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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mulanposter.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.]]'']]
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4	->''"You'll bring honor to us all."''
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6	''Mulan'' is an animated film released in 1998, as the 36th film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. It was inspired by the [[ImperialChina Ancient Chinese]] [[FolkHero folk legend]] of [[Literature/TheBalladOfMulan Hua Mulan]] (花木蘭).[[note]]Disney chose to romanize the heroine's name as Fa Mulan, in effect giving her family name the typical Cantonese pronunciation, but her personal name the normal Mandarin one.[[/note]] The film deals with Huns invading ImperialChina, led by the vicious warlord Shan Yu, resulting in every Chinese family receiving a conscription order requiring one male from their household to serve in the army. The title character, Fa Mulan (Creator/MingNaWen), has no brothers, resulting in her veteran father being forced to accept the conscription. Fearing that her father's old age and crippling injuries will result in his almost certain death against the Huns, she steals his sword and armor, cuts her hair, and goes in his place, [[SweetPollyOliver disguised as a man]].
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8	As Mulan is the last member in the lineage of the Fa family, her ancestors order the disgraced guardian Mushu (Creator/EddieMurphy), [[OurDragonsAreDifferent who is small and has a penchant for comedy]], to send the Great Stone Dragon to fetch Mulan home safely, but Mushu accidentally breaks the Stone Dragon's statue. He then [[NonHumanSidekick goes in his place]], but rather than fetching Mulan, hopes to make her a war hero and bring himself to glory.
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10	Under the assumed name "[[HilariousInHindsight Fa]] [[BilingualBonus Ping]]", Mulan undergoes many hardships in basic training, but eventually wins the respect and friendship of her fellow soldiers, as well as that of her commanding officer, Captain Li Shang (Creator/BDWong), and marches with her company to confront Shan Yu and his Huns in a battle that will decide the fate of all of China.
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12	The film was followed by a DirectToVideo sequel in 2004, ''WesternAnimation/MulanII''. A GraphicNovel, ''Mulan's Adventure Journal: The Palace of Secrets'' was published by Creator/DarkHorseComics in March 2020. A [[Film/Mulan2020 live-action version]] was released on Creator/DisneyPlus in September 2020. A version of Mulan has also appeared in the live-action TV show ''Series/OnceUponATime'' (which is also produced by Disney), where she is played by Creator/JamieChung.
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14	!!''Mulan'' provides examples of:
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16	* Mulan/TropesAToC
17	* Mulan/TropesDToF
18	* Mulan/TropesGToL
19	* Mulan/TropesMToR
20	* Mulan/TropesSToZ
21	[[/index]]
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23	-->''"[[SayMyName MUSHU!]]"''

Context WesternAnimation / Mulan