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“I know I'm not strong as they are, I may be still searching for my purpose. But what I do know, is that doing it alone is not the path I'm destined to take. Deep in my heart, I know that my place is alongside my friends. One day, I will become someone they can depend on. The way I can always depend on them. As long as we stand together... there will always be hope.” |
— Tang[src] |
Tang, occasionally known as Mr. Tang, is a member of the Monkie Kids. After the Demon Bull King was freed from his imprisonment, Tang was one of the four members that assisted MK in his quest to give the Golden Staff to the Monkey King. Eventually, Tang and the others celebrated when MK defeated the Demon Bull King.
After several weeks, when the Demon Bull King and the Bull Clones took over Megapolis after being possessed by Lady Bone Demon, Tang supported MK by helping him fend off the Bull Clones while MK freed the Demon Bull King from the spirit's possession.
When the Spider Queen and her Spider-Bots took control of the civilians at New Year's, Tang and the rest of the Monkie Kids teamed up with Red Son to travel to the Celestial Realm to look for an antidote that can cure the civilians. At the time Lady Bone Demon began her plan to create the perfect world, Tang and the others embarked on their own Journey to the West in search for the three Rings of Samadhi, unlocking powers similar to the Great Monk Tang Sanzang's.
After being trapped in the Scroll of Memory, Tang's subconscious was sealed in Tang Sanzang until he was awakened by MK and Mei, helping them rescue the others and destroy the protective curse.
Official description
LEGO® Life Magazine Issue 2 2022An expert on the legends of Monkey King, Mr. Tang is always willing to help out Monkie Kid in exchange for a free meal.[5] The brainy friendThere isn't a Monkey King legend Mr. Tang doesn't know![6] |
Personality
As an expert on the legends of Monkey King, Tang is very well-informed and often helps the team with his knowledge. He is obsessed with noodles and will tell MK stories about Monkey King to get free noodles in return.[7] He shows a large amount of pride and gets very excited to tell stories about the old legends.[8] He is often stress eats.[9] Tang prefers to cram rather than study.[2] Despite describing himself as relaxed and cool, Tang is quite cowardly when it comes to demons, especially ones he thinks are going to eat him, though he will always pull through and be brave when he needs to.
It was later revealed that despite Tang's utter lack of skills compared to the others, he believes that he would one day be someone his friends could count on.[10] He also believes that friendships have to be made by choice, as he told the Scorpion Queen this after she kidnapped him.[11]
Tang is somewhat lazy, as he doesn't pay for his food and didn't help clean up the city after Pigsy's ping-pong fueled rampage.
Game appearances
LEGO Brawls
Tang is a playable character in LEGO Brawls. He is the second character that can be unlocked after collecting enough Season Trophies in the second week of Season 14 of LEGO Brawls, Special Delivery!.
Appearance
Tang is an adult man with smooth black hair that is combed to the side. He wears round, gold rimmed glasses. His eyes are a medium brown.
Minifigures
Weapons & Accessories
Tang's book

Tang used a book to write the next chapter of Journey to the West, as well as to host illustrations of the previous journey.
Khakkhara

Tang wielded one of the three ancestral weapons to help him utilize his powers, a khakkhara, which previously belonged to his predecessor, Tang Sanzang, after it was gifted to him by the Celestial Realm. Tang often referred to the khakkhara as a "golden jangly stick".
Abilities
Skillset
- Intelligence - Tang is an avid reader and possesses extensive knowledge, particularly about the Monkey King and his legendary story. Not only does he possess a vast amount of information, but is somewhat of an intellect. This is evident when he acknowledged that MK didn't tell him and the team about the existence of Lady Bone Demon.[12] Furthermore, Tang's perceptive nature shone through when he uncovered the deceitful intentions of the Azure Lion,[13] exposing the truth to MK and Mei about his true motives.[14]
Powers
- Chi manipulation - Tang can manipulate golden chi energy, often manifesting as barriers and seals. This magic resembles a circle of cicadas.
- Teleportation - Tang can teleport himself and others away, usually with the help of his Khakkhara.
- Bubble shield - By using his Chi energy, Tang can create a shield around himself.
- Exorcism- Tang can use his magic to exorcise demons, spirits, and energies during rituals.
Weaknesses
- Mortality - As a human, Tang possesses a mortal body, so is highly vulnerable to any forms of injuries, sicknesses, and death.
- Weak ankles - Tang has weak ankle joints, which are implied to be the product of a childhood injury flaring up.[15].
