A year after DreamWorks released Madagascar, Disney released its own animated movie with a near-identical plot, The Wild.

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still ... French Resistance finds that one of his fellow actors looks like a detestable official he knew in Madagascar during the war.

However, after a botched rescue attempt by Marty's companions--Alex, the content lion; Melman, the skittish giraffe, and Gloria ... the sandy shores of exotic Madagascar. At last, Marty's dream ...

Animal friends Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo and Melman the Giraffe join a travelling circus in Europe as part of a scheme to return to their home in New York City.