
Shortly after, Po and the Five are sent on a mission to stop the evil peacock Lord Shen from using a newly developed weapon, the cannon, to conquer all of China and destroy kung fu tradition.

However, he is thrown into internal conflict when he begins having flashbacks of his mother and learns from Mr.

Po now lives his dream as a kung fu master and protects the Valley of Peace alongside the Furious Five. However, Po realizes that the key to limitless power lies within himself, allowing him to defeat Tai Lung and restore peace to the valley. After his training is complete, Po is given the Dragon Scroll, which he discovers to be blank. However, Shifu discovers that Po is capable of martial arts when motivated by food, and successfully trains him to learn kung fu. Po soon learns that Tai Lung is approaching the Valley, an evil kung fu warrior who has escaped from prison to take revenge for being denied the Dragon Scroll, and despairs he will be unable to defeat him. Determined to change himself into someone he can respect, Po perseveres in his training and befriends the Furious Five, who had previously mocked Po for his lack of skill in kung fu. Refusing to believe that Po can be the Dragon Warrior, Shifu subjects Po to torturous training exercises in order to discourage him into quitting. To everyone's surprise, Oogway chooses Po, who has accidentally stumbled into the tournament arena after arriving late via fireworks explosion. Everyone in the valley expects the Dragon Warrior to be one of the Furious Five-Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Viper, and Crane-a quintet of kung fu warriors trained by Master Shifu to protect the valley. One day, a kung fu tournament is held for the elderly spiritual leader of the valley, Grand Master Oogway, to determine the identity of the Dragon Warrior, the one kung fu master capable of understanding the secret of the Dragon Scroll, which is said to contain the key to limitless power. Ping's noodle shop, unable to realize his dream of learning the art of kung fu. Po, a clumsy panda, is a kung fu fanatic who lives in the Valley of Peace and works in his goose father Mr. Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni
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The series is additionally popular in China as an outstanding Western interpretation of the wuxia film genre. The first three films were critical and commercial successes while the second film was the biggest worldwide box office success for a film directed solely by a woman ( Jennifer Yuh Nelson) until Wonder Woman (2017).

The franchise's first two features were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as well as numerous Annie Awards, and its first television series having won 11 Emmy Awards. Four short films, Secrets of the Furious Five (2008), Secrets of the Masters (2011), Secrets of the Scroll, and Secrets of the Panda Paws (both 2016), and a television special, Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010), have also been produced. The first two films were distributed by Paramount Pictures, the third film was distributed by 20th Century Fox, and a fourth film will be distributed by Universal Pictures, while the television series respectively aired on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. The franchise consists mainly of three CGI-animated films: Kung Fu Panda (2008), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), and Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and three television series: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011–2016), The Paws of Destiny (2018–2019), and The Dragon Knight (2022). Although his status is initially doubted, Po proves himself worthy as he strives to fulfill his destiny and learn about his past with his new friends. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily voiced by Jack Black and Mick Wingert), a giant panda who is improbably chosen as the prophesied Dragon Warrior and become a master of kung fu, the franchise is set in a fantasy wuxia genre version of ancient China populated by anthropomorphic animals. Kung Fu Panda is an American media franchise that started in 2008 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation.
