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What was the name of the Hun Leader in Disney's Mulan?
He has no other name.
From his biography,
Shan Yu is the main villain from the Disney animated movie "Mulan". He is the leader of the Huns.
He appears in "Kingdom Hearts II". ...
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What does 'a fool in school for cutting gym' mean?
They are doing physical training in preparation of war. He is regretting cutting gym as it would have helped him to be more prepared for the intense training he is now going through.
EDIT: The term ...
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How did they know there was a 'dark side of the moon'?
Making it into an answer as @Steve-O suggested.
It is possible that they already know that there is a Dark Side to the moon since they always see the same side. That is why they consider the Dark ...
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Did Disney's "Mulan" (1998) invent the "You bow to no one" moment?
The scene in the Lord of the Rings movie is based on a similar scene in the book, so it predates Mulan by about 50–60 years.
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How did they know there was a 'dark side of the moon'?
Obviously, it's just a song lyric, but it's not indefensible.
The dark side of the moon is not called "dark" because anyone thought it literally lacked sunlight. "Dark" in this expression means ...
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When does the animated Disney film "Mulan" take place?
The time period is going to depend on which parts of the story you want to determine are "actual" and which are "anachronisms".
The character and general story are based on the The ...
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When does the animated Disney film "Mulan" take place?
The original story of Hua Mulan usually happens during the Northern Wei Dynasty, about AD 399 to 535.
The historical setting of the Ballad of Mulan is usually the Northern Wei's military campaigns ...
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Did Disney's "Mulan" (1998) invent the "You bow to no one" moment?
Disney’s Mulan didn’t invent it, but apparently is now known as the “Kneel Before Frodo” trope according to the website TV Tropes; bold emphasis is mine.
In many stories involving royalty (but ...
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Why didn't the great stone dragon wake in Mulan?
Mulan had already inadvertently selected her own guardian in the previous scene. She's shown sitting on the Great Stone Dragon, but then enters the family temple and prays for help from (and gives a ...
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Why didn't the great stone dragon wake in Mulan?
The 1998 junior novelization of Mulan implies a problem with the Great Stone Dragon itself.
In the illustrated junior novelization of Mulan, published in 1998, it says:
(Page 37) Then they [the ...
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What was the name of the Hun Leader in Disney's Mulan?
The official comic adaptation identifies him as Shan-Yu (with a hyphen). He's referred to as the leader of the Huns. No other title or surname is provided.
The licenced Little Golden Book of the film ...
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