MK/Relationships

These are the relationships of the Monkey King's successor, MK.

## MK and Azure Lion

#### New Adventures

When MK and Mei were about to be attacked by the Ink Demons, they saw Azure Lion step in as he destroyed them, securing the Scroll of Memory that spawned them. But as he did, MK attacked him and took the scroll back, thinking that he was the one who imprisoned his friends inside.

As Azure Lion cleared the misunderstanding and explained the scroll's origins, MK learned that Monkey King and Azure Lion used to be sworn brothers, in which Mei considered Azure Lion to be MK's sworn uncle. MK was then asked to give the Scroll of Memory back. Although he didn't trust him at first, MK was assured by Mei before giving the scroll back to Azure Lion.

#### The Great Tang Man

As MK and Mei arrived at Chang'an, he was met up with the Azure Lion, who used astral projection to speak with them. MK was warned that the protective curse can also find him and Mei if they alter the scroll's memories too much, in which they doing just by wearing the clothes they had on. When MK was given a set of clothes to blend in more, he started undressing in front of the Azure Lion, who looked away as he told MK and Mei that they could've at least waited so he can turn around. To find his friends easier, MK was then given a list of instructions by the Azure Lion.

#### Pitiful Creatures

After undoing the Scroll of Memory's curse, MK saw Azure Lion arriving before being teleported out of the scroll. As they were all freed, MK was confused as his friends got in a fighting stance in front of Azure Lion, asking him what happened to Monkey King.

#### The Brotherhood

“*This is not his fight, brother. Just more victims of Wukong's blindness. Give him this charity. Leave him be.*”
―Azure Lion about MK

After learning about Azure Lion's true intentions from his friends, MK was taken back to the Scroll of Memory with the demon, who explained his past relationship with Monkey King and why he did what he had to do. When Azure Lion refused to free Monkey King from the Scroll of Memory until he kills the Jade Emperor.

MK, who had enough of Monkey King's entrapment, fought Azure Lion in his monkey form. This led to Azure Lion firing his blade at MK, accidentally cutting the plank that contained Monkey King in two. Azure Lion immediately blamed MK for his own mistake.

As the Brotherhood prepared to leave, MK was spared by Azure Lion, saying that he was just a child who had been tricked by Monkey King.

#### The Jade Emperor

“*I'm not here to fight you, Azure. Don't do this.* ”
―MK

As Azure Lion was about to kill Ne Zha, MK stepped in, landing various hits on Azure Lion, and eventually stole the bamboo slip that contained Monkey King without Azure Lion noticing. Once he was done, MK tried to make Azure Lion stand down by saying that he doesn't want to be his enemy, but the latter didn't give in. When Azure Lion attempt to use his saber on MK and the others, MK had Tang teleport them before they could be hit.

#### Rip and Tear

“*That's what you were pretending to be, right? To be my friend? To care about me? When really, you were just using me to get what you wanted!*”
―MK

## Information

### Description

#### Overview

Because of MK's status as the Monkie Kid, he was seen as a potential enemy for the Gold and Silver Demons, who sought to defeat him.

#### Calabash

When MK was delivering noodles, he went to an abandoned movie theater to deliver them to the Gold and Silver Demons, believing that they were an old woman. After giving away his name to them, MK was sucked into the Calabash by them, where he was supposed to be trapped in there forever. During his time there, MK was unaware that his friends were actually the Gold and Silver Demons impersonating as them until Mo talked.

Once returning to the real world, MK encountered the Gold and Silver Demons again and learned what happened. When the two demons bluffed that they now intend to fight MK, the latter believed them and drew out the Golden Staff. But as he did, the Golden and Silver Demon ran away, leaving MK confused.

### The Great Wall Race

As MK joined the Great Wall Race to compete against Mei for the Immortal Peach Trophy, he was met with the Gold and Silver Demons, who reminded MK that they're his worst enemies. But as they made themselves noticed, MK ignored the two demons until the Demon Bull Family arrived. This led to the Gold and Silver Demons becoming the race's commentators and changing the racing track for MK and the rest of the racers.

