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* AnAesop: ''Five'', actually; to be a good practitioner of kung fu, one must have patience, courage, confidence, discipline, and compassion.
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* AmbiguousSituation: In the main films and this short's FramingDevice, Shifu walks with a slight limp due to the injury he suffered when Tai Lung first tried to steal the Dragon Scroll, though he appears to be walking normally during his appearance in Tigress' backstory. As Tigress' age has never been officially stated in the series, it's unclear whether Shifu found and adopted her before or after Tai Lung's imprisonment.
* AnAesop: ''Five'', actually; to be a good practitioner of kung fu, one must have patience, courage, confidence, discipline, and compassion. Each story revolves around a member of the Five learning one of these.
* AnAesop: ''Five'', actually; to be a good practitioner of kung fu, one must have patience, courage, confidence, discipline, and compassion. Each story revolves around a member of the Five learning one of these.
* BadassBoast: Tigress attempts this on Shifu when she first meets him, referring to herself as "Tigress the Monster", though her low self-esteem slips through the cracks, making it sound more like SelfDeprecation.
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** In Tigress' story, it's revealed that she used to terrorize the other children and even the adults at the orphanage where she grew up, to the point where she had to be isolated and locked up. It turns out she wasn't being malicious and actually just wanted to play, but simply [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength had no control of her strength]].
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** In Tigress' story, it's revealed that she used to terrorize inadvertently terrorized the other children and even the adults at the orphanage where she grew up, to the point where she had to be isolated and locked up. It turns out she wasn't being malicious and actually just wanted to play, but simply [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength had no control of her strength]].
* FantasticRacism: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Tigress is initially shunned and isolated at the orphanage due to her being the only big cat, though it's easy to understand why given that the caretakers and other children are all prey species and are smaller and weaker than she is. While she eventually wins over the orphanage itself, she still isn't able to get anyone from outside to adopt her, until Shifu comes back.
* IAmAMonster: Due to spending most of her childhood locked away and feared by the rest of the orphanage, Tigress has been treated as and called a monster enough times that she actually starts to believe it herself, though Shifu is quick to insist otherwise.
-->'''Tigress:''' I am Tigress, Tigress the Monster! The monster no one wants.\\
'''Shifu:''' You are not a monster. You're just a little girl.
-->'''Tigress:''' I am Tigress, Tigress the Monster! The monster no one wants.\\
'''Shifu:''' You are not a monster. You're just a little girl.
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* OrphanageOfFear: Bao Gu, where Tigress was raised and inadvertently terrorized because of her abilities as an apex predator and her temper of being so rejected. However, Master Shifu is able to fix those problems.
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* OrphanageOfFear: The Bao Gu, where Tigress was raised and inadvertently terrorized because of Gu orphanage is said to have a vicious monster locked away, though it turns out to actually be a younger Tigress. She simply wants to play with the other children, but her abilities as an apex predator and her violent temper make everyone else terrified of being so rejected. her. However, Master Shifu is able to fix those problems.problems, allowing the orphanage to be a happy place once again.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A major conflict in Tigress' backstory is that nobody at the orphanage ever tries to speak to her that she plays too roughly. The adults simply resort to locking her up in her room while the other children run away in fear at the sight of her, which of course, only makes her genuinely angry and even more destructive. Shifu's eventual success in getting through is mostly the result of him simply talking to her.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A major conflict in Tigress' backstory is that nobody at the orphanage ever tries to speak explain to her that she plays too roughly. The adults simply resort to locking her up in her room while the other children run away in fear at the sight of her, which of course, only makes her genuinely angry and even more destructive. Shifu's eventual success in getting through is mostly the result of him simply talking to her.her.
* PunishmentBox: Tigress' bedroom at the orphanage is a dark, cramped space with a heavily fortified locked door, resembling a prison cell. Even worse, these are her ''normal'' living conditions without her even doing anything wrong, and she's forced to stay here while the other children are free to move and play around the entire building.
* PunishmentBox: Tigress' bedroom at the orphanage is a dark, cramped space with a heavily fortified locked door, resembling a prison cell. Even worse, these are her ''normal'' living conditions without her even doing anything wrong, and she's forced to stay here while the other children are free to move and play around the entire building.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While Tigress learns to control and refine her strength and is finally able to win over the caretakers and other children at the orphanage, the adults visiting from outside don't know her as well and still don't want to adopt her. Thankfully, Shifu steps in himself.
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* TantrumThrowing: The younger Tigress is shown to have a violent temper, though rather than actually hurting anyone, she instead resorts to throwing and breaking things when she gets angry.
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* ThereAreNoCoincidences: The main premise of the short heavily revolves around Oogway's signature saying from the first film, showing how a series of mistakes and misunderstandings inadvertently set all of the characters on the paths they needed to take to eventually fulfil their own destinies.
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* CatsAreMean: Averted in the Crane story, where Mei Ling, a female cat, is a true blue friend who is vital in starting his martial arts calling. Also Tigress who acts mean, but only because she is so strong that she has hurt others and tries to distance herself.
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* CatsAreMean: Averted in the Crane twice.
** In Crane's story,where Mei Ling, a female cat, is a true blue friend who the most skilled student at the school, but is vital in starting [[NiceGirl never uptight or arrogant about it]], and goes out of her way to be nice to Crane and encourage him to take up his martial arts calling. Also Tigress who acts mean, but only because she is so strong calling.
