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* {{Narm}}: Mulan and Shang fighting at the camping ground is hard to be taken seriously due to Shang's over the top facial expressions.

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** Shang's DisneyDeath is almost exactly like Aragorn's in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'', released merely two years before. It's not fooling anyone, but especially at the time...
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* DesignatedVillain: Sheng. He's meant to be a cold-hearted jerk for opposing the princesses' affection for the soldiers, but consider that their country and the other kingdom is at stake, and the arranged marriage could save them from the invaders. Basically, Sheng is in the right when [[WhatTheHellHero telling off Mulan]] for trying to make the princesses abandon their duty, but no one really mentions that.

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* DesignatedVillain: Sheng.Shang. He's meant to be a cold-hearted jerk for opposing the princesses' affection for the soldiers, but consider that their country and the other kingdom is at stake, and the arranged marriage could save them from the invaders. Basically, Sheng Shang is in the right when [[WhatTheHellHero telling off Mulan]] for trying to make the princesses abandon their duty, but no one really mentions that.


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* FailureHero: Mulan falls into this, convincing the princesses to follow their own hearts but blatantly ignoring the fact that the marriage is meant to ensure China and its allies can beat back the imminent Mongol invasion, which the Emperor explicitly stated had the potential to outright destroy China. Ends up sharing this position with Shang who comes around to support her stance, and it is never confirmed if the alliance is secured when the princesses are "released" from their obligation to marry.


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** For some, Mulan may fall into this herself owing to her SkewedPriorities in how she views the marriage that is meant to ensure the survival of her country.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans were extremely disappointed when Eddie Murphy didn't reprise the role of Mushu. That's one reason many fans ignore the sequel.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans were extremely disappointed when Eddie Murphy didn't reprise the role of Mushu.Mushu, sticking out because ''everyone else'' did come back. That's one reason many fans ignore the sequel.
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* DesignatedVillain: Sheng. He's meant to be a cold-hearted jerk for opposing the princesses' affection for the soldiers, but consider that their country and the other kingdom is at stake, and the arranged marriage could save them from the invaders. Basically, Sheng is in the right when [[WhatTheHellHero telling off Mulan]] for trying to make the princesses abandon their duty, but no one really mentions that.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: One of the few truly positive aspects of the film, having unusually good animation as far as Disney sequels go.



* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans were extremely disappointed when Eddie Murphy didn't reprise the role of Mushu. That's why many fans ignore the sequel.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans were extremely disappointed when Eddie Murphy didn't reprise the role of Mushu. That's why one reason many fans ignore the sequel.
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* TheScrappy: Regardless whether or not you enjoyed Mushu in the first movie, you'll most definitely hate him here.

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* TheScrappy: Regardless whether or not you enjoyed Mushu in the first movie, you'll most definitely hate him here.here, as he spends most of the film trying to drive a wedge between Mulan and Shang for entirely selfish reasons.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Mulan is hit with this bigtime; uneasy at the idea of an arranged marriage being imposed on the princesses, she continually encourages them to follow their own hearts, which is overshadowed by the fact that if they do not go through with the union that China will not have the strength necessary to repel the incoming Mongols; Mulan applauds their choice to marry the men they choose, and the union is never followed through leaving China's fate unclear.
** What do Mulan and Shang propose as an escort for ''the three princesses and the daughters of the Emperor''? A mere ''three'' soldiers, Yao, Ling and Chien-Po, to ensure their safety. Even the Emperor is puzzled by Shang's logic behind this choice.
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* TheScrappy: Regardless whether or not you liked Mushu in the first movie, you'll most definitely hate him here.

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* TheScrappy: Regardless whether or not you liked enjoyed Mushu in the first movie, you'll most definitely hate him here.
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{{TheScrappy}}: Regardless whether or not you liked Mushu in the first movie, you'll most definitely hate him here.

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{{TheScrappy}}: * TheScrappy: Regardless whether or not you liked Mushu in the first movie, you'll most definitely hate him here.

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* {{Narm}}: Mulan and Shang fighting at the campsite is this due to Shang's over the top facial expressions.

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* {{Narm}}: Mulan and Shang fighting at the campsite camping ground is this hard to be taken seriously due to Shang's over the top facial expressions.expressions.
{{TheScrappy}}: Regardless whether or not you liked Mushu in the first movie, you'll most definitely hate him here.
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* Narm: Mulan and Shang fighting at the campsite is this due to Shang's over the top facial expressions.

