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Warrior Scroll, the parchment that contained the secrets of ultimate power and the only way to defeat Tai Lung. When Po opens it, however, they are shocked to find it blank save for a shinny gold surface reflecting Po's face back at him. Distraught by the hopeless situation they find themselves, Po disheartenly returns to his father; his dreams of becoming a kung fu master were just foolish childhood fantasies after all. With sympathy for his son's dashed hopes, his father shares the secret ingredient in his secret recipe noodle broth: nothing at all. His father explains that just by believing in a secret ingredient, his noodles were the best in the city. With this, Po has an epiphany: there was no ultimate power either. There was only his plump enthusiastic face reflecting back at him, and his own natural talent as the key to defeating Tai Lung.

Po returns to face Tai Lung, and in a hilarious fight seen, proceeds use his natural ability as a panda to counter every one of Tai Lung's attacks. Despite how easily Tai Lung defeated Po's fellow students, his furious style and use of pressure points is all but useless against Po's disproportionate bulk. It was Po's unconventional methods and innate potential that ultimately defeats Tai Lung, succeeding where other more conventional martial artists had failed. Kung Fu Panda, in the end, becomes a light hearted lesson on seeing the potential within yourself and believing it your own unique individuality instead of trying to be like something that you're not.

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