History Characters / KungFuPandaMasterPoPing

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[[header:Po Ping]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackBlack (Films, ''[[WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight The Dragon Knight]]''), Creator/MickWingert (TV Series sans ''The Dragon Knight'', Video Games sans ''Legendary Warriors''), Eric Loomis (''Legendary Warriors''); Liam Knight (young), Bob Bergen (young, Showdown of Legendary Legends) [[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Eason Chan (Cantonese); Creator/HugolinChevretteLandesque (Canadian French); Manu Payet [Films], Pascal Nowak [''Legends of Awesomeness''], Philippe Bozo [''Secrets of the Scroll'', ''Paws of Destiny''] (EU French); Hape Kerkeling [Films], Robert Louis Griesbach [''Paws of Destiny''] (German); Fabio Volo [Films], Gianfranco Miranda [TV Series] (Italian); Tatsuya Yamaguchi [''[=KFP=] 1'' and ''2''], Setsuji Satō [''[=KFP=] 3''] (Japanese); Eom Sang-hyeon (Korean); Liu Feng (PRC Mandarin); Wilber Pan (TW Mandarin); Lúcio Mauro Filho (Brazilian Portuguese); Marco Horácio (EU Portuguese); Mikhail Galustyan (Russian); Florentino Fernández (EU Spanish); Omar Chaparro (LA Spanish); Marcin Hycnar (Polish)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I LOVE KUNG FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"'']]

--> ''"I'm not a big, fat panda. I'm THE Big, Fat Panda."''
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A Giant Panda with a big heart, he is a major kung fu fanatic and runs a noodle shop with his father (who is a goose). To the surprise of everyone, he is selected by Master Oogway to be the [[TheChosenOne Dragon Warrior]] destined to defend the Valley of Peace from danger, and now trains under Master Shifu and alongside his idols, the Furious Five.

If you want to hear how the Dragon Warrior would describe himself in his own words, click [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Po}} here]].

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* AccidentalAthlete: In the first movie, when he climbed several feet off the kitchen floor and performed a perfect split just to get Monkey's cookies off the top shelf. When he sees Shifu watching him, Po's first words are "Don't tell Monkey."
* AchievementsInIgnorance: As Shifu figures out, when he tries to train he fails pathetically, but when hunting for a snack, he passively performs Kung Fu that somebody just starting out shouldn't be able to achieve, such as leaping up to Monkey's cookies and holding himself up near the high shelf with a perfect split. As such, Shifu aims to train him by instead putting him in a variety of situations in which he has to better himself to get food.
* {{Acrofatic}}: After his training, he starts taking advantage of his weight by using it to counterattack. Though he can still tire after too long and struggles with overly-long staircases.
* AdaptationalJerkass: The ''Legends of Awesomeness'' TV series plays Po off more as an insolent, lazy rookie, often causing as many problems as he solves out of selfish or cocksure impulses, a trait that is ''far'' more subtle with the films' usually kind but blusterous characterization.
* AdoptionAngst: In ''Kung Fu Panda 2'', Po finds out he's adopted (though it's [[PlayedForLaughs comically obvious]] seeing as his adoptive father is a goose whilst he's a panda) and struggles with it over the film, especially when he learns [[spoiler: his birth family were murdered by Lord Shen in an attempt to avert a prophecy foretelling his defeat]]. Po eventually accepts his past and becomes a stronger person, realizing that although his beginning was tragic he still had a loving upbringing with Mr Ping.
* AesopAmnesia: In the ''Legends of Awesomeness'' TV series, due to his {{Adaptational Jerkass}}ery, he constantly undergoes the same lessons concerning his pride and laziness causing dilemmas.
* AlliterativeName: '''P'''o '''P'''ing.
* AllLovingHero: He does not hate anybody. Not even Shen, who [[spoiler:attacked Po's village, and killed his mother and his people]]. He still forgave him and told him to let go of the past. That said, however, [[spoiler:[[EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes the sole exception is Kai, who Po is not so willing to forgive due to how dangerous he is]]]].
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer:
** The Furious Five and Shifu treat him with disrespect for most of the first film. It's [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] in the sense that during his second day Po earns the respect of most of the Five through his HeroicResolve, [[ThroughHisStomach great cooking skills]], storytelling, and humor, while Shifu undergoes a JerkassRealization.
** It's implied that he may have gotten this from his fellow villagers as well, given that he had self-esteem issues long before being named the Dragon Warrior.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: DependingOnTheWriter. In the movies, Tigress is this to him; despite Po beating enemies who mop the floor with Tigress, he's always been clueless when battling her. Every time they match up, Tigress makes short work of him. It becomes inverted in ''Legends of Awesomeness'' where Po is this to her, being able to completely curbstomp her every time he turns evil or simply has a sparring match against her.
* AscendedFanboy: Even after he's been established firmly as the Dragon Warrior, he occasionally looks around at his comrades like he can't believe something so cool is actually happening.
* AssKicksYou: While Po is fighting Tai Lung, he sits on Tai Lung by accident at one point. It becomes one of his signature moves later on.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His black and white appearance lends to making him a literal representation of yin and yang, the element of balance in Chinese philosophy.
** His arrival in the first movie, though ill-received, ended up blending two disciplines of kung fu together, creating a devastating combination of hard-hitting offense and reflective defense. In addition, the Furious Five and Shifu learn to ease up on their pride and traditions and make time to relax and have fun.
** His appearance becomes prominent when he achieves inner peace [[spoiler:by learning to accept the panda genocide that killed his mother and let them go]], allowing him to become the "black and white" warrior who was prophesied to defeat Lord Shen.
* AwesomeByAnalysis:
** In the cartoon series, it is revealed that he is quite talented through means of observing attacks. Yes, even dangerous techniques. [[spoiler:One of them blinds him]].
** He shows a bit of this in the films. After all, he learned the Wuxi Finger Hold just by "figuring it out".
** In the second film, he learns the movements for the raindrop move after only seeing it once. He has to obtain inner peace before he can use it, but still.
* BadassAdorable: He happens to be a big fluffy panda who squees over getting to live and work with his idols.
* BadassBoast:
** From the first film: "I'm not a big fat panda. I'm THE big fat panda!"
** The second film subverts it, in that he also tries to deliver one to Shen, but he's too far away for the sound to reach him.
* BadassTeacher: Becomes one in ''Kung Fu Panda 3'', though much like Shifu before him, it takes a while before he can effectively teach.
* BattleAura: [[spoiler: Gains one in the third film, in the distinct likeness of a dragon]].
* BattleCry: "GET READY TO FEEL THE THUNDER!!"
* BearsAreBadNews: Generally not the case, as he is a [[NiceGuy well-meaning and friendly fellow]]. However, this trope is sometimes played straight when he doesn't hesitate to put genuinely evil people down if he has to. Likewise, see his GoodIsNotSoft entry.
* BearHug: To Tigress at the end of the second film. Literally. Tigress ends up in a platonic version of PostKissCatatonia.
* BearyFriendly: He acts friendly to just about everyone he meets. He's even pretty amiable with the bad guys.
