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Mulan
The film Mulan opens up with Mulan meeting the matchmaker. (At this point, the audience starts to get a feel for Mulan’s headstrong, tomboy personality.)
After she accidentally catches the matchmaker on fire, Mulan brings dishonor to her family.
While she is sitting under the Cherry Blossom Tree in shame, her ill father gets a notice that he must report to the army training camp because the emperor needs his service for war.
When Mulan cannot persuade her father not to go, she takes matters into her own hands.
Mulan prays to her ancestors for guidance, and has a revelation.
Mulan steals her father’s armor, cuts her hair with his sword, steals her father’s horse Khan, and takes her father’s place in the army.
Her family tries to stop her, but it is already too late.
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Unfortunately, Mushu, who is a demoted fire breathing dragon guardian, accidently breaks the Golden Dragon of Unity’s statue and cannot wake him.
To fix his wrongs, Mushu goes in his place, and he meets up with Mulan.
Mushu quickly realizes that Mulan is not going home until her mission is complete, so Mushu does his best to turn Mulan into a man.
If Mulan succeeds, Mushu will be granted his guardianship and pedestal back.
Mulan, who is now called “Ping”, struggles with her training as a warrior, and is told to go home.
Ping (Mulan), knowing he (she) has one last chance, completes the impossible training exercise called “retrieving the arrow”.
Who was the worst soldier on the field, Ping became General Li Shang's best solider. When their training is over, it is time that the recruits go to war. Once in battle, the Chinese army looks outnumbered against the Huns. Ping, the only one who has not given up hope, causes an avalanche to kill the Huns.
In the process of creating the avalanche the Chinese army got swept up in the aftermath, but Mulan saves the day again by saving General

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