Due to her panda form's size, she possesses great strength and the ability to leap great distances. Mei transforms into her panda form at school. Plus, there's an inconvenient twist: Mei's family has a mystical connection to red pandas. WALL-E: WALL-E EVE, Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow Hector Barbossa Tia Dalma Davy Jones Mei's transformations occur in brief explosions or "poofs", of pink smoggy smoke. Gargoyles: Goliath Bronx Demona Seeing Mei's mother in the celestial plane, and realizing that Ming suffered emotional scars from issues and tensions with her mother that she never resolved, Mei finally understood that Ming had suffered far worse than she had, and helped her mother find closure and make amends with her mother. But the doodling intensifies. Ming, voiced by Sandra Oh, is Meis mother. Ming sees Miriam as a threat to her relationship with her daughter, despite the girls stellar support for Mei. Elegantly turned out and poised at all times, Ming is the devoted keeper of the Lee Family Temple in Toronto's Chinatown. Mei Lee Children often come of age at different points in their lives. Mei turns into a giant one when she gets too excited. For the character from Mira, Royal Detective, see Priya. Big Hero 6: Hiro Hamada Baymax Honey Lemon Wasabi Go Go Tomago Fred Mei Lee is the third female Disney protagonist with her red hair appearance after, Mei is the fifth female protagonist in a Pixar feature film after Merida from, This also makes Mei the third female protagonist in an original Pixar feature film, as both. If you see a way this page can be updated or improved without compromising previous work, please feel free to contribute. Incredible Elastigirl Dash Parr Violet Parr Jack-Jack Parr Frozone Syndrome The Underminer Voyd Mulan: Mulan Mushu Cri-Kee Ping Shan Yu Li Shang The Emperor Reflection Mulan Frozen: Elsa Anna Olaf Sven Kristoff Marshmallow Grand Pabbie The Fire Spirit Elsa the Snow Queen Queen Anna Diamond Elsa Young Anna She has large, white, pointed ears that are red from behind. She then notices her friends are the people that help her maintain this panda. Lisa Gutierrez. She then tries to calm down while in tears when Ming sees and knows that Mei has transformed. Hercules: Hercules Meg Pegasus Hades Phil Zeus Baby Pegasus Mei and her friends are working on some red panda pendants. She then asks them for one request, To go to a 4Town concert. Mei realizes what she's drawing, and she's giddy. Mei then goes to find Ming in the astral realm, only to find her as a 16-year-old. Up: Carl Fredricksen Dug Russell Kevin Sun Yee then forms a mirror for her to go through. She is the third Pixar protagonist who wears glasses after, She is also the second female Disney protagonist to wear glasses, after, Mei Lee is similar to Son Goku and many other people of the Saiyan race from the franchise. 4*Town is the boy band that Mei and her friends are obsessed with, and their songs were written by Billie Eilish and Finneas OConnell. Bolt: Bolt But for Mei, she finally entered her first phase of young adulthood at thirteen years old. Her paws appear from the opposite end. He was first seen when he walked through the school corridor and Mei suddenly develops a crush on him. She has the best intentions for her daughter, but in vocalizing every little thing Mei could improve within herself, she can create an impossible image for Mei to meet. Believing she has no hope that this form will go away from her and tells her friends to go on without her. It is also the color that separates her from her friends and appears the most dominantly when she is with them. Bolt: Bolt Jungle Cruise: Frank Lily Houghton, Matterhorn Bobsleds: Abominable Snowman When Mei leaves school she meets up with her friends and then goes to check out the store clerk Devon, who Mei isn't fond of at all at first glance. With all the exposure and humiliation she is given Mei wanted to just shout at Ming, but couldn't. Incredible Jack-Jack Violet Dash Frozone Edna Mode Syndrome Mei's tail is ring-and-striped colored similarly to those seen on a raccoon's or a ring-tailed lemur's. