Kung Fu Panda 3 / Tropes A to F

Kung Fu Panda 3 Trope Examples
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• 11th-Hour Superpower: Of the traditional sort generated by The Power of Friendship. Sustained by the freely given chi of his friends, students and family, Po is invulnerable to Kai's signature trick.

A

• Abnormal Ammo:
  • Master Porcupine's jombie uses a bow and what looks like his own quills as arrows.
  • During the pre-climax fight, the panda children using firecrackers and some pandas use themselves as catapult ammunition.
• Absurdly Sharp Blade: Kai's jade swords on chains can can pierce through and slice solid rock.
• Accidental Hero: Li Shan helps create the panda army that ends up defeating Kai's jombies in the Final Battle by lying to his son about knowing about chi and bringing him to the village. It does help that he wants his son's respect back after he has to admit he's lied to him, and studies the chi manipulation technique while Po does training sessions for everyone in the village.
• Achilles' Heel: Kai can see and otherwise sense through his jade zombie minions... but this backfires during the Final Battle thanks to the various kinds of abuse the pandas give them.
• Action Figure Justification: When Po's dad Mr. Ping is worried about his son, he starts with, "I come home to find you taking a bath with your dolls..." Po grumbles, "They're action figures!"
• Actor Allusion: You might say Mei Mei knows how to lose a panda in 10 days.
• Actually Pretty Funny: Kai lets out an amused chuckle when he sees one of his Jombies Squashed Flat by the two hammock-catapult Pandas in midair.
  Kai: Seriously?
• Adoption Conflict: Po finally meets his biological father, Li, and together, they bond as Li takes Po to the Panda village that he lives in. Po's adoptive father, Ping, gets quite jealous of Li, as he's worried that Li will take his son away from him, and that Po will forget about who reared him. Thankfully, that never happens. As the movie progresses, Ping eventually realizes that Po views both of them as his dads, and that they can work together to support their son.
• Advertised Extra:
  • Mei Mei is a surprisingly minor character given how much attention she got in the promotional material. Note how she's present on the Chinese poster◊, while Li Shan, indisputably a much more important character, is absent.
  • Bao as well, considering that he was promoted in behind-the-scenes features and even made playable in the tie-in fighting game (with his actor being one of the few from the films to retain his voice actor, even). In the movie, he gets very few lines and is just another one of the panda kids along with the others.
• Afterlife Avenger: Kai, after being defeated and sent to the Sprit World by his former ally Master Oogway, decides to hunt down Oogway 500 years later after Oogway has passed on to the Spirit World himself. After hunting all the masters of martial arts in the realm, Kai hunts down and defeats Oogway before stealing his chi to make his way to the mortal realm.
• Airplane Arms: Po briefly runs like this in the opening montage with him and the Five.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Po is victim to this once again, this time due to his biological father. Shifu and the Five's first impression of Li is him repeating "I'm gonna getcha!" in a baby talk voice to Po while everyone else looks on awkwardly.
• American Kirby Is Hardcore: Inverted, albeit with the Chinese cover for the film rather than the Japanese. The American cover has an emphasis on cuteness, showing a confused Po among the other pandas. The Chinese poster, on the other hand, has a much more serious focus, with Po in an Ass-Kicking Pose (as well as wearing his Spirit Realm clothes), being with the Furious Five, and featuring Kai as an Evil Overlooker.
• Ancient Evil: Kai, who was sealed away five hundred years ago when Oogway was young. This also means no one has any idea who he is, which is both to his advantage (as no one really has an idea of how to beat him), and anger.
• Animal Battle Aura: Po gets a golden dragon shaped aura when his allies channel their chi to him.
• Animal Gender-Bender:
  • A male goose lays a bunch of eggs when frightened by Kai, probably for Rule of Funny.
  • Master Chicken is male, but looks more like a hen than a rooster.
• Apologetic Attacker: A humorous semi-example: Monkey tries to snap the jombie Mantis out of it, but he ends up latching onto his zombified friend, who starts attacking the remaining Furious Five members at the Jade Palace, with Monkey apologizing to them after each blow.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Po and Shifu's discussion after Po failed miserably at teaching the Five involves Shifu directly questioning Po's sense of identity, in order to start him on the path to mastering chi. This silences Po's objections as he struggles to answer.
  Po: I don't wanna be more! I like who I am!
  Shifu: You don't even know who you are.
  Po: What do you—of course I do! I'm the Dragon Warrior!
  Shifu: And what exactly does that mean, Dragon Warrior?
• Art Evolution: Because of new animation software, all of the character models were rebuilt for this film. This is perhaps most visible with Po who overall has a slimmer appearance than in the two previous films.
• Art Shift: Some of the flashback scenes were presented in 2-D animation, while the Training Montage with Po training the panda village in Kung Fu has a more stylised 3-D effect.
• Ascended Extra: Mr. Ping had minor roles in the last two movies but here he's the Triagonist of the film.
• Ass Kicks You: Po in his chi dragon form tosses Kai around, first with a "Belly Gong", followed immediately by a "Butt Slap". Yes, that's what he's calling the attacks.

