I always have a thought about Rita's personality and her characteristic Influence by anime characters, comic characters, and video game characters of them.
1 - Sally Acorn (Archie Sonic the hedgehog): She often logical and focused with a playful side and she prefers to plan ahead in almost situations. She often takes the role of a leader, not only in directing and organizing people en masse but also through mediation and offering suggestions or compromises to difficult situations. Her attitude towards her title of princess is one of duty; she loves her people and strives to do the best she can for them. In this she shows passion, bravery and determination, often remaining undeterred by setbacks. While inwardly compassionate, she can often come off as hard and sardonic
2 - Fluffy (Bunnicula) is female doberman dog and vampire hunter/slayer, is target Bunnicula. Fluffy always seems to be very diligent and focused on her job at hand. She tends to get annoyed when anyone gets in her way (Harold) or a plan she has fails. She also seems to dislike being treated like a pet/being played with (as such when Mina rubs her belly and attempts to feed her). More than likely, finishing her tasks at hand is all she worries about. She seems to be very strict and serious. Harold seems to irritate her the most with his constant attempts at flirting with her, but in the end, she seems to be on okay terms with him. She is also very selfless and kind, as she attempted to sacrifice herself to save Harold and Chester from the stakes she set up for Bunnicula (which luckily, he saved them all from at the last second). Harold ended up believing she saved them, though.
She acts like a mixture of Batman and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who she seems to be based off of. She also seems to act like Van Helsing, hunting down Dracula (or Bunnicula, in this case).
She doesn't mind to do odd forms of attacking when going after her prey (such as sucking up and presumably eating Bunnicula). She also seems to be able to jump high (to get from a ceiling vent), is very strong (is able to lift Harold, a dog much larger and heavier than herself and is able to pull the vent covering off in one jump) and pretty quick (when she smacks him with a flyswatter). Fluffy is also known as the "Kung-Fu Dog" because of her bouts with Harold (repeatedly flipping him over/out of the way). When she targets her prey, she'll stop and "point" at them, like that of a Pointer (which is strange, since she is a Doberman Pinscher, which are not known for this trait).
3 - Krystal (star fox): Krystal is Strong and kind, but at time too stubborn for her own good.
4 - Yusuke Urameshi (Yu yu hakusho): Having a no-show for a father and with his mother always off somewhere else (getting drunk or partying), Yusuke has grown up in a very neglectful environment. He's short-tempered, impulsive, merciless and likes to intimidate those who are afraid of him. Underneath his bold, cocky attitude, he has a joking and kind nature. Yusuke has also had the bad luck of having to deal with so many cruel and despicable people at such a young age. Iwamoto being among them. One of his most notable traits is his desire to fight, which becomes more noticeable as the series progresses. Yusuke has been noted on many occasions to be rather unintelligent, and, at times, just plain stupid. However, as his teacher Genkai later notes, he "can be a genius at fighting". Yusuke's desire to fight is more out of enjoyment of a good brawl, and surprisingly Yusuke doesn't like killing if he can avoid it. Even though Yusuke is feared by most students and severely disliked by almost all of the teachers, he is generally misunderstood. Keiko Yukimura, one of his childhood friends (and later love interest), is one of the very few who knows Yusuke is actually very kind, and she sympathizes with his problems in life. Yusuke also becomes very protective of his friends, especially Keiko, Botan, Koenma, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei. Out of all the six mentioned, though, Younger Toguro notes that Yusuke is "the most protective" of Kuwabara, most likely because Yusuke knew him longer than Hiei and Kurama, and also because of the frailty of Kuwabara's human heritage.
5 - Wavern (Bakugan): Wavern is an protagonist who appears in the series Bakugan Battle Brawlers. She is Drago's girlfriend and Naga's good twin sister, before she died, she gives the Infinity Core to Drago to become a part of Drago, she appeared in the season 2 and season 4 as a ghost to encourage Drago. Drago continues to love her. Unlike Naga who was an villain and has the Silent Core, Wavern has the Infinity Core to cure Joe Brown from sickness and grows the birds up, she is known to be kind and gentle and she falls in love with Drago. She is an outcast. She held the Infinity Core inside of her, protecting it from Naga, who held the Silent Core. She is kind, even though she is an outcast to the other Bakugan. She has no Attribute, but has pop-up effects that are similar to those of Haos-attributed Bakugan. She is also Joe Brown's Guardian Bakugan. She used the power of the Infinity Core to cure Joe and get him out of the hospital. He later was able to use only her to defeat Masquerade in a battle. She and Drago had been going out on dates before the Infinity Core incident. It started when Drago slipped between the attributed world and he met Naga and Wavern. He kept visiting her ever since. She still has affection towards him. Her pet name for him is "Dragoruny." She and Drago also share a great connection with the Perfect Core, since they were both together in the last episode in the first season.
