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- The Title Character Is Training To Be A Perfect Bride. When we first meet Mulan in the Disney movie, she is training with a matchmaker who knows how to prepare girls to be the docile, sweet brides that men in the image-obsessed culture desire.
- Meanwhile, China Is Under Attack. The opening scene of the movie depicts the leader of the Huns leading his army over the Great Wall of China. The guards stationed on the wall light a sequence of fires to let the emperor and the armies throughout the empire know that China is under attack.
- The Emperor Conscripts An Army. In order to fight off the invading Huns, the emperor and his counsel decide to conscript an army of men. In the movie, the counsel travels to villages throughout China, including Mulan’s, to announce that one man in each family must enlist in the army.
- Mulan’s Father Is Too Old To Serve. Fa Zhou, her father, already fought in a previous war. Though not feeble, he is old and walks with a cane. In the scene, after he accepts the draft notice, he puts on his armor and takes up his sword to practice.
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Yao, Ling, and Chien Po are three soldiers in the Chinese Army and supporting characters from Disney's 36th full-length animated feature film Mulan and major characters in its direct-to-video sequel, Mulan II.
Yao was voiced by Harvey Fierstein, Ling was voiced by Gedde Wantanabe, and Chien Po was voiced by Jerry Tondo. However, Ling's singing voice was provided by Matthew Wilder.
Mulan
Like other newly recruited soldiers, they lacked military skills before they were trained. However, they were harder to train than most. Even Mulan learned faster than they. Eventually, their training paid off and the trio were capable fighters. Even so, they still had trouble doing things right and were rather clumsy. They served largely as the comic relief, often involving slapstick humor that made them reminiscent of the Three Stooges. Eventually, despite some early conflict, the three extended an open hand to Mulan and became her "army buddies", though they, like the rest of the army, thought she was a man named Ping. As soldiers, they each had a different color uniform: green for Mulan, red for Yao, yellow for Ling and blue for Chien-Po. Unlike most other soldiers, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po did not seem to think any less of her when they found out she was a woman. During the battle with the Huns they discovered that Ping is a woman named Mulan. When Chi-Fu orders Shang to execute her they tried to stop him, only to be stopped by Chi-Fu who tells them that they knew the law. However Shang spares her instead for saving his life from the avalanche much to their relief and they are forced to leave her behind. When they arrived at the Imperial City they are shown along with the entire army saddened of leaving Mulan because of Chi-Fu. When they later met up, they even agreed to participate in her plan to stop the surviving Huns by disguising themselves as concubines. Somehow, they fooled the guards, though none of the three made a very attractive woman (especially Yao, as he kept his facial hair even in makeup).
Mulan II
In the second film, the three were given a more substantial role and are shown not to have changed since the first film. They had been to see the matchmaker that rejected Mulan in the first film, but she decided there could not be a match for any of them, and threw them out. They were discouraged, but felt better when Mulan and Li Shang came to recruit them for another mission. Shang claimed to the emperor that just the five of them would be enough protection for his three daughters. Although still as bumbling as ever, Shang knew that they were instrumental in their victory against the Huns, which they did not appear to have received the same credit for. They gladly joined the escort to get the emperor's daughters to the Qui Gong princes they are engaged to. Along the way, they develop feelings for the princesses. They take the princesses to a carnival for some amusement. Eventually, all three princesses admit that their feeling are mutual, and do not want to marry the princes, despite their duty. Mulan, knowing this, leaves the trio with the princesses, and goes to offer herself to the royal family instead. However, the trio arrives with the princesses, as does Shang. Mushu pretends to be the Great Golden Dragon of Unity who commands that they be allowed to marry whoever they want, allowing them to be with Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po. Presumably they did marry, though nothing was shown to indicate this.
Other Appearances
In Kingdom Hearts II, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po appear as minor characters in The Land of Dragons with pretty much the same role as they had in the original film: they, along with Mulan, are members of Li Shang's troop.
Later in the movie, when Mulan is exposed as a woman, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po are the only three soldiers who even remotely stand up for her or don't think any less of her. As Mulan is about to be executed, those three and them alone actually run up to try and stop the execution.
Chi-Fu is a supporting character in Disney's 1998 animated feature film Mulan. He is the Emperor of China's counsel. Though loyal to his superior, Chi-Fu's misogynistic and pompous behavior puts him at odds with almost everyone that he encounters. Chi-Fu prides himself in being Emperor's counsel; at one point, he boasts that he got the position on his own, rather than an instigating factor ...
Shang thanks "Ping" for saving his life, and the other soldiers celebrate him. Suddenly, Mulan realizes she has a wound in her side, and the soldiers call for help. When Mulan wakes up, she is in an infirmary tent. As Shang comes to visit her, he realizes she is a woman, and Chi Fu comes in after him. "I can explain!" she protests, but Shang is ...
Since "Ping" earns all the recruits a harsh punishment from their commanding officer, Captain Li Shang, the trio (mostly just Ling and Yao) quickly take a dislike to the disguised Mulan, and continually harass the soldier during their various training exercises under Shang, which in some cases lead to Mulan getting in trouble with Shang, or worse, Chi-Fu, the Emperor's consul overseeing the ...
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The trio is later seen pacing while "Ping" is being treated by the medics and are visibly shocked when the soldier is revealed to be a woman named Mulan. Nonetheless, the trio attempted to halt Shang's attempted execution of Mulan upon this discovery but was stopped by Chi-Fu, who then tells them that they knew the law and are in relief when Shang chooses to spare her for saving his life from ...
