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4	''That's Why They Call It the Present'', and its sequel, ''Soaring Dragon, Dancing Phoenix'', are ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' fanfics by Luna Goldsun (the author of ''Fanfic/MemoirsOfAMaster'') on Website/FanFictionDotNet.
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6	This page is under construction. As such, many spoilers are not marked. Read at your own risk!
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8	After his defeat and assumed death, Tai Lung is discovered and brought back to the Valley of Peace to recover in secret. His caretakers are Aunt Wu, the red panda proprietor of a dim sum restaurant, and her adopted children- Dalang (a male Amur tiger), Su Lin (a female giant panda), and Mei Xing (a female snow leopard). As Tai Lung struggles to readjust to a normal life and regain acceptance from the valley's citizens, he also finds out his new family's past is very intertwined with his own.
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10	Tai Lung's parents were once friends and students of Aunt Wu, who was once a famous kung fu master known across the empire. But their lives were shattered when the Jiao Clan, a horde of barbarians led by the merciless Amur tiger Jiao Shen, attacked, resulting in Tai Lung being left, an orphan, on the Jade Palace steps. Now the Jiao Clan has returned and have set their eyes on the Valley of Peace. Tai Lung must join forces with Po and the Furious Five to beat this foe… and discover his own destiny in the process.
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12	Original story is found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4371270/1/That-s-Why-They-Call-It-the-Present here.]]
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14	Sequel is found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5267381/1/Soaring-Dragon-Dancing-Phoenix here. ]]
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18	[[folder:Tropes found in ''Present'']]
19	%%* ActionMom: Wu Lien.
20	%%* AnnoyingArrows: Definitely averted in the final battle.%%Averted how?
21	%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Tai Lung, at first.
22	%%* BabiesEverAfter: In the epilogue.
23	* BadassFamily: Let's see, Wu Lien's adopted children [[spoiler:marrying members of the Furious Five]], and all of them know or learn some form of kung fu. The Jiao clan also counts.
24	%%* BelligerentSexualTension:
25	%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Jiao Clan.
26	%%* BilingualBonus
27	* CarnivoreConfusion: The talking animals are mentioned to eat shrimp and fish.
28	%%* CoolOldGuy: Shifu, Sonam, and Shen.
29	%%* CoolOldLady: Wu Lien.
30	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tai Lung, Sonam, Dalang, Su Lin, Mei Xing... the list goes on.
31	* GilliganCut: Tigress: "I am not wearing a dress, and that's final!"
32	* GoodFeelsGood: Tai Lung admits this about saving little Chin Fu.
33	%%* TheHorde: The Jiao clan.
34	* ImprovisedLightningRod: Mei Xing [[spoiler:uses one of Tai Lung's fans as this to kill Xiang.]]
35	* InterchangeableAsianCultures: The characters at one point consume sake, which is Japanese. Dalang invents a dessert that the author based off of mochi, which is also Japanese. This is, of course, despite the ''Kung Fu Panda'' franchise being set in a fantastic version of ancient China.
36	%%* InterspeciesRomance: Crane and Viper.
37	%%* NeverFoundTheBody: With Sonam.
38	%%* NeverMessWithGranny: Wu Lien.
39	%%* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Sonam.]]
40	* ThePhoenix: [[spoiler:Tai Lung isn't the Dragon Warrior, but the Phoenix Warrior.]]
41	%%* PsychoSerum: What Huang cooks up for Xiang.
42	%%* ReformedButNotTamed: Tai Lung.
43	* {{Sarashi}}: Tigress wears one in one scene.
44	* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/MontyPython'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. The final battle is filled with quotes from Sun Tzu as well.
45	* ShownTheirWork: The author really has done her research on Ancient China.
46	%%* SlapSlapKiss: Tai Lung and Mei Xing
47	%%* AStormIsComing
48	* TakingTheBullet: Dalang for Shang, and Tai Lung for Po.
49	%%* TrainingFromHell: Tai Lung's training in the Lotus Style.%%How is it From Hell?
50	%%* WorthyOpponent: Shen is described as such by Shang.%%How? Why?
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53	[[folder:Tropes found in the sequel]]
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55	%%* AxCrazy: Koshchei.
56	* BattleCouple: Tigress and Dalang, and Lien and Shifu.
57	%%* BigBad: Koshchei.
58	%%* BigEater: Xu Jiu
59	* BrickJoke: [[spoiler:Dalang praying Shen is reincarnated as a rabbit, and Huang as a bug.]]
60	* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:This becomes Dalang's greatest fear after he witnesses Koshchei doing this to a man.]]
