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Fa Mulan is the protagonist of the 1998 Disney animated film Mulan and its direct-to-video sequel, Mulan II. She also appears in the Disney/Square Enix Playstation 2 game Kingdom Hearts II. She is inspired by the legendary Hua Mulan from the Chinese poem The Ballad of Mulan. She is voiced by Ming-Na in all three titles (singing voice provided by Lea Salonga), and is one of the nine Official Disney Princesses. In the Japanese dub of the movie, Mayumi Suzuki does both her singing and speaking voices.

Role in Disney canon

At the beginning of the film, Mulan is sent to the town matchmaker to find her a husband, which ends in humiliating failure after she accidentally sets the matchmaker on fire. Shortly after, the Chinese emperor's counselor, Chi Fu, arrives in her village to announce that the deadly Huns, led by Shan Yu, have invaded China, and that one man in every family must serve in the war. Despite her protests, her father, a famed war veteran named Fa Zhou, says that he will go (in spite of his old age and crippled body) and lashes out that Mulan must know her place. Knowing that she will risk her life and family's honor, Mulan decides to go in his place posing as a man, cutting her long hair and stealing her father's armor and horse Khan.

In a bamboo grove near the training camp where her father was assigned to, Mulan meets Mushu, a tiny dragon that claims he was sent by her ancestors to guide her so that she won't be caught and recieve a death penalty. Along with Mushu's cricket companion Cri-kee (who came to help Mulan after his own carelessness made her fail the aforementioned matchmaker meeting), Mulan boldly steps into the camp. However, she quickly establishes a heated one-sided dislike by the other soldiers after a series of mistakes (conducted by both Mulan and Mushu) that lead to a scolding from their commanding officer, Captain Li Shang.

Under the alias of "Fa Ping," the supposedly never-mentioned son of Fa Zhou, Mulan starts her training. At first, along with the other troops, she fails miserably at the first assignment: retrieving an arrow from the top of a wooden pole using heavy weights. During her early days in training, she turns out to be the worst of all the troops and is, at one point, asked to leave. Before leaving, she tries at the first assignment one more time, and through her own perserverance and improvised way of using the weights, she accomplishes the task no one else could do. "Ping" quickly arises as a top trainee, eventually earning the respect and friendship of fellow soldiers, who follow her example and become excellent soldiers themselves. Soon, she also starts to feel affection toward Shang.

As a result of Mushu's mischiefs, Mulan's division is sent into battle to assist General Li, Shang's father, in a surprise attack against the Huns in a village in a northern mountain passage. However, the troops discover to their horror that the village and General Li's entire army has been destroyed and that they are now the only ones who can protect Shan Yu's goal: the emperor of China. While travelling to the Imperial City to warn the emperor, a stray firework (caused by Mushu) gives away the platoon's position, resulting in a highly outnumbered battle against Shan Yu and his Hun army. Knowing that a single cannon aimed for Shan Yu will not disable his army of thousands, Mulan steals the last cannon and blasts it into a nearby mountain, resulting in an avalanche that engulfs most of the Hun army, though it nearly kills herself, Mushu, Cri-kee, Khan, and Shang.

Because of a sword injury caused by Shan Yu, Mulan's treatments result in her secret to be revealed before the entire platoon. Though her life is spared by Shang for saving him, the platoon abandons her. Wondering if she had really done the right thing or if her actions just disgraced herself and her family, it leads to Mushu confessing that he was never supposed to go with her on her journey and that he was merely a demoted guardian spirit that went for his own cause. He cheers her up, promising that he'll be her friend during the hard times when they return home.

However, they later witness Shan Yu and some of his men emerge from the snow debris and rush off to the Imperial City to warn Shang. Mulan's attempts to warn anyone are unsuccessful, but Shan Yu evetually reveals himself before a huge crowd and the soldiers, capturing the emperor before their eyes. Mulan, along with her closest friends within her platoon and Shang, plan to rescue him. By distracting the Hun guards with some of them disguising as concubines, her group manages to safely bring the emperor outside, but Mulan hesitates on leaving after Shang is injured by Shan Yu. She then leads the Hun leader away from Shang after Shan Yu recognizes her as the soldier who had caused the avalanche. She leads him to the rooftop, where she manages to steal his sword while Mushu launches a huge firework on him, obliterating the Hun threat and saving China.

The emperor, though peeved that Mulan had risked so much carelessly to join the army, is more grateful than he is insulted to her as she has saved China. Mulan leaves for home, but not after receiving the crest of the emperor and Shan Yu's sword as gifts of remembrance and honor. At home, she is welcomed with open arms from her father and to her surprise, meets Shang, who had come to visit her.

