Tai Lung is the main antagonist of Kung Fu Panda. He is Shifu's adoptive son and Tigress' older adoptive brother. He is the animnal equivilent to the fallen angel Luficer and the fallen force master Darth Vader; one of the most expert Kung Fu masters after a lifetime of training he felt he had earned the right to be the ultimate Kung Fu Master the Dragon Warrior; however he judged not worthy to received the Dragon Scroll by Oogway; to add insult to injury Shifu did not speak up for him. With his hopes smashed combined with anger at what he considered a beytral by Shifu plus the hidden feelings of being overconfident, prideful, and vain [he believed that it was his destiny to receive the Dragon Scroll and become the Dragon Warrior]. He then went on a rampage destroying the Valley of Peace. Imprisoned for 20 years he escaped with his anger and rage intensified; he defeated Shifu and his students until he meet Po the Clumsy Kung Fu Panda where he is ultimately defeated. Ironically in his last battle he finnally reads the "Dragon Scroll" only to see nothing but a golden metal reflection of himself; Tai Lung was confused, so Po explained to him that there never was a secret ingredient to being the Dragon Warrior; all that was needed was to believe in yourself. Despite his heartless and insensitive exterior, Tai Lung is naturally unassertive and insecure as well, so he never believed in himself to start with, and needed the Dragon Scroll to believe so. Whilst fighting Shifu at the Jade Palace, he hollered at his adoptive father that all he ever did was only to make him proud, indicating that despite nearly two decades of alienation between the two Tai Lung still wants his old master's approval. Even after hearing Shifu's confession that he was constantly proud of him and made an apology for letting it blind him to what he became. In "Kung Fu Panda 3" Tai Lung chi {Spirit} is absorbed by Kai a totally evil kung fu master who is equivilant of Emperor Palpatine. In the 2024 movie "Kung Fu Panda 4" Tui Lung comes back from the spirit realm by a new villian the Chameleon, an evil shapeshifting chameleon sorceress who can copy the kung fu of others by absorbing their abilities.
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