Yeah, pandas existed in WoW before the movie came out. However, they weren't fat, they weren't associated with cooking and they didn't have an ability called bounce or bouncey or whatever it is. 

Yes they were first, yes they also ripped off Kung Fu Panda. Funny how you can do those two things at once.

Originally posted by Revnik

Kung Fu Panda - 2008

First Official Appearance of Pandaren - 2003 (Warcraft III: Frozen Throne)

I'm sick of the Kung Fu Panda nonsense. Pandaren have been around longer. Plus, there is nothing kiddie about them. They love to get drunk. 

If we are going to complain about Kung Fu Pandas, we should complain about Orcs and Humans. They have been used in other places too, except Blizzard used someone else's idea for them. Pandaren were actually Samwise Didier's creation, not Hollywood's.

They appeared A LOT earlier in the Warcraft roleplaying game. So 2003 was just the first appearance on a computer....but the Pandaren Lore has been around WAY before that.

Originally posted by Weretigar

Originally posted by Revnik

Kung Fu Panda - 2008

First Official Appearance of Pandaren - 2003 (Warcraft III: Frozen Throne)

I'm sick of the Kung Fu Panda nonsense. Pandaren have been around longer. Plus, there is nothing kiddie about them. They love to get drunk. 

If we are going to complain about Kung Fu Pandas, we should complain about Orcs and Humans. They have been used in other places too, except Blizzard used someone else's idea for them. Pandaren were actually Samwise Didier's creation, not Hollywood's.

Pandas in wc3 wern't monks and couldn't be monks 

Also yes I think it was dumbed down in Cata I used to roll a pally/Shockadin which doesn't exist anymore. To me I lost intrest then.

It's also important to point out that pandaren in warcraft 3 were barely in the game at all. No, that race has been fleshed out much later by Blizzard, so it is in fact right to state that the Panda Monk race/class bares a striking resemblance to Kung Fu Panda.

Originally posted by Illyssia

Originally posted by Weretigar

Originally posted by Revnik

Kung Fu Panda - 2008

First Official Appearance of Pandaren - 2003 (Warcraft III: Frozen Throne)

I'm sick of the Kung Fu Panda nonsense. Pandaren have been around longer. Plus, there is nothing kiddie about them. They love to get drunk. 

If we are going to complain about Kung Fu Pandas, we should complain about Orcs and Humans. They have been used in other places too, except Blizzard used someone else's idea for them. Pandaren were actually Samwise Didier's creation, not Hollywood's.

Pandas in wc3 wern't monks and couldn't be monks 

Also yes I think it was dumbed down in Cata I used to roll a pally/Shockadin which doesn't exist anymore. To me I lost intrest then.

It's also important to point out that pandaren in warcraft 3 were barely in the game at all. No, that race has been fleshed out much later by Blizzard, so it is in fact right to state that the Panda Monk race/class bares a striking resemblance to Kung Fu Panda.

It's important to make sure you got your facts straight.  Yes, Pandaren didn't have alot of facetime in Warcraft 3 but, they were very fleshed out lore and class wise LONG before Kung Fu Panda came along.  If anything I would say it was Kung Fu Panda that looked at the Pandaren and based their movie off of them.