Macaque (Episode)

## Macaque

**Macaque** is the ninth episode of Season 1 and the ninth episode overall of *Monkie Kid*.

## Synopsis

Short Description
An old enemy of the Monkey King tries to siphon the Monkey King's powers from MK in order to defeat his fabled arch nemesis.

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A mysterious and powerful figure shows up in the city, helping MK thwart an evil cloud of smoke. After introducing himself as the Macaque, this stranger offers to train MK. MK, tired of the “slow” teachings of Monkey King, jumps at the chance, hoping to learn more so he can defend the city, and his friends more effectively. But, the new teacher is actually an old enemy of the Monkey King and is trying to siphon the Monkey King’s powers from MK in order to defeat his fabled arch nemesis. It’s up to MK to learn that discipline is hard to come by and rise up and help the Monkey King before all his power is gone!

## Plot

While training with Monkey King, MK began to believed that he is getting nowhere with his training, claiming that he do something else other than hammering. Monkey King, however, states that he's not going to teach MK something if he doesn't need to know it. Suddenly, MK gets a call from Mei, who told him that the Smoke Monster is attacking Megapolis.

When MK returned to the city, he attempted to defeat the Smoke Monster all by himself, but failed. Moments later, MK and Mei see "Monkey King" battling the Smoke Monster and defeated it. When MK realized that "Monkey King" was actually Macaque, he asked him if he can train him, and Macaque accepted. Unbeknownst to MK, Macaque only agreed to so he can lead him into a path to darkness.

After MK began to train with Macaque for some time, the Monkey King began to get suspicious. Meanwhile, Macaque takes MK to where the Smoke Monster resided, claiming that he's now strong enough to defeat it. Although MK thought he couldn't do it at first, he decided to fight the Smoke Monster again after being convinced by Macaque. When he did, the Smoke Monster steals MK's powers and gave them to Macaque, revealing that it was working for him. Before Macaque could do anymore harm to MK, Monkey King arrives and engages in a furious battle with him, but was stopped when Macaque had his Shadow Monkeys pin him down.

Macaque then used the Smoke Monster as an avatar to finish off MK, but had his punch blocked by Monkey King. After remembering what Monkey King said about "stepping into the strike", MK uses his remaining strength to lift the Golden Staff and use it to defeat Macaque and destroy the Smoke Monster.

After Macaque was defeated, Monkey King briefly got mad at MK for going behind his back until the latter apologized, saying that he just wanted to be good like him. Later on, the two began training again, even though Monkey King was actually tricking MK into doing chores.

## Features

### Characters

**Main:**

* MK
* Monkey King

**Supporting:**

* Mei
* Pigsy
* Sandy
* Sha Wujing
* Tang Sanzang
* White Horse Dragon
* Zhu Bajie

**Antagonists:**

* Macaque
* Shadow Monkeys
	+ Rumble
	+ Savage
* Smoke Monster

### Locations

* China
	+ Megapolis
		- Macaque's lair
	+ Warrior Mountain
* Flower Fruit Mountain
	+ Shuilian Cave
		- Monkey King's house

### Objects

* Crescent Staff
* Golden Staff
* Khakkhara
* Macaque's staff
* Magic cloud
* MK's phone
* Rake

### Abilities

* Gold Vision
* Shadows
* Shapeshifting

## Trivia

* Macaque makes his physical debut in this episode.
* This episode was adapted into a comic book in Monkie Kid Comic Story 4.
* Macaque's untrustworthy nature is further hinted at when he first meets MK, as he turns to leave he says "*See you around, MK*" despite MK not having introduced himself yet.
* The scene where Macaque fights the Smoke Monster is the second instance of an eclipse in *Monkie Kid*.
* Not counting the whispers from "Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born," This is the first time Sun Wukong has been referred to by his name rather than his title by another character.
* Monkey King and Macaque's fight was almost twice as long in the initial edit of the episode.

## Errors

* Some sources list the episode title as "The Macaque".

## Characters' roles

### Protagonists

* MK serves as the main protagonist of this episode.
	+ His training with the Monkey King and Macaque can be seen throughout it and his training with the two is important throughout the episode.
* The Monkey King plays a prominent role in this episode.
	+ He trains MK about being patient and focused more. However, after learning that MK was being trained by Macaque, he saves MK and engages in a fight with Macaque while reminding MK of his training, allowing MK to defeat Macaque.
* Mei, Pigsy, and Sandy all play minor roles in this episode.

### Antagonists

* Macaque serves as the main antagonist of this episode.
	+ He trains MK to get better control of his powers but only for him to betray MK so he can get his powers and defeat Monkey King.

## References

1. ↑ LEGO Monkie Kid – Season 1, Episode 10
2. ↑ Macaque - Episode 9, Season 1 | LEGO Monkie Kid TV series
3. ↑ Brickjitzu-Cast: LEGO Monkie Kid Behind the Scenes (Timestamp 48:06)
4. ↑ Prime Video