Expecting Someone Taller: When Shang finally meets Mushu, near the end of the movie, he reacts like this.He still got an albeit mild scolding from Mulan upon her initial discovery of Mushu's sabotage. In spite of his meddling in Mulan's love life to the point of near irreparable damage, he is ultimately forgiven by her and Shang after learning his lesson and helping via Deus ex Machina. Easily Forgiven: Double Subverted with Mushu.It is easy to infer that he survived but the characters believe he was dead. Deus ex Machina: Employed in the original style as Mushu climbs into an idol of the Unity Dragon and makes supposedly divine pronouncements (punctuated with a bit of fire-breathing) that neatly resolve what has become a very tangled situation.In any other situation, these decisions would have doomed both kingdoms. The only reason this was even allowed to happen was by way of Dragon Ex Machina.

Even though you haven't known these soldiers much longer anyway. But apparently, it's okay because your personal happiness is more important than the fate of your father's empire and the lives of his millions of subjects, and the millions of subjects of the neighboring kingdom. They can't just run off with a bunch of soldiers. Unfortunately, we're talking about princesses - and they've already been betrothed.

Clueless Aesop: Okay, Heart over Duty isn't such a bad Aesop.

Character Development: Shang, who, unusually, is wiser than his fiancée.

The giggling little girls around him do not help his nerves.

Cannot Spit It Out: Shang, at the beginning, has trouble proposing to Mulan.

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