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* BadLiar: Mei is a ''terrible'' liar. The only one she can successfully deceive is her mother, and that's only because Ming can't imagine her Mei-Mei lying at all.
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* BadLiar: Mei is a ''terrible'' liar. The only one person she can successfully deceive is her mother, and that's only because Ming can't imagine her Mei-Mei "perfect little Mei-Mei" lying at all.all, much less lying to her.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the WellDoneDaughterGirl. She's trying so hard to be her mother Ming’s "perfect little Mei-Mei" that she has trouble setting boundaries with her mother, even when Mei thinks that Ming's going too far. She has to constantly lie to her mother and sneak around to do the things she wants to do behind her back. It comes to a head when [[spoiler:Ming accuses Mei's friends of doing things that were actually Mei's ideas in the first place, and Mei throws her friends under the bus rather than argue with her mom. Mei does eventually realize that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she's made a terrible mistake]], but it takes a sincere apology and an act of open rebellion to get Mei to realize that]].
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the WellDoneDaughterGirl. She's trying so hard to be her mother Ming’s "perfect little Mei-Mei" that she Mei has trouble setting boundaries with her mother, even when Mei thinks that Ming's going too far. She has to constantly lie to her mother and sneak around to do the things she wants to do behind her back. It comes to a head when [[spoiler:Ming accuses Mei's friends of doing things that were actually Mei's ideas in the first place, and Mei throws her friends under the bus rather than argue with her mom. Mei does eventually realize that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she's made a terrible mistake]], but it takes a sincere apology and an act of open rebellion to get Mei to realize that]].
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* DrivenToVillainy: Downplayed. Mei is in no way "evil", and doesn't really want to rebel against her mother, until Ming refuses to let her go to the 4*Town concert in spite of how hard Mei has worked to meet Ming's expectations, and even managed to control her panda transformations. At that point, Mei's desire to see 4*Town, combined with her budding teen rebelliousness, drives her to decide (with her friends' strong agreement) that if all her effort isn't going to be rewarded no matter what she does, then there's no point in being obedient or trying to live up to Ming's expectations anyway.
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* DrivenToVillainy: Downplayed. Mei is in no way "evil", a villain, and doesn't really want to rebel against her mother, until Ming refuses to let her go to the 4*Town concert in spite of how hard Mei has worked to meet Ming's expectations, and even managed to control her panda transformations. At that point, Mei's desire to see 4*Town, combined with her budding teen rebelliousness, drives her to decide (with her friends' strong agreement) that if all her effort isn't going to be rewarded no matter what she does, then there's no point in being obedient or trying to live up to Ming's expectations anyway.
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* HormoneAddledTeenager: Mei has recently turned 13 at the start of the movie, and quickly develops a PrecociousCrush on Devon, which manifests itself in some fairly suggestive drawings, much to her embarrassment. She also tends to {{squee}} over Robaire, her favourite member of the BoyBand 4*Town, and briefly gets distracted when she spots a PrettyBoy classmate in the halls at school.
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* HormoneAddledTeenager: Mei has recently turned 13 at the start of the movie, and quickly develops a PrecociousCrush on Devon, which manifests itself in some fairly suggestive drawings, much to her embarrassment. She also tends to {{squee}} over Robaire, her favourite member of the BoyBand 4*Town, and briefly gets distracted when she spots a PrettyBoy classmate in the halls at school. [[spoiler:During the climax of the movie, while Mei is CallingTheOldWomanOut at Ming, she even tells Ming to "deal with it" over the fact that Mei likes typical teenage girl things: boys, loud music, and gyrating. Mei also gives a mock apology over the fact she can't be perfect all the time like Ming wants, because she's growing up and is well-aware of it.]]
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-->'''Mei:''' My panda, my choice!
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-->'''Mei:''' My panda, my choice!choice, Mom.
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Mei's grandaunts and first cousins once removed -- Auntie Ping, Auntie Chen, Auntie Helen, and Auntie Lily -- who greatly dote on her.
