Po Ping, born Lotus Shan, is the titular main protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise. He is a Chinese giant panda who is one of Master Shifu's students, Mr. Ping's adoptive son, and Li Shan's biological son. He is also the Dragon Warrior, the one destined to bring a new era of kung fu. While prone to clumsiness, Po is also a prodigy who becomes one of the greatest kung fu masters of all time and succeeds in bringing about a new era. In the films, as well as The Dragon Knight, he is…

Tai Lung is the main antagonist of Kung Fu Panda. He was the adoptive son and former student of Shifu, as well as a powerful master of the Leopard Style of kung fu. Trained by Shifu at the Jade Palace, Tai Lung was raised under the impression that he was to become the Dragon Warrior. However, after he was denied the title by Oogway, Tai Lung revealed his true dark nature by rampaging the Valley, resulting in his twenty-year incarceration. After breaking out of prison, he sought to claim the…