Ep 26. Skorka!

The Penguins of Madagascar season 1 episode 26, titled "Skorka!," follows the adventures of the four penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private, who work together as a team to protect the Central Park Zoo. In this particular episode, the penguins receive a mission to locate and protect a rare artifact from the zoo's storage room, called the Skorka.

The episode begins with the penguins scouting for any potential threats to their mission and discovering that one of the zoo's newest arrivals, a mongoose named Joey, is a potential danger to the artifact due to his love for shiny objects. Despite trying to discourage him from going near it, Joey ends up taking the Skorka and runs off with it.

The penguins follow Joey to a nearby alley where they meet up with his family and discover that they are thieves who specialize in taking shiny objects. The penguins try to retrieve the Skorka from Joey, who has become very attached to it and refuses to give it up. In the process, they are captured by the mongoose family and held prisoner in their lair.

While in captivity, the penguins learn that Joey's family is not evil or malicious but instead just trying to provide for themselves. They also discover that the Skorka has a special ability to create a protective shield which can keep the family from harm and are forced to come up with a plan to both rescue themselves and protect the mongoose family.

After devising a clever plan, the penguins manage to escape and retrieve the Skorka, but they find that it has been damaged in the process. To repair it, they enlist the help of a local inventor, who is able to fix the artifact and even improve its protective abilities.

In the end, the penguins return the Skorka to the zoo safely and make a deal with Joey's family to trade shiny objects for food instead of stealing. The episode ends with Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private reflecting on how they were able to turn a potentially dangerous situation into a positive outcome and learning a valuable lesson about showing compassion and empathy towards others.

Overall, "Skorka!" is a fun and action-packed episode that highlights the penguins' quick thinking and problem-solving abilities while also emphasizing the importance of understanding and working with others, even those who might seem like adversaries at first.