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/turning-red-review-disney-plus-pixar-b2032763.html, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The Aristocats: Marie Mei hides all this stuff underneath her bed, knowing that she and her friends are gonna get that $800 for the tickets in no time. Finding Nemo/Finding Dory: Nemo Dory Hank Crush Bruce Baby Dory Destiny Bailey Pearl Platinum Nemo Darla Active 816-234-4739. According to the official Pixar website, red panda Mei Lee is eight feet tall. She walks closer to her reflection to be met with herself with black hair. She then gets dressed in her ritual outfit and gets a horrible flashback of her red panda form harming Tyler. Mei freaks out when her mother discovers her drawings. Mei gets up to Tyler's face, shouting at him he has nothing to do with this. She also had a secret crush on Devon, the local convenience store worker, making drawings of him as a buff merman, a centaur, and many other things; Mei is embarrassed when Ming discovers them. Inside Out: Joy Sadness Anger Disgust Fear Bing Bong Rainbow Unicorn Sapphire Joy She usually wears a pink top, a pink jacket around her waist (which reveals an "Ugly Christmas" sweater), and a pleated denim skirt. DuckTales: Scrooge McDuck Huey, Dewey, and Louie Donald Duck Fenton Crackshell Launchpad McQuack Magica De Spell Zootopia: Judy Hopps Nick Wilde Clawhauser Finnick Flash Mei then challenges Ming by showing her something that is truly crass, Mei then shakes her butt (along with hitting it towards Ming) repeatedly right in front of Ming. As seen, Mei clings onto rooftops, city post lights, and chimneys. Wreck-It Ralph: Vanellope Ralph Yesss Fix-It Felix Jr. Calhoun King Candy Pixel Ralph A Goofy Movie: Max Vacation Goofy Powerline To see Mei's journey into young adulthood, Turning Red is now streaming on Disney+. Some scenes in the movie featuring Mei have become popular memes on social media, such as: Where Mei throws a red dodgeball angrily to, When Mei twerks in red panda Mings face during the battle sequence (. Remember to sign in or join D23 today to enjoy endless Disney magic! After her work shift, Mei goes into her room to study and then catches a trace of her sketching Devon. Indeed, their bond steadily improves as Ming has found peace within herself, with Mei's mother, and even with her friends, including Tyler, as she's glad to see Ming warm up to her friends by inviting them to dinner in their home. Her coat is reddish-brown fading to a dark brown when moving further to her arms and legs while having a brown swirl on her upper arms. Mei Lee is the 6th Pixar protagonist to have powers. is the same Mei her friends and family know and lovebut in the form of an unpredictable, eight-foot-tall, smelly, and inadvertently destructive red panda. Her grandmother shares a surname with her. The Little Mermaid: Ariel Ursula King Triton Maitreyi Ramakrishnan recently broke into fame with her main character role of Deve Vishwakumar in Netflix's Never Have I Ever, a series created by Mindy Kaling based on Kalings memories of her childhood as a first generation Indian-American girl. Whenever her emotions get the better of her (whether it be getting too excited or too scared), she turns into a giant red panda and has to calm herself to change back. Other relatives She may be fluffy and impossibly cute, but Red Panda Mei represents Mei at her most vulnerable, and messy, true self. Jinthe quiet, steady presence in the Lee familyworks hard and aspires to a life of simple pleasures: cooking a good meal for his family, sneaking the occasional donut, and gardening. Mei notices a guy that passes by her and she gets lovestruck. Priya Mangal is a main character in DisneyPixar's 2022 animated feature film, Turning Red. Indiana Jones Marion Ravenwood As seen in the trailer, Mei wore her red tuque to hide the change of color in her hair. Her posse of loyal besties always has her back; they also share a borderline out-of-control obsession with boy band 4*Townbut what 13-year-old doesnt? However, she spots an unfamiliar being in the mirror, bending down to see it is her: she has inexplicably turned into a giant red panda. Being watched by her mother, uncontrollably transforming, being bullied, deforestation, Tyler (formerly), people judging her drawings, hurting others, being embarrassed, being punished, her red panda form (formerly) Lets take a closer look at Mei and her family and friends, in advance of the films big debut this Friday: Meilin Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang) This however is stopped by Ming entering. Lightyear: Captain Lightyear Sox The Great Mouse Detective: Basil of Baker Street Turning Red After Mei's powers emerge and she comes under stress in trying to keep them under control, her friends help her find the peace and calm she needs to do so, and she realizes that by thinking of and focusing on her friends she can keep her powers under control. RELATED:Pixar's Turning Red Assembles Its Own Avengers-Worthy Team. Dislikes Ratatouille: Alfredo Linguini Remy