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Ao Lie, also known as the White Horse Dragon, was a member of the Dragon Clan and a pilgrim.
History
Past
Ao Lie was born as the son of Ao Ji, the Dragon of the West. At one point, he was captured by Kui Mulang, who attempted to steal the dragon's soul to live longer, fortunately he managed to fight him off and escape.[2]
Journey to the West
When Tang Sanzang and Monkey King were having an argument while crossing a bridge, Ao Lie encountered the two. Since then, he joined Tang Sanzang and Monkey King on their journey, occasionally taking on a form of a horse for the Great Monk.[3] One day, Ao Lie and the other pilgrims learned of the Samadhi Fire. The pilgrims, along with Ne Zha and the Demon Bull King, removed the fire from Red Son and placed them in the three Rings of Samadhi. But during the process of extracting the Samadhi Fire, a small fragment was transferred into Ao Lie instead of one of the rings.[4]
Legacy
During her time in the Scroll of Memory, Mei hoped on learning more about Ao Lie, the same way how the other Monkie Kids learned about their ancestors. When Mei was imprisoned by Kui Mulang, she met Ao Lie, albeit unaware about his identity at the time.
Personality
- “Ao Lie, the White Horse Dragon, was an exceptionally powerful being. But he was timid and nervous, lacking your confidence and borderline arrogance.”
- ―Master Subodhi [src]
Ao Lie was shown to be easygoing and friendly, despite that he can take action if needed.
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Appearance
Designs
| Design | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon | TBA | |
| Human | Ao Lie has long white hair with two green streaks, green eyes, and round green eyebrows. His hair is partially kept up in a bun. He wears white hanfu with a gold collar and green belt. He also wears a spring green cloak with a green hoof design at the sleeves. | |
| Horse | As a horse, Ao Lie is a white horse with a black mane, black hooves, and a red decoration around his neck with multiple black wool strings. | |
| His mane is white, and his necklace is tan with a green tuft. He has green eyes. |
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Abilities
Powers
- Dracokinesis - Like all the members of the Dragon Clan from his bloodline, Ao Lie possesses the traits of a dragon, and can surround himself in draconic green energy.
- Shapeshifting - He can transform between human and dragon at will. He can also take form of a horse.
Relationships
Mei
In his brief time meeting Mei, Ao Lie remarked that she reminded him of his sister. His calm attitude clashed with Mei's angry and impulsive traits.
Monkey King
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Appearances
| Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Absent | |||||||||||
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| "Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born": | Illustration | |||||||||||
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| 80006 White Dragon Horse Bike: |
Absent | 80007 Iron Bull Tank: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80008 Monkie Kid's Cloud Jet: |
Absent | 80009 Pigsy's Food Truck: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80010 Demon Bull King: |
Absent | 80011 Red Son's Inferno Truck: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80012 Monkey King Warrior Mech: |
Absent | 80013 Monkie Kid's Team Secret HQ: |
Absent | |||||||||
| Season 1 | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Absent | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Bad Weather": | Absent | 2. "Duplicatnation": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Coming Home": | Absent | 4. "Noodles or Death": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Calabash": | Absent | 6. "The Great Wall Race": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Impossible Delivery": | Absent | 8. "Skeleton Key": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9. "Macaque": | Pictured | 10. "The End is Here!": | Absent | |||||||||
| Sets | ||||||||||||
| 80014 Sandy's Speedboat: |
Absent | |||||||||||
| 80015 Monkie Kid's Cloud Roadster: |
Absent | 80016 The Flaming Foundry: |
Absent | |||||||||
