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“ | Skadoosh! | „ |
~ Po's signature catchphrase, notably used when landing a finishing blow on an enemy |
Summary
For as long as he can remember, Po has always admired the Furious Five, a team consisting of five of the greatest kung fu masters in China, aspiring to be just like them despite his rotund body and humble beginnings as the adopted son of a noodle shop owner. So when Master Oogway, the most esteemed kung fu master of them all, selected him to be the Dragon Warrior destined to save China, Po couldn't contain his excitement. But the path to becoming a kung fu master is an arduous one and this happy-go-lucky panda will discover things about himself and the world that he could have never expected.“ | Sweet! | „ |
~ Po's dialogue from the show's opening |
Summary
Po's dreams of kung fu adventure came true the day that Master Oogway named him the legendary Dragon Warrior. Now a master himself, Po gets to live out his dream everyday at the Jade Palace as he sharpens his kung fu skills with Master Shifu, battles bad guys with the Furious Five and of course, takes a snack break every now and then. With the Furious Five by his side, Po will stop at nothing to keep evil out of the Valley of Peace.“ | I've been asking myself the same thing. 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. | „ |
~ Po's answer to Kai in the Spirit Realm |
Summary
Going from being a simple kung fu fanboy to having his own adoring fans, Po has come a long way since first becoming the legendary Dragon Warrior. Yet still his journey continues, and Master Shifu presents him with his next challenge - to become the teacher, which he eventually takes on in order to prepare his long lost father and the secret panda village from the looming threat that is Kai. By coming to terms with who he truly is, Po completes the final step in his metaphysical journey, conquering body, mind and soul.Powers and Stats
Tier: 8-C | At least 8-C | At least 8-C, likely up to High 8-C. 7-C with Hero's Chi | At least 8-C, likely High 8-C. At least 7-C with Mastery of Chi
Key: Kung Fu Panda | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Post-KFP2/Legends of Awesomeness | Kung Fu Panda 3
Name: Po Ping
Origin: Kung Fu Panda
Gender: Male
Age: 20s
Classification: Panda
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Kung Fu Master, BFR (Can send foes directly to the spirit realm with the Wuxi Finger Hold), Accelerated Development (Trained to be on par with Tai Lung in a matter of days.[1] Stated to have the innate ability to move forwards[2]), limited Damage Transferal (As shown here), Resistance to internal attacks, Blunt Force Attacks and Pressure Point Techniques (Resisted Tai Lung's pressure point attack. Mantis had to use 133 needles to successfully perform acupuncture on Po)
All previous powers plus Acrobatics and Attack Reflection (Can redirect tangible attacks with his belly and with his bare hands[3]), limited Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Mostly unharmed by the intense heat of Shen's cannonballs - while a quick touch was enough to set his hand on fire, he held onto Shen's largest cannonball for an extended period of time)
Same as before to a greater extent, plus Weapon Mastery, Power Mimicry (Mimicked the Mongolian Fireball, one of the seven impossible moves [4]), Can blind the opponent (With the Golden Lotus Clap[5]), Enhanced Senses (Could smell the day-old garlic on Master Junjie's breath, and heard the faint sound of the bell trap from the bottom of Jade Mountain[6]), limited Acausality (Type 1; when Fenghuang paradox'd Shifu, Po retained his memory of who Shifu was), Surface Scaling (Scaled a cliff face[7]), Pressure Points, Paralysis Inducement and limited Biological Manipulation (Can paralyze opponents with pressure point strikes[8], and paralyze one's vocal cords to stop them from talking), Perception Manipulation (Perceives time as slowed down with Eyes of Bushido[9]), Darkness Manipulation (Via the Silken Moon Touch[10]), Non-Physical Interaction (Can hit Ke-Pa's intangible demons and harm hopping ghosts), Fire Manipulation and limited Absorption[4], Electricity Manipulation and Wind Manipulation (Via the Thundering Wind Hammer), superior Attack Reflection (Can