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Kung Fu Panda vs.Turning Red
Disney and Pixar copied Universal and DreamWorks' idea?
Part of the company acquisition
Date21 January 2022 – 11 March 2022
Location
disneyplus.com
Caused bySimilar idea, which is panda.
GoalsTo end the franchise of Turning Red from making the sequel.
StatusJoke
Parties
Lead figures
What happened to Encanto after the releasing of Turning Red?
Death(s)Pedro Madrigal
InjuriesMirabel Madrigal
Bruno Madrigal
...and others
What happened?Turning Red became the most popular film on Disney+
Turning Red was originally to be rated as NC-17 but was lowered to PG-13.

Kung Fu Panda vs. Turning Red is a conflict between two companies, which is Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation and Disney/Pixar. The conflict was a joke where Meilin "Mei" Lee, transformed as red panda, which is similar to Kung Fu Panda.

Background

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Kung Fu Panda was released on 6 June 2008 and produced by DreamWorks Animation while Turning Red was released on 11 March 2022, produced by Pixar and distributed by Disney.

Disney–DreamWorks Animation rivalry

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Steven Spielberg, former Disney executive, left Disney for Universal Studios.[1][citation needed] After that, Steven founded DreamWorks SKG and three years later, DreamWorks SKG created DreamWorks Animation.

Timeline

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Releasing of Encanto

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Encanto became the most popular film ever that was made by Disney. With its popular song, We Don't Talk About Bruno, made this film more popular than Frozen, which is also produced by Disney.

Pixar released Turning Red trailer on YouTube. The video itself became an Internet meme when Tyler bullied Meilin "Mei" Lee and called her "mama's girls".

Pixar's mom controversy

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Pixar had many controversy on their film, such as "Pixar's mom". It is called as "Pixar's mom" because the character had a thicc ass.

Many YouTubers made YTPs from Turning Red film or trailer. The videos are gaining more views, like and subscribers.

While, on Fandom, Turning Panda was a parody of Turning Red.[2]

Turning Red controversy

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Turning Red was originally to be released on theatre, but then it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, it was released on Disney+, which is unfair for Disney's fans.

Aftermath

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Turning Red was originally to be released on 21 January 2022 but it was postponed to 11 March 2022 due to Omicron variant on Disney+. Many peoples think that both Turning Red and Encanto will released its sequel or prequel.

References

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  1. ^ Comicbook.com. "Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Reportedly Leaving Disney For Universal".
  2. ^ The Parody Wiki. "Turning Panda".