- “I know it has to be me this time. And I think you know it, too.”
- ―Private to Skipper
Private is one of the main characters of the DreamWorks' Madagascar franchise. He is a supporting character in the Madagascar trilogy, one of the three tritagonists of The Penguins of Madagascar TV series (along with Kowalski and Rico), and the main protagonist of the 2014 film of the same name. He is voiced by Christopher Knights in the films and James Patrick Stuart in the television series.
Private is the youngest of the Penguins and was adopted by Skipper, Kowalski and Rico as a younger brother and can be more than cute and cuddly.
Background[]
Private as a baby shortly after his birth in the movie.
Before he was born, Private as an egg was apparently abandoned by his parents. According to Operation Penguin, Private's father's name is Sam Fishy but his mother's name is unknown. His egg was eventually buried in a snow bank and began rolling down a hill, knocking down three penguin children, Skipper, Kowalski and Rico. Skipper, not willing to let a defenseless egg get smashed goes to save it, but ends up making it fall down a cliff.
The penguins, growing worried when they see the penguin egg endangered by a group of leopard seals, all fall down the cliff and enter the danger zone on the ship. Rico swallows the egg whole and carries it to safety with the rest of his brothers.
Shortly after they escape the leopard seals, Skipper accidentally slaps the egg's shell, which activates Private being hatched. Private greets them and inquires if they are his family. Before Skipper responds, child Kowalski answers that Private has no family and that they were all going to die. However, Skipper instead slaps Kowalski and tells baby Private that they're all the family the baby penguin has. Eventually, they adopt him as their baby brother and names him Private.
Personality[]
Private is a down-to-earth person and tries to get out the non-violent way of things, unlike his fellow penguins. Sometimes he can get impatient i. e. in one episode, Private starts to inhabit cabin fever while stuck with Mort, but does get out of it when Mort eats all of the food and they are able to escape.
He mostly starts picking up mostly his older brother Skipper, as he becomes more aggressive as the series goes on. Still though, Private still cares and loves his family until the ends of the earth, choosing his friends over love and having full faith in his brothers when Private is held captive by Dave. He also seems more friendly than the others and has habrored paternal instincts on younger life forms. Mostly this was shown in "Paternal Egg Stinct" when his brothers had threatened the unhatched Eggy with "pushing to hard."
Most of the penguins are protective over Private, despite being a valued member of their group. However, it was most likely due to the fact that Private had been endangered as an egg. They usually tend to cover his eyes from inappropriate images, or cover his ears when Skipper uses his "angry words".
However, the movie sees that Private wishes to be a meaningful and valued member of the Penguins' team and also desired that his brothers wouldn't write him off as "the cute one." However, despite this desire, Private still loved his adoptive family dearly, even showing great confidence that with his brothers, they would bring about Dave's downfall. He showed an honorable side, even willingly giving up his cuteness to help save the other Penguins, including his siblings.
Physical Appearance[]
Private is a short, young penguin. He is about nine later ten years old (revealed in the film) and younger than all his other brothers. He has blue eyes and yellow, webbed feet and beak. Private has black wings white that covers his whole front down to his feet.
Alter-Egos[]
Mr. Tux[]
In the television series, one of Private's many personas is Mr. Tux. He is proven to be an excellent golf player and is the nemesis of the Armadillo Kid.
Appearances[]
Madagascar[]
Private and the penguins escape from New York and while getting to Antarctica. However, they are caught, along with Alex, Melman, Gloria and Marty. While being transformed to the Kenya Wildlife Perserve. The Penguins commodere the ship but inadvertently cause the four's crates to fall into the ocean. When they get to Antarctica, Private voices his dismay for how barren and cold it is.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa[]
Madagascar: Europe's Most Wanted[]
Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie[]
During the battle at the Aquarium in Shanghai, China, Dave kidnapped Private along with the other penguins. After witnessing Dave the full power of the medusa serum, he accidentally alerted Dave of his presence by yelling "crikey," a term Private used earlier when he and the other penguins were initially captured by their one time. Though discovered, Private swears to Dave that when his brothers come, they'll bring about disaster to his operation. Dave realizes that Private's brothers are coming to them and decides to use it as his advantage. When Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico are captured as well. However, Private escapes before using the paperclip that he swallowed earlier and later rescues the North Wind, but they run away to come up with a new plan, which causes Private to go save the other penguins
The Penguins of Madagascar (Television series)[]
Private appears as one of the titular main protagonists of the 2008-2015 television series. However, instead of being voiced by Christopher Knights, he is voiced by James Patrick Stuart.
Relationships[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- According to "Wishful Thinking," his name is Private, as are his rank, and secret shame.
- Afraid of badgers, and distrusts them, as mentioned in "The Hidden," "Badger Pride," etc.
- Loves watching the show, Lunacorns, the Madagascar's version of My Little Pony.
- Attended community college. Private hoped to one day be president, as revealed in Europe's Most Wanted.
- Constantly calls Captain Chantel Dubois a "terrible woman."
- It was revealed in Merry Madagascar that Private was cross-eyed until he met Cupid, one of the reindeer.
- Hero and protagonist of the film, Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie. because it focuses on his feelings and his story and saving all the other penguins.
- As of the episode, "Concrete Jungle Survival," Private is now 'Private, First Class'
- Most of the penguins, namely Skipper, think Private puts on an adorable and phony British accent. (Hard Boiled Eggy). However, its revealed in "A Visit from uncle Nigel" that Private's accent is real.
- Private is the only penguin whose age is revealed, which is ten. Private also appears to be around the human equivalence age of a teenager.
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