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* CripplingOverspecialization: Tai Lung is a highly formidable and resourceful warrior who has mastered various kung fu styles and [[PressurePoint nerve attacks]], making him more than a match for his former mentor Shifu and the Furious Five, Shifu's later students who each use different styles. However, all of these skills ultimately turn out to be less effective against Po's unpredictable new kung fu style combined with the panda's physique and humorous resolution. More than anything, it's Tai Lung's inability to accept defeat or trying to change his brutal tactics that lead to his demise.
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Shifu raised Tai Lung as his adoptive son, believing the kung fu prodigy to be the destined Dragon Warrior. When Oogway denied the talented warrior the title due to lack of humility and wasn't defended by Shifu, Tai Lung snapped, [[{{Understatement}} to put it mildly]].
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* PressurePoint: "Shifu taught you well... but he didn't teach you ''everything''." However, when he tries to use it against Po, it doesn't work - while he is hitting in the right spots, Po... still isn't the best of shape, to put it politely, and that layer of cellulite protects him from Tai Lung's attack.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:The entirety of Shifu's support and how it ended to a complete stop is what drove him to an unstoppable sense of rage and disapproval that sent others who tried to stop him into their graves. This is also exactly why he hadn't figured out the [[IronicEcho Dragon scroll's greatest secret]].]]
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* {{Badass}}: Escaping from the prison built specifically to contain him, [[spoiler: using only a feather?]] Check. Destroying a thousand-strong army of ''rhinos'' in the process, as if it was nothing? Check. [[spoiler:Taking on the five most famous kung-fu masters at once? Check. Defeating their even more powerful mentor without taking a single hit in return?]] Check. There is little doubt that, had he only managed to overcome his inner flaws, he would have been either the most powerful kung fu master ever, or second only to Oogway.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Rejects both his former Master's apology, and the true message of the Dragon Scroll.
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* LightIsNotGood: He is a snow leopard with golden glowing eyes and the BigBad.
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* MillionToOneChance: With a dash of BecauseDestinySaysSo for flavor. That one feather Vachir knocked loose landed in ''just'' within Tai Lung's reach, providing him the exact tool he needed to escape.
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* BerserkButton: Shifu's mild FreakOut about Oogway's vision causes him to send a message to Chorh-Gom Prison with an order to double the guards, which infuriates Vachir and prompts him to make a demonstration of how effective the prison is and inadvertently providing Tai Lung with the means of escape.
* TheBully: He badgers Shifu's messenger and makes a point of tormenting Tai Lung to show how tough he is, implying in turn that he's actually ''quite'' afraid of [[TheDreaded the widdle kitty]].
* {{Irony}}: Vachir not only knocks the ill-fated feather free, providing Tai Lung with the key to his escape, the rhino also makes a point of stomping on the widdle kitty's tail, which is the one limb that was left unsealed.
* TheBully: He badgers Shifu's messenger and makes a point of tormenting Tai Lung to show how tough he is, implying in turn that he's actually ''quite'' afraid of [[TheDreaded the widdle kitty]].
* {{Irony}}: Vachir not only knocks the ill-fated feather free, providing Tai Lung with the key to his escape, the rhino also makes a point of stomping on the widdle kitty's tail, which is the one limb that was left unsealed.
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[[folder:Tai Lung]]
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-->"Fly back there and tell them... the ''real'' Dragon Warrior is coming home."
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[[spoiler: André Sogliuzzo (TV Series during Po's illusion)]]\\
Creator/MichelleRuff (as a baby)
The BigBad of the first film. One of Master Shifu's earlier students and adopted son, Tai Lung is an arrogant Snow Leopard who turned evil and went on a rampage. For that he was imprisoned for twenty years. It is the prophecy of his escape that sets the events of the series into motion, and his defeat at the hands of Po that affirms Po as the Dragon Warrior.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Entirely convinced that ''he'' is the destined Dragon Warrior.
* {{Badass}}: Escaping from the prison built specifically to contain him, [[spoiler: using only a feather?]] Check. Destroying a thousand-strong army of ''rhinos'' in the process, as if it was nothing? Check. [[spoiler:Taking on the five most famous kung-fu masters at once? Check. Defeating their even more powerful mentor without taking a single hit in return?]] Check. There is little doubt that, had he only managed to overcome his inner flaws, he would have been either the most powerful kung fu master ever, or second only to Oogway.