#### Sweet 'n' Sour

**Jin and Yin**: “*Remember us, Monkie Kid? We're your worst enemies, Jin! And Yin! The Gold and Silver Demons!*”

**MK**: “*I'm sorry, who—*”

—MK and the Gold and Silver Demons

After being challenged to Food Wars by Speedy Panda, MK expressed confusion as the Gold and Silver Demons reminded him who they are once again, but learned that they were the co-owners of Speedy Panda, and intended to shut down Pigsy's Noodles to make MK jobless and weak enough to be destroyed.

#### Familiar Tales

“*Alright, hang on a sec! Why don't we just all sit down and figure out a nice peaceful resolution?*”
―Jin
Jin and Yin used the Golden Serpent Shears to try to destroy the city but MK and Mei stopped them. When they tried to ask for mercy, MK rejected the offer and brought down the shears to punish them, only to be blocked by the Demon Accountant. Eventually, they let them go and MK later told Mei that he only did it because they thought they looked cool, not because he was actually going to kill them.

In Mei's livestream chat, the Gold and Silver Demons told them they should have won.

## Information

### Description

#### The End is Here!

When MK first saw Lady Bone Demon, he saw her corrupting the Demon Bull King into becoming the Bone Demon Queen, and thought that she was a mystical power source.

#### Minor Scale

“*I do pity you.*”
―Lady Bone Demon

As he was about to escape from the sewers, he found Lady Bone Demon, who was pretending to be a little girl in trouble. Believing it, MK comforted Lady Bone Demon until she took him back to the Silken Web Cave, where she explained that MK needs to use the Golden Staff on the Trigram Furnace to stop Spider Queen. However, once MK realized that it was the same furnace from the Celestial Realm, he used his Gold Vision, learning Lady Bone Demon's identity and the one who possessed the Demon Bull King and helped the Spider Queen capture Monkey King. MK was soon tormented by Lady Bone Demon, who got into MK's head by lying that Monkey King was wrong about choosing him as his successor until she was interrupted by the Spider Queen.

#### This is the End!

After destroying the Bone Spider, MK explained Lady Bone Demon to his friends until she arrived, leaving him shock as Lady Bone Demon rebuilt the bone mech. During their battle, MK attempt to use his powers on the mech, but this instead drain them, up to the point where MK couldn't lift the Golden Staff anymore. As Lady Bone Demon obtain her true form, MK begged her to stop as Lady Bone Demon intended to kill him by encasing him in bones. However, MK was saved when Monkey King arrived.

#### Destiny Fulfilled

“*You can't judge things by their worst qualities!*”
―MK
As Macaque and Monkey King fought, MK was met with Lady Bone Demon. He told her that he wanted to believe that he found the Golden Staff to protects others and the world. But as he tried to pull the Golden Staff off its stand, MK found that he couldn't, in which Lady Bone Demon taunted MK by asking how can possibly he defeat her if Monkey King couldn't. Because of Monkey King's corruption and knowing about her desire to complete her destiny, MK chastised Lady Bone Demon, saying she shouldn't even be taking control of Monkey King if destiny can't be changed, and that he will never give up fighting her.

After Monkey King was freed from the corruption, MK held off Lady Bone Demon by creating the Monkey Mech. MK told the Lady Bone Demon that the world shouldn't be judged for it's worst qualities, but she doesn't budge.

After the Bone Demon was destroyed, MK asked her if she really thought that the universe wants something from them, only to be asked the same question, in which he responds that he tries not to ruminate. He was soon warned about his similarities with Lady Bone Demon and that his actions will only result in pain for himself and others.

## Information

### Status of Relationship

Enemies(formerly)
 Allies(tenuous)

### Description

#### Macaque

“*There really isn't anything special about you. You're just some kid with a heavy stick.*”
―Macaque mocking MK

When MK saw Macaque battling the Smoke Monster, he mistook him for Monkey King. When he rushed to him, he apologize for the inconvenience, to which Macaque claimed to not really be a problem. MK was recognized as the Monkey King's successor by Macaque because of the staff, and asked him if he could train him, to which Macaque accepted. Despite Macaque's lessons pushing him past his limits, MK continued to be trained by him until he was ready to fight the Smoke Monster again.

Although he wasn't confident at first, MK was convinced by Macaque's motivation and went to fight the Smoke Monster. But as he did, his powers were taken, learning that Macaque only trained him to steal his powers.

