Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness/Heartwarming

• In "Chained Reaction," Po is trying to climb a tree for something, only to fall and drag Tigress, who is chained with him, up and down the tree. Tigress, already hungry and annoyed at Po eating her lunch, is furious at Po putting her through that, until she realizes she is holding the apple that the Panda was trying to get for her. With that gesture, this is the point where she began thinking of Po as more than "the fat panda who took the Dragon Warrior title undeserved", and may have been the point where where the seeds of their possible romantic relationship may have been planted.
  • We will never forget what Po says after Tigress gives him a blistering speech about how he thinks everything's a game to him and how Oogway chose the wrong Dragon Warrior.

Po: Tigress...you may be a great warrior, but you stink at friendship. And...fun...ship.

• Mr. Ping standing up the Furious Five when he knows his son is in trouble and needs help. Shows just how much he really cares about his son if he's willing to stand up to the five best martial artists in China.
• In "Owl Be Back" Tigress gleefully hugs Shifu when she realizes he's not dead.
• The end of the "Ghost of Oogway", after Shifu and Po reconcile. Po asks Shifu how he knew the titular ghost wasn't the real Oogway, to which Shifu replies that Oogway would never say the word "awesome." The scene then pans to the peach tree where Oogway was last seen, with the old master watching from afar. His last words, spoken with a smile on his face, before fading away?

Oogway: Awesome.

• In "The Kung Fu Kid", we see Tigress being extremely friendly and affectionate with Peng, not only admiring his kung fu and performance in the training hall but also listening to his stories and laughing at his jokes. Then at the end of the episode we learn Peng is Tai Lung's nephew. Which means, by adoption, he is Tigress's as well.
• All of Po and Song's budding friendship (or possibly more), and her departure at the end of "Ladies of the Shade".
• A bit meta, but consider that Fred Tatasciore is the voice of Po's biological father in Kung Fu Panda 2. He is also the replacement voice actor for Shifu in the series...because Jerkass Cynical Mentor aside, Shifu is also something of a father figure to Po (as was originally intended according to Art of Kung Fu Panda).
• The last shot of Wukong under the peach tree from "Monkey in the Middle".
• Tigress saying good-bye to Zan in "Kung Fu Daycare".
  • Zan calling Tigress mama in the same episode

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