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Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon, Christopher Knights, and Chris Miller in Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

John Malkovich: Dave

Penguins of Madagascar

John Malkovich credited as playing...

Dave

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  • Dave: Charlize, they're on the ray! Helen, hunt them down! William, hurt them! Halle, bury them! Hugh! Jack! Man the battle stations! Kevin! Bake on! We're still going to need that victory cake!
  • Dave: Nicolas! Cage them!
  • Skipper: Debbie!
  • Kowalski: Dave.
  • Skipper: Dave!
  • Corporal: He hacked into our system.
  • [There's no sound onscreen as Dave speaks]
  • Eva: Where's the sound?
  • Kowalski: Dave, your microphone, it's not on.
  • Classified: Click on the button with the picture of the microphone.
  • Short Fuse: Every time a villain calls in, this happens.
  • Dave: Hello?
  • [the screen goes off]
  • Dave: Hello?
  • Kowalski: But, now we can hear you.
  • Short Fuse: So annoying!
  • Kowalski: But we cannot see.
  • Short Fuse: Every time!
  • Classified: It's like talking to my parents.
  • Dave: Drew! Barry! More power!
  • Dave: [holding a microphone] I'M HAPPY! And yet...
  • [realizes his revenge succeeded]
  • Dave: Now, that I have my revenge, I feel... empty. As if, what I needed all along was... MORE REVENGE! In fact, Robin, write this down. Tomorrow, we move on: Kittens, then Puppies, Bunnies, Pandas...
  • [he sees the Penguins' using his ray, gasping, then is angry]
  • Dave: [talking to his minions on the microphone] Charlize, they're on the ray!
  • [he runs and rips off his human disguise]
  • Dave: Helen, hunt them down! William, hurt them! Halle, bury them! Hugh! Jack! Man the battle stations! Kevin! Bake on! We're still going to need that victory cake!
  • Dave: The only thing that has kept me going all these years is my BURNING thirst for revenge...
  • [Skipper and Kowalski are confused]
  • Dave: ...and my precious souvenir snow globe collection.
  • [sees Rico swallowing all of his snow globes]
  • Dave: [groans] What is WRONG with you?
  • Rico: [mumbles] I dunno.
  • [as Dave prepares to use his ray on Private]
  • Kowalski: You're the monster!
  • Dave: [angrily] Yes! I'm the monster. Everyone made that clear to me every day in my entire life. But now, let's see how much everyone loves YOU when YOU'RE the monster!
  • Dave: Elijah, would you please take them away!
  • Dave: Parker! Posey! Go all terrain!
  • Skipper: [Dave drops from the ceiling in human disguise] Who are you?
  • Dave: The humans know me as Doctor Octavius Brine, renowned geneticist, cheese enthusiast, and frequent donor to NPR pledge drives... but you know me by a different, much older name. A name perhaps you hoped you'd never hear again. A PHANTOM! A shadow of a former life! I... AM...
  • [rips off disguise, but wig remains on his head]
  • Dave: Dave!
  • Skipper: [Whispers] Kowalski?
  • Kowalski: [Whispers back] Sorry, sir, no clue.
  • Dave: [Looks up, sees the wig on his head, and pulls it off] Dave!
  • Skipper: Dave?
  • Kowalski: Dave...?
  • Dave: Dave!
  • Private: [Smiles] Dave!
  • Dave: [Annoyed] DA-VUH!
  • Rico: [Rolls his eyes] Bleh.
  • Dave: [fixes the video connection] How about now?
  • Private: Hurray!
  • Classified: Yes! Way to go, looks fantastic!
  • Dave: Excellent! Now, where was I?
  • [laughs maniacally]
  • Kowalski: Dave!
  • Short Fuse: Grrrr!
  • Dave: Greetings, North Wind. I see you've met my old zoo-mates.
  • Skipper: We were never "mates." There was no mating.
  • Classified: Turn yourself in, David. You are powerless now that I have stolen your precious Medusa Serum.
  • Skipper: What? You didn't steal that!
  • Classified: It's over.
  • Dave: It's over?
  • [mock-confusion]
  • Dave: Then... why did I call you? Wierd. OH! Maybe it was to show you *this*!
  • [turns camera to reveal a large vat of Medusa Serum]
  • Kowalski: [collective gasp from everyone] That is a lot of serum for four penguins.
  • Dave: Oh, you thought this was just about you four? No, no-no-no-no. We're just getting started.
  • [takes a selfie]
  • Dave: Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go do some shopping... FOR REVENGE!
  • [hits button, buzzer sounds. hits button again, same result]
  • Dave: Wait. How do you...?
  • Squid: [gurgles instructions]
  • Dave: What do I push?
  • Squid: [points and gurgles]
  • Dave: Is it the red, or...
  • Squid 2: [points, gurgles, and slaps own head in frustration]
  • Dave: I thought it was... it's not this -
  • [screen goes black]
  • [after the battle, Dave is revealed made cute by the ray, shrunk and trapped inside a snow globe]
  • Dave: What? Are you kidding me?
  • [the snow globe falls from the duct tape, Skipper catches him]
  • Skipper: Dave. Oh-ho, look at you.
  • Dave: You think this is over? I'm just getting started! I'm about...
  • Kowalski: What do we do with him now?
  • [Rico attempts to swallow the snow globe, but Skipper pulls it away]
  • Girl with Snow Globe: Aww...
  • Dave: [to the Penguins] Open this right now!
  • Skipper: Here you go, kid.
  • [Skipper tosses the snow globe to the girl, Dave looks at her]
  • Girl with Snow Globe: Cool.
  • [the girl sets a finger on the snow globe's glass. Dave puts a tentacle in the same spot and smiles]
  • Skipper: I hope you find happiness, Dave.
  • [the girl begins to shake the snow globe hard]
  • Girl with Snow Globe: It's snowing, it's snowing, it's snowing, it's snowing!
  • [She runs off shaking the snow globe with Dave whimpering, much to the surprise of the Penguins and the North Wind]

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