seems a more likely term would be "References"

Charlie brown reference in "Friend in a Box "

S:I see a kid and his beagle in a pumpkin patch, what a blockhead XD

My favorite reference!!!

Michael Jackson's "The Girl Is Mine" in "Whispers and Coups"

Julien: Skipper, I'm a lover, not a fighter.

Later

Julien: You keep dreamin'.

James Bond's " the spy who loved me"
and POM episode " the penguin who loved me"

XD

reference that you notice are great, thanks to you :)

There have been some book references, too:

Action Reaction, Skipper actually made a Bible reference.

Skipper: "Let my penguins go!"

Moses: "Let my people go!" (Exodus 8:1, KJV)

*Not trying to offend anyone who doesn't believe in the Bible, I was just pointing out the reference.

The Most Dangerous Game Night = "The Most Dangerous Game", a short horror story by Richard Connell. I'm reading that one now. :D

I Know Why the Caged Bird Goes Insane = "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", by Maya Angelou. I read that one last year.

thanks very very much :)

the car license plate that they found in the first episode said "I HRT BNJVI" or something like that, and it referenced Bon Jovi, the band

"The Penguin Who Loved Me" has a "Phineas and Ferb" reference.

There is a platypus (Perry and Parker) who works for/with someone named Francis (Major Monogram and Blowhole).

In the first Madagascar movie, Skipper made a reference to Silence of the Lambs when he said that they killed the boat crew and ate their livers

-- In The Falcon and the Snow Job there are several references to famous movies like:
- "Ghost" (When Skipper and Kitka are molding the clay together)
- "Titanic" (When they are on the bus)
- & "Lady and the Tramp" (When they share a plate of fish)

-- The episode I Know Why The Caged Bird Goes Insane is a parody of the movie "Rear Window" by Alfred Hitchcock

-- In the episode Alienated there are references to:
- "Men in Black" (Kowalski mentions a "sonic brain-erasing pen," which is what the MIB use on witnesses of alien activity to prevent compromising their operation.)
- "E.T." (Private mentioned that the Space Squid might have tried to "phone home," which is the same thing E.T. wanted to do in the movie.)
- "Alien" (The scene of the Space Squid coming out of Lemmy's chest is similiar to the chestburster in "Alien".)

This is technically from the movie, Madagascar, but I wanted to bring it up anyway. The volleyball Alex had that he named "Spalding", was a reference to Castaway (starring Tom Hanks). Though, in that movie, the volleyball was named "Wilson". I always laugh at that reference. XD

Ooh, I thought of another one. This is actually a real-life reference. In Whispers and Coups, King Julien and Mort said, "This is my peashooter! There are many like it, but this one is mine!" That's a reference of the actual "Rifleman's Creed":

This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will...

My rifle and I know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit...

My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...

Before God, I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!

In Madagascar 3 Mason asked Alex "what's new pussycat?" And skipper added " whoa whoa whoa!" Referencing the song " What's new pussycat" by Tom Jones

In Night of The Vesuviuses Rico throws up a DVD of "Commodore Danger: From Sweden With Furniture", which is an obvious spoof of 007 James Bond's movie "From Russia With Love". (And it's also a reference to the IKEA company. XD)

Ms Perky? Spoof of Barbie. Lunacorns? Spoof of My Little Pony. Winkies? Spoof of Twinkies. (they're making a comeback, by the way. i had some fried Twinkies the other day, and they were awesome). L'Archer? Spoof of Robin Hood. i rest my case.

I got this reference from Madagascar Wikia about the episode Zoo Tube

There is a brief reference to Alex the lion and Nana from the Madagascar films, when a man in a car asks "Did you watch the part where the old lady was smacking around that lion?", before he was knocked out by Skipper's famous knock-out slap

Dumb animal channel is a spoof of AFV

In the first episode Skipper said " and brown paper packages tied up with string" Sound of Music reference

I forgot in what episode, but Skipper said something about a blockhead kid waiting in a pumpkin patch, or something like that. "Charlie Brown" reference.

IDK if it counts as a reference, maybe a coincidence, but the fact that in "The Penguin Who Loved Me", Doris suddenly fell for Kowalski after seeing him fighting even though she has turned him down numerous times kinda reminds me how in the iCarly episode "iSaved Your Life", Carly suddenly fell for Freddie after he pushed her out of the way of the truck that was about to hit her. IN CONCLUSION, both girls weren't in love with both guys as they were in love with the actions that both guys did.

Miracle on Ice is a reference to a 1980s hockey game that everyone goes crazy about

In The Hoboken Surprise, when Skipper said "Show me your war face!" That was a reference to the 1987 movie, Full Metal Jacket.

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Lemur see lemur do= Monkey see Monkey do. I was a penguin zombie =i was a teenaged werewolf (something like that). Zoo tube= YouTube. The Falcon and the Snow job=The Falcon and the Snow Bird (an old movie). I know why the caged bird goes insane= I know why the caged bird sings (an old poem) .The most dangerous game night =The Most dangerous game (and old book). Private and the Winky factory= Charlie/Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory

facebook was mentioned by Mort when he was accepting "friend requests"

Just learned about a guy who called himself the Prophet. Apparently, he heard about an eclipse happening from the Canadians and told the Indian tribes that he had the power to knock out the sun. Making all the Native Americans believe him. Sound familiar?

I am the only one who noticed the wall clock in penguin's chamber? It's always 6 o'clock. Any part of the day.

The jiggli are based on tribbles from Star Trek.

Star Trek episode: The Trouble with Tribbles.

PoM episode: The Trouble with Jiggles.

Tribbles are little furry blobs that breed and breed and breed, not to mention they eat everything (well, everything we can eat).

Also, I've heard that, when Skipper said 'and brown paper packages tied up with string.' in Launchtime, it was a reference to Mary Poppins.

Oh, and I've also heard that when he said 'Private! Don't be a hero! Don't be a fool with your life!' in Operation: Antarctica, it's a reference to a song.

Oh!! How could I forget? When King Julien shouts 'Do a Barrel Roll' in Operation: Antarctica, he's making a reference to the old video game Lylat Wars, in which you're often told to 'do a barrel roll' when you're flying through space. :P

Also, I think his vampire impressions in that episode were making fun of Twilight. XD

I don't know if this was already mentioned, but when Kowalski screamed "FIRE EVERYTHING!" in Snakehead, that may have been a reference to Nero in Star Trek.

This one is kind of lame, but "assault and batteries" is like the legal term "assault and battery", and "The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel" is very Indiana Jones-y

Snowmageddon is a play on the word Armageddon.

The " My Car" Guy is similar to Fred from Spongebob Squarepants who instead shouts " my leg!".

There is also a rat king in TNMT, if i recall correctly

In Madagacar 1 and Madagcar 2, there were references to "Planet of the Apes" (the Statue of Liberty scene in the first one and the kiss scene between skipper and mason in the second one)

The sheep Classified mistook for Dave is from Dreamworks ' How to train your Dragon'.

I thought it'd be easier just to post this. XD We have: Nicholas Cage, Elijah Wood, Drew Perry, Robin Wright, Charlize Theron, Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, and Kevin Bacon. XD