6 - Arcee (Transformers Prime): Losing her two old partners, Tailgate and Cliffjumper, left a great impact on Arcee. This made her go the path of the "lone wolf" only when she chose to be alone. She seemed to be very strict, fairly mature, and seems to have limits to certain things, such as not joking around in serious situations.
However, Arcee has shown to be very kind, loyal, respectful, caring, calm (most of the time), and quite friendly towards her allies. When Arcee was trapped in the Arctic with Optimus, she suggested that they play a game called "who screwed things up back at base." This indicates that she knows how to make the most out of situations. When they were close to dying, Arcee placed her left hand to hold on Optimus' left hand as they accepted their fates. This also shows that she can be very warm hearted, caring, and show tenderness to her friends like Optimus. Her loyalty to Optimus and the other Autobots have proven herself to be very honest and dedicated. In Metal Attraction, Arcee indicates to always take point, even though she was left like a third wheel. Arcee also indicates that while June may be overprotective of Jack, she remains protective of Jack and her other allies as well.
In Speed Metal, Vince had insulted Arcee's motorcycle vehicle form, to which she allowed Jack to race her in a small race against Vince. During the race, she stated to Jack that winning isn't everything so he should instead make Vince cry as they succeeded in winning the race. This would show Arcee is not afraid of showing off her skills to others that judge her, even against human critics like Vince. As shown in Sick Mind and in Out of the Past, Arcee would use "profanity" Cybertronian terms like "Scrap" or "Frag" but they are both simple words that are not negative to humans.
Besides her sweet side, Arcee is very strong and bold in any combat to protect herself or her allies, including other humans. In Predatory and Crisscross, Arcee held no hesitation to take on Airachnid one on one to protect Jack and his mother when Airachnid worked with MECH to kidnap Jack's mother. When Starscream was about to terminate Arcee in Partners, Arcee swung her blade on her arm at him so many times that she came close to terminating him until Bumblebee blankly stared at her as she was about to strike at Starscream but she held mercy as she lets Starscream escape.
Arcee also appears to have rapid moves and skills, almost like a ninja. In Orion Pax Part 1, Arcee came aboard the Nemesis and attacked the Vehicons. She kicked, sliced, punched, used one as a shield to avoid getting blasted and killed them all without hesitation. This shows that Arcee is quite capable of handling foes on her own, but she would require back up like in Crossfire where she needed assistance from the other Autobots. In Armada, Arcee even stated to Airachnid that she was not like her, thus proving that Arcee is not a remorseless assassain and stands up for her own moral principles, which included not terminating Airachnid's spark.
In Operation: Bumblebee, Part 2, Arcee was dispirited when Ratchet picked her to help perform the transplant between Ratchet and Bumblebee, as she tried to put Optimus as a possible choice for Ratchet but Ratchet stated Optimus's hands were too large to perform the procedure. She seems to feel that she is more of an expert in the battlefield rather than in the medical field. However, despite Jack convincing her to go along with it, Arcee was relieved when she didn't get the chance as she went to retrieve the Forge of Solus Prime with Optimus and Bulkhead instead.
She is also very sassy, sarcastic, and teasing at times around her fellow Autobots and human allies. In Masters and Students, Arcee sarcastically asked Jack if he could build her a human intestine. In Con Job, she sarcastically asked Bulkhead about Wheeljack, by stating "So who's the boyfriend?" In Hard Knocks, she teased Smokescreen on "destiny". Besides her Autobot friends, she would even keep her human friends, like Miko, company.
Arcee enjoys hanging with her friends as she feels comfortable around them and she also appears to like taking oil baths.
Like Optimus, Ultra Magnus, and Ratchet, Arcee shows less emotion. She would smile and laugh at certain things that seemed entertaining or amusing.