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Absent | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| "Revenge of the Spider Queen": | Cameo | |||||||||||
| 11. "Sleep Bug": | Absent | 12. "Dumpling Destruction": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "Pig Pong Panic": | Absent | 14. "Sweet 'n' Sour": | Absent | |||||||||
| 15. "Minor Scale": | Absent | 16. "Game On": | Absent | |||||||||
| 17. "Shadow Play": | Absent | 18. "To Catch a Leaf": | Absent | |||||||||
| 19. "72 Transformations": | Absent | 20. "This is the End!": | Absent | |||||||||
| Sets | ||||||||||||
| 80018 Monkie Kid's Cloud Bike: |
Absent | 80019 Red Son's Inferno Jet: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80020 White Dragon Horse Jet: |
Absent | 80021 Monkie Kid's Lion Guardian: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80022 Spider Queen's Arachnoid Base: |
Absent | 80023 Monkie Kid's Team Dronecopter: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80024 The Legendary Flower Fruit Mountain: |
Absent | 80025 Sandy's Power Loader Mech: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80026 Pigsy's Noodle Tank: |
Absent | 80028 The Bone Demon: |
Absent | |||||||||
| Season 3 | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| 21. "On the Run": | Absent | 22. "Great Grand Dragon of the East": | Absent | |||||||||
| 23. "Smartie Kid": | Absent | 24. "The Winning Side": | Absent | |||||||||
| 25. "Amnesia Rules": | Illustration | 26. "The First Ring": | Flashback | |||||||||
| 27. "Cooking With Chang'e": | Absent | 28. "Benched": | Absent | |||||||||
| 29. "The King, the Prince, and the Shadow": | Absent | 30. "The Samadhi Fire": | Flashback | |||||||||
| Embrace Your Destiny | ||||||||||||
| 31. "This Imperfect World": | Absent | 32. "The Corrupted King": | ||||||||||
| 33. "Time to Be Warriors": | Illustration | 34. "Destiny Fulfilled": | Absent | |||||||||
| Sets | ||||||||||||
| 80030 Monkie Kid's Staff Creations: |
Absent | 80031 Mei's Dragon Car: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80032 Chang'e Moon Cake Factory: |
Absent | 80033 Evil Macaque's Mech: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80034 Nezha's Fire Ring: |
Absent | 80035 Monkie Kid's Galactic Explorer: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80036 The City of Lanterns: |
Absent | 80037 Dragon of the East: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80038 Monkie Kid's Team Van: |
Absent | 80039 The Heavenly Realms: |
Absent | |||||||||
| Season 4 | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| 35. "Familiar Tales": | Absent | 36. "New Adventures": | Illustration | |||||||||
| 37. "The Great Tang Man": | Illustration | 38. "Pig-Napped!": | Absent | |||||||||
| 39. "Court of the Yellow Robed Demon": | Memory | 40. "Show Me the Monster": | Absent | |||||||||
| 41. "Pitiful Creatures": | Visualized | 42. "The Brotherhood": | Absent | |||||||||
| 43. "Roast of the Monkie Kids": | Flashback | 44. "The Jade Emperor": | Absent | |||||||||
| The Emperor's Wrath | ||||||||||||
| 45. "A Lifetime of Mistakes": | Memory | 46. "The Plan Man": | Absent | |||||||||
| 47. "Rip and Tear": | Mentioned | 48. "Better Than We Found It": | Absent | |||||||||
| Sets | ||||||||||||
| 80040 Monkie Kid's Combi Mech: |
Absent | |||||||||||
| 80041 Mei's Dragon Jet: |
Absent | 80043 Yellow Tusk Elephant: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80044 Monkie Kid's Team Hideout: |
Pictured | 80045 Monkey King Ultra Mech: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80046 Monkie Kid's Cloud Airship: |
Absent | 80047 Mei's Guardian Dragon: |
Appears | |||||||||
| 80048 The Mighty Azure Lion: |
Absent | 80049 Dragon of the East Palace: |
Absent | |||||||||
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Translation, etymology, and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Korean | 옥룡삼태자/아오 리에를 | Translates to Third Jade Dragon Prince and Korean pronunciation of Ao Lie. |
| Mandarin (China) |
白龍馬/敖烈 | Translates to White Dragon Horse and Ao Lie. |
Quotes
- “Ah. Another poor soul awaiting their fate at the hands of Kui Mulang.”
- ―Ao Lie
- “Oh, it's just... you know, you remind me of my sister. She, too, is impulsive.”
- ―Ao Lie
- “Why don't you just make a new sword?”
