History WesternAnimation / KungFuPanda3

'''Po:''' What do you-Of course I do! I'm the Dragon Warrior!\\

* LastSecondWordSwap: When Lei Lei asks Po if she can keep the Tigress figure, Po starts saying "Nooo..." until he sees that she's about to cry and finishes with "...problem! Yeah, of course, that's why I brought her... take good care of her...?"
** When Po is meeting the other pandas, he sees Hom-Lee and says "You're like me, but... with a hat!"

** Master Chicken is pretty much nothing but comic relief. Including as a jombie.

** There's also once more Mr. Ping's fear that he will end up rejected as Po's dad now that his biological father has appeared. He insists on [[spoiler:coming along to the panda village, on the pretext of making Po's favorite foods and worries about cooking in the panda village. He mellows on seeing that all the baby pandas like his cooking after running him ragged, on learning that Li lied to keep Po safe, and on seeing Po train himself to prepare for battle. He then reaches out to Li Shan with dumplings and talks about how they're NotSoDifferent]].

* NotSoDifferent:
** Po is delighted to have found his family, to learn that others share his strengths, weaknesses and appetites. Mr. Ping even mellows on seeing how all the baby pandas are like a tiny mob of Pos who like his cooking.
** Mr. Ping after [[spoiler:Li Shan admits he lied to pull Po out of danger goes to the latter with fresh dumplings, and admits he also lied because he wanted to make sure Po didn't leave him. He understands the need to be an OverprotectiveDad and a PapaWolf, and with Ping's jealousy appeased, their BumblingDad tendencies make them quite like minded.]]
** Within the [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} quirky Panda Village]], Po and Tigress' roles are practically reversed from what they often are in the Jade Palace, with Po's eccentricities making him an efficient leader and Tigress reduced to a bewildered FishOutOfWater.

* TooGiftedToTeachOthers: As the Dragon Warrior, Po is a nigh-unstoppable natural martial artist; but when he takes over Master Sifu's place as a teacher, he finds himself woefully inadequate at teaching using his master's techniques. When tasked with training a clan of peaceful fellow pandas to fight, he realizes that his own power comes from his natural strengths and teaches them to embrace theirs.

** Lampshaded by Mantis when he comments on Crane's habit of shouting "Wings of (X)!" Mantis tries "Antenna of Power" later against Kai, except of course [[RealityEnsues nothing happens]].

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Kai lets out an amused chuckle when he saw one of his Jombies SquashedFlat by the two hammock-catapult Pandas in midair.
-->''Seriously?''

* RealityEnsues: Kai returns to the mortal world, expecting his skill and brutality to still be legendary. It turns out 500 years has been more than enough time for everybody to forget he ever existed.

-->'''Crane''': Master, what are we going to do?\\
'''Shifu''': You are going to find out where Kai is. Follow the trail of those jade creatures, but do not engage, for with every foe he faces, Kai becomes stronger.\\
'''Crane''': Why me? Is it because I asked?\\
'''Shifu''': No. It is because you can fly. Go!\\
'''Mantis''': Should have kept your beak shut! [''laughs'']\\
'''Shifu''': And take Mantis.\\
'''Mantis''': What? Ohh, man! Is it because I--\\
'''Shifu''': Yes.
* BookEnds:

** The villagers do a FacePalm when Po and Li Shan meet for the first time:
-->'''Po''': Who are you?\\
'''Li''': I'm Li Shang. I'm looking for my son.\\
'''Po''': You lost your son?\\
'''Li''': Yes. Many years ago.\\
'''Po''': I lost my father.\\
'''Li''': I'm very sorry.\\
'''Po''': Thank you.\\
'''Li''': Well, good luck to you.\\
'''Po''': You too. I hope you find your son.\\
'''Li''': And I hope you find your father. [''[[WhatAnIdiot Both of them turn to leave.]] Mr. Ping's guests {{facepalm}} at Po and Li failing to see the resemblance to each other'']

-->'''Po''' [''about to apply the Wuxi Finger Hold to Kai'']: Sorry buddy, gotta send you back to the Spirit Realm. Skadoosh!\\
[''[[NoSell The Wuxi Finger Hold doesn't work]]'' ] Okay, that didn't work, let me try one more time. Skadoosh! Skadoosh, Skadoosh... What the...?\\
'''Kai''' [''pretending to be surprised'']: [[OhCrapFakeout Hold on, wait! It's working! No! Noo!]] [''Kai makes choking gestures''] [[LampshadeHanging Ha ha ha, no it's not.]] Did Oogway teach you that little trick? Too bad: it only works on mortals, and I am a Spirit Warrior.

* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Played for laughs when Kai returns to the Valley of Peace, only to find that nobody recognizes who he is:
-->'''Kai''': Kai has ''returned''!\\
'''Rabbit Villager''', '''Goose Farmer''': Who?\\
'''Kai''': Kai. General Kai. Supreme Warlord of all China!\\
'''Goose Farmer''': I dunno.\\
'''Kai''': The Jade Slayer. Master of Pain. You may know me as the Beast of Vengeance. Uh... Maker of Widows?\\
'''Goose Farmer''': Huh?\\
'''Kai''' [''frustrated'']: Okay, I used to work with Oogway?\\
'''Rabbit Villager''', '''Goose Farmer''': Oh, Master Oogway!\\
'''Goose Farmer''': He was a great warrior!\\
'''Rabbit Villager''': We've heard of Master Oogway, he's a...\\
'''Kai''': Okay, okay, enough. '''[[BigShutUp Silence!]]'''

-->'''Po''' [''seeing Kai's entry'']: Whoa! ''That's'' what I call a dramatic entrance!\\
'''Kai''': Ha ha! You must be the Dragon Warrior!\\
'''Po''': And you must be Kai, Beast of Vengenace, Maker of Widows!\\
'''Kai''' [''sarcastically impressed'']: Yes! Finally! Thank you! Almost makes me want to spare your life!\\
'''Po''': Oh, you want to spare me? How about you spare me the chit-chat!

-->'''Kai''': Who are you?\\
'''Po''': I've been asking the same question: Am I the son of a panda? The son of a goose? A student? A teacher? Turns out... I'm all of them. [''The chi surrounding Po takes the form of a dragon''] I am the Dragon Warrior. Get it? You see the giant dragon? Get ready to feel the thunder!

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Shifu reveals why he gave Po the teaching assignment after the disaster in the Jade Palace:
-->'''Po''': I don't know why you ever thought I could teach that class!\\
'''Shifu''': Oh, I knew you couldn't.\\
'''Po''': What? You set me up to fail? Why?\\
'''Shifu''': If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now.\\
'''Po''' [''whines'']: I don't want to be more! I like who I am.\\
'''Shifu''': ''You'' don't even know who ''you'' are.\\
''''Po''': What do you-- Of course I do: I'm the Dragon Warrior.\\
'''Shifu''': And what exactly does that mean, '''Dragon Warrior'''?
** Shifu goes on to tell Po that being the Dragon Warrior is more than just punching and kicking; the incredible power of chi awaits him.

** This movie retcons the events of the episode ''Enter the Dragon'' from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' where [[spoiler:Po already mastered chi to fight the episode's main antagonist, while he doesn't know what chi is in this movie. Additionally, the episode states that the universe granted Oogway the ability to master his chi, while this movie states he learned it from the pandas]], and the series is supposed to be set before the events of this movie. However, this would support many fans' belief that the TV series are [[FanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] to the films.
** In the 2015 prequel short ''Secrets of the Scroll'', Po's figures of the Furious Five ends up being accidentally given away to a rabbit child, yet Po still has them in this film. Either Po leaving the figures with the child took place after this film, or he made new ones.[[note]]Since the originals were hand-made, odds are he made new ones.[[/note]]

-->'''Shifu''': The student has truly become the tea... [''looks at Po's staff''] Wait. Where did you get that?\\
'''Po''': Oh, this. Oogway gave it to me in the spirit realm.\\
'''Shifu''': Oh, of course he did.\\
'''Po''': I think I mastered Chi.\\
'''Shifu''' [''sighs'']: Oh, of course you did. Can you teach me?

