Mulan Fa

Mulan Fa, also known as Ping, The Soldier from the Mountains and Treacherous Snake, is the titular main protagonist from the Mulan series.
== Charactah Account ==
Mulan is the strong-willed and tenacious daughter of a war veteran, who strives to uphold her family's honor. When her father is called back into battle to defend China from Shan Yu, Mulan opts to protect him by taking his place under the disguise of a male soldier named Ping.
Mulan is introduced as a free-spirited outcast. She is a clumsy girl who cannot follow rules, regulations, or traditions. Despite this, she has a warm heart and wants nothing more than to uphold her family's honor while keeping true to herself. Because of her society, however, this is difficult to accomplish and often brings chaos and embarrassment into her life.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* House of Mouse
* House of Mouse Season 3
* Sofia the First
* Sofia the First Season 2
* Sofia the First SEason 4
=== Movies ===
* Mulan
* Mulan (2020)
* Mulan II
* Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
* Once Upon a Halloween
* Ralph Breaks the Internet
* Wish
=== Video Games ===
* Disney Crossy Road
* Disney Emoji Blitz
* Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
* Disney Infinity
* Disney Magic Kingdoms
* Disney Melee Mania
* Disney Mirrorverse
* Disney Princess Majestic Quest
* Disney Sorcerer's Arena
* Disney Speedstorm
* Disney Tsum Tsum
* Disney's Mulan
* Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
* Fight Night Champion
* Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 Remix
* Kingdom Hearts II
* Kingdom Hearts Union X
* Legend of Mulan
* Mighty Mulan
* Mulan Story Studio
* Pac-Man: Ralph Breaks the Maze
== Trivia ==
* Mulan is the third Disney Princess of color, the first being Jasmine, and the second being Pocahontas.
* Mulan's pink bridal outfit is very often confused for a kimono (Japanese), but is actually the Chinese garment hanfu.
* Mulan is the first Disney Princess to technically not be royalty―she wasn't born a princess nor did she marry a prince.
* Mulan is the last Disney Princess to be introduced in the 20th century.
* Mulan spends most of the time in her training uniform, her battle armor, or her blue infiltration dress, while in the merchandise, she is shown mostly in her "normal" dress or her pink matchmaker dress.
* Mulan is the second Disney Princess to have both parents alive and present during the entire film, the first being Aurora in 1959 and the third being Rapunzel in 2010, Merida being the fourth in 2012, and Moana being the fifth in 2016.
* Mulan means "magnolia blossom" in Chinese. It could also mean "wood orchid".
* While her name is "Fa Mulan" in the Disney film, in the actual Chinese legend her name is "Hua Mulan", though they are both pronounced similarly (Fa being Cantonese). Her name is "Hua Mulan" in the live action version.
* In the Chinese dub, when giving her fake name to Li Shang, Mulan states her full name is Hua Ping. Hua Ping translates directly as Flower Vase, and is modern Chinese slang for a feminine gay man. This is adapted into the Chinese dub so that when Ping is introduced, the others think he is a feminine gay man, and use that as the basis as to why 'he' tries, and fails, to be manly.
* Mulan is depicted holding some objects as if she were left-handed, but is seen using the sword in her right hand, so she may be ambidextrous. However, since Chinese martial arts are traditionally taught right-handed, so she may have been trained that way.
* Originally, the screenwriters planned to have Mulan join the army to get out of her society. Though the way she feels about society is still present in the film, it is not made to be the main point. She seemed selfish and unlikable that way, so screenwriters stuck to the traditional way of her saving her father.
* Tia Carrere, who later voiced Nani Pelekai in Lilo & Stitch, was considered for the role of Mulan. In fact, Lea Salonga (her singing voice) was considered, but her voice wasn't low enough for Ping before Ming-Na Wen was found.
* Mulan was featured in the 100th issue of Disney Adventures Magazine.
* When Mulan disguises herself as a man, her eyelashes and double eyelid disappear and her eyebrows grow thicker, but when she dresses feminine, her eyelashes grow back, her double eyelid comes in again, but her eyebrows remain thick.
* In the original film, Mulan cut her hair to disguise as a man before heading off into the army. This is despite the fact as Chinese men usually kept their hair long just like the long-haired Chinese women back in Ancient China when the original film took place.
* Mulan touches her hair a lot because animators noticed that her voice actor, Ming-Na Wen, did.
* Mulan is, by far, the Disney character (hero or villain) with the highest body count ever. The production team had drawn 2,000 Hun soldiers during the Huns' attack sequence, along with 2,000 more horses. Only six Huns survived to the avalanche and only one of them (Shan Yu) is killed later. This makes Mulan's final body count to 3,994 (Shan Yu is killed by Mushu, rather than Mulan, and not a single horse survived).
* Mimi Chan did the motion capture for Mulan's martial arts moves.
* In the Disney Princess line-up and dolls, Mulan is often shown as being more tanned than the others besides Jasmine, Pocahontas, and Tiana. However, in the new 2013 type line-up and their merchandise, Mulan is shown as the palest one, when it should have been Snow White.
* In the Special Edition DVD audio commentary, it is said that though Mark Henn is her animator, Chris Sanders (Little Brother's animator, who later created and voiced Stitch) was the one who mastered her quirky personality.
* Mulan is often noted in an audio commentary that she uses her mind to solve problems and with the learning at the camp can use a combination of strength and intelligence.
* In the deleted part of "Reflection", Mulan says, "they want a docile lamb, no one knows who I am," which is true throughout the first film and sometimes between scenes of Qui Gong and Mulan's marriage in the second film, she claims to have told Li Shang everything.
* The recoloring of Mulan's redesign may be due to the fact that red and gold were often considered by the Chinese as the colors of communism or because in ancient China, the royal color was gold and red was the color of luck and prosperity.
* All of Mulan's dresses in the first film had a blue bodice and a red sash.
* Mulan sings a remix of another song in the play Mulan Jr. called "Written in Stone". She also sings a remix of "Keep 'Em Guessing".
* On the cover of Mulan II, Mushu is holding a ring (probably an engagement ring), but it is never seen in the film nor given to Mulan, possibly due to Chinese marriage traditions.
* Mulan's side of the yin and yang necklace is the yang side, associated with masculinity.
* Although Mulan cuts her hair, it remains long in the Disney Princess merchandise.
* Mulan is shown in several deleted scenes in which one she is daydreaming of how she wants to demonstrate her adventurous/tomboyish spirit.
* Mulan's curtain has white ducks or swans on it.
* Mulan, Moana, and Raya are the only princesses not to have celebrities pose as them for the Disney Dream Portrait Series.
* Ironically enough, Mulan's voice actress, Ming-Na Wen, made a cameo appearance in the 2020 remake of the film where she portrays an esteemed guest introducing Mulan to the Emperor which is seen at the end of the film, making Wen the only actress from the original 1998 film to participate in the remake, though as a different character.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Fa Mulan at Disney Wiki
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