7. Cali (Skylander): Cali is one of Skylands' most daring explorers. She describes herself as being tough and laughs in the face of danger. She's shown to be rather smart and quick to make the right decisions in perilous situations, but she is also shown to have a very caring and even somewhat motherly side to her. She is never afraid of being captured by her enemies, which is lucky as it seems to happen quite a lot. Despite this, as revealed in Prism Break and Sunburn's Heroic Challenges, she hates spiders. If you're looking for adventure, Cali is the natural choice as a trainer to prepare young Skylanders for future missions.
8. Jenna (balto): In the original film, Jenna is kind and sensible, being the only town dog shown who never fawns over Steele and openly stands up to him. She is highly loyal to her owner, Rosy, as evidenced when she stays by her side and does her best to keep watch over her while she is ill with diphtheria.
Despite Balto's outcast status, Jenna is compassionate to him and is his only friend in town. She dislikes Steele for his remarks about Balto and his arrogant attitude, and always sticks up for Balto whenever present, scolding Steele and calling him a "glory-hound." Though she is polite otherwise, she continually rebuffs his flirtatious advances and makes no secret of preferring Balto over him. She is far from gullible, as evidenced when she refuses to believe Steele's story about Balto attacking him and dying. So she's jovial, even-tempered, nurturing, nice, astute, jolly, empathetic, noble, no-nonsense and affectionate.
Jenna is also very cunning, as demonstrated when she tricks Steele into burning his tail by using his infatuation of her against him. She is courageous and willing to resort to battle to protect her loved ones, as evidenced in the original movie when she fights a bear to save Balto and his friends.
In the sequels, she usually stays behind on Balto's adventures despite wanting to help. Jenna also cared a lot for her puppies, but was willing to find them homes after eight weeks.
9. Master Tigress (Kung Fu Panda): Tigress is the strongest and boldest of the Furious Five. She is noted to have the typical qualities of a hero: overachieving, brave, fearless, and willing to do anything to save the day. The one exception to her willingness, however, was to believe in Po, whom she thought was a joke. But even the strongest can be wrong, and Tigress learned that destiny sometimes arrives in unexpected ways. Since the events of the first film, she has been unwaveringly loyal to Po and what he represents as the Dragon Warrior. But underneath her stoic, iron-jawed exterior is a warm compassion that others seldom see.
She is generally friendly, but the least sociable of the Five, and can be very intimidating at times due to her incredibly serious and direct demeanour. In many scenes of the first film in which the other four of the Furious Five and/or Po were joking or having fun, Tigress would often remain quiet and withdrawn. At the time, it was strongly believed, by Shifu and herself, that Oogway was about to choose her as the Dragon Warrior before Po's entrance, despite Oogway's statements. As a result, Tigress bitterly resented Po for thwarting her dream, and was the most vocal of the Five in her contempt for the panda and his perceived lack of respect for kung fu, even while her comrades grew to respect him, perhaps still believing she was the Dragon Warrior. When she was a young cub, Tigress had trouble controlling her violent temper. Shifu had helped teach her how to control this temper since then, but she still occasionally loses control. This is shown during the first film while she was telling Po about Shifu's past with Tai Lung and herself. She had mistaken Po's sudden facial expression into thinking that he was making fun of her. She reacted by pulling back her paw and unsheathed her claws, having every intention on striking him. Mantis stopped her before she could do so, confessing that he accidentally hit his facial nerve with one of his acupuncture needles, to which she pulls back. However, Tigress does possess a "soft side", particularly towards children in some instances. This is shown near the end of the first film where she politely helped some young villagers evacuate the Valley, and in Kung Fu Panda Holiday, where Tigress playfully helped to feed a young toddler piglet during the Winter Feast. Tigress appears to have sustained a more calm and content attitude since the events of the first film, and in the holiday special she is seen to behave in a kinder and friendlier way, as demonstrated when she and rest of the Five help Po with his difficulties in preparing for the Winter Feast.
However, in "Kung Fu Day Care", Tigress said that she does not like children when a small child named Zan is taken for ransom by the Croc Bandits and takes a particular liking to her when he is saved by her and Po. She was assigned to be his guardian by Shifu for this reason, and was very reluctant to do so. In the end, once she remembered how she felt and what Shifu did for her as a child, she felt bittersweet when he went back home with his mother, and promised to visit him.
