Penguins of Madagascar: Secret Seasons
Hi everyone! Sparkles here, with a new series brought to you by Sparkles productions. For those of you who don't know, I'm an aspiring screenwriter, creative director, and possibly voice actor for animation. So far most of my experience in writing for animation has been for primarily action and comedy style series with more streamline plots. However, I have a massive love (and obsession) for the style of Penguins of Madagascar and the Madagascar series as a whole (I've seen Madagascar 2 ten times, five of those times being back to back). To me, the series is just incredibly original with an brilliant style and sense of comedic timing. As I was watching the various episodes, I realized how hard it must be to create a series like this. I mean, episode after episode, each one it's own individual thing with hundreds of original plots that don't necessarily connect to each other. I thought about how difficult it would be to create something like this, but then I realized what a challenge it would be to do something like that, which is completely outside my normal style. Thus Secret Seasons was born! My goal is to challenge my screenwriting skills by writing at least 100 episodes of my own creation, mixing my personal style with the classic Penguins style that I love, all for your enjoyment. And now for your reading pleasure, a guide to Secret Seasons season 1, coming soon to a fanfic near you. Enjoy!
Disclaimers: I own absolutely nothing related to Madagascar or the Penguins except for my own psychotic obsession with them and the various plots below and those to come. Episode guides are subject to change as things progress. Also, I haven't seen all the episodes of Penguins yet, so if any plot turns out to be the exact same plot from one of the episodes, it's totally on accident, and I humbly request you let me know so I can change it, though the first couple episodes have already been written so I won't be able to correct those. Kay, thanks!
Episode 1: Stuck on you: After an incident during target practice, the penguins end up destroying a good chunk of the lemur habitat. Kowalski decides to use a new molecular adhesive to help fix the place up, but when that adhesive ends up sticking Skipper and Julien together, things take a turn for the hilarious.
Episode 2: Royal Reversal: A magician comes to the zoo to put on a show for the kids. He puts on a hypnosis act that Kowalski, as the resident scoffer, must scoff at. However, the show does give Kowalski the idea to invent a new hypno-watch that when stared at hypnotizes the victim. Of course we all know when hypnotism enters the picture, trouble soon follows.
Episode 3: Fish Soup for the Soul: A night time snack run leads to Rico getting sick. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but when Rico's starts shooting out some of the more dangerous contents of his gut every time he sneezes, top priority must be made to find a cure.
Episode 4: Mort Sitting: The penguins are enlisted as unwilling Mort-sitters by Julien and Maurice. Though they didn't originally want to do it, they start to warm up to the idea of having cute little Mort around to watch and take care of. The feeling doesn't last long, however, as Mort slowly becomes more unruly as the day goes on.
Episode 5: Fitness Frenzy: A mix up with the feeding schedule occurs which leads to Marlene being practically buried in food! At first this seems like the best thing ever, but with massive meals three times a day Marlene starts to, shall we say, get a little heavier. Now she has to get back into top shape. Problem is, since she's always had small, regulated portion sizes, she's never actually had to diet before. She must seek help in getting back into shape, but to whom shall she turn in her time of dieting need?
Episode 6: Your Cheatin' Flippers: It's Rico and Ms. Perky's anniversary, and everyone's more than a little bit disturbed. None the less he plans an exciting evening out on the town to celebrate this momentous occasion. Things seem to be going well, but when Rico meets a new doll even prettier then Ms. Perky, he is struck with indecision between his current "girlfriend" and this new model. Who's it gonna be Rico?
Episode 7: A Lotta Woodchuck: The penguins meet a Woodchuck who is the epitome of manliness. His open displays of masculinity and strength impress the penguins immensely, causing them to invite him as a member of the team, however when he starts trying to take the leader position, what will become of Skipper?
Episode 8: Pea-Nuts: Peanuts. The love of Burt the elephant's life. He just can't get enough! But when Burt starts to develop an apparent allergy to his favorite thing in the world, he'll need the help of the Penguin team to get over his addiction.
Episode 9: Che Rico's: It's winter in NYC, which means a lot of hungry animals in Central Park. The team can't possibly turn their backs on all of them, so they decide to open a restaurant in the park to provide food for them. But when the restaurant starts to get bigger, will they be able to remember why they started it in the first place?
Episode 10: Adore or Die: A little lynx is brought to the zoo, and she's just as cute as can be! All the humans, and many of the zoo animals automatically fall in love with how adorable she is. However, when people start paying attention to the other adorables of the zoo, they may discover that this adorable little feline isn't quite so innocent as she appears to be.