Madagascar: Night of the Living Animals!

'Madagascar: Night of the Living Animals! 'The special takes place after the events of Madagascar 4: Asia Getaway. Halloween special that premiered on DVD and NBC on October 31, 2024.

Plot
In 1937, the police from New York set off to the manor of Dr. Octavious Brine/Dave the octopus. Dave has kidnapped a family of cats so he can sacrifice them to his old friend, the Halloween Hound, an evil hellhound who can open a portal to ghosts but only if he has the souls of cats of the same blood. One of the kittens, Sarah, belongs to a young boy named Carlos. As the mob prepares to storm the manor, the hound devours Sarah's family, but Sarah escapes. Dave chases him and grabs him just as the mob enters. Dave manages to escape just as dawn approaches. Thus, when the hound tries to kill Sarah he fails and Sarah turns to stone and becomes a ghost. the police surround Dave and arrests him forever.

After the events of all 6 films, Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the graffe, Gloria the hippopotamus and the lemurs, King Julien XIII the ring-tailed lemur, Maurice the aye-aye and Mort the mouse lemur prepare for Halloween celebrations; Alex pratices scaring and Marty tries to decide what he will be for Halloween, Melman however has a fear of Halloween of a childhood trauma on that same night. Their prospect of Halloween is cut short when the penguins leave to investigate. Overhearing that the legend says that if you say 'Halloween Hound' three times in front of Dave's mirrot, you would release the Halloween Hound, Kowalski, who is a "scaredy penguin" tries to overcome his fear by entering the condemned manor and says "Halloween Hound" three times in the mirror, Sarah the ghost kitten tried to warn the penguins, Kowalski is terrified by Sarah's ghost and accidentally completes the reciting.

Meanwhile, after rejected by his owner saying that no one can have a octopus, Dave vows to get more revenge, thanks to his octopi henchmen and the Halloween Hound. Alex tries to scare people (getting mistaken for a beast at one point) and Marty has trouble remembering what to say when walking up to houses for candy. Dave sends the Halloween Hound to find the penguins, who ask for help from a sorceress red panda named Zelda. It is here that Sarah explains she is not trying to hurt them, but to warn them that the Halloween Hound is coming. After using a spell to return Sarah to his body, the Hound finds them and turns Mort (much to King Julien and Maurice's horror) and Zelda to stone. The kids are running from Dr. Octavious Brine and hide in the Halloween party where He finds his staff. They are rescued by Mr. Carlos (who is actually Sarah's owner).

Dave takes the penguins hostage in his manor and says that if the book isn't returned, he will kill them. The Penguins have a daring escape from their arch-nemesis. After escaping, the Penguins run from the Hound who has turned Sarah to stone and opened the portal. The evil spirits who've escaped the mirror turn everyone in the town into zombies. Meanwhile, Private decides to stop and leave but is also turned to stone by the Hound. Dave steals his book back and shoots his staff at Mr. Carlos.

Meanwhile, the zombies prepare to attack the children, prompting the animals to protect them. Alex attempts to reason with one of the pumpkins, but fails. King Julien discovers that the zombies are not after the children, but their candy. The penguins hide in the kitchen where Rico starts devouring Cheezy Dibbles. The Howlloween Hound finds them and Kowalski comes up with a plan. Just when the Howlloween Hound is about to suck out Rico's soul, Kowalski signals Rico who farts, releasing out gas, repelling the magic and causing the Halloween Hound to have his own soul sucked out.

At that moment, Dr. Octavious Brine emerges and assumes leadership of the octopi and zombies. Marty's bungling leads the zombies to the Central Park Zoo, the place with the most candy. The children and animals rally against the zombies just as Alex tries to roar. The animals' attempts to defeat Dave seem to prove futile until Melman realizes from seeing Marty. suffering from indigestion that they must defeat the zombies with candy to bloat them up. the penguins helps by making a Gatling gun platform for that purpose.

The kids and Mr. Carlos find Dr. Octavious Brine paralyzed after ending the Bible and King Julien takes Dave's book. He reads the spell which returns the evil spirits and undoes the hounds evil, such as turning animals into stone. Skipper destroys the staff to prevent Dave and his henchmen from coming back.

Mr. Carlos is reunited with Sarah as well as the people being reunited with the zoo animals. The kids bid goodbye to Mr. Carlos, who has located the owners of Sarah's brothers and sisters and travels to California. The Zoosters, penguins and lemurs bid farewell to Sarah who thanks them for helping him defeat Dave.

Unnoticed, a surviving octopus tries to sneak away but is found by Alex, who scares it into squirting ink, ending the special.

Cast

 * Ben Stiller as Alex the lion
 * Chris Rock as Marty the zebra
 * David Schwimmer as Melman the giraffe
 * Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria the hippopotamus
 * Danny Jacobs as King Julien the ring-tailed lemur
 * Tom McGrath as Skipper the penguin
 * John Malkovich as Dave, a villainous and disgruntled octopus who prepares to conquer New York City.
 * Chris Miller as Kowalski the penguin
 * Christopher Knights as Private the penguin
 * Adam Sandler as Zelda, a red panda sorceress
 * Anna Kendrick as Sarah, a Devon rex kitten
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice the aye-aye
 * Andy Richter as Mort the mouse lemur

Trivia

 * The special was released in DVD following King Julien (2015) film.

Goofs

 * King Julien actually smiles when he thinks Mort has been turned into stone, But after the Halloween Hound and Dave's defeat, Mort survives much to Julien's disappointment.

Transcripts

 * Alex: ROOOAAARRR!!!!! Oh yeah. Show'em the cat. Who's the cat. me.
 * Marty: Bravo, Alex! Bravo. Oh, do the werewolf
 * Alex: (howls)
 * Marty: How about the Creature from the Swamp
 * Alex: (snarls)
 * Marty: (freaks out) No, I didn't mean the Creature from the Swamp. I take it back, Please Alex Stop! you're torturing me.
 * Gloria: Alex! Knock it off!
 * Alex: what?