Tigress is also not without insecurities, as a result of years of training under the initially stern and mostly withdrawn Shifu, whom she calls the closest thing to a father she has ever had. Consequentially, both Kung Fu and her master's approval form a very large part of Tigress' self worth, which both the films and series occasionally imply she struggles with. In the first film, as she recalls in a flashback how Shifu has never loved anyone like he loved Tai Lung, young Tigress lands a strong blow on the training doll, only to have her posture silently corrected by a glaring Shifu. As she looks after him sadly, the scene fades into the now adult Tigress, still baring the same sad look for a moment before covering it up with her usual severity. Also, in The Spirit Orbs of Master Ding, Tigress is unable to cope with the idea that Po is becoming better than her in every way that is important to her, since she does not know how to do much else besides kung fu. After Shifu complements Po, Tigress' jealousy finally gets the better of her and causes her to act recklessly, becoming the catalyst for the events of the episode.
Before Po's arrival, Tigress was the only member of the Furious Five who was completely serious and stoic, although her humourlessness in the first film could also be attributed to her anger at Po for accidentally crushing her dream. However, after Po is accepted by, and begins to really integrate with the Five, his general levity seems to cause Tigress to lighten up and become more playful. In the credits of the first film, she is seen toying affectionately withe the panda training doll, similar to a cat with a ball of wool, in between savaging it. She is also seen copying Po's imitation of Shifu, this time to her master's face, who seems to enjoy her impression immensely. In the TV series, though still retaining her characteristically serious attitude, she often shown to have a dry and sarcastic sense of humour, and often appreciates, and very occasionally participates in, the jokes and pranks that Po and the Five play on each other. A recurring joke is her making a comment that the others take for a joke, only to ask what they mean when they comment on it. For example, when observing Shifu practicing his deathly dull speech for the Moon Festival, Tigress remarks that she will start practicing sleeping with her eye open and is clueless when Monkey laughs. Also, in Sight for Sore Eyes, Viper says that everyone except Tigress is smiling, but Tigress says that she is smiling, since her "happy face" matches her generic expression.
1 - Sally Acorn (Archie Sonic the hedgehog): She often logical and focused with a playful side and she prefers to plan ahead in almost situations. She often takes the role of a leader, not only in directing and organizing people en masse but also through mediation and offering suggestions or compromises to difficult situations. Her attitude towards her title of princess is one of duty; she loves her people and strives to do the best she can for them. In this she shows passion, bravery and determination, often remaining undeterred by setbacks. While inwardly compassionate, she can often come off as hard and sardonic
2 - Fluffy (Bunnicula) is female doberman dog and vampire hunter/slayer, is target Bunnicula. Fluffy always seems to be very diligent and focused on her job at hand. She tends to get annoyed when anyone gets in her way (Harold) or a plan she has fails. She also seems to dislike being treated like a pet/being played with (as such when Mina rubs her belly and attempts to feed her). More than likely, finishing her tasks at hand is all she worries about. She seems to be very strict and serious. Harold seems to irritate her the most with his constant attempts at flirting with her, but in the end, she seems to be on okay terms with him. She is also very selfless and kind, as she attempted to sacrifice herself to save Harold and Chester from the stakes she set up for Bunnicula (which luckily, he saved them all from at the last second). Harold ended up believing she saved them, though.
She acts like a mixture of Batman and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who she seems to be based off of. She also seems to act like Van Helsing, hunting down Dracula (or Bunnicula, in this case).
She doesn't mind to do odd forms of attacking when going after her prey (such as sucking up and presumably eating Bunnicula). She also seems to be able to jump high (to get from a ceiling vent), is very strong (is able to lift Harold, a dog much larger and heavier than herself and is able to pull the vent covering off in one jump) and pretty quick (when she smacks him with a flyswatter). Fluffy is also known as the "Kung-Fu Dog" because of her bouts with Harold (repeatedly flipping him over/out of the way). When she targets her prey, she'll stop and "point" at them, like that of a Pointer (which is strange, since she is a Doberman Pinscher, which are not known for this trait).
3 - Krystal (star fox): Krystal is Strong and kind, but at time too stubborn for her own good.
