The Valley of Peace in Spring

* The Magic Hat (Episode)

**The Valley of Peace in Spring** is the first episode in The Awesome Universe series The New Adventures of Kung Fu Panda.

## Synopsis

Spring has come to the Valley of Peace, up in Wu Dan Mountains, Po, Monkey and Crane find a large top Hat, which they bring home. Too big to be worn they use it as a waste paper basket, but it is a Hat of magical qualities, and anything thrown into it changes into something completely different.

## Plot

The episode opens with the narrator asking if the viewer has ever heard of the Kung Fu Panda Wall. In winter, the Valley of Peace is covered with snow and everyone have gone to bed for the night. On the top of Jade Mountain is the Jade Palace. The narrator introduces the viewers to our hero, Po/The Dragon Warrior, as well his friends: Crane, Viper, Mantis. His best friend Monkey and his love interest Tigress. Also his Masters and kung fu teachers: Daniel, Elida, Olivia and Shifu sleeping in the student barracks. The narrator says that, before the story starts, "We'd better wake everyone up, with some Spring sunshine." Po is the first to awake. He opens his bedroom window and sees that Spring is finally here. He calls out for everyone to wake up because Spring is here. As he heads downstairs, Mantis emerges from his bedroom, upset about Po's yelling waking him up, to which Po replies, "I can't help it if I'm happy." Mantis tells Po that he was having a lovely dream about living in a watermelon. Po tells him that the flowers are out and the sun is shining. Mantis states that he'd rather be asleep, even though he said that Po was supposed to wake him as soon as spring was here. Po says to Mantis that he can go back to bed if he wants, but Mantis thinks that there is no point as he's not sleepy.

Master Elida comes out of her bedroom. A starving Mantis asks Elida if she has any watermelon. Even though, there's no watermelon, Elida tells him that they'll all have a nice, big breakfast. Monkey also comes out of his room. He and Po suggest they do something really exciting. Po thinks Crane will join too and they decide to wake up Crane. At Crane's room, Po and Monkey tries to wake him up by whistling. It works, but Crane tells them to go away, but then becomes interested when he hears they're going to do something really exciting. To Crane's disappointment, it turns out to be a long walk up the Wu Dan Mountains. During the walk, Po and friends see Mr. Ping jumping over rocks. At the top of the mountain, Po and his friends are watching the view, when Po sees what looks like a large top hat. Po believes that Master Daniel would like it. Back in the Jade Palace Daniel puts on the hat, unfortunately, the hat is too big for Daniel's head as it covers his eyes, much to Po and Monkey's amusement. When Daniel tries to take the hat off, it seems to get stuck. Po and Monkey manage to get it off. Elida hears the commotion, and Po tells her what happened. Po considers throwing the it away, but Elida decides that it's too good for hat. Daniel asks I they know anyone with a big head. They decide to use the hat as a waste paper basket. Everyone goes into the kitchen to have breakfast, unaware of the hat suddenly getting a little bigger.

After breakfast Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Monkey and Viper sit outside the front door of the palace. Crane wonders if their kung fu permit will com soon, but Tigress tells him that they will probably never get their permit since it's been over a month since they applied for it. Viper says there is still hope that their permit will com, and rest of the five agrees. Po comes out to them having apparently eaten a lot. Tigress asks him if he has dreams. Po tells her that he only has nightmares about not having any food. Inside, Daniel finds some eggshells on the floor and puts them in the hat. As he leaves, the eggshells start to glow inside the hat and become pink clouds. The clouds pass through the door, where the students notice them. Crane thinks they may be poisonous, but the clouds feel like cotton. Po finds himself flying upwards on one. Tigress, Viper, Mantis and Monkey follow him, but Crane is concerned about them falling off. He tries to jump onto a cloud to try to fly without using his wings after them, with little success. Po pulls Tigress's tail when his cloud is below hers, then her cloud flies down onto his.