- ―Ao Lie
- “Did ya see? I-I just fell down and bonked my brain cage. Ow.”
- ―Ao Lie
- Mei: “Ugh, this guy. Forget it! I just assumed that you were in here 'cause that yellow-robed jerk wanted your powers too.”
- Ao Lie: “I'm sure he does. But all they've ever done is get me in trouble, so...”
- —Mei and Ao Lie
- “Beg your pardon? ”
- ―Ao Lie
- “Of course I do. But I can't protect them with careless actions.”
- ―Ao Lie
- “ And perhaps with greater caution, you would still have your sword. I know a thing or two about disappointing people, about feeling powerless to protect them, but I do not sense that you are a disappointment. Even now, locked away in imminent danger, your thoughts are to protect others.”
- ―Ao Lie
- “A sword is powerless without the hand that wields it.”
- ―Ao Lie
- “Oh, you know, just some wise sage stuff. Did you like it? I made it up myself. Like right now.”
- ―Ao Lie
- Mei: “Huh? W... Why didn't you do that sooner?”
- Ao Lie: “Because now seemed like the right time for action.”
- —Mei and Ao Lie
- “ I cannot hold him back much longer. Go. I will give you an opening. ”
- ―Ao Lie
- Mei: “Knew you were cool!”
- Ao Lie: “You really think so?”
- —Mei and Ao Lie
Behind the Scenes
- In Journey to the West, he is instead known as the White Dragon Horse, which was also used to name Mei's bike and jet.
- Ao Lie is never directly referred to by name in the novel, only being called the White Horse Dragon or Little White Dragon. The name Ao Lie originates from the TV drama "Journey to the West Sequel".
- His name in the show was previously used in Mei's official description on LEGO.com's campaign for Monkie Kid.[5]
- In the novel, Ao Lie accidentally set fire to his family's palace, destroying a pearl that was given to his family by the Jade Emperor. He was then sentenced to death, but was spared by Guanyin. She banished him to the Yingchou Stream (鷹愁澗), and told him to wait there until Tang Sanzang would arrive.[6] Ao Lie would later eat Tang Sanzang's horse.[7]
- In an earlier Zaju play version of Journey to the West, instead of being known as the "White Dragon Horse", he was called the "Fire Dragon Horse".[8]
- He is one of Sarah Harper's favorite characters. [9]
Trivia
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References
- ↑ Adams, Jeremy (May 16, 2021). It is not a direct 1:1 representation to JTW by design. It gives us more freedom with stories and characters and hopefully points people to search and experience JTW themselves (Reply). Archived from the original on August 28, 2022.
- ↑ Devlin, Deirdre. "Court of the Yellow Robed Demon". Monkie Kid. Season 4. Episode 39.
- ↑ Harper, Sarah. "Roast of the Monkie Kids". Monkie Kid. Season 4. Episode 43.
- ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "The Samadhi Fire". Monkie Kid. Season 3. Episode 30.
- ↑ LEGO® Monkie Kid™| Themes | LEGO.com Kids - LEGO.com US.
- ↑ “I am the son of Aorun, Dragon King of the Western Ocean. Because I inadvertently set fire to the palace and burned some of the pearls therein, my father the king memorialized to the Court of Heaven and charged me with grave disobedience. The Jade Emperor hung me in the sky and gave me three hundred lashes, and I shall be executed in a few days. I beg the Bodhisattva to save me.” Journey to the West, Volume 1, Chapter 8 (Anthony C. Yu translation, Revised Edition)
- ↑ Journey to the West, Volume 1, Chapter 15 (Anthony C. Yu translation, Revised Edition)
- ↑ Archive #1 – The Early-Ming Journey to the West Zaju Play, journeytothewestresearch.com
- ↑ Harper, Sarah (March 21, 2023). MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE new character from #monkiekid season 4, the adorable, clumsy, sweet and kind but unimaginably powerful White Horse Dragon, Ao Lie! It was fun to put our own spin on this character and figure out how he fit into the group dynamic of the LMKJTTW gang. Hope you guys loved him as much as we do!.
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