Hun Army

The Hun Army are the murderous and bloodthirsty enemies of China and the primary antagonist group in Disney's 1998 animated feature film, Mulan. They are led by Shan Yu.
==Background==
===Personality===
Little is known about their personalities with the exception of Shan Yu's Elite, but the Huns all share a thirst for power and murderous intent, as well as fierce loyalty to Shan Yu.
==Relations==
===Members===
*Shan Yu (leader)
*Hayabusa (Shan Yu's pet, second-in-command and enforcer)
*Zhencha (warrior)
*Lieren (huntsman)
*Sheshou (archer)
*Bao and Bai (bodyguards)
*Countless other unnamed Huns
===Enemies===
*Chinese Empire
*Emperor of China
*Li Shang
*Fa Mulan
*Shang's Troops
==Appearances==
===Mulan (1998)===
Shan Yu is the leader of the Huns. There are also a group of Huns known as the Elite Hun Soldiers.
The Huns are first seen with Shan Yu in the burning down of a village (though only the aftermath appears on-screen). In their invasion of China, the Hun Army wiped out the entire Imperial Army under General Li in (another) off-screen battle. Several Hun archers shot fire arrows at Li Shang's troops from a mountain top after Mushu accidently set off a cannon giving away the troops position (or they had possibly already spotted them before the cannon went off) the archers are killed by Shang's troops firing the cannons they managed to save either directly from the cannon explosions or they were knocked off the mountain and fell to their deaths. Almost all the Huns and all their horses were wiped out in an avalanche while they were pursuing Mulan, Shang, and his elite soldiers, including Yao, Ling, and Chien Po. However, Shan Yu and five of his Elite Hun Soldiers managed to survive, breaking out of the snow and heading to China to capture the Emperor. It is unknown what happened to them after they failed to capture the latter, though it is likely that if they survived, they were arrested, put in the dungeon for life, or executed.
===Mulan (2020 film)===
The Huns are replaced by the Rouran Army. They are now instead the ones who directly cause the avalanche through Mulan tricking them into firing a catapult in the direction of the mountain that triggers it.
=== Disney's Arcade Frenzy ===
The Huns appear in the Mu Shoot game. The player has to shoot fireworks at them to stop them reaching a village at the bottom of the mountain pass. Unlike the movie they simply run on foot instead of riding horses.
In Kingdom Hearts II, the Huns are completely absent and Shan Yu has an army of Heartless instead of them. However, Mushu still referred to Shan Yu as the leader of the Hun army, implying that the army exists or that the Heartless Shan Yu controls are actually Huns that were turned into Heartless.
In the manga adaptation of Kingdom Hearts II, the Huns are with Shan Yu, as in the movie, but also with the Heartless too. It not completely clear if the army was a mix of Heartless and Huns, or if the entire army was Huns that had been turned into Heartless and were simply disguised as their original selves, or if the entire army was Heartless disguised as Huns. Despite this, the manga implies that at least some of the Heartless were on loan from Organization XIII. The army still gets wiped out with an avalanche.
=== Disney Sorcerer's Arena ===
Hun soldiers (particularly archers) appear as non-playable enemy opponents in battle. They attack by shooting arrows.
