Sadist: Mengdu, a prince who's introduced killing prisoners for fun, starts a war to avoid punishment, and kills his own father to keep it going.Subverted when she shuts him down and he returns home. Runaway Fiancé: Wentai tries to escape his arranged marriage to run away with Mulan.Royals Who Actually Do Something: Mengdu, the bloodthirsty Rouran prince, and Wentai, seventh prince of Wei, deputy leader of the camp, later general.Rain of Arrows: Used by both Rouran and Wei army to great effect.Platonic Life-Partners: Mulan and Tiger (although depending on you interpretation, this could be a case of Tiger being an Unlucky Childhood Friend and Mulan being Oblivious to Love).No Guy Wants an Amazon: Mulan's father objects to her learning kung fu, saying no-one will marry her.This is one of the things that kicks off her Heroic BSoD. Leeroy Jenkins: Upon hearing that Wentai's troops have been ambushed, but she has been ordered to stay and guard the baggage train, Mulan disregards the order and goes to help Wentai anyway, returning to find that the baggage train has been attacked in her absence.Kick the Dog: Mendgu's Establishing Character Moment is killing prisoners for fun.Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Turtle was initially a spoiled brat, but when his uncle died, he stopped being one, even going out to try to save Tiger before being killed by the Rourans.Honor Before Reason: As this is a Chinese film, there are several moments that may look like this to the Western viewer.Held Gaze: Mulan and Wentai, especially in the final scenes.
Turtle tries to help but is quickly killed by arrows.
He does get a girl, but not the one he loved or wanted.