About
“Finally! A Worthy Opponent! Our Battle Will Be Legendary” is a memorable quote by character Tai Lung from 2008 animated film Kung Fu Panda. Since 2016, the quote has been circulated as an image macro and an exploitable by Spanish-speaking users. In February 2019, the format reached mainstream attention on Reddit, with memes referencing individuals challenging others to a fight, often while overestimating or underestimating own power.
Origin
On June 6th, 2008, DreamWorks Animation animated film Kung Fu Panda premiered in the U.S. In one scene of the film, the main antagonist Tai Lung, a snow leopard, contemplates his future encounter with the main protagonist Po.
Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary.
On January 3rd, 2015, an anonymous Imgur user uploaded a captioned GIF of the scene to the platform.
Spread
Starting 2016, memes based on the two-panel screen capture of the scene have been circulated by Spanish-speaking users. The earliest posts following the format can be traced to at least March 11th, 2016, with numerous examples appearing on Facebook and Memedroid in the following years.
In November 2016, an anonymous Funpic.us user reposted the earliest known English version of the meme from 9GAG (original post unavailable).
The format did not receive any further spread use among English-speaking users until February 2019. On February 6th, 2019, Redditor bramoeska posted a version of the meme to /r/HistoryMemes subreddit. The post gained over 14,200 upvotes in six days.
Following the post by bramoeska, more versions of the meme were posted on Reddit, including /r/historymemes, /r/freefolk and /r/dankmemes subreddits, and on Instagram.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
Source : https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/our-battle-will-be-legendary