4 - Yusuke Urameshi (Yu yu hakusho): Having a no-show for a father and with his mother always off somewhere else (getting drunk or partying), Yusuke has grown up in a very neglectful environment. He's short-tempered, impulsive, merciless and likes to intimidate those who are afraid of him. Underneath his bold, cocky attitude, he has a joking and kind nature. Yusuke has also had the bad luck of having to deal with so many cruel and despicable people at such a young age. Iwamoto being among them. One of his most notable traits is his desire to fight, which becomes more noticeable as the series progresses. Yusuke has been noted on many occasions to be rather unintelligent, and, at times, just plain stupid. However, as his teacher Genkai later notes, he "can be a genius at fighting". Yusuke's desire to fight is more out of enjoyment of a good brawl, and surprisingly Yusuke doesn't like killing if he can avoid it. Even though Yusuke is feared by most students and severely disliked by almost all of the teachers, he is generally misunderstood. Keiko Yukimura, one of his childhood friends (and later love interest), is one of the very few who knows Yusuke is actually very kind, and she sympathizes with his problems in life. Yusuke also becomes very protective of his friends, especially Keiko, Botan, Koenma, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei. Out of all the six mentioned, though, Younger Toguro notes that Yusuke is "the most protective" of Kuwabara, most likely because Yusuke knew him longer than Hiei and Kurama, and also because of the frailty of Kuwabara's human heritage.
5 - Wavern (Bakugan): Wavern is an protagonist who appears in the series Bakugan Battle Brawlers. She is Drago's girlfriend and Naga's good twin sister, before she died, she gives the Infinity Core to Drago to become a part of Drago, she appeared in the season 2 and season 4 as a ghost to encourage Drago. Drago continues to love her. Unlike Naga who was an villain and has the Silent Core, Wavern has the Infinity Core to cure Joe Brown from sickness and grows the birds up, she is known to be kind and gentle and she falls in love with Drago. She is an outcast. She held the Infinity Core inside of her, protecting it from Naga, who held the Silent Core. She is kind, even though she is an outcast to the other Bakugan. She has no Attribute, but has pop-up effects that are similar to those of Haos-attributed Bakugan. She is also Joe Brown's Guardian Bakugan. She used the power of the Infinity Core to cure Joe and get him out of the hospital. He later was able to use only her to defeat Masquerade in a battle. She and Drago had been going out on dates before the Infinity Core incident. It started when Drago slipped between the attributed world and he met Naga and Wavern. He kept visiting her ever since. She still has affection towards him. Her pet name for him is "Dragoruny." She and Drago also share a great connection with the Perfect Core, since they were both together in the last episode in the first season.
6 - Arcee (Transformers Prime): Losing her two old partners, Tailgate and Cliffjumper, left a great impact on Arcee. This made her go the path of the "lone wolf" only when she chose to be alone. She seemed to be very strict, fairly mature, and seems to have limits to certain things, such as not joking around in serious situations.
However, Arcee has shown to be very kind, loyal, respectful, caring, calm (most of the time), and quite friendly towards her allies. When Arcee was trapped in the Arctic with Optimus, she suggested that they play a game called "who screwed things up back at base." This indicates that she knows how to make the most out of situations. When they were close to dying, Arcee placed her left hand to hold on Optimus' left hand as they accepted their fates. This also shows that she can be very warm hearted, caring, and show tenderness to her friends like Optimus. Her loyalty to Optimus and the other Autobots have proven herself to be very honest and dedicated. In Metal Attraction, Arcee indicates to always take point, even though she was left like a third wheel. Arcee also indicates that while June may be overprotective of Jack, she remains protective of Jack and her other allies as well.
In Speed Metal, Vince had insulted Arcee's motorcycle vehicle form, to which she allowed Jack to race her in a small race against Vince. During the race, she stated to Jack that winning isn't everything so he should instead make Vince cry as they succeeded in winning the race. This would show Arcee is not afraid of showing off her skills to others that judge her, even against human critics like Vince. As shown in Sick Mind and in Out of the Past, Arcee would use "profanity" Cybertronian terms like "Scrap" or "Frag" but they are both simple words that are not negative to humans.
