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{{Infobox film
| name           = Secrets of the Furious Five
| image          = Secrets of the Furious Five.jpg

| caption        = Original poster
| director       = [[Raman Hui]]
| producer       = Karen Foster
| writer         = Paul McEvoy<br />[[Todd Berger]]
| starring       = [[Jack Black]]<br />[[Dustin Hoffman]]<br />[[David Cross]]<br />[[Randall Duk Kim]]<br />[[Jessica DiCicco]]<br />Max Koch<br />[[Tara Strong]]<br />[[Jaycee Chan]]
| music          = [[Henry Jackman]]<br />[[Hans Zimmer]]<br />[[John Powell (film composer)|John Powell]]
| cinematography = 
| editing        = [[John Venzon]]
| studio         = [[DreamWorks Animation]]<br />[[Reel FX]]<br />[[Film Roman]]
| distributor    = [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]
| released       = {{Film date|2008|11|11|companion DVD release|2009|02|26|NBC broadcast|2009|03|24|separate DVD release}}
| runtime        = 24 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $10 million
}}
'''''Secrets of the Furious Five''''' (also known as '''''Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five''''') is a 2008 American animated short film produced by [[DreamWorks Animation]] that serves as a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] to the animated feature film, ''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]'' (2008), and appears on a companion disc of the original film's deluxe [[DVD]] release. It was broadcast on [[NBC]] February 26, 2009, and became available as a separate DVD.

The film has a [[framing story]] of Po the Dragon Warrior (in [[computer animation]]) telling the stories of his comrades in arms, the Furious Five, who are depicted in 2D [[cel animation]], similar to the opening and end credits of the original film.

The only actors from the film to reprise their roles in this short were [[Jack Black]] as Po, [[Dustin Hoffman]] as Master Shifu, [[David Cross]] as Crane, and [[Randall Duk Kim]] as Master Oogway. [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Lucy Liu]], [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Seth Rogen]] do not reprise their roles, mainly because their related characters are depicted as their younger selves.

In this short, Monkey is voiced by [[Jaycee Chan]], son of [[Jackie Chan]]. Jaycee Chan also voiced Crane in the [[Cantonese]] version of the original film. Production of the film was outsourced to [[Reel FX Creative Studios]], which worked on CG animation, and to [[Film Roman]], which worked on traditionally animated sequences.<ref>{{cite web | last=Simon | first=Ben | url=http://animatedviews.com/2008/kung-fu-panda-with-secrets-of-the-furious-five-bonus/ | title=Kung Fu Panda / Secrets Of The Furious Five | publisher=Animated Views | date=2008-11-30 | access-date=2010-11-06}}</ref>

==Plot==
Master [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Shifu|Shifu]] instructs [[Po (Kung Fu Panda)|Po]] on how to teach an introductory [[Chinese martial arts|kung fu]] lesson to a group of rambunctious bunny children. Po tries to teach the kids that combat is only part of [[Kung fu (term)|what kung fu is about]]; its true meaning is "excellence of self". To illustrate his point, he explains the Furious Five's individual backstories, and the basic philosophical concepts that enabled them to be great kung fu masters.

* '''[[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Mantis|Mantis]]''', as a youth, was a petulantly impatient warrior, prone to jumping to conclusions and making impulsive decisions. After this habit got him captured by crocodile bandits, the lengthy wait that Mantis was forced to endure in his prison taught him ''[[patience]]'', and he was able to use this to play dead long enough to ambush his captors.
* '''[[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Viper|Viper]]''', the daughter of [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Great Master Viper|Great Master Viper]], was born without venomous fangs. Her father, who relied on his venomous bite to protect the village, believed that she could never be a warrior like him, causing Viper to grow up shy and timid. One night during a festival, Great Master Viper encountered a gorilla bandit and broke his fangs on the gorilla's special snake-proof armor. Seeing her father in peril, Viper found the ''[[courage]]'' to fight the bandit and defeat him with her [[Ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics)|ribbon dancing]] skills.
* '''[[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Crane|Crane]]''' was the self-deprecating janitor of a kung fu academy until star pupil Mei Ling encouraged him to seek enrollment. Crane's lifelong belief that he was too skinny to be an effective kung fu warrior caused him to lose his nerve at the tryouts. However, when he accidentally stumbled into the intense obstacle course to determine eligibility, he discovered the ''[[confidence]]'' to use his skinniness as an asset and pass the test.
* '''[[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Tigress|Tigress]]''' was an orphan, and unfairly isolated as a "monster" because of her lack of control of her ferocity and strength. At the behest of the orphanage staff, Shifu arrived to teach her the ''[[discipline]]'' that she desperately needed to control her movements, and the other children eventually trusted and befriended her. Despite this breakthrough, no adult would consent to adopt her, so Shifu took her in as his student and foster daughter.
* '''[[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Monkey|Monkey]]''' was humiliated in his youth, and grew up tormenting his village with pranks as revenge. Many challengers attempted to drive him away, but Monkey would always remove their pants to humiliate them. Master Oogway, who had a shell instead of pants, was able to subdue Monkey, and saved him from being crushed by a column knocked loose in their brawl. Noticing his reaction to being cared about, Oogway told Monkey that he could stay in the village as long as he would show others the ''[[compassion]]'' that he so greatly desired.

Shifu returns, anticipating finding a lack of progress, and is surprised to see he has underestimated Po's talents again. When the Bunnies ask Po how his first day of kung fu was, Po has a flashback to all the unpleasant events of [[Kung Fu Panda (film)|the first film]]. He smiles confidently and assures them that "it was awesome!".

==Voice cast==
* [[Jack Black]] as [[Po (Kung Fu Panda)|Po]]
* [[Dustin Hoffman]] as [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Shifu|Shifu]]
* [[David Cross]] as [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Crane|Crane]]
* [[Randall Duk Kim]] as [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Oogway|Oogway]]
* [[Elizabeth Ann Bennett]] as Ant / Bunny
* [[Jaycee Chan]] as Young [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Monkey|Monkey]]
* [[Jim Cummings]] as Instructor
* [[Jessica DiCicco]] as Young [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Viper|Viper]]
* [[John DiMaggio]] as Crocodile Bandit #1 / Gorilla Bandit
* [[Carol Kane]] as Sheep
* Stephanie Kearin as Crocodile Bandit #2
* Max Koch as Young [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Mantis|Mantis]]
* [[Stephanie Lemelin]] as [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Mei Ling|Mei Ling]]
* [[Meredith Scott Lynn]] as Master Viper's Mom
* Tom Owens as Ladybug
* Eamon Pirruccello as Impatient Bunny
* Grace Rolek as Shy Bunny
* Will Shadley as Nerdy Bunny
* [[James Sie]] as [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Great Master Viper|Great Master Viper]]
* [[Tara Strong]] as Young [[List of Kung Fu Panda characters#Tigress|Tigress]]

==Awards==
''Secrets of the Furious Five'' received eight nominations in the "Animated Television Production or Short Form" category at the [[36th Annie Awards]], of which it received four ("Character Animation", "Character Design", "Music" and "Production Design").

==References==
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==External links==
{{wikiquote|Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five}}
* {{Official website|http://www.kungfupanda.com}}
* {{IMDb title|1287845}}

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