Most scenes together: Marty the Zebra & Alex the Lion (28), Alex the Lion & Melman the Giraffe (26), Melman the Giraffe & Gloria the Hippo (26)
Madagascar quotes
Page 1 of 9Ahhh… what a day. I mean, just really, really, I mean, I tell you, it just doesn't get any better than this, you know? [short pause, Alex sees a star] Ooh! It just did. Even the star's out. Not going to find a star like that in the wild.
Helicopter. [A star, which turns out to be a helicopter, flies away.]
Marty. Buddy. Listen. Everybody has days when they think the grass might be greener somewhere else.
Alex. Look at me. I'm 10 years old. My life is half over. And I don't even know if I'm black with white stripes... or white with black stripes.
Marty. I'm thinking of a song.
Alex. Please. Not now.
Oh, yes. It's a wonderful song. I think you're familiar with it. [scatting]
Oh, no. Oh, no, you don't. No, no, no. I'm not listening! Lalalalalalalalalalala!
♪ Start spreadin' the news ♪
I don't know you!
♪ I'm leaving today! We are a great big part of it ♪
Come on. You know you know the words. Two little words.
New York.
♪ New York! ♪
Shut up, shut up, shut up!! Hey, I'm sleeping here! We're not all nocturnal, you know!!
Hey, I'll knock your "turnal" right off, pal.
Yeah, you and what army, stripes?
You mess with him, you mess with me, Howard!
Ah ha ha ha!
You're a bigmouth lion!
See? Mr. Grumpy Stripes! We make a great team, the two of us.
We sure do. No doubt about it.
So, what are you going to do? Just go running off to the wild by yourself?
No.
Good.
You and me. Let's go.
What?
The wild. Come on. You and me together. It's a straight shot down Fifth Avenue to Grand Central. We'll grab a train; we'll head north. We can be back by morning. No one will ever know.
Yeah. I'm joking. Of course I'm joking. Give me a break. Like we're going to get a train.
Yeah, me too. I'll need to rest my voice for tomorrow. It's Seniors' Day, you know. Have to roar extra loud. Give them a little jolt! You know what I’m talking about?
Good night, Ally Al.
Oh. They forgot to turn off the ambience again!
Don't worry. It's cool. You know, I got it. [kicks the speaker, shooing the bird away as it now turns to the sounds of the Police]
Ah. Much better. [2 hours later; sleep talking] Come on now, baby. My little filet. My little filet mignon with a little fat around the edges. I like that. I like a little fat on my steak. My sweet, juicy steak. You are a rare delicacy.
Alex. Alex. Alex? Alex. Alex!
You suck your thumb?
Okay, okay. [sighs] You know how I have that bladder infection, and I have to get up every two hours? Well, I got up to pee, um, and I looked over at Marty's pen, which, you know, I usually don't do. I don't know why, but I did. And this time I looked over and...
What, Melman? What's going on?
It's Marty. He's gone.
Gone?! [hits his head] Agh! What do you mean "gone"?!
How long has he been working on this?! [looks into the hole the penguins dug] Marty!! Marty!!!
Marty? Marty?! Marty!! Marty!!!
This doesn't make any sense. Where would he go?
He wouldn't.
Oh, no! What are we going to do? We gotta-- we gotta-- I mean, we gotta-- we gotta-- we gotta call somebody!
Hello?! Get me Missing Animals!! And hurry! We've got a lost zebra probably on the way to Connecticut by now, and we're gonna need...!!
Hello? [cut to zoo; on speaker] Hello?
What the…?!
They'll be really mad! It'll get Marty transferred for good. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Mm-hmm. I know that's right.
We got to go after him.
Go after him?
He's not thinking straight. We got to stop him from making the biggest mistake of his life. He's probably out there lost and cold, confused. [sighs; sadly] Poor little guy.
Ow, my head! [he bumps his head on the top of his crate] What the-- I'm in a box! Oh no! Not the box! Oh no, they can't transfer ME! NOT ME! I can't breathe, can't breathe! Darkness creeping in. I can't breathe. Walls closing in around me! So alone. So alone--
Alex, are you there?
Marty?
Yeah! Talk to me, bud!
Oh Marty, you're here!
What's going on? Are you okay?
