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Mulan / Disney
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })This entry is about the Disney animated film. For other works by the same name, see Mulan.Mulan is an animated film released in 1998, as the 36th film on the Disney Animated Canon. It was inspired by the Ancient Chinese folk legend of Hua Mulan (花木蘭).note Disney chose to romanize the heroine's name as Fa Mulan, in effect giving her family name the typical Cantonese pronunciation, but her personal name the normal Mandarin one. The film deals with Huns invading Imperial China, resulting in every Chinese family receiving a conscription order requiring one male from their household to serve in the army. The title character, Fa Mulan (Ming-Na Wen), has no brothers, but she doesn't want her aging veteran father to go to war again, so she steals his sword and armor, cuts her hair, and goes in his place, disguised as a man.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })As Mulan is the only lineage of the Fa family, her ancestors order the disgraced guardian Mushu (Eddie Murphy), who is small and has a penchant for comedy, to send the Great Stone Dragon to fetch Mulan home safely, but Mushu accidentally breaks the Stone Dragon's statue. He then goes in his place, but rather than fetching Mulan, hopes to make her a war hero and bring himself to glory.Under the assumed name "Fa Ping", Mulan undergoes many hardships in basic training, but eventually wins the respect and friendship of her fellow soldiers, and marches with her company to confront the invading Huns in a cliff-top battle.It was followed by a Direct-to-Video sequel in 2004, Mulan II. An upcoming live-action version is set to be released in 2020. A version of Mulan has also appeared in the live-action TV show Once Upon a Time, (which is also produced by the Disney empire) where she is played by Jamie Chung.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_1'); }) | |
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Arc Symbol | |
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Arc Symbol: Reflections. | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: The film's directors (Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook) are animated as the two guards in the fireworks tower. | |
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Bloodless Carnage | |
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Bloodless Carnage: The movie manages to avoid fields of blood even though an entire army was massacred and a village destroyed and burnt by having the devastation seen only after a layer of snow has covered everything. Despite getting beaten to a pulp by Shan Yu, Shang isn't even bruised. The way Shan Yu is disposed of would have seen the rocket ripping him apart and ash and bloody/charred gibs raining over a small part of the Imperial City. | |
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Rage Against the Reflection | |
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Rage Against the Reflection: A variation, as no mirrors are broken or water splashed — it's a shiny, shiny sword. Reflections are a motif in the movie — the pond at her house, the multiple ones in the ancestors' shrine (where she wipes off her makeup), the song, her helmet (which she throws to the ground), and the iconic sword. | |
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Artistic License – Martial Arts | |
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Artistic License – Martial Arts: During the "I'll Make a Man Out of You" sequence they do deeds worthy of Bruce Lee. Take a look at when Mulan kicks Shang. She pivots on her toe — in martial arts, you typically pivot on the ball of your foot. | |
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Scenery Censor | |
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During the bathing scene, Mulan is shown undressing behind the foliage that conveniently only goes up to her shoulders. When she's in the water, she keeps her shoulders above the water while the guys often have it up to their waist. When dozens of naked soldier run past Mulan, they're also only seen from the waist up. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Mulan has a mild one after her cover is blown and she is abandoned by the army. | |
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Improvised Zipline | |
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Improvised Zipline: Mulan uses a string of lanterns to zip down from the roof of the Imperial Palace. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: This film, unlike most Disney movies, thoroughly addresses the subject of war and the grim consequences thereof, including the implied large-scale murder of the innocent and the grieving family members of those killed. This is softened somewhat through frequent comic relief. Mulan's strategic avalanche-triggering makes her personally responsible for the deaths of hundreds of men, something that cannot be said about any other Disney Princess. Shan Yu may also be the only Disney character to actually hit a real person with a sword, using the sharp edge, on-screen. | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: After the Imperial Army leave with the general, Shang appears to the recruits during their fight ("Soldiers!"). They all point at Mulan and say, "He started it!" Sort of like a fight in a school interrupted by a teacher. | |
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Cover Identity Anomaly | |
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Cover Identity Anomaly: Mulan does this when asked her name. Her family name (which she must use as part of the cover story) is Fa, but she hasn't thought of a personal name, leading to a very awkward conversation where Mushu tries to secretly help her come up with a name. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: When preparing Mulan to see the matchmaker, her grandmother sings: Later, after narrowly escaping the lake with her disguise intact: | |
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Scene of Wonder | |
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Scene of Wonder: Immediately following the number "A Girl Worth Fighting For," all the soldiers fall silent as they arrive at the decimated village. They even stop before singing the last note of the song to stare in shock and horror. This is taken even further when they come across the fallen troops that came before them. | |
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Exactly What I Aimed At | |
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Exactly What I Aimed At: Instead of shooting at Shan Yu and killing only him, Mulan shoots at a mountaintop and creates an avalanche that wipes out most of his army, turning what could have been a rout for the Hun force into a victory for the Chinese. | |
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Cool Old Guy | |
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Cool Old Guy: The Chinese emperor. Even when he's not dispensing sage king wisdom, he has his moments with some witty one liners. | |
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The Worf Effect | |
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The Worf Effect: Downplayed. Shang is the captain of the soldiers, but he is also an academy student who, although highly trained, hasn't exactly been in a lot of actual battles. So, when he fights Shan Yu, who is twice his body weight, he gets his butt kicked, but still manages to land a few good hits on the Hun in the process. | |
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Misplaced Wildlife | |
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Misplaced Wildlife: Downplayed. In one scene, Mushu rides a panda - an animal that is native to China, but southern China, not the northern border where the scene takes place. | |
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Cheated Angle | |
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Cheated Angle: The topknots on Shang and Mulan are cheated up slightly to keep them visible even when they would otherwise be blocked in a front angle view. | |
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Trampled Underfoot | |
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Trampled Underfoot: Mulan's horse Khan does this to Mushu either because he appears to be a snake, or possibly because Mushu kept calling the horse a cow. | |
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Never Trust a Trailer | |
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Never Trust a Trailer: The teaser trailer makes the film seem more like an action-adventure drama. The movie itself turns out to be a kids' musical with bits of action. Surprisingly, it doesn't shy from the fact that Mulan is going to ''war''. | |
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David Versus Goliath | |
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David vs. Goliath: Shang is a tall and well-built man but Shan Yu is larger and stronger. Goliath wins that round. Mulan, who is even more of a David in comparison, wins by refusing to fight him on his terms. | |
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MrFanservice | |
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Mr. Fanservice Captain Shang trains without a shirt. Ping is also one In-Universe, according to Yao: | |
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The Brute | |
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The Brute: All but a few of the Huns are huge. Some look Lean and Mean. | |
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TheHorde | |
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The Horde: The Huns pour into China from over the Great Wall to rampage and raze and generally bring out the end of the Chinese way of life. All of them look sinister. | |
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Who Are You? | |
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Who Are You?: Mushu heads over to the fireworks area during the final battle, and is asked by the guards there, "Who are you?" He responds, "Your worst nightmare," and they flee. | |
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Villain Song | |
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Villain Song: Averted; Shan Yu is one of the more well-known Disney Villains to never have gotten one. One of the things the animators were going for with Shan Yu was to make him a man of few words and let his actions carry the character. Giving him a song would have derailed that. | |
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Reality Ensues | |
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Reality Ensues: The Fa ancestors predict that although Mulan's actions were of good intentions, consequences are nonetheless riding on those actions: should she be discovered and/or killed, it could bring shame to her household, her family lineage will be cut off, and they could lose their land. | |
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PapaWolf | |
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Papa Wolf: The Emperor is this to Imperial China. He calls them "my children". The ancestors of the Fa family send supernatural guardians to aid their descendants. | |
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Laugh of Love | |
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Laugh of Love: Invoked and exploited when Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po disguise themselves as concubines and giggle while approaching Shan-Yu's guards in order to take them out. | |
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I Owe You My Life | |
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I Owe You My Life: Shang to Mulan. This life-debt becomes immediately useful when Mulan is found out, and the punishment for a woman joining the army is death. Instead of killing her, Shang lets her go free. In the next scene, we're shown that he did leave her a good amount of provisions and her horse, which she promptly rides back into town after learning the Huns are alive. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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A Stealth Pun "A girl can bring her family great honor in one way/by striking a good match." Both of Mulan's victories involved firepower. | |
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Dare to Be Badass | |
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Dare to Be Badass: The song "I'll Make A Man Out Of You". The chorus is not only this, but practically a Badass Creed. | |
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Big Shadow, Little Creature | |
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Big Shadow, Little Creature: During his salvation sermon, Mushu casts a towering shadow due to Cri-Kee fanning a small flame nearby. The illusion is broken when he steps out from behind a rock, and his true size is lampshaded by Mulan: "You're...tiny." | |
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Chekhov's Boomerang | |
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Chekhov's Boomerang: Arrows. One is used in the pole while the recruits are training, and Mulan retrieving it inspires the others to pass their training. Then Shang's troops are attacked by Huns with arrows (including flaming ones) before the full army appears. Finally, Mulan and Shang are rescued from the avalanche with an arrow tied to a rope. | |
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Hero's Muse | |
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Hero's Muse: The soldiers discuss this trope in the song "A Girl Worth Fighting For". | |
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Spit Shine | |
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Spit Shine: Mushu tries shining up Mulan's helmet to cheer her out of her Heroic BSoD. It doesn't work. | |
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Nepotism | |
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Nepotism: Chi-Fu heavily implies to Shang that he believes the latter only earned the title of Captain because his father is Imperial General. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: It's a good thing Mulan got prepared within hours to see the matchmaker. It allows her to disguise herself and her friends as concubines to save the emperor. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
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Ironic Echo: A reprise of "Make A Man Out Of You" plays with unabashed glee while Mulan's friends are getting tarted up in full concubine drag to infiltrate the palace. Later, all four of them use the combat moves they were shown learning during that musical number against the Huns... while still dressed as women. | |
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Beneath Suspicion | |
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Beneath Suspicion: Mulan takes advantage of the culture's gender politics by posing herself and her friends as concubines. | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown | |
Mulan / Disney / int_25524784 | comment |
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Shan Yu versus Shang is brutal. Although Shang puts up a good fight, and his training pays off, by the end of it he's semiconscious before being disabled by Shan Yu. When Mulan lures Shan Yu away, Shang tries to get up but can't. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_259d5879 | type |
Anachronism Stew | |
Mulan / Disney / int_259d5879 | comment |
Anachronism Stew: The Forbidden City (constructed during the Ming dynasty) is featured prominently in the finale, but the Huns were already integrated into Chinese society by the time of the Northern Wei. The use of fireworks suggests the Sui dynasty but their style of dress suggests a later date. Goofy Print Underwear with what appears to be an elastic waistband, and a modern toothbrush and toothpaste tube. Ling makes an inexplicable reference to "cutting gym [class]," something few teenagers will start doing until the government-sponsored district schools of the Ming dynasty hundreds of years later (for those families which could afford it, which were few). See this article for more on historical/cultural accuracy, which is forced to conclude that Mulan is set in "an imaginary dynasty in an imaginary part of China, based on real customs and lands". | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_2629c82a | type |
Breaking the Glass Ceiling | |
Mulan / Disney / int_2629c82a | comment |
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Mulan at the end is asked by the Chinese emperor to join his council. It's downplayed because she refuses the offer because she wants to go home, but even the job offer itself is groundbreaking because up until now the council was reserved for men. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_269e82c1 | type |
Death of a Child | |
Mulan / Disney / int_269e82c1 | comment |
Death of a Child: When walking through the ruins of a raided village, a single doll is found, as a G-rated signal that there were children killed here. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_27636a1 | type |
Hellish Horse | |
Mulan / Disney / int_27636a1 | comment |
Hellish Horse: The horses used by the Huns have red eyes and fangs. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_28c1d543 | type |
Defrosting Ice Queen | |
Mulan / Disney / int_28c1d543 | comment |
Defrosting Ice Queen: Shang despairs over Ping more than the rest of his raw recruits but gradually comes to respect "him" as he proves himself. After the defeat of the Huns, he unthaws enough to offer his unconditional trust, but freezes again when the deception is revealed. When Mulan shows her courage and nobility — as herself this time — he falls for her but Cannot Spit It Out until given some unsubtle prompting by the emperor. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_28e69c98 | type |
