| 1 | A list of all the characters that appear in ''WesternAnimation/MonkieKid''. |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !Heroes |
| 6 | !!The Monkie Kids |
| 7 | [[folder:MK]] |
| 8 | !!MK, the Monkie Kid |
| 9 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/JackDeSena |
| 10 | [[quoteright:319:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mk_9.png]] |
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| 12 | Our hero, a goofy young man and noodle delivery boy who, after learning he is capable of lifting the legendary staff, is chosen by the Monkey King to be his successor and become the new protector of the world. |
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| 14 | * AllLovingHero: MK is forgiving and empathetic to others, willing to offer help to the villains that have tried to kill him in the past -- like with Red Son in the S2 premiere episode, and even Spider Queen and [[spoiler:Macaque]] later on. In Season 4, he feels sympathy for Azure Lion and [[spoiler:tries to make him stand down, saying he doesn't want to be his enemy]]. |
| 15 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:In Season 4, it's revealed that he's ''at least'' part stone monkey just like Monkey King, in spite of looking human throughout the whole series.]] |
| 16 | * AnimalMotifs: Monkeys, owing not only to being the Monkey Kings successor, but being a goofy, energetic, and fun loving young man. [[spoiler:Becomes more prominent with TheReveal that he is a stone monkey in Season 4, and even has his own monkey form]]. |
| 17 | * AntiAntichrist: [[spoiler:Season 4 reveals that MK might be some form of this, as an incredibly powerful half-monkey being supposedly destined to bring chaos and destruction upon the world. Whether that's true is yet to be seen, but MK is so far determined not to fall down that road.]] |
| 18 | * AscendedFanboy: MK went from being simply a huge fan of Monkey King and his stories to being chosen by Monkey King ''himself'' to succeed him. |
| 19 | * BroughtDownToBadass: After struggling to control his incredible powers in "Bad Weather", the Monkey King gives him a way to do so, though at the cost of giving up some of his power and invincibility as well. |
| 20 | * BroughtDownToNormal: In the Season 2 finale, Lady Bone Demon steals all the powers he's gained so far to complete her bone mech as well as stealing the staff, sending him back to how he was at the beginning of the show. However, Season 3 subverts this, as his powers are shown to actually come from ''him'' and not the staff and he can regain them -- albeit with difficulty and with the implication Lady Bone Demon's influence is holding him back. |
| 21 | * CatchPhrase: "Here comes Monkie Kid!" |
| 22 | * CosmicPlaything: Several parties, especially Lady Bone Demon, imply that MK is this for some unforeseen PowersThatBe, [[spoiler:especially after TheReveal of his true nature in Season 4]]. |
| 23 | * CharacterDevelopment: Throughout the first three seasons he slowly comes to have more faith in himself as Monkie Kid, and by the end of Season 3 has learned that thinking things through and communicating with his friends is the best way to work things out in times of crisis, rather than taking everything onto himself. |
| 24 | ** This has also come about negatively -- by Season 4, MK has become considerably more pessimistic and self-blaming following the Lady Bone Demon arc, and treats the mantle of Monkie Kid as more of a burden than ever due to the unintended consequences that often follow his heroic actions. [[spoiler:In Season 1, he might've been ''ecstatic '' to learn he's a monkey-like his hero -- but instead, the revelation utterly devastates his already fragile self-esteem.]] |
| 25 | * 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. [[spoiler: Season 4 implies that he’s this to some greater unseen force as well, given his [[SemiDivine true nature]].]] |
| 26 | * DestructiveSaviour: As the heroes often lampshade throughout the show, MK saving the city often involves wrecking it just as badly in the process. [[spoiler:This takes on a much more serious note by season 4, as MK unlocking his part-monkey abilities puts him on a whole new ''terrifying'' level of destructive power — namely ''splitting Flower Mountain in half'' while delivering a CurbStompBattle against Jade Emperor Azure Lion in the finale special.]] |
| 27 | * [[DisappearedDad Disappeared Parents]]: Throughout the series, there has been no mention of MK's parents or family, with him living with Pigsy at his job. [[spoiler:In Season 4, when directly asked by Shifu Subodhi, he can't remember ever having parents (other than Pigsy, who took him in as a child) -- and given his true nature, it's safe to assume he doesn't have any.]] |
| 28 | * DoorstopBaby: A variant -- [[spoiler:MK's first memory following his 'birth' was wandering around alone as a toddler and independently coming upon the doorstep of the noodle shop, whereupon Pigsy took him in.]] |
| 29 | * DubNameChange: His name in the Chinese dubs is Qí Xiǎotiān, while in the English dub, he simply goes by the initials MK, aligning with his superhero alias. |
| 30 | * EnemyMine: Briefly teams up with Princess Iron Fan and Red Son in "The End is Here!" to combat a possessed Demon Bull King. He and his friends then do so again with just Red Son in the Season 2 premiere to save the city from Spider Queen, though for longer this time. |
| 31 | * FanBoy: A huge fan of Monkey King. |
| 32 | * FatalFlaw: His lack of focus and impatience. |
| 33 | ** In Season 4, his unwillingness to confront questions about his past, preferring to defer from the issue whenever it comes up, leads him to be utterly, completely blindsided by TheReveal of his [[AmbiguouslyHuman true identity.]] |
| 34 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: |
| 35 | ** When he and Tang search for the vase in Monkey King's cave, it takes a while before he just uses his sight powers to find it. When Tang calls him out on this, MK snaps that he forgot he could do that. |
| 36 | ** When disguising himself and Mei to look like demons, Mei is amazed he used actual creative skills to make disguises rather than using his 72 Transformation for himself. Based on MK's reaction, he completely forgot he could do that. |
| 37 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that MK is [[spoiler:part stone monkey like Wukong]] has been foreshadowed several times throughout the series. |
| 38 | ** Even before he became Monkey King's successor, MK always climbed things for no reason. And when he first meets Wukong, MK began climbing and jumping on him like a monkey, something Monkey King does in return in "Bad Weather". |
| 39 | ** Three times involving the stone egg: |
| 40 | *** [[spoiler:In the pilot, after retrieving the staff from DBK's furnace, MK emerges resembling a stone egg.]] |
| 41 | *** [[spoiler:When MK makes his first clone in "Duplicination", it briefly takes on the form of a stone egg.]] |
| 42 | *** [[spoiler:In "Macaque", when Macaque 'stole' MK's powers, it took on the form of a stone egg.]] |
| 43 | ** In "The Great Wall Race", MK mentions how he always liked stone fruit. Monkey King is seen eating stone fruit at the end of the episode. |
| 44 | ** MK's past is never brought up in the first three seasons, where even Tang's past is given mentioned in how he “met [Pigsy's] parents". |
| 45 | ** MK's reflection has always been shown on any shiny surface... except for the demon-revealing mirror in "Dumpling Destruction", as it would've [[spoiler:revealed his true nature as a stone monkey right away]]. |
| 46 | ** In "Destiny Fulfilled", Lady Bone Demon calls MK, Monkey King, and Macaque a "troop of headstrong simians", and in her final words to MK she calls him "monkey", suggesting she realized what MK truly is at some point. |
| 47 | ** At no point, throughout the series, has Monkey King said he gave MK his powers. While multiple characters like Spider Queen and Macaque have called it "Monkey King's power", Monkey King has always called it "[MK's] power". The only time Monkey King said otherwise was in "Calabash", and that was a fake. |
| 48 | ** MK was able to open the seal at Flower Fruit Mountain, even though it isn't indicated Wukong gave MK the ability to do so. MK just did it for no real reason. |
| 49 | ** As Monkey King said in both the pilot and "Smartie Kid", the staff is just a heavy stick and it takes someone special to lift it. The fact MK can lift and use it at all where other characters like Red Son needed outside help hinted that MK was special. And when Macaque and Lady Bone Demon stole MK's powers, MK was able to lift the staff and regain them during the former and regained his powers gradually without the staff in the latter case. |
| 50 | ** In "The King, The Prince, and The Shadow", when the other Monkie Kids are experiencing DejaVu at the site where the Samadhi Fire was split, MK was the only one who doesn't feel any familiarity. This is because everyone except MK is a direct stand in for their predecessor, while MK is something else. |
| 51 | * GuiltComplex: Season 4 shows he's developed this following the events of the first three seasons, blaming himself for the destruction Demon Bull King, Spider Queen, AND Lady Bone Demon caused. |
| 52 | * HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:When Season 4 brings up his potential parentage, MK makes it clear that whatever the truth, he considers Pigsy his father.]] |
| 53 | * HatesBeingAlone: As revealed in Season 2, MK struggles with the belief that he can't do anything by himself and that he always needs his friends or Monkey King to prop him up. He also definitely seems to have some abandonment issues, taking the notion of Monkey King or his friends leaving him really hard. [[spoiler: Season 4 implies this might be due to the circumstances of his “birth” as a half-stone monkey.]] |
| 54 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:He goes into this toward the end of Season 4, so utterly despondent over his identity crisis and guilt complex that he decides to hide away on Flower Fruit Mountain to avoid the fight with Azure Lion, believing he'll only make things worse. Macaque, of all people, is the one to help him snap out of it just in time to go save his friends.]] |
| 55 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: Prone to this, as even while being chosen to be Monkey King's successor, MK continually struggles to believe he's good enough to be so. |
| 56 | * HiddenDepths: Adept at drawing, despite his struggles with patience and focus. |
| 57 | * HowDoIShootWeb: Season 1 sees him struggling to learn how to control his Monkey King powers, even after being willfully de-powered in order to get a better handle on them. In Season 2, he is shown to be getting much more efficient in picking up new abilities at a fast rate -- only to be BroughtDownToNormal by Lady Bone Demon in the season finale where she steals her powers to build her Bone Mech, and Season 3 shows him having to start all over again. |
| 58 | * IAmWho: In Season 4, MK is questioned on his past and how he, a supposedly normal delivery boy, is able to be naturally capable of wielding Monkey King's power and finds that he can't answer. [[spoiler:Then he finds out the truth -- whatever he is, he is at least partly a mystical monkey just like his mentor.]] |
| 59 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: By Season 4, MK has come to feel deeply scarred by the threats he faced during the last three seasons and doesn't want to face anything like Lady Bone Demon again, wanting to stay a humble local hero delivering noodles, training and having simple MonsterOfTheWeek adventures. [[spoiler:This is why he's so upset at the revelation he's half mystical monkey, changing everything he thought he knew about himself.]] |
| 60 | * ImaginationBasedSuperpower: One of his signature powers, able to create mechs and vehicles out of whatever is around him using the staff, most notably seen with the giant Monkey Mech he creates to fight Demon Bull King in the pilot. |
| 61 | * ImplausibleDeniability: MK tries really, ''really'' hard not to think too much about the implications of his unclear past and his natural affinity with Monkey King's powers, insisting he's just a normal delivery guy who is caught up in a series of coincidences. [[spoiler:After facing the Scroll of Memory's protective curse, who brutally reveals his half-mystical monkey nature, he can't anymore.]] |
| 62 | * {{Keet}}: Like his best friend, Mei, he has quite a bit of enthusiasm. |
| 63 | * LightningBruiser: His powers make him this, being able to run circles around DBK and lay down some hurt on the Spider Queen, but becomes even more so upon gaining his cloud in Season 4. [[spoiler:But then there's his monkey form, where he is able to beat Azure lion in battle with speed and strength like no one has ever seen before]]. |
| 64 | * LittleNo: Tends to drop long, whispered versions of these in a couple of situations. |
| 65 | * MagicFeather: Season 3 reveals that the Golden Staff is this to an extent. It is of course a very powerful magical artifact but unlike what he had previously thought MK's powers don't come from wielding the staff, [[spoiler:as it takes a special someone with powers to wield it in the first place.]] |
| 66 | * MeaningfulName: After taking up the staff and becoming Monkey King’s successor, he calls himself “Monkie Kid”, defining himself as a young new hero who wields his master’s powers as his own. Come Season 4, [[spoiler: the meaning is completely recontextualized upon the reveal that MK is ''literally'' part Monkey.]] |
| 67 | * MistakenForRelated: Throughout Season 4, MK's friends legitimately believe that MK might somehow be Monkey King's secret biological child since he can naturally wield Monkey King's powers, an idea that MK is acutely uncomfortable with. This isn't the case. [[spoiler:Instead, the ''truth'' is that MK, in some way, comes from the same mystical stone that Monkey King did, something they were both unaware of.]] |
| 68 | * MonkeyKingLite: {{Justified|Trope}}, considering that he's training to be the real Monkey King's successor. He even has the staff to show for it. [[spoiler:And then Season 4 revealed that just like Wukong, MK is in fact a stone monkey.]] |
| 69 | * MysteriousPast: Despite being the main protagonist, there have so far been little to no references to MK's childhood or parents -- not even his full name. [[spoiler:Season 4 revealed that MK may not actually have a birth family, as he was born from a stone just like Sun Wukong.]] |
| 70 | * NiceGuy: While a bit hard-headed at times, MK is a caring and heroic young man who is always willing to give others the benefit of the doubt, even his enemies. |
| 71 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:He admits he does this sometimes to lighten the mood.]] |
| 72 | * OddNameOut: He's the only hero referred to by his title rather than his name. In addition, he's the only one [[spoiler:who isn't either implied to be a descendant or reincarnation of the original Pilgrims.]] |
| 73 | * OnlyKnownByHisNickname: He either goes by MK or Monkie Kid, the latter of which is more of a superhero alias. It's heavily implied he has a real name that makes up the initials MK but no one calls him by it. "Sleep Bug" has someone see his real name and comment that it's a bit of a mouthful. |
| 74 | * PingPongNaivete: Despite being Monkey King’s number one fan, MK often goes back and forth on how much he actually knows about his mentor or his past throughout the show to most comedic and dramatic effect, such as being able to correctly list several key events from Monkey King’s life in one season then not even knowing about the significance of his waterfall the next. |
| 75 | * PowerLimiter: Intially, he ''does'' have all of Monkey King's powers, at full capacity, but they're far beyond his ability to control. Monkey King, with MK's permission, puts a limiter on his powers so he can grow into and hone them. |
| 76 | * PrimaryColorChampion: Is the main hero of the story and all his clothes are primarily {{red|IsHeroic}} and [[GoldColoredSuperiority yellow]]. |
| 77 | * SemiDivine: Given that he's inherited the powers of Monkey King as a normal delivery boy, he qualifies. [[spoiler:In Season 4, however, this takes on a different meaning for MK upon discovering that he's always had some kind of divine nature.]] |
| 78 | * TheSlacker: We are introduced to MK hearing the legend of how the Monkey King sealed the Demon Bull King... while he's supposed to be working. When confronted by Pigsy, he tries to say he was just about to go on break. As the show goes on as he is shown to be capable of working hard, [[spoiler:particularly in Season 2 as he begins taking his training even more seriously than before]], he just lacks patience and focus. |
| 79 | * StepfordSmiler: Throughout Season 2, he bottles up his fears about [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon]] and pretends he's fine in front of his friends. [[spoiler:Even more so in Season 4, since he's still not over what happened in the first three season arc.]] |
| 80 | * StockShonenHero: MK is hotheaded, dreams of becoming something great, does anything to help his friends and others around him, has superpowers, and he lives in an [[{{Animesque}} anime-like]] world. |
| 81 | * StoryBreakerPower: Initially in the pilot episode, he has all the powers of the Monkey King at his disposal, including full-on invincibility, is able to outright one-shot the Demon Bull King at the end of the pilot episode, and is even referred to by the news as overpowered in the first episode. Though as listed in BroughtDownToBadass, he gave up some of his power and invincibility. |
| 82 | * SuperMode: [[spoiler:Due to being a half-stone monkey, MK is (presumably) very capable of doing this, in "The Emperor's Wrath" special, he's got speed and strength that both Monkey King and Macaque can only dream of. Plus, he can create an avatar like the latter only made of chi]]. |
| 83 | * TookALevelInBadass: By Season 4, he's more or less mastered his abilities and [[spoiler:is even able to summon his own somersault cloud.]] [[spoiler:Then it turns out he's barely scratched the surface of what he's capable of upon the reveal of his monkey form, in which he can move lightning fast and hit even harder, not even needing his staff.]] |
| 84 | * UnwittingPawn: |
| 85 | ** Throughout Seasons 1 and 2 he is this for Lady Bone Demon, who manipulates events that cause him to inadvertently help her escape her imprisonment and gain the ingredients she needs for her plans. |
| 86 | ** [[spoiler:Happens again in Season 4, this time with Azure Lion tricking him into giving him the Memory Scroll and destroying its imprisonment spell so he can release his sworn brothers, and finally complete his goal to take over the Celestial Realm.]] |
| 87 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Is terrified of spiders. |
| 88 | * VagueAge: While MK is referred to in child-like terms by many characters (his own alias is "Monkie KID", after all) and is described as a "young boy" in marketing, the show depicts him as being old enough to live in his own apartment and have a drivers license (which the minimum age for in China is eighteen), both of which suggest he's actually a young adult -- though any time his age ''could'' be shown is intentionally blurred out. [[spoiler:With the Season 4 reveal that he isn't fully human and was more or less born a young child, this creates greater implications.]] |
| 89 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: |
| 90 | ** [[spoiler:In the Season 3 finale he chews Macaque out for always hiding behind a villainous mask and denying that there ''is'' good in him, when MK knows Macaque isn't nearly as evil as he likes to present himself.]] |
| 91 | ** Amazingly, the roles are reversed in Season 4, where Macaque ends up giving ''MK'' the encouragement he needs over [[spoiler:not letting his supposed destiny as a monkey-demon creature control his choices or keep him from being there for his friends]]. |
| 92 | * YoureNotMyFather: While MK does look up to Sun Wukong as his idol/hero, he never considers him as his father figure. That goes to Pigsy, which he finds a tad embarrassing. |
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| 95 | [[folder:Monkey King]] |
| 96 | !!Sun Wukong, the Monkey King |
| 97 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SeanSchemmel |
| 98 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monkey_king.png]] |
| 99 | |
| 100 | The legendary Monkey King, or Sun Wukong, himself. After having been missing for five hundred years and giving up his staff to trap the Demon Bull King, Monkey King chooses the young MK to be his successor, acting as his mentor throughout the show. |
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| 102 | * ActorAllusion: Arguably Sean Schemmel's most well-known role is as the English voice of Son Goku in the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' franchise. Son Goku of course is directly based on Sun Wukong. When Monkey King gets serious, Sean's performance sounds almost exactly like Goku’s. |
| 103 | * AdaptationalDumbass: In ''Journey to the West'', Sun Wukong’s power is matched by his intelligence and he had a specific reputation for his planning and trickery. In the show, while not stupid and still a trickster, he’s a ''lot'' less calculating than his original counterpart, with many of his biggest mistakes coming from acting on impulse and being outright terrible at thinking things through. |
| 104 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: While they share the same flaws, Sun Wukong is much, much kinder and less violent compared to his book counterpart -- even before his Journey to the West. |
| 105 | * AffectionateNickname: Monkey King repeatedly calls MK "bud". Macaque even mimics him mockingly when Monkey King shows up to fight him in "Macaque". [[spoiler:As Season 4 reveals, it also used to be his nickname for Macaque when they were still friends.]] |
| 106 | * AntiHero: In Season 2 and beyond. Monkey King has nothing but heroic intentions and genuinely wants to protect the world and ''especially'' MK from [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon]]. However, his flippant behavior and tendency to withhold information have led him to be largely seen as untrustworthy by most other deities, including those on the heroic side -- and in MK's case, his dishonesty with the young hero inadvertently creates more problems for the latter and causes his friends to come to the same conclusion (mainly Pigsy and [[spoiler:Mei]]). [[spoiler:He's also willing to outright kill his enemies, particularly when he was younger.]] |
| 107 | * TheAtoner: Monkey King made some bad decisions during his youth before he embarked on his RedemptionQuest in ''Journey To The West'', and during the series, the consequences of his actions in both the past and the present can sometimes come back to haunt him and hurt the people that he cares about. Wukong feels a lot of guilt over this - especially during [[spoiler:the episode "A Lifetime Of Mistakes", where he's forced to relive his greatest failures]] - but he nevertheless does try to learn from his mistakes, be a force for good in the world, and do right by his friends whenever he can. |
| 108 | * BadassInDistress: In spite of his immense power, he's been taken out of commission a number of times to make things harder for MK and his friends -- including getting captured, de-powered, [[spoiler:possessed, and imprisoned within a cursed scroll.]] |
| 109 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Monkey King usually has a very goofy and laidback personality, and he's a prankster at heart. He's also a very competent, experienced and immortal martial artist, who can be a real force to be reckoned with in battle when he decides to actually take a fight seriously. |
| 110 | * BrokenAce: |
| 111 | ** Even though he still displays a confident attitude as the legend he is, it's implied that Monkey King is very lonely after all these years of isolation on his mountain, but it's been so long that he's become placid towards it. And while he never talks about them, he has multiple sentimental mementos relating to his friends from the Journey to the West - including a VR game that he's apparently poured ''ten thousand hours into''. It's also implied a handful of times that he's a bit depressed about his immortality. |
| 112 | ** He fully becomes this by the end of Season 3, the final episodes, in particular, showing just how far he's fallen from the happy-go-lucky young hero he used to be. |
| 113 | ** Season 4 reveals that he had shades of this even before making his worst mistakes in life, as his constant climb for power came from fear of losing everything and everyone he cared about to mortality. |
| 114 | * BrokenPedestal: |
| 115 | ** Surprisingly averted with MK, who continues to believe and trust in him even when recognizing his flaws -- but this is PlayedStraight with Mei in Season 3 when it's revealed [[spoiler:he misled the team about having a real plan to stop Lady Bone Demon and that he knew all along that Mei is an unknown fourth ring of Samadhi, which only comes to light after she's been forcibly forged with the other three.]] She seems to have gotten over it by Season 4, however. |
| 116 | ** [[spoiler:As flashbacks in Season 4 shows he also became this to his former sworn brothers, particularly Azure Lion, for supposedly betraying them to join the Celestial Realm after his war on heaven failed.]] |
| 117 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 118 | ** Come Season 4, he's become more open and upfront with MK and the team following his HeelRealization and is even willing to admit that he sees all of them as his friends. He's also much more honest about how he [[TheAtoner wasn't always the hero MK knows him as in his youth.]] |
| 119 | ** Same with the past, as his hunger for immortality and power in his youth drove him to make some very damaging mistakes, and he ended up [[NeverMyFault taking out his anger over these failed decisions on those close to him]]. Tang Sanzang bringing him on his journey west helped him wise up a bit, even if he couldn't undo a lot of the damage he caused. |
| 120 | * TheChooserOfTheOne: Monkey King had apparently been watching MK for a while before he even encountered the staff, and decided to push him into a situation where he would need to lift it and fend off demons. Once MK proves he is capable of doing both, Monkey King officially decides that he is the one to be his successor and becomes his mentor. |
| 121 | * CuteLittleFangs: Monkey King has them, mostly shown when he's smiling. |
| 122 | * CutenessProximity: He finds [[spoiler:Chang'e's armored bunny security drone]] to be ''the cutest thing'' he's ever seen. |
| 123 | * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon successfully possesses him in "This Imperfect World", and has him under her control until MK manages to get through to him in "Destiny Fulfilled"]] |
| 124 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Monkey King means well, but he often makes snap decisions without discussing them with others, and whether or not they turn out to be correct they can still negatively those relying on him, a flaw that is implied to have ruined his past friendships. [[spoiler:His decisions regarding the Samadhi Fire throughout Season 3 almost backfired '' terribly'' because of this.]] |
| 125 | * DistressedDude: [[spoiler:In the "Embrace Your Destiny" special, he gets possessed by the Lady Bone Demon and basically becomes her puppet for a while, until MK manages to break her hold over him with ThePowerOfFriendship. In the "The Emperor’s Wrath" special, he gets trapped inside the Scroll of Memory and starts to feel crushed by the weight of his past mistakes, until MK and Macaque dive in after him to free him.]] |
| 126 | * DrunkWithPower: A sympathetic example — when he was young, Monkey King wanted to protect his home and friends from the inevitability of death...but his journey to gain enough immortality to do so only lead him to discovering that there was always ''more'' immortality to be found elsewhere. So he stole peaches from the celestial realm, then erased his name from the Underworld’s documents, ''then'' attempted to overthrow the Jade Emperor...you get the point. |
| 127 | * 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 acknowledges that his mentor [[WartsAndAll isn’t perfect but is still trying his best]]. |
| 128 | * EccentricMentor: Matching with his personality, Monkey King has a relaxed, silly, and rather ambiguous approach to mentoring MK, who often has no real idea what he's meant to be learning at first when it comes to their lessons. As the show goes on it becomes more obvious that this isn't exactly intentional on Monkey King's part, as this is his first run at being someone's teacher. |
| 129 | * EtTuBrute: In "Macaque", he isn't happy in the slightest, and more than a bit offended, when he realizes MK has been moonlighting with another mentor behind his back. |
| 130 | * FailedASpotCheck: Even though it seems like a strange oversight on his part, Season 4 shows that [[spoiler:Monkey King had ''no idea'' MK was a half-mystical monkey this whole time, in spite of acknowledging how MK is mastering his powers even quicker than HE did.]] |
| 131 | * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Even though Lady Bone Demon manages to possess Monkey King in the "Embrace Your Destiny" Special, it's heavily implied he was partly conscious the entire time, and it takes every ounce of power the former has to keep him suppressed. In "Destiny Fulfilled", seeing MK's refusal to give up on him is all he needed to break through.]] |
