Kung Fu Panda/WMG: Difference between revisions

As for ''why'' Oogway did it, it could be him trying to give Shifu closure about happened with Tai Lung - making him face the problem instead of putting Tai Lung in prison and forgetting. Or he's just a dick.

* In fact, he ''told'' Shifu he had forseen that: "One often meets his destiny on the road to avoid it"

* He definitely did. At the beginning of the movie he knew his days are numbered, and there is no candidate for succeeding him. Shifu learned jack from Tai Lung's debacle, and in fact refuses to learn or grow personally, and so is limited even in his ability to pass Oogway's kung fu techniques, never mind Oogway's wisdom. The next master in the assumed line of succession, Tigress, is an emotional wreck, and doesn't yet have necessary skills. They are far from being personally happy as well. So Oogway took steps to rectify this. In the end things worked out for the best of everyone involved (well, excluding rhino guards, buried under a couple thousands tons of rock). The only question is, was he truly able to see the future, or just was a transcedentally awesome judge of character.

 

** {{spoiler|Proven false. Po was adopted, his biological parents were pandas, Mr. Ping raised him, and he's [[Happily Adopted|okay with it.]]}}

 

* Where's Dragon this whole time?

** Running other errands for the gods. His job as an all-powerful guardian does tend to keep him busy. In fact, Po was probably his first, and maybe only, friend as the other villagers were too busy hailing him as some sort of demi-god. Either that or, like the role of the Dragon Warrior, the role of Dragon is passed down too, with new dragons created to take up the role when the previous dragon is incapacitated. The Gods decided not to create a new Dragon after the previous one's "betrayal" because it was getting too troublesome.

*** Wo Hop --> Rabbit

 

* The number one flaw with this WMG is that SINLONG DOES NOT EXIST. That was an unverified rumor. The villain of the next movie is a PEACOCK voiced by [[Gary Oldman|GARY F*DGING OLDMAN]].

** No need to be so harsh, the OP most likely hadn't seen the newest information. There is also no guarantee they won't use Sinlong for real later on, considering there are supposed to be more than just one sequel movie, plus the TV show...

* Po is enough of a kung fu fanboy that he probably already knew a lot about how the Wuxi Finger Hold might've worked ([[Wild Mass Guessing]]) before the movie started. Figuring it out after he went through training wouldn't be unreasonable.

** If it was just a straight up physical hold, yes. But how do you "figure out" a move that seems to be a chi explosion of some sort? Clearly there was much more mystical than physical involved in the move, while Po's training was almost entirely physical. The point remains, he's never seen it actually performed, and never been instructed on how to do it properly. So, in all likelihood, he created a move that imitates what he's heard, but is different somehow.

** Or it could even cleanse/purify Tai Lung--wipe his insanity and rage, turn him good, remove his memories, who knows? But apparently Dream Works missed the memo that a) a LOT of people like Tai Lung, and [[Audience Surrogate|not just for]] the [[Draco in Leather Pants]] reasons and b) the possibilities of a team-up for him and Po are limitless, especially since he knows all one thousand scrolls. [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|Sigh]].

*** So, is there any clarification on whether Tai Lung was killed or not? This troper saw statements to either effect, claiming to be backed by [[Word of God]]. His appearance during the end credits montage, that clearly depicts the stuff characters are doing after the main story, serves as an evidence of survival, at least.

** Alternatively... he got an alternative meaning of the scroll. He takes one look at the blank page and all he sees is the lack of acknowledgement he percieved Shifu gave him and the denial of approval; that the others were simply trying to 'trick' him and tease him.

 

 

== Someone handed Tai Lung a spiked drink when he was [[Drowning My Sorrows|Drowning His Sorrows]] from not getting the dragon scroll. ==

** {{spoiler|Confirmed. Actually, it's even worse; Shen doesn't know who Po's parents are, so he wipes out a whole panda village--or seems to, according to the [[Sequel Hook]] [[Stinger]]. Stay tuned for Part 3...}}

 

* Okay, any Stargate fans, did the whole "Oogway's Ascension" Look sorta familiar to anyone? Kinda like, oh, I don't know, what happens to the Ancients or Daniel Jackson? Yeah, he's out there, and he's keeping us safe from the Ori.

 

 

== If Po and Tigress ever become a couple, they will adopt their children. ==

* Given Tigress's [[Angelina Jolie|voice actress's]] attitude towards adoption, this would be [[Art Imitates Life]].