Debt Detester | |
Mulan / Disney / int_28e69c98 | comment |
Debt Detester: Shang spares Mulan's life after she dishonors the Chinese army in return for her saving his life during the Hun attack. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_28f852ea | type |
Wholesome Crossdresser | |
Mulan / Disney / int_28f852ea | comment |
Wholesome Crossdresser: Mulan pretends to be a man so she can save her father. Mulan's three friends make "Concubines." "Ugly Concubines." | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_294ed981 | type |
Bilingual Bonus | |
Mulan / Disney / int_294ed981 | comment |
Bilingual Bonus: Mulan's male alias, "Ping", makes his full name "Hua Ping" (花瓶), which is Chinese for "flower vase" but also a figurative term for someone who is "just a pretty face" or, in other words, pretty but useless. Another way of using the term is not derogatory, instead using it to refer to women who are required for a position to be pretty without considering capability. "Hua Ping" is also slang for "effeminate or homosexual man." Chi Fu's name is a pun on the Chinese word for "to bully." Chien Po's chant while trying to calm Yao down is a Buddhist prayer. "Hayabusa" is Japanese for falcon, making this a case of Exactly What It Says on the Tin. | |
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Mermaid Arc Emergence | |
Mulan / Disney / int_29a9366f | comment |
Mermaid Arc Emergence: Mulan throws her wet hair in a backward arc when she emerges from the water while she's bathing. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_2a090d00 | type |
LampshadeHanging | |
Mulan / Disney / int_2a090d00 | comment |
Lampshade Hanging: Yao asks, "Is she allowed to do that?" when Mulan hugs the Emperor at the end. Strictly speaking, no, she is absolutely not. The Emperor of feudal China was seen as a semi-divine personage, and touching him without permission was punishable by death. | |
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Mauve Shirt | |
Mulan / Disney / int_2ae277ab | comment |
Mauve Shirt: Shang's father gets killed, along with his Red Shirt army. He was previously established as a Reasonable Authority Figure and a loving father. Shang's shock and grief carries a lot of weight when Chien Po finds General Li's helmet. | |
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Mortal Wound Reveal | |
Mulan / Disney / int_2ccdff6c | comment |
Mortal Wound Reveal: Mulan is revealed to be injured after the initial defeat of the Big Bad, but not mortally so. Although, given she passed out from blood loss and shock, it could have been had she not received medical attention. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_2d2e3275 | type |
Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat! | |
Mulan / Disney / int_2d2e3275 | comment |
Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!: After seeing Mulan rush towards Shan Yu with the last cannon, the Gang of Three follow her lead and also gallantly charge into battle... until they notice the gigantic avalanche that Mulan's cannon has created and immediately flee back the other way. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_2fd1d68a | type |
Cooldown Hug | |
Mulan / Disney / int_2fd1d68a | comment |
Cooldown Hug: Chien Po, on the first occasion when "Ping" ticks off Yao, picks up Yao and guides him in a calming chant. | |
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Strange Minds Think Alike | |
Mulan / Disney / int_308a5ff0 | comment |
Strange Minds Think Alike: Both Fa Zhou and the emperor compare Mulan to "the rarest and most beautiful flower of all." (Mulan translates to wood-flower or magnolia) On a more comedic note: Mushu tells Mulan to punch someone because it's the man's version of saying hello. After she reluctantly punches Yao, Chien-Po says, "Look, Yao, you've made a friend!" | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_31c4280 | type |
Conscription | |
Mulan / Disney / int_31c4280 | comment |
Conscription: Sets the main plot in motion. A decree goes out that every household in the region must provide at least one man to serve in the army for the war with the Huns. Since the only man in the Fa household is Mulan's elderly father, for whom going to war would be a death sentence, Mulan disguises herself as a man and goes in his stead. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_31da1e24 | type |
Shipper on Deck | |
Mulan / Disney / int_31da1e24 | comment |
Shipper on Deck: The emperor of China subtly does this. Likewise, Mulan's grandmother ships her granddaughter and Shang the minute she finds out about him. She does not possess the emperor's subtlety. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_31df9110 | type |
Masculine Lines, Feminine Curves | |
Mulan / Disney / int_31df9110 | comment |
Masculine Lines, Feminine Curves: Mulan is drawn with an angular jaw when in her Ping disguise. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_31fcc258 | type |
Training Montage | |
Mulan / Disney / int_31fcc258 | comment |
Training Montage: "I'll Make a Man Out of You". Justified; this is boot camp. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_32a0286d | type |
Pandaing to the Audience | |
Mulan / Disney / int_32a0286d | comment |
Panda-ing to the Audience: Mushu disguised as a messenger delivers a fake message to Chi-Fu riding on the back of a panda, after Khan refuses to cooperate. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_33d5b7f2 | type |
Adapted Out | |
Mulan / Disney / int_33d5b7f2 | comment |
Adapted Out: Mulan had a little brother in the original ballad, and also a sister in some versions. She's an only child here, but her dog is named 'Little Brother' as a nod to the mythology. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_355007c3 | type |
Brilliant, but Lazy | |
Mulan / Disney / int_355007c3 | comment |
Mulan goes from a Brilliant, but Lazy Adorkable teenager to a Badass Normal soldier who uses creative strategies to get the upper hand in battle. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_357ccbd1 | type |
Kung-Shui | |
Mulan / Disney / int_357ccbd1 | comment |
Kung-Shui: Shan Yu's pursuit of Mulan breaks many walls and ceilings of the Emperor's palace. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_371b253a | type |
Testosterone Poisoning | |
Mulan / Disney / int_371b253a | comment |
Testosterone Poisoning: Mulan's portrayal of Ping is a hilariously bad attempt to be a stereotypical manly-man. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_378039e | type |
TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers | |
Mulan / Disney / int_378039e | comment |
The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: General Li praising his son. "Number one in his class, extensive knowledge of training techniques... [smiles and strokes his chin] and impressive military lineage." | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_392372f9 | type |
Actor Allusion | |
Mulan / Disney / int_392372f9 | comment |
Actor Allusion: BD Wong stars as Shang, whose love interest disguises herself as a man to join the army. His first film role was in M. Butterfly - as a man who disguises himself as a woman. Mushu jokes of 'Ah-Chew' as a potential alias for Mulan. Pat Morita, who voiced the Emperor, guest starred on Sanford and Son as a character called Ah-Chew. Yao disguises himself as a woman towards the end. Harvey Fierstein is famous for drag queen performances. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_396e1c2a | type |
Face Death with Dignity | |
Mulan / Disney / int_396e1c2a | comment |
Face Death with Dignity: Almost happens at the Huns' ambush. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_3abe36c6 | type |
Effeminate Misogynistic Guy | |
Mulan / Disney / int_3abe36c6 | comment |
Effeminate Misogynistic Guy: Chi-Fu is a Non-Action Guy known for his Girly Scream, yet when told that Mulan is a hero, he simply says, "'Tis a woman. She'll never be worth anything!" | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_3b0479f2 | type |
You Shall Not Pass! | |
Mulan / Disney / int_3b0479f2 | comment |
You Shall Not Pass!: Shang's troops, heavily outnumbered and with few cannons, face the entire Hun army at the Tung Shao Pass. They fully expect to be slaughtered, as the rest of the Chinese army was, and without Mulan using their last cannon to trap the troops in an avalanche, they would have been. Shang attempts a one-man version of this against Shan Yu in the imperial palace. He succeeds as far as buying enough time for his subordinates to rescue the emperor. Shan-Yu is a second away from killing him when Mulan says I Am Your Opponent. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_3b113b7 | type |
Character Development | |
Mulan / Disney / int_3b113b7 | comment |
Character Development: Mulan goes from a Brilliant, but Lazy Adorkable teenager to a Badass Normal soldier who uses creative strategies to get the upper hand in battle. After Mulan accidentally antagonizes them, Ling and Yao start to warm up to "Ping" after she manages to get the arrow. Like her, they also become a Badass Normal trio with Chien Po, who remains a Gentle Giant. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_3c0a4666 | type |
Noodle Incident | |
Mulan / Disney / int_3c0a4666 | comment |
Noodle Incident: Mushu's previous chance to prove himself worthy of protecting the Fa family somehow led Fa Deng to be decapitated. Fa Deng is still pretty bitter about the whole thing. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_3d2d0d5c | type |
Feeling Their Age | |
Mulan / Disney / int_3d2d0d5c | comment |
Feeling Their Age: Though Fa Zhou retains his sword skills, his old age, bad leg, and an implied heart condition prevent him from performing as he used to, as shown when he collapses doing basic exercises. This is the main reason why Mulan runs off to take his place in the war, knowing he won't survive if he goes off to fight. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_3d699462 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
Mulan / Disney / int_3d699462 | comment |
Curb-Stomp Battle: Three examples: The first one (which isn't seen but is heavily implied) between the Huns and the Chinese army. Based on the aftermath Mulan and her friends see, it didn't go well for the Chinese troops. Mulan, herself, later delivers one to the Hun Army when she uses a rocket to cause an avalanche, destroying nearly all of the Huns in the process. Mulan, Yao, Ling and Chien Po versus the Huns guarding Shan Yu and the Emperor. It helps that they have the element of surprise. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_3d897748 | type |
Do Not Go Gentle | |
Mulan / Disney / int_3d897748 | comment |
Do Not Go Gentle: When the Huns prepare to bear down on Shang and his troops, who are outnumbered and with one last cannon, Shang orders his men to prepare to fight. They aren't going to lie down for the Huns. Fortunately, Mulan finds another way. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_3f6b4b04 | type |
Just the Way You Are | |
Mulan / Disney / int_3f6b4b04 | comment |
Just the Way You Are: When Mulan returns home with gifts of honor, Fa Zhou, who has been worried sick about his daughter getting killed and her running away after they had a big fight, envelops her in a hug and tells her that she is the greatest gift and honor. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_422cefe3 | type |
True Blue Femininity | |
Mulan / Disney / int_422cefe3 | comment |
True Blue Femininity: When Mulan properly changes back into women's clothes to sneak inside the palace, the dress is blue. Ling, Yao, and Chien-Po disguise themselves as concubines, also with blue dresses. | |
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Downplayed Trope | |
Mulan / Disney / int_42c9f1ec | comment |
A smaller example occurs in the middle of the song, when Mulan suggests that a girl worth fighting for is one "who's got a brain, who always speaks her mind". Her fellow soldiers don't see the appeal, and apparently neither does the BGM. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_43702f21 | type |
Bear Hug | |
Mulan / Disney / int_43702f21 | comment |
Bear Hug: Chien Po does this because he is a Gentle Giant. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_43d612b7 | type |
Disney Acid Sequence | |
Mulan / Disney / int_43d612b7 | comment |
Disney Acid Sequence: "A Girl Worth Fighting For," with its Art Shift into the comic trio's imagination. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_43e36f2f | type |
Acrofatic | |
Mulan / Disney / int_43e36f2f | comment |
Acrofatic: Chien Po is a tubby guy but he can do flips across a series of poles. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_43f2f606 | type |
Annoying Arrows | |
Mulan / Disney / int_43f2f606 | comment |
Annoying Arrows: Justified (while defying Armor Is Useless) when an arrow knocks Shang from his horse, but fails to penetrate his shoulder armor. Subverted for the Chinese Red Shirt Army. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_440d1d0b | type |
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! | |
Mulan / Disney / int_440d1d0b | comment |
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Shang lets Mulan live, despite the rules of executing her for passing as a man to get into the army, as part of his I Owe You My Life debt to her earlier. | |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_440d1d0b | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4435aa66 | type |
Attractive Bent-Gender | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4435aa66 | comment |
Ping is also one In-Universe, according to Yao: | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4435aa66 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4435aa66 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_44cdd259 | type |
War Is Glorious | |
Mulan / Disney / int_44cdd259 | comment |
War Is Glorious: Be a Man... by going to war, killing the invaders, and protecting your country. That's the idea, anyway; the reality of it is closer to War Is Hell. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_44cdd259 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_44cdd259 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4583a262 | type |
Shirtless Scene | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4583a262 | comment |
Shirtless Scene: Shang takes off his shirt for the first training session. It gets Mulan's attention, whereas Yao snarks at him. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4583a262 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4583a262 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4583a262 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4604fd4d | type |
Worthy Opponent | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4604fd4d | comment |
Worthy Opponent: Shan Yu treats Shang this way, blaming him for the great losses that the Huns have suffered. Towards the climax, when Mulan reveals that it was she who destroyed the Hun army, Shan Yu isn't at all shocked and calls her "the soldier from the mountains." Then he comes at her without wasting any time with the usual "I can't hit a girl" or "I was beaten by a woman?!" stuff villains usually spout when facing a female opponent. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4604fd4d | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4604fd4d | |
Mulan / Disney / int_46118dc5 | type |
Adult Fear | |
Mulan / Disney / int_46118dc5 | comment |
Adult Fear: Mulan runs away from home to take her father's place in the army. Her parents can only remain silent, knowing that she might be killed in battle if she fights but most certainly will be executed if they expose her. The last thing Fa Zhou says to Mulan is "I KNOW MY PLACE! It's time you've learned yours," which piles on a bit more fear and guilt. When she returns, with Shan Yu's sword and the emperor's crest as "gifts to honor the Fa family," he tosses them away and hugs her tightly, telling her "the greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter". | |
Mulan / Disney / int_46118dc5 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_46118dc5 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4655ec83 | type |
Important Haircut | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4655ec83 | comment |
Important Haircut: Part of Mulan's soldier transformation is to cut her long hair so that she can more easily pass for a man. Bonus points for using her father's sword to do it. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4655ec83 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4655ec83 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4686734b | type |
Saved by the Awesome | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4686734b | comment |
Saved by the Awesome | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4686734b | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4686734b | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4686734b | |
Mulan / Disney / int_47a44ec9 | type |
Motivation on a Stick | |
Mulan / Disney / int_47a44ec9 | comment |
Motivation on a Stick: Mulan uses a dog and bone to feed the chickens. The bone-on-a-stick is tied to the dog's back so the bone is always in front of the dog, and the dog runs around with a feedbag leaking grain behind him. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_47a44ec9 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_47a44ec9 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4832a3bb | type |
Always Chaotic Evil | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4832a3bb | comment |
Always Chaotic Evil: Every Hun in the movie is a vicious soldier. Justified, as we only see their army. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4832a3bb | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4832a3bb | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4832a3bb | |
