Once they were told that dragons could be any size in Chinese folklore, Mushu was created. This references that Disney execs were unsure about having a dragon as her sidekick, afraid it would be too big and menacing. Mulan says "you're.tiny" when she first meets Mushu. Mulan's dog is named Little Brother - as a nod to one version of the legend where Mulan enlists in the army to save her younger brother.Another scene showed the Huns destroying a village, and Shan Yu killing one of his own soldiers for hiding a bird in his shirt because the orders were to leave nothing alive.A deleted scene showed Mulan's betrothal to Shang, but it was cut because the filmmakers felt it made it look like she selfishly went to war to get out of her marriage rather than to save her father.James Hong was nearly 70, while Chi-Fu seems to be 30-ish.Ming-Na Wen was in her mid-30s while voicing the 16-year-old Mulan.Cut Song: Two as revealed in the DVD: "Keep 'Em Guessing", originally intended to be Mushu's introduction song, and an opening number filled with Ominous Chinese Chanting.Creator In-Joke: Cri-Kee wears sunglasses at the end, as a nod to Stevie Wonder who sang "True To Your Heart" with 98 Degrees (the song that plays over the end).Meanwhile, Jerry Goldsmith hated the music for a pivotal scene. Creator Backlash: While proud of the film, the grueling hours nearly ended co-director Tony Bancroft's marriage and he swore off directing features for almost twenty years, only returning to co-direct a couple of foreign co-productions.Likewise, appropriate that a massive star of Martial Arts films sings the Training Montage song (and even shows off some sick Kung Fu skills in the music video).
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