| 132 | * FirstNameBasis: He seems to exclusively go by his title nowadays despite using his full name in the past, and even then there are only a couple characters that refer to him by his first name “Wukong” in the present day -- those being Ne Zha, despite their vitriolic relationship, and Macaque, his former best friend. |
| 133 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: His clothing and BattleAura have a prominent golden color, and he is one of the most powerful entities on the show. |
| 134 | * {{Guyliner}}: This iteration of Monkey King is drawn with longer and more visible lashes than most of the other males in the cast. |
| 135 | * HeelRealization: |
| 136 | ** In Season 3 he realizes that he hasn't been the best mentor to MK, and has inadvertently forced the latter and his friends to bear the fallout of his mistakes throughout his time with them. [[spoiler:He genuinely apologizes for all this at the end of the "Embrace Your Destiny" special, resolving to do better.]] |
| 137 | ** Season 4 shows how he's also long had one of these over his past mistakes, namely how his obsession with gaining power and immortality in his youth [[MortalityPhobia out of fear]] led him astray and distracted him from what he most cared about. |
| 138 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 139 | ** [[spoiler:After the Samadhi fire ritual goes horribly wrong and Mei fiercely calls him out for putting the whole group in danger, Monkey King feels incredibly guilty about it and starts to distance himself from the rest of the team as a result. This persists until he gets a chance to properly apologize to MK for his mistakes as a mentor at the end of Season 3, to which MK forgives him.]] |
| 140 | ** [[spoiler:When he’s trapped inside the Scroll of Memory, he's forced to relive all of his greatest failures and shortcomings. By the time MK and Macaque dive in after him, he's practically drowning in his own guilt, shame and self-loathing. Thankfully, MK manages to improve his spirits by reaffirming his faith in him as a mentor, flaws and all, and encouraging him to keep making amends for his past mistakes.]] |
| 141 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 142 | ** Despite acting otherwise, it's implied that five hundred years of isolation has really done a number on Monkey King mentally and emotionally, with hints that he isn't really as happy with his immortality as he used to be and that he still grieves over his old companions, who have all seemingly long passed on. In the Season 3 finale special, Ne Zha directly tells MK that while Monkey King tries to be aloof and take on everything by himself, he "isn't the loner he pretends to be." |
| 143 | ** While Wukong comes across as goofy and playful and unwilling to get involved in most of MK's battles, he has and will kill if he deems it necessary. In "Shadow Play" it's revealed that [[spoiler:his former closest friend Macaque died at Wukong's hands, and later he is willing to kill the Lady Bone Demon's human host in order to stop her.]] |
| 144 | * {{Hypocrite}}: PlayedForLaughs mostly but it is frequently pointed out that given his past, Monkey King is the last person who should be teaching others the value of hard work, patience, and humility. |
| 145 | * ImmortalsFearDeath: As stated by Macaque in "A Lifetime Of Mistakes", Monkey King was deeply afraid of death to the point of stealing peaches of immortality, crossing out his name from the Book of the Dead, and even attempting to dethrone the Jade Emperor came from this fear. |
| 146 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is ''Sun Wukong'', after all. Isolating himself for five hundred years hasn't done his attitude any favors, but he truly cares for MK and the safety of the world and has good intentions in his often ambiguous teaching methods towards the latter. |
| 147 | * LetsGetDangerous: While he's never come across as goofy enough to qualify as a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, the first two seasons have him act primarily as a mentor, albeit willing to step in if things get too much for MK. Even then, he generally maintains his laid-back demeanor in both lessons and during his interventions in fights. While Season 3 ups the stakes, his power has diminished for the most part and he's still willing to engage in antics with the others. Then comes the finale. [[spoiler:After Mei's WhatTheHellHero speech, he decides to finish things alone, gunning straight for the Lady Bone Demon herself. The subsequent fight has him [[NoNonsenseNemesis dropping the theatrics and wasting no time trying to]] ''[[NoNonsenseNemesis end her]]'', with it taking everything she has, along with plenty of assistance from [[TheDragon The Mayor]] just to ''survive''. Throughout this whole thing, he never lets up on the attack, and it's only a brief hesitation at harming the body of the girl that she's inhabiting that lets her turn it around by possessing him, an act of desperation from the previously perpetually composed {{Chessmaster}}]]. |
| 148 | * LightDarknessJuxtaposition: The {{light|IsGood}} to Macaque's darkness, whether they are fighting, [[spoiler:or after the latter's HeelfFaceTurn]]. |
| 149 | * ManChild: What else can you expect from the one and only Monkey King? Though it does get downplayed as Monkey King has more or less matured after all his adventures and mischief when he was younger. |
| 150 | * MischiefMakingMonkey: Monkey King is a crafty and cunning trickster at heart, who enjoys teasing his friends and has defeated several of his enemies by outsmarting them. |
| 151 | * MortalityPhobia: Monkey King had a major case of this in his youth, which according to Macaque is something he’d always had, and explains why he was once so obsessed with gaining endless amounts of immortality. Monkey King himself states that it started out as just wanting to protect those he cared about, but it became something of an addiction along the way. |
| 152 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In Season 3, [[spoiler:he has this silent reaction after revealing he knew Mei was the fourth Ring of Samadhi (due to a mistake he made in the first ritual that impacted her distant great-grandfather Ao Lie) and she in turn almost consumes everyone and herself in flames, making him realize just how his impulsive decisions and dishonesty throughout the past two seasons has not only ''played right into Lady Bone Demon's plans'', but has hurt the people who rely on and believe in him. This leads him to decide that he needs to defeat Lady Bone Demon alone, leaving MK and his friends behind once more.]] |
| 153 | --> '''Monkey King:''' [[spoiler:Mei was right. I need to stop dragging you into my fights. All of you. I'm sorry, bud -- I need you to sit this one out.]] |
| 154 | * MyGreatestFailure: |
| 155 | ** As mentioned previously, [[spoiler:he deeply regrets how his mistake during the ritual to separate the Samadhi Fire lead to a fourth piece of it becoming sealed in his friend Ao Lie -- which would eventually lead to the latter's thousand times great-granddaughter Mei having to burden the destructive power; see MyGodWhatHaveIDone.]] |
| 156 | ** In Season 4, he owns up to how most of the mistakes he's made in his past, including his failed conquest against the Celestial Realm, came from his obsession with gaining power growing out of control and making him [[DrunkWithPower lose sight of his intention to simply protect everything he cared for]] -- the worst part being how this directly lead to his friendship with [[spoiler: Macaque]] falling apart. |
| 157 | * 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. |
| 158 | * 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. |
| 159 | * NoodleIncident: In "Impossible Delivery", he mentions getting ''thirty-seven emails'' from his lawyer because of some legal troubles he's been having recently, and never offers up any details about that. |
| 160 | * OldShame: In-universe, while most of the time Monkey King is very proud of his past exploits, there are a few he wished people would forget. When MK almost brings up the time he [[spoiler:peed in the Buddha's hand]], Monkey King quickly shushes him. |
| 161 | * PapaWolf: Despite his lax attitude, Monkey King has proven he cares very deeply for MK -- showing up to protect him from Macaque after the latter steals his powers, [[spoiler:or using the last of his strength to save MK from Lady Bone Demon in the Season 2 finale. When MK and Monkey King face Azure Lion together as a team at the end of Season 4, Monkey King grows very concerned about MK whenever it seems like his pupil might be in real danger, and the first thing he does once the battle is over is make sure MK is okay.]]. |
| 162 | * PerformanceAnxiety: Despite his prideful personality, he has stage fright. |
| 163 | * PoorCommunicationKills: A whole lot of the conflict within the show could be avoided if Monkey King would simply ''be honest'' with his successor. |
| 164 | ** Monkey King chooses NOT to tell MK about [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon or the threat she poses in Season 2, instead abruptly going on "vacation" to find a way to defeat her himself]]. In many ways, this decision only made things worse for MK, who [[spoiler:found out about Lady Bone Demon anyway and was forced to face her alone while he was gone.]] |
| 165 | ** In Season 3 he doesn't get much better; keeping [[spoiler:the true goal of his plan, and the fact that Mei is harboring the fire of Samadhi]], to himself. By the time he comes clean, it's ''far'' too late. |
| 166 | * PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:After he gains the upper-hand during their fight, Monkey King utters one to Lady Bone Demon, which also doubles as a {{Callback}} to one of their first confrontations in the series. However, he never gets a chance to land the killing blow.]] |
| 167 | -->'''Sun Wukong:''' [[spoiler:I told you, you should have stayed buried!]] |
| 168 | * RetiredBadass: Monkey King is explicitly stated to be retired, hence why he chooses MK to be his successor. He does still step in to help if things get too much to handle, of course. [[spoiler:Season 2 starts with him [[PutOnABus going on vacation,]] but he's actually looking for information on Lady Bone Demon's plans and figuring out how to stop her.]] |
| 169 | * RichesToRags: [[spoiler:In Season 3, Monkey King wears his old travel clothes after his regal garb was left in tatters by the end of Season 2, knocked down back to the same kind of position he was in during ''the Journey to The West''.]] |
| 170 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: In Season 3, [[spoiler:he thinks the Samadhi Fire is the only way to stop the Lady Bone Demon. While he is right, his actual plan was more or less making himself its vessel after removing the fourth ring from Mei and hoping for the best when it's more than likely it would have burned through him. It ends up being ''Mei's'' dragon ancestry and her will to control the Fire that allows her to make it her own and keep Lady Bone Demon from using it to destroy the world.]] |
| 171 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:After coming to the conclusion that the only weapon strong enough to defeat Lady Bone Demon is the Samadhi Fire -- which has been deemed too dangerous and uncontrollable to let loose in the world by celestial beings and demon kind alike -- he goes against the oath he made with Prince Ne Zha and Demon Bull King to keep it hidden and becomes dead-set on reforging it.]] |
| 172 | * SillySimian: When he's in good spirits, Monkey King is usually shown to be a silly, laidback and mischievous person who does whatever he likes and loves to tease people, friend and foe alike. However, he also knows when it's time to get serious, when the stakes are high. |
| 173 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: Monkey King's mentoring style could be seen at this due to being "retired" and thus unwilling to be involved in most of the conflict that arises, mostly giving MK a single lesson to learn and sending him off to figure it out through trial-and-error. He'll flip the switch when he thinks something is too much for MK to handle [[PapaWolf or when the young man's life is truly on the line]], however. Even so, there have been a few times when he has been called out on what others (mainly Pigsy) see as a half-hearted approach to being a mentor. |
| 174 | * SmugSuper: Monkey King is an example that's largely PlayedForLaughs. On more than one occasion, he has boasted to his friends about how his immortality does have its perks, and when the whole gang ventures into space in "Cooking With Chang'e", he reassures the others that he won't need protection from the vacuum because "Spacesuits are for dorky mortals". |
| 175 | * SureLetsGoWithThat: At the end of "Impossible Delivery", MK guesses that his latest misadventure was meant to be a test of his focus and patience, and Monkey King decides to let him believe that, when truthfully he just wanted some noodles. |
| 176 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Peaches and peach-flavored chips, a reference to how he stole immortality-inducing peaches from the Heavenly Orchard in the original tale. |
| 177 | * TookALevelInJerkass: In his past, Monkey King was an impetuous but well-meaning young monkey who just wanted strength and immortality to protect his home and friends, but became arrogant and reckless as his obsession with power only got worse. [[spoiler:The anger he felt over his failed conquest of the Celestial Realm and subsequent mountain-imprisonment fully turned him out an outright jerk, namely [[NeverMyFault lashing out at and driving away Macaque]], only getting better [[RedemptionQuest thanks to the Journey to the West.]]]] He’s gotten better nowadays, though he’s can still be a bit inconsiderate. |
| 178 | * UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:At the end of Season 4, he was trapped inside a piece of the Memory Scroll broken by Azure Lion, who didn't know if anything or anyone could release him from that state. Thankfully, through the use of some tape, he was able to escape.]] |
| 179 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: |
| 180 | ** Likely his relationship with Demon Bull King - Within the ''Journey To The West'', Monkey King and Demon Bull King were once sworn brothers, which the Chinese dub of the show, in particular, makes reference to. [[spoiler:This is confirmed in Season 4.]] |
| 181 | --->'''Monkey King:''' I've honestly missed that guy. |
| 182 | ** In an AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul, he and Macaque were once friends long, long ago, before Monkey King attained his powers and became the hero he is, but their conflict centuries ago ended that. Season 4 also shows that [[spoiler:Macaque was also part of Monkey King's circle of sworn brothers, and their friendship crumbled when the aftermath of their failed conquest of the Celestial Realm embittered both of them against one another.]] It takes "The Emperor's Wrath" special for them to finally reconcile, slowly starting to mend their relationship. |
| 183 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: While Monkey King actively chose to become immortal once and has adjusted to the modern world just fine, it's implied a few times that his loneliness is only compounded by the fact he will never be able to die, especially since his old friends from his journey west are gone. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 3, he admits to MK that he didn't actually think about just how long he would live for.]] |
| 184 | * WillfullyWeak: |
| 185 | ** Monkey King has come to be much more mindful of the collateral damage his power can cause since his youth, such as holding back during his fight with Macaque so the nearby MK won't be harmed. |
| 186 | ---> '''Macaque:''' The old you would have leveled this whole mountain range to stop me! But you're scared of hurting some kid?! Pathetic! |
| 187 | ** [[spoiler:He also holds back during his fights with Ne Zha -- someone he respects -- in Season 3, which the latter realizes while watching the former battle Lady Bone Demon, where he ''isn't'' pulling his punches.]] |
| 188 | * WouldHitAGirl: Monkey King does not have any qualms about fighting off female villains, the same as male ones, when the situation calls for it. [[spoiler:And in the "Embrace Your Destiny" special, he was going to kill the Lady Bone Demon on the spot, to put an end to her reign of terror, before she possessed him at the last second to save herself from him.]] |
| 189 | * WouldHurtAChild: An arguably justified example. [[spoiler:During his battle with Lady Bone Demon, the she-demon taunts him by questioning if he's really willing to kill her host, an innocent little girl, to defeat her. To which Monkey King responds that he absolutely ''would'', even if it hurts him to do so. He ''very nearly'' makes good on this claim too. Lady Bone Demon only gets away by possessing him at the last moment.]] |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Mei Dragon]] |
| 193 | !!Mei Dragon |
| 194 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/StephanieSheh |
| 195 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mei_dragon.png]] |
| 196 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Mei's Hero attire]]\ |
| 197 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hero_mei.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | MK's best friend, an upbeat biker girl and descendent of the Dragon of the West. |
| 200 | ---- |
| 201 | * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: In Season 4, she dismisses Shifu Subodhi’s criticisms of her impulsivity and assumes she and her friends can get by on raw power alone, which leads her to preemptively lead an assault against the Brotherhood even with [[spoiler: MK and Monkey King gone]]. This fails, ''badly'', and causes her to realize they ''need'' to start going into things with a plan before hand. |
| 202 | * AdaptationalBadass: Going by how the rest of the gang are clear parallels to the pilgrims in ''Journey to the West'', Mei is one to Ao Lie, the dragon who served as Sanzang's steed. While Ao Lie didn't get to do much, Mei gets a lot of focus on how powerful and competent she is. |
| 203 | * ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:In the Season 3 finale, it's revealed she carries one of the Samadhi Rings inside her, making her a key component to forging the fire of Samadhi, a magical fire so powerful it could burn the entire world - and also all of reality itself, according to Red Son.]] |
| 204 | * BadPowersGoodPeople: Downplayed when she [[spoiler:comes to possess the Samadhi Fire; while the Fire itself isn't inherently evil, it's extremely uncontrollable and capable of destroying the universe itself — but thanks to Mei's determination to do good and help her friends, she's able to harness it's power and wield it as her own.]] |
| 205 | * BadassBiker: She's a sword-wielding ActionGirl who is first seen riding a cool [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon-themed]] motorbike. |
| 206 | * BeneathTheMask: She's genuinely supportive of MK getting training from Monkey King and becoming a superhero... however, it's shown in Season 3 that even before having officially met Monkey King she's resented him due witnessing to MK being constantly put in danger or left alone under his mentorship. |
| 207 | * BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Undergoes this BIG TIME in "The Samadhi Fire". After having several nightmarish visions of herself being consumed by the Fire throughout the season, she is forcibly forged with it as the unknowing fourth Ring of Samadhi - learning that Monkey King ''knew the whole time'', as he messed up during the first ritual to separate the Fire and a stray piece became sealed within her ancestor Ao Lie. She ''loses it'' over this reveal, nearly burning her friends alive in rage and despair. Even though MK manages to snap her out of it, she's absolutely distraught, flying away to isolate herself so she won't hurt them again.]] |
| 208 | * CoolSword: The Jade Dragon Blade, a cool jade and ivory sword in the shape of a dragon that shoots a deadly SwordBeam. |
| 209 | * CommonalityConnection: With Red Son. 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.]] |
| 210 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: After not receiving much spotlight in Season 2, Season 3 focuses on Mei almost as much as MK, delving more into her ancestry and her powers. |
| 211 | * DubNameChange: Like MK she also has a different name in the Chinese dubs of the show, Lóng Xiǎojiāo. |
| 212 | * EmeraldPower: Her powers manifest with a green aura and are ''incredibly'' potent, only being second to MK in terms of damage. |
| 213 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: She shows up in the pilot to rescue MK when he's fleeing from Red Son, but doesn't seem to understand the gravity of the situation at first, thinking it's a game of tag and saying she wanted to join in. Once MK explains the situation, however, she immediately [[TranquilFury asks where]] [[ImpliedDeathThreat Red Son lives]], showing her as a bubbly and upbeat girl who doesn't tolerate anyone hurting her friends. |
| 214 | * FatalFlaw: Impulsivity, and the unwillingness to slow down and evaluate her situation. |
| 215 | * FireForgedFriends: She and MK are this with Red Son by the end of Season 3, [[spoiler:quite literally]]. |
| 216 | * ForgotAboutHerPowers: Despite mastering it last season, [[spoiler:Mei doesn't think to use the Samadhi Fire at all during Season 4]]. [[spoiler:In "Roast of the Monkie Kids", Shifu Subodhi implies that she no longer ''has'' the Samadhi Fire for some reason.]] |
| 217 | * TheGadfly: She greatly enjoys teasing Red Son, both before and after they become allies -- granted, he does make it way too easy for her. |
| 218 | * GenkiGirl: Mei is very cheerful, upbeat, and a bit eccentric, made clear in her first appearance when she sees MK being chased by a furious Red Son as a fun race. However, she is also shown to be a voice of reason for MK at times. |
| 219 | * GirlishPigtails: Mei has part of her hair tied in small pigtails. |
| 220 | * HeroicLineage: Mei invokes this due to being descended from the Dragon of the West, her family given his power in the form of the Dragon Blade that's been passed down through her line of noble dragon ancestors. This also means she's related to Ao Lie, one of the pilgrims in the original ''Journey to the West''. |
| 221 | * HeroesLoveDogs: Numerous instances highlight Mei's love of dogs, particularly puppies. |
| 222 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In "The Corrupted King", she willingly allows herself to be taken by Monkey King, who had been possessed by Lady Bone Demon, to protect MK.]] |
| 223 | * HiddenDisdainReveal: Gradually in Season 3 where it's revealed just how much she resents Monkey King for repeatedly abandoning MK and never being straightforward to any of them with his plans. [[spoiler:This culminates in a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when Monkey King's secrecy indirectly leads to her becoming an unwilling vessel for the Samadhi Fire.]] |
| 224 | * HotBlooded: While she's always been passionate, Season 4 addresses just how reckless and aggressive she can get when trying to protect those she loves, and can't grasp why others think of this as a flaw. |
| 225 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: She struggles with this during season 4 -- she’s outwardly confident (borderline arrogant) in her abilities, but she’s still afraid of disappointing her friends and being powerless to protect them, which is why she acts so recklessly. |
| 226 | * InstantExpert: She figured out how to manifest a dragon aura for attacking just by watching her uncle do it. [[spoiler:Even more impressively, in the "Embrace Your Destiny" special she learns how to properly wield the uncontrollable Samadhi Fire in a couple of days ''at most'' under Red Son's training -- who comments that she is indeed a quick learner.]] |
| 227 | * MythicalMotifs: As one would imagine from seeing the other tropes, Mei is very heavily associated with dragons from Chinese mythology. |
| 228 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: While Mei can't transform into a dragon, she emits a dragon aura whenever she uses her sword at full power, summons her CoolBike, or even when she gets angry. Also, while she and her parents are (seemingly) fully human, she is still descended from ''actual'' dragons. [[spoiler:To further this, Ao Lie (who was considered to be more of a dragon than human) was able to switch between human and dragon form with ease.]] |
| 229 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: "Coming Home" has her frequently worried as the WellDoneDaughterGal when her parents ask her to look after the manor filled with valuable artifacts. Luckily, their love for her eases this burden. |
| 230 | ** This is also PlayedForLaughs in "Calabash" where Jin and Yin make her out to be in love with MK, where in reality she would likely be just as disgusted with the notion as MK is. |
| 231 | * OverTheShoulderCarry: Pigsy is forced to carry a tearful Mei like this when she refuses to leave after Princess Iron Fan seemingly kills MK. |
| 232 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: In Season 3, [[spoiler:she effectively but ''very unwillingly'' becomes this when she is forged with the Samadhi Fire]]. |
| 233 | * PlatonicLifePartners: With MK. The two share an incredibly strong bond, with Mei being MK's biggest voice of support while also his voice of reason at times, and is ''fiercely'' protective of him. In the ''A Hero is Born'' special, the moment she found out Red Son was trying to kill MK, this was her response. |
| 234 | -->'''Mei:''' Well in that case...! ''(Preparing her phone to summon her bike, sporting a menacing look)'' '''Where does he live???''' |
| 235 | * PlayingWithFire: In Season 3, [[spoiler:she is forged with the incredibly destructive Samadhi Fire, but despite its uncontrollable nature she is capable of containing it thanks to her dragon ancestry. After getting some fire training from Red Son in the "Embrace Your Destiny" special, she embraces its power and is able to wield it as her own.]] |
| 236 | * PhoneaholicTeenager: Though it can't be said if she's actually still a teenager, she's often seen with her phone in hand and apparently carries spares around if one should break. |
| 237 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In Season 3, [[spoiler:while being consumed by the power of the Samadhi Fire, Mei absolutely ''loses it'' at Monkey King for hiding that he knew about the fourth ring within her all along and making false promises about having a thought-out plan to stop Lady Bone Demon when they all trusted him with their lives, and how his decisions have hurt or left MK alone over the course of the past two seasons.]] |
| 238 | ** In Season 4, she also gives one of these to Ao Lie (not knowing who he is) when he hesitates to use his full strength against Kui Mulang, telling him he doesn’t deserve power if he’s not going to use to protect those he loves. However, he fires back that it’s best to learn ''how’’ to use power first in order to really protect anybody. |
| 239 | * SheCleansUpNicely: Even though it's intentionally completely out of character, In "Calabash", Mei looked really cute dressed up. |
| 240 | ** Happens again in "Dragon of the East Palace", where an attendant dresses her up in elegant clothes. Mei loves the outfit but laments that there isn't a place to put her weaponry. |
| 241 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Mei is the only girl on MK's team, though not the only major female character in the show. |
| 242 | * SpeciesSurname: Her last name is "Dragon", and she's descended from the ''Dragon'' of the West. |
| 243 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's a "rough-and-tumble" young woman who greatly enjoys racing and fighting, and in "Calabash" it's played ''completely'' out of character for her to be interested in romance or dolled up in traditionally feminine clothes. However, she also loves puppies and cute things (she even sleeps with an adorable dragon plushie), wears makeup, and [[spoiler:loves the dress she's put in when she arrives at the Great Dragon of the East's palace in Season 3 (albeit still choosing to carry her sword while doing so).]] |
| 244 | * UndyingLoyalty: To her friends, in particular MK, as she states to her distant great-uncle Ao Guang in "Great Grand Dragon of The East". |
| 245 | --> '''Ao Guang''': You are a descendant of the Dragon Clan! Your allegiance is to your family!\ |
| 246 | '''Mei''': My allegiance ''is'' to my family. But also to my ''friends!'' |
| 247 | * WellDoneDaughterGal: Being descended from the Dragon of the West, Mei feels pressured to live up to her heritage, particularly by her parents. However, they acknowledge her after she shows she can wield the Dragon Blade, and reaffirm their love for her. |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[folder:Pigsy]] |
| 251 | !!Pigsy |
| 252 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/DaveBMitchell |
| 253 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pigsy.png]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | The owner of Pigsy's Noodles and MK's boss. He's often grumpy with MK's irresponsible behavior when it comes to being a hero, but is always there to look out for him. |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: His Journey to the West counterpart, Zhu Bajie, apparently got in trouble for hitting on the goddess Chang’e. Pigsy is just an admirer of her cooking, and is much more respectful toward her and women in general. |
