Kung Fu Panda 2: Difference between revisions

 

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* [[Acrofatic]]: Po exemplifies this trope.

* [[Action Girl]]: Tigress and Viper.

* [[Actionized Sequel]]: While the orginal is an action movie, there is a LOT more here thanks to Po getting out of training.

* [[End of an Age]]: Averted in that {{spoiler|it seems like it is the end of kung fu as a relevant skill in battle with the advent of the cannon, but Po proves that wrong when he develops a kung fu [[Catch and Return]] technique that can stop cannoneers in their tracks.}}

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Out of all Shen's hostages, the Soothsayer is treated the least cruelly (though that's still not saying much), as she [[All There in the Manual|raised Shen when he was shunned by his family]].

* [[Everything's Worse with Wolves]]: Lord Shen's minions are ruthless wolf brigands.

* [[Evil Albino]]: Lord Shen. Remember, in Chinese culture, white is the color of ''death''.

** Po's dream about fighting alongside mighty warriors actually occurs in the end of the film.

*** Even [[Early-Bird Cameo|early bird cameos]] like Shen's symbol and the wolves that appeared previously in Po's dream appeared in the film. Po's memories may have been repressed but even little things like that still affected him.

* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Look closely in Mantis' cage when Po is holding it. {{spoiler|A couple of times he moves enough to cause "Mantis" inside to rock slightly but not move a muscle, making it clear that it is an inanimate object.}}

** When Po is running on the conveyor belt, the wok pan with Tai Lung's Face indented in it from the first movie goes over the side {{spoiler|right before Po himself falls and catches himself with the tuning fork}}

** Shen's talk about old and new has shades of [[Mao Zedong]]'s own beliefs, and was especially prominent during the [[Cultural Revolution]]. Yet, it appears to have been unnoticed by the Chinese censors.

* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: Part of Po and the Five's battling the wolf [[Mooks]] in the dragon costume involves hurling the last few victims (out the back end) into oncoming Mooks.

* [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]]: Po and Shen's first scene together.

'''Po:''' *[[Laugh with Me|also laughs]]* [[Lampshade Hanging|Why are we laughing?]] }}

* [[Happily Adopted]]: Po and his father both admit that Po is adopted at the beginning. {{spoiler|Po is okay with this by the end of the film.}}

* [[Tennis Boss]]: A rare non-video game example.

* [[Toilet Humour]]: While Po and the Five are wearing the dragon costume disguise, it appears to 'eat' a wolf (Po pulling the wolf inside through the dragon's mouth), digest him (the Furious Five beating him up), then excrete the remains (tossing him out the back), much to the disgust of a watching child.

* [[Totem Pole Trench]]: The aforementioned dragon costume.

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: More like T.V. spots always spoil, but one commercial showed {{spoiler|Po's father ''and'' the secret panda village at the end of the film.}}

 

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