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* DetectEvil: He can see through any disguise, illusion, or transformation.


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* TrueSight: He can see through any disguise, illusion, or transformation.

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**EnlightenmentSuperPower: His magic comes from studying buddhism and learning secrets from his master.



* VoluntaryShapeshifting

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* VoluntaryShapeshifting
VoluntaryShapeshifting: 72 Earthly ones due to his EnlightenmentSuperPower.



* TheChick: So feminine a character that a lot of live-action portrayals of the series often have women playing the part.


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*TheFace: He does all the talking with {{muggles}} etc because he is a courteous monk and his companions are scary-looking (and in Wukong's case, very rude) demons.
**TheChick: Honorary status as this because he's so feminine a character that a lot of live-action portrayals of the series often have women playing the part.

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* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* BeyondTheImpossible: His sheer variety of powers and the feats he can do as a result.

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* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* BeyondTheImpossible: His sheer variety of powers
ArrogantKungFuGuy: No matter who you are, he is a better fighter than you and the feats he can do as a result.will demonstrate if you say otherwise.



*ExactWords: He doesn't like following Sangzang's orders so he gets around them with this trope. For example, Sangzang said [[ThouShallNotKill "Never kill anyone."]] So when a group of greedy monks tried to kill them both to steal Sangzang's cossack, Monkey didn't kill them. Instead he fanned the flames of the fire they started to ensure their monastary burned down.



* MesACrowd: One of Monkey's signature moves has him pulling out a bunch of his hair and blowing on them, resulting in each hair turning into a clone of him.
* {{Munchkin}}: Practically their patron saint.

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* MesACrowd: One of Monkey's signature moves has him pulling out a bunch of his hair and blowing on them, resulting in each hair turning into a clone of him.
* {{Munchkin}}: Practically their patron saint. In the first seven chapters all his actions are about gaining things for himself: the most powers, the best weapon, the best armor, the greatest title, etc.



* StockSuperPowers: His sheer variety of powers and the feats he can do as a result.
**SuperStrength: His trademark "As You Will" crudel is really freakin' heavy, yet he said all other weapons were "too light".
**NotQuiteFlight: His cloud jumping allows him to reach Heaven InASingleBound or cross an ocean.
**NighInvulnerable: The reason the Buddha dropped a mountain on him is because the gods failed in outright destroying him.
**MesACrowd: One of Monkey's signature moves has him pulling out a bunch of his hair and blowing on them, resulting in each hair turning into a clone of him.



* NonActionGuy

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* NonActionGuyNonActionGuy: He prays and preaches. That's about it.




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*ThouShallNotKill: Being a buddhist monk one of his vows is not killing anything ''ever''. His companions think this is ridiculous.

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* BigEater: And ''how''. So much so, in fact, that when the quest is over, the still-too-crude Pigsy is offered the existence as a lesser god; "Cleaner of the Heavenly Altar", which means eating all of the food that is offered to Buddha for the rest of time. He thinks this is the best job ever.

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* BigEater: BigEater / GluttonousPig: And ''how''. So much so, in fact, that when the quest is over, the still-too-crude Pigsy is offered the existence as a lesser god; "Cleaner of the Heavenly Altar", which means eating all of the food that is offered to Buddha for the rest of time. He thinks this is the best job ever.
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* BornAsAnAdult
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* WorfEffect: When he first appeared, he was good enough to fight Pigsy to a draw. Later on, he's implied to be the weakest of the three.


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* WorfEffect: When he first appeared, he was good enough to fight Pigsy to a draw. Later on, he's implied to be described as the weakest of the three.

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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Due to wounded ego and bruised pride more then anything; life on earth was pretty sweet for him, he just got so arrogant he thought he should be a god as well.

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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Due to wounded ego and bruised pride more then than anything; life on earth was pretty sweet for him, he just got so arrogant he thought he should be a god as well.



* StupidGood: Tripitaka takes "goodness" to levels of life-threatening stupidity on more then one occasion. His disciples call him on this often, but he never listens to them.

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* StupidGood: Tripitaka takes "goodness" to levels of life-threatening stupidity on more then than one occasion. His disciples call him on this often, but he never listens to them.



* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Pigsy just wants to go back to Heaven, he doesn't care about the scriptures at all. Being turned into something more attractive then his current humanoid pig-monster shape would also be nice.

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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Pigsy just wants to go back to Heaven, he doesn't care about the scriptures at all. Being turned into something more attractive then than his current humanoid pig-monster shape would also be nice.



* WorfEffect: When first introduced, Pigsy battles better against Monkey then many of the actual gods did during Monkey's war against heaven. Later on, he's usually swiftly beaten so that Monkey can then beat the creature who beat up Pigsy.

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* WorfEffect: When first introduced, Pigsy battles better against Monkey then than many of the actual gods did during Monkey's war against heaven. Later on, he's usually swiftly beaten so that Monkey can then beat the creature who beat up Pigsy.



* TheBigGuy: Though often mistakenly portrayed as a {{Kappa}}, the original source material depicts Sandy as a kind of river-dwelling [[OurOgresAreHungrier Oni]]. In either case, he's the tallest of the disciples, though he's much more the thoughtful type then the bruiser type.

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* TheBigGuy: Though often mistakenly portrayed as a {{Kappa}}, the original source material depicts Sandy as a kind of river-dwelling [[OurOgresAreHungrier Oni]]. In either case, he's the tallest of the disciples, though he's much more the thoughtful type then than the bruiser type.



* OutOfFocus: Even the original author seems to forget he exists more often then not. Yu Lung's big character moment is when he first appears and eats Tripitaka's horse, then has to turn into a replacement horse. After that, he's in the background until they reach the end of the Journey and he can turn back into a dragon and fly off home.

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* OutOfFocus: Even the original author seems to forget he exists more often then than not. Yu Lung's big character moment is when he first appears and eats Tripitaka's horse, then has to turn into a replacement horse. After that, he's in the background until they reach the end of the Journey and he can turn back into a dragon and fly off home.
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* GodModeSue: Hatched from a stone egg created from the cosmic forces of the universe at the beginning of time, taught the secrets of immortality, flight and transforming into seventy-two shapes, wrote his name out of the Book of Death, ate the Peaches of Immortality, drank the Elixir of Immortality, survived the Celestial Furnace, intimidated the four Dragon Kings of the Seas into giving him his trademark staff and favorite clothes, beat up the entire Army of Heaven...
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!!Tang Sang zang/Tripitaka

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!!Tang Sang zang/Tripitaka!!Xuanzang/Tripitaka
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* NonActionGuy
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* BigEater: And ''how''. So much so, in fact, that when the quest is overed, the still-too-crude Pigsy is offered the existence as a lesser god; "Cleaner of the Heavenly Altar", which means eating all of the food that is offered to Buddha for the rest of time. He thinks this is the best job ever.

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* BigEater: And ''how''. So much so, in fact, that when the quest is overed, over, the still-too-crude Pigsy is offered the existence as a lesser god; "Cleaner of the Heavenly Altar", which means eating all of the food that is offered to Buddha for the rest of time. He thinks this is the best job ever.

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* DistressedDamsel: A male version of the trope, as he's not only a pacifist but completely untrained in magic or fighting.

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* DistressedDamsel: A male version of the trope, as he's DistressedDude: He's not only a pacifist but completely untrained in magic or fighting.



* JamesBondage
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Duh.


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* MesACrowd: One of Monkey's signature moves has him pulling out a bunch of his hair and blowing on them, resulting in each hair turning into a clone of him.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy
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* TheSmartGuy
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* DecoyProtagonist: Possibly the oldest extant example. His primary purpose is to be kidnapped every two minutes so Sun Wukong can get all BadAss while rescuing him.
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* PigMan

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* TheHero
* JerkassGods

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* TheHero
TheHero: [[ValuesDissonance For a given value of "hero".]]
* JerkassGodsJerkassGods: He is one, and he also showcases just how the other gods in heaven can be ones.



* NotInThisForYourRevolution

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* NotInThisForYourRevolutionNotInThisForYourRevolution: Monkey is only interested in joining the pilgrimage in the first place because it was join, or stay under the mountain for the rest of eternity. Afterwards, he comes along only in hopes of getting the Circlet of Headaches off his head.



