History NightmareFuel / Mulan

** And there's one moment even ''after'' they become her friend: They have an unusual idea of snowball fights: For one, the snowballs are the size of basketballs, for two, in their game, "Ping" doesn't know that the four of them are having a snowball fight, three, they all quite literally sneak up n "him" and, before the song cuts off, are just in the middle of smashing three basketball-sized chunks of snow over Mulan's head...at the same time. Again, this is after they've become Mulan's friend-this is their idea of a ''[[DeadlyPrank joke]]''?.

** And there's one moment even ''after'' they become her friend: They have an unusual idea of snowball fights: For one, the snowballs are the size of basketballs, for two, in their game, "Ping" doesn't know that the four of them are having a snowball fight, three, they all quite literally sneak up n "him" and, before the song cuts off, are just in the middle of smashing three basketball-sized chunks of snow over Mulan's head...at the same time. Again, this is after they've become Mulan's friend, and this is their idea of a ''[[DeadlyPrank joke]]''.

** Yao gets a special mention before becoming Mulan's friend: He has some pretty ''nasty'' expressions before inflicting pain on someone else, like that evil smile he got when another recruit was innocent, if naively, believing that a tattoo would protect him from harm-he wasn't mad, he just saw an opportunity t hurt someone and he did very clearly enjoy it. Ling, too, has no sympathy for the other man's misfortune.
** Also, when Shang has Mulan standing on the edge of a cliff, as a training idea of Shang, Yao, Ling, and Chien Po are chosen to throw rocks at her. Chien Po seems disturbed, but the looks that Yao and Ling have at the idea of potentially killing her "accidentally" are downright sadistic.

* The Matchmaker getting her dress on fire, while funny, is still quite violent and disturbing. Mulan dumps tea on the Matchmaker, extinguishing her, but the resulting look on [[NightmareFace matchmaker's face]], the tears and the already horrifying makeup is quite a horror. Not to mention her rage bordering on a nearly maniacal level.

* The [[NightmareFace matchmaker's face]] after having the tea spilled on her, the tears and the already horrifying makeup.

* Chi-Fu ordering Shang to execute the exposed Mulan. Despite it being the law that women who join the army are sentenced to death, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po are horrified and try to rush to defend Mulan, but Chi-Fu reminds them of the law and they can only watch. The look on Shang's face is cold and scary as he slowly and menacingly walks toward Mulan with the sword in his hand. Mulan closes her eyes, ready for death as Shang raises the sword... then flings it to the ground in front of her.

** "Besides, the little girl will be missing her doll. We should return it to her."

*** Unlikely. The real life Huns and some Mongols had an MO of burying their dead immediately after battle or some ritual (even taking the dead away for a proper funeral) and any way in real life after a victory as crushing as the one shown, even disorganized primitive armies like barbarian hordes have enough decency to pick up their dead for some ritual from the field (especially in a siege which the sack of the town was implied). Considering by the time they came all the buildings had long since been burnt and not a single survivor is found not even dead women, it can be implied the Huns had enough times to do their version of the last rites and even enslave the remaining civilian survivors. They didn't destroy most of the Chinese army either as recruitment and conscription has just been passed and other villages are still safe (thus implying local militia is being trained). Though they probably did destroy a fair chunk of the professional forces. Considering the nature of besieging even small towns with favorable terrain in real life can be difficult, Shang probably lost plenty of troops and had some difficulty but for story purposes they skimped over the actual events and in addition as I mentioned earlier they probably buried their casualties out of respect.

** The moment after that, after Mushu tries to comfort Mulan. It quietly cuts to a snowy mountainside, holding on it for a few eerily silent moments, then, ''WHAM!'', Shan-Yu's falcon soars back in with a determined look on its face, and then the [[OhCrap connection hits Mulan, Mushu and the audience]] [[NotQuiteDead like a ton of bricks]].

* Chi-Fu ordering Shang to execute the exposed Mulan. Despite it being the law that women who join the army are sentenced to death, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po are horrified and try to rush to defend Mulan, but Chi-Fu reminds them of the law and they can only watch. The look on Shang's face is cold and scary as he slowly and menacingly walks toward Mulan with the sword in his hand. Mulan closes her eyes, ready for death as Shang raises the sword... then flings it to the ground. So, even though Shang spared Mulan's life, he did so at literally ''the last second.''

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MkurYLnW9o The Huns crawling out of the snow like frigging zombies.]] While it's only Shan Yu and his elite (the credits directly call them that), it's still unsettling how these guys just. Won't. Die.

--> '''Shang:''' Prepare to fight. If we die, [[DefiantToTheEnd we die with honor.]]

** The Huns crawling out of the snow like frigging zombies. While it's only Shan Yu and his elite (the credits directly call them that), it's still unsettling how these guys just. Won't. Die.

** Shan-Yu has enough NightmareFuel on his own. And it's not just from the fact that Miguel Ferrer's performance being just so gravelly and husky that it gives you the chills.

* Chi-Fu ordering Shang to execute the exposed Mulan. Despite it being the law that women who join the army are sentenced to death, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po are horrified and try to rush to defend Mulan, but Chi-Fu reminds them of the law and they can only watch. As Shang raises the sword, Mulan closes her eyes, ready for death. The look on Shang's face is cold and scary, as he raises the sword... then flings it to the ground. So, even though Shang spared Mulan's life, he did so at literally ''the last second.''

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** Shan-Yu has enough NightmareFuel on his own.

[[caption-width-right:350:Meet Shan-Yu]]

*** And the scene cuts to black ''right there''! Burr...

* The aftermath of the Chinese army's rocket barrage against Shan Yu's forces. As the dust settles, there's Shan Yu astride his horse completely unharmed…and then he is joined by two of his lieutenants… and then they are joined by more… and more… and more. The music swells as it dawns on the Chinese Army (and the audience) that, for all their vaunted firepower, the Huns have literally just [[NoSell shaken off]] their best effort. If it wasn't for [[IndyPloy Mulan coming up with a ridiculously creative solution,]] the Huns would have won right there.
** As it dawns on Shang that this could be it, you can hear his voice cracking a little bit as he tries to maintain morale for his troops…even though he knows it's all over.