Penguin HQ
(Skipper's POV)
An Alarm Blared as we ran to our battle stations. "Skipper, we're picking up an outgoing airborne target," Private said. "It's on a north by southwest heading," Kowalski said as he operated our TV in Rader mode, "Air speed two and a half knots." "Altitude is four meters and climbing fast… five meters…six…" I slapped Private, "Private, you know how I feel about the metric system," I said, "We go with feet and inches." "Right…" Elsa said. "Identifying target now," Kowalski said, "It looks like we have another Runaway Red on our hands, Skipper." "Why is it always the red ones?" I said.
outside a red balloon was out of reach of a young yad, "My balloon!" The boy started to cry but we got into action. Kowalski standing on top of the fence in our habitat and tossed a line over to Private. Private who was standing on a well across of out habitat caught it. Kowalski and Private tied both ends of the rope. The rope was attached to a bucket which Kowalski and Private pulled back. Rico climbed into the bucket and grabbed onto the ropes. The balloon floated into the air in front of us.
"On My mark," I said waiting a few seconds, "Now!" Private and Kowalski releashed the bucket and launched rico into the air. Rico flew throught the air and landed on top of the balloon. His weight caused the balloon to start to head back towards the ground. Before Rico slammed into a wall we with under him with a piece of fabric. The balloon bounced and Rico put the string attached to it back into the boy's hand.
Shorty…
Private, Kowalski, Rico, and, Elsa celebrated by high-oneing each other. "Yeah!" Kowalski and Rico shouted. "Lady and Gentlemen," I said, "today's operation was a success." "Ohhhh! Yah! Yeah!" Everyone shouted. "However, I have to ask… Are we ready for The Big One?"
"The Big One?" Private asked. "El Grande Enchilada," I replied. "yum," Rico said. "Not the eating kind of enchilada. The in-your-face, knock-you-on-your-posterior kind of enchilada. "So," Elsa said, "It's not actually food?" "Elsa, we don't know what it actually is." I said. "Then how can we know if we're ready for it?" Kowalski asked. "That's what today is all about," I said. "The Big One's today?" Private asked. "Affirmative," I pulled out the calendar with today circled, "The Big One is coming today."
A dramatic urgent clock noise seemed to hang in the air. "At around noon-ish," I said. Everyone looked at the clock as the urgent clock noise seemed to repeat. "Fortunately, I have spend months…Preparing for The Big One. And when my plan was complete, I knew what I had to do," I explained, "The plan was secured in a lock box. And, under the cover of darkness, I chose a top-secret location, at which I buried the top-secret plan. A remote area of the zoo…where no human or animal ever goes."
Kowalski took a look at the map, "Until, of course, they complete construction of the new Children's Zoo." "what?" I said. "That's where the new Children's zoo is going to be," Kowalski replied. "Groundbreaking is today," Elsa said. "Blast!" I shouted as I threw the map to the ground.
Children's Zoo construction Site
(Kowalski's POV)
We peeked out from the side of a bush to find workers and construction equipment on site. "We only have four hours until The Big One," I said. "We need those plans," Skipper said. "Perhaps a diversion," Elsa said. "Look! It's live at Five's Chuck Charlies! From the telly!" Private shouted. Chuck Charles was standing in front of a camera with a microphone, "We're here at the Central Park Zoo for the groundbreaking of the new Children's Zoo…" "There's our diversion," Elsa said.
We went to the TV van to find the back doors unlocked. "I'm going in!" Skipper shouted. Skipper jumped into the back of the news van closing the doors behind him. "Do you think Skipper needs back up?" Private asked. "Our Skipper?" I asked. Suddenly a bunch of loud sounds came from inside the van. Their were sparks and electric light as the van shook. A crash could be heard inside the van, "Skipper?" Elsa asked. "Awaiting orders," I said. "Oh, Boy," Rico said. "we must get him out of there!" Private shouted, "What should be do?"
