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|image = ShanYu.jpg
  
|image = ShanYu.jpg
 
|name = Shan Yu
  
|name = Shan Yu
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|films = ''Mulan''
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|films = ''Mulan''<br>''Mulan'' (2020)
 
|shows = ''House of Mouse''
  
|shows = ''House of Mouse''
 
|games = Kingdom Hearts Series
  
|games = Kingdom Hearts Series
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|voice = Miguel Ferrer, Corey Burton.
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|voice = Miguel Ferrer<br>Corey Burton
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|actor = Jason Scott Lee (2020 film)
 
|inspiration = Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun , Shan Yu real
  
|inspiration = Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun , Shan Yu real
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|alias = Bori Khan (2020 film)
 
|awards = Number 18 Disney Villain<br>6th Place in WatchMojo.com's Another Top 10 Animated Disney Villains<br>3rd Place in Devyn Thomas' Top 10 Animated Disney Villains
  
|awards = Number 18 Disney Villain<br>6th Place in WatchMojo.com's Another Top 10 Animated Disney Villains<br>3rd Place in Devyn Thomas' Top 10 Animated Disney Villains
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|personality = Ruthless, cold-hearted, cunning, intelligent, violent, brutal, vicious, aggressive, harsh, evil, murderous, emotionless, mysterious, dark, merciless, overconfident, wild, sadistic, powerful, barbaric, deliberate, mostly serious, extremely durable, sturdy, hard-tempered, abusive, nefarious, determined, primitive, uncompromising, smart, hot-headed, ambitious, negative, desperate, aloof and unusual
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|personality = Ruthless, cold-hearted, hot-tempered, cunning, intelligent, violent, brutal, vicious, aggressive, harsh, murderous, mysterious, dark, merciless, overconfident, wild, sadistic, powerful, barbaric, deliberate, mostly serious, extremely durable, sturdy, abusive, nefarious, determined, primitive, uncompromising, smart, angry, ambitious, negative, desperate, aloof and unusual
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|appearance = Cat-like, with evil feline eyes, white skin, dark and abundant hair, stocky, muscular physique, dresses in fury pelts, has a sharp, sneering face and a prominent forehead, suggesting considerable intellect.
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|appearance = Dark and abundant hair, muscular physique, dresses in fury pelts, has a sharp sneering face and a prominent forehead, suggesting considerable intellect
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|occupation = War Lord
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|occupation = Warlord
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|alliance =
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|alliance = Bad
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|goal = Conquer China(all failed)
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|goal = To Conquer China (failed)
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|enemies = Fa Mulan, Mushu, Cri-Kee, Emperor of China, Li Shang, Chi-Fu, General Li, Ling, Chien Po, Yao, Sora, Donald Duck, Goofy, Basil Heroes
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|home = [[Wikipedia:Eurasia|Eurasia]]
  
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|friends = [[Claude Frollo]], [[Clayton]], [[Scroop]], [[Disney Villains]]
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|minions = [[Hayabusa]] (formerly), [[Elite Hun Soldiers]], [[The Huns]]
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|enemies = Mulan, Mushu, Emperor of China, Li Shang, Chi-Fu, General Li, Ling, Chien Po, Yao, Sora, Donald Duck, Goofy, Basil Heroes
  
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|minions = [[Hayabusa]], Elite Hun Soldiers, [[The Huns]]
  
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|likes = Power, conquest
  
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|dislikes = Women pretending to be men
  
 
|powers = Tactical genius, immense strength.
  
|powers = Tactical genius, immense strength.
 
|weapons = Flamberge Jiao Style Sword, bare hands
  
|weapons = Flamberge Jiao Style Sword, bare hands
 
|fate = gets carried by a giant firecracker into a fireworks tower and dies in the explosion
  
|fate = gets carried by a giant firecracker into a fireworks tower and dies in the explosion
 
|quote = “The soldier from the Mountains...”
  
|quote = “The soldier from the Mountains...”
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||animator = Pres Romanillos
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|animator = Pres Romanillos |affiliations = Huns<br>
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[[Disney Villains]]|home = North of China|friends = Hun Army|likes = Violence, murders, striking fear, danger, power, authority|dislikes = The Emperor, challengers, failure, anything good|species = Human|gender = Male}}'''Shan Yu''' is the main antagonist of ''Mulan''. He is the evil leader of the Hun Army.
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|alias = Shan-Yu}}'''Shan Yu''' is the main antagonist of ''Mulan''.
  
   
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He was voiced by the late Miguel Ferrer.
   
