Skunk Fu! (song)


 * For the television series, see Skunk Fu!.

Skunk Fu! is the theme song for the series of the same name. It was performed by Ghostface Killah, along with Cilvaringz and Shawn Wiggs in the extended version.

TV version
Panda: Long time ago, Dragon protected the valley. But he was punished by heaven for his arrogance! He blamed us. Now, trapped in his icy prison, he plots to destroy us. Our only hope might be my pupil, Skunk.

[Verse: Ghostface Killah] Yo, Skunk Fu! Balancing the earths and the heavens, With an old wise panda and a whole pack of bredrins. Fox, rabbit, pig, snake and killer bees! Duck, crane, tiger fighting off ninja monkeys And baboon! That evil dragon won't prevail, Over young skunk skills and that old stink-tail! Defender of the valley from the dragon in the lake, Use your mind, body and soul to fly as you levitate! The Yin, the Yang, the shadowboxing technique, Then monkey flip, tiger-style...

Panda: Skunk Fu!

Extended version
Panda: Long time ago, a Dragon protected the valley. But he was punished by heaven for his arrogance! He blamed us. Now, trapped in his icy prison, he plots to destroy us. Our only hope might be my pupil, Skunk.

[Verse 1: Ghostface Killah] Yo, Skunk Fu! Balancing the earths and the heavens, With an old wise panda and a whole pack of bredrins. Rabbit, fox, pig, snake and killer bees! Duck, crane, tiger fighting off ninja monkeys And baboon! That evil dragon won't prevail, Over young skunk skills and that old stink-tail! Defender of the valley from the dragon in the lake, Use your mind, body and soul to fly as you levitate! The Yin, the Yang, the shadowboxing technique, Then monkey flip, tiger-style train of defeat! Disappear with the teleportation in the trees, This is kung fu mastered by infinite degrees! With an army of the animals created by God, Supernatural, believe in the sun, moon and stars! Lead the resistance, not just do as they thinkers, If you smell something funny, that Skunk's letting off stinkers!

[Chorus: Shawn Wiggs] Skunk Fu! Rocking that Fu Manchu, Learning how to defend like the rest of his crew! Slap a ninja monkey, learn all types of techniques, Swing that old stink-tail and watch how it reeks!

[Verse 2: Cilvaringz] Yo Ghost, welcome to the Spartan war room, Where the killer bees sleep till it's time for the swarming. We skirmish, skunk's like the monks, Of the Shaolin temple who fight, never run. It's fire, water, stone rocks and earth, Five elements deep like the ox and the bird. (You heard...) Banana swing, flame swords and darts, But make sure the kid stay good in the heart. And if, by any chance, things get adrift, (Surprise!) Dropped at the whiff of a stink. I'm fighting, six ninja monkeys is easy, Ask the fox if you do not believe me. Defeat me? You wilding, resistance, We fight old baboon and the dragon, so listen. To master, the panda, his grammar is kung fu and tongue fu, The way he swing daggers? He loves you.

[Chorus: Shawn Wiggs] Skunk Fu! Rocking that Fu Manchu, Learning how to defend like the rest of his crew! Slap a ninja monkey, learn all types of techniques, Swing that old stink-tail and watch how it reeks!

International versions


Being the intro to the series, it has been dubbed many times in various languages.

The video below displays a majority of the many dubbed intros.



Trivia

 * The names of Fox and Rabbit were swapped in the extended version.
 * Some animation sequences in the theme are taken from episodes of the series itself. Those episodes are The Art of Monkey Launching (for Baboon, Pig and Fox), The Art of No Mind (for Panda and Skunk), The Art of Brain Washing (for Skunk), The Art of Truffling (for Rabbit and Skunk), The Art of Passing the Buck (for Panda and Skunk), and The Art of Hospitality (for Rabbit).
 * When the series premiered in the United States, the opening was replaced. The opening features Panda's lines in the beginning, along with a different instrumental and sound effects.
 * The theme was later used for the game Skunk Fu! The Art of the Brouhaha.


 * An early theme was uploaded by Alessandra Sorrentino, one of the animators of the series. The theme features slightly different lines for Panda and a different instrumental. In addition, some animations are unfinished.

International versions

 * In some dubs of the series, the rap part of the song wasn't dubbed.
 * In both Irish and Italian dubs, Panda's lines were dubbed, while the rap part was left in English.
 * In both Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish dubs, Panda's lines were dubbed, while the rap part is instrumental.
 * In the Standard Mandarin dub, the entire theme is instrumental.
 * The Basque theme is the only version that mentions Bird and Frog.
 * The Hebrew theme refers Crane as a male.

Videos
TV version =
 * -|Extended version = Skunk Fu! - Ghostface Killah Ft. Cilvaringz & Shawn Wiggs