-->'''Shifu''': [[LampshadeHanging The student has truly become the tea--]] [''Shifu sees Po's yin-yang staff''] Wait, where did you get that?\\
'''Po''': Oh, this. Oogway gave it to me in the spirit realm.\\
'''Shifu''': Ohh, of course he did.\\
'''Po''': I think I mastered chi.\\
'''Shifu''' [''sighs'']: Of course you did. [''{{beat}}''] Can ''you'' teach me?

-->'''Crane''': Master, what are we going to do?\\
'''Shifu''': You are going to find out where Kai is. Follow the trail of those jade creatures, but do not engage, for with every foe he faces, Kai becomes stronger.\\
'''Crane''': Why me? Is it because I asked?\\
'''Shifu''': No, it is because you can fly. Go!\\
'''Mantis''': [[YouJustHadToSayIt Should have kept your beak shut!]] [''Mantis laughs'']\\
'''Shifu''': And take Mantis.\\
'''Mantis''': Oh, man! Is it because I--\\
'''Shifu''': [[BluntYes Yes.]]

-->'''Li Shan''': She was the total package: smart, beautiful... [[BigEater Tremendous appetite.]] [''Po chuckles''] She was the love of my life. And then, just when I thought I couldn't get any luckier, along you came, my Little Lotus. I really had it all... until that one moment, when I lost everything.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Of the traditional sort generated by ThePowerOfFriendship. Sustained by the freely given chi of his friends, students and family, Po is invulnerable to Kai's signature trick.]]

* FacePalm: A mass one by Ping's customers when Po and Li ignore TheNotSecret of being son and father.

-->'''Kai''': It took me 500 years to take [[spoiler:Oogway's]] chi. I will have yours even if it takes me ''500 MORE!''

-->'''Kai''': Hold on, wait. It's working. No. no! [chuckles] No, it's not. Did Oogway teach you that little trick? Too bad. It only works on mortals. And I am a spirit warrior.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: [[spoiler:Po gives one when his friends give him their chi, realizing who he truly is.]]

* GrandFinale: The film is this since it brings closure,however there is a possible fourth film sometime in the near future

* GrandFinale: The film is this since it brings closure,however there is a possible fourth film sometime in the near future

* BrickJoke: Lei Lei, a little baby panda, takes Po's Tigress action figure and calls it "Stripy Baby". [[spoiler:When Tigress appears, Lei Lei recognizes her and gives her a {{Glomp}}.]]

* TranquilFury: Po's reaction upon gaining his new powers in the Spirit Realm in order to defeat Kai for good.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Preparing for his final battle with Kai, [[spoiler:Po reasons that he needs to get close enough to Kai to employ the Wuxi Finger Hold. We then see a TrainingMontage where Po drills the other pandas not in kung fu but in skills they already possess (hugging, hacky-sack, ribbon dancing), then moving on to weaponizing those skills (hugging logs so hard they splinter, using fireworks instead of hacky-sacks and nunchucks instead of ribbons). Even amid the training, Po's plan is still not revealed; when he announces, "They are ready," Tigress is scratching her head. Finally, when Kai arrives with the jade-zombie army of martial arts masters, Po springs his plan and the other pandas succeed in holding their own against the jombies and distracting Kai enough for Po to get close enough for the Wuxi. [[NoSell Which does not work on Kai because he is no longer mortal.]] The parts of Po's plan that we don't fully know about in advance work flawlessly. The part he discusses in the beginning (the Wuxi Finger Hold) doesn't.]]

* {{Crossover}}: Not the movie itself, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKoumObieS4 one trailer]] features {{Franchise/Shrek}} Shrek and Donkey]]: as part of a ShoutOut to the Snickers brand, Po and Monkey are not themselves, having become hungry enough that the former became Donkey while the latter became Shrek.

'''Shifu''': And what exactly does that mean, '''Dragon Warrior'''?\\