History Trivia / KungFuPanda

* TheOtherDarrin: In video games, spin-off TV series, and commercials, this is usually the case. For instance, Creator/MickWingert does the voice of Po whenever Creator/JackBlack is too busy - except for one video game where Eric Loomis did it. Both of them, by the way, do very good impressions of Jack.
** For ''Secrets of The Furious Five'', JustifiedTrope for Creator/TaraStrong as Tigress, Jaycee Chan as Monkey, and Creator/JessicaDiCicco as Viper since they're specifically [[TimeShiftedActor younger versions of those characters]] unlike Max Koch filing in as Mantis.

** For ''Secrets of the Scroll'' Young Tigress is now voiced by Tara Macri with Creator/KariWahlgren as adult self and Creator/JamesSie as Monkey.

* PlayingAgainstType:

* ActingForTwo: All three of the Wu sisters share the same voice actor, Creator/SumaleeMontano.
* {{Blooper}}: Po's age isn't consistent throughout the films. Dialogue from the second movie states that Lord Shen waited thirty years for his vengeance, which implies Po is also thirty because the panda village massacre happened before Shen's exile. However, Mr. Ping says in the third movie that he "raised Po for twenty years before telling him he was adopted".

** Creator/LucyLiu as sweet-natured, kindly Viper.
** And Creator/JamesHong as an affectionate, dorky doting foster father, considering his animated roles in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' along with his StarMakingRole in ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' were as major [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] (evil wizard/sorcerer in ''Big Trouble'' and ''JCA'', the latter of which had him abusive to his underlings, and as a misogynist advisor in ''Mulan'').

* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JackBlack has commented on his voice work as Po being his favorite role out of everything he's done.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/KungFuPanda Has its own page]].

* TheWikiRule: [[https://kungfupanda.fandom.com Kung Fu Panda Wiki]].

* ActorInspiredElement: According to an interview with Creator/JamesHong, his father owned a noodle shop. When the producers found out about this, they incorporated it into his character, Mr. Ping.
* ActorInspiredHeroism: In an early version of the script, Po was intended to be something of a ParodySue, expecting the Furious Five to love him and adore him as much as he liked them. Apparently, Creator/JackBlack intervened because he realized how unlikable this made the character, and urged the writers to change Po to being insecure and well aware of his own flaws.
* AllStarCast:
** Creator/JackBlack, Creator/LucyLiu, Creator/AngelinaJolie, Creator/JackieChan, Creator/DustinHoffman, Creator/SethRogen, Creator/DavidCross, Creator/IanMcShane, and Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan are either primary focus characters or have significant roles in the film.
** In the Japanese dub, Po is voiced by the musician and bassist Tatsuya Yamaguchi, albeit only in the first two films, when he's replaced with Setsuji Sato instead in the third one. Master Tigress is voiced by Yoshino Kimura, who played the Japanese wife in ''Film/{{Blindness}}''.
** In the Mexican Spanish one, Po is voiced by the comedian Omar Chaparro.
** In the Castillian Spanish one, Po is voiced by the comedian Florentino "Flo" Fernandez.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Aside from the AllStarCast, [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Wayne Knight]] does the voice of the lead thug during the opening DreamSequence.
* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Baby Tai Lung is voiced by director Mark Osborne's then-six-year-old son, Riley.
* CreatorCouple: The bunny during the dream opening of the film who calls Po attractive is voiced by Creator/JackBlack's wife, Tanya Haden.

* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds sold a set of eight action figures in their Happy Meals. These consisted of Po, the Furious Five, Master Shifu, and Tai Lung.
* LifeImitatesArt: Creator/DustinHoffman (Shifu) tutored Creator/JackBlack (Po) on acting during production.
* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally going to be a spoof of the Kung Fu genre, but one of the directors, John Stevenson, wanted to have a blend of comedy and action to make this movie more epic, saying, "I wasn't interested in making fun of martial arts movies, because I really think they can be great films. They can be as good as any genre movie when they're done properly."
* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Creator/JackieChan dubbed himself for the Mandarin and Cantonese versions.

* ProductionNickname: The broken chunk of wood that Po picks up as a souvenir of Tigress' "awesomeness" was deemed "the love chunk" by the layout department.
* SleeperHit: At first, everyone thought that this would just be a comedic parody of Kung Fu films, never once suspecting that it would be the start of one of the most popular movie franchises in America ''and'' China.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/KungFuPanda The Dragon Warriors own page]].

* WorkingTitle: ''Daydreamer''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The creators were going to make Mantis TheMole until character designer Nico Marlet gave him more of a playful look that played with the stereotype of a creepy praying mantis.
** One of Viper's weapons was supposed to be a ParasolOfPain.
** The script didn't have Tai Lung destroying the village in a rampage after being denied the scroll, but WordOfGod said test audiences found Tai Lung too likable and relatable, so they added that in order to make him seem more villainous.
** The Wu Sisters were originally going to be minions of Tai Lung in the first movie, but were taken out to make Tai Lung seem like more of a badass. Their original designs also differ greatly from their current ones, including them looking completely identical and having a rather obnoxious VerbalTic. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDMgmSsIMew&feature=related See]] for yourself.
** In addition to the Wu Sisters, Tai Lung was meant to lead the Lang Shadow Army, composed of legions of wolves, gorillas, crocodiles and oxen. They were all cut to give Tai Lung more moments to shine on his own and were reworked for the video game adaptation, and then reworked again into Shen's army for the sequel, with the croc and ox bandits' design being used as the base for Master Croc's and Ox's own designs.
** Mr. Ping was going to be Po's stern boss (which ironically would have fit voice Creator/JamesHong's [[Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina three]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} previous]] [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures roles]] as a Mean Character) before one of the storyboard artists thought it would be funnier if he was Po's doting father instead.
** In earlier story treatments, Shifu was supposed to be Po's adoptive father. This is why he was designed as a red panda, and why his name in Chinese (師父) translates to "Father Teacher."
** Shifu was originally designed to be much older, possessing a more exaggerated hump, a wrinkled face, and jagged teeth. His age was ultimately reduced a bit to allow the character more activity.