* BadassBaritone: As fit for his overall assertive deamanor.
* BadassBoast: "So that is his name. Po. At last, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!"
* BigBad: Of the first film.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Tigress' Abel, with Tigress being the foster sister.
* CatsAreMean: Aside from being the BigBad, he's also kind of a jerk in general. Look no further then his conversation with Tigress.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Gives Shifu one, saying "I rotted in jail for '''20 years''' because of '''your''' weakness!" Shifu [[spoiler:apologizes for his mistakes he made raising Tai Lung. Tai Lung declares that he doesn't give a damn and proceeds to [[KickTheDog strangle his former master]], claws raised.]]
* TheChosenWannabe: When he was denied the chance to be the Dragon Warrior, he decided to take the scroll.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: How his escape from his incarceration goes down. Justified by the fact that all those security measures were in place for a ''damn'' good reason.
* CurbStompBattle: He delivers quite a few during his time onscreen.
** The aforementioned prison escape features him serving one of these to a ''1000-strong army! Of '''rhinos!'''''
** His fight with Tigress starts off like this, but things even out once the other members of the Furious Five start to join in. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, towards the end of the fight, it loops right back around in his favor.]]
** Played brutally straight [[spoiler: during his battle with Master Shifu, who couldn't land a clean hit on him ''at any point during the fight!'']]
** Sadly for him, he was also on the receiving end of one of these [[spoiler: when he was younger, courtesy of Master Oogway.]]
** And even worse for him, he suffers another one [[spoiler: at the hands of Po near the end of the movie]]. From his point of view, it was pretty brutal. [[HumiliationConga And humiliating]].
* DoorstopBaby: His backstory. And unlike Po, this has yet to be explained and [[AbortedArc probably never will be]].
* DramaticIrony: Shifu talked about how Tai Lung would become strong enough one day to receive the Dragon Scroll, and Tai Lung trained hard to succeed and make him proud. This type of upbringing made him arrogant, prideful and power-hungry, precisely the character flaws that made him unsuitable to receive the scroll. [[spoiler:And then when he finally reads it and Po explains that there ''is'' no secret to ultimate power, you just need to believe in yourself, the deep inferiority complex Tai Lung has developed means he can't or won't accept that because he needs the scroll's "power" to get the validation of his skill that he craves]].
* TheDreaded: ''Everyone'' fears him. His master, the villagers, the main character... even Vachir loses his cocky bravado once it becomes clear that he's screwed.
* EtTuBrute: Tai Lung feels this way when [[spoiler:Shifu doesn't speak up after Oogway refuses to give him the dragon scroll.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:His arrogance prevents him from understanding that the secret to limitless power lies not within the Dragon Scroll, but within himself. WordOfGod says this is the only thing that prevents him from making a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* EvilCounterpart: Functions as this to both Po and Tigress.
** To Po -- Both are orphans whose life had something to do with kung fu and being the Dragon Warrior. Tai Lung was shown to be gifted at kung fu, but was not chosen as the Dragon Warrior and became the BigBad he is; Po had to work his way to being a kung fu master and was chosen as the Dragon Warrior. Also, while Po is a HumbleHero (bordering on HeroicSelfDeprecation), Tai Lung is an ArrogantKungFuGuy (which is his FatalFlaw).
** To Tigress -- Both do not know their real parents (the latter was raised in an OrphanageOfLove, the former was a DoorstopBaby), and [[WellDoneSonGuy just wanted their teacher's love]]. Like Tai Lung, Tigress believed that she would be chosen as the Dragon Warrior by Oogway, and resented Po for 'stealing her thunder'. Also, both are big [[CatsAreMean felines]] who suffer from {{Pride}} and [[BerserkButton a bad temper]]. Unlike Tai Lung, Tigress remained honorable by choosing to become an even better and more worthy warrior. This decision, combined with her defeat at the Thread of Hope, kept her from following the same path as him.
* EvilFormerFriend: To Shifu, his master.
* EvilIsHammy: He isn't a subtle character.
-->"Our battle WILL BE ''LEGENDARY!!'''"
* EvilPlan: Escape from prison and steal the Dragon Scroll to become the Dragon Warrior. All to prove to his mentor/adopted father that Oogway was wrong and should have supported him.
