James Hong
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Birthplace:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Actor James Hong was working as a nightclub comic in San Francisco and Hawaii when he was tapped for his first regular TV role: "Number One Son" Barry Chan in the Anglo-American co-production The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957). Hong would later appear as Frank Chen in Jigsaw John (1976) and Wang in Switch (1977-78). In theatrical features, he played characters bearing such flavorful monikers as Chew, Lo Pan and Bing Wong. He was seen as Faye Dunaway's butler in Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), repeating the role (minus Faye) in the 1990 sequel The Two Jakes. One of his most sizeable screen roles was Lamont Cranston's brainy assistant Li Peng in The Shadow (1994). James Hong has also directed a brace of feature films, including 1979's The Girls Next Door and 1989's The Vineyard.
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Highest Rated Movies
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Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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| No Score Yet | Fortune Cookie |
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— | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | Monkey King: Hero Is Back (Xi you ji zhi da sheng gui lai) |
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— | 2016 |
| 87% | Kung Fu Panda 3 |
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$128.4M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets Of The Scroll |
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— | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest |
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— | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | Junk |
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— | 2014 |
| 13% | R.I.P.D. |
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$33.5M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | The Lost Medallion: The AdventStoneures of Billy |
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— | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Summoned |
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— | 2013 |
| 57% | Safe |
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$17.2M | 2012 |
| 81% | Kung Fu Panda 2 |
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$165.3M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Trinity Goodheart |
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— | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | How to Make Love to a Woman |
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— | 2010 |
| 21% | The Day the Earth Stood Still |
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$79.2M | 2008 |
| 87% | Kung Fu Panda |
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$215.4M | 2008 |
| 100% | American Masters |
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— | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | An Accidental Christmas |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! |
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— | 2007 |
| 22% | Balls of Fury |
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$32.9M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Shanghai Kiss |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Adventures of Johnny Tao Rock Around the Dragon |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Totally Awesome |
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— | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Exit 38 |
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— | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Dragon Dynasty |
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— | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Coming Attractions |
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— | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Forbidden Warrior |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | American Fusion |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Latin Dragon |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Ghost Rock |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Sucker Free City |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Biggest Fan |
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— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | The Idol (L'Idole) |
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— | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Cyber Bandits |
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— | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Epoch |
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— | 2001 |
| 16% | The Art of War |
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$29.5M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | The Ghost |
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— | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | G2 Mortal Conquest |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Breakout |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Scandalous Behavior |
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— | 1999 |
| 86% | Mulan |
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— | 1998 |
| 67% | Broken Vessels |
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— | 1998 |
| 30% | Red Corner |
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— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Bloodsport III |
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— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Catherine's Grove |
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— | 1997 |
| 62% | Infinity |
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— | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | South Beach Academy |
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— | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | The Secret Agent Club |
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— | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Bloodsport 2: The Next Kumite |
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— | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Paper Dragons |
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— | 1996 |
| 31% | Operation Dumbo Drop |
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— | 1995 |
| 38% | Tank Girl |
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— | 1995 |
| 27% | Bad Company |
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— | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Cyber Bandits |
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— | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Gladiator Cop: The Swordsman II |
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— | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Triplecross |
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— | 1995 |
| 35% | The Shadow |
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— | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Operation Golden Phoenix |
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— | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the CIA |
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— | 1994 |
| 60% | Wayne's World 2 |
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— | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Bethune: The Making of a Hero |
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— | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Joker's Wild |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Talons of the Eagle |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Merlin |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | L.A. Goddess |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Dragonfight |
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— | 1992 |
| 25% | Mystery Date |
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— | 1991 |
| 20% | Too Much Sun |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Missing Pieces |
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— | 1991 |
| 40% | The Perfect Weapon |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Crime Lords |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Caged Fury |
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— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Shadowzone |
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— | 1990 |
| 68% | The Two Jakes |
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— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Framed |
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— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Last Flight Out |
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— | 1990 |
| 33% | Tango & Cash |
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— | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | The Vineyard |
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— | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | The Karen Carpenter Story |
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— | 1989 |
| 43% | Vice Versa |
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— | 1988 |
| 0% | Hot to Trot |
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— | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Leap of Faith |
