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The film is a [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', with all the characters reimagined as insects and other small animals, potentially making it a mockbuster of ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' as well.

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The film is a [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', with all the characters reimagined as insects and other small animals, potentially making it a mockbuster of ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' as well.



* InterchangeableAsianCultures: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} If the Disney film]] is anything to go by, Mala Kahn is ''intended'' to be Mongolian. However, he's dressed like a freaking [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai Samurai.]] Let's not even get started on the name.

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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} If the Disney film]] is anything to go by, Mala Kahn is ''intended'' to be Mongolian. However, he's dressed like a freaking [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai Samurai.]] Let's not even get started on the name.
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There is no such thing as Meiji-era Samurai armour.


* AnachronismStew: Clothing from the Qing, Ming, and Han dynasty are mixed together for the good guys, with Mala Kahn and his men (sans Bowtie) dressed in Meji-Era samurai armor.

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* AnachronismStew: Clothing from the Qing, Ming, and Han dynasty are mixed together for the good guys, with Mala Kahn and his men (sans Bowtie) dressed in Meji-Era samurai armor.
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The film is a [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', with all the characters reimagined as insects and other small animals, potentially making it a mockbuster of ''Disney/ABugsLife'' as well.

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The film is a [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', with all the characters reimagined as insects and other small animals, potentially making it a mockbuster of ''Disney/ABugsLife'' ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' as well.

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* AnachronismStew: Clothing from the Qing, Ming, and Han dynasty are mixed together for the good guys, with Mala Kahn and his men (sans Bowtie) dressed in Meji-Era samurai armor.



* AnachronismStew: Clothing from the Qing, Ming, and Han dynasty are mixed together for the good guys, with Mala Kahn and his men (sans Bowtie) dressed in Meji-Era samurai armor.

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* AnachronismStew: Clothing from the Qing, Ming, and Han dynasty are mixed together for the good guys, with Mala Kahn and his men (sans Bowtie) dressed in Meji-Era samurai armor.



* AnachronismStew: Clothing from the Qing, Ming, and Han dynasty are mixed together for the good guys, with Mala Kahn and his men (sans Bowtie) dressed in Meji-Era samurai armor.
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The film is a [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', with all the characters reimagined as insects and other small animals, potentially making it a mockbuster of Disney/ABugsLife as well.

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The film is a [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', with all the characters reimagined as insects and other small animals, potentially making it a mockbuster of Disney/ABugsLife ''Disney/ABugsLife'' as well.
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* InterchangableAsianCultures: If the Disney film is anything to go by, Mala Kahn is ''intended'' to be Mongolian. However, he's dressed like a freaking Samurai. Let's not even get started on the name.

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* InterchangableAsianCultures: InterchangeableAsianCultures: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} If the Disney film film]] is anything to go by, Mala Kahn is ''intended'' to be Mongolian. However, he's dressed like a freaking Samurai. [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai Samurai.]] Let's not even get started on the name.

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The film is a [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', with all the characters reimagined as insects and other small animals.

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The film is a [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', with all the characters reimagined as insects and other small animals.
animals, potentially making it a mockbuster of Disney/ABugsLife as well.


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* AnachronismStew: Clothing from the Qing, Ming, and Han dynasty are mixed together for the good guys, with Mala Kahn and his men (sans Bowtie) dressed in Meji-Era samurai armor.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Half of the names are this. The other half [[PunnyName are puns]] that vaguely sound Chinese.


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* CanonForeigner: Mulan has a sister in this version.


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* InterchangableAsianCultures: If the Disney film is anything to go by, Mala Kahn is ''intended'' to be Mongolian. However, he's dressed like a freaking Samurai. Let's not even get started on the name.
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* AerithAndBob: In this {{Wuxia}}, here's a Mulan, an actual Chinese name... and then there's Zhing-Zhing, and ''Bowtie''. And then there's "Mala Kahn", which attaches the name "Kahn" seen across many cultures on the Asian continent, [[MultiEthnicName onto a name based on the]] ''[[MultiEthnicName Latin]]'' [[MultiEthnicName prefix for "bad"]].

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* AerithAndBob: In this {{Wuxia}}, here's a there's Mulan, an actual Chinese name... and then there's Zhing-Zhing, and ''Bowtie''. And then there's "Mala Kahn", which attaches the name "Kahn" seen across many cultures on the Asian continent, [[MultiEthnicName onto a name based on the]] ''[[MultiEthnicName Latin]]'' [[MultiEthnicName prefix for "bad"]].
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* AerithAndBob: In this {{Wuxia}}, here's a Mulan, an actual Chinese name, and then there's Zhing-Zhing, and ''Bowtie''. And then there's "Mala Kahn", which attaches the name "Kahn" seen across many cultures on the Asian continent, onto a name based on the ''Latin'' prefix for "bad".

