Line #19 Awesome/KungFuPanda2


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7	* Po's first fight, alongside the Furious Five, against the wolves attacking the musicians. This moment proves that the fan-boy panda is just as awesome and just as skilled as he was when he fought Tai Lung.
8	** Notably, Po and Tigress having developed moves together, and the blind rabbit playing music to accompany the fighting.
9	** Speaking of the blind rabbit, the sequence where Po is forced to protect it by balancing it on his foot while fighting is incredibly impressive.
10	** Just how good Po and the Furious Five are at fighting as a team in general. They all read each other's moves perfectly and know exactly where they need to be. This can also be seen again in their harbour fight towards the ending.
11	** Towards the end of the fight, a pig falls down the gorge, prompting Po to simply ''leap off'' the cliff to catch the pig without a second thought as he ''knows'' the others will follow and form a line to catch them mid-air.
12	* The journey to Gongmen City, a montage backed by an incredible music score. Ends with the Furious Five and Po cresting a hill in a slow-motion TeamPowerWalk as the sun sets.
13	* Po, after attaining inner-peace, CATCHES Shen's cannonballs and throws them back, each time with more skill and precision, eventually starting to hit and sink Shen's warships. With the last ball he catches, Po, [[SpectacularSpinning spinning,]] rises into the air and forms a yin-yang symbol before launching the ball as a fricking KamehameHadoken. As a result, the last cannonball flies directly at Shen's own ship, destroying it along with the remainder of the BigBad's fleet. Epic. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpuPXKOwUI WIN.]]
14	** Even if it quickly becomes a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}}, the look he gives Shen while his hand is [[http://www.cartoonbucket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Fire-On-Po-Pandas-Hand-wh605.jpg ON FIRE]] is incredibly badass.
15	** Especially love the "Next One Coming Right At You" sign he gives to Shen before he does it.
16	** [[BrickJoke Skadoosh!]]
17	** Simply put, if there was any remaining doubt in China about Po being the true Dragon Warrior, there surely can be ''none'' after ''that!''
18	** Even Shifu, who theoretically ought to be able to do the same thing -- since it was based on inner peace, which he had already mastered -- is flabbergasted at what Po does. Due, in part, to how quickly Po was able to master the art.
19	* His little trick with Mantis and the action figure deserves mention too. If you go through the scene frame-by-frame you can actually see that the "Mantis" in the cage is fake, but at this point ''everybody'' is looking at Po gushing over the special cuffs. Might count as a case of ObfuscatingStupidity.
20	* Any time [[CombatPragmatist Shen]] actually fights. One can't help but be impressed just by how graceful yet deadly he is as a fighter.
21	** You'd think his giant peacock tailfeathers would be a big hindrance in the highly agility-based Kung Fu, but no, it's highly convenient for Shen--he's got a combination of knife blades, CombatHandFan, and hang glider for hindquarters!
22	*** Elaborating on the CombatHandFan part, he uses his tail in a manner similar to a War Fan. While traditionally Japanese, these ''are'' [[ShownTheirWork used in Chinese martial arts]], and called tiě shàn.
23	*** In addition to the other methods he puts the tail to use, his most impressive is simply using it to blind his opponents. Think about it: you think you've got the advantage because you're behind him. But then he spreads that tail, and now you can't clearly see him... ''[[OhCrap but he knows where YOU are.]]''
24	*** On top of that, the markings on his tail drive Po into a HeroicBSOD before he finally comes to terms with his past.
25	** Just to paint a clear picture. Shen, whose main fighting style is "Fire at anything in front of us", manages to go Toe-To-Toe with the Dragon Warrior. Hell, Po looks worried at a few moments. Had he not unintentionally cut the rope holding his cannon up, Shen just ''may'' have had the upper hand.
26	*** Of course, his introductory scene had him defeating Ox and Croc before being fought to a standstill by Rhino, so he was definitely a force to be reckoned with. However, his utilization of weaponized gunpowder was simply good business.
