nathanelmer
this spin off of the popular movies puts the penguins in a new world with new characters and awesome humor and action. All hail king Julien is terrible,but this is awesome. the best part is the lemurs. King Juliens voice actor is different here, but he does a good job because he sounds like SBG. I like this a lot. It is a great romp of action,humor,and more. this saved Nick from perishing. although SpongeBob is now better, Nick still has terrible shows that should be canceled... But the penguins made Nick a better place. I hope 2016 has some more shows like this on Nick. It is getting 10 stars for outstanding humor,action,animation,and most importantly, the penguins! Great job,Dreamworks and Nick! keep up the good work! or not............
Willow Polson
My son is 15 and loves this show so much he literally sets an alarm and gets up at 3:00 AM just to watch the reruns. Knowing he was so dedicated and after some time of being asked, I finally gave in and watched a few episodes with him. You know what? for a "Y-7" kids show, it's very good! All four penguins are very likable and unique. It's actually hard to pick out a favorite, but I'm going to have to go with Private. The voice acting is great and dynamic, the computer animation very clean and vibrant, and the stories are fun. Some episodes are okay, some are good, and some are laugh-out-loud funny, even for adults. The okay episodes are why I didn't give the show a higher overall rating.Of the secondary characters, I like all three lemurs, but other than John DiMaggio's elephant (because, you know, JOHN DIMAGGIO), I'm either indifferent or actively dislike them. Another reason for my 7 out of 10 rating.I hope Penguins is brought back, because it's a total rock star compared to most of that channel's current Y-7 programming.
mergatroid-1
Well, so much for having the same quality animation. It's still pretty good for a "Saturday morning cartoon" though.Mostly the show is about the penguins, but they've thrown in King Julian and his cronies, as well as the spider monkeys and a newcomer female otter.I can't really put my finger on it, but the penguins just don't come across as funny as they are in the movies. Perhaps it's the 15 minute format, or the fact that they deal mostly with other animals (I always found them funniest when they were knocking out humans and stealing their cargo container ships), whatever it is they just don't seem to pull it off as well as they do in the movies. They could add a little more spider monkey into the shows, they were always pretty funny. Still, it is an entertaining series. Definitely better than your usual cheapo cartoon.I can't believe all the people giving this series ten stars. It's not bad, but not 10 stars worth.
jacorvid
I am a nanny for two kids so watch a lot of cartoons. The Penguins of Madagascar are the best! The kids watch and I love the humor! I have tried to get my adult friends to watch but they look at me like I am crazy! You should give it a chance, it is great. Kowalski is always coughing up just the right thing and when the skipper talks to his log like star trek it cracks me up. I esp. love King Julien cause he butchers the English language in a very funny way. Love this show!!!! Not just for kids!!! I have started quoting the funniest lines, like "this calls for harsh mocking...mock, mock, mock" If I weren't so old, I could remember some more of these great lines. Check it out no matter how old you are!