* RageAgainstTheHeavens

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* RageAgainstTheHeavensRageAgainstTheHeavens: Due to wounded ego and bruised pride more then anything; life on earth was pretty sweet for him, he just got so arrogant he thought he should be a god as well.



* SmugSuper

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* SmugSuperSmugSuper: Monkey is incredibly powerful, and unbelievably full of himself as a result.



* TheChick

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* TheChickTheChick: So feminine a character that a lot of live-action portrayals of the series often have women playing the part.



* IncorruptiblePurePureness

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness IncorruptiblePurePureness: The reason why he was sent on the pilgrimage in the first place... but also the reason why he gets into so much trouble, as A: he's too "pure" to resist even the most obvious deceptions or trapes, and B: his purity draws swarms of monsters that hope to consume that purity and increase their own power.



* TheLoad
* TheMillstone
* StupidGood

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* TheLoad
TheLoad / TheMillstone: Tripitaka not only constantly gets into trouble, he frequently diverts his disciples from their quest to pursue other minor goals, refuses to heed their advice, and places restrictions on their actions that make them harder pressed to go about their tasks. He also has absolutely no skills at all that let him contribute anything of worth when they get in trouble.
* TheMillstone
* StupidGood
StupidGood: Tripitaka takes "goodness" to levels of life-threatening stupidity on more then one occasion. His disciples call him on this often, but he never listens to them.



* BigEater
* CasanovaWannabe

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* BigEater
BigEater: And ''how''. So much so, in fact, that when the quest is overed, the still-too-crude Pigsy is offered the existence as a lesser god; "Cleaner of the Heavenly Altar", which means eating all of the food that is offered to Buddha for the rest of time. He thinks this is the best job ever.
* CasanovaWannabeCasanovaWannabe: Pigsy really likes the ladies -- in fact, he was thrown out of heaven for trying to make off with a celestial maiden -- but his efforts at wooing them are poor to say the least.



* NotInThisForYourRevolution

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* NotInThisForYourRevolutionNotInThisForYourRevolution: Pigsy just wants to go back to Heaven, he doesn't care about the scriptures at all. Being turned into something more attractive then his current humanoid pig-monster shape would also be nice.



* WorfEffect

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* WorfEffect
WorfEffect: When first introduced, Pigsy battles better against Monkey then many of the actual gods did during Monkey's war against heaven. Later on, he's usually swiftly beaten so that Monkey can then beat the creature who beat up Pigsy.



* TheBigGuy
* NotInThisForYourRevolution
* OutOfFocus
* TheQuietOne
* WorfEffect


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* TheBigGuy
TheBigGuy: Though often mistakenly portrayed as a {{Kappa}}, the original source material depicts Sandy as a kind of river-dwelling [[OurOgresAreHungrier Oni]]. In either case, he's the tallest of the disciples, though he's much more the thoughtful type then the bruiser type.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution
NotInThisForYourRevolution: Sandy just wants to be let back into heaven.
* OutOfFocus
OutOfFocus: Sandy is usually a secondary character in all the stories.
* TheQuietOne
TheQuietOne: Sandy rarely has much to say, but is often the most practical and philosophical of the group.
* WorfEffect

WorfEffect: When he first appeared, he was good enough to fight Pigsy to a draw. Later on, he's implied to be the weakest of the three.

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The egg of Sun Wukong was formed during the beginnings of life, the universe and everything, and was not birthed by the mountain.


* GodModeSue: Hatched from a stone egg laid by a mountain impregnated the cosmic forces of the universe, taught the secrets of immortality, flight and transforming into seventy-two shapes, wrote his name out of the Book of Death, ate the Peaches of Immortality, drank the Elixir of Immortality, survived the Celestial Furnace, intimidated the four Dragon Kings of the Seas into giving him his trademark staff and favorite clothes, beat up the entire Army of Heaven...

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* GodModeSue: Hatched from a stone egg laid by a mountain impregnated created from the cosmic forces of the universe, universe at the beginning of time, taught the secrets of immortality, flight and transforming into seventy-two shapes, wrote his name out of the Book of Death, ate the Peaches of Immortality, drank the Elixir of Immortality, survived the Celestial Furnace, intimidated the four Dragon Kings of the Seas into giving him his trademark staff and favorite clothes, beat up the entire Army of Heaven...

