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- Little Brother, Mulan's puppy, smacking headfirst into the wall before running out the door. The slapstick is funny in of itself but that *clonk* noise that it causes only adds to it. It basically sounds like wood hitting...well, wood.
- After Mulan is getting ready for visiting the matchmaker, her father prays at the family temple.Fa Zhou: Please help Mulan impress the matchmaker today.
(cue Little Brother running in around him, chasing a bone tied to his head, chicken feed tied to his back and chickens fluttering into the temple... caused by Mulan)
Fa Zhou: Please... please help her. - This exchange:Fa Li: I should have prayed to the ancestors for luck.
Grandma Fa: How lucky can they be? They're dead! - Grandmother Fa taking Cri-Kee for a walk in a test of luck
. Her appearance causes the traffic to end up in a road accident disaster, while she remains unscratched.Grandmother Fa: Yup, this cricket's a lucky one!Cri-Kee, shaking, promptly faints with fright inside his cage- Fa Li's "Grandma, NO!!!" right before she does this sounds less like she's worried about Grandma killing herself, and more like she expected that to happen.
- And then there's the matchmaker scene:Matchmaker: Fa Mulan.
Mulan: (standing up) Present!
Matchmaker: (writing) Speaking without permission.
Mulan: (Facepalm) Oops.
Grandma Fa: (whispering to Fa Li) Who spit in her bean curd?- When the Matchmaker says the word "dignity", she covers her face with ink because she accidentally touched the notes Mulan wrote on her arm before touching her face.
- Then, Mulan pours tea on the table on accident due to staring at the Matchmaker's ink-beard.
- And when everyone outside can hear the chaos Mulan is causing with the matchmaker, Grandmother Fa says obliviously to Mulan's mother: "I think it's going well. Don't you?"
- The matchmaker accidentally falling on the fireplace causing her to suffer a Rump Roast, then Mulan obliviously making the fire WORSE by fanning it before finally putting it out with her tea. Let's just say that whole scene was hilarious!
- Fridge-Funny: Mulan's mother, grandmother and fellow villagers are in the dark about what's happening inside. When they woke up that morning, they probably did not expect to see the matchmaker burst out the door, wearing a painted on goatee, on fire and screaming "Put it out! Put it out! PUT IT OOOOOOOOOOUUUUT!" A chaotic neutral would be proud.
- The line "I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!"
- And Mushu's ensuing rant, partly for the head ancestor's reactions.
- The ancestors all arguing about Mulan when she runs off to join the army:Ancestor 1: My children never caused such trouble. They all became acupuncturists!Ancestor 2: Well, we can't all be acupuncturists!Ancestor 3: No! Your great-granddaughter had to be a CROSS-DRESSER!
- While they argue, there's a brief shot of Mushu sitting with one leg crossed over the other, reading a newspaper, and looking like he is so over this.
- The last ancestor that Mushu "helped", Fa Deng. He appears for about four seconds, in military armor, with his head under his arm. "Yeah. Thanks a lot."
- Mushu grumbling on his way to the Great Stone Dragon, having been rebuffed by the (dead) ancestors when he offered to help.Mushu: Just one chance. Is that too much to ask? I mean, it's not like it'd kill you.
- Mushu's attempt to 'wake the stone dragon', ending with it falling to pieces, followed by the Great Ancestor calling the Stone Dragon and Mushu holds the head up to prove that Stone Dragon awoke. And the Great Ancestor bought it.Great Ancestor: Great Stone Dragon, have you awakened?
Mushu: [holds up the Great Stone Dragon's head, which is all that's left of him] Uh, uh, uh, uh... Yes, I just woke up! I'm...I'm the Great Stone Dragon! Good morning! I will go forth and fetch Mulan! Did...Did I mention that I was the Great Stone Dragon?
Great Ancestor: Go! The fate of the Fa family rests in your claws.
Mushu: Don't even worry about it! I will not lose face! AAAH! [loses his balance and tumbles down the hill; the head of the Great Stone Dragon lands on top of him] Ow, my elbow! Oh, oh, I know I twisted somethin'. - Mushu: "I'm doomed! And all 'cause Miss Man decided to take her little drag show on the road!"