Mulan / Disney / int_492ef6e3 | type |
Challenge Seeker | |
Mulan / Disney / int_492ef6e3 | comment |
Challenge Seeker: Shan Yu takes the Great Wall as a challenge, deliberately challenges the Chinese Army and curb-stomps them, and when he and his mooks are buried in an avalanche, they just pop right out of the snow! note Like daisies!! | |
Mulan / Disney / int_492ef6e3 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_492ef6e3 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_492ef6e3 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_497bdeec | type |
Sexy Surfacing Shot | |
Mulan / Disney / int_497bdeec | comment |
When Mulan sneaks away from the guys during the bath scene, she whistles for her horse who blocks the view of her surfacing from the lake. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_497bdeec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_497bdeec | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_497bdeec | |
Mulan / Disney / int_49f20c6a | type |
Gory Discretion Shot | |
Mulan / Disney / int_49f20c6a | comment |
Gory Discretion Shot: One of the "messengers" Shan Yu sends to the emperor is killed by an archer. When Mulan gets slashed across the chest, she's clearly bleeding. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_49f20c6a | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_49f20c6a | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_49f20c6a | |
Mulan / Disney / int_49fb5ccb | type |
Combat Pragmatist | |
Mulan / Disney / int_49fb5ccb | comment |
Mulan spends the morning of her matchmaking session avoiding the "proper" way of doing things and instead using shortcuts such as getting her dog to feed the chickens and writing a supposedly-memorized speech on her arms. It seems lazy and dysfunctional at the time, but it's exactly this kind of "work smarter, not harder" attitude that will soon turn her into a respected Combat Pragmatist in the army. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_49fb5ccb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_49fb5ccb | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_49fb5ccb | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ada5be3 | type |
Twelfth Night Adventure | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ada5be3 | comment |
Twelfth Night Adventure: Notice that the character is drawn differently when she pretends to be a man. Look at the movie poster where half of her face is reflected in a sword. Notice her nose and jaw. Disney Adventures pointed this out at the time of the movie's release, and the DVD Commentary flat-out admitted it. The Nostalgia Chick noticed that her eyelashes disappear whenever she's disguised. Looking closely, you can see that they even momentarily vanish when she draws her hair back up to reveal her identity to Shan Yu. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ada5be3 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4ada5be3 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ada5be3 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4c3f14e0 | type |
You Are Too Late | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4c3f14e0 | comment |
You Are Too Late: For Shang, who didn't know that the note from his father was forged, he arrives in time to find the aftermath of the Huns' grisly slaughter. He can only create a memorial for his father, accept Mulan's compassion, and order his men to move out and stop the Huns from reaching the capital. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4c3f14e0 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4c3f14e0 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4c3f14e0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ca758b8 | type |
Does This Make Me Look Fat? | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ca758b8 | comment |
Does This Make Me Look Fat?: Said by Yao when dressed as a woman, which is also an Actor Allusion (his voice actor has performed in drag). He gets a Dope Slap for his trouble. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ca758b8 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4ca758b8 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ca758b8 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ce20451 | type |
Rhetorical Request Blunder | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ce20451 | comment |
Rhetorical Request Blunder: A mild one, played for laughs after Mulan escapes from her friends bathing in the river: | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ce20451 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4ce20451 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4ce20451 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4d396c3e | type |
Last Villain Stand | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4d396c3e | comment |
Last Villain Stand: After his army gets wiped out by an avalanche and his generals have been captured, Shan Yu still tries to kill the one who stole his victory. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4d396c3e | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4d396c3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4d396c3e | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e0f7320 | type |
Misfit Mobilization Moment | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e0f7320 | comment |
Misfit Mobilization Moment: Mulan is accompanied by her three friends—the short-tempered and surly Yao, the loud and awkward Ling, and the kind but huge Chien Po—and Shang in her plan to infiltrate the Imperial Palace. The trio take it further by doing so in drag. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e0f7320 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4e0f7320 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e0f7320 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e4290cb | type |
Combat Hand Fan | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e4290cb | comment |
Combat Hand Fan: Mulan uses a paper fan to disarm Shan-Yu. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e4290cb | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4e4290cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e4290cb | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e7f703c | type |
Wham Shot | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e7f703c | comment |
Wham Shot: The destroyed village, hands down. Manages to outdo itself just moments later when Shang discovers his father's army, completely wiped out. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e7f703c | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_4e7f703c | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_4e7f703c | |
Mulan / Disney / int_51605de2 | type |
Conservation of Competence | |
Mulan / Disney / int_51605de2 | comment |
Conservation of Competence: The usual Disney case is averted — Shan-Yu has no comedy underlings, which (much like giving him a song) would've detracted from his particular image. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_51605de2 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_51605de2 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_51605de2 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_518911b | type |
Etiquette Nazi | |
Mulan / Disney / int_518911b | comment |
Etiquette Nazi: * The matchmaker marks down Mulan for everything she does. After calling for Mulan, the girl says "present" and yet the matchmaker mutters "speaking without permission". Even Mulan's grandmother thinks this is too far. I.E. "who spit in her bean curd?" | |
Mulan / Disney / int_518911b | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_518911b | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_518911b | |
Mulan / Disney / int_51afcd70 | type |
Sexy Silhouette | |
Mulan / Disney / int_51afcd70 | comment |
Sexy Silhouette: Mulan is seen as a silhouette behind a dressing screen when she's being undressed by the cosmetologist before being shoved into a tub. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_51afcd70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_51afcd70 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_51afcd70 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_521fb75d | type |
Put Their Heads Together | |
Mulan / Disney / int_521fb75d | comment |
Put Their Heads Together: In the final act, Yao, Ling, Chien-Po, and Mulan getting past two mooks on their way to the Boss Fight involves slamming melons on the mooks' heads and then slamming those heads together. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_521fb75d | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_521fb75d | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_521fb75d | |
Mulan / Disney / int_538a096f | type |
Burning the Flag | |
Mulan / Disney / int_538a096f | comment |
Burning the Flag: As the Huns attack the Great Wall, a Chinese soldier lights a signal fire as he is confronted by Shan Yu and defiantly says, "Now all of China knows you're here." Shan Yu breaks a nearby flag off its pole and adds it to the fire. "Perfect!" | |
Mulan / Disney / int_538a096f | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_538a096f | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_538a096f | |
Mulan / Disney / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
Mulan / Disney / int_53f5119f | comment |
The Dragon: Hayabusa the falcon, who acts as Shan-Yu's chief reconnaissance scout (bringing back a doll that leads to the Huns attacking the village), who frequently brings his boss whatever information or items he may need. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_53f5119f | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_53f5119f | |
Mulan / Disney / int_54cc6b24 | type |
Le Parkour | |
Mulan / Disney / int_54cc6b24 | comment |
Le Parkour: Shan Yu uses this to chase Mulan in the climax. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_54cc6b24 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_54cc6b24 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_54cc6b24 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_55180ce | type |
Snow Means Death | |
Mulan / Disney / int_55180ce | comment |
Snow Means Death: There's snow on the ground of the massacred village. It also starts snowing after Shang creates a memorial for his father. Averted for Shan Yu and a handful of other particularly resilient Huns after the avalanche. They pop right back out of the snow.note Like daisies!! | |
Mulan / Disney / int_55180ce | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_55180ce | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_55180ce | |
Mulan / Disney / int_558245a7 | type |
Redshirt Army | |
Mulan / Disney / int_558245a7 | comment |
Redshirt Army: Sadly, this fate befalls the supposed "elite" Imperial Army, led by Shang's father. It's to demonstrate how dangerous the Huns are. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_558245a7 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_558245a7 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_558245a7 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5692bfd9 | type |
Human Notepad | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5692bfd9 | comment |
Human Notepad: Mulan writes notes in her arm when she goes to meet the matchmaker. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5692bfd9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5692bfd9 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_5692bfd9 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_57dda60c | type |
The Emperor | |
Mulan / Disney / int_57dda60c | comment |
The Emperor is this to Imperial China. He calls them "my children". | |
Mulan / Disney / int_57dda60c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_57dda60c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_57dda60c | |
Mulan / Disney / int_584634dd | type |
Third-Act Misunderstanding | |
Mulan / Disney / int_584634dd | comment |
Third-Act Misunderstanding: When Mulan's true gender is revealed, Shang, who carries a grudge over being deceived, isn't willing to trust her word when they really should, and her new friends have to reluctantly follow orders. However, even he is shown looking warily to either side as he approaches the palace — as soon as the crisis breaks out, the other soldiers are quick to follow Mulan's lead, and Shang is only a little behind them. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_584634dd | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_584634dd | |
Mulan / Disney / int_58b70952 | type |
Failure Montage | |
Mulan / Disney / int_58b70952 | comment |
Failure Montage: The song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" opens with a montage of all the soldiers trying and failing to retrieve Shang's arrow from the top of a pole. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_58b70952 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_58b70952 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_58db779e | type |
Letting the Air out of the Band | |
Mulan / Disney / int_58db779e | comment |
Letting the Air Out of the Band: An awful, jarring, highly effective twist on this trope occurs at the end of "A Girl Worth Fighting For": A smaller example occurs in the middle of the song, when Mulan suggests that a girl worth fighting for is one "who's got a brain, who always speaks her mind". Her fellow soldiers don't see the appeal, and apparently neither does the BGM. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_58db779e | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_58db779e | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_58db779e | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5ac34441 | type |
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp" | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5ac34441 | comment |
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": The "Huns" referred to in the movie are almost certainly the Xiongnu, who were similar in many ways and often identified with the Huns, but were different. This is presumably because 'Huns' is much easier to rhyme in English; the Mandarin version calls them the Xiongnu. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5ac34441 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_5ac34441 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_5ac34441 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5b2cf07b | type |
American Gothic Couple | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5b2cf07b | comment |
Two of the ancestors look remarkably like the American Gothic Couple. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5b2cf07b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5b2cf07b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_5b2cf07b | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5bdcc85a | type |
Disney Villain Death | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5bdcc85a | comment |
Disney Villain Death: Averted, deliberately. Shan Yu does not die from falling. He dies from a fireworks rocket shooting him horizontally into a fireworks cache. The DVD's audio commentary has Lampshade Hanging. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5bdcc85a | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_5bdcc85a | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_5bdcc85a | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5be919ae | type |
Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5be919ae | comment |
Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: Shang abandons Mulan after discovering her secret, but they don't reconcile when she catches up to him. They reconcile, wordlessly, moments later during Operation Save-the-Emperor. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5be919ae | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_5be919ae | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_5be919ae | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5d753b19 | type |
The Smurfette Principle | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5d753b19 | comment |
The Smurfette Principle: Mulan, herself, is the only woman in the Chinese army. Her mother and grandmother feature prominently at the start but don't make more appearances until the end, whens she goes home. After all, there aren't supposed to be any women in the Chinese army. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5d753b19 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_5d753b19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_5d753b19 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5fc3ab7f | type |
Implied Love Interest | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5fc3ab7f | comment |
Implied Love Interest: Mulan and Captain Li Shang. They blush around each other and Mulan asks the captain to stay for dinner, but no one outright says that they are a couple. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_5fc3ab7f | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney / int_5fc3ab7f | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_5fc3ab7f | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6115944d | type |
Fruit of the Loon | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6115944d | comment |
Fruit of the Loon: The boys stuff their dresses with a variety of fruit, including... a banana. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6115944d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6115944d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6115944d | |
Mulan / Disney / int_615cad18 | type |
Outdoor Bath Peeping | |
Mulan / Disney / int_615cad18 | comment |
Outdoor Bath Peeping: Inverted and Gender Inverted. Mulan is mid-bath when Ling, Yao, and Chien-Po decide they want to wash up. The sequence is marked by Mulan sinking as low in the water as possible, desperately trying to make a hasty exit, maintain her disguise, and avoid getting an eyeful of her nude comrades, who are guilelessly trying to befriend "Ping" with a little good-natured water fight. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_615cad18 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_615cad18 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_619985d7 | type |
