After stumbling upon a Monopoly-type game, members of the kingdom decide to play. As the craze catches on, everyone becomes involved in a real-world version which creates its own set of problems.
Exhausted by settling his lemur subject's disagreements, King Julien replaces himself with a dummy king so he can play hooky, unwittingly sparking a rebellion.
When a segment on Xixi's show changes the kingdom, Julien begins scheming ways to use the influence of the show to his advantage and creates a Julien-centric propaganda machine.