Kung Fu Panda

Trivia: According to behind the scenes featurettes, James Hong's father owns a noodle shop. Hong voices Po's father, Mr. Ping, who also owns a noodle shop.

Cubs Fan

Trivia: When Tai-Lung escapes from prison, one of the guards he knocks over lets out a Wilhelm scream. (00:33:30)

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Trivia: While most of the characters have names in English (Monkey, Viper, Tigress etc), several characters' names have their origin in Mandarin: Master Oogway's (wu gui) name means "tortoise" in Mandarin, while "Shifu" (shi fu) means "master", most commonly in martial arts or medicine.

Trivia: After all credits roll, Po and Shifu are seen sharing a meal while the peach seed planted earlier is shown to have sprouted.

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Continuity mistake: When Po is trying to get into the ceremony at the beginning of the film, the fireworks attached to his chair explode and leave him with dirty white fur. After he clears the gate and gets inside to the ceremony his white fur is completely clean again.

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Po: It is said that his enemies would go blind from over-exposure to pure awesomeness!

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Question: Why couldn't Po open the gates to the ceremony but his father could when Oogway declares Po the Dragon Warrior?

Roman Curiel

Chosen answer: They were locked.

MasterOfAll

Why lock them at the beginning of the ceremony only to unlock them before it's over? I believe this is a continuity error.

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