Besides her sweet side, Arcee is very strong and bold in any combat to protect herself or her allies, including other humans. In Predatory and Crisscross, Arcee held no hesitation to take on Airachnid one on one to protect Jack and his mother when Airachnid worked with MECH to kidnap Jack's mother. When Starscream was about to terminate Arcee in Partners, Arcee swung her blade on her arm at him so many times that she came close to terminating him until Bumblebee blankly stared at her as she was about to strike at Starscream but she held mercy as she lets Starscream escape.
Arcee also appears to have rapid moves and skills, almost like a ninja. In Orion Pax Part 1, Arcee came aboard the Nemesis and attacked the Vehicons. She kicked, sliced, punched, used one as a shield to avoid getting blasted and killed them all without hesitation. This shows that Arcee is quite capable of handling foes on her own, but she would require back up like in Crossfire where she needed assistance from the other Autobots. In Armada, Arcee even stated to Airachnid that she was not like her, thus proving that Arcee is not a remorseless assassain and stands up for her own moral principles, which included not terminating Airachnid's spark.
In Operation: Bumblebee, Part 2, Arcee was dispirited when Ratchet picked her to help perform the transplant between Ratchet and Bumblebee, as she tried to put Optimus as a possible choice for Ratchet but Ratchet stated Optimus's hands were too large to perform the procedure. She seems to feel that she is more of an expert in the battlefield rather than in the medical field. However, despite Jack convincing her to go along with it, Arcee was relieved when she didn't get the chance as she went to retrieve the Forge of Solus Prime with Optimus and Bulkhead instead.
She is also very sassy, sarcastic, and teasing at times around her fellow Autobots and human allies. In Masters and Students, Arcee sarcastically asked Jack if he could build her a human intestine. In Con Job, she sarcastically asked Bulkhead about Wheeljack, by stating "So who's the boyfriend?" In Hard Knocks, she teased Smokescreen on "destiny". Besides her Autobot friends, she would even keep her human friends, like Miko, company.
Arcee enjoys hanging with her friends as she feels comfortable around them and she also appears to like taking oil baths.
Like Optimus, Ultra Magnus, and Ratchet, Arcee shows less emotion. She would smile and laugh at certain things that seemed entertaining or amusing.
7. Cali (Skylander): Cali is one of Skylands' most daring explorers. She describes herself as being tough and laughs in the face of danger. She's shown to be rather smart and quick to make the right decisions in perilous situations, but she is also shown to have a very caring and even somewhat motherly side to her. She is never afraid of being captured by her enemies, which is lucky as it seems to happen quite a lot. Despite this, as revealed in Prism Break and Sunburn's Heroic Challenges, she hates spiders. If you're looking for adventure, Cali is the natural choice as a trainer to prepare young Skylanders for future missions.
8. Jenna (balto): In the original film, Jenna is kind and sensible, being the only town dog shown who never fawns over Steele and openly stands up to him. She is highly loyal to her owner, Rosy, as evidenced when she stays by her side and does her best to keep watch over her while she is ill with diphtheria.
Despite Balto's outcast status, Jenna is compassionate to him and is his only friend in town. She dislikes Steele for his remarks about Balto and his arrogant attitude, and always sticks up for Balto whenever present, scolding Steele and calling him a "glory-hound." Though she is polite otherwise, she continually rebuffs his flirtatious advances and makes no secret of preferring Balto over him. She is far from gullible, as evidenced when she refuses to believe Steele's story about Balto attacking him and dying. So she's jovial, even-tempered, nurturing, nice, astute, jolly, empathetic, noble, no-nonsense and affectionate.
Jenna is also very cunning, as demonstrated when she tricks Steele into burning his tail by using his infatuation of her against him. She is courageous and willing to resort to battle to protect her loved ones, as evidenced in the original movie when she fights a bear to save Balto and his friends.
In the sequels, she usually stays behind on Balto's adventures despite wanting to help. Jenna also cared a lot for her puppies, but was willing to find them homes after eight weeks.
9. Master Tigress (Kung Fu Panda): Tigress is the strongest and boldest of the Furious Five. She is noted to have the typical qualities of a hero: overachieving, brave, fearless, and willing to do anything to save the day. The one exception to her willingness, however, was to believe in Po, whom she thought was a joke. But even the strongest can be wrong, and Tigress learned that destiny sometimes arrives in unexpected ways. Since the events of the first film, she has been unwaveringly loyal to Po and what he represents as the Dragon Warrior. But underneath her stoic, iron-jawed exterior is a warm compassion that others seldom see.
