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{{quote|''"Hear the legends of the Kung fu Panda!"''|Po, from the [[Bragging Theme Tune]] }}
The [[
Po the Panda, Master Shifu, his sifu, and the Furious Five from the film have all returned. Master Oogway {{spoiler|having [[Ascend to
The CGI is of course TV quality, which means it lacks the detail and intensity of the cinema level animation. The big name voice actors have been replaced with [[Poor Man's Substitute|sound-alikes.]]
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The show does, however, manage to keep the basic balance from the two movies: martial arts story with comedy elements.
Has a [[Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The names of one of the Croc Bandits other than Fung and Gah-ri<ref>Irwin</ref> and Scorpion's real name<ref>Qiong Qi</ref> can only be found in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120607053103/http://www.nick.com/pictures/kung-fu-panda-legends-of-awesomeness/kung-fu-panda-enemy-art-flipbook.html this gallery of concept art].▼
▲* [[All There in the Manual]]: The names of one of the Croc Bandits other than Fung and Gah-ri<ref>Irwin</ref> and Scorpion's real name<ref>Qiong Qi</ref> can only be found in [http://www.nick.com/pictures/kung-fu-panda-legends-of-awesomeness/kung-fu-panda-enemy-art-flipbook.html this gallery of concept art].
** In-universe example: The Corridor of Unbelievable Agony has a scroll explaining how to defeat every single trap guarding the Clay Pot of Remembrance. Too bad that [[Rule of Funny|Po can't be bothered to read through it.]]
* [[Accidental Unfortunate Gesture]]: Po back-hands Tigress in 'Hometown Hero'. Tigress is not amused.
** The main conflict of "Fluttering Finger Mindslip" is kicked off when Po tries out said move, looking down at the scroll and mimicking the steps, while completely unaware that Viper just came in...
** Due to sleep deprivation from Mr. Ping's sinus problem late last night, Tigress falls asleep on Po, which not only sparked more "Po-Ti" shipping squeals, but it also caused Po to get back-handed when trying to wake her up...and get snored on yet again when no one was paying her any attention.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: In the movie, [[Jackie Chan]] plays Monkey. In the animated show, James Sie plays Monkey. In [[Jackie Chan Adventures
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: When facing off against the mindwiped Furious Five, Shifu laughs and says this about Crane's assumed name, "El Storko".
** Tigress cracks a joke for once in "Chain Reaction".
* [[Affably Evil]]: Fenghuang. Not only does she banter playfully, act coquettish, and genuinely offer to help train Po, but she saves his life even before she knows who he is or how he can help her.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Mr. Ping in "Master Ping" during his brief but chaotic stay at the Jade Palace, and of course included sharing humiliating anecdotes about Po's childhood with the Furious Five and Shifu.
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'''Po''': A lot of babies can't say words...
'''Mr. Ping''': You were ten. }}
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: To judge by Mr. Ping (and their identical character design), the lone female member of the five "creepy" snow leopards who replace the Furious Five. Only one or two of them (obviously male) speak, so no way of telling "which is which", or even if any are and it isn't just a rumor.
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* [[Awkward Ability]]: ...Po has many of these...or maybe he just has many awkward NAMES for his 'abilities'. 'Crazy Feet, Arms of Justice, Belly of Truth'? ...Perhaps he's just naming his body parts in a more creative way...
* [[Badass Grandpa|Badass Grandma]]: Fenghuang is as old as Shifu, but trounced him and the Furious Five in one move each. She only lost because Po caught her off guard.
** Needless to say that Shifu qualifies, but we also have three new characters who fit to a T: [[Old Master|Master]] [[Eccentric Mentor|Yao]], [[Badass Grandpa|Mr. Yeung]], and [[Never Mess
** There is also Shirong, Shifu's father. He can still hold his own in a fight, from bumbling bandits to a spar with his ''kung fu master'' son, {{spoiler|as well as Tong Fo}}. He has his [[Glass Cannon|limits]], though.
* [[Bash Brothers]]: Particularly evident in "Chain Reaction", when Tigress and Po chase after Fung.
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* [[Breaking the Bonds]]: Po, in an awesome moment in "Monkey in the Middle".
* [[Brick Joke]]: At the end of "A Sticky Situation", Shifu mentions that they'll send Taotie the bill for the destruction of the training hall. Sure enough, upon Taotie's next appearance, he's seen receiving it.