Mulan II

The sequel finds Mulan and Li Shang preparing to marry, but distracted by a task from the Emperor, who wants three princesses escorted to their own marriage ceremony. Their relationship becomes somewhat strained during the trip, as the couple have differing views on various issues. Mushu meanwhile realizes that if Mulan marries Li Shang, she won't need him anymore as her guardian spirit. Taking advantage of this, he manages to trip the two into breaking up. When bandits attack, Mulan and Li Shang fight them off and Mulan is devastated when Li Shang is seemingly killed trying to save her. To make sure the three princesses aren't forced to marry against their will, Mulan takes their place marrying the son of the ruler of the neighboring land. When Li Shang is discovered alive, Mushu poses as the Golden Dragon of Unity to call off the ceremony, allowing Mulan and Li Shang to finally marry. As thanks, Mulan and Li Shang unite their shrines, allowing Mushu to remain Mulan's guardian spirit.

Personality

Mulan is generally determined and strong-hearted for her friends and family, especially after her training in the army. Unlike most young women in her time, Mulan shows many talents and qualities, such as horse-riding, being very clumsy, and most notably, being outspoken. However, she has extraordinary ingenuity which enables her to solve nearly any difficulty quickly and efficiently.

Mulan loves and respects her family, but struggles with the culture's traditions and how they conflict with her own views; she doesn't think that she can be a perfect daughter for her family (as depicted in her signature song "Reflection"). When she returns home as a great hero, she finally feels that she has brought her family honor and knows that she'll see 'someone worthwhile' in her reflection.

Other Disney media

Mulan is featured in the Disney on Ice shows Princess Classics and Princess Wishes, again, as a princess despite her lack of royal ties, while strangely, Pocahontas, who is an official Disney Princess with royal ties, is not featured in either show.
Mulan makes cameo appearances in various episodes of the Disney's House of Mouse television series and the direct-to-video release Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.
Mulan appears regularly for meet-and-greets, parades and shows at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
On the Disney Cruise Line ships, Mulan and Shang appear in the stage show The Golden Mickeys. Mulan is also known to come out for meet-and-greets on the ships as well.
Mulan is to make an appearance in the second installment of the Disney Princess Enchanted Tales series of DVDs with Cinderella. It is to premiere in 2008.
Mulan and Mushu (as a kite) make cameo appearances in the Hong Kong Disneyland version of It's a Small World.

Kingdom Hearts II

In Kingdom Hearts II, Mulan (修ラン, Muran) is part of the Land of the Dragons world. She aids Sora in battle, taking the place of either Donald or Goofy. She uses a Chinese sword for regular combat, and her combination attacks include Red Rocket and other fire attacks, thanks to Mushu. She goes under her pseudonym.

Significance

Mulan is one of three Disney Princesses that was not born into royalty. She also never marries a prince. She came close in the sequel but it never happened. The only other Disney "Princess"es not to descend from royal blood are Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella.