* BearyFunny: Generally acts like a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} big goofball]], even when he's doing something completely badass.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
** Once he finally gets to be a kung fu master as he always wanted, he finds it to be quite a lot harder than he expected.
** In the holiday special, he geeks out at the thought of hosting the Winter Festival banquet, only to discover it takes a lot of work to prepare, has many traditions he's unaware of and are too complicated to follow, and most of all, it tears him away from someone he'd rather spend the holidays with -- his Dad.
%%* BellyFlopCrushing: Does this to the Wolf Boss.
%%-->'''Po:''' ALAKASQUASH-O!
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's normally a good-natured, goofy, and laid-back guy... but he can and ''will'' kick your ass if you deserve it.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Po is the protagonist and a FatComicRelief who is also a kung fu master and Dragon Warrior, and isn't afraid to kill if he has no choice.
* BigEater: He can stuff ''forty'' bean buns into his mouth. Even as a baby, Po went through entire crates worth of food multiple times a day.
* BigFun: He comes across as the typical lovable fat guy, but this is partially just to hide his own [[SadClown insecurities]].
* BigGood: While he isn't there yet, the third movie reveals that this is Oogway's eventual plan for Po -- for Po to be his successor and blossom into a teacher and master who brings people together. The very end of the movie shows that Po is well on his way down that path.
* TheBigGuy: Due to his relative lack of experience, he also relies more on brute [[StoutStrength strength]] and [[{{Kevlard}} toughness]] than elaborate kung-fu techniques.
* BloodKnight: Being the kung fu fanatic that he is, the guy usually looks like he's having the time of his life during a fight. Except when ItsPersonal.
* [[{{Bookends}} Bookends]]: His dream at the start of ''Kung Fu Panda 1'' portrays his imaginary Kung Fu master persona as wearing a straw hat, along with flowing robes. At the end of the film, after he defeats Tai Lung, he appears to have somehow acquired this exact outfit during a silhouette shot, only for it to be revealed that he's actually wearing a wok and sacks, draped around him after his latest pratfall. Come ''3'', at the film's climax, right before Po defeats Kai, he acquires the outfit for real, showing that he truly has become the Dragon Warrior after three films of CharacterDevelopment.
* BrilliantButLazy: Po can learn special techniques by merely watching them once, but he tries to take shortcuts in his training, which actually delays his learning.
* BrokenPedestal:
** In the first movie, Po starts feeling this way towards the Furious Five, who he idolized from the beginning, after they continuously demean him and make it very clear that he doesn't belong in the Jade Palace with them ''at all''. He's so upset that [[HeartbreakAndIceCream he pigs out on some peaches afterwards]].
** Also in the first movie, Po looked up to Shifu as a mentor, only to discover that Shifu actually doesn't want him around and had made him put up with so much abuse and insults in an attempt to make him give up and leave. Po [[RageAgainstTheMentor angrily calls him out on his behavior]], and [[ArmorPiercingQuestion demands to know if Shifu really knows how to turn a worthless panda into the Dragon Warrior]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Shifu has nothing to say]].
** He briefly becomes this in the series episode "Enter the Dragon" when Shifu sends him away and turns the village against him after he fails to evacuate it from Ke-Pa. In fact, one of his fans drops an action figure of him. However, it's revealed to be [[BatmanGambit a ploy to keep Ke-Pa from knowing he has the Hero's Chi]].
*** This happens to him for a second time and its a major plot point in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight'' after he accidentally destroys an village during his first fight with Klaus and Veruca, which causes most of China to turn against him and to be stripped of his title.
* BulletCatch: Cannonball catch. When Po acquires his inner peace, he becomes able to catch Shen's cannonballs and gently deflect them to the side, eventually deflecting them back at Shen's army.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Becoming a kung fu master doesn't end his nature of being [[PluckyComicRelief the comic relief]].
* ButtMonkey: Po just can't stop going through AmusingInjuries or make a fool out of himself to save his life, even during serious moments.
* CallingYourAttacks: Has a tendency to do this. And if the attack doesn't have an actual name, [[BuffySpeak he'll just make one up]].
%%* CatchPhrase: "Skadoosh."
* CentipedesDilemma: Po ''does'' have potential and talent for Kung Fu, but it only ever came out when properly motivated (by food). When Master Shifu points out Po is ten feet off the ground and doing a perfect split, Po writes it off as an accident before quickly falling to the floor.
* CharacterDevelopment: Each film centers around his personal growth in some way.
** The first film has Po learn to believe in himself.
** The second film has Po to not let his tragic past define who he is or his future.
** The third has Po understand his own identity and what it means to be the Dragon Warrior: someone who can revolutionize the Kung Fu world for the better.
* CharacterTitle: "Kung Fu Panda" refers to Po.
* ChefOfIron: He may be the fighter destined to bring peace to China, but he also doubles as the Jade Palace's TeamChef. Helps that he was trained by his father to be a man of noodles for most of his life before being chosen as the Dragon Warrior.
* TheChosenOne: He is the chosen Dragon Warrior and the three films have him fit that role.
** The first movie has Po being chosen to become the Dragon Warrior, and focuses on him growing to fit that position. [[spoiler:He succeeds, and soundly defeats [[BigBad Tai Lung]]]].
** The second movie has him end up being the subject of a prophecy where a warrior "in black and white" will defeat Shen [[spoiler:which drove Shen to commit racial genocide against the pandas]]. While the prophecy was open-ended [[spoiler:in that [[SelfFulfillingProphecy the prophesied warrior could mean Shen himself]]]], Po ended up being that warrior anyway [[spoiler:which leads to Shen's death]].
** The third film has him [[spoiler: help the panda’s recover their ability to use the art of Chi and defeat Oogway’s friend turned ArchEnemy Kai, finally fulfilling his destiny and making him Oogway’s true successor]].
* TheChosenZero: What almost everyone believes him to be until he proves himself.
%%* ClassicalAntiHero: At first. He gets better.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sometimes, he can be this whenever he talks or thinks about Kung Fu.
* CluelessChickMagnet: Believe it or not, he has attracted the attentions of more than one female, even [[spoiler:Tigress and Viper]], though the former only temporarily in the show, and the latter only seen in credits. Additionally, he's given some GirlOfTheWeek love interests in ''Legends of Awesomeness'' including Song and Lu-Shi, as well as being able to unintentionally attract Ming, the ibex daughter of the Superintendent even though he was trying to help Monkey get together with her. In the third film, Mei Mei is very much attracted to him and never passes up a chance to flirt, although Po appears more than a little uncomfortable with it. Then in ''The Dragon Knight'' has Veruca having a VillainousCrush on him and flirts with him whenever she can, which disturbs him.
* CombatPragmatist: Po likes using the surrounding environment and whatever he can get his hands on to give him advantages during fights. For example, he used a tree as a catapult to whack Tai Lung away during the fight in the first film, and when Boss Wolf took off on a rickshaw in the second film, Po simply grabbed another one nearby and used it to catch up with him.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: He becomes the Dragon Warrior alright, but that ''also'' means that he has to deal with all of the threats to the Valley of Peace and by extension China as part of his new position.
