Personality Analysis of: Mushu (Disney’s Mulan)
Sorting Hat Chats: BADGER-SNAKE (POWER BEHIND THRONE) I do think Mushu is clearly a loyalist in the sorting hat chats system (not 100% sure if he’s Snake or Badger though). After reading a great post about “badger snakes and the red-stained ledger” by @air-in-words, I like the idea of sorting Mushu from Disney’s Mulan as a Badger-Snake. He definitely has Harold Hill/Dewey Finn vibes. Mushu is group-oriented (trying to get reinstated as a family guardian), but he weirdly supports/protects the group through deception/finesse.  His “red-stained ledger” would probably be getting one of the family members he was protecting decapitated (which got him demoted to gong-ringer), and then impersonates someone he’s not (the Great Dragon Spirit) to regain his status/role within the group (this behaviour is sort of a self-serving expression of the Hufflepuff Primary). However he clearly bonds with his little group (Crikee, Mulan, Khan), and ends up doing a lot of good for his family and China, in the end. MBTI: ENTP Ne is very obvious in his quick-thinking, hyper-verbal style. Ti before Fe because he’s definitely more strategic and led by self-interest (Ti), before connecting it to his group (Fe). You don’t get the sense Mushu has grandiose values, he has “people” (which is why he is a loyalist house). ENTP’s Inferior Sensation in my experience tends to be represented in media as some sort of physical/sensory limitation/helplessness compensated for by a outsized persona/intellect (Tyrion Lannister, Iron Man, Varrick, Edward Elric). In Mushu’s case, he’s constantly being ridiculed for being little, and powerless, and a snake, so he always finds clever ways to appear large/powerful/authoritative (a very small man can cast a very large shadow, as Varys once told Tyrion). Enneagram Analysis Despite being commonly typed as a 7, Mushu from Mulan (1998) is a 6w7 sp. He isn't a free spirited 7 looking for fun and adventure--he wants to be reinstated as a guardian of the family (WAY more of 6 motivation) by proving he can watch over Mulan and keep her safe. I'll tell you this--you're not going to see a lot of enneagram 7's depicted as the jittery, protective character who is trying to talk the hero out of doing things, moaning "We're doomed!". Watch Mushu's major 6 energy in this bathing scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXSX84eVUCs Grumbling to yourself that no one is taking your fears seriously, while still acting as lookout to protect the idiots who are ignoring you, is a fat 6 mood. He is so 6 in how he is constantly anticipating threats and predicting what they need to worry about next, to keep Mulan safe. He wakes her up each morning and runs her through all the things she needs to focus on and think about to face the day ahead. He's always trying to protect his people by staying ahead of things (classic 6 strategy). Think of how on top of danger he is when Shan Yu's falcon tries to raise alarm, and Mushu immediately breathes fire and turns him into Mongolian barbecue--6's are amazing at detecting threats, because they're constantly scanning their environments. I know 7's are usually comic relief, but self pres 6's are sneakily the funniest enneagram subtype, IMO. They make for great comical sidekicks!