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== Background ==
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Shan Yu is among the most ruthless, and merciless villains ever seen in the Disney universe. He proves that it's not below him to kill his enemies in cold blood to prove his strength. He even makes jokes about it: After capturing two imperial scouts and sending them to deliver his challenge to the emperor, he asks his lead archer how many men it takes to deliver a message. The archer then draws his bow and replies, "One." Ultimately, only one scout delivers the message, implying that the archer killed the other. Shan- Yu is also supremely confident in both his and his army's strength and superiority, often deliberately allowing his enemies the advantage in order to prove his might. Such examples include his attack on the Great Wall, where he allowed a lone sentry to light the signal fire, sending word to the Emperor and giving him time to mobilize the Imperial Army. Later, he allows one of the Chinese spies to return to the Forbidden City, smugly telling the spy to inform the Emperor to send his best troops to face the Huns. He also decides to head straight for the mountain pass that would lead him straight to the Forbidden City, knowing full well that the entire Imperial Vanguard is guarding the pass and completely rejecting the option to simply go around the mountains and avoid the enemy army.
  
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Shan Yu is known to be one of the most ruthless Disney villains. He proves that it's not below him to kill his enemies in cold blood to prove his power. He even makes jokes about it. After capturing two imperial scouts and sending them to deliver his challenge to the emperor, he asks his lead archer how many men it takes to deliver a message. The archer then draws his bow and replies one. Ultimately, only one scout delivers the message, implying that the archer killed the other;
   
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Shan- Yu is also supremely confident in both his and his army's strength and superiority to that of China, often deliberately allowing his enemies the advantage in order to prove his might. Such examples include his attack on the Great Wall, where he allowed a lone sentry to light the signal fire, sending word to the Emperor and giving him time to mobilize the Imperial Army.
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==Fictional character history==
  
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A dark lord type character, Shan Yu is the ruthless king of the Huns in Mulan. He has a Hayabusa as his friend and minion. The unnamed Emperor of China '''('''''presumably [[Wikipedia:Qin Shi Huang|Qin Shi Huang]]''''')''' builds the Great Wall to protect China from Yu's malice. Ironically, the proud Hun leader takes this as a challenge and determines to prove his power by scaling the Great Wall before conquering all of China. After destroying several cities, he exposes two spies and orders them to tell the Emperor of his challenge. His armies crush the Emperor's with ease (though only the aftermath of the battle is on-screen). However, when they reach the mountain pass they are cut off by General Li Shang's troops when Mushu accidentally fired a cannon causing Li Shang's troops' position to given away to Shan Yu and his men. Though the Huns quickly gain the upper hand, Mulan wins the battle for the Chinese troops by triggering an avalanche that buries most of the Huns and injures Mulan causing her identity to reveal to Shang and the others.[[File:1shanyu.jpg|thumb]] An enraged Shan Yu survives and takes a group of the remaining Huns to Bei Jing where they capture the Emperor, having hidden inside a paper dragon used in the victory celebrations, except for Shan Yu who concealed himself on the palace roof. Yu commands the Emperor to bow before him but the old monarch refuses, saying "No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it." Incensed, Shan Yu vows that if the Emperor will not bow in peace then he'll kneel in pieces. He draws his sword and is about to mutilate the sovereign when Shang attacks him and he and Shang battle while Mulan has Cheng Po take the emperor away to safely conceal him somewhere in the massive crowd below. Shan Yu sees the emperor is out of sight and yells in fury and is about to kill Shang for "taking away his victory" until Mulan admits Shang didn't, SHE did. Shan Yu recognizes her as the soldier from the mountains who destroyed most of his army and battles Mulan. In the ensuing battle between Yu and Mulan, an assortment of fireworks are set off. Mulan pushes the evil leader into the path of one of the fireworks and Yu screams as he is thrown into a tower filled with more fireworks and killed in a blinding Fireworks display .
  
   
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Later, he allows one of the Chinese spies to return to the Forbidden City, smugly telling the spy to inform the Emperor to send his best troops to face the Huns. He also decides to head straight for the mountain pass that would lead him straight to the Forbidden City, knowing full well that the entire Imperial Vanguard is guarding the pass and completely rejecting the option to simply go around the mountains and avoid the enemy army.
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== Live action Appearances ==
  
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Shan yu is set to be the antagonist in the upcoming movie mulan in 2018.
 
   
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== Critical Response ==
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== Mulan II ==
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Despite Shan Yu not making a full appearance in the second film (due to having been killed), Mushu alludes to his demise at least once. In the deleted scenes of Mulan II, Shan Yu returns where he and his deceased army, all ghosts now, started to haunt Northern China, prompting the Emperor to send Mulan and Shang there. The finale had involved Shan Yu's ghost army fighting against Mulan and her allies, including the Fa Family Ancestors.
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Despite his limited screen time, Shan Yu is one of Disney's most infamous and acclaimed villains. He is widely regarded as one of the darkest as well, even comparable to Frollo.
  
