See also [[DerivativeWorks/JourneyToTheWest DerivativeWorks/JourneyToTheWest]].
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* The ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise has taken to doing this in recent years; it started with Kamemon's [[DubInducedPlotHole Perfect form]], Shawujingmon, in ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', and years later [[TabletopGame/{{Digimon}} Digimon Jintrix]] introduced a whole slew of {{mon}}s based on it: Gokuwmon, [=ChoHakkaimon=], Sagomon, Sanzomon, Shakamon, Kinkakumon and Ginkakumon, several of whom have shown up in ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime''.
* ''Literature/DirtyPair'' TV episode 4 briefly showed a pro wrestling match with one wrestler in a Sun Wukong costume (including the circlet and staff).
* More than one ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' story references this work:
** One of Doraemon's gadgets is a hairspray that create miniature duplicates of a person, by plucking out their hair and blowing on it. To enforce the reference, the story featuring this gadget has Nobita watching a cartoon based on Journey to the West where Sun Wukong defeats the Bull Demon by duplicating himself via blowing his plucked hair.
** There's also the anime-exclusive BigDamnMovie, ''Anime/DoraemonTheRecordOfNobitasParallelVisitToTheWest'' where a malfunctioning gadget causes monsters from Sun Wukong's world to enter our reality, leading to Nobita, Doraemon and their friends becoming Wukong and the pilgrims to defeat the demons.
** In ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDorabianNights'', before the gang made it to the world of Arabian Nights, Gian and Suneo first entered the world of ''Journey'' where they nearly gets roasted alive by the fire of Mount Flames. With Gian asking Sun Wukong, "What's taking you so long?"
* In ''Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'', Kazami’s old force Mu Dish motif themselves after this story. Kazami himself is based on Zhu Bajie the Pig, as [[GlorySeeker he causes problems for others in vain attempts to make himself look cool]] ([[CharacterDevelopment He gets better]]).
* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' introduces the descendant of Son Goku named "Bikou" who also has his staff. Also, the ''original'' one appears in this series too [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower and he's really strong.]]
* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'':
** A VillainOfTheWeek in the anime's 6th season is a boar demon who claims to be a descendent of Zhu Bajie, while he hauls around a goofy looking kappa and monkey that he insists are, likewise, descendents of Sha Wujing and Sun Wukong respectively.
** Also, Inuyasha has an enchanted necklace around his neck which lets Kagome force him to the ground by yelling "Sit, boy!", an obvious reference to Sun Wukong's headache-inducing headband. The entire main cast of ''Inuyasha'' can effectively be seen as a group of {{expy}}s - Inu-Yasha himself as Wukong (imprisoned for centuries, hot-tempered, and kept in control by a magic item), Kagome as Monk Xuanzang (pure of heart, the reincarnation of a great holy person, often in need of rescue), Miroku as Bajie (sleazy and viceful), and Sango as Wujing (the sensible foil to Inuyasha and Miroku), with Kirara as the Horse (the TeamPet). Shippo is basically just an additional TeamPet.
* ''Manga/TheLastSaiyuki'' has a lot references to the story and characters.
* An entire chapter of ''Manga/LoveHina'' is devoted to the main characters putting on a play of this story for a bunch of children. [[{{Tsundere}} Naru]] is initially Sun Wukong, [[IronButtMonkey Keitaro]] is Sanzang, [[BigEater Suu]] is Bajie, and [[SugarAndIcePersonality Motoko]] is Wujing, with [[ThoseTwoGuys Shirai and Haitani]] sharing the role of Yulong until they're revealed to be demons. Keitaro's main rival for Naru's affection, [[BunnyEarsLawyer Seta]], steps in to play the One-Horned King, and Naru and Keitaro switch characters so that Seta and Keitaro can have an epic [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen one-on-one fight]] in the climax.
* The appropriately titled episode, "[[Recap/LupinIIIS2E67 Lupin's Big Saiyuuki]]" of the ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'' TV series, where the Lupin gang are cast as the characters from the tale. It's likely a {{Homage}} to ''Monkey'', which debuted shortly before the ''Lupin'' version came about. To be specific: Fujiko is Sanzo (carrying forward the gender-bending casting gag), Jigen is Hakkai, Goemon is Gojo, and Lupin is, of course, Son Goku.
