Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters, Kung Fu Panda (franchise), Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, List of Kung Fu Panda characters, Nico Marlet, Secrets of the Furious Five, Shifu. Excerpt: The following is a list of characters from DreamWorks animated film media franchise Kung Fu Panda, with their shorts and specials Secrets of the Furious Five, Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, and Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters, as well as the video games and TV show Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. The world of Kung Fu Panda is a fantasized version of ancient China as typically depicted in the wuxia film genre populated by anthropomorphized animals where the martial arts can have magical qualities on top of extraordinary physical prowess for those sufficiently skilled. Po Ping is the titular protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise. He is a giant panda who was improbably chosen as the Dragon Warrior, champion of the Valley of Peace in the first movie. Although highly doubted as such, the giant panda proved himself worthy as a formidable warrior in unexpected ways. The adoptive son of Mr. Ping, a goose who owns a noodle restaurant. Po is one of Master Shifu's students, the prophesied Dragon Warrior, and the warrior of black and white (as revealed in Kung Fu Panda 2). In the first movie, Po is shown to be living with his father Mr. Ping and working at his noodle restaurant, dreaming of a life as a celebrated kung fu master. However, because of his excessive weight and work fueling a crippling self-loathing, he cannot achieve this dream. However, to his surprise, he is chosen to be the legendary dragon warrior seemingly by accident: when having arrived late to the Dragon Warrior's selection ceremony, his attempts to get over the Palace walls to see the event...