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-'''Beaufort National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]], in the city of [[Beaufort, South Carolina]]. It encompasses 33.1 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 18,511 interments.
+{{about|the [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] character|the legendary person|Hua Mulan}}
+                                                                               {{DisneyChar
+| name = Fa Mulan
+| image = [[Image:Mulan.jpg|200px|]]
+| caption =
+| first appearance ='''''[[Mulan]]''''' (1998)
+| created by = Robert D. San Souci
+| voiced by    = [[Ming-Na]] (speaking)<br>[[Lea Salonga]] (singing - Both Movies)
+| aliases = Fa Ping
+}}
+'''Fa Mulan''' is the [[protagonist]] of the [[1998]] [[List of Disney theatrical animated features|Disney animated film]] ''[[Mulan]]'' and its [[direct-to-video]] [[sequel]], ''[[Mulan II]]''. She also appears in the Disney/[[Square Enix]] [[Playstation 2]] game ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. She is inspired by the legendary [[Hua Mulan]] from the [[China|Chinese]] poem ''The Ballad of Mulan''. She is voiced by [[Ming-Na]] in all three titles (singing voice provided by [[Lea Salonga]]), and is one of the nine [[Disney Princess|Official Disney Princesses]]. In the Japanese dub of the movie, [[Mayumi Suzuki]] does both her singing and speaking voices.
-== History ==
+==Role in Disney canon==
-The original interments in the cemetery were men who died in nearby [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] hospitals during the occupation of the area early in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], mainly in 1861, following the [[Battle of Port Royal]]. Battlefield casualties from around the area were also reinterred in the cemetery, including over 100 [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers. It became a National Cemetery with the National Cemetery Act by [[Abraham Lincoln]] in 1863. The remains of 27 [[Union Army|Union]] [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] were reinterred from [[Blackshear Prison]] following the war.
+At the beginning of the film, Mulan is sent to the town matchmaker to find her a husband, which ends in humiliating failure after she accidentally sets the matchmaker on fire. Shortly after, the Chinese emperor's counselor, Chi Fu, arrives in her village to announce that the deadly Huns, led by [[Shan Yu]], have invaded China, and that one man in every family must serve in the war. Despite her protests, her father, a famed war veteran named Fa Zhou, says that he will go (in spite of his old age and crippled body) and lashes out that Mulan must know her place. Knowing that she will risk her life and family's honor, Mulan decides to go in his place posing as a man, cutting her long hair and stealing her father's armor and horse Khan.
-Beaufort National Cemetery now has interments from every major [[United States|American]] conflict, including the [[Spanish-American War]], the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]], and the [[Gulf War]].
+In a bamboo grove near the training camp where her father was assigned to, Mulan meets [[Mushu]], a tiny dragon that claims he was sent by her ancestors to guide her so that she won't be caught and recieve a death penalty. Along with Mushu's cricket companion Cri-kee (who came to help Mulan after his own carelessness made her fail the aforementioned matchmaker meeting), Mulan boldly steps into the camp. However, she quickly establishes a heated one-sided dislike by the other soldiers after a series of mistakes (conducted by both Mulan and Mushu) that lead to a scolding from their commanding officer, Captain Li Shang.
-On [[May 29]], [[1989]], nineteen Union soldiers of the all black [[Massachusetts]] 55th Infantry, whose remains were found on [[Folly Island, South Carolina]] in 1987, were buried in the cemetery with full military honors. Members of the cast of the film ''[[Glory (film)|Glory]]'' served as honor guard.
+Under the alias of "Fa Ping," the supposedly never-mentioned son of Fa Zhou, Mulan starts her training. At first, along with the other troops, she fails miserably at the first assignment: retrieving an arrow from the top of a wooden pole using heavy weights. During her early days in training, she turns out to be the worst of all the troops and is, at one point, asked to leave. Before leaving, she tries at the first assignment one more time, and through her own perserverance and improvised way of using the weights, she accomplishes the task no one else could do. "Ping" quickly arises as a top trainee, eventually earning the respect and friendship of fellow soldiers, who follow her example and become excellent soldiers themselves. Soon, she also starts to feel affection toward Shang.
-Beaufort National Cemetery was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1997.
+As a result of Mushu's mischiefs, Mulan's division is sent into battle to assist General Li, Shang's father, in a surprise attack against the Huns in a village in a northern mountain passage. However, the troops discover to their horror that the village and General Li's entire army has been destroyed and that they are now the only ones who can protect Shan Yu's goal: the emperor of China. While travelling to the [[Forbidden City|Imperial City]] to warn the emperor, a stray firework (caused by Mushu) gives away the platoon's position, resulting in a highly outnumbered battle against Shan Yu and his Hun army. Knowing that a single cannon aimed for Shan Yu will not disable his army of thousands, Mulan steals the last cannon and blasts it into a nearby mountain, resulting in an avalanche that engulfs most of the Hun army, though it nearly kills herself, Mushu, Cri-kee, Khan, and Shang.
-== Notable interments ==
+Because of a sword injury caused by Shan Yu, Mulan's treatments result in her secret to be revealed before the entire platoon. Though her life is spared by Shang for saving him, the platoon abandons her. Wondering if she had really done the right thing or if her actions just disgraced herself and her family, it leads to Mushu confessing that he was never supposed to go with her on her journey and that he was merely a demoted guardian spirit that went for his own cause. He cheers her up, promising that he'll be her friend during the hard times when they return home.
