About
Alex (birthname Alakay) is the overall main protagonist and one of the main characters in the Madagascar franchise. He is an African lion who, for a short time, was raised in an African wildlife reserve (In Madagascar), before being captured by poachers, and eventually ended up falling out of the poachers' truck into the ocean, and floating to New York City, where he was sent to the Central Park Zoo, becoming one of the most popular exhibits in the zoo. He is also one of the protagonists in Madagascar: A Little Wild, appears in a single special episode of The Penguins of Madagascar, and has a brief cameo in the finale of All Hail King Julien (The episode The End Is Here) as well.