| 258 | * AscendedFanboy: Went from being a fan of Chang'e's cooking show to not only gifting Chang'e his noodle recipe but starring in an episode of her show. |
| 259 | * BerserkButton: MK slacking off his job, not listening to Pigsy when he lectures him, and Tang's constant attempts to freeload off his restaurant. |
| 260 | * CharacterDevelopment: He was a bit more easily annoyed with and tougher on MK in Season 1 due to how much the latter goofed off both before and after getting his powers. Season 2 shows MK becoming more responsible, which in turn shows Pigsy softening up with him and expressing pride at how much he has grown. |
| 261 | ** By Season 3, he's also become much more outward about his appreciation for Tang's presence in his life. |
| 262 | * ColorCodedWizardry: When his powers do manifest, they have a pink aura. |
| 263 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Pigsy enters the scene by knocking a bowl out of MK's hands before catching it and yelling at both him and Tang for costing him money, but both MK and Tang take the scolding in stride, with Tang able to tease him. Pigsy affirms his rivalry with the noodle shop across the street before sending MK out on his delivery runs and yelling at Tang for trying to take the noodles behind his back, showing that he's a gruff, hardworking guy who his friends and family know means well. |
| 264 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tang. The two have known each other for years, Tang has met Pigsy's parents, and they spend most of their time with one another, even coparenting MK. Tang even says that he's dedicated his life to Pigsy while talking to his predecesor, Zhu Bajie. |
| 265 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 266 | ** He has a rather serious addiction to Ping Pong, which is shown in "Pig Pong Panic" to activate something of a SuperPoweredEvilSide of his. [[spoiler:However, by the Season 3 finale special he's apparently gotten a hold on it, using those skills in the final battle against Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 267 | ** He's revealed in "Benched" to have an amazing singing voice. |
| 268 | * IHatePastMe: [[spoiler:Pigsy isn't too fond of the idea he's the reincarnation of Zhu Bajie, seeing as he was a bad cook and ate people. Pigsy considers himself and Zhu Bajie as two different people.]] |
| 269 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Extremely gruff and short-tempered, but is still noble and brave. Manifests especially prominently with MK, whom he is often at his wit's end with, yet [[LikeASonToMe practically loves like a son.]] |
| 270 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: In Season 3, he's shown to be a huge fan of the goddess Chang'e and sees her as his inspiration, and decides to express his gratitude for her by giving her one of his family recipes. |
| 271 | * OnlySaneMan: He's always the most mature member of the team and is often the first to point out major concerns about any given situation, especially when it comes to MK's foolhardiness with his powers often putting himself and his friends in trouble. |
| 272 | * PapaWolf: Despite all the trouble MK causes him, Pigsy is always ready to protect the young hero and tries his best to keep him from getting into trouble. |
| 273 | * ParentalSubstitute: Given there has never been any mention of MK's parents throughout the entire show, Pigsy takes up this role in his life. [[spoiler:In fact, Season 4 reveals that he took MK in when he was a child with no memories of his past or his family.]] |
| 274 | * SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler:He experiences this when MK's team thought Princess Iron Fan killed him.]] |
| 275 | * SupremeChef: His noodles are reportedly amazing, with Tang calling his food a “work of genius” and even has several former villains ordering from him by the end of Season 3. |
| 276 | * TookALevelInBadass: Pigsy, after going through the Memory Scroll, awakens his abilities [[spoiler:via his past life as Zhu Bajie,]] not only gaining a weapon but an increase of his strength, capable of giving Sha Wujing a run for his money. |
| 277 | * WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:In the Season 2 finale, Pigsy lays a brief one of these on Monkey King after MK is nearly killed by Lady Bone Demon and the former wasn't there to help him.]] |
| 278 | --> '''Pigsy:''' [[spoiler:What could have been so important that you'd leave MK alone to face that - that THING?! You're supposed to be his mentor!]] |
| 279 | * WholeCostumeReference: If you exchange the noodles logo for a gold chain, his pyjamas (as seen in [[Recap/MonkieKidS2E972Transformations 72 Transformations]]) are identical to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Grunkle Stan's]] undergarments, right down to the stripes on his shorts. |
| 280 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Has this kind of relationship with Tang, the two bicker often but ultimately have each other's backs. |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Mr. Tang]] |
| 284 | !!Tang |
| 285 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/DavidChen |
| 286 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tang_2.png]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | A regular at Pigsy's Noodles and resident Monkey King expert who tries to get out of paying for his meals by sharing "tales of wisdom" with MK. |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * AmbiguouslyGay: He spends most of his screentime in Pigsy's orbit, and is completely indifferent to the Spider and Scorpion Queen's advances towards him (only remaining with the latter because he thought she had prepared a huge banquet for him). He's seen sitting in Pigsy's lap during the final battle with The Lady Bone Demon, outright ''snuggles'' against him in season 4, and during the [[BeachEpisode Beach Episode]] at the end of the season 4 special, you can count the number of times they're apart on one hand. |
| 291 | * BeneathTheMask: In Season 3, it's shown that his reputation as a freeloader and pretentious attitude is a front for not really knowing his purpose in life. That being said, he does know that he wants to be there for his friends above all else and believes they give him strength. |
| 292 | * BigEater: While usually seen eating Pigsy's noodles, he doesn't pass up the opportunity to eat large portions of food. Shown in "Amnesia Rules", where he [[spoiler:would rather eat a large banquet of food than ''escape his own kidnapping'']]. |
| 293 | * BlindWithoutEm: After reverting to his present self in "The Great Tang Man", he's quite startled to realize he doesn't have his glasses, frantically reaching around for them and noting he can't see without them. |
| 294 | * BrilliantButLazy: Basically Shifu Subodhi’s assessment of him in Season 4 -- despite possessing an aptitude for magic and having plenty of scholarly knowledge on mystical lore, his biggest drawback is his unwillingness to apply himself to diligent study and trying to “cram-before-the-test” instead. |
| 295 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: He's a ''lot'' calmer and snarkier in Season 1. "Wow, MK, you look like hot garbage." |
| 296 | * ColorCodedWizardry: His powers manifest with a golden aura. |
| 297 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Tang serves as the show's representation of Tang Sanzang, but is practically his opposite; Tang Sanzang was an enlightened monk known for his spirituality, while Tang is frequently a petty freeloader at Pigsy's shop, and not filling the same central role Sanzang did. Less of the case in Season 3, when Tang begins to express the same pacifistic qualities that Sanzang was known to have in the face of conflict -- [[spoiler:and is then revealed to have the same defensive magical abilities as the show's iteration of Sanzang.]] |
| 298 | ** Season 4 reveals that [[spoiler:Tang Sanzang and Tang have opposite flaws. While Tang Sazang was a hard-working monk who knew about the inner workings of his powers, he never saw the value of friendship until he went on the ''Journey to the West''. In contrast, Tang values his friendships deeply, but hasn't put any work into developing his powers-- or work ethic.]] |
| 299 | * CowardlyLion: As the least powerful member of the team he is usually the most reluctant to face the numerous demons that come their way, but he ends up getting many more moments of courage as the show goes on. |
| 300 | * DeadpanSnarker: Gets the best moments of this. |
| 301 | --> '''Tang''': You just ''had'' to go in there.\ |
| 302 | '''Pigsy''': She said she had ingredients!\ |
| 303 | '''Tang''': I don't think that's what you were looking for, Pigsy. |
| 304 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Tang is the narrator for the prologue battle between Demon Bull King and Monkey King, before it's revealed to be a story he's telling MK, where he asks for a bowl of noodles as trade, showcasing both his rich knowledge of all things Monkey King as well as his freeloader nature. |
| 305 | * FanBoy: He's Monkey King's biggest fan after MK, made clear by his utter joy at getting to see all the artifacts and powers from the lore for himself, and especially when he gets to meet Monkey King in person. |
| 306 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pigsy. He spends most of his time with Pigsy, eating his food and hanging out in his restaurant, and he's even met Pigsy's parents. He outright tells Zhu Bajie that he has devoted his life to Pigsy, and knows his noodle recipe so well that he can perfectly recite it. |
| 307 | * HiddenDepths: Season 3 reveals [[spoiler: he has secret feelings of inadequacy compared to the rest of the group and grapples with feeling useless to them. Come Season 4, they haven't fully gone away, but he stresses that he still wants to stay by their sides and help them.]] |
| 308 | * LightIsGood: Firmly on the side of good, [[spoiler:with the Golden Cicada's light abilities to boot]]. |
| 309 | * TheLoad: He sometimes helps the team with his knowledge of the Monkey King's backstory, but leaving that aside he does little to help the team unless he has no choice. Otherwise, he spends his time mostly eating noodles. He begins to step up more in Season 2, however. Fully averted come Season 3, [[spoiler:when Tang expresses that he wants to provide more than his scholarly skills -- which leads to him singlehandedly standing up to Macaque in "Benched", and unlocking into hidden magical abilities presumably unknown to him.]] |
| 310 | * HowDoIShootWeb: [[spoiler:Season 4 shows that despite the impressive feats he performed in Season 3, he still doesn't really know how to control his powers without proper study.]] |
| 311 | * PapaWolf: While not quite to the extent as Pigsy, he calls himself a father figure to MK in "Noodles or Death" and ''will'' move to protect him and Mei. Examples are firing a warning shot at Huntsman in "Dumpling Destruction," and immediately moving to Mei's defense/trying to protect her from Macaque in Season 3. |
| 312 | * MrExposition: When there's Monkey King lore that needs explaining, expect him to begin talking. |
| 313 | * ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait: It's all but stated he might be a reincarnation of Tang Sanzang, [[spoiler:as in Season 3, he's revealed to have Golden Cicada magical abilities, and in the "Embrace Your Destiny" special Pigsy points out how he has the exact same name as the monk.]] |
| 314 | * TheSmartGuy: While not exactly a genius, Tang has the most extensive knowledge of Monkey King and the mythical lore of the heroes, which is used to help the team multiple times. [[spoiler:In the Season 2 finale, he is also the first to realize that the team needs to retreat when faced with Lady Bone Demon, observing that all of MK's attacks only make her stronger.]] |
| 315 | * TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Threatens The Curse in season 4 by saying "You’re about to see why they call me 'Mister' Tang!" |
| 316 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Sometimes refers to himself in the third person. |
| 317 | * TokenHuman: [[spoiler: With Season 4 revealing MK as part-mystic monkey]], Tang is the only fully-human member of the team, albeit with magical abilities. |
| 318 | * TookALevelInBadass: Season 3 has him unlocking magical abilities he inherited from [[spoiler: Tang Sanzang, his past life]]. |
| 319 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: He was initially the only character in the main cast who didn't have a LEGO Minifigure, but this was later rectified in the second wave of LEGO sets. |
| 320 | * VitriolicBestBuds: While he and Pigsy often butt heads, with the latter constantly mad at Tang for freeloading off his restaurant, they're ultimately best friends and can be seen showing how much they care about each other. By Season 4, he refers to himself as Pigsy’s "Tangy." |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder:Sandy]] |
| 324 | !!Sandy |
| 325 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/PatrickSeitz |
| 326 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_sandy.png]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | An old friend of Pigsy's who used to be a rage-fueled warrior, but has since changed his ways to a tea-loving pacifist. He usually only shows up for water adventures. |
| 329 | ---- |
| 330 | * AllLovingHero: Easily demonstrated by his encounter with Huntsman, he much prefers talking things over and finding ways to befriend enemies over fighting. |
| 331 | * AmbiguousSituation: In "To Catch A Leaf", Sandy experiences flashbacks that seemingly include Zhu Bajie along with scenes of battle taking place a long time ago, but whether they are his own memories - or perhaps those of a past life - is unclear. |
| 332 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: In "To Catch A Leaf", Huntsman learns EXACTLY why Sandy wanted to stop fighting, as his mere AURA was enough to shatter the ground, and the wind from his punch shattered a huge rock behind him. Thankfully, Sandy holds back to let him live. At a later point, we see he's strong enough to match Macaque's mech for a short time too. |
| 333 | * BlueIsHeroic: Has blue skin and is arguably the kindest of all the heroes. |
| 334 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: As detailed in MartialPacifist below, Sandy is easily the nicest guy in the group despite being the biggest member in the group, and the second strongest behind MK. |
| 335 | * CharacterDevelopment: Happens off-screen. His major flaw -- his aggressive nature -- was already addressed before the show began. While he sometimes slips back into being a rage-fueled soldier, he usually manages to calm himself a little while afterward. [[spoiler:This is the reason why Master Subodhi favors him over the other heroes, who have yet to overcome their own major flaws.]] |
| 336 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's first shown in a sinister light, shrouded in darkness with a knife in hand, but he's quickly revealed to be a peaceful, tea-loving pacifist who went to therapy and centers himself, showing that while he may still cut an imposing figure, at heart he really just wants to help others and keep his inner peace. |
| 337 | * GentleGiant: He's the biggest and physically strongest of the team, but has long put his fighting days behind him, now a gentle-natured cat and tea enthusiast who exclusively only uses his strength to protect his friends. |
| 338 | * GetOut: Delivers a cold ''"Leave this place"'' to Huntsman in "To Catch A Leaf." |
| 339 | * KindheartedCatLover: He's a friendly pacifist who loves cats - having several cat-themed appliances and owning multiple therapy cats, and is often accompanied by his pet cat Mo. |
| 340 | * ManlyFacialHair: Has a prominent beard and moustache and is the largest member of the main cast. |
| 341 | * MartialPacifist: Sandy was once a rage-driven soldier. That was until he attended therapy, started drinking tea, took up yoga, and got about a dozen or so [[FuzzTherapy therapy cats]]. He's still buff though, and it's implied his skills haven't really waned despite him not using them offensively. |
| 342 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: He has a far more humanoid shape and is actually drawn with fingers, a consequence of being a big fig in the LEGO sets. The Season 3 sets depict him as a normal minifigure for unknown reasons, but it's unknown if this will be reflected in the series. |
| 343 | * OneOfTheKids: While he's in the same mature age group as Tang and Pigsy, out of the three of them he most frequently hangs out with the younger Mei and MK. |
| 344 | * RealMenWearPink: Is absolutely ripped, to the point he can end many of his fights in a single punch if he wants to, but his favourite hobbies include enjoying tea, looking after his cat Mo, and wears magenta clothing. |
| 345 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: [[AvertedTrope Averted hard]] with Sandy, who was once the most rage-driven soldier Pigsy ever knew, but is now a pacifist thanks to therapy, tea, yoga, and a small battalion of [[FuzzTherapy therapy cats]]. |
| 346 | * TraumaButton: Being the only one left standing on a battlefield is a major one, if "To Catch A Leaf" is anything to go by. |
| 347 | * WillfullyWeak: It's implied several times throughout the show that Sandy is significantly stronger than he acts, but he refuses to use his power to fight. It takes a lot of effort from Huntsman just to get Sandy to unleash a little bit, and even then he mostly just uses it to gain speed and intimidation. Most of the time, Sandy will use his power to tank hits that would otherwise kill everyone else. |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[folder:Mo]] |
| 351 | !!Mo |
| 352 | [[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monkiekidmo.png]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | One of Sandy's therapy cats, and the one that usually travels along with the team. |
| 355 | ---- |
| 356 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A cat that drastically resembles Sandy in color. He even has a mohawk matching his. |
| 357 | * FuzzTherapy: Serves as this to Sandy. [[spoiler:He's so effective at his job that he managed to snap Sandy out of his bloodthirsty state as Sha Wujing.]] |
| 358 | * TeamPet: Very much serves this role in the team. |
| 359 | * ToughSpikesAndStuds: Wears a spiked collar. |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | !!The Great Companions |
| 363 | [[folder:General]] |
| 364 | !!Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Ao Lie |
| 365 | |
| 366 | Monkey King's old friends and companions from his Journey to the West, centuries before the events of the series. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear what happened to them after their journey west, but it's heavily implied they aren't around anymore for whatever reason, given Monkey King's numerous sentimental mementos of them. While there have been some hints throughout the show, Season 3 in particular heavily implies that they (save Monkey King, of course) are descended from/have reincarnated into the current heroes acting as MK's teammates and friends. Season 4 confirms this outright. |
| 369 | * FireForgedFriends: Season 4 shows that the bonds between the companions got off to rocky beginnings, but they eventually became true friends after all they went through together. |
| 370 | * PostHumousCharacter: They're all but stated to be this whenever they are brought up in the show, with Monkey King having several mementos that serve to remind them of their unspoken absence. [[spoiler:Not to mention, Season 3 directly addresses the possibility that our main characters are new incarnation of the Pilgrims in a ''literal'' sense as well as a figurative one.]] |
| 371 | * RedemptionQuest: For Monkey King and the other companions, joining Tang Sanzang’s journey west was a way of redeeming themselves for past misdeeds. |
| 372 | * TrueCompanions: They cared about and looked out for each other just like our current team of heroes, and judging by his behaviour during “Amnesia King,” Monkey King was much happier back when he had them. |
| 373 | [[/folder]] |
| 374 | |
| 375 | [[folder:Tang Sanzang]] |
| 376 | !!The Great Monk Tang Sanzang |
| 377 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/DavidChen |
| 378 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tang_sanzeng.jpg]] |
| 379 | |
| 380 | A Buddhist monk who was tasked to travel to the West in order to deliver sacred texts. He is also the past life of Mr. Tang. |
| 381 | ---- |
| 382 | * ActualPacifist: Being a super-dedicated monk, he refused to fight; even when his life was in danger or when it was less trouble to end a foe rather than let them live, as with [[spoiler:the Lady Bone Demon]]. |
| 383 | * AdaptationalSkill: While he wasn't as powerful as his companions, he had plenty of new abilities his book counterpart lacks. |
| 384 | * BigGood: Hinted at. While he's not in the spotlight most of the time, he's considered the leader of the group. He's respected by several characters, including Monkey King and Ne Zha, who only spares Monkey King due to his friendship with the Great Monk. |
| 385 | * CookingTheLiveMeal: PlayedForLaughs in "The Great Tang Man", where [[spoiler:he's pretty accepting of being cooked alive in a pot]]. |
| 386 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: If his claim is anything to go by, his family cut him off some time ago in the past. |
| 387 | * DeadpanSnarker: Like Tang after him, Tang Sanzang can't help but snark at MK and Mei's behavior. |
| 388 | * DefrostingIceKing: Tang Sanzang was an extremely dedicated monk who cut himself off from others to focus on his duties, but eventually learned to value friendship after bonding with his companions over the course of their journey. |
| 389 | * DistressedDude: He was often kidnapped during his journey, much like in the original ''Journey To The West''. However, he was always accepting of his fate. |
| 390 | * LightIsGood: Shown manipulating golden light. |
| 391 | * NiceGuy: Shows genuine concern over his companions' well-being and hints at being the main peacekeeper of the group. |
| 392 | ** Season 4 shows that he actually became this through CharacterDevelopment, starting out as rather dismissive and cold before learning the value in having friends. |
| 393 | * {{Pacifist}}: Never shown fighting directly. He also prefers to spare his enemies and let them reflect on their actions (like [[spoiler:the Lady Bone Demon]]) rather than kill them. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Zhu Bajie]] |
| 397 | !!Zhu Bajie |
| 398 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/DaveBMitchell |
| 399 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zhu_bajie.jpg]] |
| 400 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his pre-journey self.]]\ |
| 401 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zhu_bajie_pre_journey.jpg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | A pig man who joined the Great Monk and Sun Wukong during their Journey to the West, and the past life of Pigsy. |
| 404 | ---- |
| 405 | * CharacterDevelopment: According to his past he was once a chef for demons whom he would threaten should they get on his nerves, but when meeting up with the Pilgrims it changed him from the monstrous demon to the protective friend and powerful ally known by Master Subodhi. |
| 406 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Back when he was known as Zhu Ganglie, he would kidnap and eat humans and serve them to his demon customers. |
| 407 | * FallenAngel: Just like in the book, Zhu Bajie was a part of the Celestial Realm before being cast out. |
| 408 | * LethalChef: Unlike Pigsy, [[spoiler:his current life,]] Zhu Bajie wasn't a very good chef with his kitchen a mess, and his demon customers thought his food was bad and tasteless. |
| 409 | * PigMan: Like Pigsy, Zhu Bajie was a humanoid pig. But if he's anything like his literature counterpart, he was human looking before being cast out. |
| 410 | * VitriolicBestBuds: If Monkey King's memory loss is anything to go by, he and Zhu Bajie had this kind of friendship, with the latter calling him "Piglet" (Or "idiot" in the Mandarin dub). |
| 411 | [[/folder]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[folder:Sha Wujing]] |
| 414 | !!Sha Wujing |
| 415 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/PatrickSeitz |
| 416 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sha_wujing.jpg]] |
| 417 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his pre-journey self.]]\ |
| 418 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sha_wujing_pre_journey.jpg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | The demon of Flowing Sand River who was one of the disciples on the Journey to the West, and the past life of Sandy. |
| 421 | ---- |
| 422 | * BloodKnight: Sha Wujing lives for a challenge and sheds tears when there is no one left to fight. [[spoiler:Sha Wujing later regained this trait when he reincarnated as Sandy before going to therapy for it.]] |
| 423 | * CharacterDevelopment: He slowly lost his aggressive nature as he journeyed with the pilgrims. |
| 424 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Even though he loves to fight, Sha Wujing asks people if they are mighty warriors before challenging them. |
| 425 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: His past pre-journey self tells Pigsy that since the world only sees him as a monster, that's all he knows how to be. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Ao Lie ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]] |
| 429 | !!The White Dragon Horse, Ao Lie |
| 430 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/PatrickSeitz, Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas (Human Form) |
| 431 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_7656.png]] |
| 432 | [[caption-width-right:350:White Dragon Horse]] |
| 433 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click to see his human form]]\ |
| 434 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ao_lies_human_form.jpg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | The third son of the Dragon of the West who served as Tang Sanzang's noble steed, and Mei's ancestor. |
| 437 | ---- |
| 438 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the original tale, he doesn't do much and is usually stuck in his horse form. Here, he is usually shown in his full dragon form as well as seen protecting those he cares about. |
| 439 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's unknown what happened to him after the Samadhi Ritual made him the unknown fourth Ring of Samadhi, only that he did seem to go on to continue his family line considering he's stated to be Mei's thousand times great ''grandfather''. |
| 440 | * BystanderSyndrome: His full debut sees him as a victim of this, believing that his vast power is a burden that only gets him in trouble and content to allow Kui Mulang to take it from him. Despite their clashing ideals, Mei helps [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility change his mind.]] |
| 441 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his clumsy goofball personality, when calls for action, Ao Lie is capable of defending himself and others. |
| 442 | * CuteClumsyGirl: Despite the massive powers he possesses, Ao Lie is a true klutz at heart. |
| 443 | * CuteOversizedSleeves: Has these, which play into his light-hearted and cheerful personality. His hands come free when he finally decides to take action. |
| 444 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: When reveal in his human form, Ao Lie can be easily mistaken for a female. |
| 445 | * TheHeart: Monkey King seems to have saw him as one for the Great Companions, as even when he wasn’t taking action, his gentle nature and fierce sense of loyalty uplifted his friends -- making him the first one that Monkey King thinks about when things get hard. |
| 446 | * InTheBlood: Not only did Mei inherit his loyal and protective spirit, but she also inherited the stray piece of the Samadhi Fire sealed within him. |
| 447 | * OlderThanTheyLook: It's quite a surprise that somebody as youthful and immature as his human form looks is actually one of the oldest characters in the setting. |
| 448 | * PlayfulCatSmile: Frequently, whenever he's acting like a dork. |
| 449 | * ShrinkingViolet: Despite his scary dragon form, Ao Lie is rather timid and clumsy in his human form. |
| 450 | * TakingTheBullet: When a fourth piece of the Samadhi Fire escaped during the ritual to seal it and headed straight for Tang Sanzang, Ao Lie immediately shielded his master and took the hit for himself. Even though he's unharmed in the aftermath, this act caused that piece to become sealed within him. |
| 451 | * UndyingLoyalty: He's described as loyal by Monkey King, which is proven when he put himself between Tang Sanzang and the stray piece of the Samadhi Fire, risking his life for his friend without hesitation. |
| 452 | [[/folder]] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | !Villains |
| 455 | !!Demon Bull Family |
| 456 | [[folder:General]] |
| 457 | * ArcVillain: Of Season 1. |
| 458 | * BeingEvilSucks: Surprisingly enough, the Demon Bull Family comes to this conclusion after the events of "The End Is Here", where the success at conquering the city came at the price of the Demon Bull King being possessed by an evil power source and almost killing his wife and son. As of Season 2, the family has stepped back from any kind of evil ambitions and seems to be doing fairly okay for it. |
