| Mushu: All right, rise and shine sleeping beauty. [Mulan rises
and blinks] C'mon [rapping on Mulan's head with each syllable] hup,
hup,hup. [Mulan groans, lies back down and pulls the covers over
her head. Mushu pulls the covers off Mulan entirely] Get your clothes
on. Get ready. Got breakfast for ya. [Mushu jumps onto Mulan's knee
with a bowl of porridge] Look, you get porridge, and it's happy
to seeyou. [Mushu shows her the bowl with two eggs and bacon looking
like a smiley face. Cri-Kee pops up out from the bowl of porridge]
Hey,get outta there, you gonna make people sick! [Mushu uses chopsticks
to push Cri-Kee out of the porridge]
Mulan: Am I late?
Mushu [while feeding Mulan]: No time to talk. Now remember, it's
your first day of training so listen to your teacher and no fighting.
Playnice with the other kids, unless of course one of the other
kids wanna fight, then you have to kick the other kid's butt.
Mulan [with her mouth full of food]: But I don't wanna kick the
other kid's butt.
Mushu: Don't talk with your mouth full. Now let's see your war
face [Mulan looks at him with wide eyes and chipmunk cheeks full
of food]. I think my bunny slippers just ran for cover. C'mon
scare me, girl!
Mulan [swallows the food]: Rrrrrrr!
Mushu [rolling back into the half eaten bowl of porridge]: Oh,
that's my tough looking warrior. That's what I'm talking about.
Now get outthere and make me proud. [Mushu ties up Mulan's hair]
[Khan whinnies and pokes his head into the tent]
Mushu: What do you mean the troops just left?
Mulan [acting surprised]: They what!? [Mulan hurriedly puts on
her clothes and jumps out of the tent going off to join the other
recruits]
Mushu [running out from the tent calling after Mulan]: Wait,
you forgot your sword. My little baby off to destroy people [sniffle].
[Cut to the troops muddling around near Shang's tent]
Chi Fu [enters stage left]: Order people, order!
Recruit #2: I'd like a pan fried noodle.
Chien-Po: Oh, oh, sweet and pungent shrimp [Ling and others begin
to laugh]
Recruit #3: Moo goo gai pan
Chi Fu: That's not funny.
[Mulan comes running up to the group]
Ling [noticing Mulan's arrival]: Looks like our new friend slept
in this morning. [Mulan stops between Ling and Yao] [to Ping]
Hellooo Ping,Are you hungry?
Yao: Yeah, 'cause I owe you a knuckle sandwich. [grabs Mulan
by the shirt collar drawing back his other arm. Mulan hides her
face withher hands. Ling looks away, closes his eyes, and puts
his fingers in his ears so that he wont hear anything]
All Soldiers [in agreement with Yao]: Yeah.
Shang [loudly]: Soldiers! [The soldiers line up quicky. Shang
takes off his shirt and grabs a bow and quiver of arrows. Mulan
is dulyimpressed by Shang's physique] You will assemble swiftly
and silently every morning. [Shang walks down the line of soldiers]
Anyone whoacts otherwise will answer to me.
Yao: Ooooo, tough guy.
Shang [turning around with knocked arrow pointing towards Yao]:
Yao. [All recruits take a step back leaving Yao one step forward.
ShangPoints arrow skyward and shoots it into the top of a high
pole] Thank you for volunteering. Retrieve the arrow.
Yao [bows to Shang]: I'll get that arrow pretty boy. And I'll
do it with my shirt on. [Yao prepares to leap onto that pole]
Shang: One moment, you seem to be missing something. [Chi Fu
brings out two large bronze disks. Shang takes out one disk and
holds ithigh speaking to all the troops] This represents discipline
[Shang hands the weight to Yao and the weight falls to the ground
taking Yao'sarm with it] and this represents strength [Shang hands
the other weight to Yao making him fall to the ground. The troops
laugh whileMulan looks concerned]. You need both to reach the
arrow.
[Yao climbs up the pole then slips down under the weight. Ling,
Chien-Po, and Mulan each take their turn and fall down. Mulan
rubs herbehind as she walks away in front of Shang]
Shang: We've got a long way to go.
[Song I'll Make a Man Out of You]
[Shang throws staffs to the soldiers. Yao intercepts Mulan's
staff and trips her with it]
Shang:Let's get down to business--to defeat the Huns.
