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Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman (David Schwimmer), and Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) attempt to return to New York City in a hot air balloon, but the lemur population inadvertently thwarts their escape plan, as they mistook them for the "red night goblin" that visits every year at that time. Immediately after that, the "goblin" showers the island with coals; Alex evades the barrage and shoots it down, but soon discovers that it was actually Santa Claus throwing coal at Julien for being naughty.

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