Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny

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Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny
Kung Fu Panda The Paws of Destiny.jpg
GenreAction-comedy
Based onKung Fu Panda
Developed by
Voices ofMick Wingert
Chrissy Metz
James Hong
Amy Hill
Haley Tju
Laya DeLeon Hayes
Gunnar Sizemore
Makana Say
ComposerLeo Birenberg[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersMitch Watson
Elliott Owen
Lane Lueras
Running time23 minutes
Production companiesDreamWorks Animation Television
Amazon Studios
Release
Original networkAmazon Prime Video
Original releaseNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16) –
July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
Chronology
Related showsKung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny is an American computer-animated streaming television series produced by DreamWorks Animation released for Amazon Prime Video on November 16, 2018. It is the second TV series in the Kung Fu Panda franchise following Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.[2] Developer Mitch Watson has confirmed that Mick Wingert would reprise his role from Legends of Awesomeness as Po.[3]

The second half of season 1 was released on July 4, 2019.[4]

Plot[]

Set after the events of Kung Fu Panda 3, the series follows Po the panda on a fresh adventure featuring four panda kids (Nu Hai, Jing, Bao, and Fan Tong) who happen upon a mystical cave beneath the Panda Village. The panda kids accidentally absorb the chi of ancient and powerful Kung Fu warriors known as the Four Constellations: Blue Dragon, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Red Phoenix—each of which somehow are with the panda who has a quality opposite to the that Constellation's prime quality. They realize they are now destined to save the world from an evil force (Jindiao), who wishes to take over the world and steal the chi of the four constellations, landing Po with his biggest challenge yet—teaching this ragtag band of kids how to wield their newfound Kung Fu powers. They also defend the Forbidden City against an evil Komodo dragon alongside an evil demon.

Voice cast[]

Main article: List of Kung Fu Panda characters
  • Mick Wingert as Po[3]/ Black Tortoise / Male Panda #1 / Yak Bandit Leader / Dim / Yak Bouncer #2 / Chow Guard #4 Gongmen City Police Wolf #1
  • Haley Tju as Nu Hai[5]
  • as Jing[5]
  • as Bao[5]
  • as Fan Tong[5]
  • Chrissy Metz as Mei Mei[5]
  • as Oogway[6] / Wong / Wing / Bingwen / Emperor Kang Zi / Dum Dum / Pika Mobster / Chow Guard #1 / Salamander Henchman #1 Lead Chow Guard
  • as Li Shan / Zang / Sum / Ping / Chow Guard #3 / Yak Brawler / Gongmen City Police Wolf #2 / Imperial Guard #1
  • James Hong as Mr. Ping / Chow Guard #8[5]
  • Steve Blum as Jindiao / Red Phoenix / Pious Chan
  • Amy Hill as Grandma Panda / Spyglass Monk[5]
  • as Jade Tusk / Huifang / Female Panda #1 / Tahr #2 / Gongmen City Police Wolf Leader / Rabbit Artisan Rabbit
  • James Sie as Bunnidharma / White Tiger / Chong / Friend Vulture / Sun Wukong / Shirinking Sun Wukong/ Chow Guard #7 / Giant Sun
  • JB Blanc as Blue Dragon / General Fang / Chow Guard #5 / Tahr Tavern Owner /Imperial Guard #2 / Juan
  • Grey Griffin as The Xin / Laoshu / Suyin / Tuoluo Seller Rabbit /
  • Jeff Bennett as Zhizhu / Yak Bouncer #1 / Tahr #1 / Mole Rat #3 / Rabbit Bandit Leader
  • as Yaoguai Demon
  • Michael Rivkin as Rooster / Chow Guard #6
  • Lacey Chabert as Princess Xiao / Panda Mother
  • Sumalee Montano as Shi Long / Young Shi Long / Rabbit Villager / Rabbit Servant / Assassin / Rabbit Citizen
  • Elisa Gabrielli as Baigujing / White Bone Demon / Dark Shadow / Old Lady Tahr / Porcupine Assassin
  • as Qilin / Chow Guard #2
  • Betsy Sodaro as Makesi / Mole Rat #1 / Mole Rat #2 / Pika Kid

