History Fridge / KungFuPanda

** On that note, perhaps Tai Lung could be associated with the White Tiger, which is associated with autumn and metal. Tai Lung certainly has some [[ElementalPowers personality traits]] associated with metal; he's ridiculously strong in both offense and defense, his major concern is perfecting his craftsmanship of Kung Fu by learning all of it, and his mindset is rigid and inflexible, to the point that he's not truly able to understand the Dragon Scroll. And, of course, his physical appearance somewhat matches the White Tiger. Hopefully this is a delibrate pattern on the part of the writers...because that would be ''cool.''

** Most likely, kung fu masters can heal faster than ordinary beings, by directing their chi (also explains why medicine in KFP verse seemingly mostly boils down to acupuncture, i.e., chi manipulation). Once Crane had time to catch his breath, he was able to recover.

** Crane's left wing was indeed injured while Shen was firing cannon balls at the tower. Crane even says it himself, and it looks pretty messed up, but I don't think it was broken.

** When did anyone say it was broken? He probably just strained or sprained it. Plus, we have no idea how long Po was out. Those two facts put together leads me to believe that Crane injured his wing in some way, and it healed off screen before the big confrontation.

** I always wonder why people believe that the reason for Tai Lung's breakdown was Shifu being too lenient to him. Just because Master Tigress thinks that Tai Lung got love and affection that was denied her (because Shifu apparently thought that his - genuine - parental love needs not to be actually, you know, expressed)? Heh. See what Tai Lung's name means in the first place and think about what Shifu actually meant when he named his adopted son thusly. See how badly Shifu treats every pupil who disappoints him (which is obviously easy). Look at Shifu seeing his own reflection on the sword after Tai Lung's "Not your fault?!?" speech. No, Tai Lung's chief problem was not being spoiled (although he indeed learned all too well that a person's worth is measured by his/her kung fu skills, leaving him with a massive sense of entitlement once he felt that his kung fu is the best ever). Tai Lung' chief problem was that he was raised with the explicit purpose of becoming the Dragon Warrior his entire life and felt that his father's love and approval are entirely hinged on his success in that (and as far as we can tell Shifu didn't bother to reassure him otherwise after Ooogway denied him the Dragon Scroll).

** I always wonder why people believe that the reason for Tai Lung's breakdown was Shifu being too lenient to him. Just because Master Tigress thinks that Tai Lung got love and affection that was denied her (because Shifu apparently thought that his - genuine - parental love needs not to be actually, you know, expressed)? Heh. See what Tai Lung's name means in the first place and think about what Shifu actually meant when he named his adopted son thusly. See how badly Shifu treats every pupil who disappoint him (which is very easy). Look at Shifu seeing his own reflection on the sword after Tai Lung's "Not your fault?!?" speech. No, Tai Lung's chief problem was not being spoiled (although he indeed learned all too well that a person's worth is measured by his/her kung fu skills, leaving him with a massive sense of entitlement once he felt that his kung fu is the best ever). Tai Lung' chief problem was that he was raised with the explicit purpose of becoming the Dragon Warrior his entire life and felt that his father love and approval are entirely hinged on his success in that (and as far as we can tell Shifu didn't bother to reassure him otherwise after Ooogway denied him the Dragon Scroll).

-->Wings of Justice!!!

* I was always upsettened by Tai Lung's flat-out willingness to kill Shifu, his own father who had loved him, just because he couldn't give him the Dragon Scroll. Not much of a motive to kill your father, right? But then, realizing another scene where Tigress says that Oogway refused him the scroll because he saw darkness in his heart. If that's what Oogway had said to Shifu, I can't imagine how any kid would feel after his own father would believe something like that just because the [[OldMaster Wise Mentor]] said it. Which could have been the reason Tai Lung never forgave Shifu, even after Shifu had said how proud he was of him during their showdown. He turned to evil because he was upset that his father quickly believed that he could be evil. It's an interesting paradox. - {{Aurum-Femina}}

** The film, though it did not flat out say it, heavily implied that tigress was adopted in the same was Tai-Lung was. The fact that she said "or since" imediately before showing her training with him; the many similarities between her brief training scene and Tai-Lung's (other than, obviously, Shifu's reaction); the fact that she was so young and being trained; and, most of all, the look on Tigress' face after Shifu corrects her. All of these things made this troper assume that Shifu had adopted Tigress.

** And as for ''why'' he would do this after Tai Long has be imprisoned for 20 years? Simple. He knew he was dying soon. He couldn't leave his successor as an emotional wreck. Shifu may have been a great teacher of Kung Fu, but was hardly the serene mentor and philospoher that Oogway was. Their differences in worldview become quite clear during the conversation by the peach tree. Oogway's time was up, so he set this chain of events into motion to make sure that the wisdom of Kung Fu would survive after was gone, not simply the techniques.

