Kai (Kung Fu Panda 3)

**Kai** (also known as **The Collector**), is the main antagonist of *Kung Fu Panda 3*. He was a warrior and the general of an army which he led alongside his brother-in-arms Oogway.

Kai fought alongside Oogway as close friends, but after he learned how to steal the chi of others, Oogway banished him to the Spirit Realm. Five hundred years later, he returned to the mortal realm as a Spirit Warrior and sought to steal the chi from every kung fu master and destroy Oogway's legacy. With the help of his jombies, he nearly accomplished his goal, but he was eventually defeated and destroyed by Po.

## Personality

During his time as a mortal, Kai was fiercely devoted to fighting alongside and protecting Oogway, whom he loved like a brother. Kai was willing to risk his own life in order to keep Oogway safe; after the tortoise was injured in an ambush, Kai carried him for days across hostile terrain in a desperate attempt to find help. However, their relationship was broken beyond repair after stumbling upon the panda village and discovering the power of chi. Unlike Oogway, Kai became interested in stealing the chi of others in order to increase his own power, learning how it could be taken as easily as it was given. Because Oogway prevented him from fulfilling his ambition and imprisoned him for centuries in the Spirit Realm, he felt Oogway betrayed him and had never, or would ever, recover from the pain of losing the only person he ever truly loved.

After his banishment, Kai's anger and hatred grew ever stronger against Oogway, demanding a rematch, which ended with Kai stealing Oogway's chi and returning to the mortal realm, but as a Spirit Warrior, to exact total vengeance against Oogway by destroying his legacy. Kai's disposition was worsened, if anything, during his time in the Spirit Realm as his sense of humor was darkened, and where there was once loyalty and honor, cruelty and aggression had replaced. To further his lack of morals, Kai was blinded by his own repute and was devoted heavily to his legacy, displeased that none recalled or even had heard of Kai, the "Beast of Vengeance" or "Maker of Widows" and so had no qualms whatsoever about destroying Oogway's legacy, believing that he had destroyed his. However, Kai was quite pleased when Po addressed him with said titles, even thanking him quite politely and claiming that it made him almost want to spare his life. Of course, that did not stop Kai from trying to steal Po's chi along with the rest of the pandas. Kai was also often annoyed by Po's sense of humor and underestimated him, just like nearly all of Po's previous adversaries, but he was ultimately defeated by Po who overloaded him with chi, leading to his demise.

## Trivia

* Kai is voiced by J.K. Simmons who also voiced Mayor Lionheart in Disney's *Zootopia*, Ford on *Gravity Falls*, and Tenzin in *The Legend of Korra*.
* Kai became Thomas, Twilight Sparkle, The Wild Kratts, Princess Elena, The Lion Guard, Heidi, Sooty and The Letterlanders' enemy in *Thomas and Twilight Sparkle's Adventures of Kung Fu Panda 3.*
* Kai will appear in Thomas and Twilight Sparkle's Adventures Series to get revenge on Thomas, Twilight Sparkle, Po and their friends after his resurrection. He even join forces with Po's other enemies, Tai Lung and Lord Shen as well since Kai and Shen both wanted to get rid of pandas for different reasons and he and Tai Lung felt betrayed by Oogway.
* One of the jade amulets collected on Kai's belt was a previous film villain, Tai Lung.
* Kai and Lord Shen are noticeably the most evil villains in the *Kung Fu Panda* franchise due to attempting genocide on pandas.