Character from Madagascar by DreamWorks Animation
An Italian jaguar and trapeze artist who is Alex's love interest and the circus's moral compass — passionate about her family, elegant in her act, and the first to know when something isn't right.
Gia cares about the circus the way other characters care about their families, because the circus is her family. She's protective of Vitaly, affectionate with Stefano, and immediately wary of anyone who treats the act as a means to an end. Alex treated it as a means to an end. She figured this out. Her reaction — hurt, then decisive, then back to decisive — shows how she operates: she leads with feeling and backs it with judgment. The Trapeze Americano is her act. She invented it with Alex. It works because they learned to trust each other, and the trust came first through teaching and then through something else that the film is too tactful to name directly but makes obvious anyway. She's the one who figured out the Zoosters were in danger when DuBois captured them. She's the one who convinced the circus to go save them. She's the center of the film's moral gravity and she wears it lightly.
A lean, graceful jaguar with the build of a gymnast and the posture of someone who spends her time airborne. Spotted coat, fluid movement, an Italian accent that makes everything sound more deliberate. Carries herself with the warmth and self-possession of someone who knows exactly who she is.