Daniel is writing one of his memoirs, when he sees Po and Tigress fly by on the clouds. He grabs his fire sword and asks his daughter what she's doing. Tigress tells him tat they're flying, and that the clouds came out of the palace. Daniel tries to reach her so he can bring her inside, but Tigress decides to ask him to come for a ride instead. Unfortunately, Daniel can't hold on and pulls down Tigress's cloud, which flies off. Daniel tells Elida, Olivia and Shifu what's happening. Elida tells him that she told them to be careful, much to Daniel's surprise. Monkey beats Crane at what appears to be cloud jousting, knocking him off his cloud, which he tries to jump back onto. The cloud goes into a tree, which Crane fly up to. However, getting back onto the cloud is much more difficult, and he only succeeds in getting a small bit of the cloud, which disappears. The same thing happens to Viper, Mantis and Monkey's clouds, much to Monkey's disappointment. Po and Tigress's clouds also disappear just as they're getting off.

Later, the students are playing hide and go seek. Crane starts counting, as everyone else goes to hide. Mantis hides in the kitchen, Viper hides under the bunk bed in the guest room, and Monkey considers hiding in Daniel's room (Even though there doesn't appear to be anywhere to hide). Po hides in the Moon Pool (with a straw so he can breathe). Tigress trying to hide behind a pillar (but she realizes that Crane will find her right away) and decides to hide in the hat, just as Crane finishes counting to 10. Crane begins to search upstairs as Tigress, still hiding in the hat. Crane starts searching in Daniel's room. As he leaves, Monkey accidentally closes the door on his tail feathers, giving him away. Crane then finds Viper under the bed, Mantis in a pot in the kitchen and Po in the Moon Pool. The only person who hasn't been found now is Tigress. Crane has searched everywhere in the Jade Palace, including the cellar. Po hears someone laughing, but Crane doesn't know where she is. As Daniel comes, Crane tells him that he can't find Tigress anywhere. Po think she might have been kidnapped. Suddenly, the laughing starts again, and this time, everyone knows where it's coming from: Under the hat (which is under the magic chair).

A strange, monkey-like creature emerges from under the hat. Crane asks the creature who he is, and the creature says-in Tigress's voice-"I won then, didn't I? You looked everywhere in the palace, and you couldn't find me, could you? So I won!". Crane asks who would want to find the creature. The creature asks if this is a new game. Po introduces herself to the creature, who introduces himself as "the new empress of Kung Fu Panda Wall". Crane tells her that she's to ugly to be the empress of anything. The creature asks Daniel if that's a nice thing to say to her friend. Daniel tells the creature to tell him what she's done with Tigress. When the creature tells him that SHE'S Tigress, Daniel asks her who she is and where Tigress is. When the creature says "dad", Daniel tells her that he's not her father. The creature tells him that he is her father. Po tells the creature that Tigress's a tiger and beautiful and nothing like the creature, then asks her if she's looked in a mirror. The creature feels her face and realizes that her strips is gone. She then notices that her tail is big and bushy. She finally snaps when she sees she reflection in the Moon Pool. The creature believes that she is having a nightmare. Elida hears the commotion and enters the palace. Immediately, the creature runs over to her and hugs her, tearfully. Daniel tells her that the creature says she's Tigress and tells Elida to look at her. The creature tells Elida that she is Tigress, even though she doesn't look like her. Elida tells the creature that crying won't help at all. After a minute or two, Elida will know if the creature really is Tigress or not. The creature tries to convince Elida that she Is Tigress. Eventually, Elida tells the creature that she is her tiger daughter. She hugs her sobbing daughter, which apparently causes her to change back into the orange and black tiger shape of Tigress. Everyone can now recognize her. Daniel asks her where she was hiding, and Tigress tells him that she was hiding in the hat, which everyone glances at.

Later, Po and Tigress throw the hat into the river. Tigress hopes that they won't see the hat again. The narrator ends the episode by saying "Daniel decided that, although it was a fine hat, it was too dangerous to keep. So Po threw it in the river, and it floated away. He wasn't too sure about it though, because it was a rather special hat."

## Voice cast

* Po .... Mick Wingert
* Daniel .... Max Charles
* Tigress .... Kari Wahlgren
* Monkey .... James Sie
* Crane .... Amir Talai
* Shifu .... Fred Tatasciore

* Viper .... Lucy Liu
* Mantis .... Max Koch
* Elida .... Moira Kelly
* Olivia .... Helena Bonham Carter
* Mr. Ping .... James Hong