CLIPS on Instagram: "🐧 Interesting fact: Penguins of Madagascar (2014) almost didn’t make it into the original Madagascar movie because their parts were so small, but the production team loved the characters so much that they expanded their role significantly. The penguins’ names—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—are an homage to the naming conventions used for the four main characters in the TV series The A-Team, reflecting their mercenary-like military approach."

CLIPS on Instagram: "😂 Interesting fact: In Madagascar: Escape to Africa , the penguins’ hilarious antics were originally meant to be minor, background moments, but their scenes became so popular that the filmmakers gave them bigger roles and even inspired their own spin-off movie."