== Trivia ==
* They were voiced by John Walcutt, David Kaye, Donald Fullilove (who also played one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Fred Tatasciore (who also played one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jonathan in Disney's Tarzan, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of the Pirates in Treasure Planet, one of the Fossas in DreamWorks' Madagascar, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, Teetsi and one of the Poachers in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone, one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog, 8 in 9, Mandarin in The Invincible Iron Man, Poseidon in God of War, Major Force in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Witch Doctor in LEGO Hero Factory, Tony Alpert in Battlefield Hardline, CLU in TRON: Uprising and TRON: Evolution and Cerberus in Scoob!), Patrick Pinney (who also played Gramps in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Hakim in Disney's Aladdin, one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, Cyclops and Lythos in Disney's Hercules, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt, Florentino in Tarzan, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, Crex in Treasure Planet, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Poachers in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Agent Underville in Recess: School's Out!, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), David Cowgill (who also played one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of the Pirates in Treasure Planet, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), the late Michael Lindsay (who also played Rudbornn Chelute in Bleach, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and one of the Wildebeests in The Wild), Jim Carrey, Matthew Labyorteaux (who also played one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and one of the Wildebeests in The Wild), Blake Griffin, Jonathan Dokuchitz (who also played one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame), the late Wayne Allwine (who also played one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, one of the Horned King's Guards in The Black Cauldron and one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective), Marshall Efron, Jess Harnell (who also played Captain Hero the Hot Topic Manager and Mickey Mouse in Drawn Together, one of Ruber's Minions in Quest for Camelot, some of the Spooky Island Demons in Scooby-Doo, Ripper Roo and Pinstripe Potoroo in the N. Sane Trilogy, some of the Bandar Log in The Jungle Book 2, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son the Stone, one of the Forty Thieves in Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Lock in Kingdom Hearts, Buster's singing voice in Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure, Cedric the Sorcerer in Sofia the First, Moneybags and Red in Spyro: A Hero's Tail, Scary Terry in Rick and Morty, Pan in several Tom and Jerry films, Meldar Prime's singing voice in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Luigi in Deep, Tim Gruber in The Cleveland Show, and Pocket in Tangled: The Series), Conan Lee, the late Tom Amundsen, David McCharen (who also played one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice and one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King), Paul Pape (who also played one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King and one of the Wildebeests in The Wild), Rodger Bumpass (who also played one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt, one of Ruber's Minions in Quest for Camelot, David in Disney's Tarzan, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, Turnbuckle in Treasure Planet, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Poachers in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), the late Jack Angel (who also played Tom in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Bucky in Rock-a-Doodle, Fazahl in Disney's Aladdin, one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Egyptian in The Prince of Egypt, one of Ruber's Minions in Quest for Camelot, Sylvester in Disney's Tarzan, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of Rourke's Mercenaries in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Grewnge in Treasure Planet, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Poachers in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Anti-Recess Ninjas in Recess: School's Out!, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), Robert Clotworthy, Bill Farmer (who also played Stanley in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Dick in Rock-a-Doodle, one of the Guards in Disney's Aladdin, one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of the Pirates in Treasure Planet, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), Michael Bell (who also played The Fear in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Medivh in the Warcraft games, Quackerjack in Darkwing Duck, Lex Luthor in the 80s Superman Cartoon, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Bunny in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Ixis Naugus in the SatAM series, one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, Gleeman Vox in Ratchet: Deadlocked, Raziel in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2, Ezekiel Rage in The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest, Mike and Bob in Rugrats, Bombshell and Scrapper in the Transformers franchise, Tar Monster in the Scooby-Doo franchise, the Skeleton Pirates in James and the Giant Peach, Grogar and one of the Raptorians in My Little Pony 'n Friends, Lawrence in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One and Ratchet: Deadlocked, Melchiah in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and Sould Reaver 2, Kusabi in Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly and Fatal Frame III: The Tormented, Al Muddy Sultan and Aziz in Aladdin: The Animated Series, Zorn in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Emperor Zeppo in Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Ferdinand and one of the Straycatchers in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Dr. Frankenstein in Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein and The Collector in Bonkers), Peter Renaday (who also played Ezra in The Haunted Mansion, one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, General Tragg, Don Turtelli and Leatherhead ("Night of the Rogues" only) in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, Kingpin in Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin, Sean Keanan in Dead Rising, Al Mualim in Assassin's