B

• Badass and Child Duo: Tigress and Lei Lei during the battle against the jombies in the Panda Village. Lei Lei even helps out a little.
• Badass Boast:
  • Delivered by Po at the Final Battle: "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!"
  • Bonus: "Get it? See the giant dragon??"
  • Tigress gets a brief one herself during Kai's attack on the Jade Palace. Kai mockingly calls her a "little kitten", then proceeds to fight off Shifu, Monkey and Viper. Cue Tigress leaping at Kai and delivering a kick so powerful it emits a wave of chi, causing him to lose his blades and fall to his knees.
    Tigress: How's that for a "little kitten"?!
• Bait-and-Switch:
  • Twice with Shifu. First, after Kai speaks to the Jade Palace warriors through his jade zombies and identifies himself, it sounds as if Shifu (unlike everyone else so far) recognizes his name... but then he doesn't either. After that, when researching in the scrolls for information on him, he finds a scroll in a special case which he says holds all the knowledge they seek. Upon removing it, it seems to be blank (and he even exclaims "Again?!") before discovering the story when he unrolls it further.
  • At the very beginning, we have Po boasting how "Justice... is about to be served!" followed by him and the Five racing to the Valley below in an extended action sequence, making it seem they're off to fight bad guys. Turns out they were just going to Mr. Ping's to have "justice platters" for breakfast.
• Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Oddly, nearly every panda except Po.
• Bear Hug: A literal example with Big Fun, since he's a panda bear and he likes to give out hugs.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Kai spends much of the movie taking the chi from various masters, culminating in him trying to take Po's chi, seeking the power of the dragon warrior. When Po, as the dragon warrior gives him what he wanted, pushing all of his chi into Kai, it proves to be too much, destroying him.
• Be Yourself: This trope is the reason for the central theme of 3, that being "You don't have to be anyone other than yourself." But at the same time it adds "But be the very best of yourself that you can possibly be."
• Big Bad: Kai, the ancient warrior spirit, and a former friend of Oogway, is out to destroy his legacy and absorb everyone's chi to become all-powerful.
• Big Damn Reunion: Po reunites with his biological father whom he hasn't seen since he was a cub. Later, Po remains in the spirit realm after having defeated Kai and finds himself reuniting with Oogway.
• Big Entrance:
  • Discussed and lampshaded. Po says that this is a very important thing... and to everyone's surprise, including his own, Shifu agrees, pointing out a proper entrance can get you the advantage before the fight actually starts. He then follows up with the "dramatic exit": getting Po to look behind him so he can slip away. This becomes important in how Po is able to banish Kai back to the Spirit Realm.
  • In addition, Kai seems to be fond of these, every one of his entrances are awesome, first is his sword flying towards Oogway in the spirit realm, then he returns to the mortal realm in a green glowing fireball of awesomeness. He arrives to the Jade Palace swinging his swords threateningly while lumbering out of a cloud of fog, and he climbs the mountain to the Panda Village effortlessly (Po himself lampshades how awesome his entrance was). And every one of his entrances have his awesome theme playing in the background.
• Big Sister Instinct: Tigress develops this with Lei Lei.
• Big Sister Worship: Lei Lei is completely smitten with "Stripy Baby" Tigress and is constantly by her side.
• Big "WHAT?!": Delivered by Po when Shifu tells him that he will be the next teacher of the Furious Five. The rest of the gang doesn't exactly seem all that thrilled either, based on their own reactions.
  • This is Zig-Zagged from there; once Shifu makes his "dramatic exit", the Five willingly bow before Po, accepting him as their new teacher, with Tigress adding, "All you have to lose is our respect." Then comes Po in teacher mode, and, well...
• Blunt "Yes": Shifu gives Mantis one when he assigns him to team up with Crane:
  Crane: Master, what are we going to do?
  Shifu: You are going to find out where Kai is. Follow the trail of those jade creatures, but do not engage, for with every foe he faces, Kai becomes stronger.
  Crane: Why me? Is it because I asked?
  Shifu: No. It is because you can fly. Go!
  Mantis: Should have kept your beak shut! [laughs]
  Shifu: And take Mantis.
  Mantis: What? Ohh, man! Is it because I—
  Shifu: Yes.
• Bookends:
  • The trilogy began with Po as a legendary, revered warrior in a robe and wearing a nice hat - albeit only in a dream. This film almost ends the same way, but under much different circumstances: Po only dons the outfit he wore in the opening of the first film after accepting himself as the Dragon Warrior after sending himself and Kai to the Spirit Realm. Po loses the outfit once he returns to the mortal realm, but he still ends the film and the trilogy as the legendary, revered warrior he once only dreamed he could be.
  • In the film itself, Shifu states, "Before the battle of the fists, comes the battle of the mind." The lyrics finish the whole statement during the credits: "When you don't know who you are, just look inside."
• Both Sides Have a Point: During Po's rant at Li Shan, Po had every right to be angry at him for lying that he knew how to master chi and leaving his friends and the valley to be attacked by Kai, and Li was right when he said that Po could've been killed by Kai as well.
• Bowdlerise: Po's "I think I just peed a little" line at seeing the full capability of Master Rhino's armor is changed in the Mandarin dub to "This is too much".
• Bowel-Breaking Bricks: A goose is so frightened of meeting Kai he lays a bunch of eggs rapidly.
• Brick Joke:
  • Lei Lei, a little baby panda, takes Po's Tigress action figure and calls it "Stripy Baby". When Tigress appears, Lei Lei recognizes her and gives her a Glomp.
  • One that spans the entire series - at the end of Kung Fu Panda, Po appears to be wearing a straw hat and cape after defeating Tai Lung. He finally gets to wear them for real during the final portion of his fight with Kai in the Spirit World.
  • Ping: Son! You can fly!
• British Teeth: Hom-Lee, whose smile is rather homely, until he gets hit with nunchucks and his smile is straightened out.
• The Bus Came Back: Oogway returns in this film after having been completely absent from the second film (not counting the opening logo of that film) after his death in the first film. It turns out that he's been spending all this time in the spirit realm, and wasn't interested in leaving it.
• Butt-Monkey:
  • Master Chicken is pretty much nothing but comic relief. Even as a jombie.
  • During the final battle in the Spirit World, once Po fully becomes the Dragon Warrior, the fight against Kai turns into a string of humiliations for the Big Bad.