** In Tigress' story, it's revealed that shehas hurt others used to terrorize the other children and tries even the adults at the orphanage where she grew up, to distance herself.the point where she had to be isolated and locked up. It turns out she wasn't being malicious and actually just wanted to play, but simply [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength had no control of her strength]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A major conflict in Tigress' backstory is that nobody at the orphanage ever tries to speak to her that she plays too roughly. The adults simply resort to locking her up in her room while the other children run away in fear at the sight of her, which of course, only makes her genuinely angry and even more destructive. Shifu's eventual success in getting through is mostly the result of him simply talking to her.
* WildChild: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the younger Tigress. While not outright feral, she acts notably more animalistic than the other children at the orphanage or even her older self, due to her spending most of her early years isolated from the others and being locked up like a wild animal.
* AesopAmnesia: Shifu is retroactively given this due to the short being a prequel to the first film. A major theme of this story is him learning to accept that Tigress and the rest of the Five cannot be restrained to his form of Kung Fu and [[BeYourself must grow into the best versions of themselves]], a lesson he would later go on to learn again when training Po.
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* ArtShift: Switches between 2D and 3D animation like the other shorts.
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* ButtMonkey: Shifu becomes this right after getting poisoned by Po's food. Oogway was able to fix the red panda at the end by hitting a few nerve points.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When the villagers are evacuating the Valley of peace, Po and Mr. Ping have this conversation:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When the villagers are evacuating the Valley of peace, Po and Mr. Ping have this conversation:
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* ButtMonkey: Shifu becomes this right after After getting poisoned by food poisoning from Po's food. Oogway was able to fix meal, Shifu spends most of the red panda short being subjected to a very painful and humiliating acupuncture treatment from Mantis. The reveal at the end by hitting a few nerve points.
that Oogway could have easily healed Shifu the entire time doesn't help matters.
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** When reading Po's scroll (having mistaken it for Shifu's) Tigress assumes the positions listed - the Cleaner, the Comedian, the Dancer and the Doctor - are codenames for the masters Shifu wants her to recruit, and ends up finding four "warriors" who happen to have those jobs.
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* ConnectedAllAlong: Basically the plot of the short is how Po is actually the reason the Furious Five met each other. Teenage Tigress was running an errand for Shifu to find four masters to fight an approaching threat, when she lost the scroll with their names and accidentally picked up another scroll by Mr. Ping's noodle shop. The scroll she got was a scroll Po had written down various professions he would attempt to pursue instead of being a chef, those being "a dancer, a comedian, a cleaner and a doctor". Tigress subsequently picked up the four most fitting of the descriptions: Viper: the Dancer, Monkey: the Comedian, Crane: the Cleaner, and Mantis: the Doctor.
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* ConnectedAllAlong: Basically the The plot of the short is revolves around how Po is actually the reason indirectly and unknowingly caused the Furious Five met each other. Teenage to come together. The plot is kicked off when Po, while filling in for Mr. Ping, sends a meal to the Jade Palace that gives Shifu food poisoning, prompting a younger Tigress was running an errand for Shifu to find four masters reinforcements on his behalf to fight an approaching threat, when she lost the scroll with their names and accidentally picked up another scroll by Mr. Ping's noodle shop. The scroll she got was threat. Later on, Po writes a list of possible jobs on a scroll and later throws it out, only for Tigress to mistake it for Shifu's scroll, which she'd just dropped, and take that instead, and the positions Po had written down various professions he would attempt to pursue instead of being a chef, those being "a dancer, a listed - cleaner, comedian, a cleaner dancer and Doctor - just happen to match the descriptions of the rest of the Five.
* ContinuityNod: With the short essentially being adoctor". sequel to ''Secrets Of The Furious Five'', there are several nods to the Five's backstories from that short.
** Tigresssubsequently picked finds Crane working at a Kung Fu dojo as a janitor, though it appears to be a different school than the one he worked at before.
** After learning to ribbon dance as a child, a teenaged Viper now performs it for a living when Tigress finds her, and she's also still shown to be a DaddysGirl.
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** Po writes a list of possible jobs on a scroll that happens to look identical to the one that Shifu gives to Tigress. He also happens to throw it out on the street right after Tigress has dropped hers and has gone into the town looking for it, causing her to mix up thefour most fitting of two.
** While ''Secrets Of The Furious Five'' previously indicated that they all came from different areas, Crane and Monkey happen to be working in thedescriptions: Viper: Wang Fu village, where Viper lives, when Tigress goes there looking for Shifu's warriors.
* DaddysGirl: After being recruited by Tigress, Viper tells her father that she will make him proud, only for him to say that he already is. Tigress herself is visibly uncomfortable seeing their affectionate relationship, as it likely strikes a chord to theDancer, Monkey: the Comedian, Crane: the Cleaner, much harsher and Mantis: the Doctor.colder treatment Shifu shows her.
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** After learning to ribbon dance as a child, a teenaged Viper now performs it for a living when Tigress finds her, and she's also still shown to be a DaddysGirl.
