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* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: She is ''much'' shorter than Mulan as seen during the "Honor To Us All" sequence when she gives her the jade necklace.
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* PinkMeansFeminine: Her matchmaker dress, although she doesn't wear it voluntarily.

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* {{Acrofatic}}: Chien-Po to some extent; despite his size, he's seen doing cartwheels in the later half of ''Be A Man''.



* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: They [[CharacterDevelopment mostly get over it]] by the end, though.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: They [[CharacterDevelopment mostly get over it]] by the end, though.




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* [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Squeals Like a Little Girl]]


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Averted/Inverted; he's one of the few male characters in the film who never outright says anything sexist towards Mulan.
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* FourLeggedInsect

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* OhCrap: Has a ''glorious'' one when [[spoiler: he sees an avalanche destroying his army]]

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* OhCrap: Has a ''glorious'' one when [[spoiler: he sees an avalanche destroying his army]]army.]]


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** There's also a good one when [[spoiler:Mulan reveals that she is the soldier who caused the avalanche.]]

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* NoSongForTheWicked: Notably the only villain in a DisneyPrincess (even a retroactive Disney Princess) movie other than Maleficent (whose poem might count) not to have a VillainSong.



* UnstoppableRage: When he gets angry, little obstacles like a massive barred door, thick columns and a tiled roof don't slow him down all that much.
* VillainousBreakdown: Arguable, see the "Berserker" entry above.



* VillainousBreakdown: Arguable, see the "Berserker" entry above.
* VillainSong: Notably the only villain in a DisneyPrincess (even a retroactive Disney Princess) movie other than Maleficent (whose poem might count) ''not'' to have one.
* UnstoppableRage: When he gets angry, little obstacles like a massive barred door, thick columns and a tiled roof don't slow him down all that much.

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* VillainousBreakdown: Arguable, see the "Berserker" entry above.
* VillainSong: Notably the only villain in a DisneyPrincess (even a retroactive Disney Princess) movie other than Maleficent (whose poem might count) ''not'' to have one.
* UnstoppableRage: When he gets angry, little obstacles like a massive barred door, thick columns and a tiled roof don't slow him down all that much.



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Minus the five Huns that survived the avalanche, yes.]]



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Minus the five Huns that survived the avalanche, yes.]]
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* BigEater: Chien-Po.
* BigThinShortTrio.



* ComicTrio.



* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Ting-Ting.

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* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Ting-Ting.Ting-Ting.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: with Ting-Ting as the Wife, Mei as the Seductress, and Su as the Child.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Ting-Ting, for a long time.
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* BigEntrance

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* BigEntranceBigEntrance: And how!

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* BigEntrance



* DynamicEntry
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* [[mrExposition Ms Exposition]]: Ting-Ting.

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* [[mrExposition [[MrExposition Ms Exposition]]: Ting-Ting.

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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority



* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Cri-Kee.



* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Mushu.



* TheCaptain



* MilitaryBrat



* ParentalAbandonment: His mom wasn't shown or mentioned, but we all know what happened to his DisappearedDad.



* CharacterDevelopment: Ling and Yao.



* LeanAndMean: Ling before his CharacterDevelopment.
* TheNapoleon: Yao.




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* TrueCompanions



* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence



* PosthumousCharacter



* AmbiguouslyGay



* TheEmperor: Well, duh..



* NiceGuy



* BadassLonghair



* DynamicEntry



* LargeAndInCharge
* LeParkour



* WouldHitAGirl: The poor little girl and Mulan are examples.



* [[mrExposition Ms Exposition]]: Ting-Ting.



** NotSoStoic: When Ling gets her to laugh.

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** NotSoStoic: When Ling gets her to laugh.laugh.
* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Ting-Ting.
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* GeniusBruiser


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* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: The avalance should'have kill him. Shan Yu simply get out showing not even a scratch.]]


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* GeniusBruiser: See above.
* LightningBruiser

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** IncomingHam: '''"I LIIIIIIIVE!"'''



