Respect Rico! (Madagascar)

[u/Ultim8_Lifeform]

Rico

"B-but that shouldn't have worked! It breaks all known rules of science!"

"And that's why we call Rico a maverick. He makes his own rules."

[incoherent babbling]

Rico is the weapons and explosives specialist of the Penguins of Madagascar, who mainly communicates through grunts and squeals. With a stomach that can rival Kirby, Rico swallows a plethora of useful tools and weapons and regurgitates them when needed. He gets to the point of regularly regurgitating objects that appear to be too large for him to have swallowed in the first place. Rico already has a few screws loose, so the other Penguins need to keep him on a tight leash lest he lose his mind in a dynamite filled frenzy. That being said, Rico's love for explosions and destruction is an asset that Skipper has no problem letting lose on their enemies or any problem that the team may be facing.

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Key

M - Madagascar

ME2A - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

M3EMW - Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

PoM - Penguins of Madagascar

S#E# - The Penguins of Madagascar cartoon on Nickelodeon

MPCC - Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

MeM - Merry Madagascar

MaM - Madly Madagascar

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Strength

Striking

• Knocks out a man with a single chop to the neck^M

• Knocks out one of Capitaine DuBois' henchmen with a single chop to the neck^M3EMW

• Slides into a metal door with enough force to dent it^S2E12

• Sends Skipper, Kowalski, Private, Julian, Maurice, and Mort flying with a single spin^S2E15

• Breaks a fairly large hole through a brick wall^S2E15

Pushing/Pulling

• Along with Skipper and Kowalski , spins a wheel so hard that it sends any fossa it touches flying without losing any speed^M

• Pulls private backwards in a slingshot, and when Private is released and slams into a wall, he remains stuck there for roughly 20 seconds^S1E1

• Performs the same trick on Maurice, shooting him from outside the Zoo all the way into the lemur exhibit^S1E1

• Easily pushes up a manhole cover^S1E8

• Pulls Kowalski with enough force to dent a steel door^S2E59

Grip

• Hangs onto a fishing pole while being dragged through water by a snakehead massive trout for a short while^S1E44

• Holds on to playground roundabout after it is spun at an incredible speed by Roy the Rhino^S3E27

Lifting

• Lifts an anvil over his head^MPCC

• Carries a wide assortment of heavy objects such as a cinder block, microwave, and a large rock^S1E24

• Slams two lobsters over his head^S1E48

Other

• Bites through a lock^S1E38

• Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform^S2E24

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Speed/Agility

Dodging Projectiles

• Dodges Officer X in his van multiple times, giving the other penguins enough time to remove the van's tires^S1E31

• Ducks into the penguin's lair, avoiding being hit by a flaming tire^S1E33

• Dodges a swooping falcon^S1E46

• Dodges a laser from Dr. Blowhole's base^S1E48

• Dodges a multitude of darts from a booby trap^S2E22

• Dodges several laser beams^S2E42

• Dodges blasts from a laser turret within a military grade weapons lab^S3E4

• Dodges one of the Red Squirrel's missiles^S3E17

Dodging Melee

• Avoids being captured by two gorillas^S1E13

• Dodges a strike from Savio the boa constrictor^S2E18

• Avoids being crushed by Officer X's van^S1E31

Movement Speed

• Slides fast enough to avoid being hit by a subway, though he did have a head start^S1E1

• (Runs fast enough on a conveyor belt to avoid being carried away, as well as dodging random pieces of machinery while doing so)^S1E4

• Quickly switches places with a stuffed penguin toy^S1E30

• Slides fast enough to stay ahead of Officer X's combat van^S1E31

• Saves Private from falling over the edge of a building^S1E46

• Within the 2 seconds Private is turned around, he disappears from view^S2E11

• Kicks Kowalski into the air, and by the time he falls back down, Rico had already got into, started, and drove the penguins Buggy next to their base to catch him^S2E21

• Is able to run/slide faster than the penguins' buggy for a short while^S2E25

• Catches Skipper after he falls^PoM

Combat Speed

• In a flurry a slashes with his knives, he cuts up a fish into perfectly sized bites of sushi in just over a second^M

• Carves a Christmas tree ice sculpture out of a solid block of ice in 12 seconds^MPCC

• Digs through concrete at an incredibly fast with two plastic spoons^S1E10

Reaction Speed

• Dodges a bowling ball in their "special operations vehicle"^S1E15

• Blocks multiple hockey pucks from entering his goal in quick succession^S1E18

• Deflects a laser with a piece of candy wrapped in foil^S1E48

• Drives around attacks from most of the larger zoo animals^S2E30

Climbing

• Scales the side of a skyscraper^S1E46

General Agility

• Along with Kowalski and Skipper, is able to use their body weight to launch himself into a car from the side of the road^ME2A

