In the beginning, the island of Madagascar appears in Marty's daydream. Marty yells like Tarzan and jumps out the vine after swinging it. The choir penguins in their black bowties singing Born Free by John Barry and they fly. Marty runs and jumps to the water in slow motion. Alex appears, sneaking towards Marty as almost in the middle of a dream, Alex jumps up snapping him out of his dream "Surprise!"

Marty screamed, then he falls from his treadmill and crashes into a fence. He got up "Alex! Do not interrupt me when I'm daydreaming! When a zebra's in the zone, leave him alone."

Alex said "Come on, Marty. I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday!"

Marty chuckled "Hey, man. Thanks!"

Alex expresses pain on the right side of his jaw

Alex said "Oh, ah! Oh! Hey um... I got s—I got something stuck in my teeth. It's driving me crazy! Can you help me out here? Please?"

Marty said "Ah! You came to the right place, my friend. Doctor Marty D.D.S. is in the house! Please hop on top of my sterilized examination table, if you may."

Alex opens the mouth, but Marty can't see anything, because it's dark "I don't see anything."

Alex said muffled "It's on the left."

Marty shouted "Ow!"

Alex said muffled "Oh, sorry."

Marty said "OK, just don't talk with your mouth full." Alex nods "Aha! Right here. What the heck is this doing in there?" He pulled out a snow globe.

Alex said "Happy birthday!"

Marty said "Aww. Hey, thanks, man. You put it in behind the tooth. You all right."

Alex said "These aren't even on the shelf yet. Here! Check it out. Check it out! Look at that. Ooh! Look at that! Ooh!" Alex shook the snow globe.

Marty looked at it "Look at that. It's snowing."

Alex said "10 years old, huh? A decade. Double digits. The big 1-O!" He saw that Marty was down "You don't like it?"

Marty said "No, no, it's great!"

Alex said "You hate it. Ugh! I should've gotten you the Alex alarm clock. That's the one. That's the big seller."

Marty said "No, no, no. The present's great, really. It's just that another year's come and gone and I'm still doing the same old thing." He imitated "Stand over here, trot over there. Eat some grass. Walk back over here."

Alex said "I see your problem."

Marty said "Maybe I should go to law school."

Alex said "You just need to break out of that boring routine."

Marty asked "How?"

Alex said "Throw out the old act. Get out there! Who knows what you're gonna do. Make it up as you go along." He did some moves "Ad lib. Improvise. On the fly. Boom, boom, boom."

Marty asked "Really?"

Alex said "You know, make it fresh."

Marty said "Fresh, huh? OK. I could do fresh."

Alex said "Works for me."

Earth, Wind and Fire's Boogie Wonderland plays as the statue monkeys ring the bell at the front of the zoo ring at the zoo's opening hour. The People are coming! Alex bursts with excitement about them "Here come the people, Marty! Oh, I love the people! It's fun people fun time! Whoo!"

Alex hops into Gloria the Hippo's habitat and tap dances on her butt "Let's go, Gloria! Up and at 'em! We're open!"

Gloria yawned then asked "What day is it?"

Alex said "It's Friday! Field trip day! Dadadadada! Boom! Let's go! Come on!"

Gloria said "Yes, it's field trip day. Let's get up and go..." she falls asleep again "in 10 more minutes."

ricocheting off a lamppost, Alex arrives at the roof of Melman's pen. Melman is a timid giraffe with constant health problems, or so he thinks

Alex said "Come on!" He sings in Conga style "Melman, Melman, Melman! Melman, Melman, Melman! Wake up! Rise and shine! It's another fabulous morning in the Big Apple. Let's go!"

Melman scoffed "Not for me. I'm calling in sick."

Alex asked "What?"

Melman said "I found a brow-- another brown spot on my shoulder. Right here. See? Right t- Right there. You see?"

Alex said "Melman, you know it's all in your head. Hmm?"

Kids and adults burst through the zoo gates eager to view the animals and Alex.

"Let's go! Come on!"

Garfield, Vic and Odie walked in. Garfield asked "Why are we here again?" Vic replied we're celebrating a friend's birthday today. Come on!" They ran off.

As rushed parents threw away their coffee cups in the trash, Mason the chimp yawns, retrieves a newspaper, a half-empty coffee cup, and a bagel and returns to his roommate Phil, a mute chimp who doesn't speak.

Mason said "Phil! Wake up, you filthy monkey." Mason gives Phil his coffee while he reads the newspaper and eats his bagel. Meanwhile, Marty prepares to give his audience something special for his birthday.