#### Shadow Play

“*Ah, MK, you really are dense aren't you?*”
―Macaque

Attending in a shadow play with his friends, MK met Macaque again, unaware that he was the puppeteer of the play he was watching. MK listened to the story about *The Hero and the Warrior*, and considered the two characters to be like him and Monkey King. After awhile, MK told Macaque, who was still in disguise, all of his insecurities to him. As he did, however, MK learned Macaque was posing as the puppeteer, and realized that he had done. MK, who was told that he is the kind of hero that abandon others for power like Monkey King, said that he is nothing like that before he was forced the fight the shadow versions of his friends.

Having enough, MK tried to strike Macaque with the Golden Staff, only for the latter to stop him once more and destroy the lamp. After his friends were released from the lamp, MK followed Macaque, wanting to know why he did that. Macaque told him that he intended to make MK be tormented by his own actions but saw that he was already doing that.

#### On the Run

As MK agreed with Monkey King's plan to use the Samadhi Fire, he was attacked by Macaque, who sided with Lady Bone Demon to capture him and Monkey King for her. Even though he was powerless at the time, MK tried to fight Macaque, only to be grabbed by him as he was mocked for his lack of power. MK soon got an idea to defeat Macaque as he saw one of the Team Dronecopter's propellers. When Mei showed up, MK put the in motion, and threw the piece of metal he had at one of the propellers, making Macaque fall off the Team Dronecopter as it crash to the East Sea.

#### The Winning Side

“*Did you really think you were going to get away from me, bud?*”
―Macaque
As MK was taken by Macaque, he was surprised to learn that Macaque was being forced to work for Lady Bone Demon to make up for a mistake. Macaque began to threaten Sandy and Mei, irritating MK as he briefly fought him. MK tried reasoning with Macaque by suggesting that they should work together to fight the Bone Demon, but to no avail.

When Macaque began to threaten to hurt Sandy and Mei again, MK tried turning himself in so they could be spared. Macaque didn't accept, saying that MK was nothing without his staff or powers. However, as Macaque said this, MK regained his powers of transformation, and used it to transform into a bird and strike the eye of Macaque's Mech.

#### The King, the Prince, and the Shadow

“*Don't get in my way, kid. I don't have time for you.*”
―Macaque
Just as MK and his team were waiting for Monkey King so they can reforge the Samadhi Fire, a Bone Demon powered Macaque arrived, desperate to claim the Samadhi Fire to free himself. But as MK destroyed parts of Macaque's Mech to stop him, he was surprised at what had happened to Macaque. The latter grabbed MK and repeatedly slammed him against the ground, forcing him to surrender.

#### The Corrupted King

Macaque created a shadow portal in order to save MK from a corrupted Monkey King. He later presented a beaten up Mayor to the Monkie Kids.

#### Time to Be Warriors

**Macaque**: “*I'm not a hero, bud.*”

**MK**: “*Then be a warrior.*”

—MK and Macaque

Despite turning in the Mayor to MK and the others, Macaque was tied up along with the Mayor. Beforehand, MK didn't want to hear anything from Macaque and put him in timeout, but as Macaque explained that Lady Bone Demon was vulnerable as she was spreading her power too thin, MK used this information to create a plan to destroy the bone mech.

MK then convinced Macaque to help them stop the Bone Demon by fighting off Monkey King, knowing that there's some goodness inside of him.

#### Destiny Fulfilled

MK went to get the Golden Staff as Macaque kept Monkey King busy for him. Later on, he joined forces with the others to take down Lady Bone Demon. After the battle, they celebrated with a feast of noodles. Macaque appeared behind MK, asking if he was done with his share, but Monkey King immediately snatched the bowl and they squabbled before he left. One day, MK sent an order of noodles to Macaque, along with a drawing of himself, Mei, Monkey King, and Macaque.

#### Roast of the Monkie Kids

Upon seeing Macaque on Flower Fruit Mountain, MK reacts with intimidate hostility before giving up, not having the energy to deal with him. Macaque softens when he sees MK is upset, and decides to show him something.

#### The Jade Emperor

“*Oh, thanks, Macaque. Congrats, you went to more effort than usual to make me feel like dirty dirt dirt. Good job, round of applause.* ”
―MK
Because of the agitation he was getting, MK was giving a video game that Macaque made so he can take his mind off of them. However, after getting game over every time he made a choice, MK learned that Macaque's game was supposed to make him learn no matter what choice he made, it will result in the same outcome, to which MK lambasted Macaque by thanking him for just making it worse. He was then told by Macaque that he can make his own options, rather than following one.