deflect wind and energy based attacks[4]), Status Effect Inducement, Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Possession (Fought off Master Ding's possession, then later resisted Pang Bing's mind control), Paralysis Inducement (Resisted the hopping ghost's breath), Cold Temperatures (Unaffected by the cold temperatures at high altitudes[11], although he passed out due to the low oxygen density), Void Manipulation (Moved before the beginning of time[12]), Electricity Manipulation (Largely unaffected with a lightning bolt being fully directed through his body), Body Puppetry (Eventually resisted the control of the Kung Shoes) and Sleep Manipulation (Resisted the mist of morpheus, a tranquilizing swamp gas which put the whole Valley of Peace to sleep). With the Hero's Chi, Po possesses Chi Manipulation (Can project his chi, as well as seal enemies (Can place chi seals on enemies, which was explicitly stated by Ke-Pa to require the Hero's Chi to break), Life Manipulation (Chi can make dead flowers bloom), natural Flight, Damage Boost (Even inexperienced users of chi can use it to amplify their attacks), Healing (Chi can be used to heal others, or the user, from a near-death state), and possibly Transmutation (Oogway was able to perform this on Ke-Pa using the same Hero's Chi, turning him into a pig)[6]
All previous powers. With Mastery of Chi, Po can manipulate, and absorb Chi as well as break solid matter down into chi, being able to create portals to and from the Spirit Realm, and emits a golden aura in this state (As shown here), Immortality (Type 4) and Resurrection (Po can travel between his afterlife and the "mortal" world using chi), Light Manipulation (Po can make light constructs from his chi), Resistance to Transmutation (Unaffected by Kai turning him into solid jade with enough chi)
Time Manipulation (With Shuyong Seeds), Shapeshifting (With Shift Stones), Statistics Amplification and Shockwave Generation (Via Kung Shoes, which drastically improve Po's skill), Illusion Creation/Afterimage Creation (With the Hundred Eye Orb), Intangibility (With the Phantom Crystal and the Hopping Ghost Curse), Soul Manipulation (With Mystical Mirror of Yin and Yang), Invisibility and Transformation of himself and others into hopping ghosts (With the Hopping Ghost Curse). The Kung Shoes have Regeneration (High-Mid, can reform themselves from scraps), Electricity Manipulation (As shown here) and Duplication, but only after being worn for two hours
Memory Manipulation (Via the Fluttering Finger Mindslip), Flight (Via Wings of Light), Telepathy and limited Analytical Prediction (Via Nao Yuedu)[13]
Attack Potency: Building level+ (Harmed Tai Lung and ultimately defeated him. After being trained, he sparred with Shifu, impressing him where the Furious Five could not) | At least Building level+ (Stronger than before. Overpowered Shen and stopped a cannonball from Shen's main cannon before redirecting it back with enough force to wreck Shen's ship. Pulled two small ships together) | At least Building level+ (Got far stronger throughout Legends of Awesomeness. During season 1 he was able to hold his own against Fenghuang[4]. He is able to somewhat harm himself, as shown in Bad Po. Capable of defeating the entire Furious Five at once, like he did in Fluttering Finger Mindslip, in some cases being capable of knocking out a somewhat weakened Furious Five and Shifu with a single body slam and even defeating all of them by accident on multiple occasions. Easily defeated LoA Tigress in battle dozens of times with little effort), likely up to Large Building level (By the end of Legends of Awesomeness, Po is capable of defeating three of the first Furious Five + Fenghuang by himself, each of whom are far superior to Tigress. Harmed a weakened Kim the Invincible. Somewhat comparable to his own durability as he could harm himself in Bad Po. Lei Kung referred to him as a "main course", whereas the combined efforts of the Furious Five and Shifu were an "appetizer"[14]). Town level with Hero's Chi (Killed Ke-Pa in two hits[6], who was superior to Oogway when he didn't possess the Hero's Chi) | At least Building level+, likely Large Building level (Superior to his Legends of Awesomeness peak. Casually beat Kai's Jombies). At least Town level with Mastery of Chi (Should be far superior to his Hero's Chi. Casually stomped Kai, who had absorbed the chi of countless masters since fighting Oogway.[15] A portion of Po's Mastered Chi was described by Kai as being "too much", implying that he couldn't absorb it all, making it immensely superior to the combined chi of the Furious Five, Master Shifu, Master Oogway, all of the other Kung Fu Masters from both the Spirit Realm and the entirety of China, and likely the chi of Tigress and the Panda Villagers as well, whose chi he was planning on absorbing as well)
