| “ | She was the total package; smart, beautiful, tremendous appetite. She was the love of my life. | „ |
| ~ LI Shan describes his wife to Po in Kung Fu Panda 3. |
Po’s Mother is one of the four overarching protagonists (alongside Shen's Parents and Li Shan) of DreamWorks' 22nd full-length animated feature film Kung Fu Panda 2, and the posthomous overarching protagonist of its 2016 sequel Kung Fu Panda 3.
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 successfully saved him, then sacrificed herself for her son. It’s unknown who from Shen or Boss Wolf killed her offscreen.
She never speaks, but her sound effects were done by Jack Black, who also voiced her son.
Appearance[]
Po's mother wore a simple light brown dress and a striped belt around her waist that resembled Po's.
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.
History[]
Past[]
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.
Kung Fu Panda 2[]
It wasn't until over 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. Po's mother was avenged When Shen was killed in the final battle of Gongmen City.
Kung Fu Panda 3[]
Her sacrifice is mentioned by Li, where her last moments are briefly seen once again in flashback form, in which Shen and his soldiers pursue her.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- According to The Art of Kung Fu Panda 2, Po recalls his mother in his flashbacks as being "incredibly sweet".
- 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.
- According to an interview with Bryan Cranston, Li Shan's voice actor, the dying wish of Po's mother to Li is to find their son.
External Links[]
- Po's Mother on the Kung Fu Panda Wiki
- Po's Mother on the DreamWorks Wiki
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