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** Po writes a list of possible jobs on a scroll that happens to look identical to the one that Shifu gives to Tigress. He also happens to throw it out on the street right after Tigress has dropped hers and has gone into the town looking for it, causing her to mix up the
** While ''Secrets Of The Furious Five'' previously indicated that they all came from different areas, Crane and Monkey happen to be working in the
* DaddysGirl: After being recruited by Tigress, Viper tells her father that she will make him proud, only for him to say that he already is. Tigress herself is visibly uncomfortable seeing their affectionate relationship, as it likely strikes a chord to the
* KarmaHoudini: Despite Mr. Ping implying that the one who poisoned Shifu will be put to death (though he may have been exaggerating) Po ultimately doesn't face any punishment for it, despite at least one of the Jade Palace's messengers knowing where the meal came from. Though given the fact that Shifu did recover, and Tigress and the others managed to save the day without him, it's likely no one saw the need to press charges.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Most of the conflict in the short stems from Tigress making assumptions on limited information and nobody thinking to correct her. When recruiting Crane, Monkey and Viper, she simply tells them that Shifu has requested their presence at the Jade Palace - prompting them to think that they're wanted for their other skills - and does not specifically say that they're being recruited to ''fight''.
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* {{Retcon}}: The events shown contradict things that were shown in "Secrets of the Furious Five," such as Monkey being recruited by Shifu, or Mantis already being a master. Crane is shown to still be working as a janitor, even though in his story we learned that he could actually fight despite not being muscular and physically strong, and it was implied he got into the academy. Then again, "Secrets of the Furious Five" implied Po had simplified the stories to make his point.
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* {{Retcon}}: The events shown seem to contradict things that were shown in "Secrets of the Furious Five," such as Monkey being recruited by Shifu, Oogway, or Mantis already being a master. Crane is shown to still be working as a janitor, even though in his story we learned that he could actually fight despite not being muscular and physically strong, and it was implied he got into the academy. Then again, "Secrets of the Furious Five" implied Po had simplified the stories to make his point.point, and it's not explicitly said that the events from their previous backstories ''hadn't'' happened earlier anyway.
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* VocalEvolution: Kari Wahlgren Creator/KariWahlgren fills in for Angelina Jolie Creator/AngelinaJolie as present day Tigress. Her voice sounds a lot closer to Jolie's performance of While she had previously voiced the character than in the ''Legends of Of Awesomeness'' however.series, Wahlgren's voice in her brief scene here sounds notably closer to Jolie's than her previous performance did.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: An all but literal example. While Boar is a fearsome warrior, it is near unanimously agreed that Shifu would be able to defeat him single-handedly. Unfortunately, Shifu is struck with food poisoning, forcing Tigress to get reinforcements.
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* ButtMonkey: Shifu becomes this right after getting poisoned by Po's food. Oogway was able to fix the red panda at the end by hitting a few nerve points.
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* EyeScream: Mantis performs an eyeball acupuncture on Shifu with a ''spiked ball''. Shifu later ends up getting a black eye.
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* OhCrap: Mr. Ping had this the moment he realized he gave away the action figures.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: While Oogway comforts Tigress:
-->'''Oogway:''' The cleaner, the comedian, the dancer, and even the little doctor. It was no accident that you found them.
-->'''Tigress:''' I failed Shifu.
-->'''Oogway:''' Worse. You're failing yourself. No matter how much you try, you will never be Shifu. The question is, can you be Tigress?
-->'''Oogway:''' The cleaner, the comedian, the dancer, and even the little doctor. It was no accident that you found them.
-->'''Tigress:''' I failed Shifu.
-->'''Oogway:''' Worse. You're failing yourself. No matter how much you try, you will never be Shifu. The question is, can you be Tigress?
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* RuleOfCool: In the short, Tigress's pupils turns slitted whenever she gives in to her tiger instincts. In real life, tigers don't have slitted pupils, and Tigress never has them in the films either.
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* RuleOfCool: In the short, Tigress's pupils turns slitted whenever she gives in to her tiger instincts. In real life, tigers don't have slitted pupils, and Tigress never has them in the films either.
* WellDoneDaughterGal: Shifu at the end admits to Tigress that he approves of her fighting style and the four fighters she found, and that he is proud of her.
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* WellDoneDaughterGal: Shifu at the end admits to Tigress that he approves of her fighting style and the four fighters she found, and that he is proud of her.
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* BigNo: Po has one when he finds out his dad accidentally gave his Furious Five action figures away.
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* ShipTease: Tigress' backstory is the only one that makes Po cry, though most would agree that it is the saddest one out of them all.
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* ShipTease: When Po comes across the Five fighting the Boar, he literally has heart eyes at watching Tigress fight. Granted, it was meant to show him falling in love with kung fu, but the timing of his expression is quite convenient. And apparently, Tigress is ''the reason'' he got into kung fu.
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* ConnectedAllAlong: Basically the plot of the short is how Po is actually the reason the Furious Five met each other. Teenage Tigress was running an errand for Shifu to find four masters to fight an approaching threat, when she lost the scroll with their names and accidentally picked up another scroll by Mr. Ping's noodle shop. The scroll she got was a scroll Po had written down various professions he would attempt to pursue instead of being a chef, those being "a dancer, a comedian, a cleaner and a doctor". Tigress subsequently picked up the four most fitting of the descriptions: Viper: the Dancer, Monkey: the Comedian, Crane: the Cleaner, and Mantis: the Doctor.
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* ForWantOfANail: Basically the plot of the short is how Po is actually the reason the Furious Five met each other. Teenage Tigress was running an errand for Shifu to find four masters to fight an approaching threat, when she lost the scroll with their names and accidentally picked up another scroll by Mr. Ping's noodle shop. The scroll she got was a scroll Po had written down various professions he would attempt to pursue instead of being a chef, those being "a dancer, a comedian, a cleaner and a doctor". Tigress subsequently picked up the four most fitting of the descriptions: Viper: the Dancer, Monkey: the Comedian, Crane: the Cleaner, and Mantis: the Doctor.