27	** And, hey, even the whole [[MoreDakka "Fire at anything in front of us"]] thing has its charm.
28	** Shen heavily averted any preconceptions about him. His initial introduction made him out to be the standard arrogant BigBad, who would be mostly talk and little action. Instead, Shen turned out to be the exact opposite -- he killed off [[YouHaveFailedMe insubordinate mooks]] without hesitation; in close combat, [[CombatPragmatist he used every advantage and disadvantage]] in his favour, and he managed to avert NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup concerning his powerful weapon. The final battle even implied that Po was having trouble turning Shen's own flaws against him, and the warlord ended up being killed by his own rage.
29	** Speaking about the final confrontation, Po finally turns the so-far unstoppable weapon Shen used to dispose of his enemies against him. Shen's reaction to see the cannonball flying at him? He's ''defiant''. And then he's shown as the only one surviving the blast, and not only that, but he's immediately ready to fight and, as noted above, almost defeat the Dragon Warrior. That's how a peacock becomes a fearsome villain.
30	* Po's RousingSpeech to Ox and Croc in the jail actually manages to be this rather than {{Narm}}, thanks to the fact Po doesn't fall into his usual {{Metaphorgotten}} speech--and it's quite clear he believes in what he's saying and is determined to overcome their cowardice.
31	* Po's fight later with the [[TheDragon Wolf Boss]] is both awesome and SugarWiki/{{funny\|Moments}} at the same time. Some highlights:
32	** When Wolf Boss tosses six rabbits at Po, his priority is to protect the kids, and safely dispatches them to Crane when Po's rickshaw crashes.
33	** Po's InsultBackfire PreAsskickingOneLiner when Wolf Boss says he fights like a fluffy cloud: "Well this cloud is about to bring on the thunder!" before he makes Wolf Boss hit a series of signs. Wolf Boss then returns the favor, laughing the whole time.
34	** [[PragmaticVillainy Wolf Boss realized or even remembered from the first fight that his handful of wolves would be powerless against the Five and Po in a straight fight]]. So instead of preparing for a traditional BossBattle, he steals a rickshaw driver and proceeds to pull a GetBackHereBoss and pretend he's retreating and using various citizens as hostages/diversions, only to lure the sextet straight into the palace, Shen's recently reestablished base of operations, where his army was waiting to ambush them. Talk about SmarterThanYouLook!
35	* Tigress gets a couple. The first is when Po launches a punch at her in the boat, and she blocks it. The result is a thundering noise echoing across the water, and Po clutching his hand in pain. Later, Po tries to punch her again, this time in her shoulder in a friendly way. She shows no indication that she even noticed, and Po withdraws his hand in pain again.
36	** Then when she confronts Po in the dungeons. It is a CurbStompBattle. Why? She cared about him, and he wasn't really fighting her seriously - how could he? She was the one he looked up to the most, save perhaps Shifu.
37	** Shen fired his cannon at Thundering Rhino, the Kung-fu master who presumably had 'the perfect defense' and left nothing but a dented sledgehammer and a smoldering crater. The next time he fired at Po, he used an even bigger cannon, and even though Po protected himself with a wok, his multiple layers of fat which protected him from special attacks in the first movie, and he landed in a cushioning body of water, he still needed some acupuncture and a day's rest before he could go back and fight Shen. But when he fired his mega-cannon at Po the next time, Tigress took the shot for herself. Without even going into a Kung-fu protective stance. And it only winded her for a while. THAT IS AWESOME.
38	** And who can forget the scene in Lord Shen's tower where she dodges many flaming arrows and then catches one an inch from her face? Not to mention the fact that she didn't seem all that concerned about it.
39	* Po's [[PapaWolf biological father]] fighting against the wolves massacring his village, as well as Po's biological mother sacrificing her life to save her baby. The last one also counts as a serious TearJerker.