Speed: At least Transonic (Kept pace with Tai Lung, blocked attacks from Shifu) with Supersonic reactions (Comparable to Furious Five members such as Tigress, who reacted to supersonic cannonballs) | At least Transonic with Supersonic reactions and combat speed (Likely faster than before, reflected supersonic cannonballs when he mastered inner peace) | Supersonic+ (Faster than before, comparable to Crane, in movement speed, who flew to the Northern Mountains in a short period of time. Blitzed Temutai[4] on several occasions later in the Legends of Awesomeness series. Blitzed the entire Furious Five early on in Legends of Awesomeness) | At least Supersonic+ (Likely faster than before, kept up with Kai and dodged his jade blades, which were calculated to be this fast when Kai is casual)
Lifting Strength: Class M (Grappled with Tai Lung. Lifted a water tower by himself without too much trouble. Severely outclassed LoA Tigress in a lifting strength contest. Lifted a large stone sculpture of himself[16])
Striking Strength: At least Building level+ (Hit Tai Lung so hard that he flew past the cloud layer) | At least Building level+ (Pinned Lord Shen down easily, who only escaped by reminding Po of his traumatic past) | At least Building level+, likely up to Large Building level (He is capable of harming himself. From "Owl Be Back", near the start of Legends of Awesomeness, he was considered a threat on par with Fenghuang, who easily beat the Furious Five and Shifu all at once) | At least Building level+, likely Large Building level (Casually punted a jombified Master Chicken into the air)
Durability: At least Building level+ (Tanked attacks from Tai Lung, including one that resulted in a large crater) | At least Building level+ (Survived attacks from Shen's cannons, albeit with some injuries, which one-shot an on-guard Thundering Rhino through his hammer) | At least Building level+, up to Large Building level (Generally superior to his own AP, allowing him to survive attacks from opponents that far outclass himself in terms of AP, such as Temutai[17]. Survived Fenghuang's impossible moves, which were capable of easily killing Shifu. By the end of Legends of Awesomeness, Po was capable of surviving numerous attacks from Kim the Invincible), Town level with Hero's Chi (Took a hit from a furious Ke-Pa, even with a low amount of chi left) | City Block level (Took a beatdown from an angry Kai and most notably survived the brunt of this punch), at least Town level with Mastery of Chi (Should be superior to his Hero's Chi state, treated an amplified Kai as a non-threat)
Stamina: Superhuman (Po can endure long periods of harsh training and fight opponents such as Tai Lung for several minutes without notably tiring and has shown to be able to run over extended distances without any noteworthy fatigue. However, his stamina is often downplayed for gags such as Po tiring after climbing a flight of stairs)
Range: Standard melee range, extended melee range with the Ying Yang Staff. Up to dozens of meters with non-chi techniques such as the Thundering Wind Hammer, Interdimensional with chi techniques (Even characters who are completely inexperienced with chi, such as the panda villagers, are capable of projecting their chi between universes. With Po's Mastery of Chi, Po changed the entirety of the Spirit Realm and was capable of traveling from the Spirit Realm back to the Mortal Realm. The Spirit Realm is confirmed to be an alternate reality of infinite size[18])
Standard Equipment: None notable. Yin Yang Staff as of Kung Fu Panda 3.
- Optional Equipment: Shift Stones, Kung-Fu Shoes, Shuyong Seeds, Hundred-Eye Orb, Phantom Crystal, Hopping Ghost Staff, Mystical Mirror of Yin and Yang.