"Commence Operation…get Skipper out the locked van?" I said. "The name needs work," Elsa said, "but let's do it!" Rico hacked up a bomb while I got out my lockbreaking tools. Rico and I ran into each other and Private jumped and slammed into the back of the van. "What was that?" Private asked, "You were supposed to catch me." Elsa rolled her eyes while I say, "No, we were supposed to pick the lock," I said. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Rico said. "This is hopeless," Elsa said.
Suddenly we heard a noise from inside the van followed by a flash of light. The satellite dish on top of the van turned in the opposite direction. The Door flipped opened and Skipper fell out and a microphone landed on top of him. "Skipper!" Private shouted. "OK," Chuck said as he rounded the corner, "Who hid my hair spritz?" We quickly got Skipper out of sight as the reporter when to the van. "Hey, what happened in here?"
3 hours until The Big One
Penguin HQ
(Private's POV)
I woke Skipper up with a open can of sardines. "Are you all right, Skipper?" Elsa asked. Suddenly Skipper stood up and pushed us all out of the way. "Get out of my shot," He said before running off to the wall microphone in flipper. "This is Chuck Charles, with your late breaking local news," Skipper said to the wall. "Is he talking to the wall?" Kowalski asked. "Something horrible happened inside that news van," I said. "I wonder," Kowalski said.
Shortly…
"Theoretically, it's possible the electrical receptors in Skipper's brain picked up the signals from that van and reprogrammed his functional sensors to mimic the patterns of behavior shown on the broadcasts," Kowalski explained breathlessly. "You mean?" I asked. "Yes," Kowalski replied, "I think we can safely say that Skipper is stricken with…Anchormanesia." "I'm Chuck Charles and we're your Live at Five news team," Skipper said. "Gil Force with weather," Skipper said. Skipper went to Kowalski and said, "Scooter Alvarez on sports." Skipper went inside the tv and pulled Rico in as well, "and, as always, my co-anchor Bonnie Chang." "Bonnie Chang?" Rico and Elsa said.
"But The Big One is coming!" I shouted pointing at the clock. "Don't remind us," elsa replied. "We still need those plans! And, even if we get the plans," I said, "We still need Skipper to be Skipper!" Kowalski hit a button on the wall and a panel with chemicals appeared. "All Right," Kowalski said, "I will randomly combine liquids and powders until I find a cure!" "This could take a while," Elsa replied sarcastically.
2 Hours until The Big One
"I'm with the Live at Five news team here on the scene," Skipper said. "You are a penguin," I said. "How's that weekend forecast, Gil?" "I'm Private," I said as I waddled past Skipper "Look, I waddle. And you waddle, too. Because you're a…" "Chuck Charles! And I know the news!"
1 hour 15 minutes Until The Big One
Penguin habitat
"Look!" I said as I jumped into the water, "Penguins Swim!" "Well, Gil, looks like another wet…" Skipper took a step and fell into the water. Oh I forgot Chuck Charles can't swim! I dived into the water and got Skipper on to the island. I performed CPR and revived Skipper. "…and that's the news!" Suddenly Kowalski and Rico appeared, "Status report?" Kowalski asked. "Still Chuck Charles," I said. "And the Anchormanesia Cure is a bit behind schedule," Kowalski said. Suddenly the clock toiled and, "We only have one hour!" "Yeah," Kowalski said, "I need at least 7,000. Years."
Suddenly Rico started to frantically speak in Riconese. "Don't worry, Rico. Skipper's…" Suddenly I looked down and found a cinderblock where Skipper was. "…Gone?"
About thirty minutes until The Big One
Lemur habitat
"Here's your Live at Five exclusive interview with…" "KING JULIAN," Julian said, "Yes, but you can call me King Julian." "Do you have any comment about the rumors?" Skipper asked. "Eh, What Rumors?" Julian asked. "Don't play coy," Skipper said, "We all know what they're saying about your royal family." "Lies! All Lies!" Julian shouted before using his hand to cover the "camera", "This interview is over!" Skipper made a slashy motion across his throat and said, 'And we're… out."
