Julien's party-animal best friend Rob McTodd has returned to the kingdom, having been previously exiled by Uncle King Julien. While Julien welcomes Rob back with open arms, Maurice is less than excited to have such a bad influence in Julien's life, especially when it's revealed that Rob holds resentment towards Julien for not leaving the kingdom with him.
Tropes:
- Balloon Belly: Mort is forced to eat a bunch of Pok-pok fruits, resulting in this.
- Bamboo Technology: Rob makes glowsticks out of fireflies trapped in test tubes.
- Character Development: Julien realizes he can't be the same wild and crazy party prince he was in his youth, but he can still be a more subdued and responsible party king instead.
- Eye Scream: Rob had a snake and scorpion stab Maurice in the eye three times.
- Frozen Face: Rob has been obsessed with plastic surgery to the point where his face is now frozen into a squinty smile. He literally cannot frown or cry.
- G-Rated Drug: Rob turns Julien's party into a rave by adding glow sticks and "witch doctor prescribed bone dust extract". Early storyboards even show it explicitly producing a euphoric effect on lemurs
◊. - Judgment of Solomon: Referenced, but it's actually being applied to a situation where it's a practical solution.Julien: I hereby declare that the baby be cut in half!Maurice: Um, actually, it's a pineapple, your majesty.Julien: I know, but a baby is more dramatic!
- Jumping Out of a Cake: Rob did this as a prank on Uncle King Julien's birthday, which is how he got exiled from the kingdom in the first place.
- Title Drop: Only said by Maurice, Julien always says it "That is soo Rob!"
- The Unreveal: Mort mauls Rob's face, damaging his plastic surgery and severely disfiguring him, but the result of this won't be seen until his next appearance.
- Viking Funeral: Julien holds a symbolic one for his old party animal self, represented by a dummy. He then throws a party to celebrate.Maurice: But King Julien, I thought we just incinerated the party you?Julien: Silly Maurice, sending the party me to the briny deep doesn't mean I can't have fun! It just means nobody has to die!
- Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Rob makes Mort eat over a thousand Pok-pok fruits, causing him to vomit them all up knocking out everyone in the crowd.