* One episode of ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior2002'' has the main characters infiltrating in the base of the bad guys during a costume party, and so they arrive in costume as the cast from ''Journey to the West'': Lan as Son Goku, Dex as Cho Hakkai, Yai as Sha Gojo, Maylu as Sanzo, Masa/Commander Beef as the Ox King and Yu/Misteryu and Sal/Black Rose as the White Dragon Horse.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' contains several shout outs to ''Journey To The West'':
** Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, is capable of summoning Enma the Monkey King, who wears a tiger-striped kimono and can transform into a telescoping bo staff.
** Two of the [[spoiler: [[TheUndead Edo Tensei'd]]]] villains, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, derive their names, weapons, and abilities from a pair of [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-{{Youkai}} warlords.
** The [[spoiler: Four-Tailed Ape is named Son Goku]], and even introduces himself with all the titles he has in ''Journey to the West''.
%%* One villain in the ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' OAV series.
* In ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers'' aka ''Anime/RoninWarriors'', Shu Lei Faun/Kento of the Hardrock (Diamond) is a clear homage of Sun Wukong from his Chinese origin (in the original version), gold headband, element, headband, staff, antics and comparisons (in both versions) to being a monkey.
* ''Anime/SDGundamWorldHeroes''' main protagonist, Wukong Impulse Gundam, is based off of ''Journey to the West''[=’s=] own main protagonist, Sun Wukong, and he has [[SplitPersonality two other personalities]], Zhu Bajie Silhouette and Sha Wujing Silhouette, based off of Wukong's comrades Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing. There’s also a character based off of Sanzang the Priest.
%%* There is a martial artist named Sun Wukong in the manga, ''Manga/{{Shamo}}''.
%%* A SchoolPlay staged by the characters of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''
* Episode 31 of ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'' has the characters kidnapped by a yokai and forced to act out the events of the story.
%%* A group of villains in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* A Chinese crime lord in the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' who'd taken the name of the Monkey King ventured into Sun Wukong's 'tomb' to claim the treasure Wukong had been buried with. There, he encountered the spirit of the real Monkey King, who gave him a test to see if he was worthy of his powers - break out of the hellish realm of the Eighth City. He succeeded, becoming Wukong's avatar, and inheriting his staff and powers, which he put to use fighting crime - having been to Hell, he really didn't want to go back.
* At the end of ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', Yahweh tells the title character a story about the Monkey King (drawn as a literal monkey in golden armor, able to leap from one end of the universe to the other in a single bound) and the Buddha.
* Recurring character Monkey Khan in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''.
** Also the bull Mobian Iron King and Overlander Iron Queen resemble the Demon Bull King and Princess Iron Fan, enemies of Wukong.
* Creator/DCComics:
** The ComicBook/MonkeyPrince is the Monkey King's son; he wields the Jingu Bang, has Pigsy as his Shifu, and has a circlet that tightens every time Pigsy chants.
** The Devil Nezha from ''Comicbook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'' is ''very'' loosely inspired by the Heavenly General of the same name. ''Comicbook/BatmanVsRobin'' ties him to the Monkey Prince's enemy King Fire Bull (the son of the Monkey King's enemy Bull Demon King), and a back-up strip in the resultant CrisisCrossover ''Comicbook/LazarusPlanet'' has Pigsy explain to Marcus why the Nezha his father knew was so different from the one Batman and Superman fought (turns out the Red Armillary Sash is actually a RestrainingBolt).
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[[folder:Eastern Animation]]
* Sun Wukong has appeared in ''Animation/NewGodsNezhaReborn2021'' as [[spoiler:the Masked Man]].
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Some WordOfGod in ''Fanfic/TopDog'' (in the author's FF.net forum) has Sun Wukong as one of the Amerai clanlords, mentioned in context as an insanely-powerful {{Supernatural Martial Art|s}}ist. Given Top Dog's MegaCrossover nature, it's uncertain whether this is a reference to ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' or to ''Manga/DragonBall'', though if it's the latter the name Wukong as opposed to Goku certainly at least acknowledges the character's origin.
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Animation/BoonieBears'' film, ''Entangled Worlds'' / ''Fantastica'', has the beginning (and ending) set in Sun Wunkong's universe, where his staff is stolen by the Tech Boss's crew to set up for the plot.