Intelligence: Above Average normally (Although Po sometimes seems to lack common sense, he has also been shown to be a competent planner when he prepared the Panda Village for Kai's Zombie army and when he tricked Shen with a Mantis action figure. He is also an excellent chef), Genius in combat (Po is a gifted martial artist, even when compared to other highly respected masters, who is capable of fighting the entire Furious Five at once without getting hit, using only a chair. He is an extremely quick learner, being able to master chi and inner peace in incredibly short spans of time, utilizing the latter to reflect Shen's cannonballs, defeating his entire armada almost single-handedly. Adapted his own kung-fu style, the Panda Style, in a matter of days to prepare for Tai Lung and has adapted new techniques and styles on the fly, such as when he utilized "Dizzy Kung-Fu" to combat Scorpion while suffering under the effects of her poison. He also learned two of the seven impossible moves in a brief period of time, where not even Shifu, the Furious Five and likely Tai Lung were able to learn a single one. When donning the Kung Shoes, he is capable of kicking three needles such that one needle will go through the eye of another needle and split at the tip of the third, and significantly outperform this test)
Standard Tactics: Po largely uses his surroundings and his unique fighting style called Panda Style, where he utilizes unconventional fighting tactics to catch his opponents off-guard as well as his body fat to tank and redirect physical attacks. If his opponent poses a significant threat, Po will use the Wuxi Finger Hold on them, and he considers this to be his best move. | Po still uses his Panda Style, but generally fights with a more conventional and experienced form, using more acrobatic maneuvers to dodge attacks and get combination hits on his opponents. | Same as before. He has far more moves in his repertoire, such as the Thundering Wind Hammer, but he generally doesn't use them. When utilizing his Hero's Chi, Po spams chi blasts, keeps his distance via flight, and attempts to seal his opponents. | Same as before. When utilizing his Mastered Chi, Po makes chi constructs which he can use to deconstruct weapons and ragdoll his opponents.
Weaknesses: Naive and inexperienced. The Wuxi Finger Hold doesn't work on Spirit Warriors such as Kai. Seeing Shen's insignia causes him to be briefly incapacitated by trauma | Has overcome his trauma but is still somewhat inexperienced | Can accidentally blind himself if he uses the Golden Lotus Clap without closing his eyes. The Eyes of Bushido does not work if the user thinks about themself. Overusing his Hero's Chi can drain him, exhausting him and making him unable to use chi attacks for a short period of time. Using the Kung Shoes for long periods of time leads to them coming to life | Same as before, although his Mastered Chi doesn't share the same weakness as his Hero's Chi. If Po dies in the Spirit Realm, he dies for good.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Feet of Fury: Po kicks multiple enemies in mid-air in rapid succession.
- Wuxi Finger Hold: A chi-based move that can send mortals to the Spirit Realm that involves the user holding an opponent's finger between his or her own index finger and thumb, pinky held upright. By flexing one's pinky, the target's chi is presumably affected so greatly that it causes a brilliant, rippling shockwave of energy that extends for miles around. If he is in contact with another person, he can use the Wuxi Finger Hold on himself to send both himself and the other person to the Spirit Realm, which he used against Kai to bypass his immunity to the technique. Po refers to this as his "best" move.
- Thundering Wing Hammer: A special and difficult kung fu technique dubbed as one of the Twelve (formerly seven) Impossible Moves. The Thundering Wind Hammer is done by rapidly spinning around, suddenly stopping, and then placing one's palm out towards the target. A ball of energy shoots out from the palm and flies toward the target, blowing it back on impact.
- Golden Lotus Clap: A technique that involves the user announcing the words "Golden Lotus Clap", and then clapping their hands together. A golden mist erupts from the hands and then causes blindness to the target (so long as their eyes are open), which the move can also reverse.
- Mongolian Fireball: A technique, also dubbed as one of the Twelve (formerly seven) Impossible Moves, where the user goes into multiple stances and then brings their hand close together vertically. After this, a large fireball forms between their hands and slowly moves forward, sucking nearby objects in. The fireball then gets shorter until it disappears, leaving only a cloud of dust behind.
- Fluttering Finger Mindslip: Po swirls his hand to the left, then to the right, then flutters his fingers in a twisting motion. This technique causes temporary paralysis and short-term memory erasure. When used repeatedly on one target, their memories will begin to deteriorate on their own until they can't even remember how to breathe. This process takes around an hour.
- Chao Wa Punch Kick: Po punches the mid area of the opponent's body and then kicks, the strike of the Chao Wa Punch Kick causes immobilization of the body, meaning that it may be a nerve attack technique.
- Wings of Light: An advanced kung fu technique that allows Po to fly with wings made of light. This makes up one of the five Mystic Secrets of Kung-Fu.