Episodes[]

No.TitleDirected byWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal air date
Part 1
1"Enter the Dragon Master"Lane LuerasElliott OwenAlice Herring & Lane LuerasNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
Possibly staged a few years after the events on Kung Fu Panda 3, Nu-Hai, Jing, Bao, and Fan-Tong are in deep trouble knocking over the Sacred Peach Statue, was to be blessed by Po, now the Dragon Master, at the annual Peach Blossom Festival. Determined to make it up to the villagers, Nu-Hai sets herself, and a reluctant Jing, Bao, and Fan-Tong to the task of returning the Sacred Peach Statue. As they are trying to push the Peach Statue onto the lift, it rolls down, and the Statue, along with Nu-Hai, Jing, Bao, and Fan-Tong roll down into a cave, soon identified by Nu-Hai as 'The Temple of The Four Constellations.'. There are four pedestals, each with a giant statue. Bao touches a pedestal to annoy Nu-Hai, and the room is alight by the qi emitting from the statues, the qi going at the pandas. Nu-Hai, Jing, Bao, and Fan-Tong run out of the cave screaming. Unknown to them, they are seen by an unnamed Chinese water deer. In the next scene, we see all of the four slam themselves into Nu-Hai and Bao's room, Nu-Hai freaking out over what just happened. In the meantime, we see the unnamed water deer reporting her apparent failure to find the Temple of the Four Constellations before Nu-Hai, Jing, Bao, and Fan-Tong found the cave, to another Chinese water deer named 'Jade Tusk'. She says that she is not the one she should apologize to for her failure. The unnamed deer look in front in fear at her real master's back. The master orders Jade Tusk to kill the monk. Jade Tusk says that the children know how to open the cave. Her master allows Jade Tusk to get the children. In the next scene, we see the four in the library asking Grandma who the Four Constellations were. Grandma explains that a thousand years ago, the Four Constellations were guardians of a sacred wellspring, but a dark qi master wanted all that power to himself. The Four Constellations stopped him from doing so, but to protect the Qi Wellspring from 'those with evil ambitions' in the last place anyone would look, hoping their successors would continue on their legacy, but when Grandma looks up, the panda children are gone. Soon we see The Four running towards Po, trying to explain what happened at the Temple, and asking Po to teach them kung fu. Po declines, but when the kids keep pressuring him, he tries to run, and instead, he gets hit by a door and faints. Po wakes standing up to looking at a qi-holographic Oogway, telling Po that the universe has chosen Po to teach our Four, or else they will die. We see Nu-Hai, Jing, Bao, and Fan-Tong running through the night, their goal to convince Po to teach them Kung Fu before he leaves, but is soon captured by the Poison Clan. Jade Tusk asks them to open the Temple, and is about to torture them into doing so, Po arrives and a battle breaks out, Po bangs his head, the monks are about to take him when a qi blast has been emitted from the four panda kids. Now believing them, Po agrees to teach them kung fu.
2"Blue Dragon Plays with Fire"Lane LuerasElliott OwenAnnie Li & Byron PenarandaNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
Po goes around to wake up his new students for their first day of study, only to find them all rather high-strung. He then shows them where he intends to train them: a run-down building at the top of a long set of stairs. Po explains that, like him, the four children have been imbued with Hero's Chi, which typically only comes to one hero in a generation. He then goes over the character of each member of the Four Constellations, only to find that the kids seem to have personalities that are the direct opposite of those they have inherited. Meanwhile, at the Most Auspicious Temple of the Heavenward Plumblossom Serene Moonbeam, The Bearded Vulture named Jindiao is giving a lecture on the original Dragon Warrior and how he was sustained by Chi. The seemingly decrepit master mentions that his own life and vitality is sustained by Chi, but is shocked to see Jade Tusk. He rebukes her, but then learns that she has learned the whereabouts of Pious Chan. He decides to visit