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— | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Deadlock |
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— | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | The Jitters |
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— | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | China Girl |
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— | 1987 |
| 7% | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise |
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— | 1987 |
| 44% | Black Widow |
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— | 1987 |
| 26% | The Golden Child |
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— | 1986 |
| 82% | Big Trouble in Little China |
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— | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | Blade in Hong Kong |
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— | 1985 |
| 67% | Ninja III: The Domination |
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— | 1984 |
| 21% | Missing in Action |
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— | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | China Rose |
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— | 1983 |
| 67% | Breathless |
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— | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Yes, Giorgio |
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— | 1982 |
| 89% | Blade Runner |
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— | 1982 |
| 100% | Blade Runner (The Final Cut) |
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$0.3M | 1982 |
| 80% | So Fine |
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— | 1981 |
| 75% | True Confessions |
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— | 1981 |
| 97% | Airplane! |
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— | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | When Hell Was in Session |
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— | 1979 |
| 90% | The In-Laws |
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— | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | The Girls Next Door |
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— | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | Go Tell the Spartans |
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— | 1978 |
| 20% | The World's Greatest Lover |
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— | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | Panic in Echo Park |
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— | 1977 |
| 84% | Bound for Glory |
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— | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Deposit, No Return |
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— | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | Dynamite Brothers |
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— | 1974 |
| 98% | Chinatown |
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— | 1974 |
| 83% | The Missiles of October |
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— | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | The Carey Treatment (A Case of Murder) (Emergency Ward) |
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— | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | Kung Fu |
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— | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | A Tattered Web |
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— | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | The Hawaiians |
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— | 1970 |
| 88% | Colossus: The Forbin Project |
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— | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | Bamboo Saucer |
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— | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | One Spy Too Many |
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— | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | Destination Inner Space |
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— | 1966 |
| 93% | The Sand Pebbles |
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— | 1966 |
| 60% | The Satan Bug |
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— | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | Flower Drum Song |
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— | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | Blood and Steel |
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— | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | China Gate |
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— | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | Blood Alley |
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— | 1955 |
| 50% | Love Is a Many Splendored Thing |
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— | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | Soldier of Fortune |
|
— | 1955 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95% |
Elementary
2012
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| 92% |
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
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| 96% |
Archer
2009
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| No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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| No Score Yet |
Bones
2005
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| 82% |
The Big Bang Theory
2007
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| No Score Yet |
Family Guy
1999
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| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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| No Score Yet |
Malcolm in the Middle
2000-2006
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| No Score Yet |
The West Wing
1999-2006
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| No Score Yet |
Alias
2001-2006
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| No Score Yet |
Charmed
1998-2006
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| No Score Yet |
The Pretender
1996-2000
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| No Score Yet |
The X-Files
1993-2016
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| No Score Yet |
Home Improvement
1991-1999
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| No Score Yet |
Seinfeld
1989-1998
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| No Score Yet |
Beauty and the Beast
1987-1990
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| No Score Yet |
MacGyver
1985-1992
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| No Score Yet |
Wonder Woman (1976)
1975-1979
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Quotes from James Hong's Characters
| Mr. Ping: | Sometimes we do the wrong things, for the right reasons |
| Mr. Ping: | Sometimes we do the wrong things, for the right reasons. |
| Mr. Ping: | Having you in his life doesn't mean less for me. It means more for him.. |
| Mr. Ping: | Having you in his life doesn't mean less for me. It means more for him. |
| Mr. Ping: | Your son got angry at you. Welcome to parenthood. |
| Nick's Avatar: | Nothing to see here - gotta go |
| Nick's Avatar: | Nothing to see here. Gotta go. |
| Lo Pan: | Indeed! |
| Mr. Ping: | I fed you, I gave you a bath, and I fed you some more! |
| Chi Fu: | (singing) "I've a girl back home who's unlike any other..." |
| Chi Fu: | [singing] I've a girl back home who's unlike any other... |
| Yao: | "Yeah, the only girl who'd love him is his mother" |
| Yao: | Yeah, the only girl who'd love him is his mother. |
| Mr. Ping: | Once I had a dream that I ran away to make tofu. |
| Po: | Then why didn't you! |
| Mr. Ping: | Because it was a stupid dream. |
| Lo Pan: | SHUT UP, Mr Burton! |
| Mr. Ping: | your going to a strange danger, in a strange city, with strange noodles! |
| Mr. Ping: | You're going to a strange danger, in a strange city, with strange noodles! |
| Wong: | Welcome to the underbelly of ping-pong where fortunes are won and lost. I'm exaggerating, of course, but you get my point. |
| Mr. Ping: | Noodles... |
| Tigress: | Don't worry, Mr. Ping. He'll be back before you can say "noodles." |
| Tigress: | Don't worry, Mr. Ping. He'll be back before you can say 'noodles.' |
| Mr. Ping: | ...noodles... |
| Mr. Ping: | Noodles... |
| Po: | [Finally accepting Mr. Ping as his dad] I love you, Dad. |
| Mr. Ping: | I love you too, son. |
| Po: | Okay, let's both cook, together. |
| Mr. Ping: | Together? ...No, I'll cook. |
| Mr. Ping: | Together? No, I'll cook. |
| Po: | I know who I am. |
| Mr. Ping: | You do? |
| Po: | I'm your son. [the two hug each other] I love you dad. |
| Mr. Ping: | [to tears] I love you too, son. |
| Po: | What? That can't be it, dad. There's gotta be more! |
| Mr. Ping: | Well, there was this time you ate all of my bamboo furniture. It was imported, too. |
| Lo Pan: | Now this really pisses me off to no end! |
| Mr. Ping: | And then I made the decision that would change my life forever. To make my soup without radishes, and to raise you as my own son. My Po, my little panda. And from that moment on both my soup and my life have been that much sweeter. |
| Mr. Ping: | My son saved China - you too, can save! Buy one dumpling, get one free! |
| Mr. Ping: | We are noodle folk. Broth runs through our veins. |