- Note: Due to Monkie Kid not being a direct representation to Journey to the West,[1] this article will be primarily about journey's appearance within Monkie Kid. For information about it, click here.
The Journey to the West was a peregrination to deliver sacred texts from India to China taken by the pilgrims.
History[]
Long after Sun Wukong was defeated by the Jade Emperor, Tang Sanzang was sent on a journey to delivery sacred texts from the west. He soon found and freed the Monkey King, who was imprisoned in Five Phases Mountain. Sun Wukong was quickly given a circlet, which would constrict around his head at the will of the Great Monk, should he disobey.
After a while, Tang Sanzang would become accompanied by Ao Lie, The White Horse Dragon, who would become his steed. He came to Wukong and Tang Sanzang while they were arguing on a bridge above a river.
Eventually they would be joined by Zhu Ganglie, the Celestial Swine, who had kidnapped chief of a villages daughter. He also at one point allowed them to eat at his restaurant. Eventually, Tang Sanzang would also change the Celestial Swine's name to Zhu Bajie.
Later, they would be accompanied by Sha Wujing, the Guardian of the Flowing Sand River, after defeating him in battle.
During the journey, the four had to protect Tang Sanzang from demons that wanted to eat him in order to gain immortality.
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Legacy[]
At one point, Monkey King created a video game that was based off of the journey.[2]
Sometime after the final battle with Lady Bone Demon, MK discovered the Scroll of Memory, which contained the history of the journey. When Monkey King, Pigsy, Tang, and Sandy were imprisoned in the scroll, MK and Mei, with the help of the Azure Lion, went inside to rescue them, and partook in the journey.[3]
Appearances[]
| Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born | ||||||||||||
| Opening sequence: | Absent | |||||||||||
| Episodes | ||||||||||||
| "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 | |||||||||
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| 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": | Absent | |||||||||||
| 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": | Video game | |||||||||
| 17. "Shadow Play": | Absent | 18. "To Catch a Leaf": | Absent | |||||||||
| 19. "72 Transformations": | Absent | 20. "This is the End!": | Absent | |||||||||
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| 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: | Absent | |||||||||||
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| 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": | Pictured | |||||||||
| 33. "Time to Be Warriors": | Pictured | 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: | Absent | |||||||||||
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| 35. "Familiar Tales": | Absent | 36. "New Adventures": | Absent | |||||||||
| 37. "The Great Tang Man": | Memory | 38. "Pig-Napped!": | Absent | |||||||||
| 39. "Court of the Yellow Robed Demon": | Absent | 40. "Show Me the Monster": | Absent | |||||||||
| 41. "Pitiful Creatures": | Absent | 42. "The Brotherhood": | Memory | |||||||||
| 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": | Absent | 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: |
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 | |||||||||
Trivia[]
- Since 2021, a specific set focusing on Journey to the West has been released alongside the other sets once per year.
- As Monkie Kid's story varies from the original novel of Journey to the West, it is likely the in-universe version of the novel is different as well.
- This is further evidenced by MK and Tang not recognizing characters featured in the real-life version of the book, such as the Azure Lion and the Six-Eared Macaque.
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). Twitter. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022.
- ↑ Siders, Shaene. "Game On". Monkie Kid. Season 2. Episode 16.
- ↑ Breen, David. "New Adventures". Monkie Kid. Season 4. Episode 36.
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| Events | |
|---|---|
| Competitions | Great Wall Race · Food Wars |
| Past Conflicts | Demon Bull King's imprisonment · Assault on the Celestial Realm |
| Final Battles | Rise of the Monkie Kid · Battle of the Flaming Foundry · Battle between MK and the Lady Bone Demon · Final battle with Lady Bone Demon · Second assault on the Celestial Realm · Final standoff with the Brotherhood |
| Traditions | New Year's · Ring of Light Festival |
| Miscellaneous | Revenge of the Spider Queen · The Hero and the Warrior · Crimson Moon · Samadhi Fire ritual |