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** Shang was just that determined to train his troops to be as elite as his fathers. He was contemplating being "the Leader of China's finest troops. No! The greatest troops of all time!"
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* While the story almost certainly would have ended in disaster for China but for Mulan's actions, there's a good chance that her father wouldn't have been deployed as a foot soldier, which she was obviously concerned about. He's a decorated war hero, but he's clearly not in stellar physical condition. To a ReasonableAuthorityFigure like Shang's father, the answer is obvious: Keep Fa Zhou at his side in an advisory role. Of course, then he would have been slaughtered along with the main Chinese force, so the Fridge Logic loops back around and Mulan really did save his life.
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** Either 1) they weren't buried for as long as it looks like, or 2) they'd been struggling to get out for a while and managed to make some air holes for themselves. Note that when we see Shan Yu burst out of the snow, we can see a good part of his wrist, instead of just his hand or fingertips, so they were probably at least close enough to the surface for this to be (somewhat) [[HandWave hand]] [[IncrediblyLamePun wave-able]]. Though I still question those two who weren't even wearing shirts.
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** Either 1) they weren't buried for as long as it looks like, or 2) they'd been struggling to get out for a while and managed to make some air holes for themselves. Note that when we see Shan Yu burst out of the snow, we can see a good part of his wrist, instead of just his hand or fingertips, so they were probably at least close enough to the surface for this to be (somewhat) [[HandWave hand]] [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} wave-able]]. Though I still question those two who weren't even wearing shirts.
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** It's worth noting that the movie isn't historically accurate. ''Mulan'' embodies the Anorchristic Stew trope.
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** This almost definitely isn't culturally accurate, but I could see how a Chinese fire dragon could manifest. Aren't eastern dragons commonly depicted as long and serpentine to represent the rivers that they personify? You could apply that same characteristic to a lava flow from an active volcano. And what's better to apply it to Mushu's case is that these lava flows are temporary and cool off relatively quickly. So a dragon could be born, but it would be small, and its powers could go 'dormant' for centuries at a time. Thus why Mushi is so tiny and lackluster flame-wise. He's a bit of a 'flash in the pan' dragon.
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**** What I mean is, would the army have been punished, too, as a result of Mulan's actions? We already know her family would have lost their home.
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*** Considering how easily they accepted that Fa Ping was a son Fa Zhou didn't like to talk about, that doesn't seem like an issue at all. They'd probably just think he was just being hidden back away again.
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** What was the point of training the soldiers in archery if they didn't appear to even bring bows and arrows on the march, likewise with the bo staffs?
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** Maybe Mushu actually ''isn't'' a dragon, but merely claims to be one to make himself look better, or genuinely thinks he is one (the way he thinks Khan is a cow). Maybe he's a salamander or something, I think one WMG proposed he was actually the spirit of cooling steam? I mean, do you remember anyone in the movie besides Mushu referring to him as a dragon?
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** True, if this weren't a disney movie there's no way he would have
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** True, if this weren't a disney movie there's no way he would they could have gotten to such advanced levels.
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** He appears to be fully grown (as oposed to a larva), but he probably is naive to the ways of the world.
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* Why did Shang feel it necessary to devote an entire class to the recruits practicing breaking boards with their faces? When in his mind did he think that would come in handy? I think Ling used it ''once'' in the entire final battle, but the circumstances were pretty...specific.
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** Not only are you correct, but that is shown to take place in the movie itself. Shang sends Mulan home when he decides she's "unsuited for the rage of war", Chi Fu decides to withhold Shang's troops from battle because he takes issue with Shang's training methods, etc. Arriving at the camp was merely a formality that would allow the recruits to be checked up and ''then'' a decision would be made. The entire movie would never happened if Fa Zhou had just told Mulan that.
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*** To be fair to Chi Fu, he ''did'' send Fa Zhou to a training camp instead of him being one of the soldiers who joins Li, so he was somewhat aware of what was he heard and was told, if he couldn't acknowledge Mulan's point because one, Fa Zhou was visibly embarassed by attention being drawn to his age and disability, and two, she was behaving inappropriately by their society's standards.
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*** Would being discharged from the army (which isn't honorable, but not a crime) really be worse than the dishonor and punishment her family would endure (they would at least be disgraced and lose their home) had she been caught (Which is stated to be a crime many times and for which the penalty is death)? I don't understand Mulan's understanding of the risks involved.
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* What exactly does Mulan’s grandmother mean by “an apple for serenity”? How exactly do apples represent serenity?
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* How old is Cri-Kee meant to be? Kahn is clearly an adult and Little Brother is clearly a puppy, but Cri-Kee is more vague. He seems to give off the impression of being a CheerfulChild, yet also seems to be incredibly smart for and more mature than Mushu.
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** A better question regarding that sword is how Shaky and his men got it. Wasn't it buried in the avalanche with Shan Yu himself? Yet Shang brings it to the Emperor to confirm Shan Yu's (supposed) defeat, right before the falcon swoops down and bring it to the warrior to surprise everyone that he survived the avalanche, and was about to take down the Emperor.
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** A better question regarding that sword is how Shaky Shang and his men got it. Wasn't it buried in the avalanche with Shan Yu himself? Yet Shang brings it to the Emperor to confirm Shan Yu's (supposed) defeat, right before the falcon swoops down and bring it to the warrior to surprise everyone that he survived the avalanche, and was about to take down the Emperor.
