: The movie begins with a flashback to Antarctica, showing how the four penguins met and formed their team to save a runaway egg, which eventually hatches into .
. The film follows the elite "commando" penguin quartet—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—as they join forces with a secret task force called The North Wind to stop the vengeful octopus, (Dr. Octavius Brine), from destroying penguin-kind. Critical Analysis & Audience Reception Thematic Shift : While the original Madagascar penguins of madagascar 2014 isaidub