| “ | You would do well to teach your daughter to hold her tongue in a man's presence. | „ |
| ~ Chi-Fu's most infamous quote. |
| “ | She's a woman! She'll never be worth anything! | „ |
| ~ Chi-Fu |
Chi-Fu is a major antagonist from the Disney animated film, Mulan. He is a trusted agent of the Emperor of China who is marked by his unbelievable misogyny and cowardice.
He was voiced by James Hong, who also voiced Zong-Shi in Trollhunters: The Rise of Titans.
What Makes Him a Hate Sink?
- He is a misogynist and an ageist, who represents the bad qualities of the Chinese military during the time the film takes place in.
- While he has comedic moments, they are solely moments that make him appear spineless or undignified. For example, the soldiers mocking him for screaming like a girl showcases his lack of charisma. He is also a hypocrite, as he would scream like a little girl himself later.
- While he is following the Emperor’s orders by having men drafted, he decides to have Mulan's father drafted too, even though he was obviously too old and unfit for more fighting, refusing to listen when Mulan points out to him that he had already fought in a war before and telling her to remain silent in the presence of a man.
- He looks down on Captain Shang out of pure ageism, and is eager to give him a bad report. He knows he came from a gallant bloodline and out-achieved all of his peers and possessed extensive knowledge of war methodology, and simply doesn't care. He even smirks perversely as he makes a note of Shang grabbing "Ping" for making a scene and striking several of her peers (even though she was kind of asking for it, and it's ambiguous where Ling even got a scorpion from in the first place). Even when Shang proves he couldn't be more wrong about his ageist prejudice, he irrationally claims that the recruits wouldn't last two seconds against Shan Yu's army. The boys pick up on this and ruin his slippers for it.
- When a "herald" gives him a message, Mushu calls him out for caring too much about his supposed identity and "asking stupid questions".
- He mistreats the soldiers due to his pompous attitude, even calling "Ping" an "absolute lunatic" (even though she was acting goofily at the moment, that was still unnecessarily hurtful). Yao in particular thinks that the only woman who loves him is his mother, despite his claims to the contrary, and he's probably not wrong at all.
- He hides under a rock and whimpers like a child when everyone else is fighting the Huns (though admittedly, since he's the emperor's aide and not a soldier, his terror upon facing the Huns is pretty understandable).
- When Mulan is revealed to be a woman, Chi-Fu is the only one willing to have her executed for violating the law, showing a lack of care for Yao, Chien-Po, and Ling, who don’t want her dead and more importantly a lack of gratitude for her seemingly taking Shan Yu's army out all by herself at the cost of leaving herself open to a grievous wound that gave her out in the first place. Thankfully, Captain Shang (despite being upset that Mulan lied) spared her life and refused to take it.
- Even when Mulan finishes the job and China is free of the Huns for good, he still refuses to treat her with respect, foolishly claiming that she deliberately tried to murder him as a firework singed his hat, ignoring the fact that this was an accident and a burn is hardly a threat to his life. He even provokes Li Shang into manhandling him (though the Emperor quickly prevents it from escalating).
- He initially refuses to bow to Mulan despite her saving China and only does so to save face when he sees the Emperor is doing it.
- He lies that Mulan can't join the council because there are supposedly no council positions open, leading to the Emperor karmically offering her Chi-Fu's job, suggesting that even the Emperor was fed up with Chi-Fu by this point that he likely fired him. Although, Mulan respectfully refuses the Emperor’s request.
- While he has a handful of comedic moments, none of them make him likable or entertaining, and emphasize his negative traits:
- His reaction to the soldiers humorously making food orders when he tries to call them to attention both shows that no one takes him seriously and that he can't take a joke.
- Him freaking out when coming face to face with a panda demonstrates his cowardice, as well as his hypocrisy since he had just claimed that he didn't "squeal like a girl."
- Yao claiming that his mother is the only girl who would love him shows just how detested he is by the heroes in-universe.
Trivia
- To drive the turning point home that he was made to be despised, his name in Chinese literally means "to bully".
External Links
- Chi-Fu on the Disney Wiki
 Hate Sinks
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