* ShipperOnDeck: Inverted. In the sequel, he ''rrrrreeeeaaaalllllyyyyy'' doesn't want Mulan and Shang to marry.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Inverted. In the sequel, he ''rrrrreeeeaaaalllllyyyyy'' ''really'' doesn't want Mulan and Shang to marry.



* PoliticallyIncorrectHero

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* PoliticallyIncorrectHeroPoliticallyIncorrectHero: They [[CharacterDevelopment mostly get over it]] by the end, though.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Ling is a milder example, if a couple lines of [[EarWorm A Girl Worth Fighting For]] are any indication.


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** And an even better one when [[spoiler:Mulan [[DeadlyFireworksDisplay launches the rocket at him]].]]
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* ForgottenAesop: In the first movie, Mushu laments that he took on the mission for his own sake. What does he do in the second? [[spoiler: Try to sabotage Mulan's engagement for his own sake.]]
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The title that Shan-yu was named after was the name of a the ruler so he might have gotten it from a birthright.However,as one remembers the Huns were a martial people so it would be expected there rulers to have marital skills.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Since he seems to be a warlord (rather than a king or an emperor) it seems a fairly safe bet that he got where he was through general badassery rather than birthright.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Since he seems to be a warlord (rather than a king or an emperor) it seems a fairly safe bet that he got where he was through general badassery rather than birthright.AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
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** His next appearance marks another one, where he claims the reason he's invading China in the first place is because "By building his Wall (the Emperor) challenged my strength. [[SlasherSmile Well, I'm here to play his game]]. [[BadassBoast Tell your Emperor to send his strongest armies. I'm ready"]]. He then [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog jokingly orders his archer to kill one of the captured Chinese]], apparently ForTheEvulz]].

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** His next appearance marks another one, where he claims the reason he's invading China in the first place is because "By building his Wall (the Emperor) challenged my strength. [[SlasherSmile Well, I'm here to play his game]]. [[BadassBoast Go! Tell your Emperor to send his strongest armies. I'm ready"]]. He then [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog jokingly orders his archer to kill one of the captured Chinese]], apparently ForTheEvulz]].



* ImplacableMan: He really wants the Emperor to acknowledge his superiority, and minor inconveniences like [[spoiler: being buried alive in an avalanche of freezing snow which kills almost his entire army]] [[SkywardScream only make him angry,]] and [[XanatosSpeedChess cause him to re-evaluate his strategy.]] [[spoiler: He nearly manages to win even then!]]

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* ImplacableMan: He really ''really'' wants the Emperor to acknowledge his superiority, and minor inconveniences like [[spoiler: being buried alive in an avalanche of freezing snow which kills almost his entire army]] [[SkywardScream only make him angry,]] and [[XanatosSpeedChess cause him to re-evaluate his strategy.]] [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He nearly manages to win even then!]]then!]]]]

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* BadassBoast: Is fond of making these. In fact, he makes one in all of his (speaking) appearances.



* BlackEyesOfCrazy: His [[EyesOfGold irises are yellow]], but his pupils and the "whites" of his eyes are black. Unusual example in that this is actually his eye colour, and consequently they stay this way all the time, even when he is totally calm, rather than turning this colour when he loses it.
* BloodKnight: His first two scenes suggest him to be this (see Establishing Character Moment below), and he later confirms it when he rejects a suggestion to avoid the Imperial army rather than meet them in combat. Shortly before the [[spoiler: avalanche wipes out his army]] he personally leads the charge against the heroes, and is so far in front of his horde when he does so that it is very clear he wants to fight them himself.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the very first scene of the film he leads an attack on the Great Wall of China, and does not stop a sentry who lights the signal fire. When the sentry defiantly says "Now all of China knows you're here", Shan Yu says [[spoiler: [[BadassBoast "Perfect"]]]]
** His next appearance marks another one, where he claims the reason he's invading China in the first place is because "By building his Wall (the Emperor) challenged my strength. [[SlasherSmile Well, I'm here to play his game]]. [[BadassBoast Tell your Emperor to send his strongest armies. I'm ready"]]. He then [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog jokingly orders his archer to kill one of the captured Chinese]], apparently ForTheEvulz]].