| 459 | * TheBusCameBack: After sitting out the majority of Season 2, they fully return in Season 3 with decently big roles. |
| 460 | * DemotedToExtra: After serving main roles through most of the Lady Bone Demon arc, Red Son in particular during “Embrace Your Destiny”, they all play a much smaller role in Season 4. |
| 461 | * DysfunctionalFamily: They all have their quirks and are often butting heads with each other. |
| 462 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As highly dysfunctional as they are, all members of the Demon Bull Family still love one another. |
| 463 | * HeelFaceTurn: Following their truce to take down Spider Queen in the Season 2 premiere, they abandon outright antagonizing the hero group, though they still don't necessarily like them. When they return in Season 3 they even provide some aid to the heroes. [[spoiler:By Season 4, they're all on perfectly amicable terms and even spend a beach day together at the end of the season.]] |
| 464 | * PutOnABus: After the incident with Demon Bull King's possession, the Season 2 premiere shows the Demon Bull Family have accepted their defeat and have stepped back as villains, and aside from Princess Iron Fan's brief appearance in episode 4, they don't show up at all in Season 2. |
| 465 | * StarterVillain: They were the primary villains of the series during Season 1. Afterwards, their threat level and ambitions for world domination fizzled out. |
| 466 | [[/folder]] |
| 467 | |
| 468 | [[folder:Demon Bull King]] |
| 469 | !!Demon Bull King |
| 470 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SteveBlum |
| 471 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_demon_bull_king.PNG]] |
| 472 | |
| 473 | One of the Monkey King's greatest enemies. After being freed from his 500-year-long imprisonment under a mountain by his wife and son, resumes his goals to conquer the world. At least, for the first season. |
| 474 | ---- |
| 475 | * AbusiveParents: Throughout Season 1, Demon Bull King is largely indifferent to Red Son and only pays him mind to scold him for his failures, not even giving him any real gratitude for freeing him from the Underworld. This goes to an extreme in the Season 1 finale, where he demeans and attacks Red Son after being driven mad by [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon]], albeit he wasn't in control of these actions. He gets a bit better from Season 2 onwards, spending more time with Red Son and proving he does truly care for him. |
| 476 | ** Subverted by Season 3, where it's shown that he didn't start out this way and was much more openly loving with Red Son when the latter was a child, which he is slowly starting to express again once more. |
| 477 | * AmazonChaser: In his own words, his wife doesn't need protection. [[spoiler:He met and instantly fell for her on the battlefield during Monkey King's war against heaven -- with her on the opposing side.]] |
| 478 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Shows genuine affection for Princess Iron Fan, [[spoiler:to a point Monkey King successfully enrages him to break them free of the Spider Queen's binding webs by claiming Spider Queen would capture or harm her]]. |
| 479 | * BerserkButton: |
| 480 | ** Just MENTIONING the time he was sealed away under a mountain by Monkey King is enough to send him into a blind rage as seen in ''The Great Wall Race'', and outright trying to repeat the tactic on him as MK attempted in the pilot? Quickly resulted in DBK pummeling him until he got a HeroicSecondWind. |
| 481 | ** Monkey King in general is one big living button for DBK -- while [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon]] was possessing him, making him see MK as Monkey King was more than enough to push him into a berserk-possessed rage. Just seeing Monkey King while the two were imprisoned by Spider Queen set him off. |
| 482 | ** Never, ever, EVER insult his wife. ''Ever.'' |
| 483 | * BigBad: The main villain of the first season. [[spoiler:This role is replaced by Lady Bone Demon by the end of Season 2.]] |
| 484 | * CharacterDevelopment: After Season 1, he comes to truly accept a peaceful life with his family post-defeat and loses his obsession with power, which is made clear when he adamantly refuses to rejoin the brotherhood’s conquest of the Celestial Realm in “Roast of the Monkie Kids” -- deriding the whole idea as insane to begin with and more concerned that Azure is trying to force him to agree by threatening his wife and son. |
| 485 | * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:By the Lady Bone Demon in "The End is Here!". It causes him to lash out at his wife and son, prompting them into an EnemyMine situation with MK to get him back to normal.]] |
| 486 | * HairTriggerTemper: Monkey King takes advantage of this in the Season 2 special, mainly aiming at spots related to his pride and his family. |
| 487 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Nearly killing his family while possessed by Lady Bone Demon seems to have caused him to reevaluate his priorities, as he decides to take a step back from being evil in Season 2 in order to rebuild his relationship with his wife and son.]] |
| 488 | * MonsterModesty: DBK wears shoulders and knee plate armor with only a loincloth to cover the rest of his body. |
| 489 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After being freed from Lady Bone Demon's possession, he silently expresses genuine horror and regret upon the realization that he almost killed his family in his desire for more power.]] |
| 490 | * MythologyGag: The Monkey King seals the Demon Bull King under a mountain for 500 years, which was what happened to the Monkey King in the original ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' novel prior to the beginning of the quest. |
| 491 | * PapaWolf: He isn't above [[AbusiveParents ignoring, insulting, or humiliating Red Son]], but [[HypocriticalHeartwarming don't ever threaten him]]. In Season 3, [[spoiler:it's revealed that he partook in the ritual to seal away the Samadhi Fire in order to remove it from Red Son, whom the power originates from -- completely disregarding his own Ring of Samadhi in favor of catching his toddler son and making sure he was alright in the direct aftermath.]] |
| 492 | * PoweredArmor: He wears one of Red Son's creations called the Furnace. It uses items thrown into it to increase DBK's power; the rarer the item, the stronger DBK becomes. To this end, DBK searches for Monkey King's staff, the rarest item of them all. |
| 493 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Has a purple color scheme and is ''very'' physically imposing. |
| 494 | * RealMenWearPink: Season 3 reveals he's a fan of [[spoiler:the goddess Chang'e's]] cooking show. |
| 495 | * TookALevelInKindness: In Season 3 -- specifically towards Red Son, whom he reprimands far less. |
| 496 | * UngratefulBastard: DBK shows no gratitude or appreciation towards his son even though he was the one to free him and focuses more on scolding his son for making mistakes. That being said, while he never comes around to actually thanking his son for freeing him, he does learn to value him more by Season 3. |
| 497 | * UnholyMatrimony: With Princess Iron Fan. |
| 498 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He unearthed the tomb containing [[spoiler:the Lady Bone Demon]] thinking that it was a power source, which led to [[spoiler:her possessing him]] and causing the events of Season 2 to transpire. |
| 499 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: He was one of Monkey King’s sworn brothers in the past and helped him try to conquer the Celestial Realm.]] |
| 500 | [[/folder]] |
| 501 | |
| 502 | [[folder:Princess Iron Fan]] |
| 503 | !!Princess Iron Fan |
| 504 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/GwendolineYeo |
| 505 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_princess_iron_fan.PNG]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | Demon Bull King's wife and Red Son's mother, a powerful demoness who is dedicated to helping her husband achieve domination over the world. |
| 508 | ---- |
| 509 | * AbusiveParents: Princess Iron Fan shows no gratitude or appreciation to her son for freeing her husband from the mountain he was trapped in for 500 years and doesn't really take him seriously despite his best efforts, albeit she is less harsh with him than her husband is. By Season 3 however, their relationship has improved considerably. |
| 510 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Although she hardly ever shows affection towards Red Son, Princess Iron Fan protects her son from the rage of her possessed husband. |
| 511 | * CombatHandFan: Befitting her name, her weapon is a gigantic iron ''gunbai'' that can be used both as a bludgeoning tool and to [[BlowYouAway manipulate the air around her]]. |
| 512 | * CurbStompBattle: Any fight the heroes have with Iron Fan Princess is extremely one-sided and ended very quickly. Her showing up is an almost guaranteed win for the bad guys. She can even fight MK AND Mei at the same time with an arm behind her back. |
| 513 | ** Unfortunately, [[spoiler:she ends up on the receiving end of this when the Brothers of Lion Camel Ridge storm their castle.]] |
| 514 | * DarkActionGirl: She's quite capable of dishing out pain against her enemies. |
| 515 | * DevilishHairHorns: Wears her hair in two curved buns that stretch outwards, mimicking her husband's horns. |
| 516 | * EnemyMine: She and Red Son begrudgingly team up with MK in "The End is Here!" to combat a possessed Demon Bull King. |
| 517 | * EvilMatriarch: The mother of Red Son. |
| 518 | * EvilIsPetty: In "Sweet N Sour" she is clearly enchanted by Pigsy's pulled-noodle soup during a food competition, but still refuses to vote for his restaurant due to him being one of the good guys. |
| 519 | * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Season 4 reveals she's from the Celestial Realm, but turned to villainy after falling in love with Demon Bull King.]] |
| 520 | * FallenAngel: [[spoiler:She's originally a celestial being that fell in love with Demon Bull King, and the rest is history.]] |
| 521 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Princess Iron Fan is smaller than Demon Bull King's foot. |
| 522 | * MamaBear: Despite their strained relationship, she does protect Red Son from Demon Bull King when he was possessed by [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 523 | * NavelWindow: Princess Iron Fan wears a two-piece dress that leaves a small part of her stomach exposed. |
| 524 | * NoblewomansLaugh: She pulls one off during the race while telling her son she'll see him at the finish line, after having bowled every other contestant over. |
| 525 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She is more than 500 years old but still looks like an attractive middle-aged woman. [[spoiler:Justified, given that she is a former celestial warrior.]] |
| 526 | * TookALevelInKindness: She's much less harsh towards Red Son in Season 3. |
| 527 | * UnholyMatrimony: With Demon Bull King. |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | [[folder:Red Son]] |
| 531 | !!Red Son |
| 532 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/KyleMcCarley |
| 533 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_red_son.PNG]] |
| 534 | |
| 535 | The brilliant and (literally) fiery-tempered son of Demon Bull King, determined to fulfill his family's evil ambitions and make his father proud of him. |
| 536 | ---- |
| 537 | * EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:In the finale special of Season 3, he teaches Mei to control the Samadhi Fire, and joins the heroes in the final battle against Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 538 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the novel, Red Son was a little boy, but in the series, he is a cute young adult. Considering the SettingUpdate, he possibly just grew up. |
| 539 | * AgeLift: In the original novel, Red Son was a very young child and was called "Red Boy" while in the series he looks like a teenager/young adult. |
| 540 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: It isn't really made clear if Red Son is actually evil, or if he is just a temperamental kid who wants to impress his father. [[spoiler:It's safe to say that it's the latter when he officially becomes one of the heroes and helps save the world from Lady Bone Demon in the Season 3 finale.]] |
| 541 | * AntiHero: While he starts out as a villain and still maintains a fiery, overzealous attitude, Season 3 really shows he's a hero at heart. |
| 542 | * BadassLongHair: Has a wild mane of red hair that he mostly keeps in a ponytail. |
| 543 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: By Season 3, he’s come to admire MK and Mei for how they’ve helped him and his family in the past, enough so that he truly believes [[spoiler: Mei can control the Samadhi Fire because of just how good and heroic she is.]] |
| 544 | * BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Referring to Mei as his girlfriend in "Revenge Of The Spider Queen" leads him to use his fire breath to blind one of Spider Queen's minions for doing just that.]] |
| 545 | * 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 embarrassed by the heroes, he often proves to be ''far'' more capable than he gets credit for. |
| 546 | ** As shown in the pilot, he ''succeeded'' at creating inventions that could wield the power of Monkey King’s staff, making him mainly responsible for his father’s freedom and subsequent takeover. |
| 547 | ** In “Revenge of the Spider Queen,” he escapes from the Spider Demons while his father is captured, and figures out a means to defeat them by the time he teams up with the heroes. |
| 548 | ** Season 3 reveals [[spoiler:he is the originator of the extremely powerful and destructive Samadhi Fire, making him essential to taking down Lady Bone Demon by teaching Mei to wield it.]] |
| 549 | ** In “The Jade Emperor", he battles the Brotherhood alongside Ne Zha. |
| 550 | * BornOfHeavenAndHell: [[spoiler:He's the son of a powerful demon king and a former celestial warrior.]] |
| 551 | * BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler:Red Son is the creator of the Samadhi Fire, an uncontrollable and inextinguishable flame capable of burning apart the very fabric of the universe — which is precisely why his parents, Monkey King, and Prince Ne Zha had it removed from him when he was still a young child. However, he still grew up to be a powerful magic user and inventor regardless.]] |
| 552 | * BurningWithAnger: Whenever his HairTriggerTemper peaks, he takes FieryRedhead to very literal levels by exploding into FlamingHair. |
| 553 | * ButtMonkey: A lot of the slapstick comes at Red Son's expense, usually when he's attempting to act imposing. |
| 554 | * 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.]] |
| 555 | * CommonalityConnection: 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.]] |
| 556 | * CrazyPrepared: Red Son is quite adept at setting contingency measures, such as having a getaway vehicle ready to escape spider demons, knowing how to create an antidote to neutralize their venom, and having the ability to preform a spell that can take him and the others to the Celestial Realm in "Revenge of the Spider Queen”. |
| 557 | ** He’s also fully prepped to train Mei to control the Samadhi Fire in Season 3 with a training manual full of tutorials, and even sourced authentic weapons for her sake. |
| 558 | * CrushBlush: In “This Imperfect World,” he blushes breifly at Mei after telling her that [[spoiler: he believes in her ability to wield the Samadhi Fire.]] |
| 559 | * EnemyMine: He and Princess Iron Fan briefly team up with MK in "The End is Here!" to combat a possessed Demon Bull King. He does so again when the Spider Queen captures DBK in the Season 2 premiere, although this time he is forced to work with Mei, much to his annoyance. |
| 560 | * FieryRedHead: Quite literally as Red Son has red hair, a HairTriggerTemper, pyrokinesis, and a habit of bursting into FlamingHair. |
| 561 | * FireForgedFriends: Over the course of a three-season arc he, MK, and Mei slowly go from enemies to friends, [[spoiler:solidified in the Season 3 finale when he pulls a HeelFaceTurn and helps them save the world from Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 562 | * FirstNameBasis: [[spoiler: With Mei after “Destiny Fulfilled,” becoming the first character he respectfully refers to by their real name.]] |
| 563 | * FriendlyEnemy: From Season 2 onwards, MK, Mei, and the rest of the heroes more or less treat Red Son like a friendly acquaintance following their truce in ''Revenge of the Spider Queen'', even if he gets annoyed by this. In Season 3, [[spoiler:the enemy part of this is thrown even further into question when he decides to follow the group on their journey when he finds out Mei is connected to the Samadhi Fire (A power that used to belong to him) with the intent to help her learn how to control it.]] |
| 564 | * GadgeteerGenius: Red Son invents a power glove that can take control of Monkey King's staff, a set of power armor to make his father stronger, and builds vehicles with "at least one complex transformation" installed. |
| 565 | * GooGooGodlike: [[spoiler:Red Son is the origin of Samadhi Fire who had that power ever since he was born, and was in danger of destroying the whole universe due to the fact that he was just a baby until the Samadhi Fire was taken away from him.]] |
| 566 | * HotBlooded: While he often ends up a ButtMonkey for it, Red Son is nothing if not passionate and determined in everything he does, [[spoiler:which proves to be a noble quality when he starts becoming a hero.]] |
| 567 | * {{Hypocrite}}: PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler: When training Mei in how to wield the Samadhi Fire, he emphasizes the necessity of meditation and keeping a cool head, telling her to “stop it with the angry outbursts”. Mei immediately mentions how ridiculous it is for ''[[HotBlooded Red Son]]'' of all people to be getting on to her about that (played over a flashback of him ''[[FieryRedHead literally igniting]] in rage''). After scoffing at it for a moment, he reluctantly concedes the point, but continues the training.]] |
| 568 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:After his parents were defeated by Azure Lion, he quickly runs to the Celestial Realm for reinforcements rather than stay and fight.]] |
| 569 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By Season 3, he still has his fiery temper, but despite [[{{Tsundere}} constantly voicing his irritation with the heroes]], [[spoiler:he puts everything he has into helping Mei learn to control the Samadhi Fire and doing his part to save the world.]] |
| 570 | * LargeHam: About half his lines are shouted at the top of his lungs and everything he does is completely unsubtle. |
| 571 | * LethalChef: Zig-zagged. By all accounts, his food likely ''tastes'' fine... but it's hot enough to burn taste buds at even the lowest level of spice. |
| 572 | * PersonalityPowers: He's as [[HairTriggerTemper volatile and aggressive]] as the [[PlayingWithFire scorching flames he wields]], to the point of [[BurningWithAnger outright having his body parts ignite when he gets especially angry]], most notably his frequent bursting into FlamingHair. |
| 573 | * PetTheDog: In Season 3, [[spoiler:he decides to track down Mei after she is forged with the Samadhi Fire so he can personally teach her to control it -- prompted to do so when seeing she left behind her stuffed dragon plushie at his home in "The First Ring", which he makes a point to return to her. [[BreakTheCutie After what she just went through, she needed that]].]] |
| 574 | * PlayingWithFire: His powerset revolves around various applications of fire, mostly igniting his fists to shoot it or perform an ElementalPunch, but he can also do a GroundPunch or [[{{Teleportation}} teleport himself and others]] by engulfing himself in a vanishing pillar of flames. |
| 575 | * PutOnABus: After playing a prominent role in the premiere episode, Red Son doesn't show up at all for the rest of Season 2. |
| 576 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He is around 500 years old but looks like he's around the same age as MK and Mei. The way other demons refer to him, usually as "boy" or "child", implies that he is considered young by demon standards even if being centuries old. |
| 577 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: DBK, [[spoiler:who had been possessed by an evil spirit]], delivers one to Red Son after the latter offers to stop MK's team in the Season 1 finale, chewing him out for failing to do so over and over again. |
| 578 | * {{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 [[CrushBlush blushes after comforting Mei]], immediately backtracking and denying that he’s helping so he can be around her and the others again. |
| 579 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Red Son does whatever it takes to impress his father. The trouble is, this is exceedingly hard to actually do. DBK never acknowledges Red Son's triumphs and reminds him of every little failure. DBK finally calls him "son" at the end of "Revenge Of The Spider Queen", which brings him absolute joy. |
| 580 | ** In Season 3, it's revealed that at least part of the reason for this is that [[spoiler:he has unresolved issues over failing to control the Samadhi Fire when it manifested within him as a child, resulting in his parents deciding to remove it from him.]] |
| 581 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:In Season 3, he freely decides to join the heroes in their pursuit of stopping Lady Bone Demon by helping Mei to control the Samadhi Fire -- even staying behind in the core of the Bone Mech during the climax of "Embrace Your Destiny" to help the latter overcome Lady Bone Demon's control, all out of completely heroic intentions.]] |
| 582 | * XMarksTheHero: Averted. He has an X-shaped scar on his cheek, but he is actually a villain. Although towards the end of the Season 2 premiere, he can be seen protecting Mei and doing things like helping her out of the web Spider Queen wrapped her in, showing that he may be NotSoAboveItAll. [[spoiler:By Season 3, he plays this trope straight.]] |
| 583 | [[/folder]] |
| 584 | |
| 585 | [[folder:Bull Clones]] |
| 586 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_bull_clones.PNG]] |
| 587 | |
| 588 | A mechanical army created by Red Son to serve the Demon Bull Family. |
| 589 | ---- |
| 590 | * MechaMooks: They're the robotic foot soldiers of Demon Bull King's army. |
| 591 | * RobotMe: Created in the likeness of their leader, hence their name. |
| 592 | [[/folder]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | !!Spider Demons |
| 595 | [[folder:General]] |
| 596 | * AmbiguousSituation: As they were purposefully written to be [[spoiler:[[BigBadWannabe usurped]] by the Lady Bone Demon as the BigBad]], a lot of their past is left ambiguous. |
| 597 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Spider demons in general have purple skin. Syntax's skin changed from the normal yellow to purple when the queen infected him with her venom. |
| 598 | * ArcVillain: Of Season 2. |
| 599 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:All of them are obliterated alongside Lady Bone Demon at the end of the ''Embrace Your Destiny'' special while still acting as her ghostly servants, making them some of the only characters to not survive to the ending]]. |
| 600 | * SecondaryColorNemesis: In contrast to Monkey Kid and Monkey King's [[PrimaryColorChampion red and gold]], the spiders have [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]] and [[GreenAndMean green]] color schemes, and are very dangerous foes. [[spoiler:Until the White Bone Demon is finished with them]]. |
| 601 | * SpiderPeople: They're all humanoid spiders, including Spider Queen and her servants. |
| 602 | * UndyingLoyalty: Each of the spider demons is utterly devoted to the Spider Queen and always vying for her approval. |
| 603 | [[/folder]] |
| 604 | |
| 605 | [[folder:Spider Queen]] |
| 606 | !!Spider Queen |
| 607 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/KimberlyBrooks |
| 608 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_spider_queen.PNG]] |
| 609 | |
| 610 | The proud self-proclaimed demon Queen of Spiders, who seeks to retake her throne after having long faded into obscurity... which leads to her becoming an unwitting pawn in someone else's game. |
| 611 | ---- |
| 612 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:In the last two episodes of Season Two, Spider Queen breaks down upon realizing that she was used by Lady Bone Demon as a pawn and would never have the power she felt she deserved - and then she turns out to be the final ingredient Lady Bone Demon needed to complete her plan, dragged into the Trigram Furnace while screaming and begging for her life.]] |
| 613 | * BigBad: Of Season 2, though she's actually an UnwittingPawn to [[spoiler:the Lady Bone Demon]]. |
| 614 | * BigBadWannabe: Her introductory episode in Season 1 set her up as a severe threat after she stole some of MK's hair, but come Season 2 she fails to use it in her venom and has to be aided by [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon]]. From there it's pretty clear she'll be surpassed. |
| 615 | * BrokenTears: [[spoiler:After MK destroys her mech for a second time she is actually driven to tears realizing she now has no way to fight the Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 616 | * FatalFlaw: Her pride. [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon is able to manipulate her by feeding into her ego, claiming she has a "destiny" which Spider Queen assumes means she is meant to rule the world... which turns out to not at all be what Lady Bone Demon intends for her. Even when she finds out who the "Little Miss Mystery" working for her truly is, she refuses to run away and instead attempts to rebuild her mech and fight back -- allowing Lady Bone Demon to dispose of her demons one by one, and then take her as the literal final ingredient for her plans.]] |
| 617 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: A tyrannical demon monarch, seeking to reinstate her reign of terror. |
| 618 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:When she and MK are finally cornered by Lady Bone Demon, she screams at him to run and takes on the demon in a battle she knows she won't win to buy time.]] |
| 619 | * IControlMyMinionsThrough: A combination of Birthright and Mind Control. Huntsman and Strong Spider are shown to be incredibly loyal to her, as she's their queen and has highest authority; Syntax is brought under some form of Mind Control after his transformation into a spider. |
| 620 | * ImAHumanitarian: Was planning to eat Pigsy and Mr. Tang before MK and the others arrived to save them. Judging by the number of silk cocoons in the scene, and the fact we hear two occupants still alive and speaking, they’re far from her first victims. |
| 621 | * IWorkAlone: [[spoiler:MK offers to help her fight the Lady Bone Demon, but Spider Queen sees it as an insult that she would need a child to protect her.]] |
| 622 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Accidentally saves MK in "Minor Scale" when he is nearly defeated by [[spoiler:the Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 623 | * RaginCajun: Speaks with a slight Cajun accent and is easy to anger. |
| 624 | * SpiderPeople: Has a human upper body and a much larger arachnid lower body, though she’s shown to also have human legs in the ''Spider Queen Special.'' |
| 625 | * VestigialEmpire: She was once one of the most feared beings in the land until her kingdom started crumbling into ruins over time until it became the hole in the ground it is today. Now she seeks to rebuild it using Monkey King's power taken from MK. |
| 626 | ** Based on the jeers made by DBK and Monkey King during the ''Spider Queen Special'', her original empire [[spoiler:wasn't that impressive to begin with]]. |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:Syntax]] |
| 630 | !!Syntax |
| 631 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SeanSchemmel |
| 632 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_syntax_human_form.PNG]] |
| 633 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him as a spider demon]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_syntax.PNG[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 634 | |
| 635 | A former human scientist turned spider demon tech expert for Spider Queen. |
| 636 | ---- |
| 637 | * BodyHorror: Those mechanical spider legs of his? They ''grew'' out of his back when he was turned into a spider demon. |
| 638 | * EvilGenius: Easily the more technologically advanced member of Spider Queen's army, usually creating the inventions she uses. In addition to being evil, he's also... |
| 639 | * InsufferableGenius: ... often ''incredibly obnoxious'' about it. His entire speech toward MK in ''Sleep Bug'' likely wasn't a one-off occurrence. |
| 640 | * MindControl: Downplayed, as Syntax was already somewhat loyal to the Spider Queen before his transformation. However, there is a noticeable difference in loyalty from when Syntax was a human to when he was forcibly transformed into a spider demon. |
