History Animation / MonkeyKingHeroIsBack

* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Hun Dun's two Troll underlings, the big stupid one and the female one. [[spoiler: They're even transformed into humans to pose as a couple and prepare a trap for the heroes.]]

* {{Dramedy}}
* DragonRider: For a brief moment, Wukong mounts on Bai Long, a water dragon, to rescue Liuer.

* {{Slapstick}}: The female demon-lackey takes ''many'' hits for the sake of comedy. [[spoiler: Even more so when transformed in a woman.]]

* UglyGuyHotWife: The innkeepers. [[spoiler: They're actually Hundun's transformed lackeys and neither is "hot" in reality.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Pigsy boasts about his transformations, though the drawback is, he can't hold on the transformation for long. [[spoiler: The two Trolls are turned into humans by Hun Dun to prepare an ambush, though the female one implies that it's within her power, but is taxing and she doesn't really like her form anyway.]]

* AdaptationalBadass: In the opening, Sun Wukong manages to challenge all the Taoist pantheon and emerge victorious, when in the original novel he found his match in Erlang Shen and was eventually subdued by Laozi while he was busy figthing Erlang.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Inverted. While the film itself is mostly family-friendly, the Chinese trailer focused more on the action and drama. The American trailer, on the other hand, chose to promote it like a comedy in the vein of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda,'' complete with "Everyone Was Kung Fu Fighting" playing in the background.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The female demon-lackey takes ''many'' hits for the sake of comedy. [[spoiler: Even more so when transformed in a woman.]]

* LicensedGame: A video game based on the film called ''Monkey King: Hero Is Back'' was developed by October Media and Sony Interactive Entertainment, and published by Oasis Games.

* {{Gainaxing}}: The female innkeeper's bosom is rather bouncy. [[spoiler: Not that she has one in her true form.]]

* WeakButSkilled: Wukong is a variant of this. His actual powers might have been sealed away, but he's still a stone monkey born from absorbing the universe's energies for years and was good enough to fight all of Heaven's armies to a standstill, and so he's really only "weak" in relation to the Big Bad. Still, monkey cleverness offsets much of that handicap. Enhanced mooks coming at you and you don't have your golden cudgel? Gran a bamboo pole and go to town. Big Bad can shoot lasers at you and you can't? Pelt his throwing arm to throw off his aim, then get up close and engage in GoodOldFisticuffs. [[spoiler:[[CurbstompBattle And then he gets his powers back...]]]]

''Monkey King: Hero Is Back'' is a 2015 CG-animated Chinese film from first-time director Tian Xiaoping. It was also the highest-grossing animated film released in China, surpassing ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', before being surpassed in turn by ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' (the record is currently held by ''Ne Zha'').

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Hun Dun's two Troll underlings, the big stupid one and the female one. [[spoiler: They're even transformed into humans to pose as a couple and prepare a trap for the heroes.]]

* BlatantLies: An annoyed Wukong tells Liuer Nezha and the heavenly lords are all women.

* {{Determinator}}: Liuer is determined to safely get "Sha Ya Tou" home no matter what

* RedOniBlueOni: Wukong and Hun Dun respectively.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The female demon-lackey takes ''many'' hits for the sake of comedy.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Again, Hun Dun's lackeys.

* InfantImmortality: Averted [[spoiler:at the climax where Liuer is crushed by boulders]], however the end of the movie it gets played straight [[spoiler:after Sun Wukong's power limiter is shattered he hears his voice and turns around with the happy expression before the film cuts to the credits. And then the first frame of the credits shows Liuer covered in bandages, showing that he only lost consciousness]].

The film received an American release on July 29, 2016.

* AndThenWhat: During their stay at the inn, Liuer asks Wukong what he'll do after bringing they bring Sha Ya Tou (and Liuer himself) home.

A video game based on the film called ''Monkey King: Hero Is Back'' was developed by October Media and Sony Interactive Entertainment, and published by Oasis Games.

''Monkey King: Hero Is Back'' is a 2015 CG-animated Chinese film from first-time director Tian Xiaoping. It was also the highest-grossing animated film released in China, surpassing ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', before being surpassed in turn by ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' (the record is currently held by ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'').