* FaceHeelTurn: In flashback.
* FallenHero: Used to be a great hero in the Valley. Then Oogway decided that he wasn't ''enough'' of a hero to deserve the Dragon Scroll and it all went downhill from there.
* FreudianExcuse: He turned evil not only because he was denied the Dragon Scroll, but also because Shifu did nothing about it despite the tremendous amount of support he gave before.
* TheGift: Though it's to his detriment. He has a severe [[ArrogantKungFuGuy ego problem]] that prevents him from being [[spoiler:truly receptive of the Dragon Scroll's wisdom]]. This is why Oogway refused to make him the Dragon Warrior. His response to this was less than cordial.
* HerosEvilPredecessor: Downplayed. Tai Lung is Master Shifu's former pupil and a talented kung fu fighter who trained since his early age, and Shifu thought he was certain to become the legendary Dragon Warrior. Master Oogway didn't agree, leading to Tai Lung rebelling against the masters and then getting imprisoned for his troubles. Some years later, our hero Po is made the Dragon Warrior and then he's informed that he's fated to defeat Tai Lung, the former candidate for the title.
* HumbleHero: Averted, his lack of humility is why Oogway deemed him not worthy to receive the Dragon Scroll.
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:Much of the final battle with Po.]]
* ImpactSilhouette: In his fight with Po when he crashes to Earth, he leaves a hole not just with an impression of his body, but his tail as well.
* IncendiaryExponent: He is so {{Badass}} he can set his paws on fire and not even get burned!
* IncompletelyTrained: In a different and worse way than Po.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Raised to believe he would be made the Dragon Warrior (his given name's [[BilingualBonus meaning in Mandarin]] makes it clear Shifu believed this as soon as he discovered what a ChildProdigy he was, and [[WordOfGod the director's commentary]] stated Shifu believed ''he'' would be the Dragon Warrior), he became arrogant, prideful, and convinced of his own heroism and perfection... but since [[CallingTheOldManOut "all I ever did, I did to make you proud!"]] it seems obvious that Tai Lung believed he needed the validation of the scroll to make himself have any worth, let alone to earn Shifu's love and pride. (The RealitySubtext of how orphans were treated in ancient China, and how important it was to know one's ancestry, should be kept in mind here.) This is made clearest of all when Po explains the meaning of the Dragon Scroll to him— not only is he unable to accept that the only real power comes from within (because he thinks he has no worth and thus needs outward validation), but when he first stares into the scroll to see only his reflection, he declares, [[RuleOfSymbolism "It's nothing!"]]
* InterspeciesAdoption: He was adopted by Shifu, a red panda.
* TheJuggernaut: 1000 rhino warriors don't get a hit on him, the Furious Five can't stop him & even ''Master Shifu'' is defeated by him. Po & Master Oogway seem to be the only characters who stand any sort of chance against him.
* KiAttacks: His signature nerve strike.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: According to ''Legends of Awesomeness'' Po's Wuxi Fingerhold did him in.]]
* LightningBruiser: He's big and muscular while also incredibly agile.
* MeaningfulName: His name (太龍, tàilóng) means "great dragon", which is everything but what he is (i.e., the Dragon Warrior). For a second meaning it addresses the expectations placed on him by Shifu.
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: He ''does'' eventually gets his paws on the Dragon Scroll... only it's metaphorical meaning is so lost on him that he gets no value out of it.
* OlderThanHeLooks: He's at least 10-15 years older than Po, but you couldn't tell just by looking.
* OneManArmy: He single-handedly defeats the 1000 strong army of rhino guards of Chorh-Gom prison with little effort.
* PantheraAwesome: Of the snow leopard variety.
* TheParalyzer: His nerve strike which he learned from the [[AwesomenessByAnalysis restraining shell that held him imprisoned]].
* PressurePoint: "Shifu taught you well... but he didn't teach you ''everything''." However, when he tries to use it against Po, it doesn't work - while he is hitting in the right spots, Po... still isn't the best of shape, to put it politely, and that layer of cellulite protects him from Tai Lung's attack.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: Shifu raised him with ideas of greatness but let him down when he was denied that greatness. He took out his rage on the village and later Shifu himself. Then his rage simmered for twenty years. '''"EVERYTHING I'VE DONE I DID TO MAKE YOU PROUD!"'''
