Penguins of Madagascar Article: Lost in Translation: Funny PoM Episode Titles Translated from German to English

Lost in Translation: Funny PoM Episode Titles Translated from German to English

posted by SJF_Penguin2

I was originally only going to post a few of these on the wall, but there were just too many gems not to share them all.

When things are translated form one language to another, suffice it to say that things can often be “lost in translation.” The following is a orodha of 89 “Penguins of Madagascar” episodes which have had their German titles translated into English using Google’s webpage translator. The English name of each episode is placed in parentheses inayofuata to each translated title, as it appeared on a German televisheni website, though in a few places even those have a few errors in them.

Please read through the full list. Some changes are funnier than others. Which translated title did wewe find the funniest?

popcorn Panic (Popcorn Panic)
Flash and gone (Gone In A Flash)
Internet Superstar (Tangled In The Web)
Royal Headdress (Crown Fools)
Welcome to the Moon (Launch Time)
Ghosts in the enclosure (Haunted Habitat)
Recall of Stuffed wanyama (Operation: Plush & Cover)
King Julien siku (Happy siku King Julien!)
Nest is a man thing (Paternal Egg Stinct)
Not without my batteries (Assault & Battery)
Everything au Nothing (Penguin Takes All)
Feet touching allowed! (Two Feet High and Rising)
Mysterious neighbors (The Hidden)
The new ruler (Kingdom Come)
Zookreuzer (Little Zoo Coupe)
Choke, Rico, choke! (All Choked Up)
In fishy Mission (Go Fish)
Feet on Ice (Miracle on Ice)
Just a prick (Needle Point)
The solar eclipse (Eclipsed)
Mutant Mort (Mort Unbound)
Marlene's roommate (roomies)
All Roger (Roger Doger)
Robo-Julien (See Lemur, lemur Thu)
Wild otters (otter Gone Wild)
Moon cat in danger (Cat's Cradle)
The Unglückskeks (Misfortune Cookie)
Monkey upendo (Love Monkey)
The Lorka (Skorka!)
Frost and frustration (Tagged)
Mouth no excuse (Mask of the Raccoon)
Puppet theater (What Goes Around)
The Revenge of Dr. Strangelove (Dr. Blowhole's Revenge)
The Lost Groove (Out of the Groove)
The law of the jungle (Jungle Law)
Zombies in the zoo (I was a Zombie Penguin)
mavu, hornet Alarm (Sting Operation)
The very thick samaki (Command Crisis)
The truth hurts (Truth Ache)
Party wanyama (All King, No USA)
The untouchables (Untouchable)
Elephants Can Remember (An tembo Never Forgets)
The matchmaker 3000 (Otter Things Have Happened)
Not without my loop (Miss Understanding)
Mason's obsession with cleaning (over Phil)
Flubbi (Jiggles)
From the panya, kipanya (Zoo Tube)
Submerged (Snake Head)
upendo with the falcon, kozi (The falcon, kozi And The Snow Job)
Old enmity does not rust (Huffin And Puffin)
The penguin, auk page 1 (The penguin, auk Stays in the Picture)
The Red squirrel (The Red Squirrel)
Kowalski cubed (It's About Time)
Rico bangs kwa (Kaboom And Kabust)
The Helm (The Helmet)
A cockroach Trap (Stop Bugging Me)
Mission Popokratzer (Field Tripped)
Alligator alert (Gator Watch)
Pigeon droppings (In the Line of Doody)
The Treasure of the Golden squirrel (The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel)
Koala Chaos (Night and Dazed)
The evil boa (The Big Squeeze)
Please do not touch (Can not Touch This)
The tough duckling (Hard Boiled Eggy)
The wishing well (Wishful Thinking)
April Fools! (April Fools)
Hello Dolly (Hello, Doll Face)
Come under pressure (Fit to Print)
Operation itch (Operation: Cooties)
Sights now (Driven to the Brink)
Amarillo Kid (Mr. Tux)
The Graduate (Concrete Jungle Survival)
The electronic friend (Friend-in-a-Box)
The Badgers are going (Badger Pride)
Invent prohibited (Invention intervention)
Who would have thought it? (Cradle and All)
The secret of krisimasi (The All Night Before Christmas)
The correct way (Work Order)
Operation: Get Over the Sparks (Hot Ice)
An Officer and a Gentleman (Whispers and coups)
An elaborate plan (Brush with Danger)
Lemmy's Return (Alienated)
The bleaching (The otter Woman)
The Officer-X-Factor (The Officer X Factor)
upendo is au! (Love Hurts)
Operation: Helping fin (Operation Good Deed)
Knabberkram of horror (When the Chips Are Down)
The pen-WG (Kanga Management)
00Mort (Rat Fink)

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Any errors, including capitalization errors, are not of my doing. I am simply presenting this orodha as translated without any copyediting.

egel_0507, MsKowalski99 and 2 others like this

candlefairy_13 LOL ar all of these! Good one, SJF!The "Nest is a Man Thing" literally got me!

