Fa Mulan
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| First appearance | Mulan |
| Created by | Robert D. San Souci |
| Voiced by | Ming-Na Lea Salonga (singing voice) Mayumi Suzuki (Japanese version) |
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| Notable aliases | Fa Ping |
Fa Mulan is the protagonist of the 1998 Disney film Mulan. She is inspired by the legendary Hua Mulan from the chinese poem "The Ballad of Mulan". She is voiced by Ming-Na (except in songs, by Lea Salonga).
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[edit] Mulan
At the beginning of the film, Mulan is sent to the matchmaker to find her a husband but she fails (partially due to "lucky cricket" Cri-kee's instromission).
After the Huns led by Shan Yu, invade China, Mulan's father, Fa Zhu, being a war veteran receives a conscription. Mulan, knowing that her father is too feeble to fight, gets his armor and sword and goes in his place posing as a man. Upon arriving at the camp, she causes a fight among the soldiers, and takes the name Ping (suggested by Mushu, a dragon supposedly sent by her ancestrals to protect her). After the training, Mulan's battalion walk around China, until an Hun ambush in a mountain pass. In that battle, Mulan fires a cannon on a snow mound (with Mushu's "help") as she is attacked by Shan Yu - but the explosion starts an avalanche, and while Mulan prevents Captain Li-Shang from being swept away, the Huns are buried in snow. After the rescue, the cut made by Shan Yu causes Mulan to faint.
After the treatment for injuries, "Ping" is discovered to be female - and Li Shang is ordered to kill Mulan, but as a life debt, refuses it and only expels her from the army. The battalion moves to the Forbidden City, leaving Mulan behind. Mulan and Mushu decide to return home, but after seeing the Huns emerging from snow, they go to the Forbidden City instead.
Mulan tries to warn Captain Li and his troops but they don't listen as they are heralded by citizens in a parade for their war efforts. Mulan also tries to warn the citizenry but they shun her. Mushu informs her that it's because she's a woman. As the Emperor addresses the crowd, the Huns, disguised as parade characters, kidnap the Emperor. Captain Li and his troops attempt to follow the Huns and the Emperor into the Emperor's palace but they are locked out. Mulan devises a play with the cooperation of Chien Po, Ling and Yao to dress as woman, scale the castle wall and more easily infiltrate the castle interior by pretending to be concubines. When the Huns lower their defenses in the presence of the "women", Mulan and her friends swiftly dispatch them all. During this attack the Emperor is safely removed from the palace by Chien Po, but Captain Li and Mulan are both trapped on the balcony with Shan Yu. Shan Yu is about kill Captain Li when Mulan gets his attention. The Hun recognizes her from the mountain battle and gives chase. Mulan lures Shan Yu onto the palace rooftop, where Mushu and Cri-kee propel a huge firecracker that hits Shun Yu and carries him off to his demise.
When the Emperor meets Mulan at the end of this battle, he tells her that he's heard of her. At first the Emperor in an accusatory tone lists Mulan's sins...stealing her father's armor, running away from home, impersonating a soldier, embarrassing the Chinese Army, and destroying his palace but then he softens his tone and says, "and you have saved us all!" The Emperor then bows to Mulan and her fellow soldiers and in succession the people of China witnessing the incident follow suit. The Emperor then offers Mulan a position in his staff but Mulan politely refuses the offer and advises that she wants to return home. During this time the Emperor praises Mulan in a conversation to Captain Li and implies that Mulan is a very admirable woman (wife).
Upon her return, Mulan expects to be reprimanded but is instead embraced by her family. Soon after, Captain Li arrives telling Mulan she forgot her(father's) helmet in an obvious guise to speak with her.
[edit] Mulan II
In Mulan II, Shang proposes to Mulan, who accepts. However, their marriage is not only complicated by escorting the three imperial princesses to marry the Mongolian princes and by the fact that everything they discuss is contrary to the other's wishes (i.e. Mulan plans for a big wedding in spite of Shang's wishes, and while Shang wants lots of kids, Mulan prefers just a couple), but also by the continuous sabotages by none other than Mushu, for if Shang and Mulan marry, he will be forced to return to being a gong ringer. Eventually, Mushu's plan works and the two are upset at each other because of the princesses' affairs with Yao, Ling, and Chin-Po, but the guilt is too much for the little dragon to handle once Mulan tells him how much she truly trusts him. Upon finding out about Mushu's meddling, Mulan loses all trust in Mushu and attempts to tell Shang what really happened, but they are ambushed by thieves. Mulan and Shang give chase to them when the robbers attempt to kidnap one of the princesses, but although Mei escapes, the bridge is cut and leaves Mulan and Shang falling for their lives. Knowing the bridge remnants can't support both of them, Shang lets go and appears to fall to his death and Mulan is left in mourning and proposes to marry one prince herself, even though it means she will never see her family and friends again. But just as the wedding ceremony begins, Shang interrupts, having survived the fall. The Mongolian Emperor tries to have Shang thrown out of the palace, but Mushu intervenes by posing as the Great Golden Dragon of Unity and marries Mulan and Shang himself, thus demoting himself from Guardian to Gong Ringer. However, after the wedding, Shang unites his and Mulan's guardians, making Mushu a guardian once again and accidentally showing himself to Shang in excitement, who Mulan had already told everything about.
[edit] Kingdom Hearts II
In Kingdom Hearts II, Mulan is part of the Land of the Dragons world. She aids Sora in battle, taking the place of either Donald or Goofy. She uses a Chinese sword for regular combat, and her combonation attacks include Red Rocket and other fire attacks, thanks to Mushu. Up until near the end of the story, she goes under her pseudonym of Ping.
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[edit] Trivia
- Mulan is considered a Disney Princess even though she is not royal by blood nor by marriage.