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Both of those are very common things, and there’s no indication that they are Shout Outs.
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* ShoutOut:
** Mei Ling is also the name of Bruce Lee's informant from ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', the [[ChineseGirl Chinese]] ActionGirl CanonForeigner from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ''and'' one of your [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Voices With An Internet Connection]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
** Also, when Po is addressed by Shifu as "Master Po," that brings to mind Caine's most beloved mentor in the TV series, ''Series/KungFu1972''.
** Mei Ling is also the name of Bruce Lee's informant from ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', the [[ChineseGirl Chinese]] ActionGirl CanonForeigner from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ''and'' one of your [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Voices With An Internet Connection]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
** Also, when Po is addressed by Shifu as "Master Po," that brings to mind Caine's most beloved mentor in the TV series, ''Series/KungFu1972''.
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* LighterAndSofter: It's basically ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' as a typical [[AnAesop Aesop]]-based kids' show.
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* LighterAndSofter: It's basically ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' as a typical [[AnAesop Aesop]]-based kids' show.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Oogway and Monkey. That and Oogway saving his life from being crushed by a giant wooden pillar.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Oogway and Monkey. That and Oogway saving his life him from being crushed by a giant wooden pillar.
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* BigNo: Po has one when he finds out his dad accidentally gave his Furios Five action figures away.
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* {{Retcon}}: The events shown contradict things that were shown in "Secrets of the Furious Five," such as Monkey being recruited by Shifu, or Mantis already being a master. Crane is shown to still be working as a janitor, even though in his story we learned that he could actually fight despite not being muscular and physically strong, and it was implied he got into the academy.
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* {{Retcon}}: The events shown contradict things that were shown in "Secrets of the Furious Five," such as Monkey being recruited by Shifu, or Mantis already being a master. Crane is shown to still be working as a janitor, even though in his story we learned that he could actually fight despite not being muscular and physically strong, and it was implied he got into the academy. Then again, "Secrets of the Furious Five" implied Po had simplified the stories to make his point.
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'''''Movie:''''' [[KungFuPanda/TropesAToD A - D]] | [[KungFuPanda/TropesEToM E - M]] | [[KungFuPanda/TropesNToZ N - Z]]\\
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* ICanSeeMyHouseFromHere: When Oogway and the young Masters are traversing the top of a bamboo forest, Master Croc says he can see his swamp from here.
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* SavedByCanon: Oogway seemingly falls to his death down a lava fall after saving the young masters, but since this happens before the first movie, he shows up at the end on a pile of criminals he defeated and congratulates Ox, Croc, and Thundering Rhino.
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* VocalEvolution: Kari Wahlgren fills in for Angelina Jolie as present day Tigress. Her voice sounds a lot closer to Jolie's performance of the character than in ''Legends of Awesomeness'' however.
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* NoodleIncident: According to Ox, the Wu Sisters took down an entire nation armed with only chopsticks.
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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Boar acts more like a force of nature than a character, being an indestructible, formidable thug who beats up anyone in his way just because he can.
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* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: The ox teacher in Crane’s story has very human-like hands. What makes this odd is the fact that Master Ox in the [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 the second film]] has three pointy hoof-fingers.
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* FoodPorn: Po is tasked to pick the best chef in China, and also do some cooking himself.
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* FoodPorn: Po is tasked to pick the best chef in China, and also do some cooking himself. There are many mouth-watering delicacies on display.
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* SuicideAsComedy: Wo Hop. He tries to kill himself several times believing he has brought shame to himself for not preparing a worthy recipe for the Dragon Warrior.
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* NonMammalianHair: Both teenage Po and teenage Crane have hair in the short (or at least, hair on the top of the head that is distinct from the ''rest'' of the hair all over Po's body).
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* CoolHat: The fancy hats/wigs worn by the Kung Fu masters.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Shifu acts a lot meaner to Tigress in this short than he did in ''Secrets of the Masters''. Justified because this short takes place some time after Tai Lung turned evil, so Shifu would be more strict and demanding from his students at this point.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Shifu acts a lot meaner to Tigress in this short than he did in ''Secrets of the Masters''. Furious Five''. Justified because this short takes place some time after Tai Lung turned evil, so Shifu would be more strict and demanding from his students at this point.point in time.
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* FurryConfusion: The Wu Sisters use several non-anthropomorphic birds to deliver messages to China’s most notorious gangs. The one that sends a message to Oogway is capable of speech, but the other birds only make realistic bird sounds.
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* WantedPoster: A classic example featuring the Wu Sisters' portraits, though "Wanted" is (of course) in Chinese. Strangely, although Su Wu's name is pronounced as written (吴素), her sisters later called Wan and Wing are here called You (友) and Guan (鵟).
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* DisasterDominoes: At least four separate ones, [[{{Homage}} held together with]] [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike Old Spice]].
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[[folder:''Secrets of the Masters'']]
* ArtShift: Like in ''Secrets of the Furious Five'', the present-day sequences are 3D, while Po's story is in 2D.
* CatsAreMean: The Wu Sisters are a trio of cats who play this trope ''very'' straight. As in, "Live in a volcano fortress, openly proclaim their evilness, and try to take over all of China's crime gangs."
* DisneyDeath: Oogway suffers one. Not that it fooled anyone but the characters, since we saw his actual death in the first film.
* DoomedByCanon: Master Thundering Rhino. If you didn't feel bad for him already...
