‘Turning Red’ Ending Explained: Director on That Unexpected Finale
thewrap.comlikes the panda?All of this comes to a head in the wild and totally unexpected finale, which we will now discuss at length.If you haven’t seen “Turning Red,” head back now.
Major spoilers follow!In one of those kooky coincidences usually found in the TGIF-style sitcoms that “Turning Red” was partially inspired by, the night of Mei’s ceremony, meant to cast the panda spirit out of her body and house it in an amulet of her choosing, falls on the same night that 4*Town is playing Toronto.
Midway through the ceremony, Mei comes to a startling decision: she would rather keep the panda than cast it out.She breaks the spell and flees the scene, using her panda powers to leap to the arena not in a single bound (that’d be Superman), but in a few lovely hops, as she transforms between panda and human, and eventually makes her way to her friends inside. (The arena is open air so she plops right in.)Of course, back at the temple, it leaves Mei’s mother Ming furious.
And, more importantly, when Mei broke the spell, she pushed Ming to the ground. Ming’s amulet, which contains her panda spirit, crashed to the ground and started to crack.
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