* ComfortFood: Po has a psychological dependence on eating when he's upset, but he manages to conquer it to some degree in the first film.
* CompressedVice: This is a huge on-going trait of his in ''Legends of Awesomeness''. Going concurrently with Po being an AdaptationalJerkass, different episodes will have Po displaying a variety of different individual vices, whether it's rudeness, laziness, disobedience, arrogance, bad table manners, or some other dirty/annoying habit that haven't been hinted at in previous episodes. And even after Po learns his moral lesson at the end of the episode, a later episode will have Po display a ''different'' vice that's never been foreshadowed before which he has to learn another lesson with.
* ConfusionFu: Because he invented his own kung fu style instead of learning one of the others, he has an advantage against more seasoned fighters like Tai Lung who don't know what to expect from him. It helps that, half the time, he appears to be goofing off more than actually fighting.
* CounterAttack: A lot of Po's biggest hits against Tai Lung involved absorbing Tai Lung's blows and throwing the momentum back at him.
* CripplingOverspecialization: He has incredible agility for somebody of his size and, thanks to his combat style, he can weaponize any blow an enemy gives out, but his low stamina remains a running gag. Stairs in particular remain an issue for him no matter how many manic warriors, evil conquerors or spirit-manipulating liches he beats.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's [[TheDitz not particularly bright]] and kind of [[TheKlutz a klutz]], but becomes a highly-skilled kung fu master regardless.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Po's family and his species in his infancy were [[spoiler:massacred by Lord Shen]], but Po has no conscious memory of this for years and soon comes to terms with it.
* DeadpanSnarker: Even a guy like ''Po'' can be quite sarcastic at times.
-->'''Shifu:''' My patience is wearing thin.\\
'''Po:''' ''[to the Legendary Urn of Whispering Warriors, oblivious to the fact that it's Shifu talking]'' Oh, well. I mean, it's not like you were going anywhere.
* DeathGlare: He has a very effective one. It doesn't appear very often - quite the contrary, it only shows up when he's really losing his temper - but when it does appear, it's ''scary''.
* DeathIsCheap: Despite getting "Skadooshed" a few times throughout the franchise, death is never able to keep Po down for long. He [[spoiler: [[TakingYouWithMe ended himself and Kai]] in the third movie with the Wuxi fingerhold but was revived at the end]]. And in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight'', he was [[spoiler: temporarily killed by Zuma but was brought back thanks to Master Mastodon's sacrifice]].
* DependingOnTheWriter: Depending on the episode of ''Legends of Awesomeness'', he is either a nice AllLovingHero with a comical streak like in the films, or an ArrogantKungFuGuy who repeatedly has AesopAmnesia from episode to episode. The former is generally used if the episode is about someone else or any problems Po caused are out of ignorance or clumsiness, while the latter is generally used if the episode is meant to teach a lesson with Po as the character of choice.
* {{Determinator}}: Even before he knows any kung fu, the Five are somewhat impressed by the fact that he ''will not'' give up, no matter how much a beating he is taking.
-->'''Tigress:''' If he's smart, he won't come back up those steps.\\
'''Monkey:''' But he will.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Po racks up an impressive series of victories over the course of his career. [[spoiler:He defeats the nigh-unstoppable Tai-Lung virtually single-handedly, wipes out Shen's fleet of ships equipped with cannons that can easily kill the most hardened kung-fu masters, beats and ''obliterates'' Kai, who was ''[[WorldsGreatestWarrior Oogway's equal]]'', and destroys the Demon King Ke-pa.]]
* DisabilityImmunity: He is so chubby that [[spoiler:Tai Lung's pressure-point attacks]] don't work on him.
* DoorstopBaby: His adoptive father found him in a radish box from the vegetable order delivered to him. He waited for someone to come by, but when no one came, he adopted Po.
* DorkKnight: He is simultaneously a kung fu master and a kung fu fanboy.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: On a cart in Gongmen City chasing down the Wolf Boss in ''Kung Fu Panda 2''.
* EasilyImpressed: Show him anything. If it has something to do with kung-fu he's almost bound to be amazed by it. This is especially noticeable in the TV series.
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: The question of why a panda has a goose for a father is completely ignored by all of the characters, including [[ObliviousAdoption Po himself]]. However, this is addressed in the second film.
-->'''Tigress:''' What's ''really'' bothering you?\\
'''Po:''' Well, I just found out my dad... isn't really my dad.\\
'''Tigress:''' [[LetMeGetThisStraight Your dad... the goose?]]\\
'''Po:''' ''[he nods]''\\
'''Tigress:''' [[MyGodYouAreSerious ...That must have been quite a shock.]]
* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: Even before Shifu decided to seriously train him, Po still had a stunningly complete fanboy knowledge of kung fu lore and philosophy.
* EnlightenmentSuperpower:
** In the first movie, he gains the power of the Dragon Scroll ([[spoiler:a blank reflective surface]]) upon realizing its true meaning ([[spoiler:"There is no secret ingredient. It's just you."]])
** In the second movie, achieving Inner Peace grants the power to [[spoiler:deflect cannon balls with your bare paws or should that be bear paws.]]
** Achieving Spiritual Balance gives you the ability to manipulate your chi, which grants one several abilities, including the power to [[spoiler:heal both plants and living beings.]]
* EpicFail: His first attempt at training with Shifu.
-->'''Shifu:''' There is now a level zero.
** And his first attempt at teaching kung fu.
* FatComicRelief: Although he's the protagonist, he's also the chubbiest and silliest denizen of the Jade Palace.
* FemaleGaze: Parodied. He is shown doing a "gluteal flex" before engaging in hand-to-hand combat against Tai-Lung.
* FightingPanda: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]]. Despite being the protagonist and the franchise's title being ''Kung Fu Panda'', Po starts the first film with no martial arts training at all, and spends much of it as the least competent martial artist among the other animals. However, he does eventually grow into the position of TheChosenOne, and is a good martial artist for the rest of the franchise.
* FightsLikeANormal: He's learned a lot of energy based moves such as the Wuxi Finger Hold, the Mongolian Fireball, and the Thundering Wind Hammer throughout the movies and shows but rarely, if ever, breaks out those moves and mostly sticks to fighting hand-to-hand with kung fu.
* FingerPokeOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Wuxi Finger Hold, where the user holds a person in a strong one-handed grip, save for a pinkie. Lowering the pinkie sends the intended person to the Spirit Realm. Po had no one to teach him that, but he figured it out on his own]].
* {{Flanderization}}: Even for Po, he acts a lot goofier in the third film than he did in the first two.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine -- high-spirited, genial and enjoys doing what he does to no end.
* FriendToAllChildren: As shown in ''Secrets of the Furious Five'', Po is great with kids. Shows up again in ''Kung Fu Panda 3'' and ''Paws of Destiny'' where he gets along greatly with the young panda children.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In the first film and ''Legends of Awesomeness'', Po's bungling habits tend to leave him on tenuous terms with Shifu and the Furious Five. Lessened greatly by the sequel movies however where Po has proven himself more competent and the others have loosened up a great deal and formed bonds with him.
