The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper is a 2005 American animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation. The 12-minute Madagascar spin-off features the adventures of four penguins,sometimes known as the Madagascar Penguins, who live in the Central Park Zoo and are trained as spies. The short debuted in theaters on October 7, 2005 with the stop-motion film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. it was directed by animation veteran Gary Trousdale, produced by Teresa Cheng, and written by Michael Lachance.

Cast[]

Character		Actor
	Skipper	Tom McGrath
	Kowalski	Chris Miller
	Rico	John DiMaggio
	Private	Christopher Knights
	Nana	Elisa Gabrielli
	Ted	Bill Fagerbakke
	Doorman	Sean Bishop
	TV Announcer	Sean Bishop
	Mr. Chew	Frank Welker
Additional voices		Hope Levy
Rif Hutton
Richard Miro
Mitch Carter
Lynnanne Zager

International versions[]

	Language	Title
	Catalan	unknown
	Czech	Tučňáci z Madagaskaru: Vánoční mise
	Danish	The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
	Filipino	The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
	Finnish	Pingviinien Joulukepponen
	French	Les Pingouins de Madagascar : Mission Noël
	German	Die Madagascar-Pinguine in vorweihnachtlicher Mission
	Greek	Χριστούγεννα με τους Πιγκουίνους της Μαδαγασκάρης
	Hebrew	הפינגווינים ממדגסקר ב מבצע חג המולד
	Hindi	unknown
	Hungarian	A Madagaszkár-pingvinek és a karácsonyi küldetés
	Icelandic	unknown
	Italian	I Pinguini di Madagascar in Missione Natale
	Japanese	マダガスカル・ペンギン大作戦
	Korean	마다가스카의 펭귄들-크리스마스 미션 마다가스카의 펭귄: 크리스마스 미션
	Norwegian	Madagaskarpingvinene - Oppdrag jul
	Persian	پنگوئن‌های ماداگاسکار در جشن کریسمس
	Polish (Start International Polska)	Pingwiny z Madagaskaru: Misja świąteczna
	Polish (Film Factory Studio)	Pingwiny z Madagaskaru: Misja świąteczna
	Portuguese (Brazil)	Os Pinguins de Madagascar em Uma Missão de Natal
	Portuguese (Portugal)	Os Pinguins de Madagáscar: Numa Nova Missão
	Russian	Пингвины из Мадагаскара: Операция «С новым годом!»
	Slovak	Tučniaky z Madagaskaru: Vianočná misia
	Spanish (Latin America)	Los Pingüinos de Madagascar en Una Misión Navideña
	Spanish (Spain)	Madagascar: Los Pingüinos en Travesura Navideña
	Swedish	Pingvinerna från Madagaskar: Julspratt
	Turkish	Madagaskar Penguenleri Yılbaşı
	Ukrainian	Пінгвіни з Мадагаскару: Операція «З новим роком!»

	Language	Title
	Latvian	Madagaskaras pingvīnu Ziemassvētki
	Russian (DDV)	Мадагаскарские пингвины в фильме «Рождественские проделки»
	Russian (Pyotr Glanz)	Мадагаскарские пингвины в фильме «Рождественские похитители»
	Uzbek	Madagaskar Pingvinlari Yangi Yil Sarguzashti

	Language	Title
	Bulgarian	Пингвините от Мадагаскар в коледна мисия
	Croatian	Božićna Pustolovina Pingvina s Madagaskara
	Romanian	Pinguinii din Madagascar în o Poznă de Crăciun
	Serbian	Pingvini iz Madagaskara u božićnoj ludoriji
	Slovene	Madagaskarski Pingvini v božični burki

References[]

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(franchise)

Movies
Madagascar (2005) • Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Europe's Most Wanted (2012) • Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Series
The Penguins of Madagascar (2008) • All Hail King Julien (2014) • Madagascar: A Little Wild (2020)

Specials
Christmas Caper (2005) • Merry Madagascar (2009) • Madly Madagascar (2013)

Video Games
Madagascar (2005) • Escape 2 Africa (2008) • The Penguins of Madagascar (2010) • Dr. Blowhole Returns – Again! (2011) • Madagascar 3: The Video Game (2012)

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Animated films

Antz (1998) • The Prince of Egypt (1998) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Chicken Run (2000) • Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) • Over the Hedge (2006) • Flushed Away (2006) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Bee Movie (2007) • Kung Fu Panda (2008) • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Megamind (2010) • Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) • Puss in Boots (2011) • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) • Rise of the Guardians (2012) • The Croods (2013) • Turbo (2013) • Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) • Penguins of Madagascar (2014) • Home (2015) • Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) • Trolls (2016) • The Boss Baby (2017) • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) • Abominable (2019) • Trolls World Tour (2020) • The Croods: A New Age (2020) • Spirit Untamed (2021) • The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) • The Bad Guys (2022) • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) • Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) • Trolls Band Together (2023) • Orion and the Dark (2024) • Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) • The Wild Robot (2024) • Dog Man (2025) • The Bad Guys 2 (2025) • Forgotten Island (2026) • Cocomelon: The Movie (2027) • Shrek 5 (2027)

Live-action films
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027)

Television specials
Shrek the Halls (2007) • Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Merry Madagascar (2009) • Scared Shrekless (2010) • Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) • Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • Madly Madagascar (2013) • Trolls Holiday (2016) • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) • Trolls: Holiday in Harmony (2021)

Short films

Shrek: The Ghost of Lord Farquaad (2003) • Cyclops Island (2003) • Far Far Away Idol (2004) • The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) • Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006) • Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) • B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009) • Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010) • Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (2010) • Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011) • Thriller Night (2011) • The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011) • Night of the Living Carrots (2011) • Book of Dragons (2011) • Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011) • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012) • Almost Home (2014) • Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014) • Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2015) • Panda Paws (2016) • The Boss Baby and Tim's Treasure Hunt Through Time (2017) • Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School (2020) • To: Gerard (2020) • Family Movie Night: Little Red Bronana Bread (2020) • Dear Diary: World's First Pranks (2020) • Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale (2021) • The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022) • The Trident (2022) • It Takes Three (2023) • Dueling Dumplings (2024) • The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis (2024)

Relative productions
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021) • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) • Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate (2024) • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)