History WesternAnimation / KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness

** As far as monkey species go, China has more than a few but none of them include tamarin monkeys. But in "Five Is Enough", we're introduced to a villainous Emperor tamarin kung fu master named Pai Mei who's presented as nothing less than a native of China and an animal version of the legendary [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak_Mei Bak Mei]]. [[note]]The only conceivable reason the writers might've chosen an Emperor tamarin, which only exists in a small pocket of South America, instead of any of China's native monkeys might be because a tamarin has the appearance of an old man with a mustache and beard and thus, fits the leitmotif of looking like a skilled kung fu master physically.[[/note]]

--> '''Po''': Oh please, please can we keep him? Can we keep him ''pleeeeease''? He's even [[JustForPun pottery trained!]]

* MisplacedWildlife: Neither crocodiles, warthogs nor gorillas live in China.

-->'''Mei Li''': My stuff is gone and it's all your fault!\\
'''Po''': ''My'' fault? It's ''my'' fault? You wouldn't stay in the tree, you let the bandits get away, you dumped the last of our water, and you picked on my friends.\\

* PandaingToTheAudience: Dragon Warrior Po, the Kung Fu Panda.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Turns out to be the case for Fung and his father Bing, right down to SharedFamilyQuirks. Also a case of LoserSonOfLoserDad. (And it's even lampshaded by them having [[TalkingToHimself the same voice actor]].)

* RatedMForManly: Evil Po is this, or at least tries to be.

* TheLegendOfX

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Tigress and Viper get roughed up as badly as the boys in fight scenes and AmusingInjuries sequences.

* BlameGame: In "Shoot The Messenger", Po tries to get back a war treaty he unwittingly "autographed". Tigress is having none of it and insists he just admit to Shifu that he screwed up and ask for his help, until Po reminds her that she directed the messenger over to him, thinking he was just another of Po's annoying fans, and thus set off the DiasterDominoes in the first place, [[OhCrap meaning she might also be culpable in Shifu's eyes]]:

-->''Tigress:''' Hugs are for the weak. I nestled in the warm embrace of my kung fu training.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Whenever Po learns some unbeatable game-breaking move, by the next episode it's like it never existed; any character development he gained during the episode will also be lost. However, characters occasionally mention past encounters with each other, and their statuses (like if they were in jail before) usually remain consistent.

* DragonsUpTheYinYang: Ke-Pa, leader of the demons, is (or at least has the appearance of) a dragon. Which is a rather [[JustForFun/{{Egregious}} egregious]] and puzzling example of a CriticalResearchFailure, since Eastern dragons have always been portrayed as wise, honorable, benevolent creatures to be worshiped, beloved, and held sacred, and the makers of ''Kung Fu Panda'' have consistently ShownTheirWork otherwise. [[note]]Buddhist teachings ''did'' introduce the idea of malevolence among some dragons, for example that since water can destroy, so can some dragons destroy via floods, tidal waves and storms, with some of the worst floods believed to have been the result of a mortal upsetting a dragon. But this was an extreme minority among dragons, and far from a commonly held view.[[/note]] Apparently they just couldn't resist the symbolism in having the Dragon Warrior opposed by a dragon--or they wanted to have [[RuleOfCool the cool firebreathing effect]].

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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Between Po and Monkey in "Scorpion's Sting."

* AwkwardAbility: ...Po has many of these...or maybe he just has many awkward NAMES for his 'abilities'. 'Crazy Feet, Arms of Justice, Belly of Truth'? ...Perhaps he's just naming his body parts in a more creative way...

* GagWords: In 'Jailhouse Panda', according to Po, Tigress dry-heaves when she hears the word 'slurp'. When he points that out while trying to prove that he was the real Po, she does.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Tong Fo the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loris loris]]. Also in "Po Picks a Pocket", a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin pangolin]] is the main antagonist.

* PowerCopy: Much like in the movies, only taken UpToEleven, Po can copy almost any technique after seeing it once or a handful of times.

** ''Four'' times in "The Po Who Cried Ghost"--the viewer can see [[HandOfDeath the hand coming out of the grave]] to grab Po's paw before he does ([[SubvertedTrope but it's just]] the creepy undertaker reaching for his shovel--[[spoiler:at least [[{{Necromancer}} that's what he says]]]]); the viewer sees the first ''jiang shi'' behind Po [[EnemyRisingBehind before he does]]; Po comes to tell Shifu he's learned his lesson and won't be scared of or believe in ghosts anymore, [[DramaticIrony not knowing there's one behind him]]; and finally, he goes into great detail describing the ghosts to Tigress and Monkey, not knowing [[UpToEleven there's a whole troupe of them behind him]] and thinking they're reacting (badly) to his description.