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* CasanovaWannabe



* TheLeisureSuitLarry
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* ByronicHero: It took 14 years of journeying with Tang Sang Zang to make him an actually good hearted and unselfish person.
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!!Xuanzang/Tripitaka

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!!Xuanzang/Tripitaka!!Tang Sang zang/Tripitaka
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!!Sun Wukong / Monkey

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!!Sun Wukong / MonkeyWukong/Monkey



* Munchkin

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* Munchkin{{Munchkin}}: Practically their patron saint.



!!Xuanzang / Tripitaka

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!!Xuanzang / Tripitaka!!Xuanzang/Tripitaka



!! Zhu Bajie / Pigsy

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!! Zhu Bajie / PigsyBajie/Pigsy



!!Sha Wujing / Sandy

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!!Sha Wujing / SandyWujing/Sandy



* OutOfFocus: Even the original author seems to forget he exists more often then not. Yu Lung's big character moment is when he first appears and eats Tripitaka's horse, then has to turn into a replacement horse. After that, he sticks in the background until they reach the end of the Journey and he can turn back into a dragon and fly off home.

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* OutOfFocus: Even the original author seems to forget he exists more often then not. Yu Lung's big character moment is when he first appears and eats Tripitaka's horse, then has to turn into a replacement horse. After that, he sticks he's in the background until they reach the end of the Journey and he can turn back into a dragon and fly off home.
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* IncorruptablePurePureness

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* IncorruptablePurePureness IncorruptiblePurePureness

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* CelibateHero

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* CelibateHeroCelibateHero: Despite women lining up to have sex with him.



* ChickMagnet: Basically every female they encounter, whether human or demon, desires him.



* IncorruptablePurePureness



* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Quite literally, as he's so infused with holy power that eating even a single bite of his flesh will extend a demon's lifespan. Female demons, though, seem to find him quite attractive sexually as well.

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* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Quite literally, as he's so infused with holy power that eating even a single bite of his flesh will extend a demon's lifespan. Female demons, demons though, seem to find him quite sexually attractive sexually as well.
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A character page for JourneyToTheWest. Note that they all qualify as a PublicDomainCharacter.

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* AlmightyJanitor
* BeyondTheImpossible

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* AlmightyJanitor
AlmightyJanitor: Before he finally became a Buddha, his official job in Heaven was a stableboy, until he found out how unimportant the job was and stormed off back to earth. As a side-effect, all Earthly horses love and admire him, because they can sense he was once a celestial groom.
* BeyondTheImpossibleBeyondTheImpossible: His sheer variety of powers and the feats he can do as a result.



* GodModeSue

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* GodModeSueGodModeSue: Hatched from a stone egg laid by a mountain impregnated the cosmic forces of the universe, taught the secrets of immortality, flight and transforming into seventy-two shapes, wrote his name out of the Book of Death, ate the Peaches of Immortality, drank the Elixir of Immortality, survived the Celestial Furnace, intimidated the four Dragon Kings of the Seas into giving him his trademark staff and favorite clothes, beat up the entire Army of Heaven...



* OneManArmy

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* OneManArmyOneManArmy: In the first part of the story, Monkey takes on the entire military force of Heaven. He wins singlehandedly.



* RestrainingBolt

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* RestrainingBoltRestrainingBolt: To be able to control him, Tripitaka tricked Monkey into putting on a magical headband so that he could cause Monkey intense headaches whenever he got up to mischief.



* DistressedDamsel

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* DistressedDamsel DistressedDamsel: A male version of the trope, as he's not only a pacifist but completely untrained in magic or fighting.



* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious

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* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious
SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Quite literally, as he's so infused with holy power that eating even a single bite of his flesh will extend a demon's lifespan. Female demons, though, seem to find him quite attractive sexually as well.



* OutOfFocus

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* OutOfFocus
OutOfFocus: Even the original author seems to forget he exists more often then not. Yu Lung's big character moment is when he first appears and eats Tripitaka's horse, then has to turn into a replacement horse. After that, he sticks in the background until they reach the end of the Journey and he can turn back into a dragon and fly off home.
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* OutOfFocus

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* OutOfFocusOutOfFocus

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* TheQuietOne

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