61	%%* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:Koshchei's fate.]]
62	* ContinuitySnarl: A little bit, as ''Present'' was written before ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' and ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' came out. A year took place between the events of the first movie and ''Present'', with more time passing before the epilogue and between the two fics, during which the events of ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' and ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' could have taken place, but it takes some finagling by the author to make it work and also explain why neither Tai Lung nor any of her [=OCs=] were a part of them.
63	* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: How Oogway created the Devil's Mouth. Po recreates the move at the end of the story.
64	%%* DarkerAndEdgier
65	* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Asmodei Koshchei's first name comes from "Asmodeus".
66	%%* DragonsUpTheYinYang: [[spoiler:Seen in the flesh, this time.]]
67	* TheDreaded: Koshchei -- even Jiao Shen feared him.
68	* EmptyPilesOfClothing: [[spoiler:What looks like happened to Koshchei, at first.]]
69	* {{Fainting}}: ''Sonam'', of all people, faints when Mei Xing gives birth.
70	* FauxAffablyEvil: Koshchei; it's demonstrated well in his second scene.
71	* {{Forgiveness}}: [[spoiler:The message of the Phoenix Scroll.]]
72	%%* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:"I think your only option is ritual suicide, sir."]]%%Foreshadowing what?
73	%%* GoodAllAlong: The Wu Sisters.
74	%%* GoodIsNotNice: Sun Bear.
75	%%* HairTriggerTemper: Koshchei.
76	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: What Dalang and Tai Lung fear will happen to them in order to fight Koshchei.
77	* HealingHands: One of the abilities of the Phoenix Warrior.
78	%%* HeartwarmingOrphan: Little Brother.
79	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Tai goes through this after Sun Bear's death.]]
80	%%* HeroicSacrifice: Sun Bear, and Lang.
81	* TheHorde: Koshchei and the Half Dozen gather one made up of various enemies of the Furious Five.
82	%%* InsaneEqualsViolent: Koshchei.
83	%%* InspectorJavert: Captain Zang Deshi.
84	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sun Bear.
85	* LotusPosition: Po can't do it (until the very end), and has to settle for half-lotus. So does Dalang.
86	%%* MamaBear: Mei Xing and Tigress.
87	%%* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Again, Koshchei.
88	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Asmodei Koshchei, named after a lord of Hell and a legendary undying sorcerer.%%Bao Nu is another.%%How?
89	%%* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Duo.]]
90	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Koshchei tries to use this comparison against Tai Lung during their battle.
91	%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Little Brother.
92	%%* PapaWolf: Lan Duo in his extreme protectiveness toward [[spoiler:baby Koshchei/reincarnated Lang]], to the point he is willing to fight Tai Lung, Shifu, the Five, Dalang, all their allies, and even the Emperor's men to keep the child safe--and so justifying why he is eventually given it to raise. Lampshaded in the author’s notes when she invokes the trope by name.
93	%%* PassThePopcorn: The rest of the Five while watching Tigress spar with Shifu.
94	%%* ThePhoenix: She shows up in person.
95	%%* PostKissCatatonia: Po.
96	%%* PregnantBadass: Mei Xing.
97	%%* PsychoForHire: Koshchei.
98	* RaiseHimRightThisTime: [[spoiler:What they decide to do with Koshchei's body. It helps that Lang's reincarnated soul has been placed into it.]]
99	%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Poor Lang.]]
100	* {{Retirony}}: Lan Duo plans to adopt Lang as his brother when all of this is over. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Lang doesn’t live to see it happen.]]
101	%%* SanitySlippage: Zang Deshi.
102	* ScreamingBirth: Averted, Mei Xing is surprisingly calm about the whole thing.
103	* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: Lampshaded during Po, Tai and Altai's return to the Valley.
104	%%* ShoutOut: Many to ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Film/{{Serenity}}''; the author is a big fan. Also to ''Creator/MontyPython'', ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', and ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', and possibly ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. There are also several to other fanfics, including ''Fanfic/ADifferentLesson'' since the author is again a big fan.
105	%%* TheSilentBob: Little Brother.
106	%%* SternTeacher: Sun Bear.
107	%%* TagalongKid: Little Brother.
108	%%* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Po to Asmodei.
109	* TellMeAboutMyFather: [[spoiler:Cadet Hu Quon visits Shang's grave and Dalang tells him what he was like.]]
110	%%* TrainingFromHell: Lang's training from the Half Dozen and Koshchei.%%From Hell how?
111	%%* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: [[spoiler:How they defend the Valley of Peace.]]%%So how do they do it?
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