* FromHeroToMentor: This was his role in ''The Paws of Destiny'', having graduated from Dragon Warrior to the new title of Dragon "Master" and training a new generation of heroes in the Four Constellations.
* FromZeroToHero: The chubby kung-fu fan Po was living an ordinary life working in his father's noodle shop. Suddenly gets the title of Dragon Warrior bestowed upon him, and the movie shows how he begins to train to be deserving of that title. He subsequently makes good on it several times over.
* FunnyBruceLeeNoises: Makes these ''constantly'' in the first two films. It's downplayed in the third film.
* FunPersonified: He brings a more fun and relaxed attitude to the strictness of the Jade Palace, [[DefrostingIceQueen which gradually affects everyone around him]].
* GadgeteerGenius: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He's rarely seen making things, but it's revealed that he's carved all his action figures by himself, and in the third film, he effectively builds a mobile training dummy resembling Kai to practice on in what is implied to be ''less than an hour.''
* GeniusDitz: Has figured out advanced Kung Fu techniques by himself without being shown while capable of inventing new ones on his own, has an encyclopedic knowledge of kung fu history and lore, is a competent and imaginative strategist, and is a SupremeChef to boot. Discovers inner peace three days after being told what it is and able to do the seemingly ''[[CatchAndReturn impossible]]'' with it, and has an excellent grasp of kung fu philosophy. And the end credits for the second movie show that he didn't ''buy'' his near-identical action figures of the Furious Five -- he ''carved'' them by himself when he was just a kid. For all that though, he's pretty childish, occasionally clumsy, easily excited, and often lacks common sense.
* GenocideSurvivor: In the second film, it's revealed that Po was the survivor of an attack on his home village.
* GentleGiant: He's by far the largest member of the main cast, but generally a nice guy. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Just don't get on his bad side]].
* TheGift: Said word for word in an episode of ''Legends Of Awesomeness''.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a nice guy, but [[spoiler:killed both Tai Lung and Ke-pa]], as well as [[spoiler:[[DeaderThanDead destroyed Kai's soul]]]]. None of these was more than the situation called for, but Po isn't afraid to put genuinely evil people down if he has to.
* GroinAttack: Fell victim to this during his first training course, and in the third film he accidentally poured Szechuan peppercorns in the water of his bath.
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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Usually doesn't wear a shirt. Then again, it would hardly fit him.
* HappilyAdopted: Even after learning the truth about his biological family, he still accepts Mr. Ping as his father.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted. While Po has a great deal of natural talent and can learn very quickly [[WaxOnWaxOff under the right circumstances]] while creating powerful innovations, he still has to rely extensively on the Five in combat (although he is still an asset to them as well), and Tigress in particular is implied to be a much more formidable combatant.
* HealingHands: One of the applications of [[spoiler:Chi Mastery, which allows you to give your chi to someone sick or wounded so they can heal.]]
* TheHeart: Po's bubbly energy, constantly cheerful nature, and excellent cooking skills all endear him quickly to the Furious Five, Tigress notwithstanding.
* HeroProtagonist: He's the main protagonist of the franchise and helps to defend the Valley of Peace as the [[TheChosenOne Dragon Warrior]].
* HeroicBSOD: In the second movie, he suddenly goes into shock whenever he sees Lord Shen's symbol, and it heavily effects his ability to focus. [[spoiler:Before he comes to terms with the tragedies of his past and achieves inner peace, that is.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Uses the Wuxi Finger Hold on himself to take himself and Kai to the Spirit Realm to protect both of his fathers, the panda villagers and Tigress from Kai.]] He even admits [[spoiler: [[DidntThinkThisThrough he didn't know he could leave the Spirit Realm before doing so]].]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: In the first film, Po thinks of himself as a fat loser and can't change because of the constant verbal abuse he received from Shifu and the Furious Five. [[CoolOldGuy Oogway]], however, encourages him to keep going because "tomorrow" is a mystery. [[CharacterDevelopment He gains a healthy amount of confidence by the end]].
* TheHerosJourney: Each film shows us some CharacterDevelopment for Po.
** The first film has Po dreaming of being a great kung fu master like his idols, the Furious Five, yet believes that he's a loser who's doomed to a humdrum life and can't change himself. Thanks to Oogway's encouragement and some CharacterDevelopment on Shifu's part, Po gains the confidence and proper training he needs, and gradually defrosts the inhabitants of the Jade Palace.
** The second film has Po discovering what happened to his biological family, causing him to struggle with inner peace. Eventually he learns to let go [[spoiler:by going to the ruins of his childhood home and confronting his memories]], achieving forgiveness and the inner peace he sought.
** The third film has Po struggle with self-identity, and the expectations people have of him. By the end of the film, he has accepted that he is ''all'' facets of his identity, and that he will always be Po.
* HeroWorshipper: To pretty much any famous master he meets, but mainly the Furious Five. He retains this trait long after he becomes a famous master himself.
* HeyYou: He is frequently referred to as just "panda" by friend and foe alike, especially in the first film.
* HeyYouHaymaker: Done in the second movie, where he does this to a wolf minion while disguised as a lion dragon -- he punches the guy, [[ItMakesSenseInContext and the lion dragon proceeds to eat the wolf]].
* HiddenDepths:
** Leaving aside his martial arts skills, as much as Po so often seems an immature AscendedFanboy, Shifu learns that he is an excellent teacher of kung fu's philosophical and historical aspects. His knowledge of kung fu masters, their skills, and their histories is very much in-depth. Shifu even saw hints of this when he first meets Po, threatens Po with the Wuxi Fingerhold, and is visibly impressed that Po immediately knew what the move was the second he placed it.
** He's a pretty talented wood carver, if his sculptures of the Five are any indication. [[spoiler:He was able to fool Lord Shen and his wolf minions with a Mantis figure that heavily resembled the real deal]].
** Whenever you see him cooking or serving tables, so long as he's no distracted, his movements are quite fluid and he balances well. He and Mr. Ping even put on a cooking show every Winter Feast where they cook in tandem, and it's no less skilled or physically demanding than a kung fu kata. That balance and fluidity in movement partially lends to why his fighting style is vastly different than those of his contemporaries.
** He also shows excellent skills at strategy, despite not looking the type. His plan in the third film against Kai, involving having the entire Panda village distract the Jombies and Kai, worked gangbuster, and would have worked had the Wuxi Fingerhold worked on the undead.
* HotBlooded: Everyone kept telling him that his goal was impossible, but he kept fighting, for his passion of becoming the Dragon Warrior. That same determination helps him succeed in the end.
* HumbleHero: Officially becomes one in the second movie. He gained a lot of self-confidence by the first movie's end, but hasn't become haughty.
* IAmTheNoun: After Tai Lung is nearly defeated, he's in disbelief and says Po is [[UnderestimatingBadassery nothing more than a big, fat panda]].
-->'''Po''': I'm not a big fat panda. I'm ''the'' big fat panda.
* ICallHimMrHappy: Po refers to this area as his tenders.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: In the first movie, he wants to be a kung fu master, despite discouragement from his father, the Furious Five, and Shifu. However, he succeeds in the end.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Spent most of his life wishing he could get out of his father's noodle shop and be a kung fu master. His wish came true when he was chosen as the Dragon Warrior.