#### A Lifetime of Mistakes

MK was caught off guard by the unexpected news that Macaque would be accompanying him on the mission to rescue Monkey King in the Scroll of Memory. The surprise transformed into a sense of offense when Macaque subtly implied that MK's lack of comprehension regarding Journey to the West was a contributing factor to his inclusion in the mission. MK acknowledged that there was some truth to Macaque's remark. Once inside the scroll, Macaque judged MK for not getting his joke about the Shuilian Cave, thinking that he should actually read the book. MK couldn't help but feel taken aback by the bond of friendship that he witnessed between Macaque and Monkey King within the vivid memories encapsulated within the Scroll.

One of the memories stood out to MK, where he saw Monkey King's aggressive and hostile behavior towards Macaque during his imprisonment in Five Phases Mountain. The display of animosity caused MK to question the validity of Macaque's portrayal of Monkey King as a bad person. Filled with a burning desire for answers, MK asked Macaque about the origins of their bitter rivalry. However, much to his frustration, Macaque chose to evade the conversation and simply walked away, leaving MK in a state of confusion.

## Information

### Description

#### Overview

MK is Mei's best friend. Because of them being close friends, MK and Mei often hang out in places in Megapolis such as the Anti-Gravity Arcade.

#### Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born

“*That was an intense game of tag. You guys looked like you were having so much fun. I wanted to join in too!*”
―Mei

#### Duplicatnation

Because of hanging out with Mei at night too much, MK becomes exhausted due to the activities. When Tang told MK that he shouldn't work too hard and relax, MK said he can't, as he didn't want to upset Mei and hang out with her more. Instead, MK got the idea to make a clone to hang out with Mei while he slacked off.

But because MK didn't know how to use his powers yet, MK had to rescue Mei from the Party Clone at the Anti-Gravity Arcade. Eventually, MK got the night off and told Mei that he learned his lesson about making clones. However, when MK created another MK Clone to raise the volume of the TV, he and the MK Clone were attacked by an enraged Mei.

#### Coming Home

While playing *Monkey Mech* with Mei, MK learned that Mr. and Mrs. Dragon wanted Mei to house-sit the Dragon Temple House for them while they were away. Hearing this, MK was able to convince Mei to invite him and Sandy so they could have a sleepover, hoping he could see what is it like there. But during his time there, MK briefly annoyed Mei by nearly breaking everything and eventually destroyed the only thing in the Dragon House that couldn't be replaced, a pinball machine that belonged to Mr. Dragon.

#### Calabash

“*I mean, everyone's got dumb brain. Pigsy gave me the day off and Mei said she... loves me.*”
―MK

During his time in the Calabash, MK ended up on a romantic river cruise with Mei's Calabash counterpart, who told MK that she loved him since the day they first met, causing MK to be on the verge of throwing up until she said that she loved being his best friend instead, showing that MKs relationship with the real Mei is platonic.

#### The Great Wall Race

“*Ugh! What is wrong with you?! I thought you were my friend!*”
―Mei

MK's friendship with Mei was briefly torn apart after an argument, where MK said that he was going to beat her at the Great Wall Race. Despite this, they were able to make up when MK apologized.

#### Revenge of the Spider Queen

During New Year's, MK intended to hang out with Mei at the festival after he was done with his training from Monkey King. But because of the Spider Queen's attack on Megapolis, MK joined Monkey King in an attempt to defeat Spider Queen while Mei evacuated with the others from the city.

After Monkey King's capture, MK met up with Mei and the rest as he explained what happened. When Mei tried to reassure MK, he ended up yelled at her. Upon realizing what he said, MK apologized to Mei, only for her and the others to assure him as they planned to make things right.

#### Shadow Play

MK joined Mei and the others attend in a theater, in hopes of seeing *Kung Fu Monkey Cop: The Movie* with them, only to realize that they were actually seeing a shadow play called *The Hero and the Warrior*. As Mei expressed joy of having the team hang out together after quite some time, MK learned that he's been neglecting time with her and the others as he trained.