** Another occurs at the end of "Jailhouse Panda": After going the whole episode knowing the Sacred Hammer of Lei Long can [[Earthquakes Cause Fissures|crack the ground]] and [[Terrain Sculpting|set off earthquakes]], and a hilarious [[Hot Potato]] battle to keep it from touching the ground, it's [[
* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: One of the croc bandits asks Fung if they have time for a bathroom break just before making their move. Once they attack and he's faced with an angry Tigress, he announces "I gotta pee again" and takes off.
* [[Bug Buzz]]: Mantis makes a sound akin to [[Chirping Crickets]] when he moves.
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** Also appears in "Rhino's Revenge", this time intentionally caused by Mantis.
** In the first movie's dream sequence, Po had spoken of the Dragon Warrior as being so awesome people would be blinded by his moves. The Golden Lotus Clap does exactly that to anyone who witnesses it performed and doesn't close their eyes. {{spoiler|Including the one who performs it.}}
* [[Can't Get Away
* [[Cardboard Prison]]: Chorh-Gom, it seems. Not only is Junjie somehow able to escape it off-screen in order to return {{spoiler|as Oogway's ghost}}, but Hundun is able to build prosthetic horns, including ''explosive ones'', [[MacGyvering|out of the things he can scrounge up]] or is outright given by his guards, and with them escape with ease. Apparently once [[Memetic Badass|Tai Lung]] escaped from it, Chorh-Gom just doesn't measure up any more.
** To be fair, he (Tai Lung) kinda wrecked the place when he broke out. Although no evidence of this is shown in the series...
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* [[Cats Are Snarkers]]: Tigress retains her [[Deadpan Snarker]] tendencies.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Fung the Crocodile Bandit has "looks like we're doing this the hard way!" At one point Tigress [[Lampshade Hanging|points out that he keeps saying it, which causes Fung to get all indignant.]]
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** He also has "darn it!" and throwing his hat.
** Po has "That... was... AWESOME!"
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** A particularly fun one in "My Favorite Yao" because it is played literally--Shifu and Po are sent hurtling off a cliff by Temutai and his men. After the return from commercials, they are still falling, they drop out of camera-view [[Gory Discretion Shot|to the sounds of screams and smashing]]...[[Subverted Trope|only to reveal]] they'd simply landed (mostly) safely in the bamboo.
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: As said by Tigress before she clawed out Crane's face in Fluttering Finger Mindslip. Could also be seen as [[Comically Missing the Point]].
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* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: The Furious Five themselves fall victim to this. Individually they do well in battle, but if all five of them attack the [[Villain of the Week]] at once, expect to see them defeated in rapid succession.
** Subverted in "My Favorite Yao": even though it is only Shifu and Po, the two most powerful masters at the Jade Palace, they can't succeed in stopping Temutai and his men from getting away with the captured Yao.
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: The grain mill in "Monkey in the Middle". Still looks pretty good, though.
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Tigress, hilariously, because she doesn't "trust anyone" and believes herself [[Properly Paranoid]]. Exemplified here:
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'''Monkey''': You don't trust anyone! You don't trust the mailman and he's been coming here for thirty years.
'''Tigress''': ''Planning'' something for thirty years. }}
* [[Counting to Three]]: Recurs through the series.
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** Tigress has her moments as well.
** Monkey gets a shot at this in "Sticky Situation."
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'''Monkey:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, that's why.]] }}
* [[Death
* [[Delusions of Eloquence]]: Shirong. Occasionally he manages to get the words right and thus speaks in [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]], but most of the time his words are completely made up.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Hundun, all the time.
** From "Sight for Sore Eyes":
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* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: [[Played for Laughs]] in "My Favorite Yao" when Temutai is taken by surprise by Shifu's [[Last Request]]...[[It Makes Sense in Context|to dance]].
* [[Disability Superpower]]: [[Parodied Trope|Parodied]]. Po, after being blinded by the Golden Lotus Clap, seems able to detect his opponent with [[The Nose Knows|supernatural senses]]--but it is because he'd previously eaten a garlic dish. {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gun|Which Po himself had delivered]].}}
* [[Disguised in Drag]]/[[Dressing
* [[A Dog Named "Dog"]]: The Furious Five all being named in this fashion gets [[Lampshaded]] in "Fluttering Finger Mindslip".
