History Characters / MonkieKid

* TookALevelInBadass: Season 3 has him [[spoiler:using hidden magic abilities not even ''he'' knew about]].

* TheChosenOne: The Monkey King personally chooses MK to be his successor. In the pilot, MK is able to hold the mystic staff and wield its power, a feat that can't be easily replicated.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: By Season 4, MK has been traumatized by the terrible things that occurred during the last three seasons and doesn't want to face any threat like Lady Bone Demon again, wanting to stay a humble delivery guy and local hero dealing with simple MonsterOfTheWeek threats. [[spoiler:This is why he's so upset at the revelation he's half mystical monkey, changing everything he thought he knew about himself.]]

* HiddenDepths: Despite his penchant for creative shadow-puppetry, Season 4 reveals he has a really juvenile, anime-esque style of drawing.

* CatSmile: Frequently, whenever he's acting like a dork.

* [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Guy]]: Despite the massive powers he possesses, Ao Lie is a true klutz at heart.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He's got a charismatic and cool demeanor, which only fits all the more when he reveals himself to be a scheming backstabber. [[spoiler: However, season 3 reveals a lot of it is an act on his part, and his true personality is a lot more solemn.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Azure Lion in Season 4 -- both of them were once Monkey King's closest friends who fought by his side, and both would come to develop grudges against him due to feelings of personal betrayal after the failed conquest against the Celestial Realm. However, where Macaque would eventually learn to realize his own mistakes and let go of his hatred against Monkey King, Azure Lion would become obsessively vengeful and blame the monkey for everything ''he'' does wrong, unwilling to recognize his own faults in their history. Also, where Macaque worried for Monkey King's growing ambitions and tried to caution him, Azure encouraged and even outright enabled them.

* WildCard: Unlike most of the other villains in the show, Macaque doesn't really care about sides of good or evil and doesn't ally himself with anyone, guided only by self-preservation and his personal vendetta against Monkey King.

* Commonality Connection: With Mei. Both are magically empowered heirs to powerful non-human families and seek to live up to their heritage while struggling with the expectations placed on them, as well as with their respective parents. In Season 3, [[spoiler:this is strengthened further when it's revealed they both have some kind of connection to the Samadhi Fire, which culminates in Red Son personally helping Mei to control and wield it in the finale special.]]

* {Foil}: To Azure Lion in Season 4 -- both of them were once Monkey King's closest friends who fought by his side, and both would come to develop grudges against him due to feelings of personal betrayal after the failed conquest against the Celestial Realm. However, where Macaque would eventually learn to realize his own mistakes and let go of his hatred against Monkey King, Azure Lion would become obsessively vengeful and blame the monkey for everything ''he'' does wrong, unwilling to recognize his own faults in their history. Also, where Macaque worried for Monkey King's growing ambitions and tried to caution him, Azure encouraged and even outright enabled them.

* BelievingTheirOwnLies: After revealing his true intentions to the Monkie Kids, Azure turns out to be a delusional, vengeful and self-righteous {{Hypocrite}} masquerading as a hero only trying to save the world -- and as Macaque puts it, he's utterly convinced that said masquerade is the truth.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Maybe not intentionally, but given Azure's status as an UnreliableNarrator by "The Emperor's Wrath", it's possible that he was this to Monkey King in their youths -- inflating the monkey's growing sense of ego and likely being the one to put the idea of conquering the Celestial Realm in his head in the first place, since Monkey King only showing interest in protecting Flower Fruit Mountain before Azure came along.

** This is further expanded on in Season 4, where he admits to MK that he regrets not taking up more agency over his life in the past -- likely referring to how he didn't do more to stop Monkey King from going through with with the rebellion against the Celestial Realm knowing it was a bad idea.

* EasilyForgiven: Despite Monkey King's numerous slip ups, especially during season 3 [[spoiler: where his thoughtlessness and secretiveness leads to the team almost getting killed by the Samadhi Fire]], no one ends up holding anything against him once all is said and done -- especially MK, who is basically incapable of thinking ill of his idol for any real amount of time.

* NightAndDayDuo: Monkey King and Macaque are depicted as this in their youths, with Monkey King as a bold, brash Day with a sun-like aura and Macaque as the cautious, reserved Night who prefers to stick to the shadows. Even though they ultimately end up enemies, they never really lost this dynamic.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: His younger self very easily and frequently breaches physical boundaries with those he sees as his friends in a friendly, monkey-like manner, [[spoiler:particularly the more reserved Macaque back when they were still friends]]. His present day self is also like this with MK due to their bond.

* HeelFaceTurn: For Monkey King and the other companions, joining Tang Sanzang's journey west was a way of redeeming themselves for past misdeeds.

* TrueCompanions: They cared about and looked out for each other just like our current team of heroes, and Monkey King was evidently a much happier person back when he had them.

* UndyingLoyalty: He's described as loyal by Monkey King, which is proven when a flashback shows that he was more than willing to put himself between his friends and anything that could harm them.

* SecondaryColorNemesis: In contrast to Monkey Kid and Monkey King's [[PrimaryColorChampion red and gold]], the spiders have [[PurpleIsPowerfull purple]] and [[GreenAndMean green]] color schemes, and are very dangerous foes. [[spoiler:Until the White Bone Demon is finished with them]].

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He truly cares for his sworn brothers, and despite believing Monkey King betrayed them, he still wanted to try and work things out with him and is legitimately heartbroken when he accidentally breaks the piece of the memory scroll he trapped the latter within.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: While he spends the first season as a ButtMonkey villain whose continuous attempts to impress his father with his own evil schemes end in him being further embarrassed by the heroes, "Revenge Of The Spider Queen" shows that when pushed to action for better reasons he proves to be seriously capable, escaping and figuring out a means to stop Spider Queen by the time he teams up with the heroes, and is regarded as a legitimate threat by the Spider Demons.

* CharacterDevelopment: In Season 1, Red Son was increasingly pompous and self-righteous, and would often talk down to the heroes as "peasants". However, this attitude begins to change in "Revenge Of The Spider Queen", after he forms a truce with them to save his father and stop Spider Queen. In the Season 3 "Embrace Your Destiny" special, [[spoiler:where he officially becomes one of the heroes, he respects the team as equals and fights alongside them with ease. His growth is particularly shown with Mei in this same special, helping her learn to wield the Samadhi Fire (the power that once belonged to him) and overcome Lady Bone Demon with it -- and she is even the first character whom he calls by their real name.]]
* CrazyPrepared: Red Son is quite adept at setting contingency measures, such as having a getaway vehicle ready to escape spider demons and knowing how to create an antidote to neutralize their venom in "Revenge of the Spider Queen".

* {{Tsundere}}: By Season 3, he still acts with annoyance towards MK and Mei even though he's warmed up to both of them by that point. In "This Imperfect World" he blushes furiously after comforting Mei, immediately backtracking and denying that he's helping so he can be around her and the others again.