"Fantastic interview,' Skipper said. "Well, thank you…" Julian said. Julian pulled out a bowl full of fruit, "Care for some fruit? It is tasty and nice. Except maybe the grapes. I'm not 100 percent on those." "Could your grapes be poisoning you?" Skipper said, "Find out at Five. And We're…out!" "Oh news I could use," Julian said. "Let's not be running off," I said as Kowalski, Rico, and I escorted him home. As we left the lemur habitat Skipper said, "Chuck Charles has a…"
20 minutes until The Big One
Penguin HQ
Kowalski, Elsa, and I paced the room while Skipper and Rico were on a table. "The technical term for our situation is doneski," Kowalski explained. Skipper looked at Rico's Mohawk, "Bonnie, are you doing something different with your hair? I like it!" Rico smiled at this comment as he looked at his Mohawk. "Skipper would want us to go get those plans," I said. "But how can we do that when Skipper…"
Suddenly Skipper put a new desk in front of Kowalski and said, "Now over to Scooter Alvarez with the highlights and the lowlights." Kowalski stood up and shouted, "I am not Scooter Alvarez! I don't even know what a Scooter Alvarez is!" "OK, We're just going to have to…to do it without him," I said. "But…" Kowalski said. "I know," Elsa said, "But what choice do we have?" "Skipper would want us to carry on without him," I added. "Keep an eye on Scooter. He's not quite himself today." "No, I'm here with these scores or my name's not scooter Alvarado," Kowalski said. "Alvarez," Skipper corrected. "exactly," Kowalski said.
"Ok," I said turning to skipper, "We're going to go out for awhile, Chuck." 'Um," I said, "so you just stay here in the…um…" "studio," Elsa whispered. "Oh right," Private said, "Yeah stay in the…studio." We then left and headed towards the children's zoo construction site.
15 minutes until The Big One
Children's Zoo construction Site
(Kowalski's POV)
"According to the map, We should be digging…" I said before looking at the construction site, "Over there." In the middle of the site were all the workers and equipment was gathered? Good Golly Wally… "With all this construction," Private said, "there are too many witnesses." "Must think," I said. "What would Skipper do?" Elsa said. "Precariously perch himself high atop the crane?" I said. "I don't see how that would help," Private said.
"Oh, It won't. But that is what Skipper's doing," I said gesturing to the crane. Skipper was perched high above the site with a microphone in hand. "This is your Live at Five Eye in the Sky," Skipper said. "He is not making this easy," Elsa said. "Nope," I replied. "Easy?" Private said, "Was it easy for Manfredi, Johnson when that undersea escape tunnel turned out to be the business end of a beluga whale? They couldn't even speak for a month." "And even then, it was gibberish," I added. "So, if this is going to be hard, that's fine with me," Private said.
Private held out his flipper. Rico held out his flipper on top of Private's and said, "Yeah!" "Fine," Elsa said. "Let's do this thing!" I shouted, "And all other things required of us." Elsa, Rico, Private, and I climbed up the crane and got skipper. We then went down the crane's cable to return to the ground. We then went to the bulldozer and Rico knocked out the operator. "Can you describe to the folks at home how you're feeling right now?" Skipper asked. "Urgh," was the response. Rico push the unconscious man out of sight. "You heard it here first," Skipper said, "This is Chuck Charles reporting."
We all climbed into the Dozer. While Private and Rico figured out the controls I got to work hotwiring the dozer. But then I forgot what to do, "Do I connect the red one to the blue one…or the blue one to the red one…" "Is there a difference?" Elsa said. "I dunno," Rico replied. "That's the sort of thing Skipper would normally decide," Private replied.