* ImprovFu: A big part of his fighting style revolves around grabbing the nearest object and using it to his advantage.
* IncompletelyTrained: Only receives a few days of actual training before facing Tai Lung in the first movie. As a result, that fight is a lot more about exploiting Tai Lung's weaknesses than actual skill on Po's part. He's gotten a lot more training by the sequel, [[TookALevelInBadass and it shows]].
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: When he finds out about [[spoiler: the massacre of his parents and species]], his reaction is to... let it go, much to Lord Shen's shock.
* InstantExpert:
** It is not uncommon for him to master advanced techniques on the fly -- techniques that took other masters dozens of years to learn (though it's typically under extraordinary circumstances and in life-or-death situations). {{Lampshaded}} in the third movie, when Shifu seems a bit exasperated by this:
-->'''Po:''' ''I think I mastered Chi!''\\
'''Shifu:''' ''[sighing]'' Of course you did.
** Refreshingly, this is averted with his basic Kung Fu skills over the course of the three films. At the climax of the first film, while certainly a better fighter than he was at the beginning, he is no match for Tai Lung in an exchange of blows, and has to rely on unorthodox techniques to come out on top. In the second film, his fights against the wolves show that his skills have much improved, and he can go toe-to-toe with Lord Shen, but is helpless against Tigress when she tries to stop him from getting involved in the assault on Shen's factory. By the third film, their short fight following a disagreement seems to suggest that he is now Tigress' equal in terms of skill.
* InterspeciesAdoption: A panda adopted by a goose. [[HappilyAdopted He's pretty fine with the arrangement]].
* InkSuitActor: Po is essentially his VA Jack Black as a panda.
* {{Irony}}: Po is superb at countering the attacks of his opponents, but doesn't fare so well whenever they manage to counter his own attacks. Case in point, Tigress comes out on top during both of their matches by using his own weight and force against him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The ''Legends of Awesomeness'' TV series tends to portray him as lazy, selfish, and prideful. But once he realizes what he did was wrong, especially if he ended up hurting his friends, he will ''immediately'' try to put things right and make amends.
* {{Kevlard}}: Specifically, his fat [[spoiler:makes him immune to nerve strikes.]]
* KidAppealCharacter: Aside from being the protagonist, this is the main reason he's at the forefront of the advertising.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: No matter how much of a badass he himself becomes, he can't resist fanboying over any famous master he sees.
* LargeHam: Being voiced by Creator/JackBlack, it's a given. Creator/MickWingert is no slouch either.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuC9qt_3jts Panda Po]]" -- a humble melody usually played with strings. Introduced in the first movie, and used ''everywhere'' in the second.
* LastOfHisKind: Po is the only (known) panda to have survived an attempted genocide orchestrated by Shen. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that he's not.]]
* LaughOfLove: Po {{invoke|dTrope}}s and {{exploit|edTrope}}s this in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', when he giggles while pretending to be a female panda in order to get close enough to a nearby wolf to knock him out, which is successful.
* LeeroyJenkins: Rushes headlong into the factory to confront Shen himself instead of listening to Tigress's instructions to stay put. This inevitably screws up the Furious Five's plans to blow up the factory along with Shen and the Wolves in the process.
* LethalChef: ''Secret of the Scroll'' reveals that 10 years ago he was a pretty bad chef, [[spoiler:to the point of accidentally giving Shifu a nasty case of food poisoning.]] Fortunately for his friends, he's improved immensely since then.
* LetsGetDangerous: Most of the time, he's so much of a goofball that you can't take him seriously. But threaten the people he cares about or refuse his LastSecondChance? You're about to be skadooshed six ways from Sunday. Generally speaking, when Po stops talking and starts fighting, enemies start ''dying.''
* LightningBruiser: He's surprisingly fast and agile for a guy his size, while also hitting about as hard as you'd expect.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Po and Mr. Ping share several personality quirks despite the fact they are not blood related father and son, most notably that when embarrassed, they turn sideways and nervously peek towards those looking at them.
** Even moreso with Li Shan, his biological father, who shares his BigEater habits, his fun-loving attitude, and general silliness.
* MadeOfIron: Because of his fat, he can deflect blows quite easily. [[spoiler:Even Tai Lung's nerve strike attack.]] As a result, when he begins to ''lose'' weight in [=KFP2=] (as noted by his father), he no longer has this resistance (as the Wolf Boss is able to hurt him with a strike to the belly).
* ManChild: Despite being in his 20's and being a kung fu master, Po acts very immature and childish. He takes bubble baths and plays with action figures.
* MartialArtsStaff: Gains one made of jade topped by the yin-yang symbol [[spoiler:from Master Oogway in the Spirit Realm after mastering Chi and defeating Kai]] in the third movie.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: '''Feminine Boy''' to Tigress's '''Masculine Girl'''. Po is an AllLovingHero, easily emotional, clumsy, and can be one of the most soft-hearted characters in the series. Tigress, on the other hand, is TheStoic, has manly traits, is the physically stronger one of the two, and can take a while to warm up to people.
** Also applies to his relationship between him and Luthera in ''The Dragon Knight'', who in a sense serves as an expy of Tigress in the series.
* MeaningfulName: WordOfGod says his full name is "Po Ping" (寶平, bǎopíng), which means "precious peace". In the second film, Mr. Ping calls him "Xiao Po", which in this context, roughly translates to "little precious peace".
** In the third film, his birthname is revealed to have been "Little Lotus". While the "Little" part isn't so fitting anymore, the name "Lotus" is typically used to symbolize purity and enlightenment, both traits that apply to Po.
* MemeticBadass: In-universe, the Dragon Warrior is the ultimate kung-fu master and a paragon of badassery, as well as one in harmony with the energy of the universe. Po eventually grows into that hype.
* MentorsNewHope: Oogway intended Po to be this for Shifu, though the mentor certainly didn't see it that way (at first).
* MessiahCreep: In the first movie, he was a [[TheFool fool]] and a [[TheChosenOne chosen one]], but in the second movie, he becomes a Messiah after his CharacterDevelopment when he finds inner peace to [[spoiler:forgive Shen]]. [[spoiler:Goes even further in the third movie when he takes over the role of Oogway, the previous Messiah]].
* MessianicArchetype: His name, Po Ping, means "precious peace" in Chinese.
* MightyGlacier: While a LightningBruiser in his own right, he doesn't own the amount of stamina to utilise it which is shown when he has trouble climbing stairs. His fight against Tai Lung has him succeed by periodically moving and using his weight against Tai Lung. He is also slow moving compared to the other 5 but still packs a punch.
* MomentKiller: Po's a real master at it. He has the unfailing ability to ruin a moment. [[spoiler:He seems to be somewhat aware of this by the third movie, as he does it deliberately as a ShutUpHannibal to Kai]].
* MosesInTheBulrushes: [[spoiler:His mother]] hid him in a crate of radishes [[spoiler:before leading the wolves away from him and presumably sacrificing herself]]. The radishes were eventually shipped to Mr. Ping's noodle shop, where Po was found and officially adopted.
