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- Note: Due to Monkie Kid not being a direct representation to Journey to the West,[1] this article will be primarily about the Demon Bull King's appearance within Monkie Kid. For information about him in Journey to the West, click here.
| “This pursuit has warped your mind, brother. It is the only reason I could imagine that you would have the nerve to assault my home and harm my family!” |
| — The Demon Bull King[src] |
The Demon Bull King (D.B.K. for short) is an former conqueror and an enemy of the Monkey King. After being imprisoned for half a millennium, he planned to take over Megapolis with the help of the Demon Bull Family and the Bull Clones. However, the Demon Bull King became a host for Lady Bone Demon after her freedom, having the two demons create a new identity known as the Bone Demon Queen[2] until MK defeated him.
After the Battle of the Flaming Foundry, the Demon Bull King and Red Son gave up being villains and began a food stand. Despite this, when the Demon Bull King was captured by the Spider Queen at New Year's, he, along with the Monkey King and several other demons were having their powers extracted until the Demon Bull King was able to free himself and the other prisoners from the Spider mech. He then teamed up with the Monkey King and the Monkie Kids to defeat the Spider Demons.
Official descriptions[]
Demons and Other Bad GuysAfter being locked up for five hundred years, Demon Bull King (D.B.K. for short) is back with a vengeance. Now half-flesh, half-machine, he’s got a grudge against the world and renewed powers to destroy it.[4] LEGO® BuilderTeam up with Monkie Kid and Pigsy to take on Princess Iron Fan and the mighty Demon Bull King! Dodge shots from the Demon Bull King’s giant cannons. Avoid his massive axe and flame thrower. Fly into attack with Monkie Kid and knock the Princess off the Demon Bull King’s shoulder with The Golden Staff. Aim Pigsy’s Rake Cannon at the beast. Will you be the hero to defeat this huge, dangerous enemy? |
Personality[]
In the past, the Demon Bull King was once an exuberant demon that enjoyed hanging out with his sworn brothers. Like the rest of them, he despised discrimination toward the realms and believed that they all should be treated equal. However, unlike the rest of his sworn brothers when they all parted ways, the Demon Bull King developed a craved for power and destruction as he considered their cause to be nothing but a simple dream, wanting to conquer the Mortal Realm for his family. After losing to MK the second time, the Demon Bull King gave up his evil ways to spend more time with his family.
Appearance[]
The Demon Bull King is a demon appears in the form of an anthropomorphic bull. He has yellow eyes and was originally covered in lavender fur. After he was freed from his prison, the Demon Bull King had purple skin with blue markings along his body, and temporarily had his left horn broken off.
Accessories[]
Axe[]
Before his imprisonment, the Demon Bull King wielded a giant axe that he used during battle.
The Furnace[]
After the Demon Bull King was freed from his imprisonment, Red Son created a suit of armor for the Demon Bull King that allowed him to absorb the Golden Staff and other rare items.
Abilities[]
Skillset[]
- Enhanced Strength - The Demon Bull King possess strength that's far beyond of that a normal person.
Powers[]
- Demon Physiology - The Demon Bull King possess the traits and abilities of a demon.
- Longevity - As a demon, the Demon Bull King possesses a prolonged lifespan, being able to live for over 500 years.
- Beam Emission - The Demon Bull King can project concentrated beams of energy out of his mouth, which can cause immense amount of damage.
Other[]
- Holographic Projections - The Demon Bull King can project holograms. He is able to do so because of the high-tech armor made for him by Red Son.
Vehicles[]
| Vehicle | Description | Image | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dump truck | A large construction vehicle that the Demon Bull King and Princess Iron Fan used in the Great Wall Race. | Intact |
Appearances[]
| Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| "Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born": | Debut | |||||||||||
| Sets | ||||||||||||
| 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: |
Appears | 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: | Appears | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Bad Weather": | Appears | 2. "Duplicatnation": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Coming Home": | Absent | 4. "Noodles or Death": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Calabash": | Absent | 6. "The Great Wall Race": | Appears | |||||||||
| 7. "Impossible Delivery": | Absent | 8. "Skeleton Key": | Appears | |||||||||
| 9. "Macaque": | Absent | 10. "The End is Here!": | Appears | |||||||||
| Sets | ||||||||||||
| 80014 Sandy's Speedboat: |
Absent | |||||||||||
| 80015 Monkie Kid's Cloud Roadster: |
Absent | 80016 The Flaming Foundry: |
Appears | |||||||||
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| "Revenge of the Spider Queen": | Appears | |||||||||||
| 11. "Sleep Bug": | Absent | 12. "Dumpling Destruction": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "Pig Pong Panic": | Absent | 14. "Sweet 'n' Sour": | Absent | |||||||||
| 15. "Minor Scale": | Flashback | 16. "Game On": | Absent | |||||||||
| 17. "Shadow Play": | Absent | 18. "To Catch a Leaf": | Absent | |||||||||
| 19. "72 Transformations": | Absent | 20. "This is the End!": | Flashback | |||||||||