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Four of Mei's
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* HollywoodToneDeaf: Downplayed and enforced. While it doesn't come off as outright terrible, Ava Morse was told to have Miriam "sing bad" when she's trying to cheer up Mei and starts singing "Nobody Like U."
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Mei's grandaunts and first cousins once removed -- Auntie Ping, Auntie Chen, Auntie Helen, and Auntie Lily--who greatly dote on her.
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Mei's grandaunts and first cousins once removed -- Auntie Ping, Auntie Chen, Auntie Helen, and Auntie Lily--who Lily -- who greatly dote on her.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sun Yee was a medical woman and [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]] who prayed for a miracle during times of war and was given the power of the red panda in response, a plot that would make a FeministFantasy epic in its own right. She also passed on that ability to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive during the Ming dynasty [[note]]The Ming dynasty spans 276 years, from A.D. 1368 to 1644[[/note]].
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sun Yee was a medical woman and [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]] who prayed for a miracle during times of war and was given the power of the red panda in response, a plot that would make a FeministFantasy epic in its own right. She also passed on that ability to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive during the Ming dynasty dynasty.[[note]]The Ming dynasty spans 276 years, from A.D. 1368 to 1644[[/note]].1644.[[/note]]
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* AffectionateNickname: Meilin's father Jin and her friends Priya, Miriam, and Abby call her "Mei". Her mother, grandmother, and aunts call her "Mei-Mei".
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* AffectionateNickname: Meilin's father Jin and her friends Priya, Miriam, and Abby call her "Mei". Her mother, grandmother, and aunts aunties call her "Mei-Mei".
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Stopping the ritual and disobeying her mother to go to the concert, along with Wu and the aunts berating Ming over it, causes the latter's meltdown, unleashing her ''massive'' panda form.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Stopping the ritual and disobeying her mother to go to the concert, along with Wu and the aunts aunties berating Ming over it, causes the latter's meltdown, unleashing her ''massive'' panda form.]]
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* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler:When Mei decides to keep her panda form, Ming tries to convince her otherwise, only for an incensed Mei to openly defy her before leaving for the concert to reconcile with her friends. This open act of defiance, combined with her mother and the aunts pushing her too far by berating her for allowing this to happen, finally drives an outraged Ming to unwittingly unleash her panda form and go on a rampage before reaching the stadium, where she angrily berates Mei for 'disappointing' her while scaring the other attendees away. Even when Mei finally stands up to her mother by admitting that it was her idea, not her friends', to use her panda form to buy the concert tickets and show up at Tyler's party, it only fuels Ming's anger even more.]]
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* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler:When Mei decides to keep her panda form, Ming tries to convince her otherwise, only for an incensed Mei to openly defy her before leaving for the concert to reconcile with her friends. This open act of defiance, combined with her mother and the aunts aunties pushing her too far by berating her for allowing this to happen, finally drives an outraged Ming to unwittingly unleash her panda form and go on a rampage before reaching the stadium, where she angrily berates Mei for 'disappointing' her while scaring the other attendees away. Even when Mei finally stands up to her mother by admitting that it was her idea, not her friends', to use her panda form to buy the concert tickets and show up at Tyler's party, it only fuels Ming's anger even more.]]
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Mei's four aunts -- Auntie Ping, Auntie Chen, Helen, and Lily--who greatly dote on her.
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Mei's four aunts grandaunts and first cousins once removed -- Auntie Ping, Auntie Chen, Auntie Helen, and Auntie Lily--who greatly dote on her.
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** The book ''The Real R.P.G.: The Story of the Red Panda Girl'' reveals that Ping and Chen are Ming's sisters, thus making them Mei's actual aunts, while Helen is a first cousin to the three sisters, presumably the daughter of Grandma Wu's unspecified sibling (and Mei's first-cousin-once-removed), and Lily is Ping's daughter and therefore Mei's first cousin.
** Lily also mentions that she has a daughter, Vivian, who is Ping's granddaughter, Wu's great-granddaughter, Ming and Chen's grandniece, and Mei's first cousin once removed.