When the play was about to start, MK left to get snacks. But when he returned, he found out Mei and the rest were gone, thinking that they left while he was away. After the play ended, MK left a voice mail for Mei to see where she's at. MK eventually learned that Mei was kidnapped by Macaque, who used his magic lantern to capture Mei, Pigsy, and Tang and used their shadows to make them fight MK.

#### This is the End!

After training with Mei, MK and the others were attacked by Lady Bone Demon's Bone Spider. After destroying the bone mech, MK had to explained to Mei about Lady Bone Demon and that he had to keep it a secret to protect her, though he got mad at her and the others when they thought that it was about a crush for a moment.

#### The Samadhi Fire

“*I know you're upset, and that's okay! I know what it's like to have a power you don't know how to control. To feel like the fate of the world is in your hands and you have no idea what to do. But you always have my back and helped be through it. We will figure this out together!*”
―MK

After the ritual started, MK learned about how the Samadhi Fire is connected Mei. Because he is her best friend, MK did his best to try to get through Mei during her breakdown, despite knowing that the Samadhi Fire is strong enough to kill a person. Eventually, MK was able to comfort Mei by embracing her in a hug, saying that that he feels the same way.

But after Mei left to prevent any more harm, MK learned that Mei could control the Samadhi Fire, and all they needed to do was help her.

#### The Corrupted King

“*Mei? Mei! You're okay. You're not on fire. What happened?*”
―MK

#### Familiar Tales

“*You know me, I'm all good, all-good-all-the-time all good!*”
―MK

MK and Mei fought off the Gold and Silver Demons from destroying the city. They tried to punish them but the Demon Accountant appeared and stopped them. Mei warned them it was the last time and to keep their noses clean. After they left, MK told her he wasn't actually going to hurt them but just did it because he thought they looked cool. He questioned if they were going on a path of darkness, which Mei didn't take seriously at first. However, after she heard MK briefly recount what happened throughout the year, she asked if he was okay. MK assured Mei he was fine and immediately left for Flower Fruit Mountain so she couldn't ask anything else.

#### The Brotherhood

“*You're all stuck up in your own head! None of this is your fault!*”
―Mei

## Information

### Status of Relationship

Friends/Allies
Student and mentor

### Description

#### Overview

The Monkey King is MK's mentor and predecessor. At some point in time, MK became a fan of the Monkey King and looked up to him. After his first battle with the Demon Bull King, MK was trained and learned lessons by the Monkey King while trying to get better control of his powers.

#### Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born

“*Look. If you can lift the staff, you can use it. Just believe in yourself. Even a smidge makes all the difference.*”
―Monkey King

When MK meets the Monkey King in person, he apologizes to him for losing the Golden Staff until the Monkey King told MK that he's been watching him for a while, as he wanted MK to be his successor. However, when MK said he doesn't know if he can, the Monkey King encourages him by saying that he needs to believe in himself.

#### Macaque

“*I just wanted to be good enough. Like you.*”
―MK

While training with Monkey King, MK began to believe that he was getting nowhere with his training. After meeting Macaque, MK asked him if he can train him instead of Monkey King.

After a while, MK learned about Macaque's true colors after his powers stolen from him. Eventually, Monkey King arrived and tried to stop Macaque from harming MK further. He reminded MK of his training and they defeated Macaque together. After Macaque was defeated, MK apologized to Monkey King, saying that he only did it because he wanted to be stronger for him.

#### Revenge of the Spider Queen

“*If you can't handle a little spider, how are you meant to help me with that? I'll handle this one, bud. You're staying tight.* ”
―Monkey King
Planning improving his skills in the new year, MK trained with Monkey King until the Spider Queen attacked Megapolis. MK joined Monkey King in an attempt to defeat her, but because of his fear of spiders, he was told to step down while Monkey King went ahead. However, Monkey King was soon kidnapped by the Spider Queen, making MK blame himself for Monkey King's capture and wasn't sure what to do during the Spider Queen's revenge.

During the battle with Spider Queen, MK was met with Monkey King again, working together to defeat the Spider Demons and saved Megapolis.

#### Sleep Bug

“ *Ah, you'll figure it out. It's adorable how nervous you are. But don't be! You've come a long way! And you know, the next step of your journey you must do alone.*”
―Monkey King

After the battle with the Spider Demons, MK was surprised to learn that Monkey King was leaving Flower Fruit Mountain to go on vacation, despite there being a possibility for Megapolis to be attacked again. Monkey King told MK not to worry and that he needed to take care of himself while he's gone. Once Monkey King left, MK briefly got mad at him for leaving.