* MythicalMotifs: An odd case where an animal character has a separate animal motif. Po is frequently associated with dragons, being the Dragon Warrior, hanging around likenesses of dragons, and [[spoiler:gaining a dragon-shaped BattleAura in the third film]].
* NiceGuy: He doesn't have a single mean bone in his body as long as he isn't fighting villains. [[AllLovingHero And even then, he still tries to help and make peace with them whenever he could]].
* NoSell: [[spoiler: Tai Lung's paralyzing nerve attack only tickles Po due to the panda's girth taking most of the hit.]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: {{Downplayed}}. He really can be quite clueless at times, but there are hints that he plays up just ''how'' clueless just because that's how people see him. For example, he tells Tigress that he had only just found out he was adopted, clearly making her wonder how he could be ''that'' naive given he is a panda and his father is a goose; yet, when actually talking to his father about it earlier, he admits that he already knew it. An advantage to this is that people keep underestimating him, never knowing when he is being genuinely clever or genuinely stupid.
* ObliviousAdoption: Quite obviously, there is no way a panda could be the biological son of a goose, but the issue is never addressed. Eventually, when Mr. Ping reveals to Po that he isn't his father, Po says he already knew, probably because of how obvious it was.
-->'''Mr. Ping:''' You knew?? Wh- who told you??\\
'''Po:''' Nobody! I mean, come on, Dad.
* ObliviousToHatred: Subverted. At first he seems unaware that Master Shifu is only trying to get rid of him, and not really training him. But eventually is revealed that he was always aware of Master Shifu's true intentions.
* OhCrap: In Dreamworks Universe Of Legends, he lets out a meek "Oops..." in the cutscene after his Wuxi Finger Hold causes King Globby to split apart into a bunch of Droplets and invade the Dreamworks multiverse.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Three words: "I'm not hungry."
** In general, whenever Po loses his cheerful goofiness, you ''know'' things have gotten serious.
** He really starts showing much of a darker side in the third flim, due to the stakes being much higher. [[spoiler:He is actually able to deduce that Ping is jealous of Li Shan and shows clear discomfort and wariness over Ping being overly fatherly towards him. He also shows genuine ''anger'' at Li Shan for lying to him, an emotion barely even glimpsed from him prior, as that lie meant he left the Valley and the Furious Five unprotected and to fall for virtually nothing. He notably skips the LastSecondChance after beating Kai and goes straight to finishing him off]].
* OrphansOrdeal: His character arc in the second film.
* {{Otaku}}: Po loves everything related to Kung Fu and is knowledgeable of every Kung Fu master, technique, and artifact related to the craft. He has action figures of the Furious Five and ran around the Jade Palace in absolute glee seeing all of the famous artifacts on display.
* ParentalIssues: Downplayed. Po actually has a very loving and caring relationship with his adopted father, Mr. Ping. This trope really only applies to the first film and likely their time before that. While they have always been close, they didn't quite see eye to eye. Mr. Ping's entire life was around running his families noodle shop and had just assumed that Po would want to be the one to take over. After Po confesses that he loves kung fu, Mr. Ping doesn't know how to respond to it other than "lets get back to work". We do see that he feels bad about not understanding his real passion though and he does give his full love and support by the end of the film and sequels.
* ParodySue: Po's dream as the awesome Legendary Warrior. [[spoiler:Shockingly, it eventually comes true for him]].
* ThePigPen: Master Shifu tells Po that he smells occasionally in the first film.
* TheProtagonist: In case the name of the franchise didn't tip you off.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: After enduring Shifu's brutal "training" and the Five's behavior, Po reaches his limit when he learns that not only Tai Lung has escaped but Oogway is no longer around to stop him. Po finally ends up leaving (around the time Shifu decides to train Po seriously.) When Shifu stops him, [[SadClown Po]] finally just ''[[RageBreakingPoint breaks into that]]''.
-->'''Shifu:''' You will beat [Tai Lung] because ''you'' are the Dragon Warrior!\\
'''Po:''' YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT! You ''NEVER'' believed that! From the first moment I got here, you've been trying to get rid of me!\\
'''Shifu:''' [[BrutalHonesty Yes, I was.]] But now I ask you to trust in your master, as I have come to trust in mine.\\
'''Po:''' You're ''not'' my master... and I'm ''not'' the Dragon Warrior!\\
'''Shifu:''' Then why didn't you quit?! You knew I was trying to get rid of you, yet you stayed!\\
'''Po:''' Yeah, I stayed. I stayed, because every time you threw a brick at my head, or said I smelled, ''it hurt''. But it could never hurt more than it did every day of my life just being ''me''. I stayed, because I thought if anyone could change me -- could make me ''NOT'' me -- it was you! The greatest kung-fu teacher in all of China! \\
'''Shifu:''' But I ''can'' change you! I ''can'' turn you into the Dragon Warrior! And I ''WILL!''\\
'''Po:''' Come on! Tai Lung is on his way here right now! And even if it takes him a hundred years to get here, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion how are]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion you]]'' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion going to change]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion THIS]]'' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion into the Dragon Warrior?! HUH?!]]\\
'''Shifu:''' ''[silence]''\\
'''Po:''' How? How!? ''HOW!?''\\
'''Shifu:''' I DON'T KNOW!! ...I don't know.\\
'''Po:''' ''[angry and disappointed]'' That's what I thought...
* RefusalOfTheCall: A complicated example. He's pretty excited about being the Dragon Warrior and willing to endure whatever training. Though when Tai Lung escapes, Po finally is freaked out enough to leave, only for Shifu to stop him and the above exchange, happening. Complication comes from Po no longer accepting the call after the call refused to ''accept '''him.''''' Shifu eventually trains him seriously. After Po seems to not grasp the purpose of the Scroll, Shifu sends him and the Five away to escort the villagers while he faces Tai Lung. [[spoiler:However, when Ping tells him the secret of his soup and Po has his EurekaMoment on how it reflects the scroll's message, he returns to defeat Tai Lung]].
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: Being the fanboy he is, he likes to do this to other people. His first reaction upon meeting any famous master is often to start reciting their greatest accomplishments to their face.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: As a baby panda.
* RookieRedRanger: The newest addition to the Furious Five, and initially the least experienced.
* RunningGag:
** Po's eternal rivalry with stairs, which started with trying to go to the Jade Palace in the first film. It even carries over to his biological father.
** To Shifu's annoyance, Po constantly and quickly learns advanced techniques that he himself has been trying for years to do, "...at such a young age."
* SadClown: In the first film, Po has serious self-esteem issues, considering himself a fat failure thanks to the severely ChillyReception he got from Shifu and the Furious Five. However, both Oogway and Master Shifu (after going through his own CharacterDevelopment) are able to lift his spirits considerably and he has since felt better about his new life.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: As can be expected of a fanboy, Po is very prone to these, most famously his "Skadoosh" when he defeated Tai Lung.
