Kung Fu Panda

Trivia: According to behind the scenes featurettes, James Hong's father owns a noodle shop. Hong voices Po's father, Mr. Ping, who also owns a noodle shop.

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Trivia: When Tai-Lung escapes from prison, one of the guards he knocks over lets out a Wilhelm scream. (00:33:30)

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Trivia: While most of the characters have names in English (Monkey, Viper, Tigress etc), several characters' names have their origin in Mandarin: Master Oogway's (wu gui) name means "tortoise" in Mandarin, while "Shifu" (shi fu) means "master", most commonly in martial arts or medicine.

Trivia: After all credits roll, Po and Shifu are seen sharing a meal while the peach seed planted earlier is shown to have sprouted.

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Mistakes

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Continuity mistake: When Shifu performs the Wuxi finger hold on Po, in one shot, we see all of Po's fingers, except the one Shifu is holding, are closed to his palm. In the next shot, all his fingers are open. (00:22:05)

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Suggested correction: If you slow down before the part where the camera pans onto Po when he's surprised, his fingers open.

Then you found a 2nd mistake, but the original mistake is still valid. While we do see Po start to open his hand up (after the first picture), there's a wide shot (not pictured) where his fingers are closed (again). It then cuts to Po's hand and his fingers are open.

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Quotes

Master Oogway: There is a saying: Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

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Questions

Question: Why couldn't Po open the gates to the ceremony but his father could when Oogway declares Po the Dragon Warrior?

Roman Curiel

Chosen answer: They were locked.

MasterOfAll

Why lock them at the beginning of the ceremony only to unlock them before it's over? I believe this is a continuity error.

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