"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.
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 spoofedMarch of the Penguins (2005)
Opening narration of the penguins waddling