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She was the total package; smart, beautiful, tremendous appetite. She was the love of my life.
~ LI Shan describes his wife at Po in Kung Fu Panda 3.

Po’s mother is the overarching protagonist of Kung Fu Panda 2. She is Li Shan’s wife and Po’s mother, who only appears in flashbacks of Po’s memory when the Panda Village was attacked and destroyed by Shen and his army, she had to save him, then sacrifice herself for him. It’s unknown who from Shen and Boss Wolf killed her offscreen.

She never speaks, but her sound effects were done by Jack Black.

History[]

More than twenty years before the start of the franchise, Po's mother lived in the panda village not far from the city of Gongmen City, with her husband Li Shan and their son Po who had recently given birth and lived a life happy with them and other pandas, including their nephews Dim and Sum.

However, their happiness didn't last long, destroyed forever when Lord Shen with his army of wolves came to slaughter the entire village to change the prophecy that Soothsayer had foretold to the Shen's Parents worried about their son, who would be defeated by a black and white warrior. Li managed to fend off the wolves to give his wife and the other pandas time to save themselves and she took Po in her arms still a baby and ran away to save him.

She ran through the woods hoping to save her and the baby, but when the wolves caught her, almost killing her, she knew how it would end, so managing to lose them temporarily, she found a boat left temporarily unattended carrying crates of vegetables. Selling this as the only chance to save her only child, her mother hid her Po in the box of radishes. Then Po start to cry, but his mother calms him down for a bit so she kissed him on his head one last time before tearfully saying goodbye leaving him there, hoping he'll be safe. After that tearfully looking at the son she was leaving, she returned to the woods and lured the wolves and Shen so that they start chasing her again and they didn't find her Po (presumably she drove them out of the woods) and killed her offscreen.

It wasn't until twenty years after Po while battling Shen's wolves stealing metal from Peace Valley that he got back a flashback of his mother leaving him, seeing a Boss Wolf symbol on his shoulder. This caused Po have psychological disturbances, nightmares and devastating visions of his past and who he was. However, he finally manages to find out about his past and his mother's sacrifice by finding the inner peace that Shifu told them, not letting a horrible past and his parents' death determine who he was.

In Kung Fu Panda 3, Li mentions her sacrifice, where her last moments are briefly seen again in flashback form, in which Shen and his soldiers chase after her (killing her offscreen).

Personality[]

Not much is known about her personality, but it can be seen in Po's flashback that she was very warm-hearted and good-natured, and also quite peaceful for her life living quietly in Panda Village. Then when Shen's destruction of the village came, she proved quick, acting quickly to rescue newborn Po and running for his life, fleeing without question while her husband held off the invading wolves. She also showed great maternal love towards her son, she was willing never to see him again to save him and to give her life away to save him, when she hid Po in a box of radishes, voluntarily attracting the attention of wolves to follow her alone and ultimately sacrificing her life to save his.

In Kung Fu Panda 3, Li described her as the "full package", smart, beautiful, and with a huge appetite.

Trivia[]

  • Po's mother was a possible character to appear in the first film. She remained a viable character long enough to have a home designed, as well as a sequence written about her dating other animals.

Navigation[]

           KungFuPandaTitle Heroes

Main Characters
Po | Shifu | Furious Five (Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Crane, & Mantis)

Movies
Kung Fu Panda: † Oogway | Mr. Ping | Zeng
Kung Fu Panda 2: † Shen's Parents | Soothsayer | † Thundering Rhino | Storming Ox | Croc | † Po's mother
Kung Fu Panda 3: Li Shan | Mei Mei | Grandma Panda | Lei Lei | Bao | Hom-Lee | Big Fun | Dim and Sum
Kung Fu Panda 4: Zhen | Han

Television
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness: Chao | Peng | Lian | Yan Fan | Lu Kang | Constable Hu
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny: Nu Hai | Jing | Fan Tong | Bunnidharma | Zhizhu |Jade Tusk | Blue Dragon | Black Tortoise | Red Phoenix | White Tiger | Xiao | Sun Wukong | Qilin)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight: Wandering Blade

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