their "old friend" himself, though not before the two discuss their boisterous subordinate Huifang. Upon returning to his training hall, Po finds that the kids have cleaned the place up, and decides to see what abilities they already possess. Their efforts are less than stellar, but Po is encouraging and informs them of his intent to research the constellations more thoroughly. Elsewhere, Jade Tusk and her underlings attack Pious Chan the wise old tahr, but the battle is broken off by the appearance of Jindiao. Believing the elderly abbot to be a friend, Chan offers his help, only to be attacked by Jindiao and robbed of his Chi. Back at Panda Village, the kids get out of school, with Nu Hai asserting herself as the group's leader despite the others' objections. A duck messenger then arrives seeking help for Wu-Ran Village, and the kids go to defend it without Po's help. Po, meanwhile, locates a scroll about the origins of the Constellations, only to learn what the kids have done. At the village, Nu Hai leads the others in attacking the bandits of yaks, but contrary to expectations their Hero Chi fails to materialize. As the four are menaced by the bandits, Blue Dragon's Chi manifests to Nu Hai, prompting her to lead them in evading the villains. Unfortunately, Nu Hai's friends are captured and subdued, and she begins to panic as she struggles to determine what to do. The voice of Blue Dragon then speaks to her, urging her to relax; doing so, she is able to unlock her power and strike down one of the bandits. Po then arrives to back up his students, handily subduing the remaining enemies. Nu Hai admits that it was her own recklessness that led her team into trouble, and Po commends her honesty. He then reveals that the original Four Constellations were farmers and shopkeepers; as such, his students should not be discouraged by their own humble origins. Unbeknownst to the pandas, however, Jindiao has gained renewed youth by draining Pious Chan's Chi.
3"Blade of the Red Phoenix"Johnny CastucianoElliott OwenRihanna Williams, Emma Hoffard & Mike TisserandNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
4"The Intruder Flies a Crooked Path"James WoottonMichael RyanTom Galvin, Candice Prince, Victor Sampaio & Rhianna WilliamsNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
5"A Fistful of Herbs"Lane LuerasBenjamin LapidesAnnie Jingyi Li & Byron PenarandaNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
6"Poison in the Pit of the Plum"Johnny CastucianoJohanna SteinRhianna Williams, Emma Hoffard & Mike TisserandNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
7"Big Trouble in Panda Village"James WoottonElliott OwenTom Galvin, Candice Prince & Victor SampaioNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
8"Secrets Lost to Shadow"Mike MullenMitch WatsonAnnie Jingyi Li & Daniel Villa de ReyNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
9"Out of the Cave and Onto Thin Ice"Lane Lueras & Rhianna WilliamsBenjamin LapidesJohnny Castuciano, Emma Hoffard & Mike TisserandNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
10"Return of the Four Constellations"Lane Lueras & James WoottonNicole BelisleTom Galvin, Annie Jingyi Li, Candice Prince & Victor SampaioNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
11"Unholy Dragon Returns to the Mountains"Mike MullenJohanna SteinCrystal Kan, & Annie Jingyi Li & Daniel Villa de ReyNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
12"Sacrifice at the Edge of Time"Rhianna WilliamsMitch WatsonEmma Hoffard, Annie Jingyi Li, Kevin Slawinski & Mike TisserandNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
13"End of the Dragon Master"James WoottonElliott OwenTom Galvin, Annie Jingyi Li, Candice Prince & Victor SampaioNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
Part 2
14"Journey to the East"Mike MullenBenjamin LapidesCrystal Kan, Annie Jingyi Li & Daniel Villa de ReyJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
15"Curse of the Monkey King"Rhianna WilliamsJohanna SteinBradley Cayford, Emma Hoffard, Annie Jingyi Li & Kevin SlawinskiJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
16"A Game of Fists"Lane LuerasLindsay KernsTom Galvin, Annie Jingyi Li, Candice Prince & Victor SampaioJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