C

• Call-Back:
  • Po shows his father the Hall of Heroes, which includes the Urn of Whispering Warriors he broke in the first film having been repaired (not terribly well). And then it gets broken again when Li, having been discovered by Shifu and the Five, tosses away one of the weapons.
    Po: Someone broke that... once.
    Li: Who?
    Po: Some idiot...
  • When Shifu first unrolls the scroll on Kai he thinks it's blank like the Dragon Scroll (until he unrolls it further) saying in exasperation: "Again?!"
  • The flashback of Po's mother and Po as a baby is shown again, this time in 3D. Lord Shen's feathers briefly flash in the background.
  • The Wuxi Finger Hold of all things makes a return when Po attempts to use it against Kai.
  • When Po becomes the Dragon Warrior, the move he uses to summon the spirit dragon is the one in 2, when he finds inner-peace, and redirects a droplet of rain onto a leaf on the ground, and later a cannonball back at the ship.
  • Crane labeling every action starting with "wings of" like he did with his "Wings of Justice" attack from the second film. Mantis also announces his presence with "Fear the Bug!" from the second film as well.
  • As the second film, Shifu gripes about Po's speedy learning skill of lifelong techniques, once again muttering about him doing it at such a young age.
  • There is a brief flashback to the moment Oogway first chose Po as the Dragon Warrior, as Oogway reveals to Po that he chose him in part because he was a panda, and believed that he would be able to channel his C'hi.
  • When training the other pandas, Po uses the lesson Shifu learnt in the first movie; not to train pandas in martial arts but to perfect the skills they already have.
• Calling the Old Man Out: Po to Li, after he reveals he lied about knowing how to master chi. Made all the more painful by how quiet, hurt, and bitter it is, rather than furious or browbeating like most examples of the trope.
• Calling Your Attacks:
  • Lampshaded by Mantis when he comments on Crane's habit of shouting "Wings of (X)!" Mantis tries "Antenna of Power" later against Kai, except of course nothing happens.
  • Shows up again later with Mantis after he gets grabbed by Lei Lei. It's easy to miss, but he shouts "Antenna of Fear!" as he gets taken away.
  • Mr. Ping and Li get into the act as well. "DOUBLE DAD DEFENSE!"
  • Po throws a few among simple orders in during his Training from Hell. It makes things worse.
  • Interestingly, Po has been well-known for doing this before, yet he doesn't do it for most of the movie. He only does it briefly during his final battle with Kai: "Belly Gong. Butt Slap. Perhaps a bit of lunch, 'cause I'm starvin'."
• The Call Knows Where You Live: Shifu chooses Po to be the next teacher of the Five, something Po isn't all too happy about, and he's relieved to join his father in the panda village to get away from the new responsibilities. When a wounded Tigress arrives at the village and tells Po the others have been defeated by Kai, Po has to serve as a teacher after all, training the other pandas.
• Came Back Strong: Kai is much stronger than he was when Oogway banished him to the Spirit World in ancient times, due to how much chi he's stolen. And because he's no longer alive, the Wuxi Finger Hold doesn't work on him.
• The Cameo:
  • Master Croc returns as one of the masters investigating the jombies and is turned into one shortly afterward.
  • Lord Shen is seen in the flashback from the second film that is reused during Li Shan's mourning of Po's mother.
  • Tai Lung also makes an appearance as an amulet on Kai's waist, next to Mantis, though it's so brief it counts for a Freeze-Frame Bonus. He's also one of Po's action figures during his bathing scene.
• Captain Obvious Reveal: An In-Universe-version played for laughs. When Mr. Li and Po meet, Li tells Po he's looking for his lost son, while Po tells Li he's looking for his lost father (note that neither of them think that any other pandas are alive). They wish each other luck, and both turn to leave. Everyone in the crowd watching them facepalms.
