Po (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)

Master Po Ping (born as Lotus Shan) is the titular main protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise. He is the Dragon Warrior and one of Master Shifu's students, Mr. Ping's adoptive son, and Li Shan's and his unnamed wife's biological son.

He was also the main protagonist of the 2011-2016 Nickelodeon show titled Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, where he was flanderized for most.

Background
Po is the adoptive son of Mr. Ping and is one of Master Shifu's students. Po is also the team leader of the Furious Five, although he is not properly part of it as he is considered as a second master after Shifu to the Furious Five.

Po's (voiced by Jack Black in the films) main interest lies in Kung Fu. He developed a comprehensive knowledge of the lore of warriors, famous combat moves, dates and historical artifacts. His deep appreciation of the martial arts extends into its philosophical aspects, enabling him sometimes to achieve insights of which even deeply respected masters like Shifu cannot conceive. He was popular with all his friends and they all loved him as a kid. He is an excellent cook but has terrible table manners.

Though Po's real passion was for Kung Fu, he was reluctant to reveal this to his father in fear of disappointing him. Despite having a mild and friendly personality, Po also developed a severe self-loathing, believing himself a failure for his size and being a species not known for a warrior tradition. When upset, he usually gorges on food.

Po also made a cameo appearance in the infamous 2008 film Disaster Movie.

Not So Awesome Qualities

 * 1) While still likable, he was somewhat flanderized from the fun-loving yet wise and mature ultimate kung fu master to being a much more cocky and arrogant character than in the movies. Which many fans criticized.
 * 2) He seems to have a bit of a split personality (like Puffy Fluffy, a la Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but not in a good way), for example he can range from having his normal-original personality (non-flanderized Po) into being rude, very negative, lazy, sadistic, unhelpful, heartless, abusive, mean-spirited, selfish, manipulative, mischievous, cruel, uncaring, destructive, misbehaved, devious, and dreadfully unlikable (Flanderized Po).
 * 3) He causes half of the problems in the show due to selfish and somewhat hedonistic nature.
 * 4) He gives the original Po a somewhat bad name, even though he’s still likable for the most part.
 * 5) Mick Wingert performance on Po, while it isn’t bad per se, isn’t quite as memorable as Jack Black's performance on Po in the movies.
 * 6) Because of this, a lot of people might not like this show (although it's not that bad), and most people will never like shows and other media with an unlikable protagonist.

Awesome Qualities

 * 1) He was a much better character outside of that show and he redeemed himself in Kung Fu Panda 3, and again when that show ended.
 * 2) In the series Legends of Awesomeness, while he does often cause problems due to his selfish nature, a corrupting factor, he always fixes them, feels remorseful, and becomes a better person. For example, during his encounter with the demon dragon Ke-Pa, he failed to evacuate the villagers and went to fight Ke-Pa alone because he thought he could handle him and he didn't really know what he was up against. In the end, he kills Ke-Pa using the Hero’s Chi since he knows there is no other way Ke-Pa can be defeated, is impossible to be redeemed and was about to kill him and then destroy the Valley of Peace and later, the entire world.
 * 3) Mike Wingert's performance on Po is phenomenal, although not as much as Jack Black.
 * 4) He's still very likable, even on this show, and despite the reasons cited above.

Trivia

 * As said before, Po made a cameo appearance in Disaster Movie. Which was released the same year as his own movie.