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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) More at IMDbPro »

Follows

Madagascar (2005)

Followed by

Madagascar 3 (2012)

References

West Side Story (1961)
 -  Music and choreography during Alex's rite of passage
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
 -  Julian riding on the flamingo wearing an Arabic headdress
"The Patty Duke Show" (1963)
 -  Alex, confusing Marty with the other zebras, says, "They laugh alike and talk alike."
"Get Smart" (1965)
 -  Skipper says "That's the second biggest slingshot I've ever seen", one of Maxwell Smart's catchphrases.
Born Free (1966)
 -  Uses the Born Free theme when Alex et al first see the nature reserve
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
 -  Uses GBU theme during the old-lady fight scenes
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
 -  Nana's broken sunglasses on the ground, like those of the sunglass-wearing prison boss
Planet of the Apes (1968)
 -  Monkey repeats "All right, but you're so damned ugly. "
"Roots" (1977)
 -  Melman says "This is just like Roots"
Alien (1979)
 -  The Penguins watch a TV showing an Alien ChestBurster coming out of Shrek
The In-Laws (1979)
 -  Alex shouts "Serpentine! Sepentine" to Marty just as Peter Falk did to Alan Arkin in "The In-Laws"
The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) (VG)
 -  Skipper refers to the launching slingshot as the "second biggest I've ever seen." Throughout the games, Guybrush always referred to anything huge using the exact same phrase.
The Lion King (1994)
 -  A lion defends his father's kingdom against the evil uncle
Shrek (2001)
 -  The Penguins watch a TV showing an Alien ChestBurster coming out of Shrek

Features

Madagascar (2005)
 -  Scenes from the first movie are shown in the news report.

Featured in

"At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008)
 -  Clips shown when this movie is reviewed.
81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV)
 -  clip shown during 2008 Animation montage
"This Morning: (2009-04-09)" (2009)
 -  Clip shown.

Spoofs

"The Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (#5.3)" (1963)
 -  Mort is on the wing of the plane; Alex sees him and think he's a gremlin.
Airplane! (1980)
 -  During the landing, Private talks down the pilot the same way Rex Kramer did to Ted Striker.
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
 -  Alex sees Mort on the wing of the plane and thinks that he's a gremlin.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
 -  Melman is going to sacrifice himself to gods. When he does he is wearing a white dress and a crown made of white flowers. This is just like what Willie was wearing when she was being sacrificed to the Kali gods.
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
 -  Melman, believing he's going to die, agrees to have himself thrown in a volcano.

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