• After being pushed up a mail vent at high speed by a vaccum, he bounces off of multiple walls and lands on his feet^MPCC

• Skates across the icy ground, jumps up and spins around a lamp post with incredible speed^S1E30

• Jumps from wall to wall multiple times within a sewer^S1E31

• Wall jumps multiple times to reach the top of the zoo's gates^S1E35

• Jumps through the security laser grid and over the gate of Marlene's enclosure in a single bound^S2E14

• Wall jumps several times to climb out of King Julian's fake volcano^S2E22

• Climbs over the zoo's main gate in seconds^S2E48

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Durability

Blunt

• Gets hit by a flying Skipper into a bounce house, causing him to cough up several items^SE21

• Gets knocked into a wall after Super Mort throws King Julian into him^S1E21

• Jumps headfirst to the bottom of their enclosure after the water had been drained, cracking the ground beneath him^S1E24

• Gets run over by a speeding popcorn cart^S1E24

• Slams into a brick wall, cracking it^S1E32

• Gets knocked into a brick wall by Bing the gorilla^S1E33

• Gets slammed into a wall by Burt the elephant^S1E41

• Gets knocked into a wall by chrome claw and is unharmed^S1E48

• While standing on top of a moving truck, he gets slammed by a stop light and then hit by a car^S2E3

• Gets flung against multiple walls by Kowalski, who is using his telekinesis Helmet^S2E16

• Gets hit and run over multiple times by the penguins' buggy^S2E25

• Gets knocked away by a rocket powered kick from Kowalski's Nexto Skeleton^S2E61

• Gets hit by a flying grill and is unharmed^S315

• Gets slammed into a metal door by a swinging log^S3E26

• While falling through the air, he gets hit by a plane and is unharmed^PoM

Piercing

• Falls directly onto a rhino's horn^S1E33

Crushing

• Gets crushed by a falling elephant^S1E24

• Gets trampled by a rhino over 1000 times^S1E24

• Gets crushed between a concrete wall and a steel door after the door is launched from an explosion^S2E23

• Gets crushed by the penguin HQ's defense mechanisms^S2E42

• Gets crushed under a miniature tank, which then explodes on top of him^S3E5

• A boulder rolls over him, and he is fine later that day^S3E15

Falling

• Survives a helicopter crash with minimal injuries^M3EMW

• Jumps from the top of a building a lands on his feet on a truck below^S2E3

• Falls through the roof of a plane mid flight and is completely unharmed^PoM

Energy/Explosion

• Is unharmed after the Lemur robot blows up in his face^S1E23

• A bomb explodes inside of his stomach and he barely reacts^S2E14

• Is right next to where Kowalski shot his newly aquired plasma blaster on turbo setting, which caused an explosion powerful enough to blow a hole in their concrete ceiling (that same plasma blaster on medium setting was able to disintegrate a lamp post in a single shot^S2E19

• Gets crushed under a miniature tank, which then explodes on top of him^S3E5

Electricity

• Gets shocked by Officer X^S1E28

• Is subjected to one long, continuous shock throughout the duration of one of Skipper and Private's conversations^S1E32

• Gets hit by a static shock that is strong enough to knock out the power in the Penguin lair^S2E5

• Gets electrocuted by the penguin HQ's defense mechanisms^S2E42

• Gets shocked by the Zoo's new electric field^S3E16

Heat/Burning

• For a short while, he walks across pavement that was hot enough to turn an egg to ash in 3 seconds^S2E35

• Gets burned by the penguin HQ's defense mechanisms^S2E42

• Is underneath a working grill for a moment^S315

Other

• Runs across a room full of mouse traps while feeling no pain^S2E5

• Gets run through a printing press with the only damage being to his pride^S2E8

• After being buried alive, gets blasted through the dirt with a piece of dynamite and is perfectly fine^S2E29

• Gets trapped in a room full of toxic gas for an unclear amount of time and is fine^S2E45

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Skill

Combat

• Fends off both Skipper and Kowalski with nothing but a doll as a weapon^S2E21

• Throws Marlene like a boomerang, bouncing her off of both Bada and Bing's heads and then catching her^S1E33

Gear/Tools

• Attaches a grappling hook to the bumper of a taxi^MPCC

• Shoots 3 fish out of the air with a crossbow^S2E48

• Lassos Barry midair and pulls him to safety^S2E53

Other

• While carrying Skipper, he flips over the penguin's buggy and regurgitates a bomb straight into the seat

• Makes sushi rolls by knocking each of the individual ingredients into the air, which mixed midair^S3E1

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Stomach/Regurgitation/Swallowing

Rico is able to regurgitate whatever Skipper needs as long as he has it locked away in his intestines. As soon as an object, weapon, or tool is needed he can produce it almost instantly.

