Tigress

Tigress is the tritagonist of the franchise.
She is the leader of the Furious Five, master of the Tiger style of kung fu, the student and adoptive daughter of Shifu, and the adoptive younger sister of Tai Lung. 
She is voiced by who also portrays Maleficent in , while in the TV series, she is voiced by Kari Wahlgren.
== Appearance==
Tigress is a beautiful, slender, South China tiger, who has orange and white fur with black stripes, and amber eyes with yellow sclera. She wears a traditional red Chinese vest with golden vine patterns and black trim, held together with small metal fasteners and a waist wrap. She also wears black silk pants and black sandals with soles designed to resemble paw pads.
Tigress' outfit has also included her having sleeves in non-canonical appearances, such as in early concept art and during a 2D-animated appearance at the end credits of the first film.
In (During the Winter Feast dinner at the Jade Palace and later at the noodle shop), Tigress and the other members of the Furious Five each wear an outfit similar to their normal attire, but with colors that match the colors of the holiday. Tigress wears a silver vest with red vine patterns, a red Shaolin waist wrap, and dark brown silk pants as opposed to her usual black. Tigress also briefly wears a headdress similar to some of the other masters at the table during the Palace dinner.
In , Tigress wears a long-sleeved yellow garment with red vine patterns, similar to the designs on her red vest.
==Personality==
Tigress is the strongest and boldest of the Furious Five. She is noted to have the typical qualities of a hero: overachieving, brave, fearless, and willing to do anything to save the day. The one exception to her willingness, however, was to believe in Po, whom she thought was a joke. But even the strongest can be wrong, and Tigress learned that destiny sometimes arrives in unexpected ways. Since the events of the first film, she has been unwaveringly loyal to Po and what he represents as the Dragon Warrior. But underneath her stoic, iron-jawed exterior is a warm compassion that others seldom see. She is generally friendly, but the least sociable of the Five, and can be very intimidating at times due to her incredibly serious and direct demeanor.
In many scenes of the first film in which the other four of the Furious Five and/or Po were joking or having fun, Tigress would often remain quiet and withdrawn. At the time, it was strongly believed, by Shifu and herself, that Oogway was about to choose her as the Dragon Warrior before Po's entrance, despite Oogway's statements. As a result, Tigress bitterly resented Po for thwarting her dream, and was the most vocal of the Five in her contempt for the panda and his perceived lack of respect for kung fu, even while her comrades grew to respect him, perhaps still believing she was the Dragon Warrior. Also, while facing Tai Lung, she claimed that he was looking at the Dragon Warrior, although he instantly saw through this lie. Despite seeming cold however, Tigress does have a true compassionate side. She refused to allow Po to enter the fray while something was burdening him, just after the panda had unintentionally allowed Shen to escape. 
After learning that Po was troubled by knowing that Shen was involved in his past and his parents however, Tigress hugged Po and seemed to have empathized with him. Even while stating that she does understand what Po was going through, she didn't want to watch her friend get killed. In Legends of Awesomeness and Secrets of the Furious Five, it is revealed that Tigress was an orphan who was left at the Bao Gu Orphanage by her parents. During her years at the orphanage, she scared the other children and as a result was seen as a monster. After being trained and raised by Shifu however, she began to not let others' perceptions get to her and became a stronger person inside. It is clear that when she empathized with Po in the second film, she did relate to him on a personal level.
When Tigress was a kid and a teenager, she was energetic as Po was and wanting to be as amazing as Master Shifu, but she learned to be her own master and grew more mature and calm in the future.
==Quotes==
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== Relationships==
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==Trivia ==
*In the third film, Tigress is the only member of the Furious Five to not be turned into a Jombie by Kai.
*In the first film, Tigress insists on fighting and defeating Tai Lung alone, whose name translates to "Great Dragon". This may be a reference to the Chinese belief that the tiger and the dragon are eternal rivals.
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