* In 2023, an American-Chinese animated film called ''WesternAnimation/TheMonkeyKing'' premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}}, produced by Stephen Chow and animated by both Pearl Studio and Creator/ReelFXCreativeStudios. Creator/JimmyOYang stars as the powerful but arrogant titular character who tries to make a name for himself.
* At one point, Paprika, [[Anime/{{Paprika}} from the film of the same name]], is shown dressed as the Monkey King as she rides on a cloud.
%%* A Creator/{{Syfy}} miniseries called ''The Monkey King'' (AKA ''The Lost Empire'') where bad special effects and worse writing conspire to force a scholar who has devoted his life to the story to go through a shallow ripoff of its plot after an argument with his wife about it.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/DragonCauldron'', and the other books in the same series, Monkey makes an appearance as a main character, constantly referencing the events that led to his imprisonment under a mountain.
* In the ''Literature/GrandCentralArena'', several of the main characters are refugees from a rogue scientific establishment that attempted to create genetically-engineered replicas of fictional heroes; one of them, Wu, was modeled on Sun Wukong.
* ''[[Literature/KittyNorville Kitty's Big Trouble]]'' takes place largely in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco's [[FriendlyLocalChinatown Chinatown]], and the title character runs into a fellow named [[AllMythsAreTrue Sun]] around halfway through the book.
* The short story "Sir Harold and the Monkey King", from the ''Literature/HaroldShea'' series of fantasy short stories
* ''Literature/HereticalEdge'' has Sun Wukong as the infamous tenth prisoner of Gehanna, where he was locked up after an interstellar rampage that the beginning of Journey to the West was based on. He finally makes a personal appearance in the sequel, where [[spoiler:he intends to take the protagonist's place while Gehanna's first prisoner calls her for a meeting]].
* The Bladedancer stories of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', especially the first one, in which Chou's journey to [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] is closely based on Xuanzang's journey. Sun Wukong has in fact been established as a recurring supporting character, and he's ''still'' good at stealing the show each time he pops up.
* The first chapter of Kim Stanley Robinson's ''Literature/TheYearsOfRiceAndSalt'' is written in the style of ''Journey To The West''.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/KamenRider'':
** The heroes of ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' can channel the spirits of historical and folk heroes, one of which is Sanzo (an alternate name for Sanzang). Sanzo's powers are mainly used by Kamen Rider Necrom, and they include the ability to summon Sun Wukong, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing to assist him; and the three can turn into a cloud like Wukong's.
** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' is similarly themed around stories and fairy tales. Saber himself gains powers based on this story under the title ''Saiyuu Journey'', which primarily gives him a gauntlet with Wukong's TelescopingStaff as a kind of BladeBelowTheShoulder; and special attacks can use other aspects of the story like the flying cloud.
* ''A Korean Odyssey'', a modern South Korean comedy retelling that begins with the release of Sun Wukong/Son O-Gong and the reincarnation of Tang Sanzang/Samjang.
* In the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special ''Big Bird in China'', Sun Wukong in full theater glory gives Big Bird the clues to find the Phoenix i.e. Feng Huang.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' featured a MonsterOfTheWeek named Dora Kinkaku based on one of the best-known villains in the story. Incidentally, Bandora had gotten Pleprechaun to make him because she hated how the monsters always lost to Sun Wukong.
** The characters of ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' are all based on the main characters (except Jiraiya), with Sasuke corresponding to Sun Wukong (the HotBlooded hero), Seikai to Zhu Bajie (a BigEater obsessed with women), Tsuruhime to Xuanzang (the leader whom the guys have been assigned to accompany), and Saizou to Sha Wujing (the extra fighter). Likewise, they also fight lots of {{youkai}} and journey around the country.
** Wukong's size-changing staff was one of the treasures sought by the main characters and the villains in ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger''.
** The SixthRanger of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'', Don Doragoku/Don Torabolt, is in part inspired by Sun Wukong, in contrast to the rest of the team being inspired by Literature/{{Momotaro}} instead. His principal weapon, the Ryukonogeki, is a Telescoping ''Spear'' and a cloud appears in his TransformationSequence.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* In ''TabletopGame/FabulaUltima'', the Nine-teeth Rake is one of the strongest weapons in the spear category of the core rulebook. It deals as much damage as the Longinus and the Gungnir, the other two strongest weapons of its category, and it gives its wielder the ability to absorb poison damage.