#### Shadow Play

“*It's like I wanna be strong and I'm tryna be, but it's like Monkey King isn't giving me a chance! What if... what if he knows he made a mistake? Chose wrong. Chose the wrong successor.*”
―MK

#### This is the End!

MK was saved from Lady Bone Demon when Monkey King arrived, leaving him in shock after seeing him in person for quite sometime. Although, upon being forced to leave Megapolis in ruins as Lady Bone Demon won, MK snapped at Monkey King, saying that he should've done something beforehand until he learned the real reason why Monkey King left.

#### On the Run

“*Uh, well yeah, I-I was trying to do you in the omelet story. Do the weird, impulsive Monkey King thing and escape the bad guy?* ”
―MK

#### Cooking with Chang'e

“*Don't worry about it, bud. I still believe in you.*”
―Monkey King

#### Benched

“*Sun Wukong, self-proclaimed Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, is scared to perform in front of a crowd?*”
―MK

#### The King, the Prince, and the Shadow

“*But-but I can help! Let me help you.*”
―MK

#### The Samadhi Fire

“*I need to stop dragging you into my fights. All of you. I'm sorry, bud, I need you to sit this one out.*”
―Monkey King

#### Destiny Fulfilled

“*If you really believe that destiny can't be changed, you wouldn't be using every ounce of power you have to keep him contained! The Monkey King I know will never stop fighting you. And neither will I!*”
―MK

#### Familiar Tales

“*I'm embarrassed to admit it but you actually might have already done more for this world than I ever have.*”
―Monkey King

After fighting the Gold and Silver Demons, MK brought over a pile of items they stole from Ne Zha to Monkey King for safekeeping. While they looked through the stuff, Monkey King praised him and later admitted he was probably doing a much better job for the world than he ever could have, but MK disagreed, believing all those events were caused by him. Monkey King suggested that he needed to let go and reminded him that so long as he made the world a better place than it was before, everything would be okay. However, MK responded that he already liked the world the way it was and wished it would stay like that forever. Monkey King then looked away and knowingly assured him forever was a long time, implying that such a wish was just unlikely to happen. They sorted out the rest of the things afterwards.

Later, the monkeys alerted him of another item he forgot so MK picked it up and asked Monkey King about it, who was immediately alarmed when he saw it. Unfortunately, the scroll was unrolled before they could do anything. Monkey King didn't respond to MK when he asked him what they were supposed to do as Ink Demons appeared and shapeshifted before them. They barely leapt out of the way when an Ink Ne Zha stabbed at them, taking the monkeys instead. Monkey King struggled to move while MK failed to save them. An Ink Peng came at him but Monkey King suddenly appeared, holding him off for a little longer, while he told MK the ghosts of his past had caught up with him for the mistakes he made and that he had to seal the scroll. He sank below the ink before he could say anything else to him.

#### MK's visions

During his time in the Scroll of Memory, MK kept experiencing visions of Monkey King with a stone egg at Flower Fruit Mountain. Unbeknownst to MK, the visions he saw were Monkey King encountering MK's stone egg as he tried to look for MK through the memories of the Scroll of Memory.

#### Pitiful Creatures

“*We're just like Wukong. A fraud, a trickster, destructive. Why would our legacy be any different? Actually, no, no. The chaos and destruction that we'll bring upon the world will make Wukong's past look like nothing.*”
―Protective Curse

#### The Brotherhood

“*I won't let you take Monkey King away from me again!* ”
―MK
MK was so enraged by Azure Lions plan to keep Monkey King trapped in the Scroll of Memory that he transformed into a monkey demon and attacked the Azure Lion, accidentally causing the plank containing Monkey King to be sliced in two.