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'''Mantis:''' Oooh, what about Bunny...cup...hat? Does that mean anything? }}
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: In "Chain Reaction":
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'''Po:''' Heh..I don't think they'll like me.
'''Tigress:''' *dryly* That's okay, you'll never meet them.
'''Po:''' OH-HOH! You made a funny!
'''Tigress:''' *proud* That was funny, wasn't it? It has meaning on two levels: You can't meet them because they're an abstract idea and you WON'T because you're laz-
'''Po:''' *unamused* Yeah... okay, now you're just wrecking it.
'''Tigress:''' Right... }}
** Another, briefer example, in "Kung Fu Daycare": Shifu sends Crane and Viper to "search high and low" for Zan's parents.
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'''Viper''' ''(annoyed)'': Why do I always get low?
'''[[The Straight Man|Crane]]''': Well, because I can fly, and you-- }}
* [[Double Edged Answer]]: Shifu's enduring devotion to Oogway and his continued conflict over Po's laziness and tendency to shirk discipline cause one in "Ghost of Oogway".
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'''Po:''' Would talk to somebody like me?
'''Shifu:''' Yes! No! That is ... }}
** Shifu seems to wrestle with answers like these a lot when it comes to Po. Despite his respect for the Panda, he still harbors a little dubiosity about Po's worthiness and Ooogway having chosen him as Dragon Warrior.
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* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: The various names that Taotie gave the amnesia-ridden Furious Five. Whiskers Kitty-Poo, Noodle, Little Britches, etc.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Po must team up with the leader of the Croc Bandits to rescue his kidnapped brother. {{spoiler|Subverted when it turns out to have been a ruse to help Fung to kidnap and hold for ransom the son of [[The Mafia|a powerful family]]. [[Double Subverted]] when Fung's conscience causes him to go back for Po who had taken the rap for him.}}
* [[Enemy Without]]: "[[Exactly What It Says
* [[Energy Absorption]]: {{spoiler|The Mongolian Fire Fist Demon}}, which gets stronger ([[Miracle
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Master Junjie to Shifu, both as a kung-fu master and in design. Also, he's a fox, to Shifu's red panda - a species of animal sometimes referred to as a firefox.
* [[Evil Is Easy]]: Unlike Shifu, Fenghuang is extremely willing to leap right into teaching Po 'the good stuff', including the Seven Impossible Moves. She also showers him with praise and calls him a fast learner.
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* [[Expecting Someone Taller]]: Implied; in the 2D flashbacks of the Sacred Hammer, Po imagines Tong Fo as [[Giant Mook|a huge]] [[The Brute|and hulking warrior]], so that when he actually meets him he keeps looking around at empty eye level...until finally looking down.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: [[Inverted]]; when Po pretends to be Mantis's sidekick, his costume includes an eyepatch, making him clumsier.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]. When, after being told he was rejected by Shifu and the Jade Palace, Peng runs off declaring he will "show them all how strong he is", it looks like he's going to join Temutai and learn dark kung fu at his side. Instead...he challenges him to a [[Duel to
* [[Fake Defector]]: {{spoiler|Po in "Owl Be Back".}} And surprisingly effectively.
* [[Fake Weakness]]: {{spoiler|Quan the Unkillable's age--he's actually quite the [[Badass Grandpa]].}}
* [[Fan Boy]]: ''Shifu'' of all people, for Master Yao.
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* [[Fastball Special]]: Mantis gets tossed around like this occasionally, such as by Monkey during "Owl Be Back".
* [[Fetch Quest]]: Tigress comes down with a fever that requires a specific delicate flower to cure. Po and Monkey must seek it out.
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: However, Po is very familiar with all the trademark 'evil cliches' in "Owl Be Back", to the point where he rattles them off to Fenghuang and admires her finer 'evil' moments. Treads into [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] when he {{spoiler|appears to stab Shifu to death}}.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: When Po is trying to figure out why it is Chung Sung Jai Kai Chow wants the doll so badly.
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* [[Glamour]]: The shift stone, which allows you to change your appearance simply by concentrating ([[The Mirror Shows Your True Self|although you can still see how you really look in any reflection]]). Interestingly it doesn't seem to require maintaining concentration or even retaining possession of the stone (although the destruction of said stone then [[No Ontological Inertia|destroys all illusions made with it]]).
** {{spoiler|Junjie, then Shifu, disguised as Oogway's ghost.}}
* [[Go-Karting
* [[Gold Digger]]: Hao Ming, who only wants to marry Mantis for the prestige that comes with being the Dragon Warrior's wife.