• Casual Danger Dialogue: When Po joins Shifu and the Five's fight against the "jade zombies", he's not so much concerned with how effectively the latter are fighting as he is excited to find that they're more kung fu masters he idolizes. He even insists that Feng, (the palace artist from the holiday special), paints a portrait of him with one of them, while they're fighting.
  Po: I'm being choked by Master Porcupine. This is so cool! [grabs action figure] Oh! Oh! Look, it's you!
• Chekhov's Boomerang: Po reveals to Tigress that he plans on using the Wuxi Finger Hold against Kai. Tigress warns him that it won't work, and after the first attempt is a No-Sell, Po manages to get the jump on Kai, and skadooshes both of them to the spirit realm when Po applies the Wuxi finger hold to himself.
• Chekhov's Skill: At the beginning of the film, Shifu demonstrates the "dramatic exit" to Po by shouting "What's that?" and then quickly leaving while Po looks another way. At the climax battle, Po pulls the same trick to make Kai look away, giving him an opening to jump him.
  • At the beginning, Shifu tells Po that the Furious Five's training will be in the Dragon Warrior's hands, telling them that there is always more to learn, even for a master. After Po's first class gets the Furious Five hurt, it is near the end when Po is able to help the other pandas learn kung fu by putting their individual talents to use, and Shifu is impressed by how far Po has progressed as the Dragon Warrior.
• Citywide Evacuation: The Valley has another exodus of everyone except Shifu and the Furious Five before Kai arrives, although this time it occurs offscreen. Again like the last time, the population returns to rebuild at the end once the crisis is over.
• Cocky Rooster: Master Chicken is male (although looks more like a hen than a rooster), and is a brave Kung Fu warrior who charges at Kai at the first opportunity.
• Combined Energy Attack: Po's friends and family send him their chi, giving him a Golden Super Mode and the power to destroy Kai once and for all.
• Comically Missing the Point:
  • The villagers do a Facepalm when Po and Li Shan meet for the first time:
    Po: Who are you?
    Li: I'm Li Shang. I'm looking for my son.
    Po: You lost your son?
    Li: Yes. Many years ago.
    Po: I lost my father.
    Li: I'm very sorry.
    Po: Thank you.
    Li: Well, good luck to you.
    Po: You too. I hope you find your son.
    Li: And I hope you find your father.
    [both of them turn to leave; Mr. Ping's guests facepalm at Po and Li failing to see the resemblance to each other]
  • This exchange:
    Elderly panda: [to Po] Oh, he's so handsome, just like his father!
    Mr. Ping: Thank you!
  • And later, this:
    Po: I'm gonna stay, and fight that monster.
    Mr. Ping: Po, he may be a monster, but he's still your father.
    Po: Not him! Kai!
• Continuity Cavalcade: Po's room is filled with references to the previous films, including the old dummy from the training hall, the Furious Five action figures, the drawings of Tigress and the Five from Po's old room, and a painting of Master Thundering Rhino and the Tower of Sacred Flame, among others.
• Crossover: Not the movie itself, but one trailer features Shrek and Donkey: as part of a Shout-Out to the Snickers brand, Po and Monkey are not themselves, having become hungry enough that the former became Donkey while the latter became Shrek.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: While they're not stupid, more just very chill and relaxed, the pandas are able to fend off most of Kai's jade army after Po's training.
• Cuddle Bug: One of the panda villagers loves giving out hugs, even to total strangers. This is later weaponized in the battle against the Jombies, with the villager holding one in place by hugging it.
• Cue Card Pause: When Shifu reads the scroll mentioning Kai, it mentions that he was once Oogway's brother... in arms.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: This is pretty much what Po delivers on Kai after channeling a dragon Battle Aura in the spirit realm — and it must be noted it only lasts as long as it does because Po is toying with him.

