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Twenty years later, Shifu has allowed his pride and that failure to blind him to the potential of his other students, and prevents him from seriously considering that Po is the only hope of defeating Tai Lung. Meanwhile, Tai Lung has only gotten more full of himself while wasting away for twenty years, and when he finally confronts Shifu, he reveals that the motive behind everything he ever did [["Well Done, Son" Guy|was to make Shifu proud of him]]. Shifu declares that he was always proud of him, but that pride worked against him and kept him from seeing that he was setting Tai Lung up for disappointment. And once more, Tai Lung is too proud to accept this, and says he only wants the scroll. |
Twenty years later, Shifu has allowed his pride and that failure to blind him to the potential of his other students, and prevents him from seriously considering that Po is the only hope of defeating Tai Lung. Meanwhile, Tai Lung has only gotten more full of himself while wasting away for twenty years, and when he finally confronts Shifu, he reveals that the motive behind everything he ever did [["Well Done, Son" Guy|was to make Shifu proud of him]]. Shifu declares that he was always proud of him, but that pride worked against him and kept him from seeing that he was setting Tai Lung up for disappointment. And once more, Tai Lung is too proud to accept this, and says he only wants the scroll. |
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At the end, after getting thoroughly trounced by Po, he fails to understand the meaning of the Dragon Scroll that he had sought for so long, which is that you don't need to seek out some ultimate secret to reach your full potential: the power is already within you. His pride does not allow him to consider that he might have been wrong about everything, and he {{spoiler|dies... we think...}} refusing to accept that he had lost to, in his words, a "big, fat panda." |
At the end, after getting thoroughly trounced by Po, he fails to understand the meaning of the Dragon Scroll that he had sought for so long, which is that you don't need to seek out some ultimate secret to reach your full potential: the power is already within you. His pride does not allow him to consider that he might have been wrong about everything, and he {{spoiler|dies... we think...}} refusing to accept that he had lost to, in his words, a "big, fat panda." |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' has the main character with an obvious streak of pride coloring all his actions. He'd rather make and sell Meth than ask for or accept help for his family or condition. At one point it's revealed that his partner in grad school created a successful biotech company that his ideas helped create. Rather than accept a very large check that would have covered his bills and act as a late payment for his help with the company, he tears it up and goes back to making drugs to earn his own way. |
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' has the main character with an obvious streak of pride coloring all his actions. He'd rather make and sell Meth than ask for or accept help for his family or condition. At one point it's revealed that his partner in grad school created a successful biotech company that his ideas helped create. Rather than accept a very large check that would have covered his bills and act as a late payment for his help with the company, he tears it up and goes back to making drugs to earn his own way. |
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* The [[Our Elves Are Better|Minbari]] of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is [[Planet of Hats|an entire species of this]]. Same with the Centauri, who fuss over their glorious and long-be-gone past until their planet is reduced to rubble, the Narn, who fuss over their grudges with the Centauri and the need to take a rightful place in the galaxy until, you guessed it, their planet is reduced to rubble, Vorlons and the Shadows. The last two are worst (they incite genocidal wars and run species into extinction just to prove that their tutory strategy is the best one) and they are the ones that get away relatively easy. Huh. |
* The [[Our Elves Are Better|Minbari]] of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is [[Planet of Hats|an entire species of this]]. Same with the Centauri, who fuss over their glorious and long-be-gone past until their planet is reduced to rubble, the Narn, who fuss over their grudges with the Centauri and the need to take a rightful place in the galaxy until, you guessed it, their planet is reduced to rubble, Vorlons and the Shadows. The last two are worst (they incite genocidal wars and run species into extinction just to prove that their tutory strategy is the best one) and they are the ones that get away relatively easy. Huh. |
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Doctor can fall into this, given his [[Smug Super]] tendencies, and it's a notable part of the Tenth incarnation's personality. One of Ten's last appearances, in [[Doctor Who/Recap/ |
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Doctor can fall into this, given his [[Smug Super]] tendencies, and it's a notable part of the Tenth incarnation's personality. One of Ten's last appearances, in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E16 The Waters of Mars|The Waters of Mars]] has him basically go into [[A God Am I]] mode with massive hubris, but then end up as much more humble afterward after his arrogance is crushed. |
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== Music == |
== Music == |
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