“Manfredi and Johnson once believed in world peace… before they ended up in pieces around the world.”

"Private?! You should be with Mandfredi and Johnson! Ya know, one up there, one down there?" JESUS, SKIPPER

Everyone is eventually forgotten. Just ask Manfredi and Johnson, who I don't even slightly remember being a running gag despite loving this show as a kid.

Manfredi and johnson must've been the unluckiest penguins ever.

It’s bad to laugh so much at running gags like these. Just look at Manfredi and Johnson, who suffocated from laughing at countless running jokes on sitcoms

Skipper: "Manfredi and Johnson thought getting into anime would be fun. But look where that got them!" Private: "In all fairness, who would've thought the Death Note would take the form of a KZfaq comment section?"

That cameo was a brilliant payoff to a series long running gag.

At this point, it's been unofficially established that Manfredi and Johnson cannot die (much like Kenny McCormick)

The fact that the two are canonically real makes it better

You never write consistency with how people die. Just ask Manfredi and Johnson, who tried to self publish their own novel series and was beaten to death by various angry fanboys when their favorite characters died in book 12 and were mentioned accurately in book 18.

03:51 Who else wishes Skipper and others noticed their presence and rescued them?

FYI Manfredi and Johnson is a reference to a 1953 war movie called Stalag 17. They're prisoners of war who try to escape and end up getting killed. Naturally the writers turned the two dying into a joke.

I never saw the series finale, that’s fricking brilliant.

"You should always be careful when posting opinions on the internet. Just ask Manfredi and Johnson. One controversal post later and they started a flame war, emphasis on war."

You gotta admit, Manfredi and Johnson must be tough as hell to escape death multiple times and somehow survive in Hoboken NY.

Manfredi and Johnson really took one for the team multiple times

“Was it easy for manfredi and Johnson when they found out that sushi chopper turned out to be the biggest guillotine on record? We had to identify them by their meat type.”

Here’s my version “It’s only a bit of rain, what’s the worst thing that could happen?” “That’s the same thing that Manfredi and Johnson once said on one of our missions whilst we were caught up in a heavy downpour of acid rain. I don’t think I’ll ever look at strawberry slushies the same way again.”

I remember being heavy in this Fandom back in 2010. The mystery around Manfreddi and Johnson was one of the biggest we had. Having them be a throwaway joke at the tail-end of the show after all those mentions was so much fun to see. We finally, finally knew what they looked like.

You never go to a Anime School. Just ask Manfredi and Johnson, they thought they could get an easy semester, until they got brutally butchered by yandere girls

In all the worlds greatest disasters Manfredi and Johnson were present making them either world ending gods or the unlucky pawns of a greater game

2:50. I can’t stop laughing at Rico’s re-enactments.

If only they have allowed Manfredi and Johnson to appear more in the series and interact with the other penguins. I would have liked to see more of these two in the flesh, not just comments.

"The order was to smother them with affection" "Oh, I only heard the first half"

So does this make anyone else think that Skipper was somehow behind Manfredi and Johnson dying?

“I gave Manfreedi and Johnson the orders to fire at will Next thing I know they’re both banned from the Oscars?!”

Always make sure your pet is well-trained. Remember what happened to Manfredi and Johnson when they got torn apart by their own army of guard dogs.

1:48 I love how they suggest that one of them went to hell.

“That’s what Manfredi and Johnson thought, but what was left of them ended up in a Manila envelope.” “Ironically sent from Manila”

So they met their end in a day spa at the hands of an exploding elephant foot and several other chained accidents, including a car crash and machine gun? Yikes

Never forget day light savings. Just ask Manfredi and Johnson. They were supposed to leave the building before it exploded but forgot to Spring forward. They made it out with their life but also burns, broken bones, and body parts that need to be reattached.

“We don’t use slang when we communicate orders, Private! Just ask Manfredi and Johnson, who completely misunderstood what it meant when told to go touch grass!” “And on the same day as the International Lawnmower festival too”

Theory: There were multiple penguins named manfriedi and Johnson that died gruesome deaths and the ones we saw in the finally were the latest ones and the only ones still alive

I love the implication that one of the duo is in heaven and the other is in hell and it’s never specified which is which

I love that Manfredi and Johnson looks like the barely survived death far too many times.

