The real name of the Furious Five
After the Kung Fu Panda 4 movie I started thinking about what Zhen's first conversations with the Furious Five would be like. I imagined her nervous about making a good impression but fitting quite well with her group dynamic given her mischievous attitude and enjoying their adventures with her, establishing a relationship of trust. Which led me to a thought "Would she, wanting to know them more, ask them what their real names are?"
This theory has been circulating in the fandom for years since it is said that their names actually refer to their fighting styles or their species (as well as Master Ox, Crocodile or Rhino) since those who retain their own name within this discipline are those who have a superior role such as Oogway, Shifu or Po and those who do not have a title such as Zhen or Tai Lung.
Well, I decided to look for a suitable name for each one, one that fit their physique or personality, that was easy to remember and that would distinguish one another, let's go!
Mantis: Xun Yu ( fast jade )
With Mantis I was clear that I didn't want to look for anything that had to do with his size but I did want to highlight his most powerful abilities such as his speed. That's where his first name, Xun, comes from. His middle name, Yu (Jade), is because of his green color although this can also mean ''insect'' depending on the kanji with which it is written. My idea is that Mantis calls himself ''the green lightning'' referring to his real name.
Crane: Zimo ( refined ink )
At first I wanted his name to be related to the sky or the air due to his avian species or his techniques, but it made me think that one of the things that catches my attention about this character is his interest in Chinese calligraphy. Therefore, I decided to name him Zimo (ink or writing) to reflect his beloved hobby in his name.
Monkey: Wong Sang ( yellow mulberry )
For Monkey, I researched his voice actor, the one and only Jackie Chan, born Chan Kong-Sang. I wanted to take it as a reference by changing the name Kong since it is the name of the Monkey's brother to Wong (yellow), relating it to the color of his fur. I wanted to make a reference to his comic side but I couldn't find a suitable name for the guidelines I had assigned to it.
Viper: Jia Ling ( beautiful tinkle )
As with Monkey, I researched on her voice actress, Lucy Liu, whose full name is Lucy Alexis Liu Yu Ling. I wanted to reflect her charming and sweet personality, so I took the name Ling (tinkerbell) as a reference of the hiss' snake she produces, as well as her happy attitude. But her first name would be Jia to emphasize the beauty of this character.
Tigress: Xia ( sunrise )
For her, I thought I would delve deeper into her story and her development as a character in order to give her the appropriate name. This is her story:
When Tigress lived in the orphanage, she received the name Xian ("who lives in seclusion") from the other children perpetuating their contempt and fear of her. When Shifu finally decided to adopt her, after He heard that name many times, almost always accompanied by the word "monster", he asked her what new name she would like. She simply accepted Tigress because she didn't believe she could deserve a name. Shifu pondered and decided to call him Xia. Tigress at first didn't like this idea because it sounded similar to the previous one, but Shifu explained his choice to her. Both names, although similar, did not have the same meaning because now she would no longer be in the darkness, secluded and alone, but rather she had the opportunity for a new life, a path marked by the light that emanated from her, a new sunrise.
So yes, Zhen would ask the furious five their names, giving the situation that Po would find out right then and there about this. Everyone except Tigress would answer this question since for her it is still a very personal matter related to her past and Shifu and she still doesn't feel comfortable sharing it with everyone. Could Tigress talk to a certain panda about this?
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Get It Together is a bit divisive, but I'll always love it for being a true adventure with the whole crew for once.
Also made for a nice return to Wario's tougher, more macho characteristics, even got an extra long phase during the final boss, to show he's THE fighter of the group.
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The second and final batch of Warioware characters, and also the final batch overall! 68 FUCKING CHARACTERS IN 18 DAYS. INCREDIBLE. Anyways, let's get to them! (Pyoro and the Fronks were not redesigned because they're already perfect creatures)
Young Cricket and Cicada, the martial artists! They're both still under Master Mantis' tutelage even now that they're in college, and Mantis is very unsure on which will succeed him. Design-wise I kept them more or less the same - only bulked them up a bit and inverted Cicada's color scheme from magenta/orange to orange/magenta.
Master Mantis himself also didn't get too many changes, only modifying his side buns because they confused me. He's paired with Leo here because I didn't want anyone to have a picture to themselves lol - he's still a bit of a jerk but he gets along better with Kat and Ana, enough to be part of their team now. Like the other 2 he's in elementary school now.
Gamer Mom 5-Volt! (real name Farah) For her I made her look just a bit more mom-like and removed the apron. I also changed her colors because she had the same pallete as her son. Then we have 13-Amp! (real name Amparo) she's now in her latter years of highschool but she still find time to hang out with 9-Volt and 18-Volt. Really the only change I made to her is that she's a baby butch now lol.
Witch Ashley and her assistant friend Red! Since Ashley's now older I just went and made her a casual goth kinda person lol. She also made an actual friend in Penny! Neither of them know how it happened but they hang out now (they sometimes invite 13-Amp along too). Red didn't change much other than being given a shirt and not being as chibi.
And finally, Penny and Lulu! Penny's making great strides in her goal of becoming an idol, and has at least self-published her first single. I based her new look on Magilumiere Co. Ltd.'s transformation look, which fitted Penny extremely well. As for Lulu, she pops by from time to time from Luxenville still to hang out with the rest and she's slowly but surely becoming Wario's successor/assistant despite the two of them denying it lol. That's also why I gave her Wario's original color scheme of yellow and magenta. I also gave her freckles!
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HC that when it comes to each-other the WarioWare crew just has no concept of personal space. With the kind of weird bullshit they've all been through together they've been stuck in so many small spaces all at once in so many different combinations that it just doesn't really register anymore, especially in cases like with Dribble and Spitz where they were used to that sort of thing already and Wario who just plain has no shame whatsoever. So they'll just lean all over each-other, grab somebody and pull them over if they need to show them something, the smaller characters will literally climb up onto the bigger ones, on one memorable occasion when Wario picked 9-Volt up from school he literally picked him up and tucked him under his arm like luggage with 9-Volt not even looking up from his game.
Granted on some occasions some of them do need some space, usually Ashley, 13-Amp and Doris-1 (since Ashley's...well, Ashley, 13-Amp's still relatively new to the group as a whole even though she's been friends with the Volts for a while now, and Doris spent several decades alone in the woods and robot or not that's not something that just goes away), and most of them are pretty good at picking up on when they should back off.
At one of the first big Extended Mario Cast meetups some of the characters who don't know Wario all that well were surprised when they saw That Guy with almost a half-dozen small children an elderly gentleman and a cat dude basically using him as a jungle gym while he was chatting with Peach seemingly oblivious to the whole thing. Then they noticed Bowser walk past with almost all of his own kids riding his shell and quickly decided not to start anything by bringing it up.
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I remember I used to draw these KFP humans a lot. They were my brainrot for like a whole year and posted a lot on Kung Fu Panda Skadooshposting group. Ah the good old days, man I miss drawing them.
Heres Jade Palace Family , Shifu having storytime with his kids.
Even if they all grown ass adults taller than him lol
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