This doesn't look good, Marty.
Alex, Marty, is that you?
Gloria! I am lovin' the sound of your voice!
What is going on?
We're all in crates.
Oh no!
Man, sleeping just knocks me out.
Melman!
Are you okay?
Yeah. I often doze off while I'm getting an MRI.
Melman, you're not getting an MRI!
CAT scan?
No! No CAT scan! It's a zoo transfer!
ZOO TRANSFER?! No, I can't be transferred. I have an appointment with Dr. Goldberg at 5:00. There are prescriptions that have to be filled! No other zoo can afford my medical care, and I am NOT going HMO!
Take it easy, Melman. We are gonna be o-kiz-ay!
No Marty, we're not gonna be o-kiz-ay. Now, because of you, we're ruined!
Excuse me, I fail to see how this is my fault.
You're kidding, right Marty?
You ticked off the people! You bit the hand, Marty! You bit the hand! "I don't know who I am! I don't know who I am? I gotta go find myself in the WILD!"
Yeah, but I didn't ask you to come after me.
He does have a point. I did say we should have stayed at the zoo but, you guys--
Melman, just shut it! You're the one who gave him this idea in in the first place!
Alex, would you just leave Melman out of this, please!
Thank you, Gloria. Besides, it's not my fault that we were TRANSFERRED!
Melman, shut it. Does anyone feel nauseous?
I feel nauseous.
Melman, you always feel nauseous.
This is a highly refined, type of, food... thing that you do NOT find in the wild.
Do you ever think that there's more to life than just steak, Alex?
What could Connecticut have to offer us?
Lyme disease.
Thank you, Melman.
You maniac! You burned it up! Darn you! Darn you all to HECK!
Aw, aren't you just the sweetest little thing? I just wanna dunk you in my coffee.
They are so cute from a reasonable distance.
Where are the people?
We killed 'em and ate their livers.
Gotcha! Just kidding doll, the people are fine. They're on a slow boat to China. Hang on, I know you two. Where's that psychotic lion, and our monochromatic friend?
Oh no, really. I can't take your crown.
That's okay, I've got a better one! It's got a gecko on it! Look at him shake! Go Stevie, go!
We thank you with enormous gratitude for scaring away the Fossa.
The whossa?
The Fossa. They're alway annoying us by trespassing, interrupting our parties, and ripping our limbs off--
Yeah, sounds great.
I don't know, Julien. [referring to Alex] There's something about that guy with the crazy hair-do that I find suspicious.
Nonsense, Maurice! Come on everybody! Let's go and meet the panzies!
Alex! Come out, Alex! The boat's here! We can go home!
Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex!
Alex! Alex.
Marty?
Snap out of it, Alex. The boat came back. We can get out of here. We can go back to civilization, and everything will be just like it used to be.
Stay back. Please. I'm a monster.
Alex, you're no monster. You're my friend. We're a team. You and me, remember?
I don't want to hurt you.
Alex. I ain't leaving without you. Alex? I'm thinking of a song. It's a wonderful song. I'm sure you're familiar with it. ♪Start spreadin' the news. I'm leaving today. We are a great big part of it!♪ Come on, you know the words. Two little words. Please don't make me sing this by myself. [go back to Alex's normal eyes again] You really don't want to hear me sing this by myself. [The fossa appear from above the rocks] Uh, Alex? Could you come out here for a minute? Hey, Alex, a l-l-little help? AAH!!! HELP ME!! ALEX!!! HEEEEELLLLP!!!!!!!
I hear it now!
Where there's music, there's people.
We’ll go right to the head honcho.
A sidewalk would be nice.
Yeah, what a dump.
They should call it the San Di-lame-o Zoo. First, they tell you, "Hey! We got this great open-plan thing. Let the animals run wild!" Next thing you know, it’s flowers in your hair. Everybody's hugging everybody!
This place kind of grows on you. This way, guys! Come on!
OW!! Ooh! [screams then cries in his hands] Aah! [his foot hits a rock] Oh, oh! AAH!!! [his foot pricks a thorn] Aah! What the...? [jumps through spider webs] Oh! Aah! Ew! Ew! [sputters as he tries to get the webs off himself, then knocks down a tree on himself] OH, NO!! AAAHH!!!