Skipper was looking at his reflection in the window, "Be honest with me," Skipper said, "Do you like my good side…or my even better side?" "But there isn't anything normal about this…" Private said. "Prehaps if I bypass the…""Kowalski," elsa said, "Just wing it!" Elsa then took the wires from me and connect the blue one to the red one…or did she connect the red one to the blue one? Suddenly the dozer roared to life and went out of control. "Stop!" Private shouted before losing his balance and landing on a button.
The dozer went forward and lowered the front digger into the ground. The dirt got lifted into the air before the hydrolics got stuck. Private and Rico went to the edge of the hole. Private looked down and saw the lockbox sticking out of the dirt. "I see the plans!" Private shouted as they rushed into the hole, "Come on, we have to hurry!" Rico hacked up some spoons and the two of them started to dig. Elsa and I joined them and helped Private pull out the box. "Got it!" Private shouted. "Yes!" I said as Private, Elsa, Rico and I high-oned. "Yes!" Skipper said, "What did we do?"
"How should I know who moved the dozer?" A worker asked. Suddenly the dozer roared back to life. "Our top story: Chuck Charles and the news team get buried alive," Skipper said as the hole got filled back in.
"Well at least we saved the top-secret plans," I said. "Well that's a positive," Elsa said. "Althought it might have been preferable to not be buried alive with them," Private said. Rico said something in Riconese, "Yes, Rice, it is just about four-ish," I said. "Then we'd better check out Skipper's top-secret plan," Private said. Rico hacked up a paper-clip, bent it, and used it to unlock the lockbox. Rico took out a tape recorder and placed it in front of us.
"What?" Private said. "Well this is anti-climatic," Elsa muttered. Rico hit the play button and Skipper's voice came out of the speaker. "Is the team ready for The Big One? We shall see…" "Afraid not," Private said. "But what is it?" Elsa said. "Some sort of natural disaster?" I asked. The recording answered that question, "You might think it might be some sort of natural disaster, but you'd be wrong!" we all looked around in confusion as the recording contiuned.
"No, The Big One is the greatest challenge of all," Skipper's voice explained, "What happens if one member of the team is out? What if we didn't have young Private's heart…" private smiled as the recording moved on, "or Kowalski's Brains or Elsa's no-nosense attitude or Rico's appetite for reckless destruction?" "I dunno," Rico said as he polished one of his bombs.
"I suppose that would be bad," Private said. "Or what if the team leader was inexplicitly like a pompous anchorman?" Suddenly Skipper took off his tie and said, "What if? Indeed." "Yes," I said, "What if in…OH…" "Wait a minute," Elsa said. "You were faking it!" Private shouted. "bingo," Skipper replied. "It was all a test?" I said. "And the team came thru!" Skipper replied.
"Hazzah!" Skipper shouted. "Hazzah!" We all repeated. "We're ready for the big one!" Private shouted. "Yes we are!" Skipper replied, "We're also running out of Oxygen." Rico suddenly started to choke due to lack of oxygen. "Kowalski give me options!" Skipper said. "Rico sets an explosive charge under this…blasting it straight up thru dirt and rock," I said. "and we hang on to it!" Private added. "Oh," Skipper said, "sounds like a wild ride. Rico!"
Rico hacked up a lit stick of dynamite and stuck it under the lockbox. The five of us then jumped on top of it. The explosive exploded. At the survive the workers were debating, "I don't get how a bozedozer just turns on by it self?" we burst out of the ground on the lockbox and landed back in the penguin pool.
We all jumped onto the concret island in celebration. "Woo-hoo!" Rico said as we high-oned each other. "We did it!" Private said. "Yes!" Elsa said. "We kicked Big One's butt!" I shouted. Skipper pulled the microphone out one last time, "And we're out!"
(The Penguins Of Madagascar Theme Plays)
The End
Cast
Tom McGrath: Skipper
Idina Menzel: Elsa
Jeff Bennett: Kowalski/Chuck Charles
John Dimaggio: Rico/Construction Worker
James Patrick Stuart: Private
Danny Jacobs: King Julian
Tara Strong: Little Boy