"Film '72" Episode dated 2 December 2014 (TV Episode 2014)
Antonia Quirke introduces a clip from this upcoming movie"AniMat's Reviews" Penguins of Madagascar (TV Episode 2014)
Reviewed, clips shown."Animation Lookback" Top 5 Best & Worst Animated Films of 2014 (TV Episode 2014)
Fourth worst animated film of 2014."AniMat's Reviews" Minions (TV Episode 2015)
"...or will this go as well as the last time when a bunch of comic reliefs decided to make their own movie?" Clips shown."Fact Fiend" The Penguin Depravity That Was Too Hot to Publish (TV Episode 2017)
Clips shown.
Dan Hartman: I Can Dream About You (Version 2) (Music Video 1984)
the song is playing at the store while Rico is getting Cheesy Dibbles whenever he comes back for fighting off Dave's minions.Pitbull: Celebrate (Music Video 2014)
used as the theme song for the film.
- Graham Norton mentions Benedict Cumberbatch is voicing a wolf in this animated movie.
"Saturday Night Live" Cameron Diaz/Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars (TV Episode 2014)
Title mentioned during 'Back Home Ballers'"Midnight Screenings" Horrible Bosses 2/Penguins of Madagascar (TV Episode 2014)
movie is reviewed"AniMat's Reviews" Home (TV Episode 2015)
Mentioned as a recent DreamWorks flop."Michael & Yossi: Rated or Dated" Sequels (TV Episode 2016)
Referenced
Frankenstein (1931)
I made a monster"The Twilight Zone" The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (TV Episode 1960)
Dave: "The monsters are due in Manhattan."Goldfinger (1964)
There is a raid on Fort Knox, later there is a scene of an agent tied to a table and menaced by a laser beam much as 007 was.Planet of the Apes (1968)
"You maniac! You blew him up!"- When Kowalski sees Eva in the cage, he calls out her name and she looks at him. He replies 'I know'. It is a direct parody of Han and Leia's conversation in both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
Penguins of Madagascar: Dibble Dash (Video Game 2014)
Spin off from the movie
Madagascar (2005)
The Penguins of Madagascar (TV Series 2008–2015)
Mission: Impossible (TV Series 1966–1973)
numerous tropes spoofedHighlander (1986)
SPOILER: As part of the running gag of Skipper calling Dave by the wrong name throughout the movie, when Dave supposedly reappears over skyscrapers, Skipper disdainfully says, "Ramirez" in the same manner as Kurgan did in the battle at MacLeod's castle.March of the Penguins (2005)
Opening narration of the penguins waddling