“There’s no such thing as a simple mission. Look what happened to Manfredi and Johnson when they thought they were on a ‘simple’ reconnaissance mission in Quebec, and accidentally stumbled into unknown moose territory! Even I dare not go into the details of the aftermath.”

“Be careful where you step. Look what happened to Manfredi and Johnson when they fell for the old Vietnam land mine booby trap!! Worst vacation ever. I still have flashbacks.” -Skipper

Skipper: You why penguins never go to space? Manfredi and Johnson learned that the hard way Kowalski: As far as I know they are still orbiting the sun

This show was massively underrated

3:34 The evidence that those two Poor Unlucky Souls Skipper mention are REAL.

“Oh no! I’m not going into any more haunted houses! Remember when Manfredi and Johnson went into that haunted house on Coney Island? I’ll never look at wax sculptures the same way again!”

Skipper: Don't play chess with the prisoner Kowalski! Manfredi and Johnson once played chess with the prisoner. Many good men were lost that day. Kowalski: Never knew a bishop could move like that.

It's important to never skip leg day. look what happened to my manfredi and Johnson when they skip leg day through a marathon on hot colas all we can find them was finished feathers and half a flipper

You always plan something before you jump into danger.look what happened to Manfredi and Johnson when they crashed a helicopter into a warehouse and found themselves with a bunch of monkey ninjas. They barely escaped with bruises, bullet holes, and banana peels.

Marlene being voiced by Nicole Sullivan is great! She was hysterical on King of queens

At 3:29 it confirms besides Manfredi and Johnson, the group has had more Penguins who suffered brutal fates.

Video games don’t lead to violence. Manfredi and Johnson once thought that. Then they were taken out by a surprisingly violent group of Twitch streamers

Just ask Manfredi and Johnson what happens when you take a man’s gaming system away from him. Oh wait you can’t.

1:20 “Business end of a Beluga whale” had me laughing to death.

2:30 AAAAAWWWWW SKIPPER 🥺❤🥺❤😭😭😭 I love when he shows Private genuine affection it warms my heart every time!

"that why i teach life lesson private,because do you know what happened to manfred and johnson?,they din't listened and now they ended up like in those grizzly tale"

Seriously they should do another Penguins movie with Manfredi and Johnson as the villains.

It’s still criminal that they weren’t included in the movie

Manfridi and Jonson they prefer keep their pasts multiple choice

I miss this show

Manfredi and Johnson will never die!

I think the best way to explain the many Manfridi and Johnson jokes is they got into a lot of horrible accidents where death should have happened (and the gang believed always thought died in said horrible accidents) but somehow came back for more. Which explains their injuries in the last clip

Private: All right I admit it, I faked it all to be with Shawna! Skipper: Private! You should be with Manfredi and Johnson!

one of the best running jokes in the animation history.

Loved how they actually made Manfredi and Johnson canon. Too bad their last sighting was being shot out of a canon as undercover for a drug ring in Cirque Du Soleil.

Man, this was my show back in the day! Marlene was always my favorite character!

I wish the show came back. I love The Penguins of Madagascar!🐧🐧🐧🐧

2:50, when Rico visually described Manfredi and Johnson's demise, I couldn't stop laughing

I Always thought Skipper sabotaged/abandoned Manfredy and Johnson during one of his old missions, before the Denmark Incident. He left them behind and just told others are a bunch of barely connected lies about how they died that are not questioned due to high loyalty of penguins

You should be with Manfredi and Johnson! You know, one up there, one down there

Manfredi and Johnson where the "few penguins left behind" In the last scene, they were left behind again. That's actually sad

Skipper: Manfredi and Johnson, and the Acacia Tree incedent. Kowalski: Right, who knew Giraffes could be blood thirtsy carnivores. Private: Oh, never looked at, Melvin the same way again.

Manfredi and Johnson where repapering a communications satellite... until an meteor strike caused them to burn back down to earth

Overconfidence can get yea killed. It killed Manfredi and Johnson when they were dared to steal Shredders Helmet. Their mission ended the second they engaged.