Sacrificial Lion | |
Mulan / Disney / int_619985d7 | comment |
Sacrificial Lion: General Li is set up as a big and important character: general of the hero's army, father to Mulan's captain... and then he dies off-screen to prove just how serious things have become. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_619985d7 | featureApplicability |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_619985d7 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_61b8f9e2 | type |
Bunny-Ears Lawyer | |
Mulan / Disney / int_61b8f9e2 | comment |
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: What Ping eventually becomes to "his" fellow soldiers — unorthodox almost to the point of madness, but very effective. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_61b8f9e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_61b8f9e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_61b8f9e2 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_627264e0 | type |
Death Glare | |
Mulan / Disney / int_627264e0 | comment |
Her mother calls her out for arriving late on matchmaking day, the one day she needs to be on time. Fa Li starts by giving Mulan a Death Glare, telling her the bathwater would have been warm if she arrived on time and rushing her to the cosmetologists who quickly clean her up. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_627264e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_627264e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_627264e0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6375f746 | type |
Drill Sergeant Nasty | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6375f746 | comment |
Despite being a Drill Sergeant Nasty, Shang proves to be this. He kicks "Ping" out of the army initially for failing a number of the training exercises, but lets the recruit back in when the latter figures out the weight challenge and retrieves the arrow from the pole. After the recruits pass their training with flying colors, he defends them to Chi-Fu and silently accepts Mulan's compliment that he's a great captain. When Mulan defies orders and steals the last cannon, his first priority is for their safety in seemingly making a suicide run and praises the soldier when he and his men survive the avalanche and what would have been a Curb-Stomp Battle. He also spares Mulan after she's outed, albeit angrily, and when she's proven right about the Huns surviving the avalanche, he defer authority to her to save the emperor. Once Shan Yu is dead, Shang prepares to defend her actions to the emperor. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6375f746 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6375f746 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6375f746 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6411dac8 | type |
BadassNormal | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6411dac8 | comment |
After Mulan accidentally antagonizes them, Ling and Yao start to warm up to "Ping" after she manages to get the arrow. Like her, they also become a Badass Normal trio with Chien Po, who remains a Gentle Giant. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6411dac8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6411dac8 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6411dac8 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_64265de8 | type |
Multigenerational Household | |
Mulan / Disney / int_64265de8 | comment |
Multigenerational Household: Mulan's household includes her parents and her grandmother. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_64265de8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_64265de8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_64265de8 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_64e975cf | type |
Manly Tears | |
Mulan / Disney / int_64e975cf | comment |
Manly Tears: Yao totally cries when Mulan is honored. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_64e975cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_64e975cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_64e975cf | |
Mulan / Disney / int_651e4362 | type |
Chain of People | |
Mulan / Disney / int_651e4362 | comment |
Chain of People: Mulan's troupe forms one after she falls off the cliff. Turns into a Self-Retracting Chain Of People immediately after, when Chien Po joins in. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_651e4362 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_651e4362 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_651e4362 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_653c5c73 | type |
Cannot Spit It Out | |
Mulan / Disney / int_653c5c73 | comment |
Cannot Spit It Out: Shang towards Mulan at the end. The emperor calls him out on this. Even when Shang later shows up at Mulan's house, he initially tries to claim it's only to return her father's helmet. Luckily for him, she invites him to stay for dinner anyway. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_653c5c73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_653c5c73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_653c5c73 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6844f0d5 | type |
Undressing the Unconscious | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6844f0d5 | comment |
Undressing the Unconscious: This is how Mulan's gender is revealed to the army. Shortly after burying the Hun army with a snow avalanche, Mulan (as Ping) rescues Shang from a plummeting doom. This effort, plus a wound received in combat, causes her to lose consciousness. Mulan awakens in a camp tent mostly undressed, with Sarashi-like bandaging around the torso, done by the Chinese army medic. The first face she sees is that of captain Shang, who has learned from the medic that she is a girl posing as a male conscript. Mulan's reflex to pull a Modesty Bedsheet to cover herself confirms her deception. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6844f0d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6844f0d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6844f0d5 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6924443d | type |
Girliness Upgrade | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6924443d | comment |
Girliness Upgrade: Mulan dresses like a warrior in the original Disney cartoon, but is dressed as a Chinese princess in the merchandising. Her usual costume in the Disney Parks is her matchmaker dress with her hair done up, but without her white makeup. The only aversion to this trope is her cameo in Sofia the First, wherein she appears with loose, short hair and wearing her armor, and in the Kingdom Hearts series, where her level features her during the war. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6924443d | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6924443d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6924443d | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6a47a1e2 | type |
Knight of Cerebus | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6a47a1e2 | comment |
Knight of Cerebus: Shan Yu and the Huns. They are treated with a colossal degree of seriousness and, seeing as they managed to invade China's borders and slaughter the emperor's best armies, there's a very good reason why everyone (except the emperor, himself) fears them. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6a47a1e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6a47a1e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6a47a1e2 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b05b601 | type |
Jerkass Has a Point | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b05b601 | comment |
Jerkass Has a Point: Chi Fu points out that Shang is an academy student, who hasn't been in battle, and so someone with more experience should be captain instead of him. Indeed, when Shang fights Shan Yu, he is outclassed despite his training. Mulan's creativity saves him twice. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b05b601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b05b601 | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b05b601 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b35bdff | type |
Serious Business | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: Honor is a huge deal in ancient China. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b35bdff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b35bdff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6b35bdff | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6d6b8aa | type |
Human Ladder | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6d6b8aa | comment |
Human Ladder: The soldiers form one to try to find Mulan during the avalanche. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6d6b8aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6d6b8aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6d6b8aa | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6ef6417b | type |
Disney Death | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6ef6417b | comment |
Disney Death: Shan Yu and a few members of his army survive the avalanche, and are able to sneak their way through the Imperial City to capture the emperor. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6ef6417b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6ef6417b | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6ef6417b | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6fbe85e6 | type |
Adaptation Personality Change | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6fbe85e6 | comment |
Adaptation Personality Change: The original Hua Mulan is usually portrayed as quite serious and ambitious. Here she is portrayed as a devoted daughter with an Adorkable side, who matures over the course of the story. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6fbe85e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6fbe85e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6fbe85e6 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6feaf27b | type |
Scarily Competent Tracker | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6feaf27b | comment |
Scarily Competent Tracker: The Huns find out that a village is being guarded by means of a doll sprinkled with GPS Evidence. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6feaf27b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_6feaf27b | featureConfidence |
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Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_6feaf27b | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7204fa60 | type |
George Jetson Job Security | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7204fa60 | comment |
George Jetson Job Security: Subverted at the end when Mulan is offered the position of imperial councillor, which she respectfully declines so she can return home: | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7204fa60 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7204fa60 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7204fa60 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_722b3319 | type |
Camp Gay | |
Mulan / Disney / int_722b3319 | comment |
"Hua Ping" is also slang for "effeminate or homosexual man." | |
Mulan / Disney / int_722b3319 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_722b3319 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_722b3319 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_729c69f3 | type |
Politically Incorrect Villain | |
Mulan / Disney / int_729c69f3 | comment |
Politically Incorrect Villain: Averted. Shan Yu is one of the few male characters in the movie to never say anything sexist against Mulan. This could be because the Huns were less sexist against women than the Chinese. Chi-Fu plays this straight, however, to the extent that he can be considered a villain. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_729c69f3 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_729c69f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_729c69f3 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_72d30083 | type |
Cheaters Never Prosper | |
Mulan / Disney / int_72d30083 | comment |
Cheaters Never Prosper: Mushu attempts to help Mulan cheat with shooting arrows into persimmons. Shang immediately catches her. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_72d30083 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_72d30083 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_72d30083 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_730d3664 | type |
Adaptational Angst Upgrade | |
Mulan / Disney / int_730d3664 | comment |
Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In contrast to Hua Mulan, who excels as a soldier and whose real gender is never even suspected, Disney's Mulan lives in tension because who she is — even as a woman — isn't what she's supposed to be. She eventually finds the confidence to be a hero and meet society's expectations in her own way. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_730d3664 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_730d3664 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_730d3664 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_73733868 | type |
Awesomeness by Analysis | |
Mulan / Disney / int_73733868 | comment |
Awesomeness by Analysis: Shan Yu and his men deduce that the emperor's army are in a village in the mountain pass. They do this through nothing more than the GPS Evidence on a child's doll that Shan Yu's falcon retrieved. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_73733868 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_73733868 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_73733868 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7431b974 | type |
Vile Villain, Saccharine Show | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7431b974 | comment |
Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: It's as comedic as any Disney movie can get, but it still can make Shan Yu, a mass-murdering warlord, a big terrifying threat. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7431b974 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7431b974 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7431b974 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7464705c | type |
Arc Words | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7464705c | comment |
Arc Words: "Honor". | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7464705c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7464705c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7464705c | |
Mulan / Disney / int_746bfee8 | type |
Vanilla Edition | |
Mulan / Disney / int_746bfee8 | comment |
Vanilla Edition: A Limited Issue DVD of the film came out only a few months after the premiere Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection VHS tape, but this disc contained barely any bonus content. Mitigated in 2004, when Disney re-released Mulan as a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD, as a tie-in with Mulan II. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_746bfee8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_746bfee8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_746bfee8 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_74ef476c | type |
Kneel Before Zod | |
Mulan / Disney / int_74ef476c | comment |
Kneel Before Zod: Shan Yu attempts to invoke this, but the Emperor refuses. Shan Yu decides to kill him instead. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_74ef476c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_74ef476c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_74ef476c | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78947751 | type |
Instantly Defeathered Bird | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78947751 | comment |
Instantly Defeathered Bird: Shan Yu's falcon is intimidating... until Mushu sets fire to him and he instantly looks and sounds like a featherless chicken. He even appears headless for a moment, as he had tucked it into his neck. A few scenes later, Mushu is riding him. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78947751 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78947751 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_78947751 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78c895c8 | type |
Amusing Injuries | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78c895c8 | comment |
Amusing Injuries: During the Training Montage of I'll Make A Man Out Of You, Yao gets his buttock pierced by a burning arrow, which is played for laughs. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78c895c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78c895c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_78c895c8 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78d0ebcf | type |
Crying Wolf | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78d0ebcf | comment |
Crying Wolf: After Mulan is revealed as a woman, Shang blows off her warning that some of the Huns survived. Yao, Ling, and Chien Po believe her, but they don't have a choice but to follow orders. Mulan says, "You'd trust Ping; why is Mulan any different?" | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78d0ebcf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78d0ebcf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_78d0ebcf | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78f5a589 | type |
Supernatural Aid | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78f5a589 | comment |
Supernatural Aid: Mulan's ancestors send her a guardian spirit to help her and he does, albeit not in quite the way they intended. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78f5a589 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_78f5a589 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_78f5a589 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_794f3589 | type |