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==Quotes==
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* Perfect.
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* Nice work, gentlemen. You found the Hun army.
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* Stop me? He invited me. By building his wall, he challenged my strength. Well, I'm here to play his game.
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* Go! Tell your Emperor to send his strongest armies. I'm ready.
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* How many men does it take to deliver a message? (One.)
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* What do you see?
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* This doll came from a village in the Tung Shao Pass, when the Imperial Army is waiting for us.
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* No. The quickest way to the emperor is through that pass.
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* Besides, the little girl will be missing her doll.
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* We should return it to her.
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* Boo.
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* You took away my victory!
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* The soldier from the mountains.
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* It looks like you're out of ideas.
   
 
==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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Shan Yu has quickly become one of Disney's most recognizable villains. In UltimateDisney. com's top thirty villain countdown, Shan Yu came in 18th place. One place better than [[Hopper]], but one place worse than [[Professor Ratigan]]. Many fans were disappointed with Mulan II as Shan Yu did not return in it. However Shan Yu did appear in Kingdom Hearts II. He has but one line, "Now you'll bow to me.", spoken by Corey Burton. Here, he is not apparently allied with [[Maleficent]] and [[Pete]], but his use of the heartless may be due to them.[[File:Art-007.jpg|thumb|Shan Yu in Kingdom Heart II]]
  
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Yu appears to be inspired by the real life Hun warlord, [[Wikipedia:Atilla the Hun|Atilla]] and the Mongolian emperor, [[Wikipedia:Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]], the latter of whom Yu resembles to a certain degree. The name appears to come from the Xiongnu [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanyu Chanyu] , one of whom, Modu Chanyu invaded China
  
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Shan Yu is similar to Ruber from ''Quest fppoooooooooor Camelot''.
  
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Shan Yu shares similarities with [[Professor Ratigan]] from The Great poopMouse Detective. Shan Yu is a War Lord and Ratigan is a Crime Lord.
  
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Curiously, Shan Yu was not among the antagonists in Mickey's House Of Villains despite appearing in The House Of Mouse.bob
  
   
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Though Shan Yu is a Disney villain, he does not engage in any singing at all, which befits his personality.
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*Shan Yu is shown to be intelligent. Unlike most characters in the film, Shan Yu does not underestimate the powers of women. When Mulan revealed that she had caused the avalanche and came up with the idea to save the Emperor, Shan Yu instantly knew that Mulan was the greatest obstacle in his plans, and went on to try to kill her without hesitation, but of course was blown to bits, as part of Mulan's plan. In addition, he was able to detect an ambush using only a doll that was present in the preparation of it.
  
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*In this ''Dumbo Pan'' is coming to YouTube while Dumbo as Peter Pan fights Shan Yu as Captain Hook
  
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*Shan Yu might not be human, there was some hints of yellow eyes, and a scary looking face.
  
 
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Revision as of 03:22, 27 September 2020

Shan Yu is the main antagonist of Mulan. He is the evil leader of the Hun Army.

He was voiced by the late Miguel Ferrer.

Background

Shan Yu is known to be one of the most ruthless Disney villains. He proves that it's not below him to kill his enemies in cold blood to prove his power. He even makes jokes about it. After capturing two imperial scouts and sending them to deliver his challenge to the emperor, he asks his lead archer how many men it takes to deliver a message. The archer then draws his bow and replies one. Ultimately, only one scout delivers the message, implying that the archer killed the other;

Shan- Yu is also supremely confident in both his and his army's strength and superiority to that of China, often deliberately allowing his enemies the advantage in order to prove his might. Such examples include his attack on the Great Wall, where he allowed a lone sentry to light the signal fire, sending word to the Emperor and giving him time to mobilize the Imperial Army.

Later, he allows one of the Chinese spies to return to the Forbidden City, smugly telling the spy to inform the Emperor to send his best troops to face the Huns. He also decides to head straight for the mountain pass that would lead him straight to the Forbidden City, knowing full well that the entire Imperial Vanguard is guarding the pass and completely rejecting the option to simply go around the mountains and avoid the enemy army.

Mulan II

Despite Shan Yu not making a full appearance in the second film (due to having been killed), Mushu alludes to his demise at least once. In the deleted scenes of Mulan II, Shan Yu returns where he and his deceased army, all ghosts now, started to haunt Northern China, prompting the Emperor to send Mulan and Shang there. The finale had involved Shan Yu's ghost army fighting against Mulan and her allies, including the Fa Family Ancestors.

Quotes

  • Perfect.
  • Nice work, gentlemen. You found the Hun army.
  • Stop me? He invited me. By building his wall, he challenged my strength. Well, I'm here to play his game.
  • Go! Tell your Emperor to send his strongest armies. I'm ready.
  • How many men does it take to deliver a message? (One.)
  • What do you see?
  • This doll came from a village in the Tung Shao Pass, when the Imperial Army is waiting for us.
  • No. The quickest way to the emperor is through that pass.
  • Besides, the little girl will be missing her doll.
  • We should return it to her.
  • Boo.
  • You took away my victory!
  • The soldier from the mountains.
  • It looks like you're out of ideas.

Trivia

Though Shan Yu is a Disney villain, he does not engage in any singing at all, which befits his personality.

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