LeonardFan ^IKR? They are all awesome

BirdG I always prefer the English titles - they are word plays or something: my favorite is "Assault and Batteries" since I made the discovery in the dictionary: "assault and battery" is a term for er.. bodily harm... and the battery - batteries... haha... yeah, I know... it's just interesting for me... But I found a mistake: 'Two feet high and rising' was called 'Füsse anfassen verboten' - so 'foot touching NOT allowed' - that's one of this very lame German titles! I mean - it's just what happenes in the episode... that Julien forbids Mort to touch his feet - how lame is that? The same, that "Wishful Thinking" was just called 'The desire well' - I mean: there's one on the cover - they don't have to write it! And beside that: Why are the new episodes already aired in Germany - but still not in English? Can somebody put them on youtube or at least vbox7 please???

ladywhiplasher @ birdG: sämtliche folgen, die noch nicht in englisch ausgestrahlt wurden aber in deutschland schon kannst du auf serienjunkies.org runterladen, but in german^^

SJF_Penguin2 One of my many favorites is "The Revenge of Dr. Strangelove" instead of "Dr. Blowhole's Revenge." That is completely hilarious because Dr. Strangelove was a character in a 1964 film of the same name, played by Peter Sellers. I have no idea how the title translation could have ever generated that.

Grimms-Dragon "The Revenge of Dr. Strangelove"... that is just fantastic and hilarious.

CuteCuddly The following are the ones I find most amusing: Nest is a man thing (Paternal Egg Stinct) Feet touching allowed! (Two Feet High and Rising) Choke, Rico, choke! (All Choked Up) The Unglückskeks (Misfortune Cookie) WTF...udge is up with THAT one? Frost and frustration (Tagged) Mouth no excuse (Mask of the Raccoon) Puppet theater (What Goes Around) The Revenge of Dr. Strangelove (Dr. Blowhole's Revenge) The very thick fish (Command Crisis) Huh? Not without my loop (Miss Understanding) Mason's obsession with cleaning (over Phil) Flubbi (Jiggles) I think I got my new random word. From the mouse (Zoo Tube) Old enmity does not rust (Huffin And Puffin) The penguin page 1 (The Penguin Stays in the Picture) Kowalski cubed (It's About Time) Rico bangs by (Kaboom And Kabust) Mission Popokratzer (Field Tripped) Pigeon droppings (In the Line of Doody) Come under pressure (Fit to Print) Operation itch (Operation: Cooties) Sights now (Driven to the Brink) The Graduate (Concrete Jungle Survival) Who would have thought it? (Cradle and All) The correct way (Work Order) Operation: Get Over the Sparks (Hot Ice) An Officer and a Gentleman (Whispers and coups) An elaborate plan (Brush with Danger) Love is au! (Love Hurts) Operation: Helping fin (Operation Good Deed) Knabberkram of horror (When the Chips Are Down) The pen-WG (Kanga Management) 00Mort (Rat Fink) I know I found the majority of it funny, but it IS.

hotsnowsels Oh wow, these are absolutely hilarious. XD Dr. Strangelove... how on earth? Some of these don't make any sense, but some are also quite clever, such as 00Mort. Ha!

KowalskiRocks Choke, Rico, choke! XD and how come Dr.Blowhole got translated as Dr.Strangelove? lol

peacebaby7 The funniest ones for me were "Choke, Rico, Choke!" & "The Revenge of Dr. Strangelove" I laughed so hard! I agree with KowalskiRocks. Strangelove? Blowhole doesn't have any kind of love, except for destruction.

Private1sCut3 These are really funny. xD Flash and gone (Gone In A Flash) Choke, Rico, choke! (All Choked Up) The Revenge of Dr. Strangelove (Dr. Blowhole's Revenge) - What the...? Just a prick (Needle Point) Old enmity does not rust (Huffin And Puffin)

Tressa-pom Robo-Julien ( LOL!) The Revenge of Dr. Strangelove (What the heck is that? ) The matchmaker 3000 (:D ) Pigeon droppings (I don't know why I find this funny :D ) 00Mort An Officer and a Gentleman

Lt_Kowalski Wow..... The German language is something....

peacebaby7 ^I know right!?

