Mulan (Once Upon a Time)

Mulan is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She debuts in the second episode of the second season. She is a loyal friend and isn't like other women in the enchanted Forest but a capable warrior who accompanied Phillip on his quest to save Aurora. Mulan later befriended Emma Swan and Snow White (Mary Margaret Blanchard). Though they had a rocky alliance, Mulan and Aurora accompany them and help them find a way back home.
She is portrayed by Jamie Chung, who also voices Go Go Tomago in theBig Hero 6 franchise. 
Mulan is based on Hua Mulan from The Ballad of Mulan and Fa Mulan from the Disney film, Mulan.
== History ==
At some point in her life, she joined the Emperor's army. However, many doubted that a woman like her could fight in battle until Mulan proved them wrong. She began hunting down a Yaoguai, a creature that has been terrorizing in her home empire. After tracking the creature for months, Mulan tried engaging it until she saw a young woman, Belle, trying to lure the Yaoguai out of hiding. Mulan saves her, but is angered that Belle ruined her chance at killing the beast. 
Later, Mulan saves Belle from her former travelling companions after seeing them accost her. and the two women reach an agreement to find the Yaoguai because Mulan needs help find it. However, Mulan is too injured to stop the creature, and instead encourages Belle to defeat the beast. Belle defeats the creature by turning him back into his former self. Philip joins Mulan, eventually becoming companions and close friends. 
As they journey to find Aurora, the two are frozen in time as Emma, her family and allies are sent to the world without magic and no happy endings via the Dark Curse. However, a small area is spared from the curse due to Cora's shield spell, merely freezing the remaining inhabitants for twenty-eight years. ("Queen of Hearts")After Emma returns to her family, time resumes in the Enchanted Forest as Mulan and Philip continue their quest. 
== List of Episode Appearances ==
=== Season 2 ===
* "Broken"
* "We Are Both"
* "Lady of the Lake"
* "The Doctor"
* "Tallahassee"
* "Into the Deep"
* "Queen of Hearts"
* "The Outsider"
* "And Straight On 'Til Morning"
=== Season 3 ===
* "The Heart of the Truest Believer"
* "Quite a Common Fairy"
=== Season 5 ===
* "The Bear King"
* "Ruby Slippers"
==Trivia==
* She is the first character to originate from a Legend. 
* Mulan in Once Upon a Time references two lines from two songs from the isney film she originated from. 
** She tells Emma and Mary Margaret, in "Lady of the Lake" "You might ssurvive" from "I'll Make a Man Out of You."
** Mulan tells Belle she has something worth fighting for, which is a lyric in the song "A Girl Worth Fighting For." 
* People mistake her for a man before she reveals her gender, ereferring to how the Mulan in the original legends disguised herself as a man to fight in the army for her ailing father. 
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