Shang-Chi’s Parents Meet Turning Red’s Mei Lee in Pixar/Marvel Crossover Art
Hilarious crossover fan art has Turning Red's Mei run into Shang-Chi's parents in a bamboo forest. Produced by Pixar, Turning Red tells the story of Mei Lee, a girl who discovers she can turn into a giant red panda after she turns thirteen. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, meanwhile, is the MCU adaptation of the Marvel Comics superhero, and both movies were historic instances of representation for their respective studios.
Although both Turning Red and Shang-Chi focus on Asian immigrant families, the two films' worlds have very little in common. Mei's journey in Turning Red takes her through a very relatable coming-of-age conflict with her mother, and her magical red panda transformation serves as a metaphor for puberty, among other things. Meanwhile, Shang-Chi's ultimate conflict comes from outside the hero's family and has potentially world-ending consequences. One thing the two films do share is imagery connected to Chinese culture, such as the bamboo forest that Mei and her mother reconcile in at the end of Turning Red. A similar bamboo forest where Shang-Chi's parents, Wenwu and Ying Li, first meet hides the entrance to Ta Lo in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
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Picking up on the similarity, Instagram user raychelwhoposts an adorable fan-made comic combining Turning Red and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. In the short six-panel comic, Turning Red's emotional ending between Mei and her mother gets a humorous twist, with the pair discovering Shang-Chi's parents flirting over some steamed dumplings as they walk through the bamboo forest. Mei and her mother respond perfectly in character, with shock at the PDA showing on their
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