D

• Dance Party Ending: Or a kung fu party ending.
• Deader than Dead: During the final battle within the spirit realm, Po unleashes all of his chi into Kai per his boast about taking it, and while he revels at first, he discovers that it's too much for him to handle, and it disintegrates him. Given he was already a spirit...
• Death by Irony: Kai spends the whole movie aiming at capturing the chi of the greatest kng fu masters, especially the Dragon Warrior, to make himself stronger. In the end Po gives him exactly what he wanted... except it's way too much energy and Kai explodes.
• Death Is Cheap: Apparently, passing away in the films' universe, at least if you're a kung fu master, means you go on "living" in the spirit realm. And it's not impossible to return (though you might have to work for it a few centuries).
• Deceased Parents Are the Best: Li at one points tells Po how much he loved his mother, and how she was everything: "Smart. Beautiful. Tremendous appetite..."
• Delayed Reaction: When Shifu says he's passing on his teaching duties to Po, the Five are stunned shocked. As for Po, he just casually nods... Then he processes the info, and it leads to the Big "WHAT?!" moment above.
• Demoted to Extra: The Furious Five save Tigress suffer from this, having much less screen time here than in the second film (where, by contrast, they had a prominent role accompanying Po on the mission to stop Shen) and all becoming zombified by Kai by just beyond the movie's halfway point. While Shifu gets captured as well, he still gets more time onscreen than the rest before Kai gets to him.
• Denser and Wackier: There is more slapstick comedy and goofy animation in this film than its predecessors.
• Despair Event Horizon: A brief one occurs after Kai hands Po his ass all the way back to the panda village. Tigress, Po's dads and the rest of the pandas look on in horror at the battered Po, who can only look up at them and admit that he was wrong about being able to take on Kai and begs them to flee. Only once Kai shows up again and gives Po the "Eureka!" Moment he needs about sending Kai to the Spirit Realm does Po resume fighting back.
• Disowned Parent: After meeting his biological father Li Shan, Po travels with him to the mountains to learn the art of chi. While there, he finds out from Tigress that Kai has stolen the chi of all the kung fu masters and destroyed the Jade Palace, and frantically demands that Li teach him chi. Li confesses that he doesn't actually know anything about chi, and lied because he knew something bad was coming and he wanted to protect Po from it. Po is so hurt and angry that he disowns him, but this doesn't last, as he instead decides to teach kung fu to all the villagers, including Li, so they will be prepared when Kai attacks.
• The Dreaded Pretend Tea-Party: Inverted. Little Lei Lei is delighted to meet "big Stripy Baby" in the person of Tigress. Standoffish at first, Tigress is soon won over by the relentless affection. When Kai attacks, Tigress is reverently playing tea party with the adoring cub.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: Kai is very put-out that no-one remembers him or his exploits... so when Po does, he's actually extremely excited and pleased. To the point he almost considers sparing him.
• Dumbass Has a Point: Shifu walking in on Po relating the story of how a Kung Fu master intimidated a threat so that he didn't have to fight might cause people to think he's about to chew Po out again...only for him to say that Po is actually correct, because shaking an enemy's self-confidence before a fight is just as important as the fight itself.

