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Marty is the deuteragonist of the Madagascar franchise. He is a zebra who formerly lived in the Central Park Zoo, and he's also Alex's best friend.
Madagascar: A Little Wild
In Madagascar: A Little Wild Marty appears as a foal along with Alex, Melman, and Gloria. He enjoys keeping the habitat organized, though not to the same degree as Melman. He keeps a lost and found of items that park-goers have lost throughout the day, of which he tries to return. However, any items from the lost and found that are not claimed or returned within thirty days are up for grabs amongst the zoo animals. He also dreams of growing up to be a Park Ranger Horse, like his role model Ranger Hoof. He secretly practices the Ranger Handbook, which eventually allows him to attend Ranger Tryouts. While he would not initially be allowed in, due to him being a zebra, he is later allowed to join when zookeeper Kate notices how good he is at following Ranger Protocol. In Library Lockout he learns how to read.
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
Marty, along with his friends, makes a few small cameos. He, Alex, and Gloria are seen at the beginning decorating Melman's neck with Christmas lights. In the end, he, his friends, and almost all the other zoo animals are seen singing their own version of "Jingle Bells".
Madagascar
The movie opens on Marty's 10th birthday (middle-aged for a zebra). His friends try to give him a fun birthday party, but Marty wants more. As they're ready to move to Antarctica, the penguins tell Marty that he should visit the wild. Following the penguins' advice, he escapes from the zoo in which he lives and makes a dash for the wild. His friends, Alex, Melman and Gloria flag him down, but as they're about to take him back to the zoo, police officers invade Grand Central station and tranquilize the animals. Animal rights activists send them to Kenya. However, the penguins take over the ship and the four friends are washed up on the shores of Madagascar. Once on the island, Alex, Gloria and Melman begin to panic. Not Marty, who has had his dream fulfilled. Marty sets up a "bar" on the island, known as Casa del Wild (Home of the Wild). Alex blames Marty for getting them shipped to the wild, but he later apologizes to Marty and actually begins to enjoy himself on the island. Unfortunately, this enjoyment brings on Alex's killer instincts, causing him to bite Marty’s butt. Marty angrily tells Alex that he's not a zoo animal anymore, which shocks and scares Alex. Alex gone savage imagines that everyone is a steak, and starts to attack the resident lemurs and his friends, including Marty. Luckily, Alex finds the power within himself to ignore his instincts and rejoin his friends as they head back to the zoo. Unfortunately, they get stuck on the island, due to the boat running out of fuel.
At one point in the first movie, Alex says he's black with white stripes, which is true for all zebras, as he has 30 black, and only 29 white, but this was partly due to the fact that Alex had to give an explanation as to why he was licking Marty, as he thought he was the steak in his dream.
Also often Marty mentions that he is black with white stripes, although, in the herd of zebras, very few zebras have their exact stripes pattern. In reality, no zebras share the same exact pattern of stripes.
The colors of Marty can change as the animation progresses, in the first film his skin was dark and in the third film his skin was clearer.
Marty enjoys dressing up, in Madagascar 3, Esmeralda, Esperanza, and Ernestina offered to paint him. Finally, he is painted white and blue with several spots of different colors and a colorful wig. He is also seen using his fluorescent paint in his stripes (like the rest of the circus) fluorescent green paint, in the dark his stripes highlight bright green and his body looks black.
In the beginning, Marty lived a life of comfort in the Central Park Zoo, but comfort led to boredom and Marty soon saw that his tenth birthday came and went and with that, his life was halfway in. Marty decided, then, that he must travel to the wild, for at least a short time, never having seen the wild. But he soon learned just how harsh life in the wild can be.
Marty is enthusiastic and always willing for a great adventure with his pals. However, he also has a complexity about his individuality, since he felt like he was no different from the other zebras (who literally are exactly like him). However, as Alex points out, Marty is a dreamer and a free spirit, which truly makes him stand out from other zebras.
Unlike his friends he was estatic to be out in the wild and didn't seem to notice how upset his friends were about their situation.
Marty is very brave and does not fear anything. He did not hesitate when using the cannon to save Stefano.
Agility and speed
Marty is a zebra, so by nature, he loves to run. He almost managed to escape from Alex in the first film, ran along with his new herd in the second film and was able to dodge spears from the humans who followed Nana.