- Idleness - Tang's primary challenge lies in his deficiency of expertise. As emphasized by Master Subodhi, Tang's powers are insufficient to compensate for his indolence and inclination to hastily study, resulting in both shortcomings impeding his progress from reaching the same caliber as the Great Monk's.[2][9]
Appearances
Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born | ||||||||||||
Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
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"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: |
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: | Appears | |||||||||||
Episodes | ||||||||||||
1. "Bad Weather": | Appears | 2. "Duplicatnation": | Appears | |||||||||
3. "Coming Home": | Absent | 4. "Noodles or Death": | Appears | |||||||||
5. "Calabash": | Appears | 6. "The Great Wall Race": | Appears | |||||||||
7. "Impossible Delivery": | Appears | 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: |
Absent |
Season 2 | ||||||||||||
Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
Episodes | ||||||||||||
"Revenge of the Spider Queen": | Appears | |||||||||||
11. "Sleep Bug": | Appears | 12. "Dumpling Destruction": | Appears | |||||||||
13. "Pig Pong Panic": | Appears | 14. "Sweet 'n' Sour": | Appears | |||||||||
15. "Minor Scale": | Appears | 16. "Game On": | Mentioned | |||||||||
17. "Shadow Play": | Appears | 18. "To Catch a Leaf": | Appears | |||||||||
19. "72 Transformations": | Appears | 20. "This is the End!": | Appears | |||||||||
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: |
Appears | |||||||||
80024 The Legendary Flower Fruit Mountain: |
Absent | 80025 Sandy's Power Loader Mech: |
Absent | |||||||||
80026 Pigsy's Noodle Tank: |
Appears | 80028 The Bone Demon: |
Absent |
Season 3 | ||||||||||||
Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
Episodes | ||||||||||||
21. "On the Run": | Appears | 22. "Great Grand Dragon of the East": | Appears | |||||||||
23. "Smartie Kid": | Appears | 24. "The Winning Side": | Appears | |||||||||
25. "Amnesia Rules": | Appears | 26. "The First Ring": | Appears | |||||||||
27. "Cooking With Chang'e": | Appears | 28. "Benched": | Appears | |||||||||
29. "The King, the Prince, and the Shadow": | Appears | 30. "The Samadhi Fire": | Appears | |||||||||
Embrace Your Destiny | ||||||||||||
31. "This Imperfect World": | Flashback | 32. "The Corrupted King": | Appears | |||||||||
33. "Time to Be Warriors": | Appears | 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: |
Appears | |||||||||
80036 The City of Lanterns: |
Appears | 80037 Dragon of the East: |
Appears | |||||||||
80038 Monkie Kid's Team Van: |
Absent | 80039 The Heavenly Realms: |
Absent |
Season 4 | ||||||||||||
Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
Episodes | ||||||||||||
35. "Familiar Tales": | Flashback | 36. "New Adventures": | Appears | |||||||||
37. "The Great Tang Man": | Appears | 38. "Pig-Napped!": | Appears | |||||||||
39. "Court of the Yellow Robed Demon": | Appears | 40. "Show Me the Monster": | Appears | |||||||||
41. "Pitiful Creatures": | Appears | 42. "The Brotherhood": | Appears | |||||||||
43. "Roast of the Monkie Kids": | Appears | 44. "The Jade Emperor": | Appears | |||||||||
The Emperor's Wrath | ||||||||||||
45. "A Lifetime of Mistakes": | Appears | 46. "The Plan Man": | Appears | |||||||||
47. "Rip and Tear": | Appears | 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: |
Appears | |||||||||
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 |
Season 5 | ||||||||||||
Opening sequence: | Appears | |||||||||||
Episodes | ||||||||||||
49. "Strings That Bind": | Appears | 50. "Collar the King": | Appears | |||||||||
51. "Temple of the Goddess": | Appears | 52. "The Storm Within": | Appears | |||||||||
53. "Claim to Flame": | Appears | 54. "Festival Fugitives": | Appears | |||||||||
55. "Into the Pagoda": | Appears | 56. "The Cage": | Appears | |||||||||
57."Sacrifice": | Appears | 58. "Harbinger": | Appears | |||||||||
Sets | ||||||||||||
80050 Creative Vehicles: |
Absent | 80051 Monkie Kid's Mini Mech: |
Absent | |||||||||
80053 Mei's Dragon Mech: |
Absent | 80054 Megapolis City: |
Appears | |||||||||
80055 Monkie Kid's Team Power Truck: |
Absent | 80056 Nine-Headed Beast: |
Appears | |||||||||
80057 Nezha's Ring of Fire Mech: |
Absent | 80058 Celestial Pagoda: |
Appears |
Season 6 | ||||||||||||
Opening sequence: | Absent | |||||||||||
Episodes | ||||||||||||
59. "TBA": | Absent | 60. "TBA": | Absent | |||||||||
61. "TBA": | Absent | 62. "TBA": | Absent | |||||||||
63. "TBA": | Absent | 64. "TBA": | Absent | |||||||||
65. "TBA": | Absent | 66. "TBA": | Absent | |||||||||
67. "TBA": | Absent | 68. "TBA": | Absent | |||||||||
Sets | ||||||||||||
80065 Erlang's Celestial Mech: |
Appears | 80066 Mythical Creature Qilin: |
Appears |
Video Games | |||||||||
LEGO Brawls: | Appears |
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Translation, etymology, and notes |
---|---|---|
Arabic | تانغ | Translates to Tang. |
Bulgarian | Танг | Translates to Tang. |
Cantonese | 唐師傅 | Translates to Master Tang. |
French | Monsieur Tang | Translates to Mister Tang. |
Hebrew | טאנג | Translates to Tang. |
Japanese | タンさん | Translates to Mr. Tan. |
Korean | 탕 | Translates to Tang. |
Mandarin (China) |
唐师父 | Translates to Master Tang. |
Mandarin (Taiwan) |
唐師傅 | Translates to Master Tang. |
Serbian | Танг | Translates to Tang. |
Spanish (Latin America) |
Señor Tang | Translates to Mister Tang. |
Behind the scenes
- He is one of Simon Lucas' favorite characters in the show.[16]
- Xiaodong Wen found him the hardest to design, as he had to balance old and new characteristics while still standing out.[17]
- Tang is the only member of the Monkie Kids to not appear in the first two waves of the sets.
