Pretty. Tough.

It is the story of an average, popular American teenager named Wendy Wu who discovers that in order to win the coveted crown she must first learn the way of the warrior. Wendy Wu has a one track mind, and that track leads directly to the title of homecoming queen -- no unscheduled stops, and no unnecessary detours. When a mysterious Chinese monk named Shen arrives to mold Wendy into a fearless kung fu warrior, however, her royal aspirations suddenly jump the track as she desperately attempts to juggle her boyfriend, her homework, and of course, the fierce competition to become homecoming queen
In Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “mythic high‑school”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, tradition, heritage.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Shrek (2001)consciousness in monsters · fairy‑tale swamp
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)consciousness in monsters · holiday monster town
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)consciousness in monsters · vampire flatshare
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)consciousness in monsters · monster hotel
The Grinch (2018)consciousness in monsters · holiday town
Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)consciousness in monsters · snowman holiday questThe same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)consciousness in animals · heritage, identity
Spirited Away (2001)consciousness in the dead · identity, tradition
Kung Fu Panda (2008)consciousness in animals · identity, tradition
Moana (2016)consciousness carried elsewhere · identity, tradition
Aladdin (1992)consciousness carried elsewhere · identity, tradition
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)consciousness in objects · identity, tradition