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* Narm: {{Narm}}: Mulan and Shang fighting at the campsite is this due to Shang's over the top facial expressions.
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* Narm: Mulan and Shang fighting at the campsite is this due to Shang's over the top facial expressions.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass]], and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China unresolved. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was one of the last sequels in the Disney sequel machine; it didn't take long after that for John Lasseter to return and unplug that machine.

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* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character Mushu [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass]], and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China unresolved. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was one of the last sequels in the Disney sequel machine; it didn't take long after that for John Lasseter to return and unplug that machine.
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* EsotericHappyEnding: Yay! They got to marry the ones they love! But... wait a tick, didn't they need to marry the Kingdom's princes to bolster their forces for the oncoming invasion? Uh oh...
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I get that this is YMMV... but with so many mixed/negative tropes on this page (including Sequelitis), Even Better Sequel seems downright out of place. Sure, every film's going to have its fans... but this is a very small minority, from the sounds of it.


* EvenBetterSequel: Believe it or not. Fans of the movie have even taken a critical eye at the original, citing the rather simplistic plot and and perhaps overly-direct moral of girls don't have to be weak as the first going too far. The sequel can be seen as a counter that diplomacy and embracing female ideals don't necessarily have to conflict. It's either that, or...
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** FanonDiscontinuity: For those who feel the first film was perfect and needed no sequel, especially since it rather undermines the original in more than one way.

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** * FanonDiscontinuity: For those who feel the first film was perfect and needed no sequel, especially since it rather undermines the original in more than one way.

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* EvenBetterSequel: Believe it or not. Fans of the movie have even taken a critical eye at the original, citing the rather simplistic plot and and perhaps overly-direct moral of girls don't have to be weak as the first going too far. The sequel can be seen as a counter that diplomacy and embracing female ideals don't necessarily have to conflict.

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* EvenBetterSequel: Believe it or not. Fans of the movie have even taken a critical eye at the original, citing the rather simplistic plot and and perhaps overly-direct moral of girls don't have to be weak as the first going too far. The sequel can be seen as a counter that diplomacy and embracing female ideals don't necessarily have to conflict. It's either that, or...
** FanonDiscontinuity: For those who feel the first film was perfect and needed no sequel, especially since it rather undermines the original in more than one way.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass]], and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China unresolved. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass]], and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China unresolved. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Tomatoes and was one of the last sequels in the Disney sequel machine; it didn't take long after that for John Lasseter to return and unplug that machine.
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* ContestedSequel: It either reinforces the morals of the original or ruins the characters of the original.
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* EvenBetterSequel: Believe it or not. Fans of the movie have even taken a critical eye at the original, siting the rather simplistic plot and and perhaps overly-direct moral of girls don't have to be weak as the first going too far. The sequel can be seen as a counter that diplomacy and embracing female ideals don't necessarily have to conflict.

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* EvenBetterSequel: Believe it or not. Fans of the movie have even taken a critical eye at the original, siting citing the rather simplistic plot and and perhaps overly-direct moral of girls don't have to be weak as the first going too far. The sequel can be seen as a counter that diplomacy and embracing female ideals don't necessarily have to conflict.
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*TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans were extremely disappointed when Eddie Murphy didn't reprise the role of Mushu. That's why many fans ignore the sequel.
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* InferredHolocaust: We're told that the Mongols are going to invade and they vastly outnumber the Chinese armies, but the situation can be saved if the Chinese ally with another kingdom through ArrangedMarriage. This being a Disney movie, the marriages don't go through and the princesses find love with commoners. The movie is more concerned with the marriage aspect than the invasion aspect at this point so it doesn't confirm if the alliance is still made but it's implied that it was indeed created. I.E. The Qigong Emperor was so taken by Mushu's Golden Dragon act that he finalized the alliance off-screen to make up for the marriage canceling and appeasing the Golden Dragon's will.

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* InferredHolocaust: We're told that the Mongols are going to invade and they vastly outnumber the Chinese armies, but the situation can be saved if the Chinese ally with another kingdom through ArrangedMarriage. This being a Disney movie, the marriages don't go through and the princesses find love with commoners. The movie is more concerned with the marriage aspect than the invasion aspect at this point so it doesn't confirm if the alliance is still made but it's implied that it was indeed created. I.E. The Presumably, [[spoiler:the Qigong Emperor was so taken by Mushu's Golden Dragon act that he finalized the alliance off-screen to make up for the marriage canceling and appeasing the Golden Dragon's will.]]
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TRS voted to axe Parvum Opus.