* ShipTease: With a number of female characters. In the first movie, it's downplayed greatly in favor of Po's story, but Viper gets a little of it by being nice to him from the beginning, and kissing a training dummy that looks like him during the credits (she later gets a few moments with him in the TV series too); with Song in one episode of ''Legends of Awesomeness''; with Tigress ''especially'' during the second film and the TV series; and with Mei Mei in the third movie while training her with nunchucks.
%%* SitcomArchNemesis: Stairs.
* SmallParentHugeChild: Po is huge compared to his smaller, adoptive goose father Mr. Ping.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:''Secrets of the Scroll'' shows that he, completely inadvertently, brought the Furious Five together, who in turn, inspired him to learn kung fu in the first place. [[ArcWords There are no accidents]] indeed]].
* StepfordSmiler: In the first film. His cheerful attitude hides some ''massive'' self-esteem issues, and despite his constant fanboying to the Furious Five, he's painfully aware that both they and Shifu view him as a joke. He endures it out of the opportunity to no longer be him and seeing him finally crack is painful. Fortunately, he gains the confidence to overcome this.
* TheStrategist: While Po's biggest strength is how he's nearly impossible to injure, his surprising guile is a very close second. He's capable of intricate strategies set up beforehand, and more importantly he's flexible enough to [[IndyPloy adapt quickly]] if and when things go awry: both traits were demonstrated quite well in his battle with Kai.
* StoneWall: Po is at first not nearly at the level of fighting skill as Shifu or any of the Furious Five, but he is nearly impossible to physically injure. Every fight he goes in is mostly him absorbing damage (and after learning to fight, attacking opportunistically). This ultimately saves him in the second movie, where [[spoiler: his sheer defense allows him to survive getting hit by Shen's giant cannon (though the wok he held in front of him probably helped a little, though considering how far he was thrown by the force of the cannonball, it didn't help that much)]].
** The second movie also briefly shows this working against him when he encounters something he '''can't''' simply tank in Shen's very lethal bladed weapons. Despite having defeated the much more technically skilled and strong Tai Lung fairly easily, Po is immediately forced on the defensive as his large bulk and lack of agility start working against him. Thankfully, it doesn't take long for [[spoiler:Shen to basically defeat himself.]]
* StoutStrength: His stoutness is actually an [[{{Kevlard}} advantage]] for him.
* StrongGirlSmartGuy: With Tigress. Po is an AscendedFanboy with an encyclopedic knowledge of kung fu history and trivia, along with the ability to learn new techniques incredibly quickly (at least when properly motivated). Tigress, on the other hand, is the leader of the Furious Five and the fiercest fighter in the Valley of Peace.
* SupremeChef: Especially with noodles. It runs in the family.
* SympathyForTheDevil: He takes pity on both Tai Lung and Shen and tries to help them get over their issues, though [[spoiler:both times]] it is in vain.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:In third film, he uses the Wuxi Finger Hold on ''himself'' while holding onto Kai to send them both to the Spirit Realm, after finding out it won't work on Kai directly (as Kai is ''already'' a spirit).]]
* TalkToTheFist: To Kai in the third film.
-->'''Po:''' ''(mockingly)'' Chitty-chitty-chat-chat, chit-chat!
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Po forgives Shifu and the Furious Five easily for all the harsh treatment they put him in the first film, and even offers ''Shen'', who killed his mother, a second chance in life. HOWEVER, when he learns that all his friends and the Valley of Peace's innocents have become zombies due to Kai and he left them all for nothing as his father literately left them to their fate to save his son, even Po cannot forgive that. He doesn't waste any time obliterating Kai, as the latter is simply too much of a monster. Notably, even his own father initially gets this, as Po straight up tells him that Li Shan has lost him and coldly turns his back on him, though when his father helps him and shows regret, this gets subverted.
* ThroughHisStomach: Po began to befriend the Furious Five (except Tigress) after the great meal he whipped up for them.
* TigerVersusDragon: The Dragon to Tai Lung and Tigress' Tiger.
* TookALevelInBadass: Takes a level in each film.
** The first film's plot revolves around this -- learning kung fu in order to be ready when Tai Lung attacks. By the time Tai Lung arrives, Po's able to use both skill and [[ImprovFu the town surroundings]] to fight on par with him. [[spoiler:And accidentally discovers that his own fat protects him from nerve strikes]].
** In the sequel, although his fighting skills are still far from flawless, he kicks much more butt, being able to turn the already powerful Furious Five into a ''devastating'' force by combining their speed and offense with his defense and weight. Plus, he achieves Inner Peace [[spoiler:by learning to let go of his past and the crimes committed against him and his people, which allows him to catch and redirect ''cannon fire'']].
** The third film has him learn how to produce chi, [[spoiler:which results in Po utterly [[CurbStompBattle obliterating]] Kai to the point of death in the Spirit Realm. After that, he takes over Master Oogway's job as the BigGood and leader of Kung Fu]].
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler: Upon mastering chi, Po becomes so almighty that he lets Kai absorb some of his power. The result is it being too much for Kai to handle, resulting in him becoming DeaderThanDead.]]
* TraumaButton: In the second film, seeing Lord Shen's red-eye symbol on the Wolf Boss' armor causes him to have a flashback of seeing his mother for the last time when he was a baby, stunning him long enough for the Wolf Boss to hit him with his warhammer and get away with the stolen pots and pans. Throughout the movie, repeatedly seeing the symbol (and even the pattern on Shen's tail-feathers, which resemble it) causes him to have more flashbacks, putting him at a disadvantage in battle, [[spoiler:until he ends up at the demolished site of the panda village. With the Soothsayer's help, he is able to remember exactly what happened that night.]]
* TranquilFury: When he learns that Li Shan lied to him and that he left his friends, Shifu, and the Valley unprotected for nothing, Po finally gets ''angry'', but he doesn't scream or snap. He just coldly and straightly tells Li Shan that he is no longer his father. He spends his walk to the city and his time training with a dummy with an expression of ''cold fury''.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: For obvious reasons, he gets this a lot. Tai Lung quite assumed that Po's only move is to sit on him, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to pay for it]] with injury [[spoiler:and his life]]. Lord Shen became quite annoyed at how Po managed to come back no matter what he threw at him and ended up defeated [[spoiler:and killed by his own cannon falling on him]]. And Kai thought it would be easy to steal Po's chi, but he didn't count on Po training a bunch of panda villagers to help fight him [[spoiler:and then mastering his chi in the Spirit Realm. It ends in Kai being DeaderThanDead]].
* UseYourHead: He favors this move to shut enemies up fast, as seen in the holiday special and the second film.
* VagueAge: Shen's comment about waiting "thirty years for this day" when he takes over Gongmen implies Po to be at least in his late twenties, giving a couple of years for Shen to experiment before he was exiled. This is debatable; Shen was likely [[spoiler: looking forward to the day he became Lord of Gongmen City long before he tried to wipe out the pandas to escape his fate.]] Po's father states in the third film that he kept the secret about Po being adopted for twenty years, implying that Po was twenty (or at least very close to twenty) during the events of the second film.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Stairs. Okay, lots of people have trouble with stairs, but the level to which it is exaggerated with somebody who would otherwise be perfectly healthy and ''does Kung Fu'' cements the trope, given how he can ''swing'' his way up an entire building without slowing down, but taking the stairs leaves him completely exhausted.