* ImplacableMan: He really wants the Emperor to acknowledge his superiority, and minor inconveniences like [[spoiler: being buried alive in an avalanche of freezing snow which kills almost his entire army]] [[SkywardScream only make him angry,]] and [[XanatosSpeedChess cause him to re-evaluate his strategy.]] [[spoiler: He nearly manages to win even then!]]




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* UnstoppableRage: When he gets angry, little obstacles like a massive barred door, thick columns and a tiled roof don't slow him down all that much.
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* FourStarBadass: He is the supreme leader of his army, and he is also ''extremely'' {{Badass}}

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* FourStarBadass: He is the supreme leader of his army, and he personally leads the attacks. When we finally see him in action it is also clear that he is ''extremely'' {{Badass}}
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* Lightning Bruiser: Shan Yu may look like a BigGuy MightyGlacier, (and he shows himself to be just as strong as he looks,) but he's as agile as a monkey.

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* Lightning Bruiser: LightningBruiser: Shan Yu may look like a BigGuy MightyGlacier, (and he shows himself to be just as strong as he looks,) but he's as agile as a monkey.
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* TheBerserker: While normally cold and collected, he really loses it [[spoiler: when his plans are foiled]]. YMMV as to whether this counts as a VillainousBreakdown, since he does actually recover from it, and due to his fairly bestial appearance the before/after difference is less pronounced than in most villainous breakdowns.


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* Lightning Bruiser: Shan Yu may look like a BigGuy MightyGlacier, (and he shows himself to be just as strong as he looks,) but he's as agile as a monkey.


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* OhCrap: Has a ''glorious'' one when [[spoiler: he sees an avalanche destroying his army]]


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* VillainousBreakdown: Arguable, see the "Berserker" entry above.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Since he seems to be a warlord (rather than a king or an emperor) it seems a fairly safe bet that he got where he was through general badassery rather than birthright.


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* TheDreaded: Though the Emperor is too dignified to have a true OhCrap moment, his expression and actions when General Li says the Huns are being led by Shan Yu shows that he is aware that China could be in a ''lot'' of trouble.


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* FourStarBadass: He is the supreme leader of his army, and he is also ''extremely'' {{Badass}}
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* JewishMother: "My children never caused such trouble, they all became acupunturists!"

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* JewishMother: "My children never caused such trouble, they all became acupunturists!"acupuncturists!"

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-->'''Shan-Yu:''' ''(throws one of them a doll)'' What do you see?\\

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-->'''Shan-Yu:''' ''(throws one of them a the Tung Shao Pass doll)'' What do you see?\\



* TheStoic: Ting-Ting for about three-quarters of ''Mulan II''. "Just get your pomegranates in the carriage."

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* TheStoic: Ting-Ting for about three-quarters of ''Mulan II''. "Just get your pomegranates in the carriage.""
** NotSoStoic: When Ling gets her to laugh.
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* {{Badass}}
* BadassMustache


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* ObviouslyEvil


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* WouldHurtAChild: ''The little girl will be missing her doll. We should return it to her.''
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** ShipSinking
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* BadassLongHair: In the sequel.
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* OneSceneWonder: Fa Deng.

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* OneSceneWonder: [[OffWithHisHead Fa Deng.]]



* NonActionGuy: Justified, since he's the Emperor's aide, not a soldier.

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* NonActionGuy: Justified, since he's Justified. He's the Emperor's aide, not a soldier.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero
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* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Chi-Fu is a NonActionGuy known for his GirlyScream, yet when told that Mulan is a hero he simply says ''"'tis a woman, she'll never be worth anything."'' Granted, there is some room for interpreting this as something he doesn't quite mean, and more so says out of contempt for Mulan as an ''individual'', but ''still''...

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