#### A Lifetime of Mistakes

“*You told me something that I thought was just a-a weird Monkey King thing but you were right. We can't fix everything. We just need to leave it a little better than we found it. As long as we stay true to that, we can deal with whatever comes next.*”
―MK

#### Rip and Tear

**Azure Lion**: “*MK. Stand down. You do not need to share your mentor's fate(...) Last chance, MK.*”

**MK**: “*Never!*”

—MK rejecting Azure Lion's offer to spare him

#### Better Than We Found It

“ *See, bud? This is what it's all about. Kicking back in the sun, eating popsicles with my best friends in the world!* ”
―Monkey King

## Information

### Description

#### The King, the Prince, and the Shadow

“*Hand over the ring, child. I won't ask-*”
―Ne Zha, before getting punched into the sky

#### This Imperfect World

“*I've known Sun Wukong a long time. He is not the loner he pretends to be. He seems important to you, so I can only assume you're equally as important to him. If there's anyone who he needs right now, it's you.* ”
―Ne Zha

## Information

### Description

#### Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born

“ *I could have done something. I could have... I should have protected MK.*”
―Pigsy

#### Bad Weather

When Pigsy kept reminding MK about his responsibility same powers of the Monkey King's, MK ignored him, as he thought he had no problem since he was invincible, despite it being untrue. However, after having his powers limited, MK promised Pigsy and the others that he'll control his powers by practicing.

#### Impossible Delivery

“*No! I'm not gonna let you down, Pigsy. I'm gonna have to focus, like I've never focused before.*”
―MK
When Pigsy threatened to fire MK after having enough of his foolishness, MK begged him to give him one more chance. Despite Pigsy agreeing, he warned MK said that he'll replace him with a robot known as the "Deliverybot 9000" if he messed up the next delivery.

While MK struggled to make his deliveries in the Haunted Forest, Pigsy called him to tell him how useful the Deliverybot 9000 would be, though he showed concern when MK freaked out about his hallucinated spooky trees.

#### Pig Pong Panic

Because of Pigsy's addiction to Ping Pong, MK believed that Pigsy needed a break from working so he could play. But as time passed, MK learned about the truth about Pigsy's addiction and was able to get through to him by challenging him in a game of Ping Pong. In the end, MK apologized to Pigsy for not listening and tried to take the blame, Pigsy seemed to also realize he hadn't been listening.

#### Sweet 'n' Sour

“*I may not understand your irrational love for noodles, or working hard, or being angry all the time, but you are always there when I need you. So it's time for me to return the favor, because Pigsy's Noodles are noodles worth fighting for!*”
―MK
After Speedy Panda challenged Pigsy's Noodles to Food Wars, MK helped Pigsy in the competition to prevent the Gold and Silver Demons from closing down Pigsy's restaurant forever. Eventually, Pigsy began to believe that he was gonna lose during the final round, but MK said otherwise. While disagreeing, MK said that because Pigsy always supported him, he now has to return the favor by creating the Noodle Tank.

#### Shadow Play

“*Point is, whatever we're watching, you've earned a break, kid.*”
―Pigsy

#### This is the End!

“*What could be so important that you'd leave MK alone to face that... that thing! You're supposed to be his mentor!*”
―Pigsy confronting Monkey King

#### Smartie Kid

“*Kid, you know there's more to you than just your powers, right?* ”
―Pigsy

#### Cooking with Chang'e

“*Why, I never! Oh, you better believe we'll be having words when we get home, young man!*”
―MK

#### The King, the Prince, and the Shadow

“ *Maybe Monkey King's not as trustworthy as you think, MK.*”
―Pigsy

#### The Corrupted King

“ *I'm not going to lie, kid. I mean, if the Lady Bone Demon has Monkey King, Mei, and the Samadhi Fire, I don't know. I'm not really feeling much confidence here.* ”
―Pigsy

#### Destiny Fulfilled

“*That's my boy!*”
―Pigsy

#### New Adventures

“*He's not even pretending to deliver noodles anymore.* ”
―Pigsy

#### Pig Napped!

“*MK! Tell Pigsy to stop cooking!*”
―Mei

#### Court of the Yellow Robed Demon

“*He's not my dad. Pigsy's my dad.* ”
―MK

#### The Brotherhood

**Pigsy**: “*Look, MK, I know this has been scary and confusing, and, you know, the whole Monkey thing, but... I guess what I'm trying to say is I know what you're going through.*”

**MK**: “*No, you don't. You have scary demon ancestors? That just means you have family. You come from somewhere. I don't have a family. I don't have anything.*”

—Pigsy and MK

Because of everything MK was going through, Pigsy tried to console him, telling him that he understand how he feels. But MK brushed him off, exclaiming to Pigsy that, at least he had a family, something MK believed that he never had. When MK left to prevent anymore harm, Pigsy was in tears, as he considered MK to be family.