- Silken Moon Touch: Through self-invoked silence and an immense amount of focus, Po concentrates all of his power into a single finger and touches the opponent, releasing a large pulse with a temporary after-effect of turning day into night.
- Paralyzing Touch Point: A nerve technique that causes full-body paralysis. If left untreated for an hour, it becomes permanent.
- Nao Yuedu: The ability to read minds. This ability works passively and allows the user to know every one of their opponent's moves, but if used for extensively long periods of time, it can drive the user mad.
- Hero's Chi: Releases chi using the Hero's Chi imparted upon him by the universe upon Oogway's passing, in the form of a radiant blast from a part of his body. This technique also allows Po to fly and to create chi seals to trap his opponents.
- Mastery of Chi: A heavily amplified version of Po's Hero's Chi, released when the Panda villagers, Tigress and Mr. Ping gave their chi to Po. On top of his Hero's Chi abilities, this envelops Po in a golden chi aura and allows him to create chi constructs, deconstruct solid matter and create portals with Low Multiversal range.
- Shuyong Seeds: A bag of seeds. Each seed has the ability to take its user back in time when thrown on the ground, which Po used to learn how to counter Fenghuang's attacks. It can also be used to grow a Shuyong fruit, which Fenghuang ate to gain full mastery over time.
- Shift Stones: These mystical stones allow the user to shapeshift into any form or being they desire, mimicking their voice as well. If the user loses the stone, then they are stuck in the form they morphed into.
- Kung Shoes: A magical pair of shoes that greatly enhances the wearer's skill, allowing Po to complete and exceed the three needles test, believed to be a feat impressive enough for him to be considered the greatest martial artist to ever live. If kept on for more than two hours, however, the shoes come alive, controlling the wearer's body.
- Phantom Crystal: A mystical orb that can make the user intangible. This intangibility is potent enough to allow the user to completely phase through attacks from those with standard Non-Physical Interaction, such as Shifu and Po himself.
- The Mystical Mirror of Yin and Yang: When looked at, it splits them into two halves by separating the soul from the body, resulting in a good and a bad half, each as strong as they were together. This can be reversed if the bad version looks into the mirror's reflection before sundown. Each half experiences the same pain that the respective other half feels.
- Hundred Eye Orb: A magical artifact from the comics that allows the user to create illusory duplicates of themselves. As the name suggests, as many as one hundred of these duplicates can be created at a time.
- Yin Yang Staff: A precious staff gifted to Po by Oogway in the Spirit Realm that is almost as tall as the turtle master himself (although he claims to have a bigger one). It can be used as a weapon, like when Oogway used it to parry Kai's blade attacks, or to focus and project the user's chi.
Note: Po loses the ability to utilise each of the abilities listed under "Optional LoA abilities" at some point throughout the Legends of Awesomeness series. As such, they can only be applicable to Po's third key.
Others
Notable Victories:
Thanos (Fortnite) Thanos' Profile (KFP3 Po without Mastery of Chi was used)
Mr. Incredible (The Incredibles) Mr. Incredible's Profile (KFP2 Po was used, and speed was equalized)
Yamcha (Dragon Ball) Yamcha's Profile (Both were High 8-C. 22nd Budokai Yamcha and Legends of Awesomeness Po were used, and speed was equalized)
Notable Losses:
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) Spider-Man's Profile (Both ere High 8-C, Post-KFP2/Legends of Awesomeness Po and Base Spider-Man was used, speed was equalized)
Inconclusive Matches:
Miles Morales (Spider-Verse) Miles's Profile (Speed was equalized and KFP2 Po was used. The starting distance was 15 meters and the battle took place at the Jade Palace. Both combatants knew each other's skill.)
References
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda; 2008
- ↑ The Art of Kung Fu Panda
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda 2; 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 1; Episode 9
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 1; Episode 11
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 2; Episode 7, 8
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 2; Episode 10
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 2; Episode 14
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 3; Episode 6
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 3; Episode 7
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 2; Episode 19
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 3; Episode 15
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 3; Episode 4
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda; Vol 2; 2016
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda 3; 2016
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 1; Episode 12
- ↑ Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; Season 1; Episode 2
- ↑ The Art of Kung Fu Panda 3
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