All Hail King Julien - Blog Posts

Even though King Julien’s character in the PoM show is more selfish and narcissistic, I love that Julien’s soft spot for children is consistent across the board.

When I first started AHKJ and watched S2E8:“Daddy Julien”, despite the weirdness of Mort pretending to be his son, I loved seeing Julien act so sweet and caring towards his “child”. He feed him, played with him, read parenting books, and comforted “Prince Falcon” when he got upset. It really drives home the point of what Julien truly desires: a family of his own, where he can give unconditional love and receive it in return (likely stemming from his neglectful upbringing with his own parents).

At first I thought “if only this side of King Julien existed early on in the PoM show “. But, after rewatching the show recently, there is definitely moments where his paternal side shines through!

Some notable examples are:

Lemmy the Robot Lemur 🤖: Julien was so happy to “raise” Lemmy and teach him all his dance moves, it is very similar to how a father proudly teaches his son all his favorite activities to spend time together. He was so unexpectedly heartbroken when the penguins blew him up that they decided to fix Lemmy again to make him happy. He acted like such a proud dad too when he saw Lemmy on TV before he was eaten by an alien.

Eggy the Duckling 🐣: In his first appearance, Julien was smitten with that tiny duck egg. He had a whole song dedicated to him! Singing about all the things him and his “JJ” would do together once he hatched. My heart broke for him when Mama Duck took Eggy back and said “Does she get to keep ALL the JJ’s”. But when he returned, Julien encouraged Eggy’s (albeit dangerous) dream of being a commando. And when Eggy couldn’t defeat him, he cheered him up by showing him the ways of “shaking booty”. Cause there was no way his “JJ” would be sad on his watch!

Baby Skipper 🐧: Julien was gushing over baby Skipper, whom he named “Petey”, about how cute and tiny he was. And despite being an annoying babysitter, Julien still tried to take good care of him. He played peak-a-boo with him, “feed” him (a misconstrued way yes but it’s the thought that counts), and sang him a lullaby. But his greatest moment was when he jumped in front of “Petey” to protect him from a flying brick thrown his way. That lemur would do anything to protect an adorable baby!

Baby Fossa 🐱: Though he spent most of the episode being afraid of the baby fossa and tried to ship him away, the minute the fossa called him “dada” he did a compete 180! He went as far as to keep him safe from Savio! You know, the giant boa snake whom Julien abandoned the Penguins and Marlene to in a previous episode, and even offered himself up to be eaten first instead of the baby fossa. He has such a soft spot for babies, it’s implied he stayed around the fossa afterwards despite being bitten by him constantly, and referred to himself as “papa” when saying goodbye on the fossa’s last day at the zoo.

It goes to show that even in his worst adaptations, Julien still has a good heart deep down❣️, at least when it comes to children.

Even though it’ll likely never happen, if Dreamworks ever decides to give him kids, I firmly believe King Julien would make a great papa! 👨‍👧‍👦

A new assassination attempt on the king, and of course not without wounds.

Well, I really like that Julien is more worried about his lemurs than about himself

Imagine-

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You and King Julien just standing there awkwardly, as Koto massages Clover’s thigh. Both of you widen your eyes, as Koto uses his pecs to massage Clover.

Julien shifts away a bit closer to you. You notice this and stiffen your posture at first, but then relax and feel his tail swirl around yours.

Julien cleared his throat ever so quietly, but you didn’t hear. He tried again, but you didn’t hear again. He kept clear his throat, until he actually got your attention.

“Hm?”

“Er, ow! My leg hurts, please massage it with your magical hands, now!”

You roll your eyes, smiling slightly. You knew that Julien was faking it just to enjoy your massages, but he was never going to admit that.

So, you carried him towards a suitable area to help calm him down. He kept whining about his leg ‘hurting’, but you could clearly see him giggling and smiling to himself.

“Alright, here we go.”

Madagascar Ask Meme:

Not sure if there’s one of these around, but I wanted to make one! Feel free to add your reasons why!

All-time favourite character?

Favourite out of the main NYC squad?

Favourite penguin?

Favourite lemur?

Favourite villain?

Favourite side character?

Favourite North Wind agent?

Favourite location in the franchise?

Favourite song from the franchise?

Favourite Madagascar film?

Favourite episode of TPoM?

Favourite episode of AHKJ?

Favourite moment from TPoM?

Favourite moment from AHKJ? 

Favourite moment from the Madagascar films?

The films, TPoM, or AHKJ? Take your pick.

Lunacorns, Shirtless Ninja Action Theatre, or News with Chuck Charles? What would you watch?

Favourite villainous scheme?

What’s your favourite invention from the franchise? (NEEEEERRRDDSSS - )

What are some of your favourite quotes from the franchise?

Are there any characters you feel are underappreciated?

Are there any characters you feel are overrated?

Are there any characters you dislike?

What are some of your favourite relationship dynamics in the franchise?

Have any ships? If so, what are your OTPs?

What are some of your headcanons?

Which character has your favourite singing voice?

Are there any characters you wished had more screentime?

When did you get into the franchise? What first introduced you to it?

If you could change one thing about the franchise, what would you change?

If you could have a movie or tv show on anything, what would it be?

If there was going to be another movie, what do you think it’d be about?

If there was going to be another tv series, what do you think it’d be about?

There’s been rumors Dreamworks is working on another Madagascar project (potentially) called ‘A Little Wild’. What do you think all that’s about?

Do you hoard merch like a dragon? Do you have any merch?

Whaddaya think happened to Manfredi and Johnson?

Do you think Julien should get a Jet Ski?

Is all this a conspiracy so we can steal your secrets?

Would you barge into the writers’ room and yell at them to revive TPoM?