Beauty And The Beast: 21 Easter Eggs & References You Must See

7. The Mulan Gag

One of the best moments in the whole film comes when Gaston's mob attack the castle and Madame Garderobe attacks three of the villagers, dressing them in women's clothes to defeat them by embarrassment (since they're all super macho men. One of the cross-dressers actually enjoys his make-over more than expected, which is a wonderful touch.

It seems that the cross-dressers actually reference Mulan, as they're decked out in the same colours as warriors Yao, Chen Po, and Li when they dress up as concubines for that film's climactic battle.