''All Hail King Julien'' is an American computer-animated 3D

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series. It stars King Julien, Maurice, and Mort from the DreamWorks Animation animated film ''

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'' franchise and takes place in

before the events of the first film, making it a prequel. It is the second DreamWorks Animation show to be based on the ''Madagascar'' franchise. The series debuted on December 19, 2014, on

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when the first five 22-minute episodes were released. Season 2 was released on October 16, 2015. Season 3 was released on June 17, 2016, Season 4 was released on November 11, 2016, while next season, subtitled ''Exiled'', was released on May 12, 2017. The fifth and final season was released on December 1, 2017. The series is currently showing reruns on

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in the

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and

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in Australia.

Premise

When King Julien XII (also known as Uncle King Julien), a very strict and cowardly ring-tailed lemur, is foretold to be eaten by fossa (spelled and pronounced as "foosa"), he abdicates his throne in favor of his nephew, who becomes King Julien XIII, a fun, notorious party animal, who now has an entire kingdom of lemurs to lead on his own. While Uncle King Julien is gone, the new King Julien gets into various troubles in the company of his adviser Maurice, his head of security Clover the

crowned lemur The crowned lemur (''Eulemur coronatus'') is a lemur that is long and weighs . Its tail is about long. Description The crowned lemur is endemic to the dry deciduous forests of the northern tip of Madagascar. It eats a diet of mostly flowers, f ...

, and his biggest fan Mort. All the while, his devious uncle returns and tries to get rid of his nephew to reclaim the throne. Aside from Uncle King Julien and the fossa, Julien deals with other threats like the mad fanaloka Karl and Clover's twin sister Crimson. At the end of the fourth season, King Julien is dethroned and forced into exile by King Koto and his army but successfully defeats Koto and regains his kingdom in the next season, subtitled ''Exiled''. The fifth and final season takes place after Koto's demise; villains such as Karl and Uncle King Julien decide to give up their evil ways and start a new life. This all leads up to the arrival of Alex on Madagascar (setting the stage of the first film) just as Clover leaves with her husband, Sage Moondancer, on their honeymoon.

Episodes

Short films

''All Hail King Julien: New Year's Eve Countdown'' (2017)

''All Hail King Julien: New Year's Eve Countdown'' is a three-minute computer-animated film about celebrating New Year on

''All Hail King Julien: Happy Birthday to You'' (2017)

''All Hail King Julien: Happy Birthday to You'' is a one-minute computer-animated special, which could be used for the birthday of Julien's fan.

Cast

* Danny Jacobs as: **King Julien XIII, a Ring-tailed lemur and the king of the lemurs. **Pancho, a crowned lemur. *

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as: ** Mort, a small

Goodman's mouse lemur Goodman's mouse lemur (''Microcebus lehilahytsara'') is a species of mouse lemur from the region near Andasibe in eastern Madagascar. The species is named in honor of primatologist Steven M. Goodman. "Lehilahytsara" is a combination of the Mal ...

who loves and constantly annoys King Julien. ** Ted, a nervous

golden bamboo lemur The golden bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur aureus''), or in Malagasy, is a medium-sized bamboo lemur endemic to south-eastern Madagascar. Description The golden bamboo lemur is crepuscular i.e. is a most active at dawn and dusk. It is about the si ...

. * Kevin Michael Richardson as Maurice, an

Aye-aye The aye-aye (''Daubentonia madagascariensis'') is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar with rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow and a special thin middle finger. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate. ...

and Julien's Royal advisor. *

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as: ** Clover, a

Crowned lemur The crowned lemur (''Eulemur coronatus'') is a lemur that is long and weighs . Its tail is about long. Description The crowned lemur is endemic to the dry deciduous forests of the northern tip of Madagascar. It eats a diet of mostly flowers, f ...

who is Julien's bodyguard and Captain of the Ring Tail Guard who later married Sage Moondancer and became Queen of the mountain lemurs. ** Crimson, a

who's Clover's sister who used to work for Uncle King Julien after King Julien XIII dumped her on their wedding day. She later betrayed Uncle King Julien to help her sister stop Julien's uncle from having both Clover and Julien killed by Vigman Wilderbeast. In the series finale, Crimson and Clover made amends after Crimson admitted that she was jealous of her because, despite being her parents' favorite, Clover was the one they were most proud of. * Henry Winkler as King Julien XII, the former lemur king and King Julien XIII's maternal uncle who constantly tries to assassinate his nephew. *

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as Karl, a fanaloka who also tried to kill Julien. *

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as Timo, a

tenrec A tenrec is any species of mammal within the afrotherian family Tenrecidae endemic to Madagascar. Tenrecs are wildly diverse; as a result of convergent evolution some resemble hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, rats, and mice. They occupy aquatic, a ...

who invents things for King Julien. * Betsy Sodaro as Xixi, a

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who loves attention. *

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as Dorothy, a

mongoose lemur The mongoose lemur (''Eulemur mongoz'') is a small primate in the family Lemuridae, native to Madagascar and introduced to the Comoros Islands. These arboreal animals have pointed faces, long, bushy tails, dark-brown upper parts, pale bellies, a ...

and Ted's

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. *

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as: ** Masikura, a

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chameleon. ** Mary Ann, a fossa who dated Horst. *

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as Pam Simonsworthington, a ring-tailed mongoose. *

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as Rob McTodd, a

Coquerel's sifaka Coquerel's sifaka (''Propithecus coquereli'') is a diurnal, medium-sized lemur of the sifaka genus '' Propithecus''. It is native to northwest Madagascar. Coquerel's sifaka was once considered to be a subspecies of Verreaux's sifaka, but was ...

and King Julien's old friend. *

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as Brosalind, an aye-aye and Maurice's sister. * Jeff Bennett as: ** Sage Moondancer, a dull

indri The indri (; ''Indri indri''), also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs, with a head-body length of about and a weight of between . It has a black and white coat and maintains an upright posture when climbing or clinging. ...

. ** Hector, a black and white ruffed lemur who hates everybody and everything. ** Horst, a

blue-eyed black lemur The blue-eyed black lemur (''Eulemur flavifrons''), also known as the Sclater's lemur, is a species of true lemur. It can attain a body length of , a tail length of , a total length of , and a weight of . Being a primate, it has strong hands wi ...

who used to date Mary Ann. ** Dr. S, a king cobra and mad scientist/unlicensed doctor who practices “OUT OF A CAVE!”.

Production

The series was announced in March 2014 as part of an agreement between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation, under which the studio will develop more than 300 hours of exclusive programming for the service. The series is based on the characters from ''

'', but is a prequel, set prior to the events of the film series. Danny Jacobs,

and Kevin Michael Richardson reprised their roles from previous ''Madagascar'' media, while Henry Winkler,

and Betsy Sodaro joined the cast.

Reception

Critical response

The series has garnered favorable reviews, receiving critical acclaim particularly for its cultural relevance. Additionally, Jacobs and the rest of the cast were praised for their voice acting in the series. After the initial release of the first five episodes, Robert Lloyd of ''

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'' wrote in his review that the series "succeeds on matters of style, script, timing and performance, not the number of individual hairs rendered in a patch of fur. And ''Julien'' delivers on all the important accounts."

Accolades

References

External links

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