Li Shan

Li Shan is a major character in the franchise. 
He is a giant panda and the biological father of Po, also known as Lotus, when given at birth. He was separated from his wife and son during the massacre of his home village by Lord Shen and his wolves. He returns in as the deuteragonist where he will find Po and take him to his current residence in a hidden village with other pandas.
He is voiced by , who also portrays Hal Wilkerson in , Joseph Brody in the 2014 reboot film of , Vitaly in the franchise, Zordon in the 2017 Power Rangers film, and the Chief in 
==Personality==
Li is laid back, fun-loving, and somewhat hedonistic. He enjoys eating, napping, having a good time, and bonding with his son. He seems to get along fairly well with the other villagers, as they all came to greet him when they returned with his son. He also takes it upon himself to teach Po how to "be a panda" by simply doing many fun and easygoing activities, such as eating, swimming, and rolling.
Li seems to share many similarities to Po. In the third film, he was seen celebrating with the noodle shop patrons, who were cheering him on with his mouth full of dumplings, similar to how Po was seen with a mouth-full of bean buns in the second film. Like Po, Li is also shown to be quite oblivious in some cases. Upon meeting Po, Li shared that he was looking for his son, and said he's sorry when Po in turn replied that he lost his father. Li wished him luck and departed, apparently not discerning the many clues that point to Po being the long-lost son he was looking for until a good moment later. Upon realization, he joyfully hugged Po, and even hugged a disconcerted Mr. Ping. He also joined Po in playing with many of the weapons in the Hall of Warriors as if they were like toys.
Despite some of his childish traits, Li does show a level of seriousness, particularly towards the loss of his wife and his protectiveness of Po. Li still loves his wife, having an altar with a small painting of her with Po, and traveled from far away to retrieve their son. Li is also haunted by the events of the past that separated him from his family, and dreads of losing Po again. Because of this, Li proved to be surprisingly deceptive, managing to come up with a lie that he could teach Po how to use chi merely so he could take him to the safety of the panda village, and stalling the truth until Po confronted him about it. Though he was distraught when Po was upset and refused to leave the village when Kai was arriving, he was eventually comforted after a parent-to-parent talk with Mr. Ping.
Li is also very brave, not only having protected his family in the past (being heavily implied to have given the Wolf Boss his scar), but was the one to persuade the others pandas to learn to fight, and was alongside Mr. Ping in helping to defend the village upon attack. He even aided Po against the fight with Kai and his jade zombies, and was the first to mimic the chi technique he saw in the scroll, and gathering the others to follow, helped Po to defeat Kai once and for all, using his own chi and proclaiming that Po taught him who he was meant to be: A father.
==Powers and Ability==
Though Li was only seen using a farming tool as a weapon, it proved sufficient enough to injure his opponents. He was able to hold off the wolves and escape alive when they attacked his village.
In Kung Fu Panda 3, Li was among the panda villagers who were taught by Po how to fight. During an invasion, he wore self-made "armor" consisting of items such as pans and woks, with Mr. Ping tied to his stomach to aid him. He was able to his these "weapons" to fend off the jade zombies, and he later used his chi to help Po and vanquish Kai. At the end of the film, Li was briefly shown practicing kung fu under Po, though suddenly halted when he got a crick in his back.
==Trivia==
*Li's name translates into English literally as "plum hill" (traditional and simplified Chinese: 李山; pinyin: lǐshān). His first name could also mean "strong" or "powerful" (力, lì).
*Li's Chinese voice actor is Jackie Chan, who also serves as the English voice actor for Monkey.
*Li's voice actor in Kung Fu Panda 2, Fred Tatasciore, has also provided the voices for Shifu and other characters in Legends of Awesomeness and various video games.
*According to producer Melissa Cobb, Po recalls his father in his flashbacks in Kung Fu Panda 2 as "a powerful farmer, strong, but a bit rough around the edges."
*Li's revelation quote to Po in one of the film's teasers references Darth Vader's famous quote, "I am your father" from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
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