Private

Private is one of the main protagonists and title characters of The Penguins of Madagascar

Personality
Unlike the other penguins, Private is the nicest of all of them and is actually quite a softy.

He tries to get out the non-violent way of things, unlike his fellow penguins. Sometimes he can get impatient i. e. in one episode, Private starts to inhabit cabin fever while stuck with Mort, but does get out of it when Mort eats all of the food and they are able to escape.

He mostly starts picking up mostly his older brother Skipper, as he becomes more aggressive as the series goes on. Still though, Private still cares and loves his family until the ends of the earth, choosing his friends over love and having full faith in his brothers when Private is held captive by Dave. He also seems more friendly than the others and has habrored paternal instincts on younger life forms.Mostly this was shown in "Paternal Egg Stinct" when his brothers had threatened the unhatched Eggy with "pushing to hard"

Most of the penguins are protective over Private, despite being a valued member of their group. They usually tend to cover his eyes from inappropriate images, or cover his ears when Skipper uses his "angry words". However, this was mostly due to the fact that Private was endangered even before he was born.

Physical Appearance
Private is the shortest of all the other penguins. Like the other penguins, the front of his face down to his tummy and legs are white while the rest of him has black feathers and has an orange beak and webbed, bare feet.

Skipper
(Close friend, adoptive brother and leader)

Kowalski
(Close friend, adoptive brother)

Rico
(Close friend, adoptive brother)

Cupid
(Crush; Merry Madagascar)

In the canon short-film Merry Madagascar, Private was in love with a reindeer named Cupid, despite their families hating each other.

Shawna
(Crush; Love Hurts)

Private had a crush on a human girl named Shawna, but he decided against having a human girlfriend and chose his friends over loving a person outside his species.

Enemies

 * Dale the Snail (until the end of the episode)
 * Dr. Blowhole ("Dr. Blowhole's Revenge")
 * Hans the Puffin ("Huffin' and Puffin'")