* [[Gray Rain of Depression]]: While Bian Zao sits on the Jade Palace steps after his father is taken to Chorh-Gom.
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** Po: [[Lampshade Hanging|[The cage] still fits you after all these years. You've really kept your figure.]]
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: In "The Kung Fu Kid", Po's insecurities come to the forefront as he sees everyone being charmed by the younger and more talented Peng.
* [[Grievous Harm
** The real Po also uses her, in a cross with [[Improbable Weapon User]], when she poses as a parasol (with Crane's hat) in "Ladies of the Shade".
* [[Groin Attack]]: When Fung and his goons tie Tigress to a tree stump...she does THIS to show a lesson....multiple times.
** In "Ghost of Oogway", Po does it to himself with the Tri Bo Yao.
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* [[Guess Who I'm Marrying|Guess Who I'm Dating?]]: The plot of "Love Stings", in which Mr. Ping dates a "convicted villainous evil mastermind".
** "Uh uh ahhh. Never convicted"
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* [[Hostile Weather]]: The Canyon of the Shrieking Winds. Turns into [[Weather of War]] when [[Chekhov's Gun|Po makes use of it]] to {{spoiler|blow the parasol-carrying Ladies of the Shade away}}.
* [[Hot Potato]]: The [[Inverted Trope|reversed]] example, where Po, Tigress, Monkey, the Croc Bandits, and Tong Fo all fight over the Sacred Hammer--the villains to obtain it for themselves, the heroes to keep it from [[Terrain Sculpting|touching the ground]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: [[Zig
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In "Sight For Sore Eyes", Mr. Ping tells the pig lady to go easy on his son, and the lady agrees sympathetically....as soon as Po drops the dishes and she gives him the "No wonder you're not the Dragon Warrior anymore!" line.
* [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place]]: The Corridor of Unbelievable Agony.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Between Po and Monkey in "Scorpion's Sting."
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: Mei Li.
* [[I'm Taking Her Home
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* [[Idiot Hero]]: Po louses up a lot, but this can be seen as part of the [[Myth Arc]] of Po's [[Coming of Age]] through the series.
** Revealing to someone out for revenge against the Dragon Warrior your own weakness, ''and'' those of the Five, while also curing them of theirs, takes the cake, however...
* [[Idiosyncratic Wipes]]: "Ghost of Oogway": Po trudges away from the village. As he trudges, the scene dissolves around him and resolves as the Dragon Chamber of the Jade Palace.
* [[I Gave My Word]]: Adhered to to the point of [[Face Palm]] by Good!Po.
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: Hundun, after Po {{spoiler|saves his life from the falling statue}}. He then shoves Po out of the way {{spoiler|[[Hoist
* [[Imagine Spot]]: Bian Zao has a nightmarish one, imagining what will happen to his new friend Po if his father Taotie escapes prison to take revenge.
* [[Improbable Age]]: Fung's "little" cousin Lidong. Fung even lampshades it: "You grew up..."
* [[Indy Ploy]]: In "My Favorite Yao", Po's checklist of how he handles [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|screwing things up]] references his tendency to use this. He also actually does so when using wild, upbeat music and dancing to lure out [[Sense Freak|Master Yao]].
* [[Instant Expert]]: Po can learn kung fu moves after having seen them performed once (the Golden Lotus Clap, the various moves Fenghuang teaches him). Whether Po is really just this good, his constant study of all things kung fu enabled it, or it's a power the Dragon Scroll granted him [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|once he believed in himself]] isn't clear.
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** Oddly, he seems to have inherited this [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|somehow]] from Ping, since the latter manages to properly perform a complex and advanced kung fu move after seeing Shifu perform it once.
** Everyone seems to be an [[Instant Expert]] in the Kung Fu Panda-verse. The years of training that goes into learning secret Kung Fu techniques doesn't seem to be because the moves themselves are difficult to learn, but more that they learn to use them responsibly. (For example, the Fluttering Finger Mindslip.)
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** Po himself gets this when his using the Fluttering Finger Mindslip as a shortcut out of doing work and getting in trouble leads him to the Corridor of Unbelievable Agony (which he must go down ''[[Crosses the Line Twice|three times]]'') to find the cure for the Five. All because, [[Idiot Ball|again]], he tried to take a shortcut in reading the scroll detailing how to navigate the corridor. An [[Anvilicious]] aesop that, thankfully, seems to have mostly sunk in.