* ParvumOpus: One of the finalists for this title in not only the DirectToVideo sequel series of movies, but also for Disney in general; this is one of their only productions to score a zero on RT, alongside ''Million-Dollar Duck'', and could be considered one of the things that convinced people Disney was in dire straits; their CEO got forced out a few years later.
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* ParvumOpus: One of the finalists for this title in not only the DirectToVideo sequel series of movies, but also for Disney in general; this is one of their only productions to score a zero, alongside ''Million-Dollar Duck'', and could be considered one of the things that convinced people Disney was in dire straits; their CEO got forced out a few years later.

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* ParvumOpus: One of the finalists for this title in not only the DirectToVideo sequel series of movies, but also for Disney in general; this is one of their only productions to score a zero, zero on RT, alongside ''Million-Dollar Duck'', and could be considered one of the things that convinced people Disney was in dire straits; their CEO got forced out a few years later.
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* ParvumOpus: One of the finalists for this title in not only the DirectToVideo sequel series of movies, but also for Disney in general; this is one of their only productions to score a zero, alongside ''Million-Dollar Duck'', and could be considered one of the things that convinced people Disney was in dire straits; their CEO got forced out a few years later.
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* BrokenBase: While much of the Disney fanbase criticizes this film for taking the complete opposite approach to the first film's aesop, it certainly does have its fans that don't see that as a bad thing.


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* EvenBetterSequel: Believe it or not. Fans of the movie have even taken a critical eye at the original, siting the rather simplistic plot and and perhaps overly-direct moral of girls don't have to be weak as the first going too far. The sequel can be seen as a counter that diplomacy and embracing female ideals don't necessarily have to conflict.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character taking a level in jerkass, and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China unresolved. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass, jerkass]], and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China unresolved. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Deleted tangents. It sounded like off-topic bitching.


* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character taking a level in jerkass, and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China once more unresolved; specifically, it was Mulan's mission to escort the Emperor's three daughters to a powerful lord in order to marry his sons, which would secure a union that would safeguard China from an impending invasion by the Mongols. Instead, shocked at the very idea of an arranged marriage, Mulan teaches the princesses to follow their own paths. This would be a meaningful lesson except for the fact that in doing so such a union apparently never took shape by the end of the film, which despite ending on an uplifting note with Mulan's wedding does not address the Mongol invasion that is now sure to happen due to these actions. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character taking a level in jerkass, and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China once more unresolved; specifically, it was Mulan's mission to escort the Emperor's three daughters to a powerful lord in order to marry his sons, which would secure a union that would safeguard China from an impending invasion by the Mongols. Instead, shocked at the very idea of an arranged marriage, Mulan teaches the princesses to follow their own paths. This would be a meaningful lesson except for the fact that in doing so such a union apparently never took shape by the end of the film, which despite ending on an uplifting note with Mulan's wedding does not address the Mongol invasion that is now sure to happen due to these actions.unresolved. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: This movie is decently-animated, but is largely overlooked and ultimately criticized for the even greater liberties taken in its portrayal of Chinese culture, one character taking a level in jerkass, and for leaving the plot in which Mulan must save China once more unresolved; specifically, it was Mulan's mission to escort the Emperor's three daughters to a powerful lord in order to marry his sons, which would secure a union that would safeguard China from an impending invasion by the Mongols. Instead, shocked at the very idea of an arranged marriage, Mulan teaches the princesses to follow their own paths. This would be a meaningful lesson except for the fact that in doing so such a union apparently never took shape by the end of the film, which despite ending on an uplifting note with Mulan's wedding does not address the Mongol invasion that is now sure to happen due to these actions. The sequel earned a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Split the sequel to a new work page.

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* DesignatedHero: Mulan tries to talk three princesses out of an arranged marriage, forgetting that it's happening in the first place to prevent a Mongol invasion of China, meaning that she's endangering the lives of thousands of innocent people by doing this. It's mitigated by the fact that she presents herself as a substitute bride.
* InferredHolocaust: We're told that the Mongols are going to invade and they vastly outnumber the Chinese armies, but the situation can be saved if the Chinese ally with another kingdom through ArrangedMarriage. This being a Disney movie, the marriages don't go through and the princesses find love with commoners. The movie is more concerned with the marriage aspect than the invasion aspect at this point so it doesn't confirm if the alliance is still made but it's implied that it was indeed created. I.E. The Qigong Emperor was so taken by Mushu's Golden Dragon act that he finalized the alliance off-screen to make up for the marriage canceling and appeasing the Golden Dragon's will.
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