History YMMV / Monkey

* AmericansHateTingle: When Monkey was first shown on Chinese TV in the early 80s it had poor reception from audiences due to its artistic liberties from the original novel, resulting in the show being pulled after a few episodes. The silver lining is that it resulted in the creation of the more faithful 1986 series which is beloved by Chinese audiences.

* AwesomeMusic: The opening theme: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-SUoHmpRdM Monkey Magic]]" is one of the most-remembered aspects of the show by those who watched it.

* HoYay: When Goku is blinded by the Tiger King, Sanzo cures him by kissing his eyelids. And, in a later episode, when Goku sees Minmin (pretty much the only human woman he takes any serious romantic interest in throughout the entire series) for the first time, his very first thought is how much she looks like Sanzo.

* {{Woolseyism}}

* AmericansHateTingle: When Monkey was broadcasted on Chinese TV in the early 80s it had poor reception from Chinese audiences due to its artistic liberties from the original novel, resulting in the show being pulled after a few episodes. The silver lining is that it resulted in the creation of the more faithful 1986 series which was beloved by Chinese audiences.

* EarWorm: The theme song.
** It is even a song in ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan''! The second one, that is.

* TearJerker: Ginkaku walking away in tears after her husband Kinkaku is trapped inside the magic melting gourd. Sanzo feels sorry for him.

* HoYay: When Monkey is blinded by the Tiger King, Tripitaka cures him by kissing his eyelids. And, in a later episode, when Monkey sees Minmin (pretty much the only human woman he takes any serious romantic interest in throughout the entire series) for the first time, his very first thought is how much she looks like Tripitaka.
** Everyone takes a little too much liking to Goku; in the third episode, Hakkai takes his hand while they're asleep!

** It is even a song in ''OsuTatakaeOuendan''! The second one, that is.

* {{Woolseyism}}

* TitleConfusion: The show is also known as "Monkey Magic", which is the title of the ''extremely catchy'' theme song.

* HoYay: When Monkey is blinded by the Tiger King, and Tripitaka cures him by kissing his eyelids, and, in a later episode, when Monkey sees Minmin (pretty much the only human woman he takes any serious romantic interest in throughout the entire series) for the first time, his very first thought is how much she looks like Tripitaka.