17"The Beast of the Wasteland"Mike MullenNicole BelisleChris Jimenez, Crystal Kan, Annie Jingyi Li & Daniel Villa de ReyJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
18"Danger in the Forbidden City"Rhianna WilliamsMitch WatsonBradley Cayford, Emma Hoffard, Annie Jingyi Li & Kevin SlawinskiJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
19"The Battle(s) of Gongmen Bay"Lane LuerasElliott OwenMatt Engstrom, George Gipson, Zheng Kang, Annie Jingyi Li & Luther McLaurinJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
20"Gongmen City Hustle"Mike MullenBenjamin LapidesChris Jimenez, Crystal Kan, Annie Jingyi Li & Daniel Villa de ReyJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
21"Night of the White Bone Demon"Rhianna WilliamsJohanna SteinBradley Cayford, Emma Hoffard, Chris Jimenez, Annie Jingyi Li & Kevin SlawinskiJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
22"Rise of the Empress"Tom GalvinLindsay KernsGena Buto, Annie Jingyi Li & Victor SampaioJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
23"Bridge Over Troubled Lava"Mike MullenNicole BelisleChris Jimenez, Crystal Kan, Annie Jingyi Li & Daniel Villa de ReyJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
24"House of Flying Pandas"Rhianna WilliamsBethany Armstrong JohnsonBradley Cayford, Emma Hoffard, Annie Jingyi Li & Kevin SlawinskiJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
25"Coronation of the Iron Goddess"Tom GalvinMitch WatsonGena Buto, Annie Jingyi Li & Victor SampaioJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
26"The Invincible Armor"Mike MullenElliott OwenChris Jimenez, Crystal Kan, Annie Jingyi Li & Daniel Villa de ReyJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
The White Bone Demon ate Shi Long and then attacked causing Rooster and his henchmen to flee. The White Bone Demon was about to squish the group but was saved by a giant Sun Wukong. Nu Hai puts on the crown to control him, and throws the White Bone Demon out of Xiao’s kingdom. The gang rides on a giant Sun Wukong to the desert, and find the White Bone Demon and her army of terracotta warriors there. Sun Wukong and the demon had a little fight with each other. When the monkey was going to smash the red jade, he starts shrinking due to him loving red jade. The White Bone Demom then flicks away the monkey king and tells Po that he and his students are a legend and will kill them. Suddenly, she starts sinking into the sand. Rooster and his friends come out of a pile of rocks and he claims that he proved his incredible intellect. It is then revealed that Makesi and his friends caused the White Bone Demon to sink, and they, alongside Qilin defeat the terracotta warriors. Rooster hops off his henchmen’s hands and showed he has changed before getting attack by a terracotta warrior.

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref
2019 Annie Awards Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children Nominated [7]
2020 Kidscreen Awards Best New Series Won [8]
2020 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for an Animated Program Michael Mullen
Charlie Adler 		Nominated [9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Leo Birenberg to score DreamWorks Animation's 'Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Amidi, Amid (April 12, 2018). "TRAILER: New DreamWorks Version of 'The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'". CartoonBrew.
  3. ^ a b "The Nightfly with Dave Juskow - Live from Los Angeles with Mitch Watson". Player FM. November 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Trailer: ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny’ S2 Kicks Off July 5 | Animation Magazine
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Trailer: ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny’ Brings the Fight to Amazon | Animation Magazine
  6. ^ Kung Fu Panda: The Paws Of Destiny (2018 TV Show) - Behind The Voice Actors
  7. ^ The 46th Annie Awards Shine a Spotlight on Toon Greatness | Animation Magazine
  8. ^ 2020 Kidscreen Awards Winners Revealed | Animation Magazine
  9. ^ "Daytime Emmy Awards: 'Dragon Prince,' 'Ask the Storybots' & 'Last Kids on Earth' Win Key Animation Categories for Netflix". 26 July 2020.

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