* [[Last Request]]:
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* [[Laughably Evil]]: One of the Croc Bandits just ''stands there watching'' when Po frees Tigress in "Chain Reaction".
** Lampshaded in "Kung Fu Daycare" when Po and Tigress manage to sneak up on the Croc Bandits while they're kidnapping Zan.
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'''Gah-ri''': I'm sorry, I just...couldn't find the words.
'''Fung''': How about... ''(screams)'' }}
** In "Kung Fu Daycare":
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'''Po''': Uh...should you have told us that?
''(Beat)''
'''Croc Bandit''': ...No. ''(runs at Po, who dodges so he runs right into one of his own men)'' }}
* [[Lemony Narrator]]: At the beginning of "Chain Reaction," Po attempts to narrate his underwhelming mission with Tigress, exaggerating everything (of couse). Needless to say, Tigress is not amused.
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** Hundun did a few of these too.
* [[Meaningful Echo]]:
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{{spoiler|'''Tai Lung''': Not your fault? Who filled my head with dreams?}} }}
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Hundun, who is named for the Chinese god of chaos. Subverted in that, while a credible threat after Po has trained him in kung fu, he is still fairly pathetic and certainly not an embodiment of chaos or evil. [[The Stinger]] implies, however, that he will be [[Not So Harmless|much more menacing and dangerous]] when he returns for his revenge.
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: [[What Could Have Been|The original characterization for Po]] as an annoying, arrogant [[Parody Sue]] has resurfaced as Evil!Po. And, unfortunately, some seems to be creeping into Po's regular characterization too. Possibly because the one who originally called for the change in Po's personality, [[Jack Black]], is not voicing him in the series.
* [[The Name Is Bond, James Bond]]: After Po accidentally mindwipes the Furious Five:
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'''Viper:''' [attacks] Take ''that'', Meepo. }}
* [[Nice Hat]]: The olive branch crowns, according to Po and Temutai.
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* [[No Escape but Down]]: Po and a disagreeable Tigress jump off a cliff, while HANDCUFFED, to escape Croc bandits.
* [[No Except Yes]]:
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'''Po:''' [shamefacedly] ...because you thought I'd mess it up.
'''Shifu:''' No. Well... yes. But I was wrong about you, Panda. }}
* [[No Flow in CGI]]: Fur, nor feathers are animated in this, though there is still Po's fat.
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** Possibly deliberately [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] in "Owl Be Back", when {{spoiler|[[Fake Defector]]}} Po has Shifu pinned by the Moon Pool in almost the exact same pose Tai Lung did when he was about to kill him.
** In "The Kung Fu Kid", Temutai [[Running Gag|has difficulty getting up all the steps to the Jade Palace]], and joins Po in gushing over the olive branch crowns they both wear for the peace ceremony. He also apologizes just as abashedly when their fight almost ruins the Peace Festival.
* [[Not So Harmless]]: Fung the Croc Bandit may be [[Surrounded
** Evil!Po is not only effective as a fighter because he has all of Po's skills and aggression but none of his clumsiness or silliness (he actually manages to [[Right Behind Me|sneak up on Shifu]]), but when he captures the red panda during said [[Eureka Moment|Eureka]]/[[Oh Crap]] moment, he is surprisingly chilling and menacing.
** In a more humorous sense, the villagers turn out to be this, to some degree, when they all {{spoiler|are taken into Shifu's confidence and}} attack Po on "Challenge Day" to try and become the Dragon Warrior.
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* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: Monkey, chowing down on noodles while he watches Po and the pig warriors trash the noodle shop.
* [[Played for Laughs]]: The supposed "signs" that Po is turning evil, since they are not only ridiculous, most of them are things he's always done.
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* [[Playing Against Type]]: In a meta sort of way--in the [[Eastern Zodiac|Chinese zodiac]], the pig is one of the humblest and kindest of animals, yet that is the species chosen for [[Royal Brat]] Mei Li. Of course by the end of the episode [[Defrosting Ice Queen|she gets better]] and ends up [[Subverted Trope|playing true to type]] after all.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: In "Jailhouse Panda," it is revealed that Tigress had a crush on Shifu (her ''adoptive father'') as a teenager.