Gibigirl Oh boy :D Google translator... I had to laugh most at these: The Unglückskeks (Misfortune Cookie) Mission Popokratzer (Field Tripped) Knabberkram of horror (When the Chips Are Down) These are not even really translated :D Or does anyone here know what a Popokratzer is? ^^ For me it's funny as hell. Or: The Revenge of Dr. Strangelove (Dr. Blowhole's Revenge). WUT?! Why strangelove? :D He is actually only called Dr Strange in German. So funny ^^

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I Work Alone (5. Nathan's Partner)

posted by Aquade

Author's Note: Here's the inayofuata chapter. I decided to post both of them because
(1) I had them already typed out on my computer
(2) I didn't update the story for a while
(3) I wanted to celebrate 2014!
Also, this chapter is in nobody's PoV. The other chapters (except otherwise noted) will be in Nathan's PoV. Enjoy!

“Nathan didn’t always work alone,” explained Leo. “He had a partner –Billy.”

“What happened?” asked Private.

“I’ll get to that part soon,” alisema Leo. “Together, Billy and he were one of the best.”

He glanced at Skipper. “Perhaps wewe know them, Skipper.”

Skipper...

I Work Alone (3. Awake)

posted by Aquade

Author's Note: For the people, fanguins, cookies, and others who wanted this story to continue. Once again, this has absolutely nothing to do with the holiday season but enjoy!

The first realization I had that I wasn’t dead was voices –familiar, annoying voices. I had never been so glad to hear anyone in my life. “When is he going to wake up, Skipper?”

I knew that voice. I frantically searched in my mind for the name of the speaker. Private. That was his name. Skipper replied. “I don’t know, Private. I don’t know.”

I heard a barely contained sob, and the sounds of another comforting...

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Waited Too Long (humanized fanfiction based on daydream from hearing "If wewe Only Knew")

posted by mostar1219

Monique walked over to the dock and put her mfuko wa fedha, mfuko in her secret spot before sitting down. She didn't need the clock on her phone to tell her that it was too early for anyone, even her as someone who isn't a morning person, to be awake. Though, during these past few months, thoughts have been flooding the aspie's mind causing her to wake up completely early in the morning. It had been a few months since Kowalski and the others left for their mission over seas. She always felt the urge to come to the dock around this time, since it always gave her the reminder that they'll be back soon. She always...

Surviving high school...chapter 2

posted by spmana123

It was lunchtime....private went to his locker and grabbed his lunch and went to the cafeteria....he opened the door and saw 100s of wanyama eating lunch...he was nervous..he had no one to sit with...he slowly walked inside and looked around for that penguin, auk who helped him in the hallway earlier... Kowalski was it..? But had no luck...he decided to sit down all kwa himself....he opened up his Baggie of samaki and begun to eat... Suddenly out of nowhere....a young penguin, auk came up and sat with him...,he looked a little taller then private...

??: do wewe want me to sit with you...?

Private looked up...

Amnesia.....chapter 7....

posted by spmana123

The inayofuata siku It was Rico's turn to spend time with kowlaski....Rico had decided to just walk around the park with him.....

Rico couldn't say anything.....he couldn't think of anything......he just walked around and viewed the scenery with him...

Kowlaski: ......what are we doing?

Rico: kowlaksi.....do wewe like spending time with me...?

Kowlaski: well....I just met wewe all.....and I have to tell you....your the first one that isn't annoying....

Rico smiled a little and looked at him..

Rico:thanks....I guess that's a compliment....

Rico then grabbed kowlaksis flipper.

Rico:c'mon...lets try out those...

The Zoo Transfer-Chapter 14

posted by sarah12499

Rico pulled out a bazooka and threatened to blow up the TV “Why I oughta!” Dr. Blowhole laughed “Don’t worry their not dead….yet.” Julien was concerned “Why? Are they sick?” Blowhole squinted his eyes at him “I tell wewe once it’s time to kill all of you; you’re the first to go!” Private whimpered “Where are they?” Blowhole turned around “Oh, someplace.” The TV went black. Marlene sighed “First the transfer and now a rescue mission!” Private got an idea “Wait the transfers not till later tonight! Since Blowhole is behind all this when we go to rescue Skipper...

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The Good, the Bad, the Dangerous, chapter 6

posted by queenpalm

Sorry it took so long, I've been busy!

