Passes the Bechdel test

Kung Fu Panda

Name: Kung Fu Panda
Released: 2008

2008. Directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger and Ethan Reiff.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 60.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

Released: 06 Jun 2008
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Rated: PG
IMDb: 7.6 / 10
Metascore: 74 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 39 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Po 237 lines, man
Shifu 163 lines, man
Po'S Dad 42 lines, man
Oogway 36 lines, man
Tigress 36 lines, woman
Tai Lung 34 lines, man
Zeng 25 lines, man
Commander 20 lines
Crane 19 lines, man
Mantis 18 lines, man

Full cast, 26 people

Jack Black as Po (voice)
Dustin Hoffman as Shifu (voice)
Angelina Jolie as Tigress (voice)
Ian McShane as Tai Lung (voice)
Seth Rogen as Mantis (voice)
Lucy Liu as Viper (voice)
David Cross as Crane (voice)
Randall Duk Kim as Oogway (voice)
James Hong as Mr. Ping (voice)
Dan Fogler as Zeng (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan as Commander Vachir (voice)
Jackie Chan as Monkey (voice)
Wayne Knight as Gang Boss (voice)
Kyle Gass as KG Shaw (voice)
JR Reed as JR Shaw (voice)
Laura Kightlinger as Awed Ninja (voice)
Tanya Haden as Smitten Bunny (voice)
Stephen Kearin as Gong Pig / Grateful Bunny (voice)
Mark Osborne as Pig Patron (voice)
John Stevenson as Rhino Guard (voice)
Jeremy Shipp as Blind Gator (voice)
Melissa Cobb as Bunny Mom (voice)
Kent Osborne as Pig Fan (voice)
Emily Burns as Bunny Fan 1 (voice)
Stephanie Harvey as Bunny Fan 2 (voice)
Riley Osborne as Baby Tai Lung (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 60

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	0
3 to 4	2	2
5 to 6	1	9
7 to 8	0	34
9 to 10	0	19
11 to 12	0	20
13 to 14	0	9
15 to 16	0	4
17 to 18	0	15
19 to 20	0	2
21 to 22	2	26
23 to 24	0	13
25 to 26	0	74
27 to 28	4	31
29 to 30	0	19
31 to 32	0	4
33 to 34	1	4
35 to 36	4	28
37 to 38	14	19
39 to 40	2	8
41 to 42	4	63
43 to 44	6	14
45 to 46	0	0
47 to 48	0	11
49 to 50	0	14
51 to 52	0	11
53 to 54	6	27
55 to 56	4	53
57 to 58	0	48
59 to 60	1	17

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

TIGRESS: This is what you trained me for. VIPER: Tigress! TIGRESS: Don't try and stop me! VIPER: We're not trying to stop you!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 8 are women's.

51 lines from women, 598 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

5 women and 17 men in the cast. 4 women and 16 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 9 of 690. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 128 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 8% of the words (442), men 92% (4,924).

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

1 of the 12 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Mark Osborne (man), John Stevenson (man)
Written by: Glenn Berger (man), Jonathan Aibel (man)
Story by: Ethan Reiff (man), Cyrus Voris (man)
Produced by: Melissa Cobb (woman)
Shot by: Yong Duk Jhun (man)
Edited by: C.K. Horness (gender not listed)
Music by: Hans Zimmer (man), John Powell (man)
Production design by: Raymond Zibach (man)

The crew, department by department

Sound

1 women, 6 men
Visual Effects

0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
Writing

1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
Other crew

1 women, 5 men
Production

2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
Art

0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
Directing

0 women, 2 men
Editing

0 women, 0 men, 2 not listed

Women
Men
Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 36 on average. Men: 52 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Angelina Jolie 33, Lucy Liu 39

Men

Seth Rogen 26, Dan Fogler 31, Jack Black 38, David Cross 44, Randall Duk Kim 64, Ian McShane 65, Dustin Hoffman 70, James Hong 79

Exhibit H: the money

It made 4.9 times what it cost.

Budget: $130 million
Box office: $632 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 60 scenes and 690 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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