History Series / KungFu2021

* BittersweetEnding: The third season finale (which ended up being the series finale) ended the series conclusively on some sad notes, but overall towards the "sweet" side. [[spoiler:Nicky has to kill her master Pei-Ling to stop Xiao once and for all, leaving her and Zhilan devasted. Zhilan isn't sure what to do with herself now that her sister is truly dead. Mei-Li decides to leave her restaurant after making too many concessions to the corporate owner. That being said, the other main characters are moving forward in good directions.]]

The show is produced by Christina M. Kim, Ed Spielman (who also produced the original Kung Fu series), Creator/GregBerlanti, Martin Gero, and Sarah Schechter. It airs on the Creator/TheCW, and the first episode aired on April 7, 2021. The series has aired three seasons.

* DimensionalTraveler: Xiao is revealed in Season 3 to have had this ability when she was alive, on top of her alchemical talents. [[spoiler: Bo/The Harvester shares this ability, which got him stuck in a war-torn dimension by accident as a child. Xiao helped train his abilities and used him to steal energy from the souls of the warriors and guardians for her.]]

* AffectionateNickname: Althea and Dennis call each other [[WesternAnimation/TheFlinstones Pebbles and Bam-Bam]] (doubles as ShoutOut).

The show is produced by Christina M. Kim, Ed Spielman (who also produced the original Kung Fu series), Creator/GregBerlanti, Martin Gero, and Sarah Schechter. It airs on the Creator/TheCW, and the first episode aired on April 7, 2021. The series has aired two seasons. The third season is airing as of October 2022.

** [[spoiler: Henry inadvertently became this when he reassembled the Lodestone as a child, marking him as the Compass Bearer, able to detect magic. He activated these abilities in "The Compass".]]
* TheChooserOfTheOne: Each sacred weapon has a Warrior and a Guardian. The Warrior uses the weapon and the Guardian protects the weapon until the Warrior can be found.

** In Season 3, Sebastian bringing his own culture to the Harmony Dumplings menu makes Carrie worry about the brand, since she sold the higher-ups on Chinese, not Asian Fusion, cuisine.

** Nicky -- [[spoiler: she is the Warrior of her generation, as one member of each generation of her family has been born with the capability to use the sword of her ancestor, Liang Daiyu. Before her, her Po Po and Auntie Mei-Xu were also chosen, but one [[RefusalOfTheCall refused it]] and the other has since passed away.]]

** Nicky -- [[spoiler: she is the Warrior of her generation, as one member of each generation of her family has been born with the capability to use the sword of her ancestor, Liang Daiyu.]]

** Nicky -- [[spoiler: she is the Warrior of her generation, as one member of each generation of her family has been born with the capability to use the sword.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: Zigzagged. Althea and Ryan tell Nicky that her idea of going to the [=SFPD=] is not going to work since the TriadsAndTongs will likely have an informant within the force. [[spoiler: In the first season finale, however, the family and Evan are able to get the police to arrest Zhilan's agents who have staked out the Shen house.]]

* AlchemyIsMagic: Introduced with Xiao, the ancient alchemist whose experiments created the Warriors and Guardians bloodlines, giving Nicky her enhanced abilities.

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: "Silence" reveals that Zhilan and Pei-Ling were sisters. This was hinted at in the first episode where Pei-Ling tells Nicky she is not the only one with a difficult family. Pei-Ling was Nicky's heroic mentor, and Zhilan the series' main antagonist, who killed her in the opener to steal an ancient sword]].

* PoliceAreUseless: Zigzagged. Althea and Ryan tell Nicky that her idea of going to the [=SFPD=] is not going to work since the TriadsAndTongs will likely have an informant within the force. [[spoiler: In the season finale, however, the family and Evan are able to get the police to arrest Zhilan's agents who have staked out the Shen house.]]