Chop Kick Panda

Chop Kick Panda is a 2011 animated film created by Gaiam Americas. It was directed by Darrell Van Citters and was written by Robert Zappia. The movie stars its voice acting, Phil Lollar, Alicyn Packard, Michael Van Citters, Rick Zieff. It's a mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Kung Fu Panda and mh:greatestmovies:Kung Fu Panda 2.

Plot
A fat lazy Panda named Zibo dreams of becoming a master of martial arts but is stuck as a janitor for a dojo. Little does he know that an evil tiger named Slade has plans to take over the kingdom, and he must stop him.

Why The Panda Got Chop Kicked

 * 1) The film is an obvious rip-off of mh:greatestmovies:Kung Fu Panda and as well as its sequel Kung Fu Panda 2. In addition, both movies were released the same year as mh:greatestmovies:Kung Fu Panda 2 was released.
 * 2) The main character, Lu, is very annoying and an incompetent protagonist, and he sometimes is stupid for his actions.
 * 3) Like other Gaiam Americas films, the main villains of this film are all set in place on a throne.
 * 4) False advertising, for 2 reasons:
 * 5) *The poster shows the graphics in CGI, but the graphics is hand-drawn in the movie.
 * It, along with one of the other posters, shows Zibo and Grand Master Hanh outside, but they always remain inside the dojo in the movie.
 * 1) There are tons of plotholes and fillers. The fillers make up most of the movie.
 * 2) There is a lot of cringeworthy and rancid dialogue.
 * 3) Slade is a very bland and 1-dimensional villain.
 * 4) Name errors: Lu is called Zibo and Kudo goes by Slade and/or Sherman.
 * 5) Koji doesn’t like to talk somehow, and it isn’t explained why. Apparently, the animators, creators, producers, distributors, and voice actors didn’t have the budget to give him a voice actor, and just left off without any explanation of why Koji doesn’t like to talk.
 * 6) As mentioned in BQ#1, while the movie still rip-off the main movie Kung Fu Panda, but it also rips off other films and TV shows like Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney, as well. For example:
 * 7) *Lu/Zibo rips-off Po as well as Bear from mh:besttvshows:Bear in the Big Blue House and/or mh:besttvshows:Yogi Bear because like Bear, he has a cub for a son and/or sidekick.
 * 8) *Lu/Zibo's son Ming as well as his friend Shiva both rip-off Boo Boo and Ojo.
 * 9) *Koji looks as if Mojo Jojo came from the 1998-2005 TV show mh:besttvshows:The Powerpuff Girls and Abu from Disney's mh:greatestmovies:Aladdin were put in a blender.
 * 10) *Bali looks way too similar to Bagheera from mh:greatestmovies:The Jungle Book.
 * 11) *Grand Master Hanh and his brother Kudo/Slade/Sherman are obvious rip-offs of Mufasa and Scar from The Lion King because they're both big cats, two brothers, and one is good and the other is bad. In addition, Grand Master Hanh looks like Tony The Tiger reject, while Kudo is Shere Khan.
 * 12) Pointless pop-culture references to the characters from mh:greatestmovies:Star Wars and as well as The Phantom Menace, such as "Don't start with Yoda quotes", "Actually it was Obi-Wan", and the laughably infamous "Jar Jar Pickles/Binks", line.
 * 13) Species warning: Sheeva and Rex's designs, while cute, is very confusing because it's hard to tell if Sheeva is supposed to be a bear or a lion, or if Rex is a rat or a gerbil.
 * 14) The film is very short and boring, as it's only 45 minutes. Not to mention the ending is lame.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The animation and character designs are actually quite nice to look at.
 * 2) Sheeva is a somewhat likable character, while Rex is somewhat tolerable.
 * 3) The scenes where Ming mentions his mom and/or Zibo's wife's death were kind of emotional.
 * 4) There are a few funny scenes (like Bali laughing, stopping, and then laughing again).
 * 5) The music's alright, including the theme song.
 * 6) The ending wasn't too bad at all.
 * 7) The voice acting is pretty good.
 * 8) The CGI graphics on the poster is quite decent despite it being misleading.

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