Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” introduces Mei Lee, a confident, dorky 13-year-old
torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her
protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming, is never far from her daughter—an
unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body
weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a
giant red panda!