Adaptation Explanation Extrication | |
Mulan / Disney / int_794f3589 | comment |
Adaptation Explanation Extrication: The reason Mulan turns down a council position in the ballad is because her gender is still a secret, and her comrades don't discover this until they visit her years after the war. In the film, her gender is already known when the emperor makes the offer, and she gives no reason for her refusal except the desire to go home. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_794f3589 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_794f3589 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_794f3589 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b20b8d2 | type |
Alternative Foreign Theme Song | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b20b8d2 | comment |
Alternative Foreign Theme Song: The Japanese version has "Breathe" by Luna Sea as the theme song. The Korean version uses "Eternal Memory" by Lena Park. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b20b8d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b20b8d2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b20b8d2 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b6e47a5 | type |
Armor-Piercing Question | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b6e47a5 | comment |
Armor-Piercing Question: | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b6e47a5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b6e47a5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7b6e47a5 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d89315b | comment |
After Chi Fu delivers a "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Shang, who accepts it with Tranquil Fury, Mulan tells Shang that she thinks he is a great captain. Shang looks softened by this, though due to his position, he can't answer. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d89315b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d89315b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d89315b | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d914cb9 | type |
WellDoneDaughterGirl | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d914cb9 | comment |
"Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: Both as a bride-to-be and as a soldier, Mulan seeks to make her father proud. This is her driving motivation thoughout the movie. Although, it should be noted that Fa Zhou already clearly loves his daughter, and Mulan is instead trying to avoid dishonoring him. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d914cb9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d914cb9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7d914cb9 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7e74d66f | type |
Politically Correct History | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7e74d66f | comment |
Politically Correct History: Averted. Many of the male characters are extremely sexist or prejudiced. Mulan, herself, is in no way rebelling against the prospect of arranged marriage or Ancient China's idea for proper feminine behavior at the beginning of the film, and is in fact significantly upset because she wants to fit into that role, but can't manage it. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7e74d66f | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7e74d66f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7e74d66f | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
NiceJobBreakingItHero | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: Played with. Mulan's grandmother gives her a cricket to give her luck in order to help her with the matchmaker. Although Mulan doesn't perform well to start with, it's obvious that the cricket is the direct cause for her failing the matchmaking. Had she succeeded, she might not have joined the army in her father's place, in which case the Huns would have succeeded in their invasion. She also would not have won the heart of Shang, who is a better match than the matchmaker could have arranged for her. It's possible that Mulan still would have taken her father's place in the army had her meeting with the matchmaker been successful, but her having a match would have introduced a complication in her relationship with Shang. Some of Mushu's actions serve to make things harder for Mulan, such as when he accidentally sets off a cannon on the mountainside, inadvertently signaling their presence to the Hun Army. After he learns the truth about Mulan, Shang disregards her warnings that the Huns are still alive. Though he credits her words enough to be cautiously glancing around the courtyard where he meets the emperor, the lack of a more proactive response allows the Huns to seize the emperor. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8042e814 | type |
Actually Pretty Funny | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8042e814 | comment |
Actually Pretty Funny: During "A Girl Worth Fighting For," Chi-Fu joins in the singing. Yao jokes to "Ping" that "the only girl who'd love him is his mother." Mulan, who's been uncomfortable for most of the song, can't help but smirk as Chi-Fu glares. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8042e814 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8042e814 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_8042e814 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_81045f89 | type |
Juxtaposed Halves Shot | |
Mulan / Disney / int_81045f89 | comment |
Juxtaposed Halves Shot: The home video covers show one half of her face hidden by a sword. The other half is reflected in the sword, but as her male soldier persona. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_81045f89 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_81045f89 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_81045f89 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_823c6e3e | type |
LargeHam | |
Mulan / Disney / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Mushu. "I LIIIIIIIIIVVVVEEEE!!!!!!" | |
Mulan / Disney / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_823c6e3e | |
Mulan / Disney / int_83109d67 | type |
Sweet on Polly Oliver | |
Mulan / Disney / int_83109d67 | comment |
Sweet on Polly Oliver: Averted. What Shang develops with "Ping" is closer to a bromance Fire-Forged Friends-style. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_83109d67 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_83109d67 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_83109d67 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8338de89 | type |
"I Want" Song | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8338de89 | comment |
"I Want" Song: "Reflection" and "A Girl Worth Fighting For". | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8338de89 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8338de89 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_8338de89 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_83cef301 | type |
Right for the Wrong Reasons | |
Mulan / Disney / int_83cef301 | comment |
Right for the Wrong Reasons: When Mushu blithely forges a letter informing Shang that General Li is in desperate need of aid. Mushu only does so hoping to get Mulan on the front lines and make her a war hero. It turns out the Huns had already wiped out General Li's men by the time Mushu wrote the letter. If Mushu hadn't forged that letter, the Hun army would have likely made it to the emperor's palace unopposed. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_83cef301 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_83cef301 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mulan / Disney | hasFeature |
Mulan / Disney / int_83cef301 | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8409a385 | comment |
"Hayabusa" is Japanese for falcon, making this a case of Exactly What It Says on the Tin. | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8409a385 | featureApplicability |
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Human Traffic Jam | |
Mulan / Disney / int_847a5361 | comment |
Human Traffic Jam: In the Training Montage, when the soldiers are jumping along some poles jutting upwards in a line, Chien Po falters and stops moving forward. Shang, coming behind him, defies the trope by stopping in a controlled manner before running into him, but that just makes the jam form behind him when everyone else fails to do the same. | |
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Plucky Girl | |
Mulan / Disney / int_85debad9 | comment |
Plucky Girl: Mulan doesn't let a little thing like a bleeding wound stop her from saving Shang's life. Hell, aside from the initial pain, she doesn't even seem to notice it until things have calmed down. Gotta love that adrenaline, eh? | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
Mulan / Disney / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Mushu accompanies Mulan rather than facing the ancestor spirits when he destroys the statue holding the spirit that was supposed to follow her. When they return as heroes, no mention is ever made of the destruction of the other (apparently much more competent and powerful) guardian spirit. What happened to the other remaining Huns following their leader's demise? | |
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Badass Boast | |
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Badass Boast: Mulan announces to Shan Yu that she took away his victory before he can kill Shang, and reveals herself as "the soldier from the mountains". The emperor is commanded to Kneel Before Zod and delivers a Doomed Moral Victor reply: | |
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Badass Creed | |
Mulan / Disney / int_86c192f4 | comment |
The chorus is not only this, but practically a Badass Creed. | |
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The Big Board | |
Mulan / Disney / int_87504252 | comment |
The Big Board: General Li uses one to explain the war strategy to Shang. | |
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Couldn't Find a Lighter | |
Mulan / Disney / int_878d235d | comment |
Couldn't Find a Lighter: During the battle with the Huns, Mulan is trying to light the last firework but Hayabusa makes her drop her flint and steel. She eventually resorts to using Mushu. | |
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One-Hit Polykill | |
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One Hit Poly Kill: Mulan wipes out the majority of the Hun army with a single rocket, defeats its leader with another, and then flashes Shan Yu a smirk when he has his Oh, Crap! moment. This rocket is typically meant for only one person, so it counts. | |
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8b606a51 | comment |
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: In the mountain scene, Shan-Yu basically leads his entire army of thousands on horseback in a charge against a platoon of maybe two dozen people that he came across only by coincidence. | |
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Band of Brothers | |
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Band of Brothers: Ping and the others grow on each other during the Training from Hell Montage — which is half of what boot camp is about. | |
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Literal Metaphor | |
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Literal Metaphor: Shang tells his recruits that they'll need "Discipline" and "Strength" (two heavy weights on ropes) to retrieve the arrow from the top of the pole. The secret is to loop them together around the pole like a belt. | |
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Lipstick-and-Load Montage | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8cf75a5c | comment |
Lipstick-and-Load Montage: Used when the soldiers are applying drag to infiltrate Shan Yu's guard in the royal palace (set to a brief reprise of "I'll Make A Man Out Of You", no less!). Mulan getting dressed up during "You'll Bring Honor to Us All" is treated with the seriousness of preparing for battle. This would be her "battlefield" after all. | |
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Raised Hand of Survival | |
Mulan / Disney / int_8ea29181 | comment |
Raised Hand of Survival: The supposedly killed-in-an-avalanche Shan Yu pokes his hand out from the snow. (Like a daisy!) | |
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GPS Evidence | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9099c21c | comment |
GPS Evidence: Shan Yu's falcon brings him a doll from a village to which they are en route. The doll has evidence on it — pine tar, a white horsehair, and gunpowder — that tells him the Imperial Army are there. | |
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JustifiedTrope | |
Mulan / Disney / int_90c018ac | comment |
Mulan and the Guy Trio don't say anything onscreen about how to get into the palace, save the emperor, and defeat Shan Yu. They just enact the plan as if they had. Slightly justified, given that Mulan specifically says she's making it up on the fly. | |
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Art Shift | |
Mulan / Disney / int_912b24c4 | comment |
Art Shift: The Imagine Spot during "A Girl Worth Fighting For", which shifts to the style of brush paintings. The billows of snow, smoke, and fire are noticeably Eastern styled. | |
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Defiant to the End | |
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Defiant to the End: The unnamed soldier on the wall at the beginning. He desperately runs to the nearest signal, and when confronted by Shan Yu he lights the beacons knowing full well he's about to die. The emperor also counts, since he refuses to Kneel Before Zod and knows that he'll die for it. | |
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Big Bad | |
Mulan / Disney / int_970c790a | comment |
Averted. Shan Yu is one of the few male characters in the movie to never say anything sexist against Mulan. This could be because the Huns were less sexist against women than the Chinese. | |
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Mass "Oh, Crap!" | |
Mulan / Disney / int_97fa0a10 | comment |
Mass "Oh, Crap!": Shang's company are shocked to silence when they see the massacre of the main Chinese army, then it happens a second time when Shan Yu attacks them, and then when they see the size of his army. Every citizen outside the emperor's palace panics when they realize Shan Yu is still alive. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_99c08028 | type |
Grin of Audacity | |
Mulan / Disney / int_99c08028 | comment |
Grin of Audacity: Shan Yu is about to cut down Ping, but stops when the helpless soldier in front of him smirks at something behind him. | |
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Unwitting Instigator of Doom | |
Mulan / Disney / int_99ddfcec | comment |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Mushu's blowing of the rocket and blaming it on Cri-Kee seems like a random gag... Except it gives away the position of the remains of the Chinese army. A Curb-Stomp Battle ensues (though it doesn't end as one might expect). | |
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Skinny Dipping | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9a6990 | comment |
Skinny Dipping: Mulan's bath in the middle of the night turns into this when other soldiers drop by. She is both embarrassed and afraid of blowing her cover. | |
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I Have Just One Thing to Say | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9ae42b50 | comment |
I Have Just One Thing to Say: The emperor lists all the many things that Mulan has done that violate rules and tradition — and then bows to her for her having saved China. | |
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Family-Unfriendly Death | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9afa05c7 | comment |
Family-Unfriendly Death: Shan Yu is blown to bits by several fireworks lit by Mulan and Mushu. Arguably at the village too, since it's implied no one is left alive. Not even the little girl missing her doll. | |
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Naked Freak-Out | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9b7c345d | comment |
Naked Freak-Out: Played With during the bath scene, while Mulan is freaking out at being naked in the water with the male soldiers, she is more worried about blowing her cover than being seen naked. | |
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Took a Level in Badass | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: This is the point of the "I'll Make a Man Out of You" sequence; turn rowdy recruits into polished soldiers. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: During the matchmaker song, Mulan saves a girl's doll from two boys with toy swords. Later, she is able to save a doll, but not the girl who owns it. She also demonstrates some cleverness by turning the tide of a game of chess with just a single move. Later, one clever move is enough to bury the Hun Army. A Stealth Pun "A girl can bring her family great honor in one way/by striking a good match." Both of Mulan's victories involved firepower. At the end of "Honour To Us All", Mulan is visibly out of step from the rest of the girls, showing that she is the only one who doesn't know what she's doing and foreshadowing that her interview with the matchmaker won't go well. When the conscription notices are being handed out, a man in the second family says he will join the army in place of his father. Mulan ends up doing exactly this a few scenes later. She shows she's good at aiming a thrown slipper when she chastises Khan for laughing at her first attempt to be "manly." Later, she distracts Shan Yu the same way when he's about to finish off Shang. Subverted with the fact that if Mulan's true identity as a woman in the army is exposed, she will be executed. This is brought up first by Fa Zhou, then by Mushu. When she is exposed, it looks like Shang is about to kill her, but because she had saved his life in the avalanche, he refuses to kill her and flings the sword to the ground. Mulan spends the morning of her matchmaking session avoiding the "proper" way of doing things and instead using shortcuts such as getting her dog to feed the chickens and writing a supposedly-memorized speech on her arms. It seems lazy and dysfunctional at the time, but it's exactly this kind of "work smarter, not harder" attitude that will soon turn her into a respected Combat Pragmatist in the army. | |
