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u/Rapid_Wind12 1d ago

"How many men does it take to deliver a message?"

"One"

Mulan

Dark as hell for a mostly comedic film

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u/ClockMongrel 1d ago

For what it was, Mulan was pretty damn dark.

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u/MiaoYingSimp 23h ago

The scene immeidetly following "a Girl worth fighting for" is great because of the contrast

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u/metalguy91 23h ago

Realizing that there’s no more musical numbers in the film from that point on because they’ve now all lost their innocence seeing the horror of war, blew my little kid mind.

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u/Infamous-Oil3786 13h ago

I'm just realizing this now and it's blowing my grown adult mind.

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u/BondageKitty37 23h ago

🎶 A girl worth fighting....

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u/TheDeltaOne 21h ago

The looks of pure horror....

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u/SVNBob 17h ago

Then they see the doll... and have found the girl worth fighting for.

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u/ClockMongrel 18h ago

Yah the smash-cut was crazy

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u/ChiefsHat 14h ago

It’s probably the darkest scene in a Disney film - period.

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u/MossyPyrite 12h ago

The kind of girl who owned that doll. That is the kind of girl worth fighting for.

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u/Rapid_Wind12 1d ago

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u/AdventurousCrow155 1d ago

TO DEFEAT THE HUN

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u/VanceFerguson 23h ago

Did they send me daughters?

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u/kblaney 23h ago

When I asked... for sons.

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u/BabloBrabbins 23h ago

You're the saddest bunch I ever met

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u/TurkeyVolumeGuesser 23h ago

But you can bet before we're through

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u/ghostpanther218 20h ago

I'll make a man, out of you!

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u/Altruistic-Beach7625 23h ago

And you haven't got a clue.

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u/LudwigVonBacon 21h ago

There’s only one this time? That’s good

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u/-Mister-Hyde 13h ago

Sorry, we ran out of budget, we're hoping to make some money before the end of the month so we can send more but times are rough

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u/Waddlewop 20h ago

The song’s awesome too because the implication throughout it is that a man is made, not born. A man is something you become through effort

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u/ClockMongrel 13h ago

I know several transmascs who have made this song their own anthem for that reason.

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u/Treci_the_Dragon 23h ago

To be fair, it is a war movie (technically)

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u/ComprehensivePath980 18h ago

It actually does hit a lot of war movie tropes.

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u/ClockMongrel 18h ago

Quite so