* RedemptionRejection: "I don't want your ''apology''! I want the ''Scroll!''" Made worse by the fact that for a moment, just a moment, [[HopeSpot it looked like]] [[IgnoredEpiphany he was going to accept]].
** [[spoiler:Happens again near the end of his battle with Po, as Tai Lung finally gets his hand on the Dragon Scroll. With Tai Lung confused, Po calmly comforts him and tries to explain to him what the scroll was for and why it was never given to Tai Lung. Tai Lung won't have any of it and tries to attack Po again, with Po implementing the Wuxi Finger Hold.]]
* TheResenter: Deeply resents Shifu, and to a lesser extent, Oogway, for denying him the Dragon Scroll.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He was this when he was young, believe it or not.
* RunningOnAllFours: Like Tigress, he seems to do this by default.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: A variant - he gives a deeply undignified startled-kitten squeak when Po tricks him into biting his own tail. (In his defense, cats have bones in their tails--such a bite would ''hurt''.)
* SealedEvilInACan: Chorh-Gom Prison exists for the sole purpose of keeping Tai Lung, and ''only'' Tai Lung, locked up. The one thing that keeps him immobilized is a turtle shell-shaped harness with acupuncture needles in his back... and the only thing he needed to escape from [[TheAlcatraz the prison carved out of a mountain that goes down for miles and is guarded by a thousand rhinoceri]] is a ''single feather''.
** SealedBadassInACan: As he proves immediately afterwards.
* ShadowArchetype: He represents what Po could have been with a bad teacher. Notice one of his first lines (see LargeHam) is similar, if less funny, to Po's first line. Also both of them are incurable show-offs, even when the situation calls for dead seriousness. When Tai Lung appeared before Shifu out of nowhere before their confrontation he was hiding at a distance for some time and waited for Shifu to blink, so that his entrance could be appropriately dramatic (as explained in DVD commentary).
* SlouchOfVillainy: When Tai Lung encounters the Furious Five while heading into the village, the first thing he does on the broken bridge is use it like a lounge chair while taunting them.
* StarterVillain: He's the first villain Po faces and it's not until he defeats him that he truly earns his title as the Dragon Warrior.
* StartOfDarkness: His rise and fall is told by Tigress.
* SteppingStonesInTheSky: His prison break.
* SuperStrength: Having a giant boulder hanging on a chain from each paw was not enough to restrain him, he sends rhinos flying like rag dolls and tears a piece of stone bigger than himself from the temple's stairway to hurl it at Shifu; he distinguishes himself even in the world where unnatural strength automatically comes with kung fu mastery.
* TigerVersusDragon: The Tiger to Po's Dragon.
* TragicVillain: Tai Lung could have been a great hero if Shifu could have helped curb his monstrous ego and emotional insecurities, or if he had the strength of character to feel secure within his limits to do it himself.
* TrashTalk: Tai Lung's pre-battle banter with Tigress is such a masterpiece of condescension that he seems to be taunting her on purpose. Against Po he just voices his arrogance... and that piece of TrashTalk sounds much lamer. Part of it seems to be his disbelief that it was a ''panda'' of all creatures that achieved his lifelong dream, rather than one of the more well-known/stronger races, like a tiger or an ox.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Part of what makes him UnintentionallySympathetic.
* VillainousBreakdown: Really starts to lose his cool during his fight with Po, but ''especially'' after he finally [[spoiler: reads the Dragon Scroll]].
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Never wears a shirt, much to the delight of his fangirls.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Played for pathos.
--> '''Tai Lung:''' All I ever did, I did to make you proud! Tell me how ''proud'' you are, Shifu! Tell me! '''Tell me!'''
* WrongGenreSavvy: He seems to think he's TheHero of the story. Supported by the fact that WordOfGod says that in the film, [[ColorMotif the color gold represents glory and heroism]], and given that he has gold eyes... Tai Lung's scenes are framed as episodes of a stereotypical action HerosJourney. He gets betrayed and defeated by enemies in the past, then he breaks out of the predicament they put him in. He overcomes obstacles and beats up a whole lot of {{Mook}}s led by TheBrute; then he beats up a QuirkyMinibossSquad led by his counterpart/ShadowArchetype by revealing an EleventhHourSuperpower he developed after his initial defeat; then he beats up the BigBad, who was responsible for the things that happened to him at the beginning; then the DragonAscendant powered by an ArtifactOfDoom is revealed as the TrueFinalBoss... Then his story crumbles around him, primarily because he does not have what it takes to be TheHero.