* The "Monk, Eh?" campaign setting in the ''Magazine/{{Pyramid}}'' article "[[http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2318 The Hubland Mountains]] for ''TabletopGame/GURPSDiscworld''" pastiches the already tongue-in-cheek ''Series/{{Monkey}}'', with a very obviously female monk called Trickiparka accompanying the orangutan god Buna on his journey to the Rim.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', Sun Wukong is one of the major deities of the setting's East Asia-analogue Tian Xia and the ChaoticNeutral god of trickery, drunkenness, and nature. He was a stone statue given life who became king of all monkeys and then achieved godhood by learning magic under Qi Zhong, the Tian Xia god of magic, and erasing his name from the records of Pharasma, the goddess of death.
* The Handsome Monkey King is one of the gods included in the Chinese pantheon in ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'', and is available as a player character's divine parent.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': At Skopp City, the entrance to Siberius' shop has an art display featuring the Flowers and Fruit Mountain.
* Occasionally referenced in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', where the main character, just like Son Goku, is sealed underneath a mountain for 500 years, and Augus's extendable blade is basically this to Son Goku's extendable staff. One of the more memorable scenes is referenced back in the climax of the most recent movie version of the story. Don't believe us? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jBrcVawcsw Watch this side by side comparison and twist your head around that.]]
* In ''VideoGame/BookwormAdventures, Volume 2'', the vast majority of enemies in ''The Monkey King'' are inspired by ''Journey'', and you even get to recruit Wukong as a partner once you beat him in combat.
* The time travelers in ''VideoGame/DinosaurKing'' spend several episodes visiting with Sanzo Hoshi, aka Tripitaka.
* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' has a few raid events inspired by the story:
** "Echoes of Antiquity" is the first. The main focus is on the teacher, Xuan Zang, who is teaching her student Wu Kong about Qilin relics. Wu Kong, like his namesake, has a mischievous streak. His mishandling of a dangerous relic, Jin Gu Er (the golden headband), caused him to transform into the raid boss Qitian Dasheng who bears a stronger resemblance to the Monkey King. Also featured is Yulong, a recruitable dragon who serves as Xuan Zang's steed like his namesake.
** The characters return a year later in "Timeworn Torment", with Wu Kong as the main character this time and PromotedToPlayable. Another issue develops with the Jin Gu Er, as it turns out to have been the seal on a dangerous fiend named Mei Hou Wang -- albeit one who has a good side, which Wu Kong has to defend to Xuan Zang. Wu Kong has picked up a few traits of the Monkey King in the interrim, and ironically starts wearing the Jin Gu Er to keep someone ''else'' under control (since it can exert an influence on Mei Hou Wang). The story also introduces the game's versions of Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing as followers of Xuan Zang (if sometimes annoying and unwanted ones); with Zhu Bajie as a brash yet honorable BloodKnight and Sha Wujing as a MadScientist weapons designer.
* Qitian Dasheng serves as the final boss of Swallow's Compass dungeon in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. He spends most of the fight swinging his signature TelescopingStaff, and after you survive his ultimate he [[SelfDuplication drops two clones]] and runs off. "Qitian Dasheng" is notably not a version of the name "Sun Wukong"; it’s the title he gave himself ("Great Sage Equal to Heaven") in response to the court of Heaven not giving him a fancy title he believed he deserved.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' has a Wukong skin available, though he lacks Sun Wukong's tail. His Jingu Bang staff is another optional cosmetic.
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has Andira, the [[LittleBitBeastly Erune]] descendant of Sun Wukong. She inherited most of his powers and tools like the SelfDuplication using hairs, the flying cloud and staff. The player character reminds her of Xuanzang so she decides to go on a journey with them to try to find Tenjiku (or in pinyin, "Tianzhu"; the Chinese/Japanese name for India).
* One of Franchise/{{Kirby}}'s Copy Abilities in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' and ''[[VideoGame/KirbyFightersDeluxe Kirby Fighters 2]]'' is Staff. The hat associated with the ability includes Sun Wukong's headband, and the staff itself has the same ability to extend as Wukong's. The Chinese name of the ability is even named after Sun Wukong's staff.
* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'': The Imperial China chapter features a cast of one OldMaster training three former bandits, setting up a cast that looks very based on the ''Journey to the West''. The Heart of the Mountain Shifu naturally represents Sanzang (with a bigger dose of Badass because he's a martial artist). Wukong is represented by the token girl Lei Kuugo, who's an abrasive girl too eager to pick a fight and used to live in the forests and the lessons she took at heart was similar to Wukong: To become kinder. Additionally, her surname looks like a reversal of Wukong's Japanese name (Go-kuu -> Kuu-go) and coincidentally, she's also a BreakoutCharacter similar to Wukong. Bajie is represented by Sammo/Hong Hakka, he's fat and likes to eat a lot, it's an easy comparison. This leaves out Yun Jou as the representative of Wujing, they're more similar in a way that they're more unassuming than the rest.
* In ''VideoGame/MarioParty7'', the variation of the "group photo" Bowser Time event on Pagoda Peak has the characters stand behind a cutout based on ''Journey to the West'', taking the roles of Goku, Hakkai, Gojo and Sanzo (in 8 players mode, the extra characters take the roles of the White Dragon Horse and random background elements).
* The Genesis Unit of Wily Tower in the Sega Genesis remake collection ''VideoGame/MegaManTheWilyWars'' are based on Wukong, Bajie, and Wujing. There's also Hanumachine from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''.
* Various MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena have characters based on [[FountainOfExpies Wukong]] himself, it's almost an unwritten law that a MOBA would not be complete until they have a Wukong representation.
** The original ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' has Wukong become a secret boss and the first ''VideoGame/Dota2'' exclusive hero (whose Chinese voice actor was Sun Wukong in the 1986 AnimatedAdaptation).
** Monkey King from ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth'' is based on, but not quite the exact Wukong from the literature.
** The actual Sun Wukong is also a playable character in ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' as the game is about CrossoverCosmology and Chinese Pantheon is included.
*** Also, their Wukong just to drive home allusions is also voiced by Creator/SeanSchemmel, the English voice of the aforementioned Wukong/Gokū from ''Dragon Ball''.
** ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' only has the Wukong reference via a Legendary skin of Samuro that turns him into a Wukong-like character, simply because Creator/BlizzardEntertainment has no major Wukong-like character throughout their games. The cancelled ''VideoGame/Paragon2016'' also featured a direct reference with its own hero named Wukong.
** The character Wukong the Monkey King in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''. He even has the [[ActorAllusion same]] [[Creator/MasakoNozawa Japanese voice]] as ''Franchise/DragonBall'''s version of Wukong/Gokū that everyone knows.
** Since ''VideoGame/HonorOfKings'' is based on Chinese figures from myth, stories and history, it goes without question that Sun Wukong is included as one of the heroes. Surprisingly, both Tang Sanzang (referred as Jin Chan) and Zhu Bajie also become available as heroes, along with the Bull Demon King Niu Mo Wang (Just rendered as 'Niu Mo'). Wukong is the only one who makes the jump to ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor'' and he's the only returning heroes (aside of [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Lu Bu and Diaochan]]) who kept his default kit. When the game is given an actual international translation, only Wukong makes the jump as certain countries may find both Niu Mo and Bajie violating their cultures. Therefore, they're replaced with their ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor'' counterparts (Lumburr and Ata, respectively). The jury's still out for Tang Sanzang/Jin Chan, because he's not anyone's counterpart.
** ''VideoGame/MobileLegendsBangBang'' features a monkey king hero with staff and the ability to produce clones to overwhelm his enemies, and lore-wise, he's also born from a particularly hard rock within [[{{Wutai}} Cadia Riverlands]]. His name is... Sun.
* The Twin Demon Owls Lechku and Nechku from ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' are based on the gold and silver bros.
* A very rare yet classic beat-em-up game known as ''Oriental Legend'' (made by the Taiwanese company IGS) features the trio, the dragon horse (and one original character, Xiaolongnü; lit. Little Dragon Girl; probably based on and named after the heroine of ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes'', another epic that has no relations with ''Journey to the West'') as playable characters. The [[NoExportForYou un-localized sequel]] with extra elements added features a few more characters while also adding Sanzang himself as an unlockable character.
* The theme to the above-mentioned ''Monkey'' series was included as a bonus stage in the second ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' had an event based on the Chinese New Year in January 2017, and 4 characters (Winston, Roadhog, Reinhardt, and Zenyatta) specifically got skins based on ''Journey''.