* MetaphoricallyTrue: Oogway is able to get the Masters to cooperate only after telling them that they will receive "a wealth of riches" for completing the mission. He's talking about emotional riches and the Masters are ''not'' happy when they find this out.
* MentorArchetype: Oogway, as usual.
* {{Retcon}}: Does this to the backstories of Masters Ox, Croc, and Thundering Rhino. Justified in that their original backstories only existed [[AllThereInTheManual online]] so many people probably didn't know about them.
* WellDoneSonGuy: When Rhino, Croc, and Ox are thinking of what they'll do with their riches, Rhino's vision is of him getting his father's approval.
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[[folder:''Secrets of the Scroll'']]
* ActionDressRip: Tigress when she finally decides to use her own "tiger style" to defeat the Boar.
* ArtShift: Switches between 2D and 3D animation like the other shorts.
* BigNo: Po has one when he finds out his dad accidentally gave his Furios Five action figures away.
* BeYourself: Tigress struggles with keeping her natural tiger instincts at bay in combat while Shifu orders her to use his own technique. She's supported by Oogway however, and eventually realizes she indeed fights the best when she lets her tiger instincts guide her.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When the villagers are evacuating the Valley of peace, Po and Mr. Ping have this conversation:
-->'''Young Po:''' This is terrible.\\
'''Mr. Ping:''' Yes, they're leaving before breakfast.\\
'''Young Po:''' No, Dad, if I hadn't poisoned Shifu with my food, then none of this would have ha...ppened.\\
'''Mr. Ping:''' Po? You cooked that meal for Shifu? So Shifu ate noodles from Ping's Noodle Hut?\\
'''Young Po:''' Dad, I'm sorry, I was gonna tell you, but--\\
'''Mr. Ping:''' No, this is fantastic!\\
'''Young Po:''' But--\\
'''Mr. Ping:''' Now serving the Jade Palace: Ping and Son. You can't buy this kind of publicity.\\
'''Young Po:''' But, Dad--\\
'''Mr. Ping:''' If we hurry, we'll be the only ones selling food to all those starving folk.
* ADogNamedDog: While a lot of characters in the franchise are named after their species' namesakes, Boar especially takes the cake for yelling "I am Boar!" every chance he gets.
* DumbMuscle: Despite being very strong, Boar can't pronounce the word "invincible".
-->'''Master Mongrel:''' He's coming! A giant of a warrior.\\
'''Boar:''' I am Boar!\\
'''Master Mongrel:''' He's unstoppable!\\
'''Boar:''' I am unstoppable!\\
'''Master Mongrel:''' He's invincible!\\
'''Boar:''' I am invinc... insiv... I am Boar!
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
** Tigress and the rest of the Five get a chance to confront Boar on the battlefield, and with some teamwork, they get a chance to demonstrate they have what it takes to become kung fu warriors, and win their first battle.
** After they return to the Jade Palace:
--->'''Shifu:''' Sloppy, very sloppy. Your technique is unorthodox and undisciplined. Training begins right away.\\
''[Tigress starts to exercise in the courtyard]''\\
'''Shifu:''' Tigress! What are you doing?\\
''[Shifu opens the gym's doors]''\\
'''Shifu:''' It's time to develop this tiger style of yours. I am very proud of you.\\
'''Tigress:''' Master.\\
'''Shifu:''' ''[to the rest of the Five]'' Wait! You're welcome to stay. You fought well, with courage and honor; we must explore those... skills of yours.
* EvilIsHammy: '''''"I am Boar!!!"'''''
* FullBoarAction: The villain of this short is a destructive giant of a warrior named Boar.
* ForWantOfANail: Basically the plot of the short is how Po is actually the reason the Furious Five met each other. Teenage Tigress was running an errand for Shifu to find four masters to fight an approaching threat, when she lost the scroll with their names and accidentally picked up another scroll by Mr. Ping's noodle shop. The scroll she got was a scroll Po had written down various professions he would attempt to pursue instead of being a chef, those being "a dancer, a comedian, a cleaner and a doctor". Tigress subsequently picked up the four most fitting of the descriptions: Viper: the Dancer, Monkey: the Comedian, Crane: the Cleaner, and Mantis: the Doctor.
* GagEcho: When Master Mongrel reports Boar's approach:
-->'''Mongrel:''' Master Oogway! Master Shifu!\\
'''Shifu:''' Master Mongrel, what is it?\\
'''Mongrel:''' He's coming! A giant of a warrior, he calls himself Boar.\\
'''Boar:''' I am Boar!\\
'''Mongrel:''' He's unstoppable.\\
'''Boar:''' I am unstoppable!\\
'''Mongrel''' He's invincible!\\
'''Boar:''' [[{{Angrish}} I am invis... insiv... I am Boar!]]
* GreenAroundTheGills: Shifu gets sick from the ill-prepared batch of noodles that Po makes when Shifu and Oogway decide to order takeout.
-->'''Young Po:''' ''[while cooking a batch of noodles]'' So, uh, what do you guys do all day up there at the uh-- ''[Po sneezes into the batch of noodles]'' Jade Palace?\\
'''Jade Palace Goose:''' Kung fu.\\
'''Young Po:''' Thank you, bless you too.\\
'''Jade Palace Goose:''' No, no: ''kung fu''.\\
'''Young Po:''' ''[sniffling]'' Oh yeah, kung fu. That's really... neat how you do the... fu thing... with the... kung...\\
'''Jade Palace Goose:''' You have no idea what that is, do you?\\
'''Young Po:''' No, no I don't.\\
''[moments later, at the Jade Palace]''\\
'''Shifu:''' ''[with a nauseated face]'' What was... in that food?\\
'''Oogway:''' Please, fetch a doctor.