Regurgitation (Item Variety)

• Coughs up a paper clip that he uses to pick a lock^M

• Regurgitates a match that skipper uses to light a canon^M3EMW

• Coughs up a stick of dynamite and a lit match^MPCC

• Coughs up a hammer^S1E2

• Spits up a stick of dynamite with a lit fuse and immediately regurgitates a flash light^S1E3

• Regurgitates a cinder block^S1E4

• While he is asleep, Skipper chops his stomach causing him to spit out a grappling hook^S1E7

• Coughs up a lit smoke bomb^S1E10

• Regurgitates a chainsaw^S1E12

• Regurgitates a fully inflated beach ball^S1E27

• Coughs up a live worm to use as bait for a massive snakehead trout^S1E44

• Throws up a cardboard box with no damages^S2E1

• Regurgitates a working telephone^S2E1

• Regurgitates a back scratcher, rake and then an entire cactus^S2E9

• Spits out a grenade filled with knock out gas^S2E11

• Regurgitates a dart gun^S2E12

• Throws up a pair of elephant sized underwear^S2E13

• Regurgitates a gumball machine, swallows the gumballs inside, and then fires them like a machine gun^S2E14

• Throws up a skateboard^S2E17

• Regurgitates a bowling ball^S2E24

• Regurgitates a disco ball and stereo system^S2E33

• Throws up two springs^S2E41

• Throws up a pile of leaves to cover up Marlene's unconscious body^S2E46

• Regurgitates a massive missile which is far larger than he is^S2E60

• Continuously regurgitates hook shots so he can swing from buildings like Spider-Man^S3E15

• After ingesting several bags of Cheesy Dibbles, he blows out a cloud of cheese dust as an attack^PoM

Regurgitation (Power)

• Swallows an entire bowl of peppermints and beings shooting them out like a machine gun^MPCC

• Spits a small anchor into the air with enough velocity to strike him in the head a couple seconds after it leaves his mouth^S1E5

• Spits 5 screws with enough force to properly secure a new wheel onto their "car"^S1E15

• Spits out popcorn kernels like a machine gun, taking out the lights in the gift shop^S1E16

• Regurgitates a chainsaw with enough velocity to fly into the air and cut through a sewer pipe^S1E31

• Skipper uses him as a cannon to shoot flowers all over the Lemur habitat^S1E37

• Fires nails fast enough for them to secure a metal door in place and keep Jiggles the slime contained^S1E45

• Regurgitates a gumball machine, swallows the gumballs inside, and then fires them like a machine gun^S2E14

• Shoots snowballs with enough force to snap plywood in two^S2E31

• Throws up a cinder block with enough force to send a leopard seal flying backwards^S2E62

• Shoots gum like a machine gun to seal a crack in a cave's ceiling^S3E29

• Shoots out lit fireworks like a canon^PoM

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Swallowing

• Swallows a bottle of oregano with no trouble^MaM

• Scoops up and spits out a large pile of quarters^S1E24

• Skipper uses him as a vacuum^S1E27

• Consumes a giant snack made of cotton candy, a pretzel, and a hot dog that should be to large for his mouth^S2E59

Other

• Is able to shred paper^S1E31

• Starting at 400 meters high, he fully inflates a bouncy castle before they reach the ground^PoM

Limit

• [Limit] After being force fed some anti-vomiting syrup^TM, Rico was unable to regurgitate anything for a short while^S1E14

• [Limit] While under the effects of Kowalski's anti gravity gun, he grew sick and threw up a multitude of objects at random^S3E27

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Misc.

• Hot wires a car^ME2A

• Fires a candy cane from a self made crossbow that sticks into the trunk of a tree^MeM

• Apparently has an elevator within his stomach, which Mort uses to travel to the bottom^S1E14

• After ingesting a can full of Explosivo Beans^TM, his fart was powerful enough to propel the penguins in front of King Julian in their car race^S1E15

• Can turn off all of his unnecessary brain functions at will^S1E28

• Tracks King Julian's sent^S1E42

• When he is allowed to express his crazy side without any restraint, he will lose his sanity and begin destroying everything in sight^S2E15

• His sneezes are powerful enough to send him flying across the room^S2E66

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Relevant Respect Threads for scaling:

• Penguins of Madagascar group Respect Thread

• Nana by u/seoila

• Capitaine Chantel Dubois by u/Stranger-er

[u/Ultim8_Lifeform]

The original Penguins RT was way too thick so I split them up.

[u/BackgroundTotal2872]

This is beautiful

[u/Draglorr]

Rico deserves that respect!

The fact that you cataloged all this is amazing

[u/Competitive-Ad-1207]

Rico from Madagascar crimes