History WesternAnimation / BatmanSoulOfTheDragon

** [[spoiler:Rip Jagger is eaten by Naga's demons rather than Bane backing his back like in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''.]]

* BareYourMidriff: Lady Eve wears a green SpyCatsuit that leaves her midriff exposed. But [[SexyBacklessOutfit only the back]] while covering her navel.

* AngryBlackMan: Ben Turner in spades. He traveled to Nanda Parbat to learn to control his anger and HairTriggerTemper, but as mentioned by O-Sensei, it's a slow work in progress. He has mellowed out by the time he reappears.

** O-Sensei's design is based on Master Po from ''Series/KungFu''.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: ''Soul Of The Dragon'' makes Batman, Lady Shiva, Richard Dragon, Bronze Tiger, Cheshire and Judomaster all be fellow martial arts students of O-Sensei in Nanda Parbat, far before any of them became famous. In the comics only Shiva, Richard and Ben are trained by O-Sensei, and not in Nanda Parbat (O-Sensei is a Japanese man who teaches martial arts in China, whereas Nanda Parbat is in the Himalayas). Judomaster is the only character that has a connection to Nanda Parbat in the comics [[spoiler:making it ironic he's TheMole for the Kobra cult]]. Also, in the comics Batman learned martial arts from a Korean named Kirigi, and while Bruce has been to Nanda Parbat, it wasn't for martial arts training.

''Batman: Soul Of The Dragon'' is 2021 animated movie produced as part of the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies''. Taking place in TheSeventies, the movie involves Bruce Wayne/ComicBook/{{Batman}} teaming up with his old friends, martial arts experts ComicBook/RichardDragon, ComicBook/LadyShiva, and Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger, to stop Jeffrey Burr/Lord Kobra from opening the gate to the underworld, and save their master O-Sensei.

The voice cast includes Creator/DavidGiuntoli as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Creator/MarkDacascos as Richard Dragon, Creator/KellyHu as ComicBook/LadyShiva, Creator/MichaelJaiWhite as Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger, Creator/JamesHong as O-Sensei, Creator/JamieChung as Jade Nguyen, Creator/ChrisCox as Rip Jagger, Creator/JoshKeaton as Jeffrey Burr, Creator/RobinAtkinDownes as Schlangenfaust, Creator/GreyGriffin as Lady Eve and Creator/PatrickSeitz as King Snake.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: ''Soul Of The Dragon'' makes Batman, Lady Shiva, Richard Dragon, Bronze Tiger, Cheshire and Judomaster all be fellow martial arts students of O-Sensei in Nanda Parbat, far before any of them became famous. In the comics only Shiva, Richard and Ben are trained by O-Sensei, and not in Nanda Parbat (O-Sensei is a Japanese man who teaches martial arts in Japan, whereas Nanda Parbat is in the Himalayas). Judomaster is the only character that has a connection to Nanda Parbat in the comics [[spoiler:making it ironic he's TheMole for the Kobra cult]]. Also, in the comics Batman learned martial arts from a Korean named Kirigi, and while Bruce has been to Nanda Parbat, it wasn't for martial arts training.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Shiva is portrayed as a serious, stoic PerpetualFrowner, while in the comics she’s a BloodKnight prone to a joyful SlasherSmile. Indeed, in her time working alongside Richard and Ben, [[PungeonMaster she displayed a particular fondness for awful puns]].
** However in her debut series she was much more snarky and was very much still a badass

* YouHaveFailedMe: Jeffrey Burr orders Schlangenfaust to kill the Axe Gang for failing to kill Richard and Bruce, and he happily obliges.

'''Shiva:''' ''[assumes a fighting stance]'' I ''am'' the weapon. ''[proceeds to break Lady Eve's sword with [[RazorSharpHand her bare hands]]]''.

* HumanSacrifice: A life must be ended with the Soultaker Sword to open the gate to the Naga Demon's realm.
[[spoiler:Rip Jagger uses Jade as his sacrifice in the {{Flashback}} while Jeffrey uses himself as the sacrifice in the finale]].

* StabTheScorpion: When Shiva first meets Bruce and Richard in the present, she throws two shurikens towards them. It looks like she's attacking them for a second, but then the shuriken hit two ninja {{Mooks}} that were sneaking up behind them.\

* HumanSacrifice: A life must be ended with the Soultaker Sword to open the gate to the Naga Demon's realm. [[spoiler:Rip Jagger uses Jade as his sacrifice in the {{Flashback}} while Jeffrey uses himself as the sacrifice in the finale]].

* StabTheScorpion: When Shiva first meets Bruce and Richard in the present, she throws two shurikens towards them. It looks like she's attacking them for a second, but then the shuriken hit two ninja {{Mooks}} that were sneaking up behind them.

** Richard Dragon, who is easily the most skilled fighter after Shiva [[spoiler:and (according to Naga) the only human strong enough to sustain himself as the demon's avatar. When facing off against the Naga-possessed O-Sensei, he even says it's his destiny to be the greatest fighter in the world]].

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: All of O-Sensei's students and O-Sensei are capable of strength, speed, and finesse greater than most people through years of intense training, especially Bronze Tiger and Shiva who can take whole groups of enemies such as snake demons single-handed and break durable objects with their hands. When O-Sensei is possessed by Naga his attributes increase to SupernaturalMartialArts levels with increase speed and chi-enhanced blows.

* AngryBlackMan: Ben Turner went to Nanda Parbat to learn to control his anger, but as mentioned by O-Sensei, it's a work in progress. He has mellowed out by the time he reappears.