* IAmWhatIAm: Coupled with MeaningfulEcho: "I'm ''not'' Shifu... I am '''''Tigress!"'''''
* LastSecondWordSwap: By Po when contemplating a list of dream jobs after Mr. Ping reports that "some idiot cook" poisoned Shifu:
-->'''Mr. Ping:''' Po, your destiny is to become a chef like me.\\
'''Young Po:''' I can't be a chef, I'm the one who poi... nted out... that I can't be a chef.
* LethalChef: Po accidentally sneezes into a soup that was being sent to the Jade Palace. It promptly leaves Shifu sick for the remainder of the short.
* NonMammalianHair: Both teenage Po and teenage Crane have hair in the short (or at least, hair on the top of the head that is distinct from the ''rest'' of the hair all over Po's body).
* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Tigress is searching for Monkey, the latter is acting as a comedian whose jokes are so terrible his audience throws tomatoes at him and flees the restaurant. Tigress arrives and is excited to hear how people are referring to him as "bad", as well as Monkey himself being covered in what looks like blood and proudly announcing he "killed in there".
* RecycledSoundtrack: The short uses music from ''Kung Fu Panda 2'', notably, Tigress running and having fun with her new friends is accompanied by "Save Kung Fu", and the score playing as they fight the Boar is "Musicians Village".
* {{Retcon}}: The events shown contradict things that were shown in "Secrets of the Furious Five," such as Monkey being recruited by Shifu, or Mantis already being a master. Crane is shown to still be working as a janitor, even though in his story we learned that he could actually fight despite not being muscular and physically strong, and it was implied he got into the academy.
* RunningGag: Monkey telling a joke that ends with "... that's not a banana, that's my wife!" Apart from in his imagination, no one laughs at it.
* RunningOnAllFours: Shifu has Tigress restrain her tiger instincts which includes making her run using an awkward two-legged jog. When Tigress sees how easily her new friends are outrunning her, however, she decides to get down on all four and has the time of her life as a result.
* RuleOfCool: In the short, Tigress's pupils turns slitted whenever she gives in to her tiger instincts. In real life, tigers don't have slitted pupils, and Tigress never has them in the films either.
* ShipTease: When Po comes across the Five fighting the Boar, he literally has heart eyes at watching Tigress fight. Granted, it was meant to show him falling in love with kung fu, but the timing of his expression is quite convenient. And apparently, Tigress is ''the reason'' he got into kung fu.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Shifu acts a lot meaner to Tigress in this short than he did in ''Secrets of the Masters''.
* TricksterMentor: Oogway, as usual. It's implied throughout the short that he was well aware ordering food would lead to Shifu getting sick, which would then lead to Tigress learning to fight on her own and gain companions on the way. Once Tigress has proven herself, Oogway casually hits a few nerve points on Shifu to make the latter fully recover, meaning Oogway could have done so all along.
* {{Unlikely Hero}}es: When Tigress picks up Po's scroll after mistaking it for Shifu's, it lists a cleaner, a comedian, a dancer, and a doctor, which was originally Po's list of possible careers, and Tigress encounters the other members of the Furious Five along the way for the first time. She finds Crane doing janitorial work at the Wang Fu village training hall, Monkey doing a comedy club routine to the audience's disappointment, Viper who can do a good ribbon dance, and Mantis, a would-be acupuncturist whose first patient is Shifu.
* UnskilledButStrong: Boar doesn't appear to be especially skilled at kung fu, but his sheer strength allows him to tear through the other masters like tissue paper.
* WingdingEyes: Po gets hearts in his pupils when he sees Tigress performing kung fu for the first time.
* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter!" Gal:]] Shifu at the end admits to Tigress that he approves of her fighting style and the four fighters she found, and that he is proud of her.
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[[folder:''Secrets of the Furious Five'']]
* AnAesop: ''Five'', actually; to be a good practitioner of kung fu, one must have patience, courage, confidence, discipline, and compassion.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Po is telling the bunny kids about the fabled strength of Grand Master Viper's venom --
-->"One touch of his ivory tips could fell fifteen gorilla warriors! ...And a mid-size crocodile."
* ArtShift: 3D animation is used for the present day and 2D animation for the [[BackStory backstories]] of the Furious Five.
* BananaPeel: Monkey's flashback shows that banana peels were his favorite prank to the hapless villagers. Then he attempts this on Oogway by surrounding him with peels, but the turtle manages to get past them all and Monkey falls prey to his own trap.
* CastingGag: In ''Secrets of the Furious Five'', Young Monkey's voice actor is Jaycee Chan, the son of Jackie Chan, who voices the older Monkey.
* CatsAreMean: Averted in the Crane story, where Mei Ling, a female cat, is a true blue friend who is vital in starting his martial arts calling. Also Tigress who acts mean, but only because she is so strong that she has hurt others and tries to distance herself.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: All the bunny kids in Po's class want to learn about kung fu is the "kicking butt" part; subverted by the end when it turns out they ''did'' listen to the message of Po's stories.
* DarkestHour: More precisely, darkest seconds in Crane's with him giving up his dream of entering the martial arts academy when his application is mocked. It ends the instant he stumbles into the entrance test room and finds the confidence to pass with the very qualities for which he was mocked.
* DefeatByModesty: Monkey pulled off the belt strings of all the tough guys sent to drive him out, causing them to drop their pants and leave in shame.