- The German dub manages to put some Anachronism Stew in it:
Mushu: "And all because our Mulan absolutely has to do some 'Lara Croft' act!" - Mulan preparing to enter the army camp.Mulan: Excuse me. Where do I sign in? Ah, I see you have a sword. I have one too! They're very manly, and tough. *attempts to unsheathe the sword and proceeds to drop it*
- "Lemme hear ya say aaaahhh!" "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" "That's close enough!"
- A few seconds later, Cri-kee's shadow appears and mocks Mushu by holding up his front legs to make a similar-looking shadow to Mushu's. Mushu sees this and kicks him.
- The ending to this bit as Mushu anticlimactically reveals himself to be about a foot tall leads Mulan to ask, "My ancestors sent a little lizard to help me?" to which Mushu replies, "Hey, dragon, dragon! Not lizard! I don't do that tongue thing!" and then he immediately does "that tongue thing".
- Mushu talks himself up when he first meets Mulan.Mushu: My powers are beyond your mortal imagination. For instance, my eyes can see straight through your armor. [Mulan gets an indignant look of shock and gives Mushu a good slap]
- Also, right before she slaps him, you see the other hand instinctively covering her chest.
- In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it-moment, when Mulan puts her hand on Mushu's mouth and apologizes, Mushu shoves her hand off and goes into a fighting pose as if he briefly thought Mulan was attacking him.
- Mushu wishing for dishonor on both Mulan and her horse, which he also calls a "cow" to add insult to injury.
- The entire sequence of Mulan's first visit to an actual Chinese army camp, with special mentions below.Unnamed soldier: (baring chest) Look! This tattoo will protect me from harm!Yao: Hmmm...(Yao punches unnamed soldier in the tattooed spot.)Ling: AH-HA-HA-HA-HA! I hope you can get your money back!
- And shortly after...Mulan: I don't think I can do this.Mushu: It's all about attitude, being tough, like this guy here!Yao: (hawks a loogie) (to Mulan) What are you looking at?Mushu: (to Mulan) Punch him. It's how men say hello.(Mulan punches Yao, overdoing it, sending him flying over to Chien-Po. Yao is brought to a dizzying swoon.)Chien-Po: (lifting Yao, smiling) Oh, Yao... You made a friend!Mushu: Now, slap him on the behind. They like that!(Mulan does as told.)(Chien-Po carries Yao again.)Chien-Po: Yao, relax and chant with me.Yao: (stiffening up in red-beet rage) Grrrr!(Chien-Po proceeds to swing him softly left and right as if he were a teddy bear)Chien-Po: Nonuamitofudaaaa...Yao: Namoo-amee-tofu-da (instantly goes limp) blublubluh.Chien-Po: Feel better...?Yao: Yeah. (to Mulan) Eh, you ain't worth my time, chicken boy.(Mulan walks off but Mushu is insulted.)Mushu: CHICKEN BOY?! SAY THAT TO MY FACE, YOU LIMP NOODLE!(A camp brawl ensues.)
- And shortly after...
- And when Chien-Po eventually bumps the queue in the aforementioned camp brawl, sending the soldiers collapsing à la Bookshelf Dominoes.
- This is, of course, followed by a newly appointed Shang excited that he'll potentially be leading the "greatest troops of all time". He opens the tent door to find the exact opposite of what he was expecting.
- And then when Shang first sees the brawl, and Chien-Po is just randomly eating a bowl of rice while all the fighting happens around him.
- Let’s not forget that when Shang does demand order after the fight, Yao still gets one more punch in to the guy he was brawling with.
- The fish that Ling is swinging around towards the end is pretty funny for its sheer randomness. Then there's the fact that Mulan, who started the brawl, is cowering in the middle of the group, and everyone seems to have forgotten about her until Shang comes out.