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Shield Surf | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9d7a3ac4 | comment |
Shield Surf: Mushu sleds during an avalanche with a shield he picked up somewhere. | |
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Most Definitely Not a Villain | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9e08b900 | comment |
Most Definitely Not a Villain: In this case, Most Definitely Not a Girl in Disguise. Mulan trying to join the army. | |
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Weak, but Skilled | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9eb11fac | comment |
Weak, but Skilled: Mulan can't overpower anyone, but she's fairly effective because she knows just where and when to hit. | |
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Feminist Fantasy | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9f74002a | comment |
Feminist Fantasy: Based on the Chinese legend. Mulan is resourceful and brave, choosing to disguise herself as a man in order to take her father's place in the Imperial army. Through her quick wits and determination, she becomes an accomplished soldier and goes on to defeat the Big Bad and save China. Her love interest follows her home, to return her helmet. When awkwardly complimenting her, he focuses on her fighting skills. | |
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Who's on First? | |
Mulan / Disney / int_9f8a12d7 | comment |
Who's on First?: When Shang is trying to find out the recruit's/ Mulan's name: | |
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Red Is Heroic | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a195310a | comment |
Red Is Heroic: Shang, General Li, and the Imperial Army soldiers wear red capes as they march off to defend their homeland and families. The Huns do not because they are invaders. | |
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Nerves of Steel | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a1b76006 | comment |
Nerves of Steel: Nothing unsettles The Emperor. He's a noncombatant, and the much younger and bulkier leader of the army that just crushed his own is swinging a sword at him. He doesn't flinch. | |
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Throw-Away Country | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a1d41a07 | comment |
Throwaway Country: The village that was razed to the ground to demonstrate Hun viciousness. | |
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If Only You Knew | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a2968da6 | comment |
If Only You Knew: The song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" has the line, "Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?" Shang thinks he's turning boys into men, but of course, with Mulan the starting point is a bit different. Though, ironically, she becomes an even more capable soldier than her male comrades-in-arms. | |
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Dance Party Ending | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a3c0c1df | comment |
Dance Party Ending: Cri-Kee sounds the gong at the end of the film, starting the instrumental of "True to Your Heart," which the guardians all dance to, leading into the closing credits as the vocal begins. | |
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Award-Bait Song | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a3eae597 | comment |
Award-Bait Song: Two of them: True to Your Heart by 98º and Stevie Wonder. Christina Aguilera's cover of Reflection. | |
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Mood Whiplash | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: "A girl worth fighting—" [Cut to reaction shot of destroyed village] Shortly after the above example comes a double whiplash: somberness turns into humor when a rocket fires out of Mulan's cart, having accidentally been lit by Mushu (who, stunned, weakly tries to blame Cri-Kee); then humor turns into panic as the Huns take notice and attack. After burying the Huns under the avalanche, our ragtag army celebrate Mulan's brilliant plan and her promotion as Shang's second-in-command. Then Mulan winces in pain from the wound Shan Yu gave her, and passes out from blood loss. Another double whiplash occurs near the beginning after the matchmaker scene. After Mulan's "Reflection" number, we get the heartwarming scene of her father cheering her up. Then the mood quickly switches again after Chi Fu arrives to deliver the conscription notices. | |
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Chekhov's Classroom | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a5001f7f | comment |
Chekhov's Classroom: "Reflect before you act. This will bring you honor and glory." This lesson that Mulan recites for the matchmaker is fulfilled when she sees a snow drift in the reflection of her sword and is inspired to cause an avalanche to bury the Hun army, which is a big part of how she earns honor and glory. | |
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Naked People Are Funny | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a58e5ad7 | comment |
Naked People Are Funny: The entire sequence of Mulan trying to bathe in the river, while avoiding her equally naked soldier friends, is played for Cringe Comedy. Hayabusa getting his feathers burned off is treated the same way, and is made more comical by making him look like a chicken. | |
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I Am Your Opponent | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a6ab7940 | comment |
Shang attempts a one-man version of this against Shan Yu in the imperial palace. He succeeds as far as buying enough time for his subordinates to rescue the emperor. Shan-Yu is a second away from killing him when Mulan says I Am Your Opponent. | |
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Rule of Three | |
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Rule of Three: Mulan's family is the third in her village to receive a conscription notice. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: No one seems to notice (or possibly care) that Mushu accidentally killed the Great Stone Dragon, though it is possible that A. it was dead to begin with, B. it was the wrong statue, or C. the statue is just a vessel to incarnate in the mortal world—the dragon got stuck in the astral plane, but he is all right and the ancestors cut him some slack because he helped save China. note It has been interpreted that the Great Stone Dragon's spirit has already left the statue. Mulan does sit under it before lightning flashes and she suddenly decides to go in her father's place. Perhaps it goes with her? | |
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Imagine Spot | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a7382a73 | comment |
The Imagine Spot during "A Girl Worth Fighting For", which shifts to the style of brush paintings. | |
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a796d2a6 | comment |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Completely subverted on both sides. Shang's Training from Hell ensures that when his soldiers fire cannons, there's always an impact. Mulan's cannon in particular saves the entire army with her aim. The Huns in the meantime manage to hit Shang from a distance. | |
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Sweet Polly Oliver | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a8217606 | comment |
Sweet Polly Oliver: Mulan disguises herself as "Ping" to take her father's place in the muster. | |
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Keep the Reward | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a8476736 | comment |
Keep the Reward: After she's offered a council position, Mulan turns it down because she wants to return home. The emperor then gives her his pendant and Shan Yu's sword so that her family will know how she has saved China. | |
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Bathtub Scene | |
Mulan / Disney / int_a8c50563 | comment |
During the "You'll Bring Honor To Us All" sequence, Mulan is put into a tub to be washed and only has her bare shoulders above the water, that are shaking due to the water being cold. Her wet hair also happens to fall down to her chest. | |
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Forged Message | |
Mulan / Disney / int_aa517da5 | comment |
Forged Message: Mushu gets Mulan's company into the war by having Cri-Kee write a fake letter from the general urgently ordering the new recruits into action. Unknown to him, said message turns out to be true and desperately needed. See Accidental Truth example above | |
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Parting-Words Regret | |
Mulan / Disney / int_aa79bac | comment |
The last thing Fa Zhou says to Mulan is "I KNOW MY PLACE! It's time you've learned yours," which piles on a bit more fear and guilt. When she returns, with Shan Yu's sword and the emperor's crest as "gifts to honor the Fa family," he tosses them away and hugs her tightly, telling her "the greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter". | |
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Deliberate Values Dissonance | |
Mulan / Disney / int_aabe2fb | comment |
Deliberate Values Dissonance: As mentioned, several (but not all) male characters at least start out pretty sexist because, hey, it's ancient China. It's also lampshaded when Mulan, after being honored as a hero, gives the emperor a big hug; Yao asks, "Is she allowed to do that?" (No, it would have been punishable by death; then again, after all the rest that happened, the emperor is perfectly fine with letting it pass.) The other guys just shrug. Additionally, Mulan's crippled father going off to war just because he is the only man in his family is precisely what was expected of men at the time, even if they were old and/or infirm. It was seen as the honorable thing to do, whereas the modern age would see it as pointless and/or cruel. There's the song "You'll Bring Honor To Us All." The entire piece is about how a woman's sole purpose is to marry well and be a dutiful, obedient wife but this part in particular can come as a shock to those hearing it again as adults: | |
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Red Shirt | |
Mulan / Disney / int_ac2094ca | comment |
Red Shirt: The soldier on the Great Wall in the opening sequence is a goner. We don't see him die, but we know he will. | |
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Chekhov's Skill | |
Mulan / Disney / int_acecb17d | comment |
Chekhov's Skill: Almost all the skills the soldiers learn during the Training Montage are put to use later in the movie: The skill of aiming and shooting rockets as Mulan first uses it to defeat Shan Yu's army, then to kill Shan Yu himself. Pole climbing. The climactic scene from "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" returns as an instrumental part of Operation Save-the-Emperor. Shang even rewards Mulan with a smile as she remembers their very first lesson. Ling uses the brick-breaking headbutt he learned in training to take out one of the Huns. Shoe throwing, of all things. Mulan uses it to catch Shan Yu's attention, stopping him just short of chopping Shang's head off. When we see her do the same to Khan earlier, who knew it'd come in handy? Mushu's firebreathing. Attempted when trying to impress the ancestors, later used to light the avalanche-triggering cannon, roast the feathers off Shan-Yu's pet falcon Hayabusa, and light the rocket that sends Shan Yu to his death. | |
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain | |
Mulan / Disney / int_acf33d00 | comment |
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!: If Shan Yu didn't focus on making the emperor bow to him, then Mulan, Shang, and the others wouldn't rescue him in time. Also, Shan Yu chasing Mulan for revenge gives her the perfect position to launch lethal fireworks at him. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
Mulan / Disney / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: The Chinese soldier patrolling the Great Wall during the film's introduction. His facial expressions when the Huns start to scale the walls and at his first sighting of Shan Yu say it all. Shan Yu gets several. He gets one when Mulan sets off the avalanche and an even better one when she launches him into a tower containing what seem to be half the fireworks in the country. Shang's company when they find the mountain village has been utterly destroyed and that the Imperial Army led by Shang's father has been wiped out along with it. Their scond time comes when they find out just how large the Hun army really is. Mushu gets three. The first is when he accidentally sets off a rocket and Mulan death glares at him. His face says it all. The rocket gives away the army's position and they are promptly attacked by the Huns. The second is during the avalanche when he sees that he, Mulan, Shang, Khan, and Cri-Kee are about to go over the edge of a cliff. The third is after Mulan passes out from her wound, when the doctor treating Mulan tells Shang that Mulan is a woman, as Shang enters the tent to confront her. Mulan gets one when Shang enters her tent after she's bandaged up and she realizes that he knows she's a woman. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
Mulan / Disney / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Shan Yu has his moments, such as just after his soldiers capture two Chinese scouts: | |
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Gendered Insult | |
Mulan / Disney / int_af338274 | comment |
Gendered Insult: The entirety of "I'll Make A Man Out Of You", and in particular the line "Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?" Of course, seeing as the by far most competent member of the unit is Sweet Polly Oliver Mulan, this is Played for Laughs. | |
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What You Are in the Dark | |
Mulan / Disney / int_afc6df04 | comment |
What You Are in the Dark: At the end of "I'll Make A Man Out of You," Shang kicks Mulan out of the army for incompetence. She could go home, having accomplished the mission of saving her father. Instead, due to pride and wanting to "do things right," she decides to climb for the arrow and prove that she deserves to stay. Shang is clearly impressed, especially afterwards, when she excels in the other activities she previously failed. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
Mulan / Disney / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Mulan also; it's notable that compared to other Disney princesses, she is the one that has the most nude scenes (two bath scenes, one of which is fairly extensive), except perhaps for Ariel. | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
Mulan / Disney / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: Chi Fu: "...And I do not squeal like a girl!" [Panda eats Chi Fu's slipper and he squeals like a girl] Mushu: "Dragon, dra-gon, not 'lizard'. I don't do that tongue thing." [Does the tongue thing] | |
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Hard-to-Light Fire | |
Mulan / Disney / int_b90e8dc1 | comment |
Hard-to-Light Fire: Mulan drops the flint and steel she needs to light the final cannon during the battle with the Huns. | |
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Maybe Ever After | |
Mulan / Disney / int_b97c2cfb | comment |
Maybe Ever After: It doesn't end with a wedding but with a 'get to know her family' dinner. The marriage takes places in the sequel. | |
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Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving | |
Mulan / Disney / int_bb7dceca | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving: The Emperor's statement starting with "I have heard a great deal about you, Fa Mulan..." Bonus points for all of it being true. | |
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So Proud of You | |
Mulan / Disney / int_bc37d80d | comment |
So Proud of You: The Emperor tells Shang this when he brings the sword of Shan Yu. He later announces that Mulan has saved all of China. Shang gives Mulan a rewarding smile when she concocts a scheme using the first lesson he taught his men: how to climb a pole with just a sash. He uses his cape to join her, Chien Po, Yao, and Ling. The final one comes from Mulan's father: "The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter". | |
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Plucky Comic Relief | |
Mulan / Disney / int_bcbf7aef | comment |
Plucky Comic Relief: Mushu seems to have the ability to break the rules of reality for his gags, brushing his teeth with a standard modern toothbrush and toothpaste, and referring to a panda as a "black-and-white", a reference to a police car. People don't see or hear him even when they reasonably should. | |
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? | |