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* [[Redundant Rescue]]: The rescue of Master Yao is this, since he could have rescued himself at any point (and in fact this is clear from the start once Shifu tells the story of just how much Yao knows of kung fu). It's even lampshaded when Shifu [[Hand Wave|Hand Waves]] Po's objection that Yao will be fine because he's a kung fu master "of the mind, not the body." {{spoiler|Except Yao is so powerful he can do physical moves with ''only'' his mind.}} That's okay though, because the whole point of the rescue was to teach Shifu a lesson about [[Like You Were Dying|how to live life to the fullest]]. And to have fun. (Yes, it manages to be a rare example of playing this trope straight and [[Played for Drama|dramatically]], while ''still'' being hilarious.)
* [[Remembered I Could Fly]]: Ping, ''literally'', when Hundun [[You Said You Would Let Them Go|drops him]].
* [[Retcon]]: Apparently despite what [[All There in the Manual|the Kung Fu Panda website and ''Art of Kung Fu Panda'' stated]], Chorh-Gom was no longer only Tai Lung's prison. This was never particularly believable to begin with (a massive fortress [[The Alcatraz|just for him]] was built in rapid time after the rampage?), and without any indication how much time has passed since the first movie (the second is implied to occur after quite a [[Time Skip]]) it is possible it could have been repaired and new/former prisoners brought there since his escape. But considering [[Voodoo Shark|the number of questions this raises]], viewers could be forgiven for having their [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] tested and it does seem to undermine the [[Rule of Cool]] a tad. Oh, and either there's an [[Clown Car Base|unlimited number]] [[Mook Maker|of rhino warriors]] out there to re-staff the prison, or despite the [[Family-Unfriendly Violence]] of the first film [[Never Say "Die"|none of the guards were killed]] during the escape.
** The episode "Rhino's Revenge" reveals that they re-opened the prison after Hundun was defeated and incarcerated there.
** It is, however, still a [[Retcon]] of events in the movie. Keeping [[Anachronic Order]] in mind does help, and it makes sense they'd need somewhere to put villains (though where were they put before Tai Lung's escape, then?), but...eh.
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** The apple scene from "Challenge Day."
** Tigress feeling the need to keep others at arms' length in the first movie has been amped into outright neurosis, played for laughs throughout the series. A few examples include confusing the simple act of being offered a towel by a spa employee as an attack, and having a thirty-year-long vendetta against the Jade Palace mailman...
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'''Tigress:''' ''Planning'' something for thirty years... }}
** And continues with her aversion to children. "A necessary step on the way to adulthood..."
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* [[Scooby Stack]]: "Jailhouse Panda": Po and the Croc Bandits do one as they try to escape prison.
* [[Sense Freak]]/[[Sensory Overload]]: In "My Favorite Yao", Master Yao after being let out of his box. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. (Actually, [[Actually Pretty Funny|it does]].)
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'''Yao''', ''[[Refuge in Audacity|sticking almost his whole body in a rhino's mouth]]'': Your breath, it is so foul and awful. ''(gags)'' I love it! }}
* [[She Fu]]: The female masters in the series, of course.
* [[Ship Sinking]]: "Ladies of the Shade" with Po being shamelessly shipped with Song. However, the [[Ti Po]] fanbase was left unfazed.
* [[Ship Tease]]: [[Ship Tease/Western Animation/Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness|Has its own page]]
** Turned on its head when Evil!Po openly (and [[Casanova Wannabe|rather disgustingly]]) flirts with Tigress.
** Also implied, however, between Po and Song of the Ladies of the Shade. It remains to be seen if she was merely a one-episode fling since she intends to be off running the troupe, if the writers will keep playing the tension back and forth between Song and Tigress, or if this is a whole different continuity than the movies.
** Let's not forget how Tigress fell asleep on Po, of course.
* [[Shipper
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'''Second:''' Is Po your boyfriend?
'''Tigress:''' [[He Is Not My Boyfriend|What? No!]] }}
* [[Shot in
* [[Shout-Out]]: In "Rhino's Revenge", Po states that Crane's weakness is to [[The Karate Kid|sweep the leg.]]