* The Chimchar line in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is at least partially based on Sun Wukong, especially the gold armor on Infernape. The Tepig line is also based on Zhu Bajie.
* The [[OriginalGeneration main characters]] of ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', Kogoro Tenzai and Mii Koryuji, are based on Sun Wukong and Xuanzang respectively.
* One of the productions of the Imperial Theater Troupe in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''.
* Seiten Taisei (or in pinyin as "Qitian Dasheng"), i.e. Sun Wukong/Son Gokū, appears as a demon in many ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games.
** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': Seiten Taisei, as a mythic figure who stole the secrets of immortality from the gods, serves as the ultimate GuardianEntity of your party's [[TheLancer Lancer]], Ryuji Sakamoto.
* One of ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur V]]'''s new fighters, Xiba, is very clearly inspired by (if not outright implied to be) Sun Wukong. Likewise akin to his many other expies, he tends to be one of the [[BigEater hungry ones]].
* In ''VideoGame/SonicBlast'', the boss of [[ShiftingSandLand Yellow Desert Zone]] has Robotnik's mech patterned after Sun Wukong.
* A statue in Yang's stage of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Second Impact'' has a statue of Sun Wukong/Son Gokū himself trapped in his prison of Wuxingshan/Gogyouzan (lit. Five Elements Mountain[[note]]though it's known as Wuzhishan/Goshizan (Five Fingers Mountain) in most Chinese sources[[/note]]), which can be broken if a strong enough impact occurs around it; doing so will have the Wukong/Gokū statue itself will be freed in prime condition.
* Sun Wukong is the direct inspiration of the ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' Wukong, with a powerset based on his most famous abilities like cloud walking and his staff which can grow infinitely large and wide. Fittingly, he was released in China's version of the game first before seeing a worldwide release; much like his fellow Chinese story-based Warframe Nezha.
* Post-Journey Wukong (going by the pronunciation of Son Gokū in the Japanese version) is an antagonist in ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'', implied to have gotten bored with the sacred realm and now running around causing trouble. Sanzang chases after him to try to get him back. When Sanzang in the third installment is recruited into the party, an allusion to the original journey is made, with Hideyoshi -> Wukong/Gokū, Goemon -> Bajie/Hakkai and Ling Tong -> Wujing/Gojou.
** Ironically in Ling Tong's case, Sha Wujing/Gojou is even an NPC in the third installment. Oh by the way, Sanzang [[GenderFlip is a girl here]].
* The ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series has a character based off of Sun Wukong, Son Gokuu.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' has "[[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hercules]] vs Sun Wukong" as one of its episodes, using the specific mythological/folklore incarnations of the two. [[spoiler:Sun Wukong manages to defeat his Greek opponent]].
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where each character is based off a mythological or storybook character, Sun Wukong is an easygoing, [[LoveableRogue rogueish]] [[LittleBitBeastly monkey faunus]].
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* The Monkey King antagonized the heroes a few times in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', portrayed as ThePrankster who fancies himself as the King of Comedy. He is [[ForcedTransformation cursed with the form of a doll]] unless somebody pulls his leg, at which point Monkey King comes to life and the puller is trapped as a doll instead. This can be reversed if Monkey King pulls this person's leg himself, but since of course he'd never do that himself he has to be tricked. The irony here is that this version of him in Japanese is voiced by Creator/RyuseiNakao, who happens to be the voice of [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]]. Talk about having your voice portray a closer-to-original version of your nemesis.
* Both Sun Wukong and Baigujing are major characters in Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaThePawsOfDestiny''. The first episode of season two is even titled "Journey to the East".
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' involved him teaming up with four "washed up" literary/legendary figures from around the world; one of them was Sun Wukong, who had given up life as the Monkey King to laze about at a zoo.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': The current holder of the Monkey Miraculous goes by King Monkey. According to the creators, Sun Wukong himself was a Monkey wielder.
* Sun Wukong appears in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', revealed to be one of many sentient animals (the Egyptian deities, Quetzalcoatl, Professor Pericles, and Scooby himself included) that are members/descendants of [[spoiler: a race of inter-dimensional beings who visited Earth and took the form of animals to assist mankind.]]
* The Monkey King appears in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS33E2BartsInJail Bart's in Jail!]]", in which he is one of the many forms of the Norse god Loki throughout millennia.
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': The Monkey Staff is a nod to Sun Wukong.
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