** The reason he did this? He was subjected to his pants dropping when he was younger; the best way for people to be humiliated would be how he was.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Oogway and Monkey. That and Oogway saving his life from being crushed by a giant wooden pillar.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Used seriously in the story of [[spoiler:Tigress.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The wool-stealing crocodile bandits from Mantis' story have no problem with locking him up and laughing at him, but they have visibly horrified expressions when they think he's dead.
* KillerGorilla: The bandit who attacks Viper's village.
* LetsDance: Said by Viper, who used her ribbon dancing skills as a method of fighting.
* LighterAndSofter: It's basically ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' as a typical [[AnAesop Aesop]]-based kids' show.
* OrphanageOfFear: Bao Gu, where Tigress was raised and inadvertently terrorized because of her abilities as an apex predator and her temper of being so rejected. However, Master Shifu is able to fix those problems.
* PlayingPossum: Mantis uses this to trick the crocodile bandits into opening the cage he was trapped in.
* ShipTease: Tigress' backstory is the only one that makes Po cry, though most would agree that it is the saddest one out of them all.
* ShoutOut:
** Mei Ling is also the name of Bruce Lee's informant from ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', the [[ChineseGirl Chinese]] ActionGirl CanonForeigner from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ''and'' one of your [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Voices With An Internet Connection]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
** Also, when Po is addressed by Shifu as "Master Po," that brings to mind Caine's most beloved mentor in the TV series, ''Series/KungFu''.
* ShownTheirWork: In the sense that the producers make it clear in this short that "kung fu", when it only refers to martial arts, is really a Western misnomer when its true meaning is "Excellence of Self."
* StopHittingYourself: Viper uses this trick against the gorilla bandit: she coils around his wrist and his neck, forcing him to hit himself on the face.
* UnreliableNarrator: Po is telling the stories of the Furious Five to teach his students AnAesop. It's quite likely he simplified the events to make his point.
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[[folder:''Kung Fu Panda Holiday'']]
* ArtShift: The first few minutes are an awesome 2D dream sequence and the rest is CGI.
* TheCameo: Tai Lung in Po's dad's dream/nightmare.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Po and the Furious Five bring up the Winter Festival ''while battling a horde of bandits''.
* ChristmasSpecial: In the story, it's at least the closest Ancient Chinese analogue thereof, the Dong Zhi Winter Festival. The special still gives it all the trappings of Christmas, however.
* ColossusClimb: One of the first moves Wo Hop tries to provoke Po into killing him, but Po eventually picks him off and puts him in a large jar to make him stop.
* CoolHat: The fancy hats/wigs worn by the Kung Fu masters.
* DisasterDominoes: At least four separate ones, [[{{Homage}} held together with]] [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike Old Spice]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Master Rhino shows up in this special: the same character who [[spoiler:was only in the second movie for mere minutes before Shen killed him]].
* FancyDinner: Po has to ''host'' one for the ''all the Kung Fu masters'' when he'd rather be cooking with his dad. Mind you, Po tried to compromise by trying to get his dad to cook for it.
* FoodPorn: Po is tasked to pick the best chef in China, and also do some cooking himself.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The same radish basket that plays an important part in the [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 sequel]] is not in the first movie, but is present in the Holiday special, in the same location Mr. Ping pulls it out from in the second movie.
* HonorBeforeReason: After accidentally being dishonored by Po, Wo Hop the bunny chef tries to kill him in combat and when that doesn't work he keeps trying to kill himself. May or may not be a ShoutOut to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Bunny_Suicides The Book Of Bunny Suicides]]''.
* MartialArtsForMundanePurposes: The Furious Five and Po use their mastery of kung fu to... cook and serve a fancy dinner?
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Po and Mr. Ping make cooking noodles look absolutely epic.
* NeverSayDie: Apparently Po and/or his dad thinks that Tai Lung is dead.
* OrgasmicallyDelicious: The noodle shop's holiday specialty, at least in Po's dad's dreams.
* PlaceboEurekaMoment: Po mumbles to a guard beside him on how to deal with his conundrum, but then realizes the solution and thanks to the guard... even though the guard didn't really do anything.
* PureIsNotGood: Perfection is nice, but it's also boring and insanely stressful.
* ShownTheirWork: The Winter Feast resembles the traditional Chinese festival of Dong Zhi, which holds many parallels to both Thanksgiving and Christmas, such as family gatherings and feasting to celebrate the Winter Solstice.
* SuicideAsComedy: Wo Hop.
* YouAreNotAlone: The moment when Shifu tries to decline Po's invitation for Mr. Ping's Winter Feast. Shifu says that it is only for Po's family, which Po responds with "You're my family too."
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[[folder:''Secrets of the Furious Five'']]
* AnAesop: ''Five'', actually; to be a good practitioner of kung fu, one must have patience, courage, confidence, discipline, and compassion.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Po is telling the bunny kids about the fabled strength of Grand Master Viper's venom --
-->"One touch of his ivory tips could fell fifteen gorilla warriors! ...And a mid-size crocodile."
* ArtShift: 3D animation is used for the present day and 2D animation for the [[BackStory backstories]] of the Furious Five.
* BananaPeel: Monkey's flashback shows that banana peels were his favorite prank to the hapless villagers. Then he attempts this on Oogway by surrounding him with peels, but the turtle manages to get past them all and Monkey falls prey to his own trap.
* CastingGag: In ''Secrets of the Furious Five'', Young Monkey's voice actor is Jaycee Chan, the son of Jackie Chan, who voices the older Monkey.
