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"Enter the Dragon" is an Annie Award-winning,[1] hour-long episode special from season two of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. It was split into two parts during its production, labeling it as both the seventh and eighth episode of the season.

Plot[]

Synopsis[]

Po and the Furious Five meet their greatest challenge yet: a supernatural creature who is invincible to the powers of kung fu.[2]

Summary[]

Ke-Pa was in his mortal guise as an old pig, and retold his tale to some water buffalo and crocodile criminals in a tea house, who ended up laughing at his claim that he was the evil legendary demon. When the petals of the Peach Tree started to fall, Ke-Pa began to regain his powers and beat up the criminals. Ke-Pa then headed to the Valley of Peace.

Upon arriving, Ke-Pa encountered Po, the Dragon Warrior, who did not take the threat of the demon seriously in his pig form. However, this resulted in the panda receiving a beating from Ke-Pa, who afterward left to confront Shifu at the peach tree. He wasted no time, and unleashed his telekinetic powers upon the Jade Palace master. Po arrived and attempted to intervene, only to knock Ke-Pa into the tree, dislodging the final petal, signifying the end of the tree's life. Ke-Pa laughed maniacally as he fell off the hill's edge, only to rise, now transformed into his true dragon-like demon form.

Ke-Pa then assaulted the Jade Palace and destroyed it, finding the seal containing his demon brethren. However, he remembered the seal could not be opened without the power of the Hero's Chi, and Ke-Pa descended to the village to find the wielder. Shifu stepped forth and identified himself as the vessel of the Hero's Chi. As Ke-Pa held the red panda in his telekinetic grip, Shifu angrily sent Po away, rebuking him for failing to evacuate the village as he was told to. In truth, Po was the true wielder of the Hero's Chi, and was sent away to keep Ke-Pa from getting to him.

Ke-Pa soon enslaved the Valley of Peace, as well as enlisting the aid of Fung and his gang, to construct a massive funnel that would serve to crush Shifu and channel his chi to open the seal. But as soon as he started to constrict his body around the funnel, the Furious Five attacked, having been told by Shifu that Ke-Pa would be weakened by their efforts. But even they were no match for the demon, who distracted himself from the funnel. As he had the Five at his mercy, Ke-Pa spotted Po, who had returned to help his friends, and overheard Shifu informing the panda that he was the true vessel of the Hero's Chi.

Ke-Pa quickly threw Po into the funnel and was successfully able to channel his chi to release his demon brethren. As Ke-Pa rallied his army to destroy the world, As he kills 1/5 of the entire population, Po became considerably weak and died afterwards. However, Po made a comeback, his chi having been revitalized by a peach sapling. Again facing Ke-Pa, Po was able to re-imprison the demon's legion, but as the effort exhausted his chi, Ke-Pa took the opportunity to kill the panda. Po managed to recharge enough chi for one last blast as he unleashed it from his belly, saying "Skadoosh" and defeating Ke-pa

Voice cast[]

Accolades[]

Award Category Winner(s)/Nominee(s) Result
40th Annie Awards Best Storyboarding in an Animated Television Program Ryan Kramer, Paul Linsley, Kenji Ono, Le Tang, Alice Herring, Mike Mullen, Aaron Hammersley Nominated
Best Editorial in an Animated Television Program Hugo Morales, Adam Arnold, Davrik Waeden, Otto Ferraye Won

Trivia[]

  • This episode is the first of two hour-long specials in the series, with the other being the series finale "Emperors Rule".
  • The episode title references the popular 1973 martial arts film of the same name, which stars famous martial artists Bruce Lee and Jim Kelly.
  • This is the only episode in the series that establishes itself as chronologically taking place after the second film (evidenced by a villager's comment about Po defeating Lord Shen[5]), which is contrary to executive-producer Peter Hastings' statement about the show being a continuation of the first film.[6]
    • Tai Lung is also mentioned in this episode.
  • Nickelodeon made an online game based on this episode called "Kung Fu Panda: Enter the Dragon." It was removed at some point, however, and therefore is no longer playable.
  • Four years after the episode aired, it was later retconned and rendered non-canon by Kung Fu Panda 3.

