Kowalski

Kowalski is a main character in the Madagascar franchise, one of the tritagonists of The Penguins of Madagascar TV series and the tritagonist of Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie.

Kowalski is voiced by Jeff Bennett in the TV show and Chris Miller in the films.

Background
Kowalski was born in Antarctica to unknown parents and had two brothers, Skipper and Rico.

Kowalski first realizes that they appear to be flightless after trying to get to the front of the line. Skipper sees an egg passing by and goes to rescue it with Kowalski and Rico following behind. The egg falls in the old boat, which Kowalski claims that no one ever comes back in alive.

Skipper says that there is another bird down there, but leopard seals come and eat the bird. He lists their options on how to survive a situation to saving the egg, before the trio of Penguins land via someone pushing them with their microphone. The three manage saving the egg, but are also stuck on the cannon. Kowalski insists they fire, but Skipper tells them to when they see the whites of their eyes. He intervenes by pushing the leopard seal to the right and fires.

Kowalski and the others find that they are drifting away from Antarctica left with the egg. It hatches, bringing out a baby boy, who questions if they're his family. Kowalski comes out saying that the baby Penguin has no family and that they're going to die. However, Skipper and the other two penguins adopt the baby penguin into their family as they drift out to sea.

Trivia

 * Kowalski is the self-proclaimed genius. He is exceptionally smart, but Kowalski sometimes has troubles with his own inventions.
 * Kowalski's name is actually his surname, as mentioned in "The Trouble With Jiggles."
 * Kowalski loves candy more than the other penguins, shown in "Happy King Julien Day."
 * He has a hard time thinking on his feet.
 * Kowalski can do the impression of the Red Squirrel (this is because both Kowalski and the Red Squirrel share the same voice actor.

Gallery
"Gallery: Kowalski/Gallery"

Movies

 * Madagascar
 * Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
 * Madagascar: Europe's Most Wanted
 * Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie