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The Plane is an aircraft in the Madagascar franchise.

History[]

At an unspecified time period, likely long before the events of Madagascar, the plane crashed on the island, piercing through many branches of The Baobab Tree. The vehicle was torn into two sections, with the tail stuck higher up in the tree than the rest of the fuselage. Other damage include severed wing sections, landing gears, broken windows, crippled left engine, miscellaneous sources of blunt trauma and rust. Its passengers were likely killed in the crash directly, as their skeletons are still within the aircraft and they did not use their parachutes. The plane was probably used to carry tourists to Madagascar since it is written in the plane's fuselage of the French words, "Le TOUR De MADAGASCAR" in red.

The Plane in Madagascar

The plane in Madagascar 01.

The wreck of the aircraft was then used as the palace for the Kingdom of Madagascar, with its cockpit as the throne room and the passenger seats for the subjects to sit on during an occasion. The aircraft also has internal lights for illumination during the night, and Maurice would use an alarm button from an electrical apparatus to pacify the subjects if they interrupted the king. In its earlier appearances before erosion and abrasion kicked in, the plane's livery was still visible without flora overgrowing various sections.

In between Madagascar and Madagascar 2, the penguins repaired the aircraft for it to be flightworthy, so they can return to New York. A large section of its left wing, its right wing aileron, left landing gear and left engine were repaired by wooden structures while vines were used to attach the back section to the aircraft. Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, Mason, Phil, King Julien and Maurice board. Mort was denied access to the aircraft due to carrying prohibited items, although he overpowers the security seconds before the king and Maurice close the rear gates. The plane was then launched via an improvised slingshot and flown towards Africa, with Skipper as the flight engineer, Kowalski as the pilot, Rico as the copilot, and Private as the air attendant.

During cruise, Alex notices Mort on the aircraft's left wing clinging onto a loose wire of the aircraft's left wing, and after waving to Mort, the latter lets go to wave and was blown off. Several minutes into flight, Kowalski notices an alarm ringing due to fuel depletion. Skipper, oblivious to the threat, obtains the plane's manual from Rico and smashes the light, stopping the chime. Kowalski declares fuel starvation as the plane's engines ceased functioning. Skipper makes an alert as the aircraft comically halts mid-air before descending to the ground with gravity, rotating all the while.

The free-falling aircraft reached supersonic speeds as it continues spiraling while descending in a steep incline, causing loss of gravity in King Julien and Maurice's cabin. The door lock in the rear cabin fails, causing it to open and violently dragging them both outside, though they survive by holding onto a skeleton's parachute. Melmen's neck is briefly blown out through one of the frames. He manages to drag his head back, although suitcases fall on him in the luggage compartment. While Private offers drinks, Skipper notices that the aircraft is too close to the ground and orders Rico to pull up. Kowalski deploys the landing gears at Skipper's instructions, but Rico unintentionally caused a belly landing, much to Skipper's chagrin. The plane encounters many trees in the way and the numerous impacts began to rapidly tear away at the aircraft, culminating with both main wings disintegrating entirely. The rear section was torn off again when the vertical stabilizers and elevators struck another group of trees that the nose supposedly passed, leaving the entire vehicle with only the front section and without a roof. Skipper attempts to apply brakes, unaware that the main wings are missing. Mason continues his chess game against Phil, declaring "checkmate", while the other conscious passengers simply yell in terror. The aircraft eventually runs out of land and begins to drop again. Skipper orders the deployment of flaps, causing Rico and Kowalski to activate parachutes strapped to their seats. The chairs collide with the aircraft's endoskeleton and successfully slow its final descent, saving all remaining passengers and crew.

Maurice and KJ in the Plane in Madagascar

The interior of the plane in Madagascar 01 is shown when there is a discussion about the giant freaks.

Despite being chastised by Alex, Skipper promises that in six to nine months it will be operable again. He then directed Mason and Phil to recruit chimpanzees in hijacking tourists' vehicles and dismantling them to reconstruct the aircraft, while he participates in the operation with the other three penguins.

Changes to the plane[]

Plane's interior in AHKJ

The plane's interior in All Hail King Julien (This happened when Clover announces her friends that she is going to get married in The End is Near.)

The plane seen in the Madagascar franchise changes over time. In the first film, the plane's cockpit is not isolated while in the second film, the cockpit and seats are separated with a first class cabin, which has a gramophone, video player, better seats and a shrimp cocktail. These additions which were brought to the plane in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa are present through out All Hail King Julien. Furthermore, the throne used by King Julien in the films are blue while in All Hail King Julien its portrayed as a red chair. It's possible that there are banana leaves behind the throne. The plane in the First Madagascar Film is much gloomy inside compared to the plane portrayed in All Hail King Julien. Both the interior and exterior of the plane in Madagascar 01 film is ugly and covered with mosses and vegetation where as the plane in All Hail King Julien is much clean and tidy, both in and out of the plane. Comparing the length of the plane, Madagascar 01 shows a much shorter plane and the fuselage is more broken. However, the plane in All Hail King Julien is much longer and less damaged.

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