** Lily also mentions that she has a daughter, Vivian, who is Ping's granddaughter, Wu's great-granddaughter, Ming and Chen's grandniece, and Mei's first cousin once removed.
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** The book ''Turning Red: The Graphic Novel'' reveals that Ping and Chen are Ming's aunts, thus making them Mei's grandaunts, while Helen is a first cousin to Ming, the daughter of Chen (and Mei's first-cousin-once-removed), and Lily is Ping's daughter and therefore also Mei's first-cousin-once-removed.
** In the book ''The Real R.P.G.: The Story of the Red Panda Girl''reveals that Ping and Chen are Ming's sisters, thus making them Mei's actual aunts, while Helen is a first cousin to the three sisters, presumably the daughter of Grandma Wu's unspecified sibling (and Mei's first-cousin-once-removed), and Lily is Ping's daughter and therefore Mei's first cousin.
**Lily also mentions that she has a daughter, Vivian, who is Ping's granddaughter, Wu's great-granddaughter, Ming Wu and Chen's grandniece, Ming's first-cousin-once-removed, and Mei's first cousin once removed.second cousin.
** In the book ''The Real R.P.G.: The Story of the Red Panda Girl''
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* SiblingRivalry: Downplayed, but Lily boasts often about her daughter Vivian (Mei's unseen cousin).
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* SiblingRivalry: Downplayed, but Lily boasts often about her daughter Vivian (Mei's unseen second cousin).
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sun Yee was a medical woman and [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]] who prayed for a miracle during times of war and was given the power of the red panda in response, a plot that would make a FeministFantasy epic in its own right. She also passed on that ability to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive during the Ming dynasty [note]The Ming dynasty spans 276 years, from A.D. 1368 to 1644[/note].
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sun Yee was a medical woman and [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]] who prayed for a miracle during times of war and was given the power of the red panda in response, a plot that would make a FeministFantasy epic in its own right. She also passed on that ability to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive during the Ming dynasty [note]The [[note]]The Ming dynasty spans 276 years, from A.D. 1368 to 1644[/note].1644[[/note]].
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* SpiritedYoungLady: {{Implied|Trope}} to have been one in her youth. Background details state that she lived at some point during China's UsefulNotes/MingDynasty (1368–1644). However, in spite of living in a historically misogynistic time period where women were seen as inferior and their education was often not prioritized, Sun Yee is also described as a scholar and a poet, implying she was more educated than most women were in her time. She has also presented herself as a devoted and loving mother.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: {{Implied|Trope}} to have been one in her youth. Background details state that she lived at some point during China's UsefulNotes/MingDynasty (1368–1644).(A.D. 1368–1644). However, in spite of living in a historically misogynistic time period where women were seen as inferior and their education was often not prioritized, Sun Yee is also described as a scholar and a poet, implying she was more educated than most women were in her time. She has also presented herself as a devoted and loving mother.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sun Yee was a medical woman and [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]] who prayed for a miracle during times of war and was given the power of the red panda in response, a plot that would make a FeministFantasy epic in its own right. She also passed on that ability to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive during the Ming dynasty.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sun Yee was a medical woman and [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]] who prayed for a miracle during times of war and was given the power of the red panda in response, a plot that would make a FeministFantasy epic in its own right. She also passed on that ability to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive during the Ming dynasty.dynasty [note]The Ming dynasty spans 276 years, from A.D. 1368 to 1644[/note].
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** In a case of "My God, What Am I Doing?", she has a moment of this during the red moon ritual when she’s having her FlashbackMontageRealization, realizing that by getting rid of the panda, she'd be getting rid of part of herself.
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** In a case of "My God, What Am I Doing?", she has a moment of this during the red moon ritual when she’s she's having her FlashbackMontageRealization, realizing that by getting rid of the panda, she'd be getting rid of part of herself.
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** In a case of "My God, What Am I Doing?", she has a moment of this during the red moon ritual after having her FlashbackMontageRealization, realizing that by getting rid of the panda, she'd be getting rid of part of herself.
