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Though Disney can’t take the credit for centuries’ worth of tradition, the film still speaks to all of the little girls who’d like to be on the front lines instead of waiting around for the hunky captain to return home for them. The story of Mulan is also one of the earliest works of Chinese literature to feature gender equality. (That, and she figured out how to climb a pole with two very heavy cinderblocks attached to her hands, so, you know.) She also uses her femininity against the Huns in a kicky twist of fate, and serves as proof that the very thing from which you think you’d most like to run can end up serving as your trump card. Okay, Demi Moore doing one-armed push ups in G.I Jane and Hillary Swank packing a punch in Million Dollar Baby were cool and all, but Mulan saved an entire dynasty.

Elle Woods clearly took some pointers from her. Bonus points for knowing how to kick butt, take names, and rock an impressive amount of pink all at the same time. She may not always be the most well-mannered little girl, and she does seem to use her cuteness as an excuse for her tell-it-like-she-sees-it attitude, but she knows how to hold her own against her rough-and-tumble brothers. Spunky, sassy, and devastatingly addicted to romance, Marie was the first and ultimate spirit animal for the hopelessly precocious.