Three young penguins – Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico is celebrating the birthday of Private, a penguin who comes to life thanks to the three. Suddenly, they are kidnapped by Dr. Octavius Brine, a renowned geneticist, who is actually an octopus named Dave and hates penguins a lot. Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop his plan to destroy the world.