Po

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Po is the main character & Protagonist in Kung Fu Panda. He is a Giant Panda, his Kung Fu style is improvised and is voiced by Jack Black. In the story of Kung Fu Panda he dreamed of being a Kung Fu legend, even greater then the Furious Five. Po is sort of an expert Kung Fu, but in the form of someone who knows everything about their favorite TV show but he can't pursue his dream because he works at a noodle shop. This is shown by having posters and action figures of the Furious Five, he evens has shuriken. He knows different things about Kung Fu like techniques, like the Wu'xi finger hold, and legends and weapons, like the Invisible Trident of Destiny and the Urn of Whispering Warriors.

By a weird twist of fate he became the Dragon Warrior. He was attempting to see the tournament of the Dragon Warrior to see which of the Furious Five would become the Dragon Warrior. He couldn't make it to the gate to the Jade Palace in time and the gate closed on him. So after many failed attempts he finally got over by strapping fireworks on a chair and flying over the gate. Oogway(Randall Duk Kim) took this as a sign that the universe had brought them the Dragon Warrior. Everyone, including Po, was surprised by this.

At first, the Furious Five and Shifu(Dustin Hoffman), Po's Master, treated him as an outcasted and wouldn't pay very much attention to him. Even Tai Lung thought that there was no way he could be the Dragon Warrior by making the remark, "Him? But he's a Panda! Your a Panda! What are you going to do big guy? Sit on me!?" Oogway convinces Shifu to believe in Po just before Oogway dies. Shifu then finds a way to train Po by using food.

When Po fights Tai Lung he defeats him using the Wu'Xi fingerhold, which he figured out how to use by using "the secret" of the Dragon Scroll.

In Secrets of the Furious Five, Po is instructed by Shifu to teach some new Kung Fu students. After calming down the excited group, Po tells the students of how each of the Furious Five learned the secrets of Kung Fu. When Shifu returns to check on progress, he finds that Po has taught the students a lot, and allows him to keep teaching the youngsters.