| 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": | Flashback | 24. "The Winning Side": | Absent | |||||||||
| 25. "Amnesia Rules": | Absent | 26. "The First Ring": | Appears | |||||||||
| 27. "Cooking With Chang'e": | Mentioned | 28. "Benched": | Absent | |||||||||
| 29. "The King, the Prince, and the Shadow": | Mentioned | 30. "The Samadhi Fire": | Flashback | |||||||||
| Embrace Your Destiny | ||||||||||||
| 31. "This Imperfect World": | Mentioned | 32. "The Corrupted King": | Flashback | |||||||||
| 33. "Time to Be Warriors": | Pictured | 34. "Destiny Fulfilled": | Appears | |||||||||
| 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: |
Pictured | 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": | Illustration | 36. "New Adventures": | Flashback | |||||||||
| 37. "The Great Tang Man": | Absent | 38. "Pig-Napped!": | Absent | |||||||||
| 39. "Court of the Yellow Robed Demon": | Absent | 40. "Show Me the Monster": | As the Bone Demon Queen | |||||||||
| 41. "Pitiful Creatures": | Absent | 42. "The Brotherhood": | Memory | |||||||||
| 43. "Roast of the Monkie Kids": | Appears | 44. "The Jade Emperor": | Absent | |||||||||
| The Emperor's Wrath | ||||||||||||
| 45. "A Lifetime of Mistakes": | Absent | 46. "The Plan Man": | Flashback | |||||||||
| 47. "Rip and Tear": | Absent | 48. "Better Than We Found It": | Appears | |||||||||
| 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: |
Absent | 80045 Monkey King Ultra Mech: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80046 Monkie Kid's Cloud Airship: |
Absent | 80047 Mei's Guardian Dragon: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80048 The Mighty Azure Lion: |
Absent | 80049 Dragon of the East Palace: |
Absent | |||||||||
| Season 5 | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Absent | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| 49. "Strings That Bind": | Absent | 50. "Collar the King": | Absent | |||||||||
| 51. "Temple of the Goddess": | Absent | 52. "The Storm Within": | Absent | |||||||||
| 53. "Claim to Flame": | Pictured | 54. "Festival Fugitives": | Absent | |||||||||
| 55. "Into the Pagoda": | Memory | 56. "The Cage": | Absent | |||||||||
| 57."Sacrifice": | Absent | 58. "Harbinger": | Appears | |||||||||
| Sets | ||||||||||||
| 80050 Creative Vehicles: |
Absent | 80051 Monkie Kid's Mini Mech: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80053 Mei's Dragon Mech: |
Absent | 80054 Megapolis City: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80055 Monkie Kid's Team Power Truck: |
Absent | 80056 Nine-Headed Beast: |
Absent | |||||||||
| 80057 Nezha's Ring of Fire Mech: |
Absent | 80058 Celestial Pagoda: |
Absent | |||||||||
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Translation, etymology, and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cantonese | 牛魔王 | Translates to Bull Demon King. |
| French | Roi Demon Buffle | Translates to Ox Demon King. |
| German | Demon Bull King | Same as English. |
| Hebrew | דימון בול קינג | Hebrew reading of the English word Demon Bull King. |
| Hungarian | Démon Bika király | Translates to Demon Bull King. |
| Italian | Re Demon Bull | Translates to King Demon Bull, using English for "Demon Bull". |
| Japanese | デーモン・ブルキング | Japanese reading of the English Demon Bull King |
| Korean | 우마왕 | Translates to Bull Demon King. |
| Mandarin (China) |
牛魔王 | Translates to Bull Demon King. |
| Mandarin (Taiwan) |
牛魔王 | Translates to Bull Demon King. |
| Spanish (Latin America) |
Demon Bull King | Same as English. |
| Spanish (Spain) |
Rey Toro Demonio | Translates to Demon Bull King. |
Behind the scenes[]
- In Journey to the West, the Demon Bull King is instead known as the "Bull Demon King".
- He is called the Bull Demon King in his model sheet. [5]
- In Mandarin dub, the Demon Bull King is referred to as "Brother Ox" by the Monkey King.
- He had a brother in Journey to the West, the True Immortal of Miracles (Ruyi zhen xian 如意真仙), who had taken control of the Village of Women's reproductive rights by requiring gifts for access to the Spring of Abortion. He had held a grudge against Monkey King for fighting his nephew, Red Boy. [7].
- DBK has only appeared as a brick-built figure.
Trivia[]
- In "Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born", the Demon Bull King was implied to have become a cyborg after Red Son created the Furnace for him. However, this was reversed after Season 3.
- Jeremy Adams first conceived DBK as a "materialistic Kim Kardashian type" character. [8]
- An interview implies the nickname DBK is based on The Notorious B.I.G..[9]
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ Adams, Jeremy. 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 (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 28, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hrincu, Cosmin. These designs were done for the finale of Season 1 to help design the overall look of the Bone Demon Queen theme (with a hero variation) as well as the look of the destroyed Demon Bull King Lair with Bone Demon Queen thematic cues integrated in.
- ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born". Monkie Kid. Pilot.
- ↑ LEGO® Monkie Kid™ Playsets for Ages 6-10+| Themes | LEGO.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2023.
- ↑ File:Demon Bull King Young Model Sheet Christine Wilson.jpg
- ↑ Journey to the West, Volume 1, Chapter 3 (Anthony C. Yu translation, Revised Edition)
- ↑ Journey to the West, Volume 3, Chapter 53 (Anthony C. Yu translation, Revised Edition)
- ↑ Interview with Lego Monkie Kid's Head Writer Jeremy Adams!!! (Timestamp 5:43)
- ↑ Interview with Lego Monkie Kid's Head Writer Jeremy Adams!!! (Timestamp 5:40)