Creed, one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog and Sir George in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien), Danny Mann (who also played one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt, one of Ruber's Minions in Quest for Camelot, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of Pirates in Treasure Planet, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild and one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone), Jim Cummings (who also played one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Caludron, Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, Harold in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Crocodiles in The Rescuers Down Under, James in Rock-a-Doodle, Razoul in Disney's Aladdin, Ed and half of the singing voice of Scar in Disney's The Lion King, Nessus and Pyros in Disney's Hercules, Grigori Rasputin's singing voice in Anastasia, Jacques in Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Ruber's Minions in Quest for Camelot, Dennis in Disney's Tarzan, Steele in Balto, Sierra in The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire, Hernán Cortés, the Cook, Warrior, Male Villager and Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of the Poachers in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Pete in A Goofy Movie, one of the Pirate Crew in Return to Neverland, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Pirates in Treasure Planet, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone, one of the Thugs in The Return of Jafar, Budzo in Zambezia, General Plastro in the Army Men franchise, Hondo Ohnaka in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Bering in Brother Bear 2, the Bears in Sing and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), Brian Tochi (who also played one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt and one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado), Philip Proctor (who also played Dick in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Squints in Rock-a-Doodle, Zagoolien in Disney's Aladdin, one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt, Max in Disney's Tarzan, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of Rourke's Mercenaries in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Blinko in Treasure Planet, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Poachers in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, one of Anti-Recess Scientists in Recess: School's Out!, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), Bob Bergen (who also played one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Rameses's Soldiers in The Prince of Egypt, one of Ruber's Minions in Quest for Camelot, Snipes in Disney's Tarzan, one of Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of Rourke's Mercenaries in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Mr. Snuff and one of the Pirates in Treasure Planet, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Poachers in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), Dana Lee, Mitch Carter, Tony Anselmo (who also voiced one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone and one of the Shadow Demons in The Princess and the Frog), Frank Welker (who also played Felicia in The Great Mouse Detective, Louie in Oliver & Company, Glut in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Joanna, Percival C. McLeach's singing voice and Twister the Snake in The Rescuers Down Under, Wolves in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Cave of Wonders in Disney's Aladdin, one of the Hyenas in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Cerberus and Hydra in Disney's Hercules, Sabor in Disney's Tarzan, Carnotaurus in Disney's Dinosaur, Jaguars in The Emperor's New Groove, Leviathan in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, one of the Pirates in Treasure Planet, Octopus in Return to Neverland, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), Randy Crenshaw, and Richard Steven Horvitz.
* A deleted scene featured a Hun soldier trying to save and hide a little bird that was tossed aside after the army had raided a village and trashing the contents of a cart they have taken back to their camp, only for him to be spotted by Shan Yu who was using the unused ability of him seeing through Hayabusa's eyes, he then brutally kills the soldier by stabbing him and feeds the bird to his falcon. This implies that not all of the Huns in the army are full on murderous, cold blooded killers and some do have a sense of good in them, but would be eliminated because of it.
* During production when designing the scene where the Huns charge down the mountain the soldiers carrying flags had a crescent emblem on them possibly meant to be the crest of Shan Yu and the Huns. This was not used in the final product and the flags were changed to just being plain black.
** This was likely to avoid offense to Muslim viewers.
* The army was intended to return in an earlier version of the story for Mulan II where along with Shan Yu they would all be ghosts haunting Northern China. The finale was going to involve the army fighting against Mulan and her allies, including the Fa Family Ancestors.
* Although being called Huns, this is a historical misconception; the Xiongnu were the tribal raiders that attacked China during the age of Mulan. The Huns did not exist around the same time as the Xiongnu and never attacked China. The misconception comes from the fact that both Huns and Xiongnu originated from the Eurasian Steppe and shared many cultural and militaristic similarities.
** This is further supported by Shan Yu's name, as a "Shanyu" or "Chanyu" was what the Xiongnu leaders were called, much like a Mongol leader would be "Khan."
** However the Chinese dubs of the movie do call them Xiongnu instead of Huns. This is likely because the Huns are more historically well known outside of China and the Xiongnu are more historically well known in China. It is also likely because the word "Hun" is an easier word to use and understand for the English audience as "Xiongnu" would be more difficult to pronounce.
* Despite that the real Huns and other similar nomad societies were believed to allow women to be soldiers (as shown with Shan Yu not underestimating Mulan for being a woman) none of the soldiers in the army are women and appear to be all just men. However this could just simply be that the women Huns stayed behind as in most common cases in war the women usually were not called to the front line staying behind to defend the territory, look after the livestock, children or to look after property while the men were away fighting.
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