40	** Oh, she doesn't just sacrifice her life for her baby. She ''deliberately draws off the wolves'' in order to give her baby a chance to live. A literal, and 100% entirely awesome, MamaBear.
41	* Shifu's entrance into the semi-final fight against the wolves - namely, half a dozen or more wolves being thrown like ragdolls by an itsy-bitsy red panda.
42	** To say nothing of his casual balance-on-his-stick pose afterward.
43	** The fact that Shifu's first instinct after sensing that Po might be in danger is to cross half the country to kick some serious ass is awesome in its own right. Ditto since he also apparently convinced Croc and Ox to fight, which Po and the Five couldn't do at all.
44	** A more subdued one, his demonstration of inner peace in his first scene. There's a serenity and mastery in his motions that is just pleasing to watch.
45	* How does Viper attempt a swordfight without arms? Just entangle the arms of a wolf bandit ''and use those!''
46	-->'''Po:''' "Viper! [[CallingYourAttack Puppet of Death]]!"
47	* Master Thundering Rhino deserves mention for holding off Shen's attack for as long as he could. Bear in mind Shen is nimble and agile, whereas Thundering Rhino was bulkier in appearance. In any other movie, Shen would have the advantage, but the way in which the larger opponent gracefully made use of his hammer and horn to hold off the attack until he was close enough to deliver the finishing stroke shows who had the advantage in physical combat. They're just no match for the cannon. The most awesome moment? Later on, we see his hammer, standing upright where the fight had occurred: There's a massive dent where he struck the cannonball. While he may have lacked the power to deflect it, he did hit it with that hammer.
48	* Wolf Boss standing up to Lord Shen and refusing to fire on his own men. Up to this point, he has carried out Shen's every order without question, but this time he throws down his torch, looks Shen straight in the eye and firmly tells him "No". He's promptly killed for his disobedience, but at least he died for a noble reason.
49	* Oddly enough, the film coincidentally came out at the same time as ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' and both dealt with a hero undergoing an identity crisis. And both culminate in a self-realization that leads to taking a level in badass...
50	--> '''Soothsayer:''' So... who ''are'' you, panda?\
51	'''Po:''' I am '''Po'''. And I'm gonna need a hat.
52	** The delivery of those last lines is absolutely killer, and the look on Po's face... if you had any doubts left that this panda could be badass, awesome, and a phenomenal warrior who could bring a world of hurt, they would be utterly dashed by this moment. Even the switch back to comedy when Po first appears on the rooftop in Gongmen doesn't completely undermine this, since immediately afterwards, Po becomes more badass than ever.
53	* The Soothsayer fearlessly trolling Shen when he orders her to read his future again, including indulging in her [[ExtremeOmniGoat animal nature]]. Also a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}}.
54	* After Po fails to make an episode entrance in the climax, he is able to dodge Shen’s canons when Shen decides to make the first attack. Despite his size, Po moves around enough to where the wolves are struggling to fire upon him. Even better is that when they DO light the cannons, it’s when he jumped on the main boat and when two of the cannons are pointed at each other, causing the wolves manning them to panic.
55	* Po and the Five are trapped in a crumbling tower with dozens of Shen's cannons firing nonstop at them. Their plan of escape? RUN UP THE SIDE OF THE FALLING TOWER AND JUMP OFF FROM THE TOP! Awesome.
56	* Po's father, who seems to be an ordinary radish farmer, managing to beat back an attack by the wolves and surviving the massacre of his community. Look closely: one of the wolves he hits carries a hammer and [[EyeScream loses its left eye]]. ''Po's father'' is the reason Wolf Boss only has one eye.
57	* The flashback montage of the previous movie and Po's childhood is perfectly timed, edited ''and'' set to fittingly awesome music.
58	* That FoeTossingCharge at the climax. One of the best displays of teamwork and fighting skills ever shown on film.

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