Thursday, December 9, 2010

Kung fu Panda in a hero's journey

Ordinary World: Po works in his family's noodle shop
call to adventure: He is chosen to be the dragon warrior
Refusal of the call: At first he's like, What?
Meeting the mentor: He meets Shifu in the jade palace.
Crossing the threshold: Shifu puts him through hard "training".
Tests, allies, and enemies: Po doesn't give up, even though he's absolutely failing at kung fu. He meets the furious five, who want him to leave. He learns about Tai Lung.
Approach to the inmost cave: Po stays at the jade palace. he commits to learning kung fu.
The Ordeal: Shifu is having a hard time teaching Po Kung fu, until he figures out the way to teach him.
Reward: Po learns kung fu.
The road back: the dragon scroll is blank. he gave up on beating Tai Lung and went home to his dad.
Resurrection: His dad tells him there's no secret ingredient in the secret ingredient soup and Po realizes why the scroll was blank. He decides that he can beat Tai Lung and goes and beats him.

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