| 641 | * SpiderLimbs: He has four metallic spider legs growing out of his back that he uses to travel or attack. Disturbingly, though the limbs look like machines, the fact that we see them sprouting out of his back during his transformation into a spider demon suggests they're actually organic. |
| 642 | * TransformationTrauma: It doesn’t get much more traumatic than having a Spider Bot latch onto him, inject his spine with venom, and have metal legs burst out of his back one by one. |
| 643 | ** PainfulTransformation: Judging by his muffled screams, it wasn’t pleasant. |
| 644 | * WasOnceAMan: Used to be just a regular human scientist, until the Spider Queen decided to test the venom he made for her on ''him''. |
| 645 | * WeakButSkilled: In contrast to most of his fellow demons, he's not the greatest combatant and relies more on his inventions than on his own brawn. |
| 646 | [[/folder]] |
| 647 | |
| 648 | [[folder:Huntsman]] |
| 649 | !!Huntsman |
| 650 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SteveBlum |
| 651 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_huntsman.PNG]] |
| 652 | |
| 653 | One of Spider Queen's loyal goons, as well as the most unpleasant. |
| 654 | ---- |
| 655 | * BashBrothers: Is this with Strong Spider. They often attack together. |
| 656 | * BullyingADragon: Goes out of his way to taunt and attack Sandy just to see if he's just as powerful as tales of him say. Unfortunately, this goes VERY badly for him, but Sandy is thankfully kind enough to let him go. |
| 657 | * HeelRealization: DownplayedTrope. After his encounter with Sandy, he begins to question [[spoiler:why he's serving the Lady Bone Demon]], but any effect it has comes too late for him. |
| 658 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Multiple occasions have him exclaim that he "loves it when they run", implying he hunts people for fun. "To Catch a Leaf" highlights "the most dangerous game" aspect, as Huntsman taunts Sandy without knowing of Sandy's true power. |
| 659 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Sandy allows just a fraction of his true power out, Huntsman realizes he is hopelessly outmatched and takes him up on his order to leave without a fuss. |
| 660 | * NetGun: A unique variant as it's more of a whip-based net that's manually thrown. |
| 661 | * PrecisionFStrike: Notably says "Damn thing!" when a bird slams into his face during his attempt to steal the Crimson Jimsonweed from Sandy in "To Catch a Leaf", marking the first time a mild swear has been said in a LEGO media. |
| 662 | * PrettyInMink: Sports a fur coat for his main attire. |
| 663 | [[/folder]] |
| 664 | |
| 665 | [[folder:Strong Spider]] |
| 666 | !!Strong Spider |
| 667 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/PatrickSeitz |
| 668 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_strong_spider.PNG]] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | The muscle of the Spider Queen's demons. |
| 671 | ---- |
| 672 | * BashBrothers: Is this with Huntsman. They often attack together. |
| 673 | * BearHug: Accidental. He grabbed Huntsman before the latter could attempt to jump a large gap during the Spider Queen Special. |
| 674 | * TheBrute: The biggest and strongest guy of Spider Queen's squad. |
| 675 | * EvilCounterpart: He's basically the Spider Demon version of Sandy. They even have the same [[Creator/PatrickSeitz voice actor]]. |
| 676 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Strong Spider is one of those characters that you would look at and have no idea how to build. That's because the top half of his design resembles a big figure but his lower half looks like it would have to be made from LEGO bricks. |
| 677 | * PurpleIsPowerful: A purple spider-demon who is Spider Queen's physically strongest fighter. |
| 678 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: Let's just say that his NonStandardCharacterDesign gives a good reason why he doesn't appear in the sets. |
| 679 | [[/folder]] |
| 680 | |
| 681 | [[folder:Spider-Bots]] |
| 682 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_spiderbots.PNG]] |
| 683 | |
| 684 | The Spider Queen used an army of small robotic spiders to gain control of civilians. |
| 685 | ---- |
| 686 | * MiniMook: Spider Queen's henchmen, but not to the extent of Demon Bull King's Bull Clones. |
| 687 | [[/folder]] |
| 688 | |
| 689 | [[folder:Spindrax]] |
| 690 | !!Spindrax |
| 691 | |
| 692 | A spider demoness who works for Spider Queen. She is considered to be non-canon. |
| 693 | ---- |
| 694 | * EvilCounterpart: To Mei; both of them are bikers and sword-wielders, while Mei is one of the main heroes and Spindrax is a demoness working for Spider Queen. |
| 695 | * ToylineExclusiveCharacter: Only appears in the sets. More specifically, the ''Monkie Kid's Cloud Bike'' set. [[AllThereInTheManual According to supplementary materials]], the reason Spindrax didn't appear in the show was because of priorities, as the Monkie Kid crew preferred Strong Spider's unique design. |
| 696 | [[/folder]] |
| 697 | |
| 698 | !!Bone Demons |
| 699 | [[folder:General]] |
| 700 | * AmbiguousSituation: We never see any other bone demons in the show other than Lady Bone Demon, and it's never explained if she is simply one bone demon who has become extremely powerful over her existence, or if she's the only one. [[spoiler:This question is compounded when it's revealed that The "Mayor" isn't actually a bone demon at all (at least, not originally), but a chief of war whom she turned into her servant.]] |
| 701 | * ArcVillain: For Season 3. |
| 702 | * WalkingSpoiler: Their very existence up until Season 2 is this. |
| 703 | [[/folder]] |
| 704 | |
| 705 | [[folder:Lady Bone Demon]] |
| 706 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/StephanieSheh (as the "Mysterious Whisperer/Ancient Power Source"), Victoria Grace (as Lady Bone Demon) |
| 707 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_lady_bone_demon_hostess.PNG]] |
| 708 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see her true form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_lady_bone_demon_true_form.PNG[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 709 | |
| 710 | An ancient, powerful, and terrifying foe from Monkey King's past. After being freed from her tomb by the DBK family, the pieces are put in place for her to finally enact her plans to "erase the memories of the world". |
| 711 | ---- |
| 712 | * AdaptationalBadass: A lot more scary and competent than in the original tale, with a lot of additional abilities to boot. |
| 713 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Zig-zagged with AdaptationalVillainy. In the original tale, The White Bone Spirit is little more than a convincing con woman out to eat the Great Monk for immortality just like everyone else. She certainly had no ambitions for ending human suffering nor did she have any desire to remake the world into her idea of perfection. |
| 714 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: She acts like this to all the other villains in the show so far. [[spoiler:In the Season 3 finale, she is put on the ''receiving'' end of this. Even with the Mayor acting as her backup, she is unable to get so much as a scratch on Monkey King and has to resort to possessing him so he doesn't kill her.]] |
| 715 | * ArchEnemy: To Monkey King, being the first villain in the series he takes seriously. He "goes on vacation" for the sole purpose of finding a weapon that could destroy her for good. When his plan to stop her goes south, he decides to take her down on his own. |
| 716 | * BadBoss: She has absolutely no qualms about killing off allies and underlings who have fulfilled their purpose to her as long as they're not in the big vision she had. And that's when you're on her ''good'' side. [[spoiler:As Macaque finds out in Season 3, if you manage to piss her off she will employ gratuitous MindRape as well as death threats and torture to make you fall back in line and comply.]] And later on in "This Imperfect World", [[spoiler:she's totally fine with Monkey King clobbering the Mayor she was controlling when the former asks if the latter has any importance in her vision.]] |
| 717 | * BecauseDestinySaysSo: A large part of her motivation seems to be a desire to fulfill her and others' destinies, whatever they may be. She's a firm believer in set paths and thinks that one simply ''cannot'' deny destiny. Whether her envisioned "destiny" is real or not is unclear. [[spoiler:The "Embrace Your Destiny" special plays with this, showing that what Lady Bone Demon was convinced was destiny was more her enforcing what ''she'' believed to be right on the world, and perhaps a result of misinterpreting a premonition about the future she'd always had. Either way, in her final moments, she is forced to realize that ''no one'' can really know if certain things are meant to be or not.]] |
| 718 | * BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler:Her imprisonment was, in fact, a form of mercy granted to her by Tang Sanzang in the hope she would come to see the error in her ideals. Unfortunately, she doesn't realize this until she's on the brink of fading away after her defeat at the hands of MK and his friends -- at which point it's too late for her.]] |
| 719 | * BigBad: The end of Season 2 cements her as the main antagonist the heroes will have to defeat going forward. |
| 720 | * BerserkButton: While she's always eerily calm even in her most sinister moments, being defied by those meant to be aiding her or disturbing her plans of destiny at ALL is the one thing that invokes any real anger from her, [[spoiler:as shown with how she forces Macaque under her submission in Season 3 for those very reasons.]] |
| 721 | * TheBadGuyWins: She completely routes the heroes' attempts to stop her in Season 2 and steals the staff to boot to complete her weapon. It only avoids being a complete victory when the Monkey King saves MK at the last minute and the heroes haven't given up yet, opting to find another weapon to defeat her. |
| 722 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: [[spoiler:After witnessing mortals suffer for more than thousands of years and coming to believe there was no way to fix it, she developed the belief that the universe is filled with nothing but corruption and convinced herself that it was her destiny to remake it into "perfection" after destroying the original. In the Season 3 finale, MK points out that even though she treats her actions as destiny, she pushes her power to the breaking point to ensure the outcome she thinks is right -- and in the end, whether or not she ever had any destiny at all, or if it was all a delusion on her part, is left unclear.]] |
| 723 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: In the Season 3 finale, [[spoiler:it's revealed that she sees the world as imperfect due to the pain and suffering mortals endured in the past that the Celestial Realm didn't care to address, and decided the only way to correct this is to give the world a "fresh start"...by destroying it and remaking it in her vision]]. |
| 724 | * BreakThemByTalking: In "Minor Scale", she starts seriously screwing with [=MK's=] mind, taunting him for his fear of being alone and his insecurities about being an inadequate successor to the Monkey King. The incident traumatizes the poor boy so bad he starts having flashbacks to it in "Shadow Play". |
| 725 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:Briefly appears posthumously in Season 4 through the Memory Scroll, with one of the memories Tang stumbles across while attempting to find his team being her in a meeting with her former Emperor. She even notices Tang, much to his horror.]] |
| 726 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "Destiny cannot be denied/changed." Honestly, the word destiny itself could be this for her. She uses it so often and so frequently, the other characters eventually get sick of it and start to mock her for it. |
| 727 | * TheChessmaster: During the second season, Lady Bone Demon spends her time manipulating events and playing everyone around her to achieve the results she wants, barely having to do a thing herself until the very end of the season. She even directly refers to her plans as a "game" all the while. |
| 728 | -->'''Monkey King:''' So, you thought you had all the pieces right where you wanted them.\ |
| 729 | '''Lady Bone Demon:''' ''(smiling)'' There are so many moves I've yet to play. |
| 730 | * CombatPragmatist: Lady Bone Demon doesn't exactly fight fair if she fights at all. When in battle she spams her teleport, attacks from behind, and/or uses illusions to disorient opponents. She's also not above teaming up two-on-one with the Mayor. |
| 731 | * ControlFreak: She has a single, absolute idea of perfection that she seeks to reforge the entire world into and will personally ensure everyone around her submits to it when they refuse to do so themselves, as she did to [[spoiler:both Macaque and Monkey King in Season 3. Ironically, she will claim that all this is due to "destiny" being unalterable -- while doing everything in her power to ensure the outcome she desires.]] |
| 732 | * CreepyChild: Not the demon herself, but her current hostess is a little girl, and due to Lady Bone Demon being terrifying in any form, this trope is often invoked. |
| 733 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 734 | ** MK manages to defeat the first incarnation of the Bone Demon, one of the spiders making up one of its shoulders, but barely. He's unable to even scratch the next form, a massive scorpion that makes up the arms and lower body of the Bone Demon, and only destroys it by summoning the Monkey King Warrior Mech. [[FromBadToWorse The full Bone Demon crushes the Monkey King Warrior Mech in a single hand and Lady Bone Demon easily captures him]]. |
| 735 | ** [[spoiler:In "This Imperfect World", despite having grown much stronger since their last battle, she can barely hold her own against Monkey King. Even with the Mayor supporting her, she's forced onto the defense rather quickly and would have been killed, had she not thrown a Hail Mary and possessed Monkey King at the last moment.]] |
| 736 | * DarkMessiah: As revealed in Season 3, she believes herself to be this for the world. |
| 737 | * DemonicPossession: Possessed Demon Bull King upon being freed and then eventually went on to possess a little girl. |
| 738 | ** [[spoiler:She successfully possesses Monkey King in Season 3's special]]. |
| 739 | * TheDreaded: It says just how scary she is when even other demons freak out over seeing glimpses of her true self. |
| 740 | * EvilChancellor: PlayedWith in the past. [[spoiler:She was once an advisor to an ancient emperor where she genuinely tried to guide him to make the world a better place, convinced that helping guide someone with real power to be better would let her make a change in the world for the better. The evil part didn't come into play until his preoccupation with his vices and the corruption of his court made her decide that was impossible, leading to her starting an uprising against the uprising before having him executed by his own chief of war and becoming the Lady Bone Demon we know today.]] |
| 741 | * EvilIsBigger: The Bone Mech is massive, capable of crushing the Monkey King Warrior Mech in a single hand, though the set is the same size as it. [[spoiler:However, in "Destiny Fulfilled" MK is able to create a massive version of his own mech through ThePowerOfFriendship that is able to equal the Bone Mech's size.]] |
| 742 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:She's convinced in her belief that the world is in a continuous state of suffering that can only be corrected through erasing it completely, and takes MK's assertion that the positives of having bonds with other people makes it worth fighting for as childish.]] |
| 743 | --> '''MK:''' [[spoiler:The perfect world is what you make it. So as long as I have my friends by my side, this world is PERFECT!]]\ |
| 744 | '''Lady Bone Demon:''' [[spoiler:[[ShutUpKirk A child's notion! I will not indulge it!]]]] |
| 745 | * EvilLaugh: Does a chilling one in "This Imperfect World" [[spoiler:after successfully taking control of Monkey King.]] |
| 746 | * ExactWords: She told Spider Queen she would meet her destiny. She never told her that she meant for her to be used as a power source for the Bone Demon. |
| 747 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Aside from a moment of panic as she realizes the heroes are about to defeat her at the end of "Destiny Fulfilled", she's quite calm and solemn in her final moments as she talks to MK, discussing the similarities in fighting for what they believe in.]] |
| 748 | * FaceHeelTurn: She spent a long, long time as a benevolent force trying to correct the problems of the mortal world before becoming disillusioned and deciding to destroy it all instead. |
| 749 | * TheFakeCutie: As she tells MK following revealing her true intentions, using a little girl as her current body has been ''very'' useful when it comes to her ManipulativeBitch skills, as she can play up the image of an innocent, helpless young girl to much more easily trick people into helping her. |
| 750 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Is this in Season 2, manipulating the Spider Queen for her own ends. |
| 751 | * HiddenAgendaVillain: Even after a whole season of buildup, revealing her identity to MK, making it clear she's the true BigBad and then succeeding at completing her bone mech and sending the heroes packing…it's still unclear ''why'' exactly Lady Bone Demon is doing all this, other than wanting to "erase the memories of the world" and implying it's all meant to be part of some destiny. |
| 752 | ** In the Season 3 finale, [[spoiler:this question is answered when it's revealed she believes her "destiny" is to create a "perfect" world by destroying the old one and remaking it the way she sees fit, without the suffering mortals go through or the chaos that she believes heroes like Monkey King and MK cause.]] |
| 753 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:In "Destiny Fulfilled", she frees the little girl from her possession when spurned into a VillainousBreakdown and deciding to just force the Samadhi Fire out of Mei — which leaves her entirely vulnerable to getting finished off and frees up any reason for the heroes to NOT destroy her.]] |
| 754 | * HumanoidAbomination: While she ''looks'' human, her powers and nature make it clear she's something else entirely, with the {{Ominous Visual Glitch}}es accompanying her showing just how otherworldly she is. |
| 755 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Lady Bone Demon's mantra is that her goals are set in stone as predestined as "cannot be undone" -- but her confidence is ''very quickly'' shaken whenever something occurs that she did not account for, [[spoiler:like Monkey King overpowering her in "This Imperfect World"]], and she impulsively does whatever it takes at the moment to put things back the way she wants it. MK accurately calls her out for this in "Destiny Fulfilled". |
| 756 | * AnIcePerson: She has incredibly powerful manipulation over ice, and those she's controlling are also able to use the element. |
| 757 | * ItIsBeyondSaving: [[spoiler:She believes that the world is flawed and imperfect, and the only way to end mortal suffering and pain is to burn it all to the ground and start over.]] |
| 758 | * KnightOfCerebus: Things get a lot more serious once she's freed from her tomb, possessing Demon Bull King and leading to one of MK's toughest fights yet, with all of her appearances afterward causing the story to become darker. When Monkey King encounters her, he vehemently declares she should have "stayed buried", emphasizing just how much of a threat she is compared to DBK and Spider Queen. |
| 759 | * LightIsNotGood: While possessing her hostess, she dresses primarily in white and light blue and she is a manipulative she-demon. This extends to her magic which is represented by an eerie bone-white glow. |
| 760 | * LogicalWeakness: Lady Bone Demon doesn't take much action herself, instead placing a lot on her ChessMaster abilities and relying on her puppets to act on her behalf -- as such, she doesn't stand much of a chance against the likes of Sun Wukong in combat skills, and has to push her power to the brink to overpower him. |
| 761 | * ManipulativeBitch: She's easily the most manipulative character in the show, playing the Demon Bull Family, Spider Queen, ''and'' MK as if it were nothing over the course of the show. |
| 762 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:Gives one of these to MK in her final moments, stating how both of them fight for what they believe in, and warning that it very well could lead to pain.]] |
| 763 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Even though Lady Bone Demon might have come out of a place of good intentions to make the world a better place ''once'', her VillainousBreakdown in "Destiny Fulfilled" shows that any care she once had for mortals has completely deteriorated, replaced by the desire to fulfill an extremely destructive messiah complex.]] |
| 764 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Unlike all the other bad guys in the show -- who either revel in or are at least self-aware of their villainy -- Lady Bone Demon sees herself as the opposite, [[spoiler:believing all her actions serve a higher purpose to cleanse the world of pain and misery, and will outright refuse to entertain any argument that suggests otherwise.]] |
| 765 | * OhCrap: In "This Imperfect World", she is horrified when she realizes not only that Monkey King is ''still'' stronger than her, but that unlike MK [[spoiler:he ''is'' willing to kill her vessel if it means defeating her]]. |
| 766 | * OminousVisualGlitch: Her using her powers is accompanied by glitching and her seemingly teleporting at random to highlight how otherworldly and eldritch she is. |
| 767 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: In her true form she has glowing red eyes and she spends Season 2 confounding the heroes and [[spoiler:coming out mostly on top in the end.]] |
| 768 | * SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed away in an ancient tomb until Demon Bull King unearthed it. |
| 769 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: The LEGO sets call her the White Bone Demon. |
| 770 | * TookALevelInBadass: The Season 3 special reveals that she was once closer in power to her depiction in the original tale, but got stronger after being imprisoned and freed. |
| 771 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: In the "Embrace Your Destiny" Special, [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon's mentality in destroying the world with the Samadhi Fire is that she will be able to create a perfect world free of mortal suffering from the ashes — since to her, there would be ''no one left'' to suffer.]] |
| 772 | * VillainHasAPoint: PlayedWith in regards to her true motivations. |
| 773 | ** She believes the world is imperfect due to the many kinds of suffering mortals go through, which by all accounts is a reasonable conclusion to come to...[[spoiler:if it wasn't for her deciding that things would be better by completely destroying the world altogether.]] |
| 774 | ** [[spoiler:As is shown by her confrontation with an Emperor she worked for in the past in "Time To Be Warriors", the reason she decides to take matters into her own hands to "perfect" the world is due to witnessing that celestial beings don't care to use their immense power and wealth to fix mortal suffering. Season 4 reveals that while the Celestial Realm ''did'' send warriors down to help mortals at times, mortals were still eaten and terrorized often. The fact that Monkey King and Prince Ne Zha are the only two immortals we see actually ''try'' to do something to stop her in the modern day suggests she did make a legitimate point there -- but even so, she herself also proves to be far too out of touch with the most important qualities of mortal life to truly judge what is best for them.]] |
| 775 | * WalkingSpoiler: Her existence is a major spoiler for Season 2. |
| 776 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:As revealed in the "Embrace Your Destiny" special, Lady Bone Demon's plans to reduce the world to nothingness came from having benevolent intentions for humanity, wanting to end the suffering that she repeatedly saw mortals go through over the course of her existence. She ultimately concluded that a "fresh start" was necessary upon realizing that the celestial beings prioritized their own heavenly leisure over using their power to aid the mortal realm.]] |
| 777 | * WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver: Mostly white (body, clothes, [[LightEmUp even powers]]) but nobody can turn away from her threatening [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]]. |
| 778 | * WouldHurtAChild: She has no qualms about possessing a young girl for her plans and only brings up her safety as a way to keep the heroes from being able to make any move against her without hurting the innocent child she is possessing. |
| 779 | --> '''MK:''' I helped you! I thought you were-\ |
| 780 | '''Lady Bone Demon:''' A helpless girl? Oh yes, well, my disguises have fooled many. This body in particular is ''quite'' useful...for now. |
| 781 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Prone to this multiple times, as she treats everyone either aiding or opposing her as pieces in a game to discard whenever she sees fit. [[spoiler:Even the "Mayor", her faithful servant who is willfully loyal to her, is not immune to this treatment.]] |
| 782 | [[/folder]] |
| 783 | |
| 784 | [[folder:The "Mayor"]] |
| 785 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SteveBlum |
| 786 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_mayor.PNG]] |
| 787 | |
| 788 | A terrifying demonic creature posing as the human mayor of Monkie Kid's hometown Megapolis. He is the loyal servant of the Lady Bone Demon. |
| 789 | ---- |
| 790 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Looks human at first glance, but there's ''something'' unearthly going on with him. It's eventually revealed that he's a WillingChanneler of Lady Bone Demon, which caused his human appearance to drastically change. It hasn't been revealed whether he reverted back to a human after the Lady Bone Demon's power left him. |
| 791 | * AmbiguousSituation: Whether he's loyal by choice or [[MindControl by force]] is unclear, as all of the other characters under the LBD's control are either terrified of her or possessed. |
| 792 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:Briefly appears in Season 4 through the Memory Scroll, with one of the memories Tang stumbles across as he's attempting to find his team showing a brief look at his time serving under his Emperor.]] |
| 793 | * CorruptPolitician: He's the current mayor of Megapolis and secretly in cahoots with the Lady Bone Demon. Subverted as there is a heavy implication that he's only impersonating the mayor. |
| 794 | * DissonantLaughter: Whenever something horrible is happening and he's on-scene, he's usually laughing. |
| 795 | * TheDreaded: Less so than the Lady Bone Demon, but he's no slouch either. When he's channeling the Lady Bone Demon's power, Macaque treats him as such. |
| 796 | * EmptyEyes: Unlike those of the other human characters, his eyes are pure white with no visible pupils and even seem to glow sometimes. This makes him look ever so slightly off and is an early sign that he's not who he appears to be (if his unhinged laughter didn't clue you in first). |
| 797 | * EvilChancellor: In his backstory. He was the chief of war to an emperor who came to serve the Lady Bone Demon instead and executed his former liege on her command. |
| 798 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Presents himself as a jovial, if somewhat odd, fellow and never drops the act, even when holding someone up in a NeckLift. |
| 799 | * GlamourFailure: Apart from his eyes being unnaturally white and devoid of reflections, his disguise also slips sometimes, showing his real more monstrous form underneath when he gets too excited. He was shown to already have unnatural eyes before he betrayed his Emperor. |
| 800 | * HumanoidAbomination: Like his mistress, he has the appearance of a regular human, but is shown to be strong enough to manhandle ''Macaque'' with ease, with the latter being unable to do anything about it. We occasionally see flashes of his true self and they indicate that he's a lot taller and grotesque-looking than his human disguise. It's then revealed in "Time To Be Warriors" that he was once a chief of war who betrayed his liege to serve the Lady Bone Demon instead and has since been altered under her power. |
| 801 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Averted. The Lady Bone Demon watched the Mayor get pummeled by Monkey King and outright said that he had no place in her "perfect world". Despite this, he still sings her praises and can't wait for her plan to reach completion. |
| 802 | * TheNameless: His real name is never revealed. He's either called "the Mayor" or "the guy who is definitely probably not actually a real mayor". |
| 803 | * {{Sadist}}: Clearly enjoys other people's suffering, especially when he's the one doing it with the Lady Bone Demon's approval. |
| 804 | * StepfordSmiler: Come what may, that wide slightly unnerving smile rarely leaves his face. |
| 805 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: He hasn't had an associated minifigure unless he's one of the miscellaneous White Bone Spirits. |