* CatsAreMean: Averted in the Crane story, where Mei Ling, a female cat, is a true blue friend who is vital in starting his martial arts calling. Also Tigress who acts mean, but only because she is so strong that she has hurt others and tries to distance herself.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: All the bunny kids in Po's class want to learn about kung fu is the "kicking butt" part; subverted by the end when it turns out they ''did'' listen to the message of Po's stories.
* DarkestHour: More precisely, darkest seconds in Crane's with him giving up his dream of entering the martial arts academy when his application is mocked. It ends the instant he stumbles into the entrance test room and finds the confidence to pass with the very qualities for which he was mocked.
* DefeatByModesty: Monkey pulled off the belt strings of all the tough guys sent to drive him out, causing them to drop their pants and leave in shame.
** The reason he did this? He was subjected to his pants dropping when he was younger; the best way for people to be humiliated would be how he was.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Oogway and Monkey. That and Oogway saving his life from being crushed by a giant wooden pillar.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Used seriously in the story of [[spoiler:Tigress.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The wool-stealing crocodile bandits from Mantis' story have no problem with locking him up and laughing at him, but they have visibly horrified expressions when they think he's dead.
* KillerGorilla: The bandit who attacks Viper's village.
* LetsDance: Said by Viper, who used her ribbon dancing skills as a method of fighting.
* LighterAndSofter: It's basically ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' as a typical [[AnAesop Aesop]]-based kids' show.
* OrphanageOfFear: Bao Gu, where Tigress was raised and inadvertently terrorized because of her abilities as an apex predator and her temper of being so rejected. However, Master Shifu is able to fix those problems.
* PlayingPossum: Mantis uses this to trick the crocodile bandits into opening the cage he was trapped in.
* ShipTease: Tigress' backstory is the only one that makes Po cry, though most would agree that it is the saddest one out of them all.
* ShoutOut:
** Mei Ling is also the name of Bruce Lee's informant from ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', the [[ChineseGirl Chinese]] ActionGirl CanonForeigner from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ''and'' one of your [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Voices With An Internet Connection]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
** Also, when Po is addressed by Shifu as "Master Po," that brings to mind Caine's most beloved mentor in the TV series, ''Series/KungFu''.
* ShownTheirWork: In the sense that the producers make it clear in this short that "kung fu", when it only refers to martial arts, is really a Western misnomer when its true meaning is "Excellence of Self."
* StopHittingYourself: Viper uses this trick against the gorilla bandit: she coils around his wrist and his neck, forcing him to hit himself on the face.
* UnreliableNarrator: Po is telling the stories of the Furious Five to teach his students AnAesop. It's quite likely he simplified the events to make his point.
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[[folder:''Kung Fu Panda Holiday'']]
* ArtShift: The first few minutes are an awesome 2D dream sequence and the rest is CGI.
* TheCameo: Tai Lung in Po's dad's dream/nightmare.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Po and the Furious Five bring up the Winter Festival ''while battling a horde of bandits''.
* ChristmasSpecial: In the story, it's at least the closest Ancient Chinese analogue thereof, the Dong Zhi Winter Festival. The special still gives it all the trappings of Christmas, however.
* ColossusClimb: One of the first moves Wo Hop tries to provoke Po into killing him, but Po eventually picks him off and puts him in a large jar to make him stop.
* CoolHat: The fancy hats/wigs worn by the Kung Fu masters.
* DisasterDominoes: At least four separate ones, [[{{Homage}} held together with]] [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike Old Spice]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Master Rhino shows up in this special: the same character who [[spoiler:was only in the second movie for mere minutes before Shen killed him]].
* FancyDinner: Po has to ''host'' one for the ''all the Kung Fu masters'' when he'd rather be cooking with his dad. Mind you, Po tried to compromise by trying to get his dad to cook for it.
* FoodPorn: Po is tasked to pick the best chef in China, and also do some cooking himself.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The same radish basket that plays an important part in the [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 sequel]] is not in the first movie, but is present in the Holiday special, in the same location Mr. Ping pulls it out from in the second movie.
* HonorBeforeReason: After accidentally being dishonored by Po, Wo Hop the bunny chef tries to kill him in combat and when that doesn't work he keeps trying to kill himself. May or may not be a ShoutOut to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Bunny_Suicides The Book Of Bunny Suicides]]''.
* MartialArtsForMundanePurposes: The Furious Five and Po use their mastery of kung fu to... cook and serve a fancy dinner?
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Po and Mr. Ping make cooking noodles look absolutely epic.
* NeverSayDie: Apparently Po and/or his dad thinks that Tai Lung is dead.
* OrgasmicallyDelicious: The noodle shop's holiday specialty, at least in Po's dad's dreams.
* PlaceboEurekaMoment: Po mumbles to a guard beside him on how to deal with his conundrum, but then realizes the solution and thanks to the guard... even though the guard didn't really do anything.
* PureIsNotGood: Perfection is nice, but it's also boring and insanely stressful.
* ShownTheirWork: The Winter Feast resembles the traditional Chinese festival of Dong Zhi, which holds many parallels to both Thanksgiving and Christmas, such as family gatherings and feasting to celebrate the Winter Solstice.
* SuicideAsComedy: Wo Hop.
* YouAreNotAlone: The moment when Shifu tries to decline Po's invitation for Mr. Ping's Winter Feast. Shifu says that it is only for Po's family, which Po responds with "You're my family too."
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