MULAN

An army from Mongolia, the Huns, led by Shan Yu, attack China. The Chinese army must face them, and needs one man from every family to enlist. Fa Mulan's father is willing to join, but he is old and has a limp, and it is clear that he cannot fight and will die in the war. Mulan is supposed to get married, but is so clumsy that the matchmaker sends her away in shame, shouting after her that she will never find a man. Mulan fears she has dishonoured her family, but now decides that she must save her father. She secretly takes her father's armour and weapon and leaves to report in the Chinese army.
Mushu is an old family guardian or god that also has lost his honour. He has lost his job as guardian and is turned into a dragon. The family ancestors want to send someone to watch over Mulan on her journey, and Mushu takes the job in order to restore his honour. He and the lucky cricket of the family catch up with Mulan, as she joins the small army led by Li Shang. Mulan presents herself as the man Ping. All the men in the new army need a lot of training, but after a while they must face the enemy.
The army meets the Huns in the snowy mountains. Ping uses a cannon to start a snowslide that covers all the Huns. Ping is hurt by an arrow, and the doctor who examins him finds that he is a girl. Li Shang becomes angry and leaves Mulan alone in the mountains while the army travels to the Emperor's palace in the Imperial City. As Mulan and her group (the horse, the dragon and the cricket) spend the night trying to light a fire, she witnesses some of the surviving Huns climbing from the snow, and they start moving towards the Emperor's city. Mulan decides to follow them and warn her friends in the army.
In the Imperial City the army is celebrated for winning the war, and no one will listen to Mulan's warnings, since she is a girl. Suddenly Shan Yu and his surviving men step forward, kidnap the emperor and hide in the palace. Mulan asks her soldier friends, together with Li Shang, to join her and try to save the emperor. They disguise as women and manage to fool the Huns and move the emperor to safety. Mulan and her dragon also send Shan Yu into the storage of fireworks using a cannon. The emperor rewards her for saving the country.
Mulan returns home with her imperial gifts to show her family. The honour of her, her family and also of the dragon is now restored. Li Shang visits and is invited to dinner.