POP Mulan (Mulan)

Mulan is the main character in the Disney animated film inspired by the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan. In the middle of the night, the Huns, led by their leader Shan Yu, invade the country. The emperor then decrees the mobilization of one man per family to join the army and protect the empire. Mulan is the only daughter of Fa Zhou, an old man who walks with a cane due to war wounds. Her mother Fa Li regularly tries to find a husband for Mulan, who does not always behave like a decent young woman, making it difficult for her mother to send her to meet a matchmaker. That day, Mulan arrives late with straw in his hair to his mother's great displeasure. She is undressed and placed in a bathtub to prepare her for her wedding dress. After the make-up and hairdressing session, she is finally ready to meet the matchmaker. Her grandmother gives her a little lucky cricket for the occasion: Cri-Kee. Unfortunately, this one is not going to bring Mulan any luck at all. He escapes from his little cage hidden under Mulan's outfit and Mulan tries to catch him and put him back in his place. This will create some very comical situations and make the matchmaker angry when she suffers Mulan's clumsiness. Back home, Mulan removes her makeup and wonders where she should be in order to do honour to her family. Her father comforts her by alluding to the late blossoming magnolia flower, because Mulan means "magnolia" in Mandarin. This discussion is interrupted by the announcement that one man per family will be conscripted to join the army and protect the emperor. The Fa family is called. Mulan opposes it on the pretext of his father's health, who puts her back in her place, for the honour of the family. Mulan then decides to take her father's place, she cuts her hair, seizes her father's armour and flees with the conscription order. Mulan's family gives up on catching her because she would be executed, only men can go into battle. In her adventure as an apprentice soldier, she will be accompanied by the little dragon Mushu sent by the ancestors of the Fa family to protect her and the little cricket offered by her grandmother.

In this Pop figurine, Mulan is represented in the outfit she wears to go meet the matchmaker. We can see her wearing make-up and very dressed up. At eye level, she is wearing blue eye shadow, her cheeks are pink and her skin is covered with white foundation. Her black hair is tied up in a bun, decorated with a pretty comb with a flower and she is wearing elegant golden earrings. On this Pop figurine, she is represented wearing several petticoats and tunics of several different colors: pink, purple, burgundy and white. Her belt is made of two fabrics in navy blue and red and marks her waist. Her sleeves are very long, you can't see her left hand, in her right hand she is holding a nice fan in yellow tones. As in the cult scene, on her arm are written the precepts that would make her a good bride that she had written down in the morning to remember.