| NOTE: This article specifically covers the character's representation in Mulan II. The character is base-breaking in all other media he appears in. |
| “ | Pretty boy's gonna look so bad, it'll send Mulan running for the hills! This is going to be delicious! | „ |
| ~ A terrible plan coming into this character whose creators absolutely massacred. |
Mushu is the main antagonist of 2004 film Mulan II.
He is a small, fast-talking Chinese dragon who is the self-appointed guardian of Fa Mulan.
He was voiced by Mark Moseley.
What Makes Him a Scrappy?[]
- Even if one actually liked, or otherwise didn't mind, the character in the first film, it is universally agreed upon that the character is utterly unlikeable in Mulan II, which is part of why a lot of fans effectively dismiss it from the canon, just like the abysmal Pocahontas sequel.
- In the second movie, as a result of the movie not having a proper main villain that serves as the star of its conflict, as well as the character not being able to provide much in the intended story, he was essentially shoehorned into its plot as its main antagonist. On its own, recasting a comic relief as an antagonist is a terrible idea for a movie, though for Mushu in particular, it leads to several other problems.
- When he was told that he'd lose his status as Mulan's guardian if she married Li Shang. In order to prevent this from happening, Mushu tries to drive a wedge between the two of them. This heavily contradicts his character development in the first movie, where he decides to put his selfishness aside for the sake of Mulan's happiness above his own, and loyally follows her as she fights the Huns.
- In the second film, Mushu actually causes far more harm to the protagonists than the supposed villains of the movie (The Mongols and Lord Quin). For example, in one scene he's responsible for sending a carriage, which contained the emperor's three daughters, off of a cliff and into a river.
- His voice in the second film is generally considered an insult to Eddie Murphy's entertaining performance in the first, being a pale imitation that shouts out a majority of his lines. It also doesn't help that the person who voiced him in the film, Mark Moseley, was Caucasian, making his imitation of Murphy's voice come off as somewhat offensive at times.
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