| 806 | * UndyingLoyalty: To the Lady Bone Demon. It's unclear ''how'' she acquired such loyalty, but in any case, he enthusiastically follows her plans. Too bad his loyalty isn't returned. |
| 807 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the heroes captured him in the Season 3 special, it's unknown what happened to him afterward. |
| 808 | * WillingChanneler: A portion of the Lady Bone Demon's power flows out of him in order to help possess Monkey King instead. |
| 809 | [[/folder]] |
| 810 | |
| 811 | !!The Brotherhood |
| 812 | |
| 813 | [[folder: Monkey King]] |
| 814 | !!Sun Wukong, the Monkey King |
| 815 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SeanSchemmel |
| 816 | -->See above. |
| 817 | [[/folder]] |
| 818 | |
| 819 | [[folder:Azure ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]] |
| 820 | !!Azure Lion |
| 821 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/ChrisSabat |
| 822 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/azure_lion.jpg]] |
| 823 | |
| 824 | The leader of the Brothers of Lion Camel Ridge, who once served the Celestials before joining Sun Wukong's war against Heaven. |
| 825 | ---- |
| 826 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: His facial features in the show are much softer compared to his toy counterpart's menacing grimace and smug smile, likely to better showcase his [[AffablyEvil friendly personality]]. |
| 827 | * AffablyEvil: In comparison to all the other villains in the show so far, he's actually a pretty nice guy. He cares for his sworn brothers and treats MK and his friends sympathetically, genuinely trying his best to avoid coming into conflict with them or Monkey King. But he's also dead set on claiming the Jade Emperor's throne for himself and taking his revenge on the Celestial Realm, and will not let anyone stand in his way. |
| 828 | ** Later on in "The Emperor's Wrath" special, it's shown that Azure was never really as righteous as he appears to be and was always willing to sacrifice other lives in order to achieve his ambitions -- but as Macaque puts it, he's always been able to come off as a good guy regardless, likely because [[ObliviouslyEvil he truly thinks he is one.]] |
| 829 | * AllForNothing: The success of his cause of dethroning the Jade Emperor ended there. Not only does he not achieve any of the change he once desired, but the burden of consuming the Jade Emperor's immense power erodes his sanity and causes him to nearly tear apart the world in his hatred and incompetence-- oh, and also begins to kill him from overuse. Even so, he is ultimately able to regain his bearings, with his last moments spent fixing the damage he caused before fading away. |
| 830 | * AntiVillain: He's got a noble spirit and genuinely believes the world would be better off with new leadership for the Celestial Realm, wanting to fulfill the promise he made with his brothers to achieve this cause. He actively doesn't enjoy the extreme methods he utilizes throughout the season, such as tricking MK and keeping Monkey King imprisoned in the Memory Scroll (then using his life as leverage to keep the heroes from intervening), but believes it all as necessary for his goal. |
| 831 | * TheBadGuyWins: At the end of Season Four, he succeeds at his longtime goal to kill the Jade Emperor and take his throne. |
| 832 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Azure Lion wanted to save the world from the tyranny of the Jade Emperor. Come "Better Than We Found It", he does so... from ''himself'', fixing the destruction he caused while wielding the Jade Emperor's power at the cost of his life. |
| 833 | * BelievingTheirOwnLies: Whether or not he’s lying about some of the awful things he’s done to achieve his ambitions or is simply omitting them from his mind, Azure always acts like his version of the truth is the right one. |
| 834 | * BenevolentBoss: He considers his fellow demon kings as beloved brothers and comrades, and was willing to do whatever it took to save them from their imprisonment within the Memory Scroll. However, this slips in "The Emperor's Wrath" after taking the Jade Emperor's power, sealing all the castle's attendants in the Scroll of Memory, and threatening his sworn brothers for questioning him in this state. |
| 835 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: For Azure, if you’re not with him, you’re against him. He’s unwilling to compromise on his ideals of heroism, such as viewing the Jade Emperor as nothing but a greedy tyrant without considering the possibility that there’s an alternative explanation for his manner of rule, and goes from completely adoring Monkey King to believing him to be a manipulative traitor when he became Tang Sanzang’s disciple, not thinking about whether or not the latter had a choice -- and ''certainly'' not about if he and his brotherhood are actually the ones in the wrong. |
| 836 | * BlueIsHeroic: Zigzagged and downplayed. He has a blue colour scheme and comes across as a polite individual with the [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble goal of creating a better world, albeit through rather questionable means]]. Macaque also reveals that he was never quite as heroic as he believed himself to be, willing to let much of the land around his home wither so long as Camel Ridge prospered. |
| 837 | ** Played straight with his HeroicSacrifice. |
| 838 | * BodyguardBetrayal: After spending his younger years serving Jade Emperor, he defected from him after realizing his lack of compassion toward the mortal realm and resolved to remove him from power alongside his sworn brothers. |
| 839 | * BrokenPedestal: He looked up to Monkey King, and was even the first to say that he would be the better candidate over himself to rule over the Celestial Realm, as Monkey King created a paradise for his own subjects. This was shattered after Monkey King surrendered to the Celestial Realm and started serving them as Tang Sanzang's disciple. |
| 840 | * ColorCodedEyes: Shares the same pink eyes as his sworn brothers, Yellowtusk and Peng. |
| 841 | * TheCoup: Azure Lion -- alongside the other Demon Kings, Sun Wukong and Macaque -- plotted to overthrow the Jade Emperor, desiring a world without pain. Extra points in that he once served the Celestial Realm, but realized how corrupt the system is towards mortals and demons, seeking to make things better. In the past, he failed, but in the current series, he succeeded with the help of the Memory Scroll. |
| 842 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: As shown in "The Emporer's Wrath" special, Azure Lion and his sworn brothers never considered what the Jade Emperor's position truly entailed on a cosmic scale, meaning that taking his life also meant taking on his powers of keeping the universe in balance — which begins to literally rip apart due to Azure having no HOPE of controlling it. |
| 843 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He truly cares for his sworn brothers, happily embracing them and welcoming them back after they’re freed from the scroll. 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. |
| 844 | * EvilUncle: Subverted, as he isn't ''actually'' MK's uncle despite Mei making that connection, but it's shown that they both come to see each other in that way given their shared connection to Monkey King. By the end of the season, he's made himself MK's new ArchEnemy with his unwavering conviction to destroy the Jade Emperor and become a GodKing. |
| 845 | * GoOutWithASmile: As his body disintegrates from being unable to survive using the Jade Emperor's power at the end of season 4, he gives Monkey King and MK one last tearful smile before fading away. |
| 846 | * HeroicSacrifice: In “Better Than We Found It”, Azure’s first and last true act of heroism after centuries of hypocrisy is to use the full force of the Jade Emperor's power to bring the universe back together after almost tearing it apart, saving the world at the cost of his life. |
| 847 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 848 | ** He is deeply resentful of Monkey King betraying him and the rest of their sworn brothers (despite the heavy implication Monkey King didn't have a choice) -- but in order to achieve his vengeance against the Celestial Realm, he was willing to deceive and betray MK and his friends, all because he knew they wouldn't agree with his reasons. MK accurately points out in "Rip And Tear" that his accusations towards Monkey King are much more descriptive of ''his'' actions. |
| 849 | ** In "The Jade Emperor", Azure uses the Jade Emperor's lavish palace as evidence of him hoarding power and wealth without any care to what happens to the rest of the world...while in "A Lifetime Of Mistakes" it's revealed that in the past, Azure Lion was draining life from the land in order to build Camel Ridge, his ''own'' magnificent palace. |
| 850 | * KickTheDog: Despite maintaining his righteous attitude throughout his use of the Scroll of Memory, he takes cruel delight in trapping Red Son within it in "The Jade Emperor" after he had done the same to the latter's parents. He also sealed away all of the Jade Emperor's attendants after assuming the throne, despite them posing no possible threat to him. |
| 851 | * TheKingSlayer: Kills the Jade Emperor, the divine ruler of the Celestial Realm, in the tenth episode of Season 4. |
| 852 | * KillTheGod: His true plan throughout Season 4 -- to slay the Jade Emperor in direct combat, both to take up his position as ruler and as revenge for his brother's imprisonment. He succeeds. |
| 853 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: To Lady Bone Demon. Like her, he sought to make the world a better place for mortals and was disillusioned by the frivolity of the Celestial Realm, eventually becoming dangerously obsessed with reshaping things as he sees fit. However, unlike her, he's an AffablyEvil BenevolentBoss who wants to take over the world rather than destroy it. |
| 854 | ** Also like Lady Bone Demon, Azure is convinced he is in the right and is doing what is best for the world, but has long lost sight of his original intention, instead driven by hatred and vengeance. Unlike her, however, he manages to realize this and makes amends before the end. |
| 855 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Monkey King and MK manage to talk Azure down in "Better Than We Found It", he finally breaks out of his delusions and realizes that the world is about to be destroyed by his own hand and due to ''his'' own actions -- looking around in horror as he remembers how this is the exact opposite of what he wanted. |
| 856 | * NeverMyFault: |
| 857 | ** After he unintentionally breaks Monkey King's piece of the Memory Scroll in a fight with MK, trapping the former indefinitely, he pins the blame on the heroes for not hearing him out rather than himself. |
| 858 | ** As explored in "The Emperor's Wrath" special, Azure simply can't accept that he is anything less than a hero trying to save the world or that Monkey King isn't [[ObliviousToHisOwnDescription the brutal, traitorous monster]] in this scenario -- pinning all the blame for his actions on the latter, even his own inability to control the Jade Emperor's power as it begins to ''destroy'' everything. MK has to tell him outright that ''none'' of this is Monkey King's fault. |
| 859 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Azure really, truly has good intentions and sees himself as a heroic individual...so much so that he justifies any harm he causes trying to achieve his goals, including destroying a thriving land to build Camel Ridge or deceiving MK in order to get the Scroll of Memory and take over the Celestial Realm, then putting the entire universe at risk in order to destroy those he believes will try to get in his way. |
| 860 | --> '''MK:''' He said he wanted to help people. He said he wanted to be a hero.\ |
| 861 | '''Macaque:''' I'm sure he does. Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story. Azure's always been good at convincing people he's the good guy. He's even fooled himself. |
| 862 | * PetTheDog: |
| 863 | ** Even though he was ultimately tricking them into giving him the scroll, he's genuinely friendly to Mei and MK when first meeting them, putting faith in their ability to save their friends and even letting MK call him "Unkie Lion". |
| 864 | ** He was willing to let MK and his friends go even after his true goals come to light, keeping his brothers from hurting them and regarding them as having been led astray by Monkey King. However, he makes it clear this only stands for as long as they don't interfere with his cause. |
| 865 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: In the Season 4 special, he uses the last of his strength to bring the universe back together after his VillainousBreakdown nearly tears it apart...after which the Jade Emperor's power fully destroys him. |
| 866 | * SanitySlippage: It's made clear by the end of Season 4 that Azure is deeply entrenched in a delusion of false heroism -- but attempting to wield the full power of [[GodKing the Jade Emperor]] throughout the season finale special turns him from an outwardly calm and largely noble-intentioned warrior into an unstable, callous, paranoid wreck who blames everything on Monkey King, prioritizing taking revenge over his goal to make the world better or keeping himself from ''tearing apart the universe''. |
| 867 | * SelfServingMemory: His recollection of his past with Monkey King does a lot to paint himself in the heroic light and Monkey King in the villainous one -- namely believing that Monkey King and his companions attacked Camel Ridge out of jealousy, rather than because of the destruction Azure caused trying to build his own idea of utopia. He also genuinely thought that he and his sworn brothers were united under the exact same ideals and it was Monkey King’s betrayal that ruined everything, but a closer look shows that Azure was projecting onto each of them in some way. |
| 868 | * 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 to the point of disaster, and likely being the one to put the idea of conquering the Celestial Realm in his head in the first place. |
| 869 | * UnreliableNarrator: "A Lifetime of Mistakes" reveals him to be this, showing that what he told MK in "The Brotherhood" about creating Camel Ridge as a utopia to rival the Celestial Realm did not include stealing the life from the land around him in order to do so in the first place. As Macaque summarizes, Azure is so delusional that it's pretty much impossible to take any of his word as fact. |
| 870 | * UnwittingPawn: In their confrontation, Jade Emperor implies to Azure Lion that he's simply a pawn in a bigger game and that taking his throne will make little difference in the end. |
| 871 | ** In "Better Than We Found It" Monkey King quickly realizes that Azure must have been brought back from the Underworld and given the scroll by someone who wanted him to lose control and destroy the world with the Jade Emperor's power -- and Azure, for his part, was so blinded by delusion he didn’t even question it. |
| 872 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: His desire to overthrow the Jade Emperor comes from despising how he and the other Celestial Beings look down upon the mortal realm and its sufferings, launching a coup with his sworn brothers in hopes of creating a better world. |
| 873 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Back before the war, Azure Lion used to have a nice brotherhood with Sun Wukong. After Sun Wukong appeared to willingly serve Tang Sanzang, the Azure Lion came to consider him a traitor to his friends and their cause. |
| 874 | [[/folder]] |
| 875 | |
| 876 | [[folder:Yellowtusk]] |
| 877 | !!Yellowtusk the Wise |
| 878 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/DaveBMitchell |
| 879 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yellowtusk.jpg]] |
| 880 | |
| 881 | A fellow Demon King who was once a friend of Sun Wukong. |
| 882 | ---- |
| 883 | * TheBrute: Subverted in that he's a GeniusBruiser, yet is still the most physically imposing member of the Brotherhood. |
| 884 | * CarryABigStick: When it comes to brute force, he prefers using a hammer. |
| 885 | * CoDragons: With Peng to their leader and sworn brother Azure Lion, [[spoiler:who by the end of Season 4 is the new BigBad.]] |
| 886 | * ColorCodedEyes: Shares the same pink eyes as his sworn brothers, Azure Lion and Peng. |
| 887 | * CruelElephant: He's an elephant demon and [[spoiler:one of the main villains by the end of Season 4 alongside his fellow demon kings.]] |
| 888 | ** Downplayed in the special, [[spoiler:where he realizes that Azure is losing himself to the Jade Emperor's power and will bring the universe down with him, ultimately deciding to help the heroes stop him.]] |
| 889 | * DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:In "The Emperor's Wrath" special, the disheartening realization that Azure killing the Jade Emperor and taking his powers without any means to control them will have disastrous consequences for the world -- and that the latter's actions were more about vengeance than actually creating the better world they dreamed about -- leads him to ultimately side with the heroes to stop his sworn brother.]] |
| 890 | * GeniusBruiser: Good with magic and packs a mean punch. |
| 891 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He is imprisoned by Ne Zha and taken to the Celestial Realm for punishment at the end of "Better Than We Found It", going without a fight and accepting that while his brotherhood had noble intentions, the Monkie Kids are ''truly'' heroes.]] |
| 892 | * HonorableElephant: Subverted since he is one of the main villains of Season 4, but in the end he proves to be the legitimately wise and rational TokenGoodTeammate of the Camel Ridge Brotherhood as the only one of them who wasn’t lead astray from their initial noble intentions to help the world, even [[spoiler: defecting from their cause once he realizes they’ve been going about things all wrong in "The Emperor's Wrath".]] |
| 893 | * NobleDemon: Literally. Whereas Azure turns out to be a vengeful hypocrite and Peng a frivolous JerkAss, Yellowtusk remains fully committed to helping the world, with no hangups beyond not realizing he’s on the wrong side -- [[spoiler: and when he does, he makes a HeelFaceTurn and accepts his punishment for his involvement in the Brotherhood’s crimes.]] |
| 894 | --> '''Yellowtusk:''' I will not condemn the noble intentions of my Brotherhood. We hoped to create a better world, to protect it with all our might...but it took me far too long to learn what ''real'' heroes looked like. |
| 895 | * TheSmartGuy: He's "The Wise" one of the Brothers, and quite adept with magic. [[spoiler:The Season 4 special also has him putting together that the consequences of killing the Jade Emperor far outweighed any benefits, realizing he was a CosmicKeystone and that Azure's inability to handle his power will tear apart the universe]] |
| 896 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: A wise old elephant who wears a pair of glasses for reading. |
| 897 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Camel Ridge Brotherhood, with Monkey King telling the others that Yellowtusk, befitting his title, is the most reasonable of them and might be willing to listen to the heroes. [[spoiler:Indeed, he does just that in "Better Than We Found It", having already realized that Azure is losing it and that they made a ''terrible'' mistake dethroning the Jade Emperor.]] |
| 898 | [[/folder]] |
| 899 | |
| 900 | [[folder:Peng]] |
| 901 | !!Golden-Winged Peng |
| 902 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Meli Grant |
| 903 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peng.jpg]] |
| 904 | |
| 905 | A Demon King and an old friend of Sun Wukong. |
| 906 | ---- |
| 907 | * AdaptationalGenderIdentity: They are the first canonical non-binary character in the show, consistently referred to with they/them pronouns throughout "The Emperor's Wrath”. |
| 908 | * AgentPeacock: Aside from literally being a bird, they are quite vain and refer to their brothers as "darling" while also being a particularly vicious warrior. |
| 909 | * BloodKnight: They love fighting, and Monkey King even describes them as the most dangerous of the Brotherhood. |
| 910 | * CoDragons: With Yellow-Tusk to Azure Lion. |
| 911 | * ColorCodedEyes: Shares the same pink eyes as their sworn brothers, Yellowtusk and Azure Lion. |
| 912 | * DeathFromAbove: Their primary method of attacking thanks to their golden wings, [[spoiler:shooting magic feathers like blades upon Ne Zha during their battle in the Celestial Realm.]] |
| 913 | * DirtyCoward: Despite their powerful combat abilities, they ultimately care more about preserving themselves than they do anything else, which Monkey King advises is the best way to neutralize them. [[spoiler:This is proven correct when Peng flees from the battle in “Better Than We Found It” when it’s clear they can’t win.]] |
| 914 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: They're an unrepentant jerk, [[spoiler: but even they are upset about Monkey King's scroll piece breaking, trapping the latter forever as far as they and their sworn brothers are concerned.]] |
| 915 | * FairWeatherFriend: The most egregious example of the Brotherhood. They constantly bullied Macaque, was the first to suggest killing Monkey King when he stating working for the Celestial Realm, and [[spoiler: ultimately leaves Azure and Yellowtusk high and dry in “Better Than We Found It".]] |
| 916 | * ItsPersonal: Was quite gleeful at the prospect of having [[spoiler:Tang Sanzang at their mercy, considering that neither they nor their brothers would have been imprisoned if Tang hadn't guided Monkey King]]. |
| 917 | * {{Hypocrite}}: They constantly talk down to Macaque and derided him as a coward both before and after their brotherhood fell out. [[spoiler:Come the Season 4 special, it turns out they are not willing to risk their life in a fight and don't hesitate to run away once they see the potentially universe-destroying fallout of the brotherhood's conquest, ditching Azure and Yellowtusk -- Macaque rightfully throwing their insult right back at them.]] |
| 918 | * {{Jerkass}}: They’re decidedly unpleasant, openly belittling Monkey King and especially Macaque even when they were all still sworn brothers. [[spoiler: They then leave their remaining brothers behind without hesitation when things get too dicey for them in "The Emperor's Wrath".]] |
| 919 | * LeanAndMean: They're the most slender of their sworn brothers and the most callous of them. |
| 920 | * NonHumanNonBinary: They're an avian demon who goes by gender-neutral pronouns. |
| 921 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Upon feeling outmatched by Macaque and Mei and seeing Azure losing control in "Better Than We Found It", they turn tail and fly off into the sky.]] |
| 922 | * SkewedPriorities: In “The Plan Man”, [[spoiler: they’re more concerned about having to pour their own wine due to Azure sealing away the Jade Emperor's attendants than how Azure is currently tearing the world they supposedly swore to save apart.]] |
| 923 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:At the end of "The Emperor’s Wrath", they are still unaccounted for while Azure has died and Yellowtusk has been arrested.]] |
| 924 | [[/folder]] |
| 925 | |
| 926 | [[folder:Macaque]] |
| 927 | !!Six-Eared Macaque |
| 928 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/BillyKametz, Creator/AlejandroSaab (Season 4 episode 5 onwards) |
| 929 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_macaque.PNG]] |
| 930 | |
| 931 | A shadowy mystic primate who has a bitter rivalry and history with Monkey King, which leads him to take an interest in MK's hero development for sinister purposes. |
| 932 | ---- |
| 933 | * EleventhHourRanger: |
| 934 | ** [[spoiler:He joins the heroes in the "Embrace Your Destiny" special in order to help them take down Lady Bone Demon, taking up the role of holding off the corrupted Monkey King while MK gets the staff back to destroy the Bone Mech.]] |
| 935 | ** [[spoiler:In the "The Emperor's Wrath" special, he once again joins forces with the heroes just in time for the climax of Season 4: he ventures inside the Scroll of Memory with MK to rescue Monkey King (who's trapped inside it), and then he fights alongside the group to stop the Brotherhood from destroying reality.]] |
| 936 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's generally called the Six-Eared Macaque, with the appropriate appearance to match the moniker. Here, he seems to lack that design attribute, though he retains the name, which makes him look ruggedly handsome. Oddly, Season 3's toy line features a hairpiece with six ears, but the show itself never includes said ears. |
| 937 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed. The Macaque in the original ''Journey to the West'' was a power-hungry villain who intended to take Wukong's place and achieve Buddhahood. In ''Monkie Kid'', while still a villain, his motivation is more rooted in getting even with Wukong, feeling like he was left behind by his best friend, and is capable of [[PetTheDog showing sympathy]] to MK. [[spoiler:By "Embrace Your Destiny", he also helps the heroes outright after being convinced to make things right by them, and has a HeelFaceTurn that continues into Season 4.]] |
| 938 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the original ''Journey to the West'', the Six-Eared Macaque impersonated Sun Wukong and framed him for attacking his group and stealing their baggage in order to try and take his place among them. Here, Macaque is Monkey King's former friend from before the latter became the hero the world knew, their conflict centuries ago having made them enemies. This possibly makes him a combination of the Six-Eared Macaque, and the Macaque Demon King who was one of Wukong's sworn brothers before his rampage in Heaven. |
| 939 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the original story, the Six-Eared Macaque was nigh-omniscient, but had no umbrakinesis. Here, he does have umbrakinesis, but is nowhere as informed (though he is clearly quite intelligent). |
| 940 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Implied in Season 4 -- flashbacks to the past show even though he was Monkey King's best friend, the rest of their sworn brotherhood viewed him as the weakest link. |
| 941 | * AloofAlly: He's become this for the main heroes following his HeelFaceTurn in Season 3, joining in on the events of Season 4 with little issue despite his generally detached demeanor. |
| 942 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Macaque has fun antagonizing the main heroes, particularly Monkey King and MK, but aside from that shows no interest in world-conquering schemes or causing major destruction, or loyalty to anyone but his own self-interests. [[spoiler:In Season 3, he becomes the ArcVillain working under Lady Bone Demon, but even then the latter had to force him to go along with her plans, and throughout the season his only real interest is to escape his involvement with her.]] [[spoiler:The "Embrace Your Destiny" special has him convinced to help the heroes in the final battle to make things right; ultimately showing he does have good deep down and plays up his villainy as a means of self-preservation, even if being a full-on "hero" is a bit much for him.]] |
| 943 | * AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: In "Shadow Play", he tells the story of a hero and a warrior who were once beloved friends and unstoppable together, but as The Hero grew in power, he left behind The Warrior in his shadow. By the end of the episode, Macaque confirms that The Hero was Monkey King, and The Warrior was him. |
| 944 | * AntiHero: [[spoiler:He manages to become this in the "Embrace Your Destiny" Special -- while remaining aloof as ever, he is finally convinced to do the right thing for once and help the heroes stop Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 945 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:It's implied in "Shadow Play" and later confirmed by both Macaque and the Lady Bone Demon that Macaque's falling out with Wukong ended ''very'' badly for him. He was resurrected by Lady Bone Demon in exchange for his service, and he makes it clear that he would very much like to keep living.]] |
| 946 | * BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler:Ultimately what prompts his HeelFaceTurn -- while he likes to play into being a complete villain and maintains his selfishness as a survival mechanism, deep down he knows his actions are wrong, and did not enjoy the role he was forced to play in Lady Bone Demon's plans to destroy the world. In the "Embrace Your Destiny" special, he is finally convinced by MK to drop the act and help the heroes stop Lady Bone Demon, and amend for what he's done.]] |
| 947 | * BerserkButton: Being reminded of how he is AlwaysSecondBest to Monkey King, given his past of constantly living in the latter's shadow. |
| 948 | * BrutalHonesty: In Season 4, when MK is stressing that he always makes the wrong decision, Macaque point blank tells him that life isn't a video game, there is no right or wrong answer and there will always be consequences even when you do nothing. [[HeelRealization He's speaking from experience.]] |
| 949 | * CassandraTruth: When Monkey King made a plan with their former sworn brothers to lead an uprising against the Jade Emperor in their youths, Macaque was the only one who attempted to voice concerns about the consequences, but was largely ignored and shot down. [[spoiler:It turns out that he was very right to be afraid, and he comes to resent Monkey King from that point on for not listening to him.]] |