The soldiers en masse: (pointing at Mulan) He started it! - Mulan's first confrontation with Shang, where it turns out she hadn't thought of an alias for herself and Mushu's attempts to whisper ideas in her ear turn the conversation into a Who's on First?.Shang: What's your name?Mulan: (stumbling) Ahh, I, uhhh, I, uh—Chi Fu: Your commanding officer just asked you a question!Mulan: Uh, I've got a name — and it's a boy's name, too.Mushu: Ling, how 'bout Ling?Mulan: (nodding in Ling's direction): His name is Ling.Shang: I didn't ask for his name, I asked for yours!Mushu: Try, ahhhhh, Chu!Mulan: Ah Chu.Shang: Ah Chu?Mushu: Gesundheit! (laughs) I kill myself.Mulan: Mushu!Shang: (at the end of his patience) Mushu?Mulan: No!Shang: Then what is it?!Mushu: Ping! Ping was my best friend growin' up!Mulan: (relieved) ...It's Ping!Shang: Ping.Mushu: Of course, Ping did steal my girlfr... (Mulan shoves him back into her armor)Mulan: Yes. My name is Ping.Shang: Let me see your conscription notice. (Mulan hands the scroll to him.) Fa Zhou? THE Fa Zhou?Chi Fu: I didn't know Fa Zhou had a son.Mulan: Er, he... doesn't talk about me much. (she attempts to spit, but fails miserably)Chi Fu: I can see why. The boy's an absolute lunatic!
- Even better after the brawl, when Shang addresses the recruits he says that thanks to "Ping", they will spend the night picking every single grain of rice spilled in the brawl. Yao and Ling give Mulan a searing Death Glare in response.
- Mulan's false name would be pronounced Fa Ping; no doubt you can fill in the missing letter. In addition, Fa Ping in Chinese means "vase", and is a slang term used for especially effeminate gay men, making it doubly hilarious.
- Mushu: (about seeing Mulan's attempt at a "war face," which looks more like she's about to do a spit-take) "Oh, I think my bunny slippers just ran for cover."
- In all fairness, though, her mouth was full in that moment.
- Mushu throwing Cri-Kee out of Mulan's porridge. "Hey, get out of there! You gonna make people sick!"
- And Mulan with her mouth full of porridge, Mushu saying "then you gotta kick the other kid's butt" and Mulan saying with her mouth full "But I don't want to kick the other kid's butt."
- Mushu telling her that she's late. When she rushes out:Mushu: Wait, you forgot your sword! *sniffs* My little baby, off to destroy people...
- Mushu telling her that she's late. When she rushes out:
- Chi Fu's exchange with the soldiers:Chi Fu: Order! People, order!
Random soldier #1: I'd like a pan-fried noodle.
Chien-Po: (innocently) Ooh, ooh, ooh, sweet and pungent shrimp!
Random soldier #2: Moo goo gai pan!
Chi Fu: (annoyed) That's not funny! - Shang gets a Shirtless Scene in one scene and fires an arrow at the top of a pole for his warriors in training to get. Yao's turn comes up due to having Got Volunteered by the others and he mutters to himself, "I'll get that arrow, pretty boy. And I'll do it with my shirt on."
- Mulan's expression when Shang takes his shirt off.
- And Yao's expression as Shang puts the weights on his wrists as well as his "Oh, come on!" reaction when Yao is told to wait by Shang.
- The sheer irony at the beginning of the song is priceless.
- At the beginning of the song, Ling drops a beetle down Mulan's back, which causes her to swing her stick around and ends up knocking all the other soldiers over (including Ling) while Mushu Face Palms. Also, Shang comes over to retrieve the stick and gets whacked in the stomach.
- During "I'll Make a Man Out of You", when the soldiers are shooting arrows at targets while simultaneously skewering pomegranates, Mushu sticks a fruit on Mulan's arrow to make things easier. When Shang sees this (not seeing Mushu and thinking that Mulan is cheating), Mulan's face is PRICELESS.
- During the initial play of the song, the troops are supposed to catch fish with their bare hands and Mulan pulls Yao's foot instead, dragging him into the river, but what really sells it is her gingerly pushing the foot underwater, trying to pretend nothing happened.
- And right after that, Mushu gives Mulan a fish that he caught with snorkeling gear.
- Fridge Funny: During the montage of the soldiers succeeding in the tasks, the "balance-the-bucket-on-your-head-while-using-a-bamboo-stick-to-bat-away-rocks" part isn't present due to most likely being very difficult.
- During the initial play of the song, the troops are supposed to catch fish with their bare hands and Mulan pulls Yao's foot instead, dragging him into the river, but what really sells it is her gingerly pushing the foot underwater, trying to pretend nothing happened.