* While probably not intentional, Lord Shen's [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience colour motiff]] marks well his status as a villain in an eastern asian setting, as well as firmly a LightIsNotGood character. White is the colour of death, which fits closely with his health issues, while red is associted with both blood (obviously), but also with the [[TheFourGods Vermillion Bird]], who associated with fire and positive emotions (all he wants is the attention he never got from his negletful family, hence love).

* In the sequal, what happened to Crane's broken wing? One scene he's forced to run, the next scene he's flying fine, and the next scene, well,

--Wings of Justice!!!

* I've been mulling this over for a bit, and I think Lord Shen defeated himself. Think about it: the soothsayer said someone who was "black and white" would defeat him. Lord Shen killed the pandas, which caused Po to be raised near the Jade Palace, which caused him to become the dragon warrior, which caused him to be able to stop Lord Shen, AND Lord Shen was eventually killed by his own cannon. Note that Lord Shen's main colors are WHITE, red, and BLACK. I really hope the creators meant to do this...

* I've been mulling this over for a bit, and I think Lord Shen defeated himself. Think about it: the soothsayer said someone who was "black and white" would defeat him, he killed the pandas, which caused Po to be raised near the Jade Palace, which caused him to become the dragon warrior, which caused him to be able to stop Lord Shen, AND Lord Shen was eventually killed by his own cannon. Note that Lord Shen's main colors are WHITE, red, and BLACK. I really hope the creators meant to do this...

* While probably not intentional, Lord Shen's [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience colour motiff]] marks well his status as a villain in an eastern asian setting, as well as firmly a LightIsNotGood character. White is the colour of death, which fits closely with his health issues, while red is associted with both blood (obviously), but also with the [[TheFourGods Vermillion Bird]], who associated with fire and positive emotions (all he wants is the attention he never got from his negletful family, hence love).

** The film, though it did not flat out say it, heavily implied that tigress was adopted in the same was Tai-Lung was. The fact that she said "or since" imediately before showing her training with him; the many similarities between her brief training scene and Tai-Lung's (other than, obviously, Shifu's reaction); the fact that she was so young and being trained. All of these things made this troper assume that Shifu had adopted Tigress.

** ... it was because Po, unlike Tai Lung, could interpret the scroll and come to terms with it. Now, take into account Tigress as well. The three of them - Tai Lung, Po, and Tigress - are Shifu's most notable students. More significantly, however, they work as a real Power Trio: Tai Lung is superego, Tigress is id, and Po is ego. Which ties in brilliantly to the old East Asian - and the film's - theme of balance. The rest of the explanation should be obvious now.

* I just realised, Oogway never said there was 'evil' in Tai Lung, just 'darkness'. 'Darkness' like his arrogance and over confidence that generally made him act like a {{jerkass}}. Now imagine someone like that with the power of the Dragon Scroll (although, as pointed out above, several times, he wouldn't understand it). Tai Lung was the one who turned his inner darkness into straight evil.

* I just realized something about the movie even though its been out for years. The reason why Oogway refuses Tai Lung wasn't just because he sensed Tai Lung had darkness inside of him, its because he wouldn't of understood what it meant. Tai Lung raged to Shifu about his training about how he worked until his bones broke to make him proud. That means that his entire life he worked hard just so his father figure would be proud of him. He couldn't of understood the scroll that's measage is that its okay to be yourself if he lived his life for another person.

* I took my kids to see ''Kung Fu Panda'', and thought it was okay for a hokey kids comedy featuring funny animals. On the way home I suddenly realized that with the exception of Master Oogway and Master Sifu, all the fighters were using their namesake animal styles of kung fu. Tigress was using tiger style, Crane was using crane style, and so on. Even the villain Tai Lung (a snow leopard) was using leopard style and the hero Po (the titular KungFuPanda) was using bear style. It was then I realized I had just watched [[AnimationAgeGhetto a really well done martial arts film that just happened to also be a hokey kids comedy featuring funny animals]]. -- JackButler

* What I saw in the movie, the point when Tai Lung really snaps is when Shifu tells him that he is still proud of Tai Lung. Until that point he was angrily and hurtfully taunting Shifu about what Shifu's training did to him. It was because for all that time he was angry at his father, over a decade of rage at someone who he never realized felt bad for putting him through that hell. When Shifu tells him that he's still proud of his son that makes all the hatred that Tai Lung counted on worthless which means that his prison life had just been a waste. Tai Lung being a martial artist knows that wasted time is a terrible thing and it causes him to completely snap.