Mulan / Disney / int_bce16d24 | comment |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Defied by Shang. He teaches his men to shoot to kill, always. He would have killed Shan Yu in their fight if he had gotten the chance. Defied by Shan Yu after Mulan starts the avalanche. Shan Yu slashes her, and the wound would have killed her if the army's doctor hadn't survived. If not for the avalanche and her being on the ground, he would have done much worse. Played straight when Shan Yu first grabs a semiconscious Shang and starts threatening him with his sword, only to give chase to and corner Mulan on the palace roof. With the former he's in Villanous Breakdown mode after the emperor's rescued, and in the latter he's Evil Gloating upon seeing her trapped. He does stab her paper fan, but she flips the fan to steal his sword. | |
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Accidental Hero | |
Mulan / Disney / int_bd1faab9 | comment |
Accidental Hero: If Mushu hadn't decided to write the message to get Mulan into war, then the Huns would have made it to the capital city without a problem. | |
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Crisis Catch-and-Carry | |
Mulan / Disney / int_bf5a5757 | comment |
Crisis Catch And Carry: When she and the others arrive to stop the Huns, Mulan yells to Chien Po to take the emperor to safety. Chien Po apologizes to the emperor for what he'll have to do, picks him up under one arm, and uses a lantern line to get both of them safely out of Shan Yu's reach. | |
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The Spartan Way | |
Mulan / Disney / int_bf72d5e8 | comment |
The Spartan Way: "Let's get down to business..." Said business involves dodging flaming arrows and breaking bricks with one's face. | |
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Non-Human Sidekick | |
Mulan / Disney / int_bf927e82 | comment |
Non-Human Sidekick: Mulan has Mushu the little dragon, her horse Khan, and Cri-Kee the blue cricket. The falcon Hayabusa supports Shan-Yu. | |
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Both Sides Have a Point | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c02f148d | comment |
Both Sides Have a Point: This trope happens the moment Shang leaves behind Mulan after her gender is revealed. Mulan joined the army under illegal false pretenses and has been lying about her entire identity, so Shang's standpoint is understandable, if incorrect. On the other hand, Mulan only did what she did to save her father's life, and she's probably right when she implies ("You said you'd trust Ping. Why is Mulan any different?") that culturally ingrained sexism is also influencing Shang at this point. | |
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Through His Stomach | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c0594195 | comment |
Through His Stomach: The song "A Girl Worth Fighting For" references this. Ling's ideal girl has pale skin and bright, shining eyes; Yao's will be wooed by his great strength; Chien-Po only cares if she's a good cook. | |
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Sarashi | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c0cf3112 | comment |
Sarashi: Technically bandages, since Mulan was injured earlier. Inverted in that the scene where they are revealed is also the scene where Mulan is busted. | |
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Outrun the Fireball | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c12f0c4 | comment |
Outrun the Fireball: Mulan's "Get off the roof. Get off the roof. Get off the roof!" as Shan Yu is about to be blown up. A colder variant occurs when everyone's outrunning the avalanche. | |
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Nice, Mean, and In-Between | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c1cef253 | comment |
Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Mulan's three friends among her fellow soldiers count as this during boot camp. Namely, Chien-Po is the nicest one of the bunch; Yao is the hot-tempered bully; and Ling is somewhere in the middle. They all become Fire-Forged Friends in the course of the training montage. | |
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True Companions | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c313d43a | comment |
True Companions: Mulan and the other named soldiers become close friends. Even after she's unmasked, they take her seriously, and follow her lead into the final battle. | |
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You Are Better Than You Think You Are | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c3b51bb3 | comment |
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: After Chi Fu delivers a "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Shang, who accepts it with Tranquil Fury, Mulan tells Shang that she thinks he is a great captain. Shang looks softened by this, though due to his position, he can't answer. When Mushu confesses to a depressed Mulan that the ancestors didn't send him, he tells her that whereas she risked her life to save her father, he risked her life to get his guardian job back. "At least you had good intentions." | |
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Wuxia | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c3fc812d | comment |
Wuxia: Set in an indeterminate era of medieval/ancient China, in an indeterminate part, with several fantastical elements such as dragons and ancestral spirits, this movie fits this to a T, though nobody generally thinks of it as one. | |
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UnfamiliarCeiling | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c403db7a | comment |
Unfamiliar Ceiling: Following Mulan being stabbed just before the avalanche, she passes out and awakens in the infirmary tent, though it is unknown how much time has passed. | |
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Aesop Amnesia | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c435ec5d | comment |
Aesop Amnesia: Despite Mulan ultimately returning home in triumph, proving that a woman can do more with her life than be a wife and mother, all the women of her village care about is that while singlehandedly saving the country, she incidentally caught the eye of a handsome suitor more to her liking than the local boys while doing so. | |
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Cringe Comedy | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c5ef2d50 | comment |
The entire sequence of Mulan trying to bathe in the river, while avoiding her equally naked soldier friends, is played for Cringe Comedy. | |
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Truth-Telling Session | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c738a00b | comment |
Truth-Telling Session: Mulan, Mushu, and Cri-kee have a very cathartic one after they hit Rock Bottom. Mulan says that she wanted to prove that she could do something right after failing with the matchmaker, not just to save her father. Mushu says that her ancestors neither sent him nor like him. Cri-kee, while crying, confesses that he's not really lucky. It ends with a hug. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The families Chi-Fu calls to claim their conscription notices are the names of Disney animators, Mulan's alter-ego is named after Sai Ping Lok, another Disney Studios employee who did background work and research for the movie. When Mushu goes to secure the fireworks for the final plan: The doll the Huns use to find the village, and again when Shang's company find the razed remains of said village, is the same as a doll found in similar circumstances in Nausicaa. An Asian Action Hero fights bad guys while paired up with a wisecracking black guy. Didn't I see this last year? This line when Mushu is waking up Mulan: Two of the ancestors look remarkably like the American Gothic Couple. | |
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Unspoken Plan Guarantee | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c82e751f | comment |
Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Perhaps General Li and his troops would have survived if he hadn't told Shang he was heading to the Tung Shao Pass to stop Shan Yu. Mulan and the Guy Trio don't say anything onscreen about how to get into the palace, save the emperor, and defeat Shan Yu. They just enact the plan as if they had. Slightly justified, given that Mulan specifically says she's making it up on the fly. | |
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Description Cut | |
Mulan / Disney / int_c83751cb | comment |
Description Cut: When Shang is promoted captain and is about to step out of his tent. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_caa28b82 | type |
Cloudcuckoolander | |
Mulan / Disney / int_caa28b82 | comment |
Cloudcuckoolander: While pretending to be a man, Mulan appears to be this to others, but it's caused by a combination of trying to act manly, having to hide her gender, and being sabotaged by the others after making an initial bad impression. | |
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Taking You with Me | |
Mulan / Disney / int_caf89e54 | comment |
Taking You with Me: Li Shang intends to use the last of his cannons on Shan Yu. Mulan has a better idea: causing an avalanche that will almost certainly kill her and everyone else in Li Shang's troop, but also the Hun army. | |
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TheChainsOfCommanding | |
Mulan / Disney / int_caf8c66c | comment |
The Chains of Commanding: Due to being captain, Shang can't go easy on any of his recruits and has to whip them into shape. He doesn't fraternize with any of them, not even for baths, and doesn't respond to Mulan complimenting him for being a good captain. He is also the one honor-bound to execute Mulan for impersonating a man, even after she single-handedly won the victory and saved him personally. | |
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Lame Pun Reaction | |
Mulan / Disney / int_cb0743c0 | comment |
Lame Pun Reaction: The recruits on the first day of training. | |
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Goofy Print Underwear | |
Mulan / Disney / int_cc3c365f | comment |
Goofy Print Underwear: One of the soldiers is wearing anachronistic clothing and it falls on Mushu's face. | |
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Dodge the Bullet | |
Mulan / Disney / int_cd682fe1 | comment |
Dodge the Bullet: Part of the training for the new recruits is to learn to run through a hail of burning arrows without being hit. This starts as an inversion in that when they are no good at it they do some actual dodging, but once he's got the hang of it, Yao runs through without being hit and without making any visible effort to dodge. | |
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Protagonist Title | |
Mulan / Disney / int_ce27dc3f | comment |
Protagonist Title: "Mulan" is the name of the heroine. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_ceabe589 | type |
Incoming Ham | |
Mulan / Disney / int_ceabe589 | comment |
Incoming Ham: Mushu's "IIIIIIIIIII LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" | |
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Silly Animal Sound | |
Mulan / Disney / int_cf2cef75 | comment |
Silly Animal Sound: After losing all his feathers, Hayabusa clucks like a chicken. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
Mulan / Disney / int_cf92fea8 | comment |
Cassandra Truth: Shang brushes off Mulan's concerns that Shan Yu and some of the other Huns have survived the avalanche. She is vindicated when Shan Yu dramatically reappears, kidnaps the emperor in full view, and seizes the palace. | |
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Hit You So Hard, Your X Will Feel It! | |
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Hit You So Hard, Your X Will Feel It!: Mushu tells Mulan that punching and butt-slapping are a form of friendly gesture among men. Mulan does this to Yao in the wrong way, and naturally, it causes a stir in Yao's rather short temper. | |
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"Oh, Crap!" Smile | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d112f7ec | comment |
"Oh, Crap!" Smile: During "I'll Make A Man Out Of You", Shang catches Mulan cheating by putting apples on her arrows (courtesy of Mushu). Mulan reacts with the awkward smile pictured in the trope page. | |
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Hand Gagging | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d21a93f4 | comment |
Hand Gagging: Mulan briefly silences Mushu this way during his "dishonor" rant. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_d3427b48 | type |
YamatoNadeshiko | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d3427b48 | comment |
Yamato Nadeshiko: Mulan, herself, plays with the trope. She has the looks, is extremely devoted to her parents, and desperately tries to fit in as a perfectly feminine and demure daughter... without much success. However, when she learns that her old and infirm father will have to go to war against the Huns, she shows the core of steel part by dressing up as a man and taking his place, not for glory or to rebel against her family but to save her dad's life and the family honor. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_d39e327f | type |
What the Hell, Hero? | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: What makes Mulan unusual from other Disney heroines is that she is very imperfect, and other characters note that she messes up a lot: Her mother calls her out for arriving late on matchmaking day, the one day she needs to be on time. Fa Li starts by giving Mulan a Death Glare, telling her the bathwater would have been warm if she arrived on time and rushing her to the cosmetologists who quickly clean her up. The matchmaker tells her off for setting her on fire. No one contradicts the matchmaker because that was Mulan's fault. Fa Zhou angrily tells Mulan she's dishonoring him by contradicting the emperor's representative. She's immediately cowed. Shang gets a slew of these; he yells at "Ping" for starting a brawl and causing a mess, even if Mulan was only following Mushu's advice. He also glares at Ping for cheating at shooting fruits with arrows — Mushu's doing but Mulan is responsible — and eventually kicks "him" out at the army for being incompetent. It is subverted when he finds out Ping is a woman and he's angry that she lied to him; she points out that he said he would trust Ping, and eventually he follows her lead to save the emperor. | |
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Revealing Injury | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d5929047 | comment |
Revealing Injury: The medic discovers that Mulan is a woman while treating her injuries. | |
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Longing Look | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d60bc4a0 | comment |
Longing Look: What totally gives away Mulan's crush on Shang to Mushu is one of these. She does it a second time after he points it out. | |
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Training from Hell | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d66cd0e6 | comment |
Training from Hell: The training montage involves running through a field while being shot at by Arrows on Fire. | |
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Kicked Upstairs | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d7472e4f | comment |
Kicked Upstairs: It's strongly suggested that General Li gave Shang his own division because the general wanted his son to stay well away from the real fighting — not for incompetence, just a bit too much protective instinct. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_d88e125e | type |
Our Dragons Are Different | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d88e125e | comment |
Our Dragons Are Different: Mushu is an Eastern dragon, but he is small and has relatively few powers. This may be because he was demoted from a family guardian after he failed. He can, however, breathe fire, a trait more typical of Western dragons. | |
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…But He Sounds Handsome | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d8afec40 | comment |
...But He Sounds Handsome: The soldiers idly discuss the type of woman they'd like to marry in "A Girl Worth Fighting For". Mulan, disguised as the male Ping, throws in a vote for "How 'bout a girl who's got a brain? Who always speaks her mind?". The men are not impressed. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_d97f6f0c | type |
Musicalis Interruptus | |
Mulan / Disney / int_d97f6f0c | comment |
Musicalis Interruptus: The end of "A Girl Worth Fighting For" is the strongest, and the most horrifying, example of this trope in the Disney Animated Canon, and possibly the entire genre. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_dae5c997 | type |
Action Girl | |
Mulan / Disney / int_dae5c997 | comment |
Action Girl: After going through combat training, Mulan is perfectly capable of taking on adult men hand-to-hand, and even manages to stand against Shan Yu with a bit of cleverness. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_dae62ef5 | type |
Action Hero | |
Mulan / Disney / int_dae62ef5 | comment |
An Asian Action Hero fights bad guys while paired up with a wisecracking black guy. Didn't I see this last year? | |
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Lyrical Dissonance | |
Mulan / Disney / int_dbfd6b8 | comment |
Lyrical Dissonance: "I'll Make a Man Out of You" gets more pessimistic, even defeatist, the further it goes while still being a chest-thumping anthem of masculinity. | |
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Cue the Sun | |
Mulan / Disney / int_dc9b1fe9 | comment |
Cue the Sun: The climax of "I'll Make a Man out of You". Mulan fails the whole training regimen and Shang tells "Ping" to go home. She then sees the arrow at the top of the pole and decides to give it one last try. As she does, the sun rises and the other men come out of their tents and start cheering her on. She succeeds and throws the arrow down to Shang's feet for emphasis, proving she can pull her own weight. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_dca70c44 | type |