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-->"You doubt my prison's security?"
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* AssholeVictim: He's pointlessly cruel towards his sole prisoner.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: You know, it's never a good idea to pat the back of a goose and not realize that feathers can make ''really good lockpicks''.
* NonMammalMammaries: A rare male example: he is a rhinoceros with visible nipples on his bare chest.
* OhCrap: His last word, when Tai-Lung flings a string of dynamite at him.
-->'''Zeng:''' Can we run now?
-->'''Vachir:'''*Whimpering* Yes.
* RhinoRampage: Inverted. Tai Lung is the one doing the rampaging.
* ScaryBlackMan: Sort of. He is a ''White'' Rhino but his VA sounds the part.
* SmugSnake: Constantly brags how escape-proof Chorh-Gom prison is, not realizing that the restraining shell is the main, if not the only thing that keeps Tai Lung there... and indirectly provides Tai Lung means to escape.
* TemptingFate: Yup, taunting [[SealedEvilInACan Tai Lung]] about someone else becoming the [[TheChosenOne Dragon Warrior]] won't have ''any'' consequences at all. Now, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge how did that go again?...]]
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!First Movie Characters
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[[folder:Tai Lung]]
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tai_Lung_2_4240.png
-->"Fly back there and tell them... the ''real'' Dragon Warrior is coming home."
->'''Voiced by:'''\\
Creator/IanMcShane\\
[[spoiler: André Sogliuzzo (TV Series during Po's illusion)]]\\
Creator/MichelleRuff (as a baby)
The BigBad of the first film. One of Master Shifu's earlier students and adopted son, Tai Lung is an arrogant Snow Leopard who turned evil and went on a rampage. For that he was imprisoned for twenty years. It is the prophecy of his escape that sets the events of the series into motion, and his defeat at the hands of Po that affirms Po as the Dragon Warrior.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Entirely convinced that ''he'' is the destined Dragon Warrior.
* {{Badass}}: Escaping from the prison built specifically to contain him, [[spoiler: using only a feather?]] Check. Destroying a thousand-strong army of ''rhinos'' in the process, as if it was nothing? Check. [[spoiler:Taking on the five most famous kung-fu masters at once? Check. Defeating their even more powerful mentor without taking a single hit in return?]] Check. There is little doubt that, had he only managed to overcome his inner flaws, he would have been either the most powerful kung fu master ever, or second only to Oogway.
* BadassBaritone: As fit for his overall assertive deamanor.
* BadassBoast: "So that is his name. Po. At last, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!"
* BigBad: Of the first film.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Tigress' Abel, with Tigress being the foster sister.
* CatsAreMean: Aside from being the BigBad, he's also kind of a jerk in general. Look no further then his conversation with Tigress.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Gives Shifu one, saying "I rotted in jail for '''20 years''' because of '''your''' weakness!" Shifu [[spoiler:apologizes for his mistakes he made raising Tai Lung. Tai Lung declares that he doesn't give a damn and proceeds to [[KickTheDog strangle his former master]], claws raised.]]
* TheChosenWannabe: When he was denied the chance to be the Dragon Warrior, he decided to take the scroll.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: How his escape from his incarceration goes down. Justified by the fact that all those security measures were in place for a ''damn'' good reason.
* CurbStompBattle: He delivers quite a few during his time onscreen.
** The aforementioned prison escape features him serving one of these to a ''1000-strong army! Of '''rhinos!'''''
** His fight with Tigress starts off like this, but things even out once the other members of the Furious Five start to join in. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, towards the end of the fight, it loops right back around in his favor.]]
** Played brutally straight [[spoiler: during his battle with Master Shifu, who couldn't land a clean hit on him ''at any point during the fight!'']]
** Sadly for him, he was also on the receiving end of one of these [[spoiler: when he was younger, courtesy of Master Oogway.]]
** And even worse for him, he suffers another one [[spoiler: at the hands of Po near the end of the movie]]. From his point of view, it was pretty brutal. [[HumiliationConga And humiliating]].