- Unlike Pigsy and Sandy, who only appear as their ancestors, Tang is the only one out of the three to appear in the Wave 7 sets, as the Tang Sanzang minifigure has an alternate face that's meant to represent him.
- Tang is the first Monkie Kid to have an second wig piece in the sets.
Trivia
- Although they confirmed that there isn't any canon age for Tang, Ashe Jacobson sees him as being 41. [18]
- Tang is the first character in the show to speak.
- In "Noodles or Death", it was revealed that Tang considers himself a father figure for MK, though it's unknown if MK feels the same way.
- He keeps a picture of MK as a baby in his wallet.[19]
- Tang and MK regularly play checkers/xiangqi together.[20]
- His glasses are a prescription.[21]
- He is ambidextrous, as he is shown writing with both his left and right hand.
- As revealed in "Minor Scale", Tang's online username is "GoldenCicada_YumYum".
- Tang is the only member of the Monkie Kids not to be non-human or possess traits of a non-human, as Mei is descended from dragons, Pigsy and Sandy are descended from demons, and MK can occasionally turn into a Mystic Monkey.
- He believes the pilgrims are in some way the past lives of the Monkie Kids, excluding MK of course.[2]
- In set 80054 Megapolis City, he has a published a book about MK's adventures as the Monkie Kid, which he is holding a book signing for.
- Tang's piloting skills are subpar, as he openly acknowledged his inability to land an aircraft despite knowing how to fly one. This was evident when he crashed the Cloud Bike on two separate occasions while piloting it.[15]
Gallery
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References
- ↑ O'Brian, T.K.. "To Catch a Leaf". Monkie Kid. Season 2. Episode 18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Fujita, Mark. "Pig Napped!". Monkie Kid. Season 4. Episode 38.
- ↑ Fujita, Mark. "Show Me the Monster". Monkie Kid. Season 4. Episode 40.
- ↑ Breen, David. "Strings That Bind". Monkie Kid. Season 5. Episode 49.
- ↑ LEGO® Life Magazine Issue 2 2022 (PDF).
- ↑ LEGO® Monkie Kid™ Playsets for Ages 6-10+| Themes | LEGO.com.
- ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born". Monkie Kid. Pilot.
- ↑ Denton, Alan. "72 Transformations". Monkie Kid. Season 2. Episode 19.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harper, Sarah. "Roast of the Monkie Kids". Monkie Kid. Season 4. Episode 43.
- ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "Benched". Monkie Kid. Season 3. Episode 28.
- ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "Amnesia Rules". Monkie Kid. Season 3. Episode 25.
- ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "This is the End!". Monkie Kid. Season 2. Episode 20.
- ↑ Devlin, Deirdre. "Court of the Yellow Robed Demon". Monkie Kid. Season 4. Episode 39.
- ↑ Breen, David. "The Brotherhood". Monkie Kid. Season 4. Episode 42.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Son, Eugene. "Dumpling Destruction". Monkie Kid. Season 2. Episode 12.
- ↑ Lucas, Simon (June 1, 2020). That’s Tang.... one of my favourites in the show! ... expect more from him 😊.
- ↑ Wen, Xiaodong (May 24, 2024). Maybe Tang? How to balance old & new and how to make him standing out was challenging. Is hard to tell the favorite but I do like WBD and Macaque a lot..
- ↑ File:Ashe jacobson tang pokemon card.jpg
- ↑ Fujita, Mark. "Festival Fugitives". Monkie Kid. Season 5. Episode 54.
- ↑ Fitzmartin, Meghan. "Shadow Play". Monkie Kid. Season 2. Episode 17.
- ↑ O'Brian, T.K.. "To Catch a Leaf". Monkie Kid. Season 2. Episode 18.