Reasonable Authority Figure | |
Mulan / Disney / int_dca70c44 | comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite being a Drill Sergeant Nasty, Shang proves to be this. He kicks "Ping" out of the army initially for failing a number of the training exercises, but lets the recruit back in when the latter figures out the weight challenge and retrieves the arrow from the pole. After the recruits pass their training with flying colors, he defends them to Chi-Fu and silently accepts Mulan's compliment that he's a great captain. When Mulan defies orders and steals the last cannon, his first priority is for their safety in seemingly making a suicide run and praises the soldier when he and his men survive the avalanche and what would have been a Curb-Stomp Battle. He also spares Mulan after she's outed, albeit angrily, and when she's proven right about the Huns surviving the avalanche, he defer authority to her to save the emperor. Once Shan Yu is dead, Shang prepares to defend her actions to the emperor. The emperor recognizes the possibility that his standing army may lose to the Huns and so calls up new recruits. Also, although he is furious at Mulan's many transgressions, he recognizes the good she has done. | |
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Gym Class Rope Climb | |
Mulan / Disney / int_dcca89a1 | comment |
Gym Class Rope Climb: One of the training exercises is a variation of this; you have to climb a pole and you have to do it with two heavyweights attached to your wrists. | |
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A Million Is a Statistic | |
Mulan / Disney / int_dd082289 | comment |
A Million Is a Statistic: Averted. The massacre of the village and the Imperial army both take place off-screen, and it is still horrific. An Empathy Doll Shot is used to great effect. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_e07d3d72 | type |
Uncle Tomfoolery | |
Mulan / Disney / int_e07d3d72 | comment |
Uncle Tomfoolery: Mushu. Roger Ebert said it best: "A black dude in medieval China?" This is more a function of Eddie Murphy's standard roles than anything else. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_e0e750b1 | type |
Shoulder-Sized Dragon | |
Mulan / Disney / int_e0e750b1 | comment |
Shoulder-Sized Dragon: Mushu is a rare Eastern dragon example. He insists that he is "travel-sized for your convenience!" | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_e2a622a7 | type |
Beleaguered Boss | |
Mulan / Disney / int_e2a622a7 | comment |
Beleaguered Boss: Shang is in charge of getting the new recruits into shape, over the course of the Ear Worm "Let's Get Down To Business", better known as "I'll Make A Man Out Of You". Though his efforts go unrewarded at first, the recruits finally shape up once Mulan (the least competent of them all) succeeds in getting an arrow down from a pole, inspiring them. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_e35ab565 | type |
Indy Ploy | |
Mulan / Disney / int_e35ab565 | comment |
Indy Ploy: | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_e431c24c | type |
Not Quite Dead | |
Mulan / Disney / int_e431c24c | comment |
Not Quite Dead: Despite being buried by an avalanche, Shan Yu and several of his men pop right out of the snow! Like daisies! | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_e4965307 | type |
Composite Character | |
Mulan / Disney / int_e4965307 | comment |
Composite Character: Starting in the 18th century, French scholar Joseph de Guignes proposed a link between the Huns and the Xiongnu. Since that time, there has been a great effort devoted to investigating such a connection, but there is little consensus on a direct connection between the two peoples. The film pretty much just combines the two peoples: they're called "Huns" but their leader is a "Shan-Yu" (also represented as "Chanyu") and roughly translates to "Majesty Son of Heaven." Also, a rather controversial belief is that the Xiongnu are the ancestors of the Huns. What is done in this movie is pretty much the equivalent of calling the Vikings "Normans." | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_e4d4633a | type |
Shoulders-Up Nudity | |
Mulan / Disney / int_e4d4633a | comment |
Shoulders-Up Nudity: During the "You'll Bring Honor To Us All" sequence, Mulan is put into a tub to be washed and only has her bare shoulders above the water, that are shaking due to the water being cold. Her wet hair also happens to fall down to her chest. During the bathing scene, Mulan is shown undressing behind the foliage that conveniently only goes up to her shoulders. When she's in the water, she keeps her shoulders above the water while the guys often have it up to their waist. When dozens of naked soldier run past Mulan, they're also only seen from the waist up. | |
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Mulan / Disney / int_e563bf09 | type |
Insistent Terminology | |
Mulan / Disney / int_e563bf09 | comment |
Insistent Terminology: "Dragon, dra-gon, not 'lizard'! I don't do that tongue thing." | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: Shang dismisses Mulan midway through the "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" segment, which would have relieved Mulan's family of their war duty, but also potentially disgraced them. Mulan refuses to just walk away, and proves she is worthy of being a soldier. Many Huns survive the avalanche and go right back to marching. | |
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Shadow Discretion Shot | |
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Shadow Discretion Shot: Inverted intentionally as Mushu is trying to be intimidating, but he's not. | |
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Spare a Messenger | |
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Spare a Messenger: After they are done with their latest massacre, the Huns capture two Chinese scouts. Shan-Yu decides to let them go to carry a challenge back to the emperor. Then he changes his mind on letting them both leave... | |
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Weapon Tombstone | |
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Weapon Tombstone: When General Li — who also happens to be Shang's father — dies, Shang buries him. In the absence of anything else that hasn't been burned or destroyed, he marks the grave with his father's helmet, placed on his own sword. | |
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All Animals Are Dogs | |
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All Animals Are Dogs: Surprisingly averted for a Disney film that features at least four animal sidekicks (if Mushu counts). Khan doesn't act much like a horse, but neither he nor Cri-kee act like dogs either. The fourth, the villain's falcon, doesn't fare quite so well. After being torched by Mushu and rendered featherless, he starts blatantly acting like a chicken. | |
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Accidental Truth | |
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Accidental Truth: Mushu writes a fake message from General Li saying that Shang's new troops are needed on the front lines. That message turns out to be desperately true: the village to which they arrive has been sacked by the Huns, leaving no one alive — not even the general — among the civilians or the Army. | |
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Dark Is Evil | |
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Dark Is Evil: The Huns are gray skinned and wear all-black. Even their horses are black. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Chi-Fu plays this straight, however, to the extent that he can be considered a villain. | |
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"Setting Off" Song | |
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"Setting Off" Song: "A Girl Worth Fighting For" is sung while Shang's company head out to meet up with the Imperial Army. | |
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Parents Are Wrong | |
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Parents Are Wrong: Mulan's parents expect her to be traditionally feminine so she can be a good bride. Mulan eventually proves her mettle as a soldier (and finds a love interest along the way), and her family relents. | |
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Shrine to the Fallen | |
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Shrine to the Fallen: Mushu comes from the Fa family shrine to aid Mulan in her quest. One of her ancestors lost his head somehow. Shang's sword, his father's helmet, and the little girl's doll are left at the village by the Tung Shao Pass. | |
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One-Steve Limit | |
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One Steve Limit: Mentioned when trying to find an alias for Mulan: | |
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Refrain from Assuming | |
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Refrain from Assuming: Shang's training song is called "I'll Make a Man Out of You", not "Be a Man" or "We are Man/Men". | |
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Digging Yourself Deeper | |
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Digging Yourself Deeper: Mulan does this to herself whenever she gets into trouble as Ping because she is flustered and makes further mistakes. | |
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BossFight | |
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Boss Fight: The final fight with Shan Yu. The dude can punch through walls, cut through trees like butter, and power through hard-clay roofs through sheer force of will. | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
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Distracted by the Sexy: Mulan exploits this to save the emperor. One Hun is besotted with the "ugly" concubines and picks up an apple that Ling drops. | |
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War Is Hell | |
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War Is Hell: The razed village scene, complete with Empathy Doll Shot, is a reality of war. | |
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Brainless Beauty | |
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Mulan's male alias, "Ping", makes his full name "Hua Ping" (花瓶), which is Chinese for "flower vase" but also a figurative term for someone who is "just a pretty face" or, in other words, pretty but useless. Another way of using the term is not derogatory, instead using it to refer to women who are required for a position to be pretty without considering capability. | |
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Strolling Through the Chaos | |
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Strolling Through the Chaos: To show that Cri-Kee is a lucky cricket, Mulan's grandmother crosses a street while covering her eyes. Even Cri-Kee is scared by the ensuing chaos, but she's unharmed and describes it as proof of Cri-Kee's luck. | |
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Kneel Before Frodo | |
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Kneel Before Frodo: The emperor and then all of China bow to Mulan in the end. | |
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A Real Man Is a Killer | |
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A Real Man Is a Killer: "I'll Make a Man Out of You". | |
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EarnYourHappyEnding | |
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Earn Your Happy Ending: Mulan goes through a lot of hardship, both physical and mental, but ultimately achieves her goal of honoring her family, and then some! | |
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Empathy Doll Shot | |
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Empathy Doll Shot: Shan Yu's falcon retrieves a doll from a small village that lies in his way. The Huns determine the presence of the imperial army from it and suggest going around, but Shan Yu opts to go through the village because it's the quickest way to the Forbidden City, smirking as he remarks that they should return the doll to the girl who owned it. Later, Mulan discovers the doll in the smoking, empty ruins of the village. | |
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Out Sick | |
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Out Sick: Mulan's dad has a lame leg when the emperor calls for men to push back the Huns, which is what motivates her to go out in his place as a man named Ping. | |
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Love Makes You Dumb | |
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Love Makes You Dumb: Shang is an incredibly competent and professional soldier, not even letting his father's death distract him from the task at hand. Then he falls all over himself trying to speak to Mulan while she's a girl, but by that point he doesn't really need to be focused on Huns. | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect?: Even after Mulan has single-handedly wiped out the entire Huns army and saved all of China, she loses the trust she's earned from her former allies simply because they find out she's really a woman. It takes her doing it again to regain their trust, and even so, Chi-Fu orders her to be executed. | |
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Blade Reflection | |
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Blade Reflection: At several moments in the film, Mulan will look at her reflection in her blade or helmet or the Family Ancestor Tablet. It supports the 'reflection' arc word. | |
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Pervert Revenge Mode | |
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Pervert Revenge Mode: Mushu: "My eyes can see straight through your armor—" [Mulan slaps him] | |
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RunningGag | |
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Averted for Shan Yu and a handful of other particularly resilient Huns after the avalanche. They pop right back out of the snow.note Like daisies!! | |
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Have a Gay Old Time | |
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Have a Gay Old Time: The name Mulan uses while disguised as a boy is Fa Ping. The name is a pun in Chinese as well for a pretty flower vase, as in eye candy; something pretty and useless. | |
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Artistic License – Physics | |
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Artistic License – Physics: The lifesaving scene at the end of the avalanche sequence makes heavy use of this. When Yao and the others are having trouble pulling Mulan to safety, Chien Po steps in and lifts not only Mulan's weight, but also that of Shang, Mushu, the horse, all the other soldiers he's "helping" (they are no longer touching the ground at this point), and all the armor. Additionally, Khan the horse, Mulan, and Shang are all being held up by a single rope, implied to be tied in one knot somewhere on the horse's tack. That's an impressive rope to be able to pull something like 1400 pounds at a dead lift without breaking. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Mulan is the only Disney princess with a body count... in the thousands. | |
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Answer Cut | |
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Answer Cut: | |
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Ridiculously Cute Critter | |
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Ridiculously Cute Critter: Cri-Kee, the cricket sidekick of Mushu and the luck charm for the Fa family. | |
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Dead Hat Shot | |
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Dead Hat Shot: The helmet of Shang's father is found in the snow after the troop reaches the town destroyed by the Huns. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: At the movie's beginning, Mulan shortcuts feeding the chickens by tying a punctured bad of grain to her dog Little Brother's tail, tying a bone to a stick and fixing it to hang in front of his face, and sending him loose to chase the bone in the direction of the chicken coops. At the end, we see that the chickens now associate Little Brother with food. The decapitated ancestor makes a humorous comeback in the ending. | |
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Talking Is a Free Action | |
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Talking Is a Free Action: Averted. Just as Yao is on the verge of saving Mulan and Shang from getting knocked off the cliff by the avalanche by firing a rope-tied arrow to them, he takes the time before grabbing the rope to say out loud that he should grab it, causing him to just miss it. | |
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Shown Their Work | |
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Shown Their Work: Shan-Yu doesn't even question that "the soldier from the mountains" would be a woman when Mulan reveals herself to him. In Hun society, women were equal with men in many ways, including eligibility to join the army and hunting. It didn't matter that she was a woman; to him, she was just another soldier. The move Mulan uses to disarm Shan Yu with her fan is an actual kung fu move. Fa Zhou is seen practicing a form of tai chi called Mulan Quan - which is named after the original Mulan legend. Crickets are indeed considered a symbol of good luck in China. Magnolias serve as a running motif in the movie. Mulan's name translates as "magnolia". | |
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