-*Private First Class Ralph Henry Johnson, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient for action in the [[Vietnam War]].
-*[[Donald Conroy|Colonel Donald Conroy]], known as ''[[The Great Santini (novel)|The Great Santini]]''.
-*Master Sergeant Joseph Simmons, [[Légion d'honneur]] recipient, [[Buffalo Soldier]], [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] veteran.
+However, they later witness Shan Yu and some of his men emerge from the snow debris and rush off to the Imperial City to warn Shang. Mulan's attempts to warn anyone are unsuccessful, but Shan Yu evetually reveals himself before a huge crowd and the soldiers, capturing the emperor before their eyes. Mulan, along with her closest friends within her platoon and Shang, plan to rescue him. By distracting the Hun guards with some of them disguising as concubines, her group manages to safely bring the emperor outside, but Mulan hesitates on leaving after Shang is injured by Shan Yu. She then leads the Hun leader away from Shang after Shan Yu recognizes her as the soldier who had caused the avalanche. She leads him to the rooftop, where she manages to steal his sword while Mushu launches a huge firework on him, obliterating the Hun threat and saving China.
-== See also ==
+The emperor, though peeved that Mulan had risked so much carelessly to join the army, is more grateful than he is insulted to her as she has saved China. Mulan leaves for home, but not after receiving the crest of the emperor and Shan Yu's sword as gifts of remembrance and honor. At home, she is welcomed with open arms from her father and to her surprise, meets Shang, who had come to visit her.
-*[[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]]
-*[[U.S. National Cemetery|United States National Cemetery]]
+===''Mulan II''===
-== External links ==
+{{Main|Mulan II}}
+The sequel finds Mulan and Li Shang preparing to marry, but distracted by a task from the Emperor, who wants three princesses escorted to their own marriage ceremony. Their relationship becomes somewhat strained during the trip, as the couple have differing views on various issues. Mushu meanwhile realizes that if Mulan marries Li Shang, she won't need him anymore as her guardian spirit. Taking advantage of this, he manages to trip the two into breaking up. When bandits attack, Mulan and Li Shang fight them off and Mulan is devastated when Li Shang is seemingly killed trying to save her. To make sure the three princesses aren't forced to marry against their will, Mulan takes their place marrying the son of the ruler of the neighboring land. When Li Shang is discovered alive, Mushu poses as the Golden Dragon of Unity to call off the ceremony, allowing Mulan and Li Shang to finally marry. As thanks, Mulan and Li Shang unite their shrines, allowing Mushu to remain Mulan's guardian spirit.
+==Personality==
-*[http://www.cem.va.gov/ National Cemetery Administration]
+Mulan is generally determined and strong-hearted for her friends and family, especially after her training in the army. Unlike most young women in her time, Mulan shows many talents and qualities, such as horse-riding, being very clumsy, and most notably, being outspoken.  However, she has extraordinary [[ingenuity]] which enables her to solve nearly any difficulty quickly and efficiently.
-*[http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/beaufort.asp Beaufort National Cemetery]
+Mulan loves and respects her family, but struggles with the culture's traditions and how they conflict with her own views; she doesn't think that she can be a perfect daughter for her family (as depicted in her signature song "[[Reflection (song)|Reflection]]"). When she returns home as a great hero, she finally feels that she has brought her family honor and knows that she'll see 'someone worthwhile' in her reflection.
-{{coord missing|United States}}
-[[Category:Cemeteries in South Carolina]]
-[[Category:Beaufort County, South Carolina]]
+==Other Disney media==
-[[Category:United States military memorials and cemeteries]]
+*Mulan is featured in the [[Disney on Ice]] shows ''Princess Classics'' and ''Princess Wishes'', again, as a princess despite her lack of royal ties, while strangely, [[Pocahontas (Disney character)|Pocahontas]], who is an official Disney Princess with royal ties, is not featured in either show.
-[[Category:South Carolina in the American Civil War]]
+*Mulan makes cameo appearances in various episodes of the ''[[Disney's House of Mouse]]'' television series and the direct-to-video release ''[[Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse]]''.
-[[Category:Registered Historic Places in South Carolina]]
+*Mulan appears regularly for meet-and-greets, parades and shows at the [[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]].
+*On the [[Disney Cruise Line]] ships, Mulan and Shang appear in the stage show ''[[The Golden Mickeys]]''. Mulan is also known to come out for meet-and-greets on the ships as well.
+*Mulan is to make an appearance in the second installment of the Disney Princess Enchanted Tales series of DVDs with Cinderella. It is to premiere in 2008.
+*Mulan and Mushu (as a kite) make cameo appearances in the [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] version of [[It's a Small World]].
+===Kingdom Hearts II===
+In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', {{Nihongo|'''Mulan'''|修ラン|Muran}} is part of the [[List of worlds in the Kingdom Hearts series#The Land of Dragons|Land of the Dragons]] world. She aids Sora in battle, taking the place of either Donald or Goofy. She uses a Chinese sword for regular combat, and her combination attacks include Red Rocket and other fire attacks, thanks to Mushu. She goes under her [[pseudonym]].
+==Significance==
+Mulan is one of three [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]] that was not born into royalty. She also never marries a prince. She came close in the sequel but it never happened. The only other Disney "Princess"es not to descend from royal blood are [[Belle (Disney)|Belle]] from [[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]] and [[Cinderella (Disney character)|Cinderella]].
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Mulan}}
+[[Category:Mulan characters]]
+[[Category:Fictional princesses]]
+[[Category:Fictional soldiers]]
+[[Category:Fictional women soldiers and warriors]]
+[[Category:Kingdom Hearts characters]]
+[[nl:Mulan (Disneyfiguur)]]