Marty said "Oh, I'm going to be fresh. Straight out the ground. Tasty fresh! Freshalicious." He sips some water and spits it out "Ziploc fresh."

an eager crowd awaits outside Alex's rock as they wait for their king to emerge

The Announcer said "Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, the Central Park Zoo proudly presents:"

The kids chanted "Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex!"

Backstage Alex prepares himself for another day of people pleasing "Oh! Show them the cat! Who's the cat? Whoo!"

"The king of New York City."

They both said "Alex the Lion!"

Alex roared "Ahhhh!"

Marty said "It's showtime!"!

simultaneously as Alex emerges and turns on the fan blowing his mane

Alex emerges on his rock and lets out his signature roar. "Roar!!!"

The crowds go wild! This is what he lived for! Meanwhile, folks gather around Marty's pen to see his act.

Marty said "Gather around, people. Big show about to start. Check out the zebra taking care of biz. That's right."

Vic said "Hey Marty show hen what you got!" Marty said "You got it Vic!"

After sucking up some water, Marty performs impossibly impressive water tricks with his mouth then sprays at 3 adults. This amazes the kids and attracts photographers to take pictures of him. A series of pictures show Gloria swimming tricks and Melman's MRI and medication treatments. On another side of the zoo, the four penguin brothers who are also agents, Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private are plotting something of their mission...

Skipper said "Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave." Skipper turned to Kowalski "Kowalski, progress report!"

Kowalski, the brains of the group, emerges from a hole dug out previously by the penguins "We're only 500 feet from the main sewer line."

Skipper asked "And the bad news?"

Kowalski said "We've broken our last shovel." He shows a broken spoon.

Skipper said "Right..." he turns to his weapon specialist Rico "Rico, you're on litter patrol. We need shovels. And find more Popsicle sticks. We don't want to risk another cave-in." Rico jumps in the pool

Private, the youngest of the group, perks up "And me, Skipper?"

Skipper said "I want you to look cute and cuddly, Private. Today we're gonna blow this dump."

Rico snatches a plastic spoon from a boy eating his frozen yogurt. Marty, meanwhile at sunset, impresses his last fans by making fart noises with his arm pits.

Marty said "Yeah! You don't see that on Animal Planet! Ha-ha." The mesmerized kids are hauled away by disgusted and confused parents "Well, show's over, folks. Thanks for coming. I hope you thought it was fresh. I'll be here all week. In fact, I'll be here for my whole life. 365 days a year, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Halloween, Kwanzaa. Please don't forget to never spay or neuter your pets." He sips on his beverage "And tip your cabbie, because he's broke."

suddenly a pair of shovels dig up from the ground and the penguin brothers emerge

Skipper said "You, quadruped." He asked in German "Sprechen sie Englisch?"

Marty replied "I sprechen."

Skipper asked "What continent is this?"

Marty replied "Manhattan."

Skipper said "Hoover Dam! We're still in New York. Abort. Dive! Dive! Dive!" He put the others down the tunnel.

Marty said "Hey, hey! You in the tux! Wait a minute! What are you guys doing?"

Private said "We're digging to Antarctica." He receives a slap from Skipper to silence him.

Marty asked "Ant-who-tica?"

Skipper asked "Can you keep a secret, my monochromatic friend?" Marty nods and leans down to listen a little secret without the others noticing "Do you ever see any penguins running free around New York City?" He shakes his head for no "Of course not. We don't belong here. It's just not natural. This is all some kind of whacked-out conspiracy. We're going to the wide-open spaces of Antarctica. To the wild!" The four high five each other as Skipper slaps Private again.

Marty said "The wild? You could actually go there? That sounds great." But before he can thank them, the four have already gone down the hole. "Hey, hold up! Where is this place?" He said muffled "Tell me where it is!" Skipper alone emerges from the hole pushing his face.

Skipper said "You didn't see anything... Right?"

Marty saluted "Yes, sir! Oh! Uh, I'm sorry. No, sir." Skipper dives back into the hole and seals the hole entrance with Marty's cup

Announcer said "For his final appearance of the day, the king of New York City. Alex the Lion!"

Alex said "Roar!!!"

And the bells are ringing, because it's time to go home and close the Zoo.

Alex thanked as they gave him flowers "Thank you. Thank you very much. You guys are great. You're a great crowd. Give yourselves a hand, huh. Thank you." Then some underpants flies in his face "Oh. Thank you. Oh! Well. Thank you. Oh, that's too kind. Too kind." He sling shoots the I Heart NY undies which land on Melman's nose.

Melman screamed "Aah! Underpants!!"

Alex said to the humans leave the zoo "Everybody get home safe. Hey! Check out my Website. 24 hour Alex Cam. Watch me sleep."

The humans didn't know that three pets stayed back to stay for the party.