* DoorstopBaby: His backstory. And unlike Po, this has yet to be explained and [[AbortedArc probably never will be]].
* DramaticIrony: Shifu talked about how Tai Lung would become strong enough one day to receive the Dragon Scroll, and Tai Lung trained hard to succeed and make him proud. This type of upbringing made him arrogant, prideful and power-hungry, precisely the character flaws that made him unsuitable to receive the scroll. [[spoiler:And then when he finally reads it and Po explains that there ''is'' no secret to ultimate power, you just need to believe in yourself, the deep inferiority complex Tai Lung has developed means he can't or won't accept that because he needs the scroll's "power" to get the validation of his skill that he craves]].
* TheDreaded: ''Everyone'' fears him. His master, the villagers, the main character... even Vachir loses his cocky bravado once it becomes clear that he's screwed.
* EtTuBrute: Tai Lung feels this way when [[spoiler:Shifu doesn't speak up after Oogway refuses to give him the dragon scroll.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:His arrogance prevents him from understanding that the secret to limitless power lies not within the Dragon Scroll, but within himself. WordOfGod says this is the only thing that prevents him from making a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* EvilCounterpart: Functions as this to both Po and Tigress.
** To Po -- Both are orphans whose life had something to do with kung fu and being the Dragon Warrior. Tai Lung was shown to be gifted at kung fu, but was not chosen as the Dragon Warrior and became the BigBad he is; Po had to work his way to being a kung fu master and was chosen as the Dragon Warrior. Also, while Po is a HumbleHero (bordering on HeroicSelfDeprecation), Tai Lung is an ArrogantKungFuGuy (which is his FatalFlaw).
** To Tigress -- Both do not know their real parents (the latter was raised in an OrphanageOfLove, the former was a DoorstopBaby), and [[WellDoneSonGuy just wanted their teacher's love]]. Like Tai Lung, Tigress believed that she would be chosen as the Dragon Warrior by Oogway, and resented Po for 'stealing her thunder'. Also, both are big [[CatsAreMean felines]] who suffer from {{Pride}} and [[BerserkButton a bad temper]]. Unlike Tai Lung, Tigress remained honorable by choosing to become an even better and more worthy warrior. This decision, combined with her defeat at the Thread of Hope, kept her from following the same path as him.
* EvilFormerFriend: To Shifu, his master.
* EvilIsHammy: He isn't a subtle character.
-->"Our battle WILL BE ''LEGENDARY!!'''"
* EvilPlan: Escape from prison and steal the Dragon Scroll to become the Dragon Warrior. All to prove to his mentor/adopted father that Oogway was wrong and should have supported him.
* FaceHeelTurn: In flashback.
* FallenHero: Used to be a great hero in the Valley. Then Oogway decided that he wasn't ''enough'' of a hero to deserve the Dragon Scroll and it all went downhill from there.
* FreudianExcuse: He turned evil not only because he was denied the Dragon Scroll, but also because Shifu did nothing about it despite the tremendous amount of support he gave before.
* TheGift: Though it's to his detriment. He has a severe [[ArrogantKungFuGuy ego problem]] that prevents him from being [[spoiler:truly receptive of the Dragon Scroll's wisdom]]. This is why Oogway refused to make him the Dragon Warrior. His response to this was less than cordial.
* HerosEvilPredecessor: Downplayed. Tai Lung is Master Shifu's former pupil and a talented kung fu fighter who trained since his early age, and Shifu thought he was certain to become the legendary Dragon Warrior. Master Oogway didn't agree, leading to Tai Lung rebelling against the masters and then getting imprisoned for his troubles. Some years later, our hero Po is made the Dragon Warrior and then he's informed that he's fated to defeat Tai Lung, the former candidate for the title.
* HumbleHero: Averted, his lack of humility is why Oogway deemed him not worthy to receive the Dragon Scroll.
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:Much of the final battle with Po.]]
* ImpactSilhouette: In his fight with Po when he crashes to Earth, he leaves a hole not just with an impression of his body, but his tail as well.
* IncendiaryExponent: He is so {{Badass}} he can set his paws on fire and not even get burned!