** In "Sight For Sore Eyes," Monkey fights a snow leopard and goes in a brief drunken-like swaying stance after making himself dizzy during a move (or simply goes into the stance intentionally, it certainly seems that way), in what is likely a reference to [[Drunken Master]] - given Monkey's voice actor in the movie (as well as his voice actor in the show, who has also played a character who, in understatement, [[Jackie Chan Adventures
* [[Shrine to Self]]: Junjie has one built when he replaces Shifu, commemorating his ([[Flash Back|mostly]]) [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|off-screen defeat]] of Shifu--several statues, a painting, a tapestry, [[Overly Long Gag|a teapot]]...
* [[Sick Episode]]: "Scorpion's Sting", oddly selected as the first episode aired.
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* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: Po uses his knowledge of Tigress and Monkey to prove to them who he is, after he's lost the shift stone and can't remove his [[Glamour]].
* [[Something Something Leonard Bernstein]]: Alluded to. The [[Theme Tune]] appears to be something Po came up with on his own and is kind of a work in progress. As a result, the last verse goes:
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''Protect the valley, something something something alive!'' }}
** Tigress' attempt at the 'Princess Ceremonial Dance Song'.
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** Of all things, Shifu and Po also have something in common: {{spoiler|a love of playing with famous kung fu warrior figures.}}
* [[Sue Donym]]: While it isn't based off his real name, the alias Po adopts while infiltrating the Ladies of the Shade is...particularly failworthy.
* [[Surrounded
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: In the episode "The Kung Fu Kid", Po and Shifu meet a young boy named Peng, who displays great kung fu skill and seems to be a prodigy at it, and they take him to the palace. Does anybody else think Peng [https://web.archive.org/web/20141025062349/http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/Rem_Rant/Peng.jpg looks a bit like another young kung fu prodigy we've already met?]
** It's not just the fact that Peng and Tai Lung look stunningly alike. The similarities throughout Peng's introduction episode are uncanny. A young snow leopard with great aptitude for kung fu (with Peng taking it further by having no formal training), with dreams of becoming the Dragon Warrior, who displays a nasty temper when he feels Shifu does not approve of him. Even during the three-way fight near the end of the episode, Peng attacks Po in the stomach, where his fat prevents any damage. And of course, Po trying to make Peng listen to reason at the end, and finally a difference comes in when Peng does calm down and listen to reason, unlike Tai Lung in the movie. What is oddest is that, other than a brief look of shock from Shifu when he first meets Peng and asks him his name (ironically calling him "son"), neither he nor Po bat an eye at his appearance or abilities. {{spoiler|Luckily instead of a [[Hand Wave]], [[Subverted Trope|the similarities are then explained]] when Peng says he wants to continue his journey of finding his Uncle Tai Lung.}}
*** Some of his moves during the fight with Temutai and Po are also rather familiar, such as when he scales the tent poles or is flung about into the walls. Also:
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* [[Synchronization]]: Po and his [[Evil Twin]] in "Bad Po". [[Hilarity Ensues]] when he uses it to literally beat himself up.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: How Bian Zao solves his [[Moral Dilemma]]--{{spoiler|he helps his dad...by making his machine malfunction "accidentally" and then helping him escape, so that Po will make it out unscathed.}}
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* [[Tech Fu]]: Taotie, who happens to be the [[Gadgeteer Genius]] of the series.
* [[Temporary Blindness]]: The Golden Lotus Clap's effect on any who don't close their eyes or look away.
* [[Ten
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Hao, Mantis' ex girlfriend, has long eyelashes, a bustline, spots of pink blush and lipstick. Mantis himself has a moustache.
** Fenghuang wears lipstick on her beak.
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* [[The Rest Shall Pass]]: Po when he tries to reconciliate his blunders....or when he's trying to attempt five pull-ups on a bamboo set. Once again, the keyword was 'attempt'.
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]:
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** And the Dragon Warrior challenge day episode, Po as he braces himself to have a chimney land on him to protect a rabbit child. "Oh, this is gonna sting."
* [[Toothy Bird]]: Or in this case, toothy bugs. Mantis and the other mantises all have teeth. Crane, however, does not.
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* [[Worf Had the Flu]]: Temutai attempts to justify his first loss to Po by claiming he had a head cold. [[Bad Liar|He bungles his Bluff roll]].
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Both Po and {{spoiler|Quan the Unkillable}} perform wrestling moves in "Has-Been Hero", including the [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Stone Cold Stunner]].
* [[You Go, Girl!]]: When the Croc bandit leader 'attempts' to interrogate Tigress. Keyword is ''attempts''.
* [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!]]: Basically most of Tigress' reactions to Po's blunders.
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