Outline of the First Term Paper

Kung Fu Panda

Intro:

• Thesis: "Kung Fu Panda" follows the laws of physics perfectly, except when a character is performing or training in martial arts

• Laws of Gravity

• Exaggeration of Forces

• Rate of Acceleration and Momentum

Laws of Gravity

• definition

• example of following laws:
• noodle bowls falling
• Shifu dropping the dumpling for Po
  

• examples of laws during kung fu:
• Tigress hovering in air after jump
• Tai Lung escaping the prison by leaping to falling rocks

Exaggeration of Forces

• definition

• example of following laws:
• Po falling through the wooden floor of the sleeping quarters
  
• breaking the Urn of Whispering Souls
  

• examples of laws during kung fu:
• Po bouncing down a flight of stairs and getting up after completely unaffected
  
• Tai Lung surviving hundred foot fall into solid ground

Rate of Acceleration and Momentum

• definition

• example of following laws:
• Po walking up to the ceremony of the Dragon Warrior
  
• Po and Furious Five moving through the sleeping quarters
  

• examples of laws during kung fu:
• Furious Five racing across rooftops to stop Tai Lung
  
• Po fighting Shifu for the dumpling

Conclusion

• How the movie kept believability, while stretching the physical laws to suit the almost magical styling of the kung fu
• restate the thesis