* IncompletelyTrained: In a different and worse way than Po.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Raised to believe he would be made the Dragon Warrior (his given name's [[BilingualBonus meaning in Mandarin]] makes it clear Shifu believed this as soon as he discovered what a ChildProdigy he was, and [[WordOfGod the director's commentary]] stated Shifu believed ''he'' would be the Dragon Warrior), he became arrogant, prideful, and convinced of his own heroism and perfection... but since [[CallingTheOldManOut "all I ever did, I did to make you proud!"]] it seems obvious that Tai Lung believed he needed the validation of the scroll to make himself have any worth, let alone to earn Shifu's love and pride. (The RealitySubtext of how orphans were treated in ancient China, and how important it was to know one's ancestry, should be kept in mind here.) This is made clearest of all when Po explains the meaning of the Dragon Scroll to him— not only is he unable to accept that the only real power comes from within (because he thinks he has no worth and thus needs outward validation), but when he first stares into the scroll to see only his reflection, he declares, [[RuleOfSymbolism "It's nothing!"]]
* InterspeciesAdoption: He was adopted by Shifu, a red panda.
* TheJuggernaut: 1000 rhino warriors don't get a hit on him, the Furious Five can't stop him & even ''Master Shifu'' is defeated by him. Po & Master Oogway seem to be the only characters who stand any sort of chance against him.
* KiAttacks: His signature nerve strike.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: According to ''Legends of Awesomeness'' Po's Wuxi Fingerhold did him in.]]
* LightningBruiser: He's big and muscular while also incredibly agile.
* MeaningfulName: His name (太龍, tàilóng) means "great dragon", which is everything but what he is (i.e., the Dragon Warrior). For a second meaning it addresses the expectations placed on him by Shifu.
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: He ''does'' eventually gets his paws on the Dragon Scroll... only it's metaphorical meaning is so lost on him that he gets no value out of it.
* OlderThanHeLooks: He's at least 10-15 years older than Po, but you couldn't tell just by looking.
* OneManArmy: He single-handedly defeats the 1000 strong army of rhino guards of Chorh-Gom prison with little effort.
* PantheraAwesome: Of the snow leopard variety.
* TheParalyzer: His nerve strike which he learned from the [[AwesomenessByAnalysis restraining shell that held him imprisoned]].
* PressurePoint: "Shifu taught you well... but he didn't teach you ''everything''." However, when he tries to use it against Po, it doesn't work - while he is hitting in the right spots, Po... still isn't the best of shape, to put it politely, and that layer of cellulite protects him from Tai Lung's attack.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: Shifu raised him with ideas of greatness but let him down when he was denied that greatness. He took out his rage on the village and later Shifu himself. Then his rage simmered for twenty years. '''"EVERYTHING I'VE DONE I DID TO MAKE YOU PROUD!"'''
* RedemptionRejection: "I don't want your ''apology''! I want the ''Scroll!''" Made worse by the fact that for a moment, just a moment, [[HopeSpot it looked like]] [[IgnoredEpiphany he was going to accept]].
** [[spoiler:Happens again near the end of his battle with Po, as Tai Lung finally gets his hand on the Dragon Scroll. With Tai Lung confused, Po calmly comforts him and tries to explain to him what the scroll was for and why it was never given to Tai Lung. Tai Lung won't have any of it and tries to attack Po again, with Po implementing the Wuxi Finger Hold.]]
* TheResenter: Deeply resents Shifu, and to a lesser extent, Oogway, for denying him the Dragon Scroll.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He was this when he was young, believe it or not.
* RunningOnAllFours: Like Tigress, he seems to do this by default.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: A variant - he gives a deeply undignified startled-kitten squeak when Po tricks him into biting his own tail. (In his defense, cats have bones in their tails--such a bite would ''hurt''.)
* SealedEvilInACan: Chorh-Gom Prison exists for the sole purpose of keeping Tai Lung, and ''only'' Tai Lung, locked up. The one thing that keeps him immobilized is a turtle shell-shaped harness with acupuncture needles in his back... and the only thing he needed to escape from [[TheAlcatraz the prison carved out of a mountain that goes down for miles and is guarded by a thousand rhinoceri]] is a ''single feather''.