I kept on looking. I used my ears to try to hear them. Lemurs have a great hearing, au at least I have pretty good hearing. Ivy, on the other hand has great hearing. And dogs, and-
Uh! Got to find them!
The wind blows over my fur. I stand it and continue to walk on, searching.
Sudden thought, I would look cool with an earring.
Not now! Find!
I hear Rico calling so I run and find him. He just wanted us to get back together. We shouldn't be away from each other in a situation like this! wewe decide if that was sarcasm.
I hear a scream. Trees don't scream, do they?...

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Corpse party/penguins: book of shadows: chapter 6...smile....

posted by spmana123

NOTE!!!: this is a "what if" chapter from the original story....this chapter basically talks about what would have happened if private got caught kwa Freddy...enjoy:)

Private had awoken from the knock in the head from Freddy...he was horrified to see where he was...he was tied up on a table...while Freddy was sitting kwa the door..making sure it was locked..private struggles as he begun to cry for skipper..

Private:"tears coming down his face" please...don't hurt me!

Freddy turned around and walked closer to the young frightened penguin, auk and smiled wide at him..

Freddy: why.. I haven't even down anything...

I.D card orodha found in corpse party story

posted by spmana123

This is basically inaonyesha all the body's that the penguins found while in heavenly host, and how they were killed and what zoo they went to, tell me what wewe think about it:D

Central zoo high

Kowalski:
Gender:male
Age:17
Grade:11th
Cause of death: stabbed multiple times, tongue removed

Maurice:
Gender:male
Age:17
Grade:11th
Cause if death: possessed kwa evil spirit and hung himself

Central zoo elementary

Mort:
Gender:male
Age:9
Grade:5th
Cause of death:crushed kwa Supernatural force against wall, died instantly

Seaville high
Menfriedi:
Gender:male
Grade:11th
Age:17
Cause if death: stabbed multiple times all over...

A New Crush Chapter 11 (The Final Chapter)

posted by Number1SkippFan

hujambo this is my first fanfic, so plz no hate! :)
This chapter will be Kat's POV btw
Sorry I haven't been uandishi much, I've been busy :(

Okay, I think I'm on Skipper's good side now, and that's good.
Today I tried some of his samaki coffee, and it wasn't too bad I guess

All was great that morning, except when Marlene came over, probably to pick another fight with Skipper

Marlene's POV:
I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE! I need to go see him NOW!
End of Marlene's POV

"Skipper this is KILLING ME! Do wewe wanna hang out?" She says

"NO I'M NOT INTO YOU! CAN wewe LET IT GO????"

"I CAN'T CAN wewe SEE THAT?"

"YES BUT STILL...

Corpse party/penguins: book of shadows, chapter 3

posted by spmana123

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!!: this story is basically focusing in the 3 that died in the first one, to seenifnthere fate changes, and some chapters later in will be about people who were trapped in there that wewe didn't hear in the first story, enjoy:)

ALSO!!!!: make sure to read the first story corpse party/penguins, au else this wont make much sense to u:)

???:ughhhhh.....what the....where am I?

Mort had awoken, his head was hurting severely, but got up.

Mort: huh?!

Mort suddenly looked around and saw that he was in a dark hallway, right inayofuata to the infiramry..inside the infirmary he heard laughter of...

upendo hurts: chapter 6

posted by spmana123

It had been two weeks later....and skipper private and Kowalski were standing around, waiting for Marlene.

Skipper:where is she?!

Private: ......do wewe think she's not going to come?

Skipper then turned around and looked down at private, scaring him.

Kowalski: skipper.....don't take this out in private.....

Skipper:it's her fault that Rico's--

Marlene interrupted skipper and poked him from behind, skipper stopped what he was saying and looked down at his feet.

Skipper: lets go.....

They all begun to walk towards the medical clinic in the zoo, and met Rico there.

Skipper: hujambo Rico, were all hee today...

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Corpse party/penguins: book of shadows, the sequel:)

posted by spmana123

Skipper dreamt of that place again.....over and over every night he dreamed of it.... The body's....the rooms.... Even the stench, but everytime he dreamt if that school, he would always see one of his Marafiki who died there, crying how much it hurts, and how they want to go home.

Skipper: dammit.....

It had been 1 mwaka since that event, and everyone at the zoo seems to not even notice anything, expect skipper and his Marafiki who were there.

skipper, Rico, and private were all outside, waving to the humans as usual, but they couldn't do it very well without Kowalski...

Julien was over at his habitat,...

