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Villain Overview

The humans know me as Dr. Octavius Brine: renowned geneticist, cheese enthusiast, and frequent donor to NPR pledge drives. But you know me by a different, much older name. A name perhaps you'd hoped you'd never hear again. A phantom! A shadow of a former life! I... am... DAVE!!!
~ Dave introducing himself to the penguins, his most famous quote.

Dr. David "Dave" Styroker Brine, also known as Dr. Octavius Brine or simply known as Dave, is the main antagonist of DreamWorks' 30th full-length animated feature film, Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie, a spin-off to the Madagascar franchise.

He is an octopus, former performer at the Central Park Zoo in New York City, and world award-winning scientist. He is Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private's arch-nemesis in the Madagascar movie canon.

He was voiced by John Malkovich, who also played Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom in Con Air, Pascal Sauvage in Johnny English, Tom Ripley in Ripley's Game, Teddy KGB in Rounders, Quentin Turnbull in Jonah Hex, Humma Kavula in The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Teddy Deserve in Knockaround Guys, Galbatorix in Eragon, Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons, and Mitch Leary in The Line of Fire.

Biography[]

I came to realize, some creatures are born to get all the love. The rest of us get NOTHING! The only thing that has kept me going all these years is my burning thirst for REVENGE!
~ Dave philosophy of how people see other animals compared to him.

Past[]

As a young octopus, Dave was a major draw at the Central Park Zoo, wowing audiences with his aquatic stunts. However, when the penguins arrived and unwittingly stole the spotlight with their cuteness, Dave was ousted from the zoo. This pattern continued as he was shuffled between zoos, amusement parks and aquariums all around the world.

As a result, Dave grew hateful towards penguins and plotted revenge against the entire species. He escaped captivity and disguised himself as a human professor called "Dr. Octavius Brine" in order to obtain the resources needed to build his criminal empire. He constructed a purple submarine lair with a secret laboratory base (located in Venice), enlisted dozens of octopi as minions, and created a deadly mutative chemical potion formula called the "Medusa Serum" which, when blasted in a ray, turns animals into physically and mentally disfigured monsters.

Penguins of Madagascar[]

He then captured Skipper and his comrades by somehow predicting their infiltration of the Fort Knox depository in Kentucky and then entrapping them in a vending machine full of Cheesy Dibbles. He then escorted them to his Brine Submarine stationed in Venice and introduced himself, hoping that they would recognize him (which they did not). After explaining his past and his plan, he orders his minions to cage them again, but they escape with a vial of Medusa Serum. He had his minions chase them, but they were thwarted by North Wind, an animal espionage organization dedicated to saving the penguins and stopping his plans.

At North Wind HQ, Dave hacks their communications (having trouble with the sound and picture) and reveals that he has concocted even more Medusa Serum. He then began kidnapping penguins from every zoo he has ever been in all over the world. The Penguins manage to intercept him, as he goes after the Mermaid-penguins at the Shanghai Marine Life zoo, but he prevails in taking them along with Private.

In his lair, he shows off his Medusa Serum to every penguin he captured by testing it on a cricket. It was then he discovers Private among the captured and thus anticipates an attempt rescue. The Penguins and North Wind begrudgingly work together to bring him in but are then captured. He then prepares to demonstrate the serum on Private in front of the other three, but he manages to escape, making Dave believe he has been vaporized.

Later, in his human disguise, he announces to the world that he had found the lost penguins and is bringing them to New York City. He then uses the Medusa Laser ray on them to transform them into hideous disfigured hybrid mutants, causing everyone to hate them and call exterminators on them. Then, after a moment of self-reflection, he prepares to go after other cute animals. But Private manages to reconnect to his mutated comrades and prepares to reverse the mutation by using the ray with himself as the power source. Dave and his Octopi try to stop them, but the North Wind destroys his submarine and Skipper uses the last Cheesy Dibble to press the remote, turning every penguin back to normal (at the cost of Private growing moose antlers).

As everyone celebrates their victory, Dave returns, seemingly transformed into a giant Kraken, but then realizes he had been shrunk and stuck inside a snow globe. He then swears revenge against the penguins, when a little girl takes interest in him, making him feel the joy of acceptance he had longed craved for again. But then it turns out the girl was more interested in the snow and runs off shaking him violently, much to his dismay.

What has happened to him next is left unknown. One of his octopi might find him and return him to normal, he could have died if the little girl kept shaking the globe too much, or the little girl could have stopped shaking it and Dave finally found the love and acceptance he wanted.

Other media[]

Dave also appears in the film's promotional stage musical Operation: Cheesy Dibbles and video game Operation: Dibble Dash.

Appearance[]

Dave is a large male Giant Pacific octopus with a human-like face, sharp ragged teeth, red eyes, purple skin, and eight long tentacles with lighter undersides. He has a few hairs on top of his head, a mole on his neck, a massive larynx that erratically moves as he speaks, and sometimes wears reading glasses or other eye protection (particularly when using technology).

When disguising himself as a human, Dave uses his ability of camouflage to change his skin to a typical pale tan colour and makes his head thinner (with some other minor human features like ears and nose). He wears a curly long orange-brown wig, a white lab coat, teal gloves and black trousers.

Personality[]

Dave was once a kind, happy, polite, childish, attentive, thoughtful, sympathetic, delighted, and friendly zoo animal. He performed tricks for children and made them laugh and cheer.

