<P> Marty lived a life of comfort in the zoo . After his tenth birthday had come and gone, meaning that his life was already half over, Marty decided that never having seen the wild, he must travel to the wild, for at least a short time . </P> <P> In the movie, Alex says he's black with white stripes, as he has 30 black, and only 29 white, but this was partly because Alex had to give an explanation as to why he was licking Marty, as he thought he was the steak in his dream . </P> <P> The film begins on Marty's 10th birthday (middle - aged for a zebra). His friends try to give him a great birthday, but somehow, Marty wants more . He escapes the Central Park Zoo, where he had lived for the past ten years, and makes a dash for the wild . His friends, Alex the Lion, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippopotamus, flag him down, but as they are about to take him back to the zoo, police officers and animal control officers appear in all directions, tranquilize the animals, and send them on a ship to a wildlife preserve in Kenya . The penguins take over the ship and the four friends are washed up on the shores of Madagascar . </P> <P> Once on the island, Marty had his dream fulfilled . Marty sets up a "bar" on the island, known as Casa del Wild (in English Home of the Wild). Alex is mad at Marty for getting them shipped to the wild, but he later apologizes to Marty and actually begins to enjoy himself on the island . Unfortunately, his enjoyment brings on his killer instincts, causing him to attack the resident lemurs and his friends, including Marty . Alex does not "go savage" for long, and is later able to rejoin his friends as they head back to the zoo . </P>

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