Rico is a major character in the Madagascar franchise. He is a supporting character in Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted one of the four main protagonists in The Penguins of Madagascar TV series and the tetartagonist of the 2014 film, Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie. He is presumably the same age as his brother Kowalski and Skipper but is older than Private. He is also the team's head of the demolition and storage.
Rico is crazy, insane, lovable. He is often loose cannon.Rico is obedient as he never has once disobeyed Skipper, seen in both film and TV series. Rico is also not very bright and is also psychopathic and has shown to go crazy.
Private states that Rico always sees chainsaws as an answer to everything. Skipper pointed to Julien that Rico can sometimes go crazy with ammunition, which is why they don't let Rico go with lots of explosives.
He is always obsessed with a dynamite, shown in A Christmas Caper, when he and his brothers rescue their younger brother Private, he constantly asks to use the dynamite, but Skipper always declines the option until they use it to leave the old lady's apartment. He also craves to having fish and very emotional.
Physical Appearance[]
Rico has top feathers that act like a mowhawk hairstyle. Rico also has a large beak and a scar over his left side of his beak.