She is generally friendly, but the least sociable of the Five, and can be very intimidating at times due to her incredibly serious and direct demeanour. In many scenes of the first film in which the other four of the Furious Five and/or Po were joking or having fun, Tigress would often remain quiet and withdrawn. At the time, it was strongly believed, by Shifu and herself, that Oogway was about to choose her as the Dragon Warrior before Po's entrance, despite Oogway's statements. As a result, Tigress bitterly resented Po for thwarting her dream, and was the most vocal of the Five in her contempt for the panda and his perceived lack of respect for kung fu, even while her comrades grew to respect him, perhaps still believing she was the Dragon Warrior. When she was a young cub, Tigress had trouble controlling her violent temper. Shifu had helped teach her how to control this temper since then, but she still occasionally loses control. This is shown during the first film while she was telling Po about Shifu's past with Tai Lung and herself. She had mistaken Po's sudden facial expression into thinking that he was making fun of her. She reacted by pulling back her paw and unsheathed her claws, having every intention on striking him. Mantis stopped her before she could do so, confessing that he accidentally hit his facial nerve with one of his acupuncture needles, to which she pulls back. However, Tigress does possess a "soft side", particularly towards children in some instances. This is shown near the end of the first film where she politely helped some young villagers evacuate the Valley, and in Kung Fu Panda Holiday, where Tigress playfully helped to feed a young toddler piglet during the Winter Feast. Tigress appears to have sustained a more calm and content attitude since the events of the first film, and in the holiday special she is seen to behave in a kinder and friendlier way, as demonstrated when she and rest of the Five help Po with his difficulties in preparing for the Winter Feast.
However, in "Kung Fu Day Care", Tigress said that she does not like children when a small child named Zan is taken for ransom by the Croc Bandits and takes a particular liking to her when he is saved by her and Po. She was assigned to be his guardian by Shifu for this reason, and was very reluctant to do so. In the end, once she remembered how she felt and what Shifu did for her as a child, she felt bittersweet when he went back home with his mother, and promised to visit him.
Tigress is also not without insecurities, as a result of years of training under the initially stern and mostly withdrawn Shifu, whom she calls the closest thing to a father she has ever had. Consequentially, both Kung Fu and her master's approval form a very large part of Tigress' self worth, which both the films and series occasionally imply she struggles with. In the first film, as she recalls in a flashback how Shifu has never loved anyone like he loved Tai Lung, young Tigress lands a strong blow on the training doll, only to have her posture silently corrected by a glaring Shifu. As she looks after him sadly, the scene fades into the now adult Tigress, still baring the same sad look for a moment before covering it up with her usual severity. Also, in The Spirit Orbs of Master Ding, Tigress is unable to cope with the idea that Po is becoming better than her in every way that is important to her, since she does not know how to do much else besides kung fu. After Shifu complements Po, Tigress' jealousy finally gets the better of her and causes her to act recklessly, becoming the catalyst for the events of the episode.
Before Po's arrival, Tigress was the only member of the Furious Five who was completely serious and stoic, although her humourlessness in the first film could also be attributed to her anger at Po for accidentally crushing her dream. However, after Po is accepted by, and begins to really integrate with the Five, his general levity seems to cause Tigress to lighten up and become more playful. In the credits of the first film, she is seen toying affectionately withe the panda training doll, similar to a cat with a ball of wool, in between savaging it. She is also seen copying Po's imitation of Shifu, this time to her master's face, who seems to enjoy her impression immensely. In the TV series, though still retaining her characteristically serious attitude, she often shown to have a dry and sarcastic sense of humour, and often appreciates, and very occasionally participates in, the jokes and pranks that Po and the Five play on each other. A recurring joke is her making a comment that the others take for a joke, only to ask what they mean when they comment on it. For example, when observing Shifu practicing his deathly dull speech for the Moon Festival, Tigress remarks that she will start practicing sleeping with her eye open and is clueless when Monkey laughs. Also, in Sight for Sore Eyes, Viper says that everyone except Tigress is smiling, but Tigress says that she is smiling, since her "happy face" matches her generic expression.
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