3:58 Man they all looked at Private in that EXACT direction where Manfredi and Johnson were calling from! If one of them had just slightly turned their heads up...🤦🏼‍♂️

Manfredi looks like skipper and rico combined while johnson looks almost exactly like kowalski

skekSo the emperor: Let me assured you Skeksis that we only helped ourselves and not those pathetic gelflings, even in a war no Skeksis get left behind. skekLach the collector: what about skekYi? skekSo: okay, maybe one Skeksis can left behind. skekUng the garthim master: and skekHak?. skekSo: okay!, Maybe two Skeksis can left behind. skekNa the slace master: ummm ( raised his hook ). skekSo: right!, Maybe a few more Skeksis can get left behind okay?!

I don't even remember this running gag but now suddenly it's the best thing since sliced bread

Cartoons aren't what they used to be. Just ask Manfredi and Johnson! They looked like they were laughing, but they were crying tears of shame!!!!

Listen to God. He's got the answer. Listen to the Devil, and you won't even like what's coming to you. Manfredi and Johnson listened to the Devil and the next thing they know, they burn in fiery pits of 9000 degrees!

"One up there and one down there?" There's a story there, and I desperately want to know why Skipper seems certain either Manfredi or Johnson would go straight to hell

1:35 In German they replaced Manfredi and Johnson with "King Julien with a Chinese lantern and 6 bottles of rocket fuel." with Kowalski adding "And with Mort at his feet." XD

You've gotta be extra cautious with strange bodies of water. This one time, Manfredi and Johnson were backpacking in Thailand.

Skipper: "Never write whit wrong grammar! Remember Manfredi and Johnson?!" Kowaski: "I shall never forget their screams of pain while the spa security brutaly assaulted them!" Private: "All because they wrote "We want a bat!" when what they wanted was a bath."

“Manfedi and Johnson thought we could liberate malevelon Creek for Two whole seconds before they landed and got ambushed by those sneaky automatons”

“You know, one up there, one down there.” Okay, who committed War Crimes?

0:38 Fun Fact; “Chinstrap” is a species of penguin.

I laughed at the joke for the whole video but when they really appeared on the screen, my heart just breaks. They seem desperate to be saved by Skipper and the others. They look worse for wears. I really hope if they decide to continue the show, there will be an episode to rescue them.

idk why but literally every time they say "manfredi and johnson" it gets progressively funnier

Don't go undercover at a Korean fish market, Manfredi and Johnson did, learned what it was like to be on the other end

Name a duo who went through more pain that these two, I'll wait. Those were the exact words that came straight from the mouths of Manfredi and Johnson, right before they had so much backlash until their desktops blew up in their faces due to the ram going to fast and on a slow internet. Now look at them, all stuffed into CPUs and turned into copypastas for life.

We gotta be careful of the next time we go to a hibachi and karaoke birthday party. Just ask Manfredi and Johnson, the last time we were at one, they tried singing and dancing while the grill was going and they got blown up by the onion volcano! They were on fire! LITERALLY!

I love the idea that manfredi and Johnson aren’t real but they use it as life lessons on why to do dumb shit but not suicidal shit

damn, manfredi and johnson were cursed with immortality, constantly coming back just to die again shortly after on the whim of this gag

I love skippers character he's so awesome.

We all make mistakes. Like the time Manfredi and Johnson went into Build A Bear Workshop...They came out with actual bears.

“Manfredi and Johnson once thought dragon ball evolution was good, when the dragon ball fans where done with them well let’s just say there dragon balls where scattered around the world”

Everytime I hear “Manfredi and Johnson” I’m reminded of Stalag 17, those poor bastards

"Why dont you ask Mandfredi and Johnson! They never ask and they'd never tell!"

Went rogue Manfredi and Johnson once went rogue on a mission at a night club little did they know it was the front for an illegal cobra smuggling ring.

I never realized how British private was in the show

Those two guys being finally revealed in the final episode was one of the funniest twists I experienced watching a cartoon

You will never go to a haunted pizzeria , ask to Manfredi and Johnson who have spend a entire night trying to survive from the attack of different animatronic

I just wonder why in the german audio these Manfredi and johnson quotes were left out

WAIT?! Those two are alive?!