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** In a case of "My God, What Am I Doing?", she has a moment of this during the red moon ritual after when she’s having her FlashbackMontageRealization, realizing that by getting rid of the panda, she'd be getting rid of part of herself.
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* DidISayThatOutLoud: During her FreakOut in the shower, she says “I’m a gross red monster” loud enough for her mom to hear, and then instantly tells herself to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan stop talking]].
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* DidISayThatOutLoud: During her FreakOut in the shower, she says “I’m "I'm a gross red monster” monster" loud enough for her mom to hear, and then instantly tells herself to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan stop talking]].
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* NonIndicativeName: The band is called 4*Town, but there are five members--this is lampshaded by Mei's mother, Ming. If Mei knows the reason behind the band's name, she doesn't divulge it to Ming, as at the time she's unwilling to admit being familiar with them. It's AllThereInTheManual that they took on that name when there were only four of them, and thus hung onto their ArtifactTitle after the fifth man was added.
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* NonIndicativeName: The band is called 4*Town, but there are five members--this members -- this is lampshaded by Mei's mother, Ming. If Mei knows the reason behind the band's name, she doesn't divulge it to Ming, as at the time she's unwilling to admit being familiar with them. It's AllThereInTheManual that they took on that name when there were only four of them, and thus hung onto their ArtifactTitle after the fifth man was added.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sun Yee was a medical woman and [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]] who prayed for a miracle during times of war and was given the power of the red panda in response, a plot that would make a FeministFantasy epic in its own right. She also passed on that ability to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive during (roughly) the Ming dynasty.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sun Yee was a medical woman and [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]] who prayed for a miracle during times of war and was given the power of the red panda in response, a plot that would make a FeministFantasy epic in its own right. She also passed on that ability to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive during (roughly) the Ming dynasty.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: {{Implied|Trope}} to have been one in her youth. Background details state that she lived at some point during China's UsefulNotes/MingDynasty (1368-1644). However, in spite of living in a historically misogynistic time period where women were seen as inferior and their education was often not prioritized, Sun Yee is also described as a scholar and a poet, implying she was more educated than most women were in her time. She has also presented herself as a devoted and loving mother.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: {{Implied|Trope}} to have been one in her youth. Background details state that she lived at some point during China's UsefulNotes/MingDynasty (1368-1644).(1368–1644). However, in spite of living in a historically misogynistic time period where women were seen as inferior and their education was often not prioritized, Sun Yee is also described as a scholar and a poet, implying she was more educated than most women were in her time. She has also presented herself as a devoted and loving mother.
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* ThirteenthBirthdayMilestone: As the movie starts, Mei has recently turned 13 and thinks she's now a grownup, able to do her own thing 24/7/365, just because the Toronto Transit Commission gives her an ID at this age and also because she's still a kid. Shortly afterward, she starts experiencing puberty as well as the family power handed down from her ancestor Sun Yee, which causes her to transform into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited, angry, or scared.
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** After finding out that her transformations are hereditary, and then overhearing her parents outside her room, she completely breaks down over the fact that she might be stuck with her panda form for a while, and that her parents aren’t doing anything to help her, which leads to her [[SelfHarm trying to rip her panda parts off]] in an attempt to get rid of it. She manages to calm down for a while when her friends show up, but breaks down again when she reminds herself that she might never be rid of her red panda form.
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** After finding out that her transformations are hereditary, and then overhearing her parents outside her room, she completely breaks down over the fact that she might be stuck with her panda form for a while, and that her parents aren’t aren't doing anything to help her, which leads to her [[SelfHarm trying to rip her panda parts off]] in an attempt to get rid of it. She manages to calm down for a while when her friends show up, but breaks down again when she reminds herself that she might never be rid of her red panda form.
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** She has a third one when she see that [[spoiler:she accidentally knocked her mom unconcious while fighting her, and runs up to try and take her back to circle, appologising as she's doing so. It takes her grandma helping her to snap her out of it]].