However, after penguins repeatedly stole his glory and got him shunned and forgotten, he snapped and transformed into a villainous, destructive, and psychotic mastermind with a bitterly jealous hatred for all penguins, especially towards the four who first stole his fame: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private. He is very ruthless, selfish, greedy, menacing, bitter, cruel, sadistic, deceitful, dangerous, manipulative, and vindictively vengeful, desiring to turn all penguins into monsters to get revenge. This grudge and thirst for revenge is so strong and powerful, in fact, that he's unable to recognise that when he fabricated the identity of a world-renowned scientist who makes remarkable advancements in tech, he became more infinitely loved than he ever would have been as a zoo animal, ignoring this completely and hellbent on revenge. He also has a somewhat goofy, though slightly malicious, sense of humor.

Despite this, Dave has a softer side; he gets along reasonably well with his henchmen, as he is never seen abusing them and occasionally says "please" when giving them orders. He also showed sympathy towards a little girl (though it is possible that he changed his mind when she began shaking him). Furthermore, he seems to have a level of both self-appreciation and self-loathing, believing himself to be better than penguins, but at the same time outright admitting that he is a monster.

Quotes[]

Naughty, naughty! Pretty birds, belong in their cages.
~ Dave's first words
Now that's just hurtful. And I was so happy to see you again. Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and sweet little Private. Boop!
~ Dave meeting the penguins again
You seriously DON'T remember me?
~ Dave asking the penguins if they remember him
Let's shake up some old memories. New York City. The Central Park Zoo. Life was good! Roomy tank, great location, monkey house views. And, of course, my adoring leaching of fans! Dave, the octopus of a thousand tricks! I was the total package. And then, you arrived. And took everything from me. 4 adorable baby penguins! With you around, no one wanted an old octopus anymore. Out you go, Dave! And so it went, over and over, at zoo after aquarium. Adorable penguins stole the show, while I was shunned. Forgotten. Unwanted. Alone.
~ Dave telling the penguins about his backstory.
Private: (saddened after hearing his backstory) That sounds awful.
Dave: Oh, it was. I came to realize, some creatures are born to get all the love. The rest of us get NOTHING! The only thing that has kept me going all these years is my burning thirst for REVENGE! And my precious souvenir snow globe collection.
~ Dave telling the penguins that his backstory drove him to become a villain
AH! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
~ Dave to Rico after he swallowed his snow globe collection
Greetings, North Wind! I see you met my old Zoomates.
~ Dave
Kowalski': YOURE the monster!
Dave: Yes!
I'M the monster. Everyone made that clear to me every day of my entire life. But now, let's see how much everyone loves YOU when YOU'RE the monster!
~ Dave to Kowalski
I'M HAPPYYYYYYY, and yet... (realizes) Now, that I finally have my revenge, I feel...empty. As if, what I needed all along was... More revenge! In fact, Robin, write this down. (one of his octopus minions writes) Tomorrow, we move on: kittens, then puppies, bunnies, pandas...! (gasps as he sees Private and the penguins using his ray) Charlize, they're on the ray!
~ Dave, disguised as Dr. Octavius Brine, reflecting on his fulfillment on revenge and his new purpose before noticing the penguins using his ray
WHAT? Are you KIDDING ME?! (Skipper: Dave. Oh-oh, look at you.) You think this is over?! I'm just getting started! I'm about to... (Kowalski: What do we do with him now?) (Little Girl: Aw!) Open this right now!
~ Dave's last words before his defeat in the film

Trivia[]

  • His minions all share the same first names as famous actors. Following their names, Dave would give them an order that would match the celebrities full name (ex. "Nicolas, cage them.").
  • Despite being octopi, Dave and his minions have only six visible tentacles (except one scene where Classified forces him at gunpoint).
  • A running gag in the film is how Skipper keeps getting his name wrong. Some of the names Skipper calls him include Debbie, Dennis, Derek, Doris, and Ramirez. This is referenced again on the closing credits where his name is misspelt before being corrected.
  • He is the only octopus in the movie who can speak. His Octopi minions simply make a bubbling fish-like gurgle sound.
    • In fact, he is the only animal in the entire Madagascar series (apart from one scene where the penguins briefly speak to an Italian banjo player) to be able to properly converse with humans.
  • His human last name, Brine, is a term, which can mean saltwater or refer to a kind of prawn, which is appropriate for his aquatic motif.

Navigation[]

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Movies
Madagascar: Fossas | Nana
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: Nana | Makunga | Shark | Teetsi | Tour Guide | Poachers
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: Chantel DuBois | DuBois' Men
Penguins of Madagascar: Dave | Octopi
Shorts: Mr. Chew | Tour Guide | Nana

Television
The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole | Chrome Claw | Joey Kangaroo | Officer X | Savio | Clemson | Stacy | Rhonda | Falcon | Rat King | Archie | Red Squirrel | Kuchikukan | Hans the Puffin | Frances Alberta | Vesuvius Twins | Barry | Marlene's Feral | Parker
All Hail King Julien: King Julien XII | Fossas (King Fossa) | Karl | Doctor S | Koto | Crimson | Wigman Wildebeest | Pam | Karen | King Julien the Terrible | Butterfly Queen | Captain Ethan | Magic Steve | Crocodile Ambassador | Chauncey | Rob McTodd | Bruce | Andy Fairfax | Morticus Khan | Grandpa Mort

Videogames
Zoo Hunter | Big Louie | Morris | Baobab Worms | King Fossa | Moles | Eddy | Spike | King Croc

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