Gloria is the tritagonist of the Madagascar franchise. She is one of the two tritagonists (alongside Melman) of Madagascar, one of the two tetartagonists (alongside Melman) of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and one of the two tritagonists (alongside Melman) Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. She also serves as the major character of the specials and the minor character of the short films and the Penguins of Madagascar movie. She is best friends with Alex, Marty, Melman (who later becomes her boyfriend). Gloria is the only female member on the team who is the voice of reason in the group and often acts as an older sister to Alex and Marty. She used to live in the New York Central Park zoo but now travels with Circus Zaragoza, finally finding their places in the world.
She was voiced by Jada Pinkett Smith.
Background
Gloria is the only female in the main quartet and a hippo who lived in the New York Central Park Zoo. She has known Marty, Melman, and Alex since childhood, where Melman had a crush on her.
She is like a mother towards the gang, especially beign soft with Mort uponn first meeting him. Motto Motto noted that he liked her for the shape of her body, especially the size of her butt.