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* AerithAndBob: In this {{Wuxia}}, here's a Mulan, an actual Chinese name, name... and then there's Zhing-Zhing, and ''Bowtie''. And then there's "Mala Kahn", which attaches the name "Kahn" seen across many cultures on the Asian continent, [[MultiEthnicName onto a name based on the ''Latin'' the]] ''[[MultiEthnicName Latin]]'' [[MultiEthnicName prefix for "bad"."bad"]].
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* AerithAndBob: In this {{Wuxia}}, here's a Mulan, an actual Chinese name, and then there's Zhing-Zhing, and ''Bowtie''. And then there's "Mala Kahn", which attaches the name "Kahn" seen across many cultures on the Asian continent, onto a name based on the ''Latin'' prefix for "bad".
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* SecretKeeper: When Zhing Zhing learns that Mulan is a woman disguised as a soldier, she promises not to tell anyone about her secret identity.
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'''''The Secret of Mulan''''' is a 1998 AnimatedMusical and an entry in [[Creator/UAVEntertainment UAV Entertainment's]] ''Secret of...'' series. A [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of the Creator/{{Disney}} film ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', where all the characters are insects and other small animals.

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'''''The Secret of Mulan''''' is a 1998 AnimatedMusical and an entry in [[Creator/UAVEntertainment UAV Entertainment's]] ''Secret of...'' series. A

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[[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of the Creator/{{Disney}} film [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney's]] ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', where with all the characters are reimagined as insects and other small animals.
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This film was created by Creator/UAVEntertainment.
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A [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of the Creator/{{Disney}} film ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', where all the characters are insects and other small animals.

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'''''The Secret of Mulan''''' is a 1998 AnimatedMusical and an entry in [[Creator/UAVEntertainment UAV Entertainment's]] ''Secret of...'' series. A [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of the Creator/{{Disney}} film ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', where all the characters are insects and other small animals.
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* AnimatedMusical: Par for the course with UAV productions.

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A [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of the {{Disney}} film Disney/{{Mulan}}, where all the characters are insects and other small animals.

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A [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of the {{Disney}} Creator/{{Disney}} film Disney/{{Mulan}}, ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', where all the characters are insects and other small animals.




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* VillainSong: Both Mala Khan and Bowtie get one. Mala Khan's is even the first song in the movie.

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* VillainSong: Both Mala Khan and Bowtie get one. Mala Khan's is even the first song in the movie.movie.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Zhing Zhing's mindset after the Dragonfly Prince abducts Mulan.
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* BadBoss: Mala Khan to Bowtie.
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* IAmSong: Both {{Villain Songs}}.

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* IAmSong: Both {{Villain Songs}}.Song}}s.
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* IAmSong: Both VillainSongs.

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* IAmSong: Both VillainSongs.{{Villain Songs}}.
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* IAmSong: Both VillainSongs.
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* ActionGirl: Unlike the Disney version, Mulan knows martial arts from the get-go.

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* ActionGirl: Unlike the Disney version, Mulan knows martial arts from the get-go. Zhing Zhing also qualifies.
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* FailedASpotCheck: After Mulan hatches from her cocoon, nobody notices that she now has two legs, as opposed to her previous six.
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A MockBuster of the {{Disney}} film Disney/{{Mulan}}, where all the characters are insects and other small animals.

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A MockBuster [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of the {{Disney}} film Disney/{{Mulan}}, where all the characters are insects and other small animals.
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A Mockbuster of the {{Disney}} film Disney/{{Mulan}}, where all the characters are insects and other small animals.

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDosomething: The Prince fights alongside his men.

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A Mockbuster of the {{Disney}} film Disney/{{Mulan}}, where all the characters are insects and other small animals.

This film was created by Creator/UAVEntertainment.

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* ActionGirl: Unlike the Disney version, Mulan knows martial arts from the get-go.
* BigBad: Mala Khan.
* EvilPrince: The Dragonfly Prince.
* FurryConfusion: The anthropomorphic insects use normal insects as either weapons or mounts. Also, there are anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic mammals.
* PlotHole: Like the original poem, Mulan [[DisguisedInDrag dresses as a man]] in order to join the army. Yet Zhing Zhing appears to be part of the army, as the Prince asks her to report her findings to him, and nobody seems to care.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDosomething: The Prince fights alongside his men.
* SweetPollyOliver: Mulan, as usual.
* VillainSong: Both Mala Khan and Bowtie get one. Mala Khan's is even the first song in the movie.

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