In Disney’s 1998 animated film Mulan, Cri-Kee is a cricket.
Cri-Kee is a small, mostly silent companion who belongs to Mulan’s grandmother and is given to Mulan as a supposed good-luck charm. Although the character does not speak, Cri-Kee communicates through movement, reactions, and comic timing throughout the story. The cricket accompanies Mulan during several important events, including her journey to the army camp.
The character is often grouped with Mulan’s more prominent animal companion, Mushu, but they are different creatures and serve different storytelling roles. Mushu is a guardian spirit voiced as a fast-talking comic character, while Cri-Kee is a wordless cricket whose presence creates visual jokes and helps Mulan at key moments.
Cri-Kee’s role also connects to the film’s recurring ideas about luck and fate. The character is treated as lucky by Mulan’s family, even though events repeatedly show that Mulan’s courage and decisions matter more than superstition.