Tai Lung

**Tai Lung** is the main antagonist of the 2008 Dreamworks Animation film Kung Fu Panda and will return in the upcoming film Kung Fu Panada 4.

He is a mighty and evil snow leopard who wants the scroll in order to be the Dragon Warrior which was originally trained by his former master Shifu before being sent away to prison due to Oogway refusing to let him to be the Dragon Warrior. He is also Shifu's former student and adoptive son as well as Po's first enemy.

He is voiced by Ian McShane.

## Kung Fu Panda

Tai Lung is first seen when Oogway says Tai Lung will return which cause Shifu to tell the messenger to go to the prison to double everything (even though they already did).

Tai is then seen getting locked in prison due to his actions when the messenger goes to the prison which caused the rhino guards to be angry and also pretending to ignore what they're saying. Because of a feather that's from Zeng since Vachir slapped him, Tai Lung uses the feather to release himself which cause him to be finally escape, the rhino guards notice this and tried to prevent from Tai Lung is escaping but Tai Lung outsmarted them and used TNT to kill them. After that, Tai Lung tells Zeng that he's coming to the Jade Peace which caused Shifu to realize that Tai Lung escaped.

Back at the Jade Palace, it turns out Tai Lung was founded by Shifu and trained him as the Dragon Warrior, but Oogway refuse to let him to be the Dragon Warrior which caused him to be outraged and tries to get the scroll, but Oogway stopped him.

After it turns out that Tai Lung escaped, Tigress decides to defeat Tai Lung along with her team since she didn't believe that Po can defeat Tai Lung. When the Furious Five arrived at the Bridge, Tai Lung is seen looking at them and also asks them where the dragon warrior is, all of them fight but Tai Lung defeats them by using his nerve attacks paralyzing all of them expect Crane. When Po and others sees that the scroll has nothing, Shifu decided to protect the villagers from Tai Lung and fight him by himself.

When Tai Lung finally arrives, he gives Shifu a chance at welcoming him home but Shifu tells him that the Jade Palace is no longer his home and he is no longer his master, the two then began to fight but Tai Lung beats him up and nearly kills him, after that Shifu apologizes at him for turning him as a villain but instead of redeeming, Tai Lung attempts to finish him off when the Dragon Scroll is missing and also tries to choke him until Po arrives.

During the final battle, he and Po fought over the Dragon Scroll. Despite Po's best efforts, Tai Lung finally got the Dragon Scroll until he finds out that the scroll has nothing. Even through Po explained what the scroll meant, Tai Lung still doesn't care and also still tries to defeat Po, but his nerve attacks are useless against the panda. Giving a powerful strike to Po only cause the panda to inadvertently rebound the force right to Tal Lung, sending him flying into a wall. The two began to fight again but Po uses his belly against Tai Lung which causes the leopard to fly in the sky and cause him to fall. After that, Po uses the Wuxi Finger hold to defeat Tai Lung which cause the villagers to come to the valley.

## Personality

Tai Lung is best described as a warrior pride and ambition led him down a dark path since ever since he wasn't the dragon warrior, he was obsessed with being it by using the scroll.

Despite that, he is tragic and insecure due to his backstory, and he does find out that Shifu still loves him before deciding to kill him.

## Appearance

Tai Lung is a tall, slender, muscular gray snow leopard with yellow eyes with golden irises, two teeth sticking out of the bottom of his mouth and whiskers that are shaped like a mustache. He also wears purple pants and a brown belt.

## Trivia

* Tai Lung appeared in the first Kung Fu Panda video game, in which he was the main antagonist again and (just like the movie) broke out of jail and went for the scroll; however, unlike the movie, the Furious Five gets captured by the villainous leopard and his army of wolves. So it's up to Shifu to go rescue them and stop Tai Lung.
* Tai Lung was originally going to have an army of wolves as well as gorilla and ox allies, but this was scrapped but was kept in the video game and then reused as Shen's army instead.
* According to the creator's commentary, the color gold was used to symbolize heroism in the movie, and Tai Lung saw himself as the hero of the story instead of the villain, hence why they gave him golden eyes.
* Tai Lung returns in the video game Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors, which he was the main antagonist (again) and also the final boss. This time, he comes with a troop of enemies to aid him. He is once stopped, defeated, and killed by Po and the others.
* He is the only villain in the trilogy to mention Po by name at least once.
* One of his lines "Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!" has become a meme.
* In real life, Snow Leopards (which is Tai Lung's species) are predators to Pandas.
* Tai Lung appeared as a cameo in Kung Fu Panda 3 where he was briefly seen as one of the jade amulets on Kai's belt.
* Tai Lung and Lord Shen are the only main villains in the trilogy to be voiced by an English actor while Kai is voiced by an American actor.
* Ian McShane (the voice of Tai Lung) previously voiced Captain Hook in Shrek the Third which is also a another Dreamworks film.