Analyzing Evil: Lord Shen From Kung Fu Panda 2

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  @superenderguy2346 · 2 years ago

  Fun Fact: Lord Shen was one of the hardest characters to animate in the entire Kung Fu Panda franchise, being likened to animating 6 characters at once!

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  @MrfrogAXN · 2 years ago

  I will love Lord Shen. He’s such an underrated villain, in my opinion. And Gary Oldman voiced him so well.

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  @ScoobertDoobert5123 · 2 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s ironic. The prophecy Shen overheard said a creature of black and white would defeat him, yet if you look at how he died, the thing that ultimately defeated him was himself. A creature also of black and white<br><br>He was, as Oogway said, a victim to the illusion of control

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  @damian_cross · 2 years ago

  &quot;I scarred you for life!&quot;<br>&quot;See that&apos;s the thing Shen: Scars heal.&quot;<br>&quot;No, they don&apos;t! WOUNDS heal.&quot;<br>&quot;...oh yeah.&quot;

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  @benwasserman8223 · 2 years ago

  Leave it to Dreamworks to say &quot;Yeah our villain just pulled a Fire Nation on the panda community&quot; in the opening minutes of its film. That&apos;s how crazy villainous Shen was (being voiced by Gary Oldman certainly helped).

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  @thunderchicken2010 · 2 years ago (edited)

  One thing I noticed was his lack of loyalty to his henchmen, when the head wolf refused to fire on his own men Shen killed him on the spot and did it himself.

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  @filipvadas7602 · 2 years ago

  1. Gary Oldman&apos;s performance absolutely elevated the material<br><br>2. I love how, even though Shen is an <b>evil</b> basterd, they don&apos;t shy away from showing that he has a softer/more vulnerable side. You can tell that he is afraid of his prophesized death, that deep down he grieves his parents and wishes that he could fill the gaping hole in his soul that the absence of their love left in him. Heck, in some of the deleted scenes its implied that the Fortuneteller was basically his nanny, making their interactions <b>very bittersweet</b><br><br>But instead of dealing with these emotions, which would have also changed his fate ironically, he buries them with ambition and hatred.<br><br>Shen is an amazing villain that really stands out in an alredy amazing movie.

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  @shenloken2 · 2 years ago

  Lord Shen made the mistake of letting his soothsayer go. She not only constantly warned him of his demise but also saw it through by aiding Po when he was beaten by Lord Shen the first time around.<br>But the most interesting thing is that the soothsayer also helped raise Shen as his nanny. Rather than execute or imprison her he let her go much like how his parents banished him.<br>It’s possible if Shen has ANY redeemable qualities it’s that he can show mercy to those he loved or respected. But only in a limited capacity.

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  @bigcgaming9042 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact about Lord Shen: When Po sees Shen’s &quot;eyespots&quot; (his feathers) he gets traumatic experience and dazes off. That’s because in real life, peacocks uses the &quot;eyespots&quot; in their tail feathers to protect them from predators as a psychological defense

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  @Dookieman1975 · 2 years ago

  Think one of the biggest reasons why Shen thinks his parents never loved him was because they learned he was going to die but punished him for eliminating a perceived threat, he doesn’t get why they side with the pandas and not him who was supposed to be killed by one. He was punished for “self defense”

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  @deathbychocolate7170 · 2 years ago

  Gary Oldman really helped make a peacock a threatening villain

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  @destructor3152 · 2 years ago

  I have a head canon that the first 3 villains represent the 3 battles <br>Tai lung represents the body<br>Shen represents the mind <br>Kai represents the spirit

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