| 950 | * CastingAShadow: A lot of his powers are shadow-based. He can create doppelgängers and giant monsters seemingly from his own shadow, and uses it to travel around and teleport, and in "Shadow Play", he uses a magical shadow lantern that entraps people and makes them into his shadow minions. |
| 951 | * CharacterDevelopment: Come season 4, Macaque is ''significantly'' less of a jerk, having moved on from his backstabber survival tactics and actually trying to help MK when he can, freely partaking in the team's heroism. Most importantly, he has learned to let go of his grudge against Monkey King, understanding the latter's side of things in how their friendship fell apart and readily admitting to his own mistakes in their history. |
| 952 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Macaque has no problem pretending to be on someone's side to get something out of them, then betraying them once he has it. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him in Season 3, when it turns out one of the people he's done this to is Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 953 | * CombatPragmatist: Is not above using dirty tricks to gain an advantage in fights. |
| 954 | * TheCynic: |
| 955 | ** As far as Macaque is concerned, heroes are people who outshine everyone around them as they grow in power to the point that they cease to care about anything else and leave their loved ones behind in their shadow. In "Shadow Play", he clearly enjoys breaking it down this way for MK to cause him self-doubt. [[spoiler:[[CynicismCatalyst This stems from feeling personally betrayed and abandoned by Monkey King when he became the hero the world knows him as]].]] |
| 956 | --->'''Macaque:''' [[spoiler:(''To MK finding out his friends were captured'') Oh, did you just realize they were missing? Classic hero maneuver.]] |
| 957 | ** His falling out with [[spoiler:Monkey King]] also led him to develop the mentality that it's everyone for themselves and that "friends" only value each other based on how useful they are to one another, as he expresses to Tang in "Benched". |
| 958 | ---> '''Macaque:''' (''To Tang'') Look out for number one. Because if you don't, ''no one will''. |
| 959 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon supposedly saved Macaque from the Underworld after his fight with Monkey King, under the condition that he would later free her from her own imprisonment later on and aid her destiny -- a deal he backed out at the moment he could. In Season 3, with Lady Bone Demon at her full power, she captures Macaque and forces him to atone for betraying her under threat of his life.]] |
| 960 | * DeathFromAbove: A brief flashback in "Shadow Play" implies [[spoiler:Macaque died from Wukong hitting him from above.]] |
| 961 | * DirtyCoward: |
| 962 | ** He does whatever it takes to save his own skin. In Season 3, [[spoiler:he serves Lady Bone Demon so he can repay the debt she has over him and get away from her destruction -- and in "The Samadhi Fire" he forces the heroes into releasing the Samadhi Fire to burn away Lady Bone Demon's power over him, and is then the first to turn tail and leave when Mei, who became forged with the Fire due to being the unknowing fourth ring, loses control.]] |
| 963 | ** [[spoiler:The "Embrace Your Destiny" special shows him dropping this when he is convinced to join the heroes in defeating Lady Bone Demon, in part to make amends for aiding in her plans. In "The Emperor's Wrath" special, Macaque once again decides to help the heroes save Monkey King from a bad predicament and prevent another world-ending apocalypse from happening, at his own risk. His character development is highlighted when he's contrasted with Peng, one of the main antagonists of Season 4, who decides to abandon their “sworn brothers" to their fate the moment things start to go south for them.]] |
| 964 | * ExtremeDoormat: |
| 965 | ** In Season 3, this is shown to be his survival mechanism through his time working for [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon]] -- acting subservient to the "winning side" and simply running away when he can to avoid any fallout. |
| 966 | ** As Season 4 shows, in their youths Macaque went along with whatever Monkey King desired despite his worries about the trouble his best friend could get into, and let himself be bullied and ignored by their other sworn brothers. [[spoiler:Macaque started to lose this trait after the sworn brotherhood lost to the Celestial Realm, causing him and Monkey King to lash out at each other -- however, he still lets himself get strung along by the Brotherhood when they start causing further destruction on their own terms.]] By the present Macaque comes to regret his past inaction, advising MK to make his own independent choices rather than going along with the options he's given by others, and finally stands up to his former sworn brothers. |
| 967 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 968 | ** While he pretended otherwise throughout the third season, [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon's plans to destroy the world horrified him, and after he's freed from her control he decides to keep on both her and MK's trail in order to provide some information for stopping her before getting convinced by the latter to play a more active role for the second half of the "Embrace Your Destiny" special.]] |
| 969 | ** He's also evidently disgusted Lady Bone Demon used a child as her host, [[spoiler:catching and protecting the girl when she is released in "Destiny Fulfilled".]] |
| 970 | * EvilCounterpart: He's basically Monkey King without any of his principles keeping him in check. However, later seasons flesh out his character to make him more of Monkey King’s natural opposite. |
| 971 | * EvilFormerFriend: In Season 2, it is revealed Macaque is this to Monkey King. Well, kind of. It’s complicated. |
| 972 | * EvilMentor: |
| 973 | ** His teachings to MK involve not letting anything hold him back from unleashing his true power, with MK being able to unleash huge, destructive attacks that his body can't handle, as pointed out by Monkey King. |
| 974 | -->'''Macaque:''' Stop holding back! Stop trying to be nice! Your first strike should be your last strike! Every time you attack, give it everything you've got! Other people are going to tell you to be patient, they are slowing you down! You have power inside you, use it! Take the power and destroy! Remember: you don't use a weapon, you ''are'' a weapon! |
| 975 | ** Downplayed by Season 4 as while Macaque still likes to mess with MK, he does grow to actually care about him, seeing him not as another Monkey King but as someone more like himself. It's through this growing fondness that Macaque begins to let go of his resentments and tries to offer MK genuine guidance when he can. |
| 976 | * FallenHero: He and Monkey King used to fight side by side. In the present, he takes whatever side he thinks will keep him alive, evil or not. After Season 3, he and Monkey King are finally able to work together again. |
| 977 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's got a charismatic and cool demeanour, 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.]] |
| 978 | * ForcedIntoEvil: PlayedWith. [[spoiler:In Season Three, the Lady Bone Demon reveals that Macaque was always supposed to be working for her, [[DealWithTheDevil and even saved him from death]], but Macaque ignored her and did his own thing. After reawakening, she captures him and gives him an ultimatum -- work for her like he promised or die. Having little choice, Macaque becomes the ArcVillain pursuing the team in Season 3.]] |
| 979 | * FreudianExcuse: Macaque's past experience of fighting, losing, and [[spoiler:dying at the hands of his former best friend]] is the reason he gives for becoming a shady, opportunistic WildCard who steals from and betrays people for the sake of personal gain and to ensure his own survival above all else. Subverted upon Season 4, when he starts admitting that a lot of his problems come from never having the courage to make his own decisions. |
| 980 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Aside from Monkey King, [[spoiler:it's implied no one in the sworn brotherhood (Peng especially) cared much for him. When the Brothers of Lion Camel Ridge tried to reforge the brotherhood, Macaque was searched for dead last. When they couldn't find him, Peng assumed he was hiding from them out of cowardice.]] |
| 981 | * FriendToAllChildren: In the Season 3 finale, [[spoiler:it's shown one of his better qualities is having protective instincts towards children, as he goes out of his way to get the young girl Lady Bone Demon was possessing to safety after she is released.]] |
| 982 | * GrewASpine: |
| 983 | ** [[spoiler: After spending all of Season 3 playing on Lady Bone Demon's side out of fear for his life, he finally decides to take a stand after MK convinces him he's not truly the villain he'd like to be.]] |
| 984 | ** 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, and specifically during his friendship with Monkey King. |
| 985 | * TheHeavy: He is forced to act as this on [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon's behalf against the heroes in Season 3 under threat of his life.]] |
| 986 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:In the "Embrace Your Destiny" special, MK appeals to his better nature and encourages him to join the fight against Lady Bone Demon, so he can save the world from her and make amends for his actions as her henchman. In Season 4, he seems to have taken MK's words to heart and shed his bad guy status for good, since he's still on civil terms with the protagonists and he once again joins forces with them to stop the Brotherhood from bringing about the end of reality.]] |
| 987 | * AnIcePerson: [[spoiler:Lady Bone Demon grants him ice powers to help him hunt down the Samadhi Fire, which [[RedRightHand covers his right arm in ice]] and steadily spreads all the way up to his face.]] |
| 988 | * IdenticalStranger: He looks almost identical to Monkey King in appearance, minus the different color scheme and a few other accessories. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when he says he gets confused for Monkey King a lot. |
| 989 | * InsistentTerminology: [[spoiler: As of the Season 3 special, he’s still not a hero. He’s a ''warrior.'']] |
| 990 | * ItsAllAboutMe: |
| 991 | ** Macaque doesn't really care about anyone but himself and won't hesitate to backstab or abandon a cause where nothing's in it for him. [[spoiler:Even more egregious in Season 3 where he tries to take the Samadhi Fire for himself ''even though'' he knows it's the last chance humanity has against Lady Bone Demon. When Mei, through his intervention, becomes the involuntary vessel for the fire and threatens to lose control, he doesn't stay to help in any way but merely slinks away into the shadows to save his own skin.]] |
| 992 | ** [[spoiler:However, the "Embrace Your Destiny" special shows him managing to subvert this -- as it turns out after "The Samadhi Fire", he decided to follow Ne Zha and MK rather than just hiding, saving the latter from a possessed Monkey King and providing the team information in the form of a captured Mayor in the hopes it will increase their chances. He's then talked by MK into helping them in the final battle, doing his part to make things right.]] |
| 993 | ** [[spoiler:In Season 4 and "The Emperor's Wrath" special, it's apparent that Macaque has taken the lesson he learned in Season 3, about the consequences of his selfishness, to heart and is making an effort to care more about others. He sympathizes with MK about his problems and gives him the advice he needs to hear to face them, and he later willingly agrees to help MK and his friends rescue Monkey King and prevent another world-ending apocalypse from happening.]] |
| 994 | * JerkassHasAPoint: |
| 995 | ** Macaque makes a lot of points about Monkey King's actions hurt others -- which isn’t entirely inaccurate based on how his means of handling of [[spoiler: Lady Bone Demon]] throughput season 2 left MK feeling abandoned. |
| 996 | ** The Monkie Kids repeatedly tell Macaque that Wukong has a plan to defeat [[spoiler:the Lady Bone Demon]], but Macaque always brushes them off because he knows Wukong well enough to know he doesn't actually have a plan. [[spoiler:It turns out that Wukong actually did have a plan, albeit a poorly thought-out plan that bore risk to Mei's life, which is actually even more messed up than not having a plan at all.]] |
| 997 | ** Played more straight in Season 4 -- back before Monkey King's war on Heaven, he was the most hesitant about the plan and tried to remind Monkey King of the consequences for attempting to dethrone the Jade Emperor. And consequences there were, as the Jade Emperor imprisoned Monkey King under a mountain, costing him his freedom and his old friend, with Macaque calling him out for his obsession with power and bringing this punishment onto himself. |
| 998 | ** In "A Lifetime of Mistakes" he bluntly but accurately summarizes that MK has only really focused on the positive parts of Monkey King's past, making him a lot less knowledgable about his mentor than he thinks he is. |
| 999 | * KickTheDog: |
| 1000 | ** Right after stealing Monkey King's powers from MK, he pins him down with the Golden Staff and proceeds to mock him for losing the ability to wield it. |
| 1001 | --->'''Macaque:''' ''(laughing)'' Oh no! Can't you hold the magic staff anymore? Well, you know what that means. There really ''isn't'' anything special about you. You're just some kid with a heavy stick. |
| 1002 | ** In "Benched", he attacks Tang not once but ''twice'', despite previously following the group and knowing Tang was no threat to him. |
| 1003 | * KnightOfCerebus: Things tend to get more serious whenever he shows up, his power and trickery making him one of the more dangerous foes the heroes face. Although he's outdone in this trope by [[spoiler:the Lady Bone Demon]]. |
| 1004 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: An especially disturbing example. Keep in mind that Macaque is strong enough to hold his own against Monkey King in a fight -- but when the Mayor addresses him at the end of "Shadow Play" Macaque has a very visible OhCrap - reaction and tries to get the hell out of dodge. Unfortunately, he's not fast enough. |
| 1005 | * ManipulativeBastard: Lies and deception come easy to him, as in his debut he plays on MK's insecurities to turn him against his mentor and steal his powers to draw Monkey King out for a fight. |
| 1006 | * NeverMyFault: |
| 1007 | ** Whatever falling out he and Monkey King had in the past, he blames the latter for it and holds a deep grudge against him, especially since it ended with him losing an eye and his life, briefly. |
| 1008 | ** This changes upon season 4, when it’s revealed that both of them had some part to play in things going as wrong as they did, but by this point Macaque is more willing to acknowledge his own faults in that regard. |
| 1009 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Macaque forces the Samadhi Fire ritual to be completed before Monkey King can arrive so he can free himself from Lady Bone Demon's power, which ended up forging Mei with the Fire. While no one is particularly pleased by this outcome as it turned Mei into a PersonOfMassDestruction against her will, she was eventually able to make the Fire her own, which stopped Lady Bone Demon from using it to destroy the world.]] |
| 1010 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: |
| 1011 | ** Macaque usually doesn't take anything or anyone seriously. So when he gets uncharacteristically somber when warning MK about Lady Bone Demon it's especially noteworthy. He also shows ''actual fear'' when confronted by the Mayor, [[spoiler:who is a servant of Lady Bone Demon]]. |
| 1012 | ** [[spoiler:In "The King, The Prince, and The Shadow", Macaque is uncharacteristically quiet when he takes the rings from Monkey King. Instead of monologuing and then returning to the LBD like Monkey King predicts, Macaque tears apart the fake rings out of anger and leaves to go collect the Samadhi fire himself.]] |
| 1013 | * PerpetualFrowner: In Season 4, Macaque dropping his villainous facade shows his natural manner to be reserved, grouchy and perpetually broody, even back when he was young. |
| 1014 | * PersonalityPowers: His grudge against Monkey King stems from [[AlwaysSecondBest being perpetually stuck in his shadow]], making it a bit ironic that [[CastingAShadow he can manipulate his own]]. |
| 1015 | * PetTheDog: |
| 1016 | ** In Season 2, he intends to make MK doubt himself by presenting heroes as people who hurt and abandon those close to them [[spoiler:[[AndThatLittleGirlWasMe based on his own experience]]]] by kidnapping the latter's friends right under his nose. However, once he decides MK is suffering enough as it is, he releases his friends and states that he really thinks MK is a good kid. |
| 1017 | ** In the Season 3 finale, [[spoiler:he rescues MK from a possessed Monkey King just in the nick of time, and in the final episode personally ensures the safety of the little girl Lady Bone Demon used as a host upon her release.]] |
| 1018 | ** In Season 4, [[spoiler:he genuinely tries to comfort MK over the revelation that he's a stone monkey, and gives him a pep talk about how only he can decide who he is.]] |
| 1019 | * PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler:In the Season 3 finale the Lady Bone Demon "gifts" him her power of controlling ice... which will slowly consume him until there's nothing left unless he brings her the Samadhi Fire.]] |
| 1020 | * PurpleIsPowerful: His [[CastingAShadow shadow magic]] is [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack dark and purple colored]] and is powerful enough to trade blows with Monkey King himself. |
| 1021 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His color scheme involves a lot of this. He has black fur, red facial markings, and antagonizes the main characters -- particularly Monkey King and MK. In Season 3, his new outfit is almost entirely red and black, [[spoiler:which fits for him acting as the ArcVillain under Lady Bone Demon.]] |
| 1022 | * RebelRelaxation: Just about every scene of him with the heroes in the Season 4 special has him doing this. |
| 1023 | * ReformedButNotTamed: While he manages to pull a HeelFaceTurn at the end of Season 3 [[spoiler:-- at least partially for the sake of saving the world so he can continue to live in it --]] he still maintains his rivalry with Monkey King (though now it's been toned down to petty squabbling on both sides) and remains aloof from the heroes, but the season ends with the hint that he might finally be starting to see the merit in MK's moral values. By Season 4, he's a full on AloofAlly, although he still likes messing with people. |
| 1024 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: |
| 1025 | ** Gives one to Monkey King about him holding back all of his power so MK wouldn't get caught in the crossfire. |
| 1026 | --->'''Macaque:''' Come on! Show me the real Sun Wukong! The old you would've leveled ''this whole mountain range'' to stop me! But you're scared of hurting some kid? ''Pathetic!'' |
| 1027 | ** He also chews MK out for completely misunderstanding the play about a hero who leaves his friend behind in the shadows and only noticing that Macaque kidnapped his friends long after the fact, because he was too preoccupied with his own worries to pay attention. |
| 1028 | ** In Season 4, [[spoiler: traversing past memories reveals he gave one of these to Monkey King while he was imprisoned for his conquest against the Celestial Realm, in retaliation to the latter repeatedly lashing out at him over him always “running off” when ''he '' was the one who got so power-hungry and dragged everyone else into his constant climb for immortality -- leading to their friendship breaking. ]] |
| 1029 | * TheResenter: As "Shadow Play" more or less sums up, Macaque resents Monkey King as a [[spoiler:former friend who attained power on a silver platter his whole life and (supposedly) left Macaque behind in his shadow -- a bitter perspective that he also tries to project onto MK in that same episode.]] However, Season 4 shows things were a bit more complicated than simply feeling envy and abandonment. |
| 1030 | * ScarsAreForever: Though it's not often seen as he actively hides it with his shapeshifting, Macaque has a permanent scar over his damaged right eye. It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Monkey King]] was the one to cause this. |
| 1031 | * ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: He turns into MK in the middle of his and Monkey King's fight to throw Monkey King off. It works, much to Macaque's amusement. |
| 1032 | -->'''Macaque:''' Seriously? You fell for ''that''? |
| 1033 | * ShapeshiftingTrickster: Macaque has a particular knack for copying the forms of other people and has so far used it exclusively to mess with other characters, such as impersonating MK during his battle with Monkey King, or doing the reverse with MK later on in Season 2. In Season 3, [[spoiler:he even shape-shifts into a the team's ''van'' to trick MK and his friends.]] |
| 1034 | * TerribleArtist: Funnily enough, despite his penchant for creative shadow-puppetry, Season 4 reveals he has a really juvenile, anime-esque style of drawing. |
| 1035 | * TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Downplayed. Even after his HeelFaceTurn, Macaque is still a pretty grouchy and aloof character at the best of times. However, he is making an effort to be less selfish and care more about others. In Season 4, he steps up to help the heroes during their time of need (without being prompted this time), and he shows sympathy towards MK and even Monkey King when they're at their lowest points.]] |
| 1036 | * UncertainDoom: The Mayor abducts him at the end of "Shadow Play" so the Lady Bone Demon can have "a word" with him. He doesn't appear again for the rest of the season and Lady Bone Demon makes no mention of him, nor is she shown using his shadow lantern (which was the second reason he was taken). [[spoiler:He reappears in Season Three as the ArcVillain forced to work for the Lady Bone Demon, lest she "erase" him.]] |
| 1037 | * VaguenessIsComing: Before disappearing in "Shadow Play", he warns MK that "something's coming" that he isn't ready for, most likely referring to Lady Bone Demon. |
| 1038 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: |
| 1039 | ** The relationship that he and Monkey King have in this adaption. As touched upon in Seasons 2 and 3, his vitriolic grudge towards Monkey King stems from the belief that he abandoned him to be a hero, and the [[spoiler:eventual confrontation between them ending with Macaque imprisoned in the Underworld.]] |
| 1040 | ** Season 4 expands on how [[spoiler:Macaque was a part of Monkey King's sworn brotherhood that tried to conquer the Celestial Realm for power and immortality, following along in spite of his trepidations, but the disastrous consequences led to both of their flaws boiling over and driving them apart.]] Reliving these memories in "A Lifetime Of Mistakes" allows them to finally forgive one another, and they end the season on speaking terms. |
| 1041 | * 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. Even after his HeelFaceTurn, he still mainly operates on his own terms. |
| 1042 | * WhenHeSmiles: His default facial expressions have him either [[TallDarkAndSnarky frowning or smirking]], but his HeelFaceTurn in Season 3 and reconciliation with Monkey King in Season 4 shows him letting out some genuine, soft smiles for the first time. |
| 1043 | * YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: [[spoiler: When forcing Tang to perform the ritual to re-connect the Samadhi Fire, he completely drops using nicknames, showing how serious he really is.]] |
| 1044 | [[/folder]] |
| 1045 | |
| 1046 | [[folder:Demon Bull King]] |
| 1047 | !!Demon Bull King |
| 1048 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SteveBlum |
| 1049 | -->See above. |
| 1050 | [[/folder]] |
| 1051 | |
| 1052 | !!The Underworld |
| 1053 | [[folder:The Curse]] |
| 1054 | |
| 1055 | A protection curse cast upon the Scroll of Memory -- a prison created by the Kings of the Underworld -- to trap and consume those inside of it, coming in the form of ink creatures that represent the past. |
| 1056 | ---- |
| 1057 | * ArcVillain: Of Season 4, as the curse keeping MK and his friends imprisoned in the Scroll of Memory. [[spoiler:Its defeat in "Pitiful Creatures" clears the way for Azure Lion to take up this role going forward.]] |
| 1058 | * EldritchAbomination: Even more so than Lady Bone Demon was -- it's a sentient curse in the form of devouring ink that can appear in any shape for the sake of torment. |
| 1059 | * IAmLegion: [[spoiler:When appearing as an inky version of the MK's monkey form, it refers to both itself ''and'' MK in tandem throughout their confrontation using "we".]] |
| 1060 | * MacGuffinGuardian: Its purpose is to protect the Scroll of Memory and keep those trapped inside imprisoned, subjecting anyone who disturbs it to the same fate. |
| 1061 | * MadeOfEvil: It's a curse that appears to have a twisted mind of its own, and could devour the world if let loose for too long. |
| 1062 | * MindPrison: This is what it inflicts upon those imprisoned within the Memory Scroll, trapping their souls in past versions of themselves and forcing them to repeat their worst sins endlessly. |
| 1063 | * MirrorMatch: [[spoiler:It copies the form of anyone it chooses to torment. For MK, it copies MK's true appearance -- that of a monkey -- during their battle, even copying his voice, essentially personifying MK's fears over what he truly is and what he's meant for.]] |
| 1064 | * ShapeshifterMashup: During its battle with MK, it shapeshifts into a horrifying inky-hybrid amalgamation of all the latter's past enemies. |
| 1065 | * VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:For all its mental tormenting, it is correct in pointing out how MK is more in denial than anything by this point when the latter still tries to assert that he's just a normal delivery boy who just happens to have Monkey King's powers, and also can't remember where he came from. It also notes how no one truly believes Monkie King's speech about change.]] |
| 1066 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: It doesn't have a voice of its own, but instead can speak in the multitude of voices of the memories within the scroll. It uses MK's voice exclusively in its final form. |
| 1067 | * YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler:It's BreakingSpeech to MK boils down to this, telling him that as some kind of mythical monkey-demon creature, his path is doomed to lead towards to nothing but the destruction of the world and the hatred of his friends. When MK delivers the finishing blow in his Monkey form, it coldly challenges him to prove it otherwise.]] |
| 1068 | [[/folder]] |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | [[folder:The Ten Kings]] |
| 1071 | !!The Ten Kings |
| 1072 | [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ten kings of the Underworld]] who have greater plans for the future. |
| 1073 | ---- |
| 1074 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: The end of season 4 has them meeting to discuss the possibility of a traitor among them who stole the Scroll of Memory and set Azure Lion up to destroy the universe, while also implying they intend to take some kind of control over matters now that the Jade Emperor's throne is empty. |
| 1075 | * EverybodyHatesHades: They were by all accounts just doing their jobs in the original tale, taking the dead and sorting them to where they needed to go. Here, they are seemingly pulling strings behind the scenes regarding the fate of the universe and it's believed one of them has gone rogue, releasing Azure Lion with the intent of him destroying the universe. |
| 1076 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Of Season 4 -- at least, one of them is. While it's ambiguous whether or not the rest of them have evil intentions of their own, it's suspected one of them released Azure Lion from the Underworld and gave him the Scroll of Memory so he could destroy the universe, although he didn't remember this. |
| 1077 | * TheManBehindTheMan: At least one of them is responsible for releasing Azure and granting him the Scroll of Memory, wanting him to kill the Jade Emperor and nearly tear apart the universe with his power for whatever reason. |
| 1078 | * TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: They all appear as this at the end of "The Emperor's Wrath" as a council of ten hooded figures which no discernible differing features, meeting to discuss ominous matters about the events of Season 4. |
| 1079 | * PowersThatBe: As the Kings of the Underworld, their realm has always been referenced throughout the show as the place where several of Monkey King's past villains have been imprisoned -- namely Demon Bull King, Macaque, and Azure Lion -- but their official appearance at the end of Season 4 implies they have a lot of power over past events than initially thought. |
| 1080 | * VaguenessIsComing: They seem to have some awareness of an imbalance in the universe that will lead toward catastrophe, and warn this against whichever one of them has decided to pull strings to ensure it happens. |
| 1081 | [[/folder]] |
| 1082 | |
| 1083 | !!Other Villains |
| 1084 | [[folder:Jin and Yin, the Gold and Silver Demons]] |