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Quotes[]

 [after transforming] Behold... the real Dragon Warrior!
Ke-Pa

See also[]

References[]

  1. AnnieAwards.org - "40th Annie Awards (2013)"
  2. ToonZone.net - "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Enter the Dragon"
  3. Listed in the episode credits, but does not actually appear in the episode.
  4. Character voice is credited in the episode credits, but does not actually speak in the episode.
  5. Revealed in "Enter the Dragon" from Nickelodeon's Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. Ep. 7 & 8, Season 2. Written by Scott Kreamer, Peter Hastings & directed by Aaron Hammersley, Michael Mullen. Originally aired November 12, 2012. Quote from the episode: "... Tell 'em about when you defeated Lord Shen!"
  6. AnimationMagazine.net - "Kung Fu Panda Proves His Chops on Nick" by Ramin Zahed. Published October 7, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2012.

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Legends of Awesomeness Season 2 episodes
# No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code
27 1 "Kung Fu Day Care" Juan Meza-Leon Doug Langdale Apr. 6, 2012 201
28 2 "Royal Pain" Lane Lueras Gene Grillo Sep. 26, 2012 214
29 3 "The Most Dangerous Po" Michael Mullen Gene Grillo Oct. 13, 2012 203
30 4 "The Po Who Cried Ghost" Michael Mullen Gene Grillo Oct. 27, 2012 207
31 5 "Kung Shoes" Lane Lueras Doug Langdale Nov. 3, 2012 209
32 6 "Bosom Enemies" Lane Lueras Gene Grillo Nov. 10, 2012 215
33 7 "Enter the Dragon (Part 1)" Aaron Hammersley, Michael Mullen Scott Kreamer, Peter Hastings Nov. 12, 2012 220
34 8 "Enter the Dragon (Part 2)" Aaron Hammersley, Michael Mullen Scott Kreamer, Peter Hastings Nov. 12, 2012 221
35 9 "Master and the Panda" Michael Mullen Gene Grillo Nov. 24, 2012 212
36 10 "Present Tense" Michael Mullen Doug Langdale Dec. 8, 2012 213
37 11 "Shifu's Back" Michael Mullen Paul Rugg Jan. 14, 2013 205
38 12 "Terror Cotta" Michael Mullen Doug Langdale Jan. 15, 2013 225
39 13 "The Spirit Orbs of Master Ding" Lane Lueras Tom Sheppard Jan. 16, 2013 226
40 14 "The Maltese Mantis" Michael Mullen Paul Rugg Jan. 17, 2013 202
41 15 "Invitation Only" Michael Mullen Paul Rugg Jan. 18, 2013 217
42 16 "The Midnight Stranger" Juan Meza-Leon Doug Langdale Jan. 20, 2013 206
43 17 "Shoot the Messenger" Lane Lueras Kevin Campbell Jan. 22, 2013 219
44 18 "A Tigress Tale" Juan Meza-Leon, Gabe Swarr Paul Rugg Jan. 23, 2013 211
45 19 "Crane on a Wire" Lane Lueras Gene Grillo Jan. 24, 2013 204
46 20 "The Secret Museum of Kung Fu" Michael Mullen Doug Langdale Jan. 25, 2013 224
47 21 "Bride of Po" Michael Mullen Tom Sheppard Feb. 14, 2013 303
48 22 "Five is Enough" Aaron Hammersley Gene Grillo Jun. 17, 2013 301
49 23 "Mama Told Me not to Kung Fu" Lane Lueras Doug Langdale Jun. 18, 2013 222
50 24 "Secret Admirer" Gabe Swarr, Aaron Hammersley Katie Mattila Jun. 19, 2013 216
51 25 "Qilin Time" Juan Meza-Leon Paul Rugg Jun. 20, 2013 210
52 26 "Huge" Aaron Hammersley Gene Grillo Jun. 21, 2013 223
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