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** She has a third one when she see that [[spoiler:she accidentally knocked her mom unconcious unconscious while fighting her, and runs up to try and take her back to circle, appologising as she's doing so. It takes her grandma helping her to snap her out of it]].
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* HowDoIShotWeb: Played for drama. Mei figures out the connection between getting excited and transforming pretty quickly, but also finds that having that knowledge and being able to use it are two different things. Because the transformation is caused by [[EmotionalPowers Mei feeling any sort of strong emotion]], she [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting keeps changing when she doesn't want to change]], and the more she fights it the more often she transforms. [[EmotionSuppression Showing no emotion at all]] doesn't work either; she just can't keep it up for very long. It's only when she learns how to use her friends for inner support that she gets it partially under control. [[spoiler:After the ritual where she chooses to keep the red panda instead of getting rid of it, Mei gains full control of her panda form, allowing her to transform at will.]]
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* HowDoIShotWeb: Played for drama.PlayedForDrama. Mei figures out the connection between getting excited and transforming pretty quickly, but also finds that having that knowledge and being able to use it are two different things. Because the transformation is caused by [[EmotionalPowers Mei feeling any sort of strong emotion]], she [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting keeps changing when she doesn't want to change]], and the more she fights it the more often she transforms. [[EmotionSuppression Showing no emotion at all]] doesn't work either; she just can't keep it up for very long. It's only when she learns how to use her friends for inner support that she gets it partially under control. [[spoiler:After the ritual where she chooses to keep the red panda instead of getting rid of it, Mei gains full control of her panda form, allowing her to transform at will.]]
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*** In the Mandarin dubs for both the Mainland and Taiwan, her given name is transcribed as 美玲 (''[[BarelyChangedDubName MÄ›ilíng]]''), a common feminine name which translates to "beautiful tinkling-of-jade".
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*** In the Mandarin dubs for both the Mainland and Taiwan, her given name is transcribed as 美玲 (''[[BarelyChangedDubName MÄ›ilíng]]''), a common feminine name which Chinese name[[note]]it translates to "beautiful tinkling-of-jade". tinkling-of-jade"[[/note]].
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** After she reaches her RageBreakingPoint and transforms into her panda form in the middle of a maths class thanks to Ming spying on her, she quickly manages to calm down and is visibly horrified when she looks around, and then at herself, realising that A: she could have easily hurt someone, and B: she just revealed her red panda form to her mother, who she’d been trying to hide it from.
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** After she reaches her RageBreakingPoint and transforms into her panda form in the middle of a maths class thanks to Ming spying on her, she quickly manages to calm down and is visibly horrified when she looks around, and then at herself, realising that A: A) she could have easily hurt someone, and B: B) she just revealed her red panda form to her mother, who she’d been trying to hide it from.
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** During the climax of the movie, [[spoiler:after fighting Ming in her giant red panda form, she is deeply distraught when she sees that she knocked her mom unconcious]].
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* NotQuiteBackToNormal: After she wakes up as a red panda, Mei has to struggle to turn herself back into a human girl. Eventually she manages to do it and make it stick. For a moment she thinks everything's back to normal. Then she sees herself in her bedroom mirror, and realizes her hair is still bright red instead of its original black. [[note]]The DVD commentary says explicitly that this was done to make sure there was still something visibly 'magical' about Mei's appearance, even when she was human.[[/note]]
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* NotQuiteBackToNormal: After she wakes up as a red panda, Mei has to struggle to turn herself back into a human girl. Eventually she manages to do it and make it stick. For a moment she thinks everything's back to normal. Then she sees herself in her bedroom mirror, and realizes her hair is still bright red instead of its original black. [[note]]The DVD commentary says explicitly that this was done to make sure there was still something visibly 'magical' about Mei's appearance, even when she was human.[[/note]]
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* SignificantWardrobeShift: In the first act, Mei dresses relatively plainly, with a red cardigan, pink shirt and dark blue skirt. Her only jewelry is a couple of plastic or fabric bracelets. After her friends find out about her red panda form and she starts embracing it, she takes off the cardigan, puts on star-shaped stick-on earrings, and starts wearing a black choker around her neck--except at home, where she removes the jewelry and reverts to being "perfect little Mei-Mei". In the epilogue, she's wearing the choker at home and the stick-on earrings have been replaced by real ones, meaning she has gotten her ears pierced and strongly implying the change is permanent.