--> '''Po:''' Ah, [[SitcomArchNemesis my old enemy]]... Stairs.
* WithCatlikeTread: His attempt at "stealth mode" in the second film is...[[EpicFail less than stellar]]. Then again, what would you expect from a 300-pound Giant Panda voiced by [[LargeHam Jack Black]]?
* TheWorfEffect: In ''Legends of Awesomeness'', whenever it's Shifu or a member of the Furious Five that's about to have their own ADayInTheSpotlight episode, Po can sometimes get the beatdown by the VillainOfTheWeek so one of his Jade Palace compatriots can have the chance to shine.
* YoureNotMyFather: When he learns that Li Shang lied to him, angered and heartbroken that his father made him abandon his friends for nothing and they are now gone and seeing Li Shang prioritizing their survival over the greater cause, Po briefly denounces him as his father, straight-up telling him Li Shang has lost his son. He gets out of it after Li Shang is willing to fight and sincerely regrets it.
* YouKilledMyMother: [[spoiler:Subverted since Po manages to make peace with his past and never seems to seek out to kill Shen to avenge his mother's death.]]
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->''"Am I the son of a panda? The son of a goose? A student? A teacher? Turns out... I'm all of them. I am the Dragon Warrior."''

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackBlack (Films, ''[[WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight The Dragon Knight]]''), Creator/MickWingert (TV Series sans ''The Dragon Knight'', Video Games sans ''Legendary Warriors''), Eric Loomis (''Legendary Warriors''); Liam Knight (young)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Eason Chan (Cantonese); Creator/HugolinChevretteLandesque (Canadian French); Manu Payet [Films], Pascal Nowak [''Legends of Awesomeness''], Philippe Bozo [''Secrets of the Scroll'', ''Paws of Destiny''] (EU French); Hape Kerkeling [Films], Robert Louis Griesbach [''Paws of Destiny''] (German); Fabio Volo [Films], Gianfranco Miranda [TV Series] (Italian); Tatsuya Yamaguchi [''[=KFP=] 1'' and ''2''], Setsuji Satō [''[=KFP=] 3''] (Japanese); Eom Sang-hyeon (Korean); Liu Feng (PRC Mandarin); Wilber Pan (TW Mandarin); Lúcio Mauro Filho (Brazilian Portuguese); Marco Horácio (EU Portuguese); Mikhail Galustyan (Russian); Florentino Fernández (EU Spanish); Omar Chaparro (LA Spanish); Marcin Hycnar (Polish)[[/labelnote]]

** He really stars showing much of a darker side in the third flim, due to the stakes being much higher. [[spoiler:He is actually able to deduce that Ping is jealous of Li Shan and shows clear discomfort and wariness over Ping being overly fatherly towards him. He also shows genuine ''anger'' at Li Shan for lying to him, an emotion barely even glimpsed from him prior, as that lie meant he left the Valley and the Furious Five unprotected and to fall for virtually nothing. He notably skips the LastSecondChance after beating Kai and goes straight to finishing him off]].

[-[[Characters/KungFuPandaTheJadePalace The Jade Palace]] ('''Po''', [[Characters/KungFuPandaTheFuriousFive The Furious Five]] [[Characters/KungFuPandaMasterTigress Tigress]])\\

[-[[Characters/KungFuPandaTheJadePalace The Jade Palace]] ('''Po''', [[Characters/KungFuPandaTheFuriousFive The Furious Five]] [[[Characters/KungFuPandaMasterTigress Tigress]]])\\

* CluelessChickMagnet: Believe it or not, he has attracted the attentions of more than one female, even [[spoiler:Tigress and Viper]], though the former only temporarily in the show, and the latter only seen in credits. Additionally, he's given some GirlOfTheWeek love interests in ''Legends of Awesomeness'' including Song and Lu-Shi, as well as being able to unintentionally attract Ming, the ibex daughter of the Superintendent even though he was trying to help Monkey get together with her. In the third film, Mei Mei is very much attracted to him and never passes up a chance to flirt, although Po appears more than a little uncomfortable with it. In ''The Dragon Knight'' features Veruca having a VillainousCrush on him and flirts with him whenever she can, which disturbs him.

* CluelessChickMagnet: Believe it or not, he has attracted the attentions of more than one female, even [[spoiler:Tigress and Viper]], though the former only temporarily in the show, and the latter only seen in credits. Additionally, he's given some GirlOfTheWeek love interests in ''Legends of Awesomeness'' including Song and Lu-Shi, as well as being able to unintentionally attract Ming, the ibex daughter of the Superintendent even though he was trying to help Monkey get together with her. In the third film, Mei Mei is very much attracted to him and never passes up a chance to flirt, although Po appears more than a little uncomfortable with it. In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight'' features Veruca having a VillainousCrush on him and flirts with him whenever she can, which disturbs him.

* CluelessChickMagnet: Believe it or not, he has attracted the attentions of more than one female, even [[spoiler:Tigress and Viper]], though the former only temporarily in the show, and the latter only seen in credits. Additionally, he's given some GirlOfTheWeek love interests in ''Legends of Awesomeness'' including Song and Lu-Shi, as well as being able to unintentionally attract Ming, the ibex daughter of the Superintendent even though he was trying to help Monkey get together with her. In the third film, Mei Mei is very much attracted to him and never passes up a chance to flirt, although Po appears more than a little uncomfortable with it.

*** This happens to him for a second time and its a major plot pint in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight'' after he accidentally destroys an village during his first fight with Klaus and Veruca.

*** This happens to him for a second time and its a major plot pint in "WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight" after he accidentally destroys an village during his first fight with Klaus and Veruca.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Po and Mr. Ping share several personality quirks, most notably that when embarrassed, they turn sideways and nervously peek towards those looking at them.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JackBlack (Films, ''[[WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight The Dragon Knight]]''), Creator/MickWingert (TV Series sans ''The Dragon Knight'', Video Games sans ''Legendary Warriors''), Eric Loomis (''Legendary Warriors''); Liam Knight (young)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Eason Chan (Cantonese); Creator/HugolinChevretteLandesque (Canadian French); Manu Payet [Films], Pascal Nowak [''Legends of Awesomeness''], Philippe Bozo [''Secrets of the Scroll'', ''Paws of Destiny''] (EU French); Hape Kerkeling [Films], Robert Louis Griesbach [''Paws of Destiny''] (German); Fabio Volo [Films], Gianfranco Miranda [TV Series] (Italian); Tatsuya Yamaguchi [''[=KFP=] 1'' and ''2''], Setsuji Satō [''[=KFP=] 3''] (Japanese); Eom Sang-hyeon (Korean); Liu Feng (PRC Mandarin); Wilber Pan (TW Mandarin); Lúcio Mauro Filho (Brazilian Portuguese); Marco Horácio (EU Portuguese); Mikhail Galustyan (Russian); Florentino Fernández (EU Spanish); Omar Chaparro (LA Spanish)[[/labelnote]]