** SealedBadassInACan: As he proves immediately afterwards.
* ShadowArchetype: He represents what Po could have been with a bad teacher. Notice one of his first lines (see LargeHam) is similar, if less funny, to Po's first line. Also both of them are incurable show-offs, even when the situation calls for dead seriousness. When Tai Lung appeared before Shifu out of nowhere before their confrontation he was hiding at a distance for some time and waited for Shifu to blink, so that his entrance could be appropriately dramatic (as explained in DVD commentary).
* SlouchOfVillainy: When Tai Lung encounters the Furious Five while heading into the village, the first thing he does on the broken bridge is use it like a lounge chair while taunting them.
* StarterVillain: He's the first villain Po faces and it's not until he defeats him that he truly earns his title as the Dragon Warrior.
* StartOfDarkness: His rise and fall is told by Tigress.
* SteppingStonesInTheSky: His prison break.
* SuperStrength: Having a giant boulder hanging on a chain from each paw was not enough to restrain him, he sends rhinos flying like rag dolls and tears a piece of stone bigger than himself from the temple's stairway to hurl it at Shifu; he distinguishes himself even in the world where unnatural strength automatically comes with kung fu mastery.
* TigerVersusDragon: The Tiger to Po's Dragon.
* TragicVillain: Tai Lung could have been a great hero if Shifu could have helped curb his monstrous ego and emotional insecurities, or if he had the strength of character to feel secure within his limits to do it himself.
* TrashTalk: Tai Lung's pre-battle banter with Tigress is such a masterpiece of condescension that he seems to be taunting her on purpose. Against Po he just voices his arrogance... and that piece of TrashTalk sounds much lamer. Part of it seems to be his disbelief that it was a ''panda'' of all creatures that achieved his lifelong dream, rather than one of the more well-known/stronger races, like a tiger or an ox.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Part of what makes him UnintentionallySympathetic.
* VillainousBreakdown: Really starts to lose his cool during his fight with Po, but ''especially'' after he finally [[spoiler: reads the Dragon Scroll]].
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Never wears a shirt, much to the delight of his fangirls.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Played for pathos.
--> '''Tai Lung:''' All I ever did, I did to make you proud! Tell me how ''proud'' you are, Shifu! Tell me! '''Tell me!'''
* WrongGenreSavvy: He seems to think he's TheHero of the story. Supported by the fact that WordOfGod says that in the film, [[ColorMotif the color gold represents glory and heroism]], and given that he has gold eyes... Tai Lung's scenes are framed as episodes of a stereotypical action HerosJourney. He gets betrayed and defeated by enemies in the past, then he breaks out of the predicament they put him in. He overcomes obstacles and beats up a whole lot of {{Mook}}s led by TheBrute; then he beats up a QuirkyMinibossSquad led by his counterpart/ShadowArchetype by revealing an EleventhHourSuperpower he developed after his initial defeat; then he beats up the BigBad, who was responsible for the things that happened to him at the beginning; then the DragonAscendant powered by an ArtifactOfDoom is revealed as the TrueFinalBoss... Then his story crumbles around him, primarily because he does not have what it takes to be TheHero.
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[[folder:Commander Vachir]]
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Vachir_2_8787.png
-->"You doubt my prison's security?"
->'''Voiced by:'''\\
Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan
The head of security at Chorh-Gom Prison, where Tai Lung was held for twenty years.
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* AssholeVictim: He's pointlessly cruel towards his sole prisoner.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: You know, it's never a good idea to pat the back of a goose and not realize that feathers can make ''really good lockpicks''.
* NonMammalMammaries: A rare male example: he is a rhinoceros with visible nipples on his bare chest.
* OhCrap: His last word, when Tai-Lung flings a string of dynamite at him.
-->'''Zeng:''' Can we run now?
-->'''Vachir:'''*Whimpering* Yes.
* RhinoRampage: Inverted. Tai Lung is the one doing the rampaging.
* ScaryBlackMan: Sort of. He is a ''White'' Rhino but his VA sounds the part.
* SmugSnake: Constantly brags how escape-proof Chorh-Gom prison is, not realizing that the restraining shell is the main, if not the only thing that keeps Tai Lung there... and indirectly provides Tai Lung means to escape.
* TemptingFate: Yup, taunting [[SealedEvilInACan Tai Lung]] about someone else becoming the [[TheChosenOne Dragon Warrior]] won't have ''any'' consequences at all. Now, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge how did that go again?...]]
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