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* SignificantWardrobeShift: In the first act, Mei dresses relatively plainly, with a red cardigan, pink shirt and dark blue skirt. Her only jewelry is a couple of plastic or fabric bracelets. After her friends find out about her red panda form and she starts embracing it, she takes off the cardigan, puts on star-shaped stick-on earrings, and starts wearing a black choker around her neck--except neck -- except at home, where she removes the jewelry and reverts to being "perfect little Mei-Mei". In the epilogue, she's wearing the choker at home and the stick-on earrings have been replaced by real ones, meaning she has gotten her ears pierced and strongly implying the change is permanent.
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* ThirteenthBirthdayMilestone: As the movie starts, Mei has recently turned 13 and thinks she's now a grownup, able to do her own thing 24/7/365, just because the Toronto Transit Commission gives her an ID at this age and also because she's still a kid. Shortly afterward, she starts experiencing puberty as well as the family power handed down from her ancestor Sun Yee, which causes her to transform into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited, angry, or scared.
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* TookALevelInSmartass: After she begins to embrace her wilder side, she gets distinctly snarkier. Eventually she even starts snarking at her beloved mother.
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* ControlFreak: Mei has clearly absorbed a lot of her mother Ming's control-freak tendencies. In Mei's case, this shows itself primarily as a need to maintain control of herself at all times. When her self-control is broken, [[spoiler:first by [[PrecociousCrush her sudden crush on store clerk Devon]] and second by [[PowerIncontinence her inability to control or even understand the red panda transformation]],]] the effect on her is shattering. She gets much better about this while [[spoiler:hustling the panda for concert money]], because to make that work [[CharacterDevelopment she has to learn how to loosen up a little]].
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* ControlFreak: Mei has clearly absorbed a lot of her mother Ming's control-freak tendencies. In Mei's case, this shows itself primarily as a need to maintain control of herself at all times. When her self-control is broken, [[spoiler:first by [[PrecociousCrush her sudden crush on store clerk Devon]] and second by [[PowerIncontinence her inability to control or even understand the red panda transformation]],]] the effect on her is shattering. She gets much better about this while [[spoiler:hustling the panda for concert money]], because to make that work work, [[CharacterDevelopment she has to learn how to loosen up a little]].
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* CuteClumsyGirl: She's not very light on her feet. When she tries to do a spontaneous cartwheel, she stumbles halfway through and falls to the ground. When she first gets her red panda form, she is [[Stumbling InTheNewForm unused to its size and mass, and unintentionally causes a lot of property damage]].
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* CuteClumsyGirl: She's not very light on her feet. When she tries to do a spontaneous cartwheel, she stumbles halfway through and falls to the ground. When she first gets her red panda form, she is [[Stumbling InTheNewForm [[StumblingInTheNewForm unused to its size and mass, and unintentionally causes a lot of property damage]].
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* CuteClumsyGirl: She's not very light on her feet. When she tries to do a spontaneous cartwheel, she stumbles halfway through and falls to the ground. When she gets her red panda form, she is unused to her new body and causes a lot of property damage.
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* CuteClumsyGirl: She's not very light on her feet. When she tries to do a spontaneous cartwheel, she stumbles halfway through and falls to the ground. When she first gets her red panda form, she is [[Stumbling InTheNewForm unused to her new body its size and mass, and unintentionally causes a lot of property damage.damage]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Downplayed in the first act, but after she starts embracing the panda she definitely [[TookALevelInSmartass turns the snark levels up a notch or two, usually towards her mum.]] She goes into full snarker mode in the climax, when she's trying to [[spoiler:distract her mom, who is in her Kaiju-sized red panda form]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Downplayed in the first act, but after she starts embracing the panda she definitely [[TookALevelInSmartass turns the snark levels up a notch or two, usually towards her mum.]] She goes into full really lets her inner snarker mode out in the climax, when she's trying to [[spoiler:distract her mom, who is in her Kaiju-sized red panda form]].
