The Furious Five were minimized in Kung Fu Panda 4, but their missions set up potential spinoff stories. The absence of the Furious Five was disappointing, and they deserve a larger role in the future, potentially in their own spinoff movies. The spinoff movies for each member of the Furious Five should happen before Kung Fu Panda 5 to keep their stories fresh and avoid backtracking.

Kung Fu Panda 4 severely underutilized one of my favorite parts of the franchise - the Furious Five - but it also set up five different spinoff stories for them that I would love to see. The Furious Five, Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Mantis, and Crane, have been staples of the Kung Fu Panda franchise since it began. Over the course of four movies, they've grown from judgmental opponents to Po becoming the Dragon Warrior into his closest friends and allies. On top of their closeness to Po,...