Plot hole: The newspaper headline showing young Alex being rescued from a crate is dated April 8, 1972. In the next scene, we see young Alex dancing in the Central Park Zoo, and watching him are Marty, Melman and Gloria as baby animals. This makes no sense at all. In the first film, Marty celebrates his tenth birthday. Key word: tenth. It is also known that the scenes of the main characters as adults take place in the present i.e. Alex confessing to breaking Marty's iPod. Seeing how the animals age quicker than humans, Marty, let alone his three friends, would have to have been born in the mid-1990s and the flashback scenes could not have taken place in 1972.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
2 plot holes
Directed by: Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer
Continuity mistake: When Alex was a baby and was put on the Zoo rock, for a few seconds his head has leopard spots on it. (00:04:55)
Private: In case of a loss of oxygen, please place your masks over your faces to hide your terrified expressions from the other passengers.
Trivia: Bernie Mac died before the film was released to the general public, the film was released posthumously in 2008 with a tribute message to Bernie in the end credits.
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Chosen answer: I believe it's called "This is My Home", sung by Will.I.Am, who voiced Moto Moto.
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