[Shang throws up two clay pots and breaks them apart with his
staff. The troops are highly impressed]
Recruits [putting their staffs out at arms length, spoken]: Hua
Shang:Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons? [Ling
puts a cricket down Mulan's back causing her to flail erratically]You're
the saddest bunch I ever met [Most soldiers fall as Mulan moves
uncontrollably]But you can bet before we're through [Shang does
a somersault in the air landing near Mulan. He takes a pole in
the stomach. Shang stops Mulan andtakes her staff. He grabs her
by the collar]Mister, I'll make a man out of you
[Shang steps on a lever throwing up 3 targets which he hits with
3 arrows from one bow]Tranquil as a forest[The recruits try and
fail. Mulan gets ready to fire when Mushu sticks a target on her
arrow before she shoots. Mulan looks at Mushu's inshock and pauses.
Shang looks disdainfully at Mulan as she cracks a huge smile]But
on fire within[Shang balances a bucket of water on his head holding
a staff. The recruits fire stones at him which Shang deflect with
the staff]Once you find your centerYou are sure to win[Mulan wobbles
with the bucket of water on her head. As the recruits throw stones
at her the bucket tips over onto her head]You're a spineless,
pale,pathetic lot And you haven't got a clue [Shang throws his
hand down into a river and retrieves a fish. Mulan throws her
hand down into the river and retrieve's Yao's foot. Mushucomes
out of the water with a fish in hand to give to Mulan]Somehow
I'll make a manout of you!
Chien-Po [running through a field of fire arrows]:I'm never gonna
catch my breath
Yao [following Chien-Po, falls and gets hit in the butt with
an arrow]:Say good-bye to those who knew me
Ling [Banging his head on a stone slab]:Boy I was a fool in school
for cutting gym
[Shang practices martial arts with Mulan. With a punch to the
face he knocks her back into a tree]
Mushu [from the tree acts as a boxing coach]:This guy's got 'em
scared to death
Mulan [Mushu pushes Mulan back out into the ring]:Hope he doesn't
see right through me
Chien-Po [stops as he's hopping across poles protruding from
water causing Shang and the recruits to pile into him]:Now I really
wish that I knew how to swim!
Shang and Chorus: [Cannon fire misses the target in the middle
of an open field. Ling kicks the support structure out from Mulan's
cannon and it begins to fall.Mulan quickly grabs the cannon and
it fires high and back towards the camp landing and exploding
Chi Fu's tent](Be a man)We must be swift as the coursing river(Be
a man)With all the force of a great typhoon(Be a man)With all
the strength of a raging fire[Picture of Shang looking over the
camp from the hill not looking pleased]Mysterious as the dark
side of the moon
Shang [his troops laden with poles on their shoulders carrying
bags of grain - one on each side. They march up a mountain]:Time
is racing toward us till the Huns arrive [Chi Fu points Shang's
eyes back to a struggling Mulan who falls to the ground. Cri-Kee
and Mushu try to pick her up but hide when Shangcomes up to her.
Shang picks up her pole with grain, puts it on top of his and
returns to the troops. Mulan looks rejected]Heed my every order
and you might survive[Shang hand the reigns of Khan to Mulan]You're
unsuited for the rage of warSo pack up, go home, you're throughHow
could I make a manout of you?
Shang and Chorus [Mulan takes the weights and tries to climb
the pole again]:(Be a man)We must be swift as the coursing river[Mulan
ties the weights together behind the pole and uses the cloth to
help her shimmy up the pole](Be a man)With all the force of a
great typhoon[As the sun begins to rise the recruits come out
of their tents to cheer on Mulan](Be a man)With all the strength
of a raging fire[As Shang comes out of his tent, the arrow he
shot up onto the pole comes down to his feet. He looks up and
sees Mulan sitting on top ofthe pole]Mysterious as the dark side
of the moon
[order of events during the last repeat of the chorus:Troops
hit all targets with arrows correctly.Mulan racing in front of
Shang and the recruits with the pole and weights on her shoulders.Mulan
kicking Shang in the face with a round house. Shang looking pleased.Chien-Po
doing acrobatics on the poles as the troops follow.Staffs being
thrown to troops, Yao hands Mulan hers. Yao running through arrows.Yao
grabs Mulan's staff and hands it to her.Troop staff practice #1.
(Hya)Ling breaking the blockTroop staff Practice #2. (Hya)Mulan
holding up fish.Troop staff practice #3.Cannon fire hitting the
Hun Target.Troop staff practice #4 - jumping in the air (Hya)](Be
a man) We must be swift as the coursing river(Be a man)With all
the force of a great typhoon(Be a man)With all the strength of
a raging fireMysterious as the dark side of the moon
[End Song]
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