- The bathing scene is arguably the funniest scene in the entire movie — to go into great(er) detail about it: Mulan decides to finally bathe herself (quite possibly her first time bathing since starting boot camp), her reasoning being, "Just because I look like a man, that doesn't mean I have to smell like one." Mushu tries but fails to talk her out of it, as he's worried that someone might see Mulan and discover that "Ping" is actually a woman. Mulan's not worried at first, but Mushu's eventually proven right when Ling, Yao, and Chien-Po get the same idea as Mulan and come to bathe in that same pond (Mushu even exclaims to Cri-Kee, "There's couple of things I KNOW they're bound to notice," before rushing off to save Mulan). Some other things that happen:
- As Ling, Yao, and Chien-Po are coming into the pond (the last one doing a cannonball and creating a small wave for Ling and Yao to ride on), Mulan's sinking as far down into the water as she can while maintaining her male disguise and making a hasty exit — she even uses a lily pad to cover her face and girly bits while trying to get away from the three guys, who're guilelessly trying to befriend "Ping" with a little good-natured water fight (which counts as a Heartwarming Moment since the three do feel bad about how they treated Mulan before and want to be friends with her).
- There's also the part where Yao's standing naked as he declares himself King of the Rock — Mulan's face as she realizes what she's averting her gaze from is priceless. Also funny because, even if they don't show any nudity, it's still pretty risqué for Disney, because we're presumably supposed to imagine Yao standing there with his hands on his hips.
- And then after Ling grabs Mulan's right arm (she's using her left arm to cover her chest), Mushu bites Ling on the butt, and he and the other two guys start freaking out because they think Mushu's a snake. Ling, Yao and Chien-Po then climb up on the rock and this exchange happens:Ling: Some King of the Rock. [Yao pushes him into the supposedly snake-infested water]
- After finally getting out of the water, Mushu's furiously brushing his teeth (even putting a big glob of toothpaste on his tongue) and claims that Mulan owes him "big" for what he did to save her back there.
- This exchange between Mulan, Mushu, and Khan (Mulan's horse):Mulan: I never want to see a naked man again. (sees a herd of nude guys running past, to which her horse looks equally disgusted.)Mushu: Hey, don't look at me, I ain't bitin' no more butts.
- The portrait of Chi Fu with the Emperor in his tent◊ — Chi Fu is shaking the Emperor's hand with an absolutely gleeful smile, while the Emperor is being his usual stern, dignified self. Fridge Logic makes this even funnier: How long would they have held that pose for the painter to draw them?!
- Mushu and Cri-Kee conspire to get the army in action by writing a fake message:Mushu: Okay, let me see what you got. (Reads Cri-Kee's note) "From General Li. Dear Son, we're waiting for the Huns at the pass. It would mean a lot if you'd come and back us up." Hmm, that's great, except you forgot: "And since we're out of potpourri, perhaps you wouldn't mind bringing up some." HEL-LO! This is the army! Make it sound more urgent, please! You know what I'm talkin' about?
- Made even funnier by Cri-Kee's facial expression when he hears Mushu's sarcastic expression about the potpourri and nods as if to say "Oh yes, that is a fantastic idea!"
- Chi Fu being laughed out of the bathing pond by the soldiers:Chi Fu: Insubordinate ruffians. You men owe me a new pair of slippers! ...And I do not squeal like a girl! (panda eats his remaining slipper, he squeals like a girl)
- Mushu and Cri-Kee deliver a message dressed as a General... mounted on a panda (because Khan the horse refused to cooperate).
- "What's the matter? Never seen a black and white before?"
- In the Finnish dub, Mushu calls his "vehicle" a Pandolino. Punny as it may be, it definitely counts as an Inherently Funny Word.
- The German dub has Mushu flat-out ask "Never driven a Panda before?", referring to the popular FIAT Panda model of compact cars.
- "What's the matter? Never seen a black and white
- Mushu's Paper-Thin Disguise as a military messenger when confronting Chi Fu is pretty amusing itself with Cri-Kee acting as the eyes, nose and eyebrows and very awkward movements, unintentionally slapping Chi Fu’s nose before threatening to take his hat for stupid questions and popping the top half off the body for a second while turning around.
- This is topped off with the panda itself crawling up a tree and out of sight while Chi Fu reads the message.