Climb
Marty, despite having hooves, proves to be good climbing mountains as seen in Madagascar 3 when trying to save Stefano.
Canon
Marty and Stefano have their own number in the circus that consists of being fired from cannons, that often helps them to throw strings for some use, as Gloria and Melman do when they dance on a tightrope.
Alex
Alex and Marty are the best of friends and got through a lot together. They have had a few squabbles, like the Butt Bite Incident, for example, but they're still best friends. When Alex arrived at the Zoo, Marty said he thought he was a kind of a show-off. When they grew up, they both became best friends. When Marty told the zoosters his birthday wish, Alex was one of those who did not want to support him but according to Gloria, being his best friend, he was the only one capable of encouraging him. When Marty escaped, Alex was among the first to decide to retrieve it, but after being caught by the police, both began to discuss their differences of opinion, he and Alex got into an argument. On the island of Madagascar, Alex just wanted to go home, so he hated every idea of Marty about staying there, but after Marty went to convince him, Alex decided to apologize for the way he acted. Marty and the other zoosters then found themselves in danger of being devoured by Alex because of their predatory nature of not eating for days. Marty decided to go to find Alex in the territory of the Fossas and said he would not leave Madagascar without him, then Alex thanked him for not having abandoned him and later defended them all from the Fossas. In the end, Marty asked for a toast to Alex, expressing that his heart is bigger than his stomach. And that he can be a pain in the butt at times. In Madagascar 2, Marty had many conflicts because he thought he was a unique zebra, but seeing that others could do the same as him and even talked like him, he no longer felt special. The problem worsened when Alex mistook him for another zebra and admitted that his own problems were bigger than Marty's. When Alex decided to leave the reserve to save the watering hole, he wanted to apologize to Marty before leaving. He recognized him among all the zebras, saying that he is unique because he is a dreamer and a free spirit, both were reconciled and Marty decided to accompany him to investigate the river’s problem. At the end of the film, Marty pretends to be another zebra to annoy Alex, but Alex says that seeing him in the eye, he would always know it would be him, although in reality he recognized him by the bite on his butt. In Madagascar 3, Marty and the others made him a New York city in mud for Alex on his birthday, then decided to go find the penguins at the casino in Monte Carlo. During his entry to Monte Carlo, Marty wanted to go down to catch the penguins but Alex announced that he would do it himself, unleashing a discussion about leadership in the zoosters, all finally fell due to the weight of Gloria. They argued several times, also in the vehicle when Marty drove and Alex shouted at him about the zebras not driving. Finally, facing Vitaly’s rage, Marty smugly admitted that the leader was Alex. When the group arrived the zoo, Marty said they would not have to be sad if he had never run away, to which Alex assured him not to feel guilty, telling him that escaping was the best thing that could have happened to them. ---- RETURN TO
Mar 14, 2005 · Recommended (somewhat related): Bring back Penguins of Madagascar: Sign Here! Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated survival comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation. It stars Ben Stiller as Alex, Chris Rock as Marty, David Schwimmer as Melman, Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien, Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice, and Andy Richter as Mort. In this film, Alex ...
In Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Marty (along with Alex, Melman, Gloria, the lemurs, and the penguins) finds himself stranded in Africa after a failed attempt at flying to New York. There, he joins a herd of zebra that all look and sound exactly like him.
- Madagascar (2005)
Marty is a plains zebra who used to live at the Central Park Zoo, and is a good friend of Alex. Marty is a hopeless optimist; he usually sees the brighter side of many things, taking every situation in stride. He has black and white stripes, a furry coat, a mane, and a tufted tail. Marty is best friends with Alex and the two are rarely at odds.
Marty the Zebra is the deuteragonist of the Madagascar franchise. He is a zebra who lived at the Central Park Zoo, and the best friend of Alex. In the beginning, Marty lived a life of comfort in the zoo, but comfort led to boredom and Marty soon saw that his tenth birthday came and went and with...
Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated adventure comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation. It stars Ben Stiller as Alex, Chris Rock as Marty, Adam Sandler as Michael, David Schwimmer as Melman, Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien, Cedric the Entertainer as...