Colette Tatou Chef Skinner Until she breaks into tears, knowing all of this is too much for her, and 4Town's arrival might not help it. Pixar / Disney. Then Jin walks in and tells her that some moments of her being a red panda made him laugh (after seeing a video of her with her friends on a video camera). Turning Red is, at its core, a coming-of-age film where the balance of family and personal life took precedence. Three years ago, the writer-director Domee Shi won an . But with an acapella version of "Nobody Like U" Mei cheers up and thanks to her friends. When Mei pours Coca-Cola from a can in her mouth at a daydream in her presentation of 4Town. All of her head accessories are off, including her glasses. And Shi, one of Pixar's few feature directors of Asian decent, hopes it signals a shift in the types of . But when the teen mysteriously begins to poof into a giant, uber-emotional red panda at the most inconvenient times, a gulf opens up between Mei and her mom, forcing a reckoning between Meis two selves: the spirited teenager and the obedient daughter. Then, Mei is tested to see if she can keep it in which she knows she can by the plan she has, She maintains herself and almost slips on the 3rd testing, but then keeps the thought of her friends in her mind and passes the 3rd test, and then endures the 4th one, which is a box of kitties. Raya and the Last Dragon: Raya Sisu Namaari Mei then shouts at Ming "Take it mom!". Then Mei's mom, Ming, voiced by Canadian actress Sandra Oh, walks into her room. She also has an upward and well-formed back with a narrow pelvis, and she also has visible claws hidden under her paw sheaths. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Meis mother has high expectations of her, and Mei wants to live up to those expectations, but she is also at the peak of adolescence, and with adolescence comes all kinds of hormones and feelings. Student at Lester B. Pearson Middle School She then endures the temptation and turns into a red panda. Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins Bert Jolly Holiday Mary Poppins Mei then tells her friends that this form is an inconvenient genetic thing, and has hope that it will go away. According to an article dedicated to Domee Shi, Mei is going through puberty throughout this film, despite the red panda transforming. As explained by Mei's mother, the reason she has this power is through an ancestor's mystical connection with red pandas. Mei expects Stacy to not be so fond of it. When she was gifted with this magic after a vision from her ancestors in the night, she became more and more cautious, especially when people teased her when her mom was around. However, Mei's friends help her come to terms with her power and accept it as part of her, giving her a more positive outlook on it and allowing some of her old self to come back. Tyler demands Mei a ride when she isn't in the mood. Ming also gets proud of her child when they get straight A's as she calls Mei "My perfect little Mei-Mei". 4*Town is the boy band that Mei and her friends are obsessed with, and their songs were written by Billie Eilish and Finneas OConnell. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Turning Red, now streaming on Disney+. Ming then notices this, and Mei responds with "My panda, My choice." Her and Mei's relationship is sort of similar to another Pixar mother-daughter duo, Merida and Queen Elinor in Brave (which was released almost a decade prior to Turning Red) as like Elinor, despite wanting what's best for her daughter, she oversteps her bounds and it results in her relationship with her daughter becoming toxic. Jin balances out Mings fierceness with a calmer personality. With the film being set in early 2002 (specifically between April and May), and is established Mei is 13 years old, this would mean that she was born around 1989. Ashamed, she fails to stand up to her mother and come to her friends' defense, which disappoints them. She tells her that she was always wanted to be the perfect daughter. They all put their hands together and trill. Mei keeps trying to get Ming to leave as her mother tries to give her 'the talk', then begins panicking again as Ming pulls back the shower curtains to see her. To see Mei's journey into young adulthood, Turning Red is now streaming on Disney+. Even Priya cant contain her love of 4*Town. In an earlier version of the film, Mei was going to be the only person in her family that could transform into a red panda after being chosen by the gods. I Love You", Josh Levi ("Friday Night Lights"), Grayson Villanueva and Topher Ngo.