Madagascar: A Little Wild

Madagascar: A Little Wild is an American computer-animated comedy streaming television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. It is the third TV series in the mh:greatestmovies:Madagascar franchise and the second prequel to the 2005 film. The series was released to Hulu and Peacock on September 7, 2020.

Plot
Like all who land in New York, the young residents of the Central Park Zoo have big dreams and big plans; in a celebration of being yourself and never giving up, Alex, Marty, Gloria, and Melman pursue their dreams with abandon, no matter the size.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The main problem with the show is that it's almost nothing but a rehash of the opening scene from mh:greatestmovies:Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, where the four main characters were little and were after the beginning. Only here, said opening scene is stretched out for the entire series.
 * 2) None of the young main characters sound like how they sounded at the beginning of Madagascar 2.
 * 3) This show is a massive kick-in-the-balls to the Madagascar fandom because of the fact that DreamWorks Animation was originally planning to make a fourth movie to the franchise, but they later declined and made this instead.
 * 4) Very cheesy and poor writing.
 * 5) The only reason it was made was to capitalize on the success of the film series, which died out way before this show was even made. which Includes the fact that Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation haven't even announced a fourth movie of the franchise because of Pacific Data Images being defunct and getting the chopping block in 2015, with the last movie from them being The Penguins of Madagascar which the film is originally released by 20th Century Studios, and then Universal Pictures later owns the rights to the movie in 2018 (the third film was originally released by Paramount Pictures just like Escape 2 Africa and it came out nine years ago and took four years to make), makes this show even so more pointless.
 * 6) A lot of characters from the movies aren't anywhere to be seen or even mentioned in this show such as Julien, Maurice, Mort, Phil, Mason, Skipper, Private, Rico, and Kowalski. While it does make sense in Julien, Maurice and Mort's case, since Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria only made them when they were washed up on Madagascar as grown ups, the penguins were revealed to be living in the zoo since they were chicks in their spin-off film, and it's easy to assume Mason and Phil were too, so it was a missed opportunity to have their younger selves appear in this series alongside the main quartet.
 * 7) * Speaking of Skipper, Private, Rico, and Kowalski, they haven't made physical appearances in the series since they were little at the beginning of the franchise's spin-off movie "The Penguins of Madagascar" in 2014.
 * 8) Much like Total DramaRama, this is a pathetic attempt to keep the franchise going, as well as semi-revive the long-dead "spin-off babies" trope (maybe even to the point of becoming a cliché). Plus, it feels like an insult to the franchise.
 * 9) Some episodes are unnecessary and a waste of time to watch.
 * 10) Most of the seasons are extremely rushed since they only last 6 episodes each. Season 3 and Season 8 are only slightly better as they only last 7 episodes each.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Like all Madagascar films, the CGI is breathtaking.
 * 2) The four main characters themselves are still amazing and likable, just like they were in the movies to this day. Likewise, Kate is also a likable character.
 * 3) Great soundtrack.
 * 4) Surprisingly Great Advertising: This show is said a second prequel series to the 2005 film.
 * 5) The designs on Alex, Gloria, Melman, and Marty are adorable.
 * 6) Some memorable moments here, there, and wherever.
 * 7) The voice acting is decent.
 * 8) The theme song is pretty good.
 * 9) It shares some good flashback segments.
 * 10) Seasons 3-8 are slight improvements.

Trivia

 * The series debuted in 2020 which marked the 15th anniversary of the first Madagascar (2005) movie.
 * This is the first Hulu and Peacock TV original series from DreamWorks Animation Television, the second being The Mighty Ones, and the third being TrollsTopia.
 * Young Alex was previously voiced by Ben Stiller's son, Quinn Dempsey Stiller in mh:greatestmovies: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Speaking of Ben Stiller, he was the original voice of Alex The Lion in the Madagascar trilogy.