black with Skipper screaming. It then faded to a scene where the Fossas were chatting. Just then Alex approached the hideout. “My Fossas. I am now your king. We prey, we hunt, we eat and we roam. Bow down to me.” Alex monologued.

The Fossas bowed to Alex, accepting him as their king.

He then lifted his head up and roared into the sky. The Fossas then roared with him alongside as dramatic music played while the camera panned into the grey cloudy sky. It then faded to black. The video then ended.

I was appalled. I had never seen a twisted version of Madagascar. I grasped my hands over my face, as if I were crying. I never knew people could add creepy Escapades in animated DreamWorks films like what they do with Pixar.

I then went to delete the file, but I thought it would be a good idea if people would believe me.

I posted the video to Google Drive and sent my friends a link via email. They were appalled, too. Madagascar was a good movie from my childhood, but what I saw will always be in my nightmares forever. James Winterstone is technically the DreamWorks counterpart of Adam Kennington.