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A New Crush Chapter 10

posted by Number1SkippFan

hujambo this is my first fanfic so plz no hate! :)
I'm going back to Kat's POV btw
And if anyone is getting impatient because I haven't been uandishi the inayofuata chapter, it's because I'm kinda stuck. :( Ending this fanfic is tough, but I'll try my best :)

I need to get Skipper to like me, but how? I don't have anyone to get advice from, I've never had this kind of problem. That's what I think about every time I wake up.

I rolled out of my bunk and almost fell off, it looked really amusing to the others, they started giggling and telling Skipper to go catch me in his flippers being all romantic. He just...

The Good, the Bad, the Dangerous, chapter 1

posted by queenpalm

"I have not any new information. At the moment they are simply doing training. The club is doing well. I think one of the members is almost on our side," I said.
"Okay then. Good work. Keep a close eye on them. Especially that Annabella and Ivy. I don't trust any of them neither should you," Dr. Blowhole said.
"Okay, this is agent Scar, signing out."
I shut down my Spycon and headed to my elevator. Great, my daily reports were done, and it was only noon. I still had time to hand out the remaining invitations!
The doors opened and I stepped up and out. I took a short climb up the volcano. I scanned...

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A New Crush Chapter 8

posted by Number1SkippFan

hujambo this is my first fanfic, so plz no hate! :)
Also this might be the last chapter, but I'm not sure yet!

Just then Marlene came in and yelled "I have a crush on you, Skipper! There! I alisema it! It's TRUE!"

I couldn't control myself, and before I knew it, I started a fight with Marlene

"HE'S MINE!!!" "NOOOO!!!"

Skipper's POV:
...MARLENE? WHAT?
How come none of wewe told me sooner?"
End of Skipper's POV

"Because I knew wewe wouldn't take it well! I know you!" Marlene alisema sadly and stopped fighting

"That's what I thought" I alisema while tears started forming

"So what do wewe want me to do? pick one of you?"...

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A New Crush Chapter 7

posted by Number1SkippFan

hujambo this is my first fanfic so plz no hate! :)

So this morning I did my daily staring at Skipper while he sleeps, then watched him drink his samaki coffee, then watched him preform for the humans. Happy morning!

Kowalski's POV:
Why is Kat always uigizaji like that around Skipper? Hmm, kwa my calculations...that means...woah!...how is Skipper going to react to that?
End of Kowalski's POV

The lemurs came over to our habitat once the humans left.
I knew this wouldn't end well

"I caught wewe girly penguin!" the tallest lemur alisema to me

"Caught me doing what?" I shot back

"You like the stupidy bossy penguin, auk for...

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Penguins/corpse party:chapter 1

posted by spmana123

........ugh....
???:what the.....where am...I-ugh! I must have twisted my leg.
Julien was inside a room, clustered with dusty and dirty chairs, where was he?

Julien:ugh... Where am I?

Julien began to walk around the room looking for clues as to where he was, on the other side of the classroom was Maurice lying on the ground.

Julien:!!!!, Maurice, Maurice answer me!

Julien couldn't reach him because of all the stuff in the way. He decides to leave the room to check to see if Maurice was ok. While leaving the room to check the other side, julien tripped and sprained his ankle even more.

Julien: ugh!!!...

cabin, kibanda fever:chapter 2

posted by spmana123

Today was the day, the siku we would start our relaxing weekend away from this zoo and just enjoy ourselfs, everybody was ready expect for Kowalski, who alisema he was going to get our "transportation", and told us to wait there.

"Where could he be?, I want to go now!" alisema julien impatiently.

"He'll be here" I said, hoping I was right.

"Woohoo!!, vacation, finally, I've been pooped out all week" alisema Rico, cuddling with ms.perky.

"That's the spirit Rico, I've been wanting this vacation too" alisema private, making sure all his stuff was together.

"Oh, he's here!" alisema mort jumping up and down excitedly....

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Tortured.....chapter 6 finale

posted by spmana123

I was sitting across from Kowalski's corpse, enraged at that damn dolphin,private was still crying from Kowalski's death, feeling guilty that he couldn't do anything. I was fed up and tired of it, so I finally alisema enough in my head, and begun anyway to get out of these ropes. I was struggling, biting them and trying to knock myself over, and nothing worked, until after about 30inuted of sheer force from me on these ropes, I managed to break free from them! Excited, but quietly doing so, I grabbed the bloody bat they used on Kowalski and Rico and sat back on my kiti, kiti cha and waited for my chance....