- These lines from "A Girl Worth Fighting For."Chi Fu: I've a girl back home who's unlike any other.
Yao (to Mulan, under his breath) Yeah, the only girl who'd love him is his mother.- Mulan's response also counts, on top of Chi Fu silently gasping and glaring at the two.
- After Mushu does a wolf whistle at some of the rice farmers, Mulan looks at Mushu confused, before she sees the farmers looking at her flirtatiously, and she can only face palm before moving on in embarrassment.
- Later, when the other three ask "Ping" for "his" opinion on women...Yao: My girl will think I have no faults!
Chien Po: That I'm a major find!
Mulan: Uh...how about a girl who's got a brain...who always speaks her mind?
Yao, Ling, and Chien Po: (blowing her off) NAAAAH!- Lea Salonga manages to make her gorgeous singing voice sound painfully awkward and uncomfortable as she gives them Mulan's opinion.
- As the army is marching after the discovering the Tung Shao village, a rocket suddenly shoots out of the cart. Mulan immediately gives Mushu a dirty look, prompting Mushu to feebly point at the cricket, who gives Mushu an utterly priceless Death Glare.
- Shang as his army is facing about a hundred thousand Huns: "If we die, we die with honor!" What does he mean, if we die?
- Mulan using Mushu to ignite the last cannon then changes her aim at the last second, sending the cannon straight towards the mountain, is not that funny. Mushu's reaction, taking complete priority over the fact he's also on said cannon flying towards said mountain, is pretty funny.Mushu: You missed?!? How could you miss?! He was THREE! FEET! IN FRONT OF YOU!
- After Mulan creates an avalanche during the snowy battle war, we see Ling, Chien Po and Yao charging into the fray...only to run away upon seeing the avalanche (which works perfectly as a metaphor for writer's block).
- Plus, the way Ling's helmet bounces off his head when he turns around to run away.
- Mushu Shield Surfing on the mountain and searching for Mulan. The scene itself was pretty funny.Mushu: Mulaaaaaaan! Mulan? (pulls a head out of the snow)Hun: RAAAAAAAAAAA-Mushu: (casually puts head back in) Nope.
- Yao fires an arrow with rope to save Mulan & Shang.Yao: Now, I'll pull them to safe- (rope runs out before Yao can grab it) -ty...
- And then...
Yao: (sobbing) I let them slip through my fingers! (arrow with rope attached to it lands in his hands, pulling him to the edge of the cliff)- Followed every man jumping to add their strength and pull Mulan and Shang on Khan back up, with Chien-Po casually walking to them and picking them up effortlessly.
- Not to mention the faces of the rest of the army when Chien-Po picks them up.
- Mushu keeps calling Khan, Mulan's horse, a cow. When Mulan's secret is blown wide open, and Cri-Kee finally admits to Mushu that he's not lucky:Mushu: WHAT?! Whaddya mean "you're not lucky"?! You...lied to me? (turns to Khan) And what are you, a sheep?!
- Mushu expressing his uncertainty over his and a disgraced Mulan's chances of facing the revived (if greatly diminished) Huns via a simple fact:Mushu: They just popped out of the snow! LIKE DAISIES!
- Mushu's "Well, let's go kick some hunny-buns!"
- The line is turned into a Stealth Pun on the movie's original VHS release, where it is used to introduce a trailer for Sing a Song with Pooh Bear.
- When the trio are first shown in drag with "I'll Make A Man Out of You" playing. Nothing says manly like Disguised in Drag!
- When Mulan and the others await around the corner to distract the Hun guards.
- Especially ironic, given his his voice actor Harvey Fierstein is well known for his drag queen performances.
- When they're advancing towards Shan-Yu's guards to take them out (complete with giggling), one of the guards is waving at them and grinning!
- Yao still has his mustache and friendly chops. "Ugly concubines" indeed!
- Yao's little stumble right off the bat. Perfection.
- Ling’s the loudest with his giggling and flirting!
- Not to mention they're using assorted pieces of fruit as boobs. When the apple falls out of Ling's dress, he subtly covers his (missing) right boob; this gets a Face Palm from Shang. Then, when he and Chien-Po take out the rest of their breast-fruit (watermelons and apples), Yao pulls out an orange and a banana; Ling gives him a very odd look.