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* DidISayThatOutLoud: During her FreakOut in the shower, she says “I’m a gross red monster” loud enough for her mom to here, and then instantly tells herself to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan stop talking]].
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* DidISayThatOutLoud: During her FreakOut in the shower, she says “I’m a gross red monster” loud enough for her mom to here, hear, and then instantly tells herself to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan stop talking]].
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* FatComicRelief: In her red panda form, her weight can sometimes break things, such as beds.
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* FatComicRelief: In her red panda form, her Downplayed. There are a few gags about the size and weight can sometimes break things, such of her red-panda form, but they disappear quickly as beds.she learns to control it better.
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* TheMomVoice: [[spoiler:On the rooftop at Tyler's house]], Miriam uses the "compassionate and supporting" variant of this voice to compliment Mei on how far she's come in learning to be her own person, and to [[spoiler:suggest that Mei keep her red panda spirit instead of banishing it.]]
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* FatComicRelief: In her red panda form, her weight can sometimes break things, such as beds.
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* SuperStrength: Her red panda form is very strong.
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"Possibly"? Examples Are Not Arguable. Feels like a coincidence anyway
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* {{Expy}}: Possibly of Debbie Grayson from ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Invincible2021TheGraysonFamily Invincible.]]'' They have similar designs, are both stern, hardworking moms of Asian descent, and are voiced by [[Creator/SandraOh Sandra Oh.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Possibly of Debbie Grayson from ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/InvincibleTheGraysonFamily Invincible.]]'' They have similar designs, are both stern, hardworking moms of Asian descent, and are voiced by [[Creator/SandraOh Sandra Oh.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Possibly of Debbie Grayson from ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/InvincibleTheGraysonFamily php/Characters/Invincible2021TheGraysonFamily Invincible.]]'' They have similar designs, are both stern, hardworking moms of Asian descent, and are voiced by [[Creator/SandraOh Sandra Oh.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Possibly of Debbie Grayson from ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/InvincibleTheGraysonFamily Invincible.]]'' They have similar designs, are both stern, hardworking moms of Asian descent, and are voiced by [[Creator/SandraOh Sandra Oh.]]
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* NotQuiteBackToNormal: After she wakes up as a red panda, Mei has to struggle to turn herself back into a human girl. Eventually she manages to do it and make it stick. For a moment she thinks everything's back to normal. Then she sees herself in her bedroom mirror, and realizes her hair is still bright red instead of its original black. [[note]]The DVD commentary says explicitly that this was done to make sure there was still something visibly 'magical' about Mei's appearance, even when she was human.[[/note]]
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I think Driven To Villainy fits Mei's behavior more than Then Let Me Be Evil. She doesn't turn bad because those around her are expecting her to be bad. She turns "bad" because circumstances don't leave her any other way to accomplish her goal.
* DrivenToVillainy: Downplayed. Mei is in no way "evil", and doesn't really want to rebel against her mother, until Ming refuses to let her go to the 4*Town concert in spite of how hard Mei has worked to meet Ming's expectations, and even managed to control her panda transformations. At that point, Mei's desire to see 4*Town, combined with her budding teen rebelliousness, drives her to decide (with her friends' strong agreement) that if all her effort isn't going to be rewarded no matter what she does, then there's no point in being obedient or trying to live up to Ming's expectations anyway.
-->'''Mei:''' We need to see this concert! Why doesn't my mom get that?! I never ask for anything! My whole life, I've been her perfect little Mei-Mei! [...] We've been so good! If they don't trust us anyway, then what's the point?!
-->'''Mei:''' We need to see this concert! Why doesn't my mom get that?! I never ask for anything! My whole life, I've been her perfect little Mei-Mei! [...] We've been so good! If they don't trust us anyway, then what's the point?!
