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Fan Tong is a young panda featured as one of the main characters in the Amazon Prime series Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny. He and three other panda children (Bao, Nu Hai, and Jing) are members of the current Four Constellations by being in possession of the original members' chi, with Fang Tang holding the chi of Red Phoenix.

Biography[]

In The Paws of Destiny[]

Fan Tong is first introduced as an easily frightened yet compassionate panda who found friends in Bao, Nu Hai, and Jing. While the other's are raring for adventure- Fan Tong seems to prefer less anxiety inducing hobbies.

Fan Tong is one of the four pandas to absorb the chi of the Original Four Constellations after accidentally stumbling upon a cave underneath Panda Village. He absorbed the chi of Red Phoenix. Afterwards, he begs with his friends to Po in hopes that he'll teach them Kung Fu. When ambushed by Jade Tusk and her entourage- Fan Tong and the other Four Constellations helped Po defeat them which finally convinced him to mentor them.

In "Blue Dragon Plays with Fire" when Po goes around trying to wake up the four pandas, Fan Tong is startled awake and accidentally hits Po with a stool. Later, when Po shows the children their new Kung Fu dojo, he along with Bao and Jing are less than thrilled about the poor state it's in. Po then sits the panda children down to tell them more about their hero Chi and the Four Constellations. He tells Fan Tong about Red Phoenix the most courageous constellation of all. Fan Tong gets scared of Po's story and quite literally hides and pees his pants. The panda children then get into an argument about who got what hero Chi, which then Po explains that it's impossible to trade their Chi powers with each other.

Some time later Jing and the other panda children lead Po to a newly cleaned and renovated dojo. Po then attempts to give them basic training in Kung Fu. The panda children aren't terrible but don't excel either. Po congrats them on a good first week. Later as Nu Hai, Bao, Jing, and Fan Tong leave school, Nu Hai makes a statement that suggests that she is their leader because she inherited Blue Dragon's Chi- and he was leader of his own Four Constellations. The rest of the panda children aren't sold on her being the leader. Suddenly a goose-messenger named Ping rushes into Panda Village with an urgent message for Dragon Master Po: bandits have overtaken Wu-Ran Village and the local constable requests his help. Nu Hai immediately rushes forward and asserts herself and her friends as the Dragon Master's students- making sure to mention that she is the leader. She says that they will deliver the message to Po for him. Nu Hai mentions that since they weren't able to get their hero Chi to activate in the dojo, perhaps the high stakes of the bandit ambush might forcefully activate it for them. Fan Tong insists that they give the letter to Po but it falls on deaf ears. Bao asks Nu Hai if she remembers what Po said about "taking deep breaths," and not "getting ahead of yourself," Nu Hai brushes him off and strokes his ego a bit to get him to agree with her. They decide to save the town without enlisting Po's help.

The Four Constellations arrive at Wu-Ran Village to see a bunch of huge and aggressive Yak bandits terrorizing Pika villagers. Nu Hai tries to assert herself and yells at them to stop. Due to the panda children's small size and young age, the Yaks simply laugh at them. After Jing exacerbates the situation by throwing rocks at them, the Yak bandits slowly close in on them. Nu Hai hopes that the heat of battle will bring on their Chi, but nothing happens. Nu Hai admits that she might have gotten ahead of herself, and struggles to come up with a new plan. She starts to panic. Suddenly, she has a mystical vision of a blue dragon leading her to an alleyway. She quickly leads her friends into the alley and they narrowly avoid the Yak's attacks. Unfortunately, the Yak Bandit Leader intercepts their path and physically restrains Jing and Bao. Nu Hai and Fan Tong try to fight him but he knocks them down with ease. Seeing her friends and brother in distress quickly causes Nu Hai to panic, however, she remembers Po's earlier advice to "just take a breath. Focus." Nu Hai takes a big breath in and calms herself down. Suddenly she gains the clarity she needs to activate her Blue Dragon hero's Chi which allows her to take out the Yak Bandit Leader with a super-powered Chi punch- saving her friends. Po arrives at the scene and takes out the remaining Yak bandits before expressing his disappointment with the four panda's rash actions.

Personality[]

Fan Tong [is] a sweet and devoted friend who, incidentally, holds the record for being the biggest baby ever born in Panda Village. Fan Tong may be a bit fearful and nervous, but Po's guidance and the chi of Red Phoenix help him gain confidence and embrace his power.[2]

Fan Tong is the most earnest, kind-hearted kid in the group. He is the moral compass of the team. He's a big softie, which can sometimes be his downfall. Fan Tong is scared of most things; however, through his training with Po, he learns to confront his fears and find his bravery. He often doesn't know his own power, and once he can meld that with his own inner strength, he will be a mighty warrior.[3]

Fan Tong is a kind yet simple-minded and cowardly panda. Due to his timid nature, he is often one to stay away from conflict and danger, instead opting for the more peaceful path. Like most pandas, he's food-motivated and quite slow on his feet. Despite this, he finds bravery in his friends and would do anything to help and protect them.

Fighting style and abilities[]

Like the other Four Constellations, Fan Tong can harness the chi of Red Phoenix to perform special abilities. He has used his chi to create a chi-based sword, as well as expel a large energy blast capable of knocking back enemies and objects alike.

Due to his large size, he can also use his weight as an advantage in combat, e.g. deflect blows or crush enemies.

Relationships[]

Bao[]

Fan Tong often refers to Bao as his best friend, despite Bao not always being as kind in return. Even though Bao grows jealous of Fan Tong, when Fan Tong meets Princess Xiao, whom he crushes on, Fan Tong is always kind to his friend.

Xiao[]

Coming soon!

Clothing[]

Fan Tong wears an inappropriately sized red vest with a yellow floral pattern held tightly together with pinkish buttons. His pants are mustard yellow and secured by two thick green belts. His ankles are wrapped in bandages.

Trivia[]

  • Fan Tong's name translates into English as literally "rice bucket" (traditional Chinese: 飯桶?; simplified Chinese: 饭桶; pinyin: fàntǒng), but it also translates into figurative names such as "big eater", "scallywag", "deadbeat", "do-nothing",[4] and "fathead".[5]

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Quotes[]

Nu Hai: Master Po needs our help!
Fan Tong: There is no way that's true.
—While captured by Jade Tusk and her minions, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny

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