| 1085 | !!Jin and Yin |
| 1086 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SeanSchemmel (Jin) and Creator/DaveBMitchell (Yin) |
| 1087 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmk_jin_and_yin.PNG]] |
| 1088 | |
| 1089 | A pair of demon brothers and tricksters who appear now and again with hare-brained evil antics to defeat MK. |
| 1090 | ---- |
| 1091 | * EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Implied in "Pig Napped" when two individuals that sounded very much like them personality-wise were trapped in cocoons next to Pigsy and Tang at the Spider Queen's lair.]] |
| 1092 | * EvilBrit: Both of them have a British accent. |
| 1093 | * {{Expy}}: They're both loosely based on the Golden and Silver Horned Kings, two classic ''Journey to the West'' villains. Kind of odd in their case, considering all the other ''Journey to the West'' characters are a lot more straightforward with their identities. |
| 1094 | * GoldfishPoopGang: They aren't much of a threat compared to the other recurring villains in the series, but that doesn't mean you should completely let your guard down around them. |
| 1095 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Season 1, they are firmly villains who cause mischief for the heroes. However, their appearance in Season 3 has the brothers (as well as their accountant) working jobs as stagehands, apparently having decided to start new lives for themselves. They return to villainy in Season 4. |
| 1096 | * LaughablyEvil: A lot of their antics and bickering amongst each other are definitely worth a few laughs. |
| 1097 | * LotusEaterMachine: Their debut episode has them trapping MK in one of these. |
| 1098 | * MeaningfulName: Their names are the Chinese words for "gold" and "silver", respectively. |
| 1099 | * MissingStepsPlan: Their first plan consists of trapping MK in the Calabash and then convincing him that he's not inside it. They apparently never thought it out any further than that. |
| 1100 | * NoodleIncident: Just ''how'' they managed to steal several artifacts from Ne Zha isn't explained, something they lampshade. |
| 1101 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: |
| 1102 | ** In "Calabash", they hightail it out of their hideout using smoke bombs when MK breaks free of the Calabash and agrees to take the brothers on, even though they were just bluffing. |
| 1103 | ** In "The Great Wall Race", they -- along with half of the racers -- immediately forfeit the race when Demon Bull King and Princess Iron Fan decide to join. The brothers instead become the commentators who modify the race track. |
| 1104 | * ShipperOnDeck: Apparently Jin attempted to pair MK and Mei up together when they trapped MK in the Calabash. |
| 1105 | * SiblingRivalry: Minor, but they will occasionally fight each other on who gets the spotlight. Otherwise, they agree on almost everything. |
| 1106 | * ThemeTwinNaming: (Assuming they are twins, that is) Their names each have three letters and end with "in". |
| 1107 | * TookALevelInBadass: Jin and Yin, after returning back to villainy, became a much more significant threat that MK had to use his power mech suit just to stop them from destroying the city. Helps that Jin and Yin use more powerful artifacts this time around, with the Legendary Golden Scissor and Ne Zha's Universe Ring. |
| 1108 | * {{Troll}}: Visual pun aside, they waste little time in altering the rules of the race once the Demon Bull Family join it, despite being too scared to race them. |
| 1109 | [[/folder]] |
| 1110 | |
| 1111 | |
| 1112 | |
| 1113 | [[folder:Goldfish Demon]] |
| 1114 | !!Goldfish Demon |
| 1115 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas |
| 1116 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goldfish_demon.jpg]] |
| 1117 | |
| 1118 | A con-man goldfish that the heroes encounter while stranded in the desert in "Smartie Kid". |
| 1119 | ---- |
| 1120 | * AdaptationalWimp: In ''Journey to the West'' he's a river demon who forces local villagers to sacrifice their children to him under the threat of flooding; here he's a tricky but rather unintimidating con artist who almost manages to scam the heroes out of all their valuable belongings, only to quickly give up any high-ground when caught. |
| 1121 | * ConMan: He has the voice and attitude of a game show host, which he uses to trick MK and his friends into playing a rigged ShellGame and almost successfully con them out of all their valuable possessions. |
| 1122 | [[/folder]] |
| 1123 | |
| 1124 | [[folder:Scorpion Queen]] |
| 1125 | !!Scorpion Queen |
| 1126 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/MichaelaDietz |
| 1127 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scorpion_queen.jpg]] |
| 1128 | |
| 1129 | A Scorpion Demon disguised as a "beautiful queen" who kidnaps Tang in "Amnesia Rules". |
| 1130 | ---- |
| 1131 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Where the ''Journey To The West'' villain she is based on was more TheVamp who attempted to seduce Tang Sanzang (emphasis on ''attempted''), here the Scorpion Queen is simply lonely and rather insecure, wanting to keep Tang with her so she can have a friend. |
| 1132 | * GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She wears purple and intentionally tries to invoke being graceful and elegant when disguised as a "beautiful queen" -- when her true scorpion form is revealed however, she's shown to be immature, easily angered, and desperate for companionship. |
| 1133 | * IJustWantToBeBeautiful: States this when it's revealed her true form is that of a scorpion, using illusions to make herself look like a beautiful human queen. |
| 1134 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: She lies about not being a demon and attempts to make Tang stay in her castle with her forever because she's all alone there, and wants a friend to keep her company. She begrudgingly gets this in the form of the local Tudi in her area -- but by the end of the season, it's shown she apparently ends up befriending Jin and Yin. |
| 1135 | * OddFriendship: At the end of her debut episode she is given the talkative, little local Tudi for a companion by Pigsy, which while she's at first annoyed by, she apparently warms to him by the end of the season, as she's shown that he's still with her -- and what's more, she's seen hanging out with Jin and Yin. |
| 1136 | [[/folder]] |
| 1137 | |
| 1138 | [[folder:Rumble and Savage]] |
| 1139 | !!Rumble and Savage |
| 1140 | |
| 1141 | Two Shadow Monkey clones that Macaque creates to chase down MK's team during their journey to collect the Samadhi Rings. They only appear in the lego sets corresponding to Season 3. |
| 1142 | ---- |
| 1143 | * EliteMooks: Even though they're just two of Macaque's Shadow Monkeys they're much more powerful than the normal ones -- having distinct red skull-like designs and are outfitted with their own weapons, as well as having their own names. |
| 1144 | * ToylineExclusiveCharacter: The two never appear within the show, unless you count the nameless shadow monkeys. |
| 1145 | * WeaksauceWeakness: While both are legitimately threatening, apparently they can be easily taken out just by hitting them on the head hard enough. |
| 1146 | [[/folder]] |
| 1147 | |
| 1148 | !Celestial Beings |
| 1149 | [[folder:Ne Zha]] |
| 1150 | !!Ne Zha |
| 1151 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/JohnnyYongBosch |
| 1152 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ne_zha.jpg]] |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | The Third Lotus Prince, who has made it his duty to protect the world from the threat of the Samadhi Fire. |
| 1155 | ---- |
| 1156 | * EleventhHourRanger: After seeing that Mei is capable of controlling the Samadhi Fire and realizing Monkey King may have had the right idea, Ne Zha decides to join the heroes in the fight to stop Lady Bone Demon. |
| 1157 | * AgeLift: Ne Zha's religious and mythological counterpart is an eternal child and he is often depicted as such in media adaptions, while in the ''Monkie Kid'' he is depicted as an adult. Since the upcoming "The Heavenly Realms" LEGO set shows that he was still a child during Monkey King's former time in the Celestial Realm, it may be the case that he's physically grown up since then. |
| 1158 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Much to his displeasure, Ne Zha realizes that Monkey King still far outmatches him and was holding back during their previous battles in "This Imperfect World". |
| 1159 | ** He also doesn't have much of a chance against Azure Lion and his Brotherhood |
| 1160 | * BadassInDistress: He's very swiftly put out of commission in "The Corrupted King" when Lady Bone Demon successfully possesses Monkey King, but is freed just in time to help out in the final battle at the end of "Destiny Fulfilled". |
| 1161 | ** [[spoiler:Happens again in "The Jade Emperor", where him and his allies are practically curb-stomped by the Brothers of Lion Camel Ridge.]] |
| 1162 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He looks out for and encourages MK during the "Embrace Your Destiny" Special while they're trying to keep Monkey King from fighting Lady Bone Demon. |
| 1163 | * ClothingCombat: True to his religious counterpart, he frequently uses his Red Armillary Sash when fighting. |
| 1164 | * DontYouDarePityMe: Ne Zha does not take it very well when he realizes while watching the battle between Monkey King and The Lady Bone Demon, that Monkey King was [[WillfullyWeak holding back]] every time they fought. |
| 1165 | * HeadButtingHeroes: Much like most celestial beings he believes Monkey King to be unreliable as well as foolish for attempting to reforge the Samadhi Fire, and the latter in turn gets a kick out of pushing his buttons -- however, they still have enough respect for each other and are on the same side against Lady Bone Demon. |
| 1166 | * HeroAntagonist: Ne Zha is a heroic deity sworn to protect the world from the uncontrollable power of the Samadhi Fire, which puts him into an antagonistic position to Monkey King and the rest of the heroes for attempting to reforge it. After seeing that it's actually possible for the Samadhi Fire to be controlled, however, he finally agrees that it's the only hope to stop Lady Bone Demon. |
| 1167 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ne Zha is often blunt, abrasive, [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]], and doesn't mind hitting mortals away if they annoy him. However, Ne Zha is a hero sworn to protect the world and doggedly pursues anyone he considers a threat. In addition, he doesn't hesitate to comfort MK over his insecurities about Monkey King, despite feeling disdain toward the monkey. |
| 1168 | * PlayingWithFire: True to his main depictions, Ne Zha flies and moves around on his Fire Wheels, and possesses many fire-based abilities. |
| 1169 | * RightlySelfRighteous: He detests that he had to split the duty of guarding the Rings of Samadhi with Monkey King and Demon Bull King, but given neither of them really hid the rings where no one could find them (with Demon Bull King keeping it literally right under his nose and Monkey King just tossing it into a hole in the ground to be found by villagers), he has a point. In Season 4, [[spoiler:he also tells Azure Lion that just because the latter doesn't agree with the rule of the Celestial Realm doesn't mean that their role in the universe isn't a necessary one -- specifically, that the Jade Emperor's power holds the responsibility of keeping the world intact.]] |
| 1170 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's a celestial prince and is one of the only heavenly beings who actively chooses to take a stand against Lady Bone Demon in Season 3 once he sees there's hope to defeat her. In Season 4, he also leads the Celestial armies to defend against [[spoiler:Azure Lion's]] assault on the Celestial Realm. |
| 1171 | * UndyingLoyalty: To the Jade Emperor, [[spoiler:to the point he was willing to die for him. "The Emperor's Wrath" reveals this was for good reason, as the world begins to rip apart when Azure is incapable of controlling the true burden of the Jade Emperor's position.]] |
| 1172 | [[/folder]] |
| 1173 | |
| 1174 | [[folder:Ao Guang]] |
| 1175 | !!Ao Guang |
| 1176 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/JamesSie |
| 1177 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragon_of_the_east.jpg]] |
| 1178 | |
| 1179 | Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea and Mei's distant great-uncle. |
| 1180 | ---- |
| 1181 | * CoolOldGuy: As an immortal, powerful ''dragon king'' who is still willing to fight to protect his kingdom, he fits the bill. |
| 1182 | * CoolUncle: For Mei, as her thousand-times great uncle. While he is a bit colder and harsher than the typical examples of this trope, he shows genuine care for his distant niece, facing off against Macaque so she and her friends can escape the city by the end of his titular episode -- and Mei shows a couple of episodes later that she managed to pick up a cool new move from her "Great-Uncy Dragon of the East". |
| 1183 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While antagonistic toward everyone except Mei, he accurately points out that this entire mess with the Lady Bone Demon wouldn't have occurred without MK and Monkey King's involvement. |
| 1184 | * UncertainDoom: The last we saw of him, he was facing off with Macaque in order to buy the heroes' time to find the Samhadi Fire. Considering Macaque continued to be hot on the heroes' tail, it's very likely that he lost, but it's unknown whether or not Macaque killed him or simply defeated him and moved on. Though considering the last we see of the town is that it was ''flattened'' by Macaque, his odds aren't looking too good... |
| 1185 | [[/folder]] |
| 1186 | |
| 1187 | [[folder:Chang'e]] |
| 1188 | !!Chang'e |
| 1189 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/EmiLo |
| 1190 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/change_0.jpg]] |
| 1191 | |
| 1192 | The Goddess of the Moon, who is also a popular food influencer and cooking show host. |
| 1193 | ---- |
| 1194 | * BerserkButton: Like Pigsy, Chang'e gets enraged when someone disrespects cooking and the art of it. |
| 1195 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:Briefly seen floating in the air when Tang teleports throughout the Memory Scroll.]] |
| 1196 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "Cooking is life and life is cooking!" |
| 1197 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: She's a food influencer and cooking show host, and also one of the more feminine women in the series. |
| 1198 | * GodOfTheMoon: She's a moon goddess. |
| 1199 | * HatesBeingAlone: Downplayed. She doesn't mind being alone on the moon, but she does miss talking to people. |
| 1200 | * ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: As lampshaded by Mei, she's an immortal goddess who looks and acts like a young social media influencer. |
| 1201 | --> '''Mei''': Huh, not gonna lie, she's a... bit younger than I thought she'd be. |
| 1202 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Ne Zha sent his Ring of Samadhi to the moon, believing no one would find it there with Chang'e - however, since she was given no context about what it was, or why it landed in her garden, she doesn't hesitate to give it to the heroes when they ask to take it. |
| 1203 | * MoonRabbit: She's associated with rabbits and even has a security drone in the shape of a bunny. |
| 1204 | * NiceGirl: She's easily the nicest celestial being the heroes have met, letting them take the ring and empathizing with Pigsy when he explains why he took her recipe book (because he's such a huge fan of her and left his noodle recipe as a thank you gift) -- even letting him guest star on the next episode of her show. |
| 1205 | * TrueBlueFemininity: She has blue accents and blue eyeshadow to emphasize her extra-feminine character compared to most other women in the cast. |
| 1206 | [[/folder]] |
| 1207 | |
| 1208 | [[folder:Kui Mulang]] |
| 1209 | !!Kui Mulang |
| 1210 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SeanSchemmel |
| 1211 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kui_mulang.png]] |
| 1212 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his wolf form.]]\ |
| 1213 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kui_mulangs_wolf_form.jpg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 1214 | |
| 1215 | A legendary Celestial Guard who consumes souls to live long enough to meet his reincarnated love. |
| 1216 | ---- |
| 1217 | * AdaptationalSympathy: Combined with AdaptationalBackstoryChange. In the original ''Journey to the West'' novel, Kui Mulang did reunite with his lover, who had reincarnated from a goddess to a human princess named Baihuaxiu, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia but she had no memory]] of her existence as a Jade Maiden, with Kui Mulang kidnapping her and forcing her to marry him. Here, he's still waiting on her, though it's likely she won't be impressed by what he has become in this instance either. |
| 1218 | * FreudianExcuse: Kui is only devouring souls so he could reunite with his love, seeing as they couldn't be together as long as she was a goddess. |
| 1219 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: He believes that Mei's chi will be Xīnlà (辛辣), Chinese for "spicy". |
| 1220 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Wanting to wait until his love reincarnates, Kui willingly drains the souls of others to extend his life. |
| 1221 | * OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Capable of turning himself into a gigantic wolf to fight against Ao Lie and Mei. |
| 1222 | * SoulEating: Kui devours souls to extend his life in order to meet his beloved in her next time. |
| 1223 | * StarCrossedLovers: Kui and his beloved could not be together because of their Celestial standards and rank. His beloved allowed herself to be reincarnated in the hope to meet again as mortals. |
| 1224 | [[/folder]] |
| 1225 | |
| 1226 | [[folder:Erlang Shen]] |
| 1227 | !!Erlang Shen |
| 1228 | |
| 1229 | One of the Celestial Realm’s greatest warriors, who appears as a background character in Season 4. |
| 1230 | ------- |
| 1231 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: He is effectively Monkey King’s rival in Journey to the West as the only Celestial Warrior that could match his power enough to properly subdue him, but as seen so far in the show, they have no connection to one another aside from once being on opposite sides of a war. |
| 1232 | * TheCameo: He appears very, very briefly in Season 4 in flashbacks showing Monkey King’s war against the Celestial Realm, leading the armies of Heaven alongside Ne Zha and [[spoiler: Princess Iron Fan]], but even then is relegated to the background, which is [[DemotedToExtra surprising given his significance in Journey to the West.]] |
| 1233 | * CanineCompanion: True to his mythology, Erlang Shen is constantly accompanied by his heavenly dog, who fights alongside him. |
| 1234 | * DemotedToExtra: In regards to his role in Monkey King’s conquest of the Celestial Realm -- in Journey To The West, Erlang Shen was the Jade Emperor’s nephew and the only Heavenly warrior that could really match Sun Wukong, duelling him one-on-one and half-responsible for finally subduing the monkey. In “The Brotherhood", he is battling alongside the rest of the Celestial Realm’s forces against the Brotherhood (and briefly glimpsed fighting Azure), with Monkey King willingly surrendering to the Jade Emperor and leaving no indication that they ever crossed one another on the field. |
| 1235 | * PowerTrio: Seemed to be this with Lotus Prince Ne Zha and [[spoiler: Princess Iron Fan (before she turned to villainy)]] for the Celestial Realm back in the day. |
| 1236 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: His design in the show differs greatly from his Lego toy design, looking not much different from the Celestial Realm’s general soldiers save for having fancier armour. |
| 1237 | [[/folder]] |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 | [[folder:The Jade Emperor ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]] |
| 1240 | !!The Jade Emperor |
| 1241 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/KeoneYoung |
| 1242 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_jade_emperor.jpg]] |
| 1243 | |
| 1244 | The ruler of the Celestial Realms. |
| 1245 | ---- |
| 1246 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: Remains neutral on the problems that mortals face, in spite of his power to improve their lives. |
| 1247 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the original literature, The Jade Emperor was barely a fighter and had to rely on his forces to deal with the Monkey King (with Buddha defeating Wukong). In the series, The Jade Emperor, according to Azure Lion, was the one who ultimately defeated Sun Wukong during their battle against the Celestial Realm |
| 1248 | * CosmicKeystone: "The Emperor's Wrath" special reveals that the Jade Emperor or anyone assuming his role is some form of this, as his power is essential to maintaining the stability of the universe — as such, it begins to literally fall apart when Azure Lion is unable to control it upon taking that power for himself. |
| 1249 | * TheEmperor: The ruler of the Celestial Realm. Given the way the skies started to break upon his death, his position as the emperor is integral to the Celestial Realm remaining intact, and whoever defeats him takes his place. |
| 1250 | * InMysteriousWays: According to Ne Zha, the Jade Emperor works in mysterious ways that cannot allow him to make mortals' lives easier. "The Emperor's Wrath" special implies this is because of the control needed to keep his powers in balance, lest the whole universe be destroyed. |
| 1251 | * GodIsDead: At the end of Season 4, Azure Lion manages to slay the Jade Emperor, taking the throne for himself. |
| 1252 | * GodIsNeutral: Because of his position, the Jade Emperor cannot show favoritism to any of the mortals for unknown reasons. |
| 1253 | ** The season finale special then reveals that the burden of the Jade Emperor's position was to keep the fabric of the universe together -- implying that he simply ''couldn't'' lend his aid to the mortal realm even if he wanted to. |
| 1254 | * TopGod: The main ruler of the gods and the one who places the law for all celestials to follow. |
| 1255 | * WorfHadTheFlu: In the past, the Jade Emperor was capable of defeating Sun Wukong and ending his rebellion. In the present, because of his advanced age, he has grown severely weak. That doesn't mean he won't go down without a fight. |
| 1256 | [[/folder]] |
| 1257 | |
| 1258 | !Others |
| 1259 | [[folder:Mr. and Mrs. Dragon]] |
| 1260 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/SteveBlum and Creator/StephanieSheh |
| 1261 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_and_mrs_dragon.jpg]] |
| 1262 | |
| 1263 | Mei's parents and wealthy descendants of the Dragon clan. |
| 1264 | ---- |
| 1265 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: Mei tells MK and Sandy that her parents dissuaded her from her more "rough-and-tumble" hobbies when she was younger due to their seriousness about preserving the many priceless artifacts in their home. Unfortunately, this has made Mei feel a bit distant from them nowadays. |
| 1266 | * GoodParents: While they admit to being strict on Mei because of their family's status and don't fully understand the path she's taken in life, they both assure Mei that they love her and are proud of her, and that she is a part of their family no matter who she chooses to be. They also care much more that Mei is safe rather than the damage her fight with the Bull Clone caused in "Coming Home". |
| 1267 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While they're both rather proper and stern at first appearance, Mr. Dragon has a pinball machine that he treasures deeply -- not to mention he apparently forgot his and his wife's luggage for their trip. |
| 1268 | [[/folder]] |
| 1269 | |
| 1270 | [[folder:The Girl ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]] |
| 1271 | !!Lady Bone Demon's Host |
| 1272 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Victoria Grace |
| 1273 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/little_girl.jpg]] |
| 1274 | |
| 1275 | A young girl who Lady Bone Demon uses as her vessel from Season 1 onwards. |
| 1276 | ---- |
| 1277 | * TheCameo: Appears in Season 4 witnessing Azure’s destruction of the universe from outside the noodle shop, and smiles the she sees the day saved by her heroes from last season once more. |
| 1278 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: The little that is seen of her personality indicates she is a sweet young girl and an innocent bystander to the show's events, which Lady Bone Demon takes every chance to use against the heroes while using her as a vessel. |
| 1279 | * DemonicPossession: Undergoes this a majority of her screen time. |
| 1280 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: Even though the "Embrace Your Destiny" special shows her body being put under strain from Lady Bone Demon overexerting her power while possessing her, she is thankfully saved and unharmed when Lady Bone Demon releases her in "Destiny Fulfilled". |
| 1281 | * InnocentBystander: She's just a normal little girl, which gives Lady Bone Demon a tremendous advantage while using her body. |
| 1282 | * KindHeartedCatLover: Before Lady Bone Demon possesses her she's seen trying to catch a runaway cat, and in the Season 3 finale she's shown to have little cat faces on her shoes and sits with Mo on her lap while happily hanging out at the noodle shop. |
| 1283 | [[/folder]] |
| 1284 | |
| 1285 | [[folder:Demon Accountant]] |
| 1286 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Victoria Grace |
| 1287 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/demon_accountant.jpg]] |
| 1288 | |
| 1289 | Jin and Yin's demoness accountant. |
| 1290 | ---- |
| 1291 | * BeleagueredAssistant: To the Gold and Silver Demon Brothers and their antics. |
| 1292 | * HypercompetentSidekick: She has both the actual smarts -- and ''strength'' -- to bail Jin and Yin out of trouble once things go away for them. |
| 1293 | * NotSoAboveItAll: In "Benched", she pulls Jin and Yin by their ears when they try and pull the lever for the lantern before the end of the show, but then does it herself once hearing the pure beauty that is Pigsy's singing voice. |
| 1294 | [[/folder]] |
| 1295 | |
| 1296 | [[folder:The Emperor ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]] |
| 1297 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/KyleMcCarley |
| 1298 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theemperor_0.jpg]] |
| 1299 | |
| 1300 | The Emperor of an unknown kingdom of the past. |
| 1301 | ---- |
| 1302 | * AmbiguousSituation: Was he really a bad ruler, or was the Lady Bone Demon so jaded that she couldn't see the good sides of his rule? For that matter, was the Emperor's Kingdom part of the Celestial or Mortal Realm? Given his lack of powers (and lack of celestial markings) as well as the Earth-like landscape of his kingdom, it's hinted that the latter is correct, but the Lady Bone Demon's mention of mortals hints at the former. |
| 1303 | * TheEmperor: Right in the name! |
| 1304 | * PosthumousCharacter: Dead from the start of the series, courtesy of the Lady Bone Demon and the Mayor. |
| 1305 | * PuppetKing: Implied -- or at least, that's what the Lady Bone Demon saw him as. |
| 1306 | [[/folder]] |
| 1307 | |
| 1308 | [[folder:Master Subodhi ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]] |
| 1309 | !!!'''Voiced By''': Creator/JamesSie |
| 1310 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/master_subodhi.jpg]] |
| 1311 | |
| 1312 | The legendary teacher from whom Monkey King learned all his skills and powers. |
| 1313 | ---- |
| 1314 | * DullSurprise: In "The Emperor's Wrath" Special he was sadly expecting the Monkie Kids to fail at stopping Azure Lion from destroying the world -- and has a subdued but genuinely caught off guard expression when he sees them succeed instead. |
| 1315 | * OldMaster: He's this both the past depicted in the Memory Scroll and the present. |
| 1316 | * TheOmniscient: In his own words, there's not a lot that he doesn't know -- so much so that even when he's a ''memory'' version of himself from centuries in the past, he knows all about MK and his adventures, and is fully self-aware to boot. He even knew exactly when to bring MK's friends to his temple after they all make it out of the Scroll of Memory, not skipping a beat before starting their training to fight Azure Lion. |
| 1317 | * SternTeacher: When taking MK's friends in for training, he harshly describes them as having gotten mostly lucky up to this point in their victories and that all they are all in desperate need of actual skill and improvement on their flaws. |
| 1318 | * TricksterMentor: He smirks to himself when seeing Mei's frustration over not getting her own star, implying that he's intentionally pushing her buttons to help her improve. |
| 1319 | * ReasonYouSuckSpeech: He doesn't hold back on his low opinion on how MK's friends have mostly relied on dumb luck and brute force to achieve victory. During training he also gives everyone (sans Sandy) a run down on all their more personal flaws that hold them back. Though it's somewhat mitigated as this is just part of him showing them what they need to overcome. |
| 1320 | [[/folder]] |
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