E

• Easily Forgiven:
  • Shifu and the Five are completely distracted from the fact that Po and Li wrecked the interior of the Jade Palace by playing inside it due to their excitement for Po finally meeting his biological father. No-one mentions the issue ever again. Though the fact that Kai shows up shortly afterward and destroys that part of the palace may have something to do with it.
  • While angry with him, next time time Po speaks with Li, he's come to forgive him for lying about learning how to use chi, since Li then makes up for it by volunteering the panda village as an army to fight Kai's jombies. At the end of the film, he accepts his biological father in his life.
• Egg-Laying Male: A male goose lays dozens of eggs in rapid succession when Kai yells at him, as a Bowel-Breaking Bricks gag.
• Elephant in the Room: Po meets another Giant Panda for the first time since he was a cub, an older panda named Li Shan explaining that he's looking for his son. Po is shocked to hear this and replies that he lost his father. An awkward silence passes as the two pandas then wish each other good luck and walk off. Everyone watching can't believe either of them and facepalms. The realization then hits each other just before they completely walk away.
• Equippable Ally: During the fight against the Jade Zombies, Po stuffs his cheeks with buns, Viper circles his belly with her body and Tigress pulls on her tail, making Po spits the buns like a machine-gun on Kai's minions.
• Evil Overlooker: Used with Kai in the Chinese poster for the film.

F

• Facepalm: A mass one by Ping's customers when Po and Li ignore The Not Secret of being son and father.
• Fade Around the Eyes: When Kai captures Crane, the camera quickly zooms on his face just before switching to the next scene. When the scene switches, his eyes can briefly be seen in the sky.
• The Farmer and the Viper: Kai brought Oogway to the Pandas to heal him, which they did out of kindness. Kai promptly turned on them the moment that he realized the power he could get from stealing their chi.
• Fish out of Water: Both Mr Ping and Tigress find themselves a bit out of place within the Panda village. This makes for a humorous role reversal against Po for the latter, with her more less playing the comic relief during the pandas' Training Montage.
• Foreshadowing:
  • Oogway tells Kai, when he reveals how much chi he has absorbed, that "the more you take, the less you have." This obliquely alludes to what happens when he is fed Po's chi and it is too much for him to handle, because he can't control that much power. As well as the fact Po wins by having chi given to him rather than taking it.
  • When Mr. Ping hears about Shifu promoting Po to a teacher, he tells him to take the job and eagerly states that "one day when you're in charge of the whole Jade Palace I can sell noodles in the lobby!" After Kai is rendered Deader than Dead Oogway names Po his true sucessor and during the celebration in the Jade Palace Arena at the end of the movie Mr. Ping is giving out noodles to the baby pandas.
• Free-Range Children: The panda children are often seen doing whatever they please with little adult supervision.
• Frying Pan of Doom: Mr. Ping lands one on Jombie-Shifu.
• Furry Reminder:
  • Po has a humorous line alluding to the diet of real-life Giant Pandas. When he's trying to tell the other pandas his battle strategy by using food, he's shocked to find the younger pandas eating both the dumplings and the noodles he tried to use. When one of them eats the bamboo stick he was holding, he chuckles and says "Okay, I saw that coming."
  • Parodied with this exchange:
    Li: I guess it'd be cruel to make [Mr. Ping] fly all the way back.
    Po: You can fly?!
    Mr. Ping: I'm a bird, Po.
  • Later, Mr. Ping walks atop deep drifts of snow because his feet are webbed and essentially snowshoes, while Po and Li are forced to trudge slowly through it. Ping's smirk says it all.

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