- Look closely and you'll notice his apple moves down to his armpit.◊
- And the apple has a bite out of it, for some reason. Looks like Ling didn't put much effort into his food-breasts, either. Well, it's not like they had a lot of time...
- When Mulan and the others await around the corner to distract the Hun guards.
- While Mulan and the trio infiltrate the palace as "ugly concubines", Hayabusa spots Shang, who's on his way to rescue the Emperor. Before he can even try to alert Shan Yu, however, Mushu burns away Hayabusa's feathers with his fire breath, turning a feathered Brutal Bird of Prey into a flightless, naked bird.Mushu: Now that's what I call Mongolian barbecue.
- Blink-and-You-Miss-It: While Mulan is running from Shan Yu and meets up with Mushu, he's riding Hayabusa.
- One word to the Emperor near the end: "Boo." What makes it funny is that Shan-Yu says it while hanging upside-down.
- When Shan Yu takes the Emperor hostage, the former orders the latter to bow to him but he refuses. Shan Yu then states that he will then kneel in pieces, as he is about to swing his sword Shang comes in just in time but the Emperor kind of just casually walks away out of view as if nothing is really happening.
- Mushu with the kite strapped to his back. He looks absolutely terrifying to the guards. Also doubles as a Moment of Awesome.Mushu: (flies onto tower) Citizens, I need firepower.
Guard: (gasps and turns around) Who are you?
Mushu: (spreads out fake wings and says in a deep Batman voice) Your worst nightmare! (cue the guards jumping out of the tower to get away from him)- The moment is even funnier in the film's Swedish dub, where instead of "Your worst nightmare", he asks them, "Who do you think? Batman?" in his normal voice.
- Even funnier? Cri-Kee next to Mushu impersonating him!
- "Get off the roof, get off the roof, get off the roof..."
- Funnier if you consider this a G-rated way of saying "Oh shit! Oh Shit! Oh shit!"
- The Emperor's recitation of everything Mulan has done, especially with her friends cringing along with each item like, "Oof, that does sound bad when you say it like that."
- After everyone has finished bowing before Mulan, the Emperor calls for Chi Fu and orders him to install Mulan as a member of his council.Chi Fu: What?! A member? But, there are no council positions open, your majesty.Emperor: Very well... (to Mulan) You can have his job.Chi Fu: What? My- my- (faints)
- When the Emperor rewards Mulan with his crest and Shan Yu's sword, she gives him a great big hug.Yao: Is she allowed to do that?Shang, Ling and Chien Po: (group shrug)
- Well... not exactly, as that's to be expected since the story is set in Ancient China. At least the Emperor took it well.
- Near the end:Emperor: The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.
Shang: ...Sir?
Emperor: You don't meet a girl like that every dynasty! (puts on his hat)- Especially since the Emperor drops his wise old man attitude and gives Shang the epitome of a "I can't believe I have to spell this out to you" look.
- When Grandmother Fa sees Captain Shang at the end of the movie, it's between this and Squick.Grandmother Fa: (griping to Fa Li) Great, she brings home a sword. If you ask me, she should have brought home a man.Shang: Excuse me, does Fa Mulan live here?[the two women silently point him through the gate, he thanks them as he passes]Grandmother Fa: Woo! Sign me up for the next war!
- Yes, Disney has had an older woman hit on a younger man.
- Then he tries to talk to Mulan.Shang: Mulan! Um... you forgot your helmet! Oh, well, actually, [to Mulan's father] it's your helmet, isn't it?
- What really sells it is her father's face as he motions for Mulan to take the helmet.
- And then:Mulan: (to Shang) Would you like to stay for dinner?Grandmother Fa: (shouting across the yard) WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY FOREVER?Shang: (amused smile) Dinner would be great.
- Shang later marries Mulan in the sequel, so he does, indeed, "stay forever".
- When analysing how culturally accurate the movie is, YouTuber Xiran Jay Zhao refers to Grandma complaining that Mulan didn't bring home a boyfriend as "peak Asian family right there".
- The exasperated look on the Chief Ancestor's face as he says that Mushu can be a guardian again.
- In the PC game Mulan Animated StoryBook, when you select Yao, Mushu breaks out some wisecracking lines, such as:Mushu: I've heard of black-eyed peas, but this is ridiculous!
