Madagascar: Island Adventures

Madagascar: Island Adventures is an American computer-animated comedy streaming television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. It is the fourth TV series in the Madagascar franchise and takes place between Madagascar (2005) and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), making it a prequel. The series will debut on December 19, 2024, on Netflix. The series stars thirteen characters from the DreamWorks' animated film Madagascar franchise: Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Gloria the hippopotamus, Melman the giraffe; the penguins, Skipper, Rico, Kowalski and Private; the lemurs, King Julien XIII, Maurice and Mort; and Mason and Phil, the chimpanzees. Characters from All Hail King Julien also return in the series with minor changes in their backstory.

## Characters

**Main**

* Alex: An African lion. (Voiced by: Crispin Freeman)
* Marty: a plains zebra and Alex's best friend. (Voiced by: Chris Rock)
* Melman: a giraffe and one of Alex's friends and Gloria's love interest. (Voiced by: Stephen Stanton)
* Gloria: a hippopotamus and one of Alex's friends and Melman's love interest. (Voiced by: Jada Pinkett Smith)
* King Julien XIII: a ring-tailed lemur who is the king of Madagascar. (Voiced by: Danny Jacobs)
* Maurice: a fellow aye aye who is Julien's royal advisor. (Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson)
* Mort: a Goodman's mouse lemur. (Voiced by: Andy Richter)
* Skipper: the leader of the penguins. (Voiced by: Tom McGrath)
* Kowalski: Skipper's right-hand man. (Voiced by: Jeff Bennett)
* Rico: a penguin. (Voiced by: John DiMaggio)
* Private: a penguin. (Voiced by: James Patrick Stuart)

**Supporting characters**

* Mason: a chimpanzee. (Voiced by: Conrad Vernon)
* Stevie: a leaf-tailed gecko.
* The Lemurs: King Julien's 'peoples' (various voices)
* Pancho: a crowned lemur (Voiced by: Danny Jacobs)
* Hector: a black-and-white ruffed lemur who hates everybody and everything. (voiced by: Jeff Bennett)
* Willie: a red lemur who shouts, "**WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!**" (voiced by: Jeff Bennett)
* Mary-Ann: a female fossa who was the former queen of the foosas and is now Horst's wife (voiced by: Debra Wilson)
* Ted: a nervous golden bamboo lemur. (voiced by: Andy Richter)
* Dorothy: a mongoose lemur and Ted's wife. (voiced by: Sarah Thyre)

**Villains**

* the Fossas: the native predators of Madagascar who prey on the lemurs. (Various voices)
* Bone Foosa: the tyrannical leader of the foosas. (Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson)

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## Trivia

* King Julien wears the same crown with Stevie on it from Madagascar 1 and 2.
* Characters from All Hail King Julien (2014-2017) return in the series.
* This was the second Madagascar series to be distributed by Netflix after All Hail King Julien (2014-2017)
* This was the second Madagascar series to be animated by Bardel Entertainment after All Hail King Julien (2014-2017)
* Danny Jacobs, Andy Richter and Kevin Michael Richardson return to reprise their roles from All Hail King Julien (2014-2017)
* Tom McGrath, Jeff Bennett, John DiMaggio, James Patrick Stuart. Danny Jacobs, Andy Richter, Kevin Michael Richardson and Conrad Vernon returned to reprise their roles from The Penguins of Madagascar (2008 - 2015).
* Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith reprise their roles from the Madagascar films and TV specials.
* This was the sequel to All Hail King Julien (2014-2017).

## Theme Song

* Get Wild (Madagascar: Jungle Excursions theme) **Performed by:** The Crystal Method feat. Olly Murs (Note: the song will be included on Spotify)