History YMMV / KungFuPanda1

* RootingForTheEmpire: A sizeable portion of fans found Tai Lung to be so damn cool that they were hoping for him to stick around and maybe even have a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:Come the fourth movie, it seems that their wish came true.]]

** "Mmm. Monkey." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fans latched onto the way Master Oogway reacted when asked why he'd saved Monkey's life. (Oogway could tell Monkey was only a prankster to be acknowledged, for the curious.)[[/labelnote]]

* FanPreferredCouple:
** Po/Tigress is the most popular ship in the fandom by far.
** While not really having anything going for it in canon, Crane and Viper appear to be the secondary item to Po and Tigress.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Tai Lung only escapes Chor-Gum Prison because he used one of Zheng's feathers to undo his shackles, Zheng was only at Chor-Gum prison because Shifu told him to go there, Shifu only told him to go there because Oogway told ''him'' that he had a [[SelfFulfillingProphecy vision of Tai Lung's escape]]. All of this begs the question - did Oogway ''actually'' have a vision and the rest was an accident (of course, there are no accidents) or did he merely ''say'' he had a vision knowing that it would lead to Tai Lung's escape, intending it as some SecretTestOfCharacter for Shifu? As Oogway says - one often meets his destiny on the path he chose to avoid it. Oogway may also have known that his time in the material world was coming to an end and so set the whole thing in motion as a way to help Shifu improve as a mentor and overcome his inner (and outer demons).

** There is also seems to be a small section who ships Po... [[HoYay with Tai Lung]]. This one is perhaps not that surprising when you think about [[PopularWithFurries Tai Lung's appearance]].

* FoeYayShipping: Believe it or not, but there are people who ship Tai Lung/Tigress (Taigress). Compared to other pairings, this one sort of makes sense, genetically speaking.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Because he UsedToBeASweetKid, Tai Lung receives more sympathy from audiences than was intended. In the original script, his only crimes were trying to take the Dragon Scroll and then attacking Shifu, who had arguably failed to teach him properly, so the filmmakers saw this coming. They added his later rampage specifically to make him less sympathetic, but since we only see fragments of it it still doesn't hit very hard, even though said rampage is also a good reason to incarcerate him in a prison specifically made for him. The fact he spent two decades in a prison with physically abusive guards and restrained to the pin the can barely move while Shifu never visited him even '''once''' can also make his rejection of Shifu's apology seem far more justified than it was intended to be.

* BaseBreakingCharacter:
** Shifu. Some dislike him for being a cold, uncaring SadistTeacher to Po and his other students, while others believe his rougher edges make him a deeper and more complex character. This mostly applies to the first film, however, as Shifu is [[TookALevelInKindness significantly nicer and more supportive]] in the next installments, which [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap caused most of his detractors to think better of him]].
** Tigress for similar reasons. Her cool design, charisma and ActionGirl characterisation definitely earned her some fans from the get-go, but few could deny she was an utter swine to Po for most of the first movie, with a very understated amending. Like Shifu however, this mostly applies to only the first film (and parts of the first TV series), and when later works developed her into a ''much'' more sympathetic character, very few complained about her becoming the franchise's BreakoutCharacter.

* AngstWhatAngst: Compared to Shifu bearing [[TearJerker tearjerking]] witness to the whole thing, the Furious Five's reaction to Oogway's death is one quick gasp before reverting instantly to arguing over the Dragon Warrior and Tai Lung.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Because he UsedToBeASweetKid, Tai Lung receives more sympathy from audiences than was intended. In the original script, his only crimes were trying to take the Dragon Scroll and then attacking Shifu, who had arguably failed to teach him properly, so the filmmakers saw this coming. They added his later rampage specifically to make him less sympathetic, but we only see fragments of it, so it still doesn't hit very hard, even though said rampage is also a good reason to incarcerate him in a prison specifically made for him.

* RootingForTheEmpire: A sizeable portion of fans found Tai Lung to be so damn cool that they were hoping for him to stick around and maybe even have a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:Come the fourth movie, it seems that their wish came true.

* RootingForTheEmpire: A sizeable portion of fans found Tai Lung to be so damn cool that they were hoping for him to stick around and maybe even have a HeelFaceTurn.

* KarmicOverkill: Due to his status as a TragicVillain and the fact that he ''almost'' seemed to come to a HeelRealization during his fight with Shifu, several fans thought that Po killing Tai Lung with the Wuxi Finger Hold after putting him through an absolutely brutal BreakTheHaughty [[HumiliationConga sequence of slapstick]] was too much. Even those who weren't begging for him to have a HeelFaceTurn figured he at least could have been returned to prison since he was so worn-down by the time Po finished him off. [[spoiler: And while Film/KungFuPanda3 would reveal he was actually sent to the Spirit Realm, it can be implied that it's the same as being dead, so the sentiment still stands.]]

* SignatureScene: Oogway's death scene is not only the most iconic moment in the film but one of the most iconic moments [=DreamWorks=] has produced thanks to the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic beautiful music]], [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome stellar animation]], and [[TearJerker heavy emotion]] involved. To many it proved that [=DreamWorks=] ''can'' make something as deep as their main rival Pixar.

* SignatureScene: [[spoiler: Oogway's death scene]] is not only the most iconic moment in the film but one of the most iconic moments [=DreamWorks=] has produced thanks to the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic beautiful music]], [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome stellar animation]], and [[TearJerker heavy emotion]] involved. To many it proved that [=DreamWorks=] ''can'' make something as deep as their main rival Pixar.

* SignatureScene: [[spoiler: Oogway's death scene]] is not only the most iconic moment in the film but one of the most iconic moments in [=DreamWorks=] has produced thanks to the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic beautiful music]], [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome stellar animation]], and [[TearJerker heavy emotion]] involved. To many it proved that [=DreamWorks=] ''can'' make something as deep as their main rival Pixar.

* KarmicOverkill: Due to his status as a TragicVillain and the fact that he ''almost'' seemed to come to a HeelRealization during his fight with Shifu, several fans thought that Po killing Tai Lung with the Wuxi Finger Hold after putting him through an absolutely brutal BreakTheHaughty [[HumiliationConga sequence of slapstick]] was too much. Even those who weren't begging for him to have a HeelFaceTurn figured he simply could have been returned to prison since he was so worn-down by the time Po finished him off. [[spoiler: And while Film/KungFuPanda3 would actually reveal he was sent to the Spirit Realm, it's implied that he's technically dead, so the sentiment still stands.]]

* SignatureScene: [[spoiler:Oogway's death]], and Po admitting his deep self-loathing to Shifu that the latter feels absolutely helpless to help with, proved [=DreamWorks=] ''can'' make something as deep as their main rival Pixar.

** Shifu. Some dislike him for being a cold, uncaring SadistTeacher to Po and his other students, while others believe his rougher edges make him a deeper and more complex character. This mostly applies to the first film, however, as Shifu is [[TookALevelInKindness significantly nicer and more supportive]] in the future installments, which [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap caused most of his detractors to think better of him]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film was a massive hit in China. So much so there was a council meeting where the officials of the nation chided their own people for not doing something of the same detail.

* {{Narm}}: More than a few people have compared [[spoiler:the after-effects of The Wuxi Finger Hold]] to a gigantic fart cloud. The fact that it's produced by pulling someone's finger just adds to this.

* SignatureScene: [[spoiler:Oogway's death]] until Po admitting his deep self-loathing to Shifu that the latter feels absolutely helpless to help with proved [=DreamWorks=] ''can'' make something as deep as their main rival Pixar.