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Downplayed. Mei is in no way "evil", but her desire for her mother's approval keeps weighing on Mei's mind after she gains the red panda form. But that changes when Ming refuses to let Mei go to the [=4*Town=] concert in spite of how hard Mei is struggling to keep up appearances. Mei decides that if the obedience and expectations that her mother craves aren't going to be rewarded no matter what Mei does, then there's no point in being obedient or trying to live up to those expectations anyway. As a result, Mei starts rebelling against Ming much more openly.
-->'''Mei:''' We need to see this concert! Why doesn't my mom get that?! I never ask for anything! My whole life, I've been her perfect little Mei-Mei! [...] We've been so good! If they don't trust us anyway, then what's the point?!
-->'''Mei:''' We need to see this concert! Why doesn't my mom get that?! I never ask for anything! My whole life, I've been her perfect little Mei-Mei! [...] We've been so good! If they don't trust us anyway, then what's the point?!
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: She's the short-tempered, more aggressive Masculine Girl to her husband's more gentle Feminine Boy.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: He's the more gentle and soft Feminine Boy to his wife's aggressive Masculine Girl.
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* ActionGirl: Downplayed. Despite her panda being meant as a weapon, she generally doesn't use it as such. However, the climax shows she's more than capable of becoming this if the situation calls for it, as shown when she [[spoiler:fights her own mother at the concert]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their dislike of Tyler, even they are horrified when [[spoiler:Mei attacks him during his birthday party and, albeit to no avail, try and stop her; first by holding her back when Tyler starts bullying her, then by telling her that spoiler:she's hurting him after she pounces on him]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their dislike of Tyler, even they are horrified when [[spoiler:Mei attacks him during his birthday party and, albeit to no avail, try and stop her; first by holding her back when Tyler starts bullying her, then by telling her that spoiler:she's she's hurting him after she pounces on him]].
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: During the [[spoiler:panda hustle scene, they manage to appropriate a bathroom stall into a merchandise stall]].
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: During the [[spoiler:panda hustle scene, sequence, they manage to appropriate a bathroom stall and turn it into a merchandise stall]].
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*AdorableFluffyTail: When Mei, struggling with her new ability to [[PubertySuperpower turn into a giant red panda]] [[PowerIncontinence when she gets emotional]], accidentally reveals herself to her best friends, the first thing [[GenkiGirl Abby]] does is scream, "You're so fluffy!" and bury her face in Mei's fur, while [[FlatJoy Priya]] plays with her huge fluffy tail.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their dislike of Tyler, even they are horrified when [[spoiler:Mei attacks him during his birthday party and, albeit to no avail, try and stop her; first by holding her back when Tyler starts bullying, then by telling her that spoiler:she's hurting him after she pounces on him]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their dislike of Tyler, even they are horrified when [[spoiler:Mei attacks him during his birthday party and, albeit to no avail, try and stop her; first by holding her back when Tyler starts bullying, bullying her, then by telling her that spoiler:she's hurting him after she pounces on him]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their dislike of Tyler, even they are horrified when [[spoiler:Mei attacks him during his birthday party and, albeit to no avail, try and stop her; first by holding her back, then by telling her that spoiler:she's hurting him]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their dislike of Tyler, even they are horrified when [[spoiler:Mei attacks him during his birthday party and, albeit to no avail, try and stop her; first by holding her back, back when Tyler starts bullying, then by telling her that spoiler:she's hurting him after she pounces on him]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their dislike of Tyler, even they are horrified when [[spoiler:Mei attacks him during his birthday party]] and try (but to no avail) to try and stop her (first by holding her back, then by telling her that [[spoiler:she's hurting him]]).
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their dislike of Tyler, even they are horrified when [[spoiler:Mei attacks him during his birthday party]] and try (but party and, albeit to no avail) to avail, try and stop her (first her; first by holding her back, then by telling her that [[spoiler:she's spoiler:she's hurting him]]). him]].
