Po, Shifu, and the Five are all bilingual in Chinese and English. Oogway is quadrilingual.
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@Orca Steve Kichwa isn't Oogway's native language. His native language is a language that is a direct spinoff of the mainland Quechuan language family but ultimately evolved into a different language due to the Galapagos Islands' isolation.
That being said, he'd probably learn Kichwa pretty easily for aforementioned reasons.
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Still, it's far from ideal.
You also forgot Tigress and Shifu.
Oogway wouldn't need to voiced by an Australian because he's not native to Australia. He could be anyway, though.
You'll need to research Aboriginal Australian names for this.
Po, Shifu, and the Five are all bilingual in Chinese and English. Oogway is quadrilingual.
That means several things.
I'd want all Aboriginal Australian actors for this AU for representation's sake. Aboriginal Australians have been criminally marginalized ever since the Europeans arrived in Australia.
The Aboriginal Australians didn't recognize Australia as a whole back then like we do now, and the name "Australia" (which is derived from the Latin for "southern land") certainly didn't exist back then. So for any of the characters referring to their world as "Australia" wouldn't make sense.
Would this take place before or after the Europeans' arrival?
Shifu could be a tree kangaroo.
Rainbow Serpent Warrior works.
@Orca Steve Make a full AU of this!
In this AU, Tigress could be an extinct thylacine, AKA the "Tasmanian tiger." Though in truth, thylacines were actually carnivorous marsupials.
Oogway would have to have an Aboriginal Australian name. All the characters would.
Pretty much anyone is better than Mike.
Of course they do! Why wouldn't they?
What about the panda villagers?
The franchise would have to be rooted in Australian (especially Aboriginal Australian) culture instead of Chinese.
It's an ad made by China. Don't know what exactly it advertises, though.
@Spottedstar @Anuj Chatterjee @Orca Steve @Tristen Metcalf @Dramaqueenjenny20 What do you guys think?
That'd mean Oogway would have to assimilate into Aboriginal Australian culture.