#### The Jade Emperor

“*We missed ya, son.*”
―Pigsy

#### Better Than We Found It

“*Don't bother. I've been telling him that for years, but he literally never listens.*”
―Pigsy telling Monkey King that MK doesn't apply sunscreen properly

## Information

### Status of Relationship

Enemies (formerly)
Allies (occasionally)

### Description

#### Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born

“*In some ways, you're very fortunate, Noodle Boy! Not many insects are lucky enough to be stamped out by the Demon Bull Family.*”
―Red Son

During on one of his deliveries, MK stumbled upon Red Son and his mother's plan to free the Demon Bull King. As he did, MK eavesdropped on the Demon Bull Family's plan to takeover the mortal realm, until a bird pecked at him, making him on fall on top of Red Son. This embarrassed Red Son, as his moment ruined. MK then became a target for Red Son, who was determined to kill him, to show his father how strong he had become.

When MK returned back to Megapolis, he accidentally rammed Red Son with the Cloud Jet during the battle.

#### Bad Weather

“*Chill out, Pigsy. I'm invincible, remember? If he wants to tussle with the champ, then I say bring it!*”
―MK
During a confrontation at the Weather Station, MK met Red Son again, they insulted each other. Both seemed very happy to engage in conflict again, excited to defeat one another. Because of MK's difficulty in handling his powers, MK accidentally hurt his friends, allowing Red Son to capture them.

When MK returned to stop Red Son after Monkey King limited his powers, the two got into an intense fight until Red Son seemingly won. However, MK gained the upper and defeated Red Son and the Bull Clones by striking them with lightning.

#### The Great Wall Race

**Red Son**: “*Get out of my way, Noodle Boy!*”

**MK**: “*Never!*”

—MK and Red Son racing

#### Skeleton Key

“*Do you know how long I've been waiting here for you? Your house is… depressing. I almost feel bad taking things from you, buuut I'm going to need that magic key.*”
―Red Son

#### The End is Here!

During the Battle of the Flaming Foundry, instead of fighting Red Son, MK worked with him, as he had to help him and Princess Iron Fan free the Demon Bull King from Lady Bone Demon's control.

#### Revenge of the Spider Queen

“*Ugh, you're back to your disgustingly, enthusiastic self.*”
―Red Son
During New Year's, MK crossed paths with Red Son as the Spider Queen's took over Megapolis, believing that he was in league with the Spider Demons. He soon learned that Red Son actually intended to save Megapolis and his father from the Spider Queen by creating an antidote, but because of the Monkie Kids' interference, he was forced to work with them.

Although the others didn't trust Red Son, MK was the first to accept his assistance and travel to the Celestial Realm, as it was the only way to save the city.

Red Son noticed MK was not acting like his usual self, and was more withdrawn than usual. He was annoyed when MK returned to his usual peppy self. Later, MK joined in joking with Mei that Red Son was a hero.

#### The First Ring

“*Would you stop being so annoying?! You three aren't even supposed to be here, so I'd appreciate if you finished up and went about whatever obnoxious business you were in the middle of before I saved your pathetic, meaningless lives.*”
―MK

After finding MK and his friends stranded in the desert, Red Son brought them back to his home.

#### The Corrupted King

“*It's totally different. Cause now we got a Red Son! Didn't have a Red Son before.*”
―MK

#### Destiny Fulfilled

“*Yeah, I-I'm here too, by the way.* ”
―Red Son

#### Familiar Tales

Red Son commented on Mei's livestream that MK seemed to be stressing out.

#### Better Than We Found It

Red Son, along with Mei hung out and played around with MK at the Beach.

## Information

### Description

Sandy is one of MK's friends and teammates, they are often seen hanging out.

#### Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born

When MK first heard about Sandy, he was scared of him, as Pigsy described Sandy as a "dangerous, deadly, raged filled warrior".

#### Duplicatnation

“*MK! Well boy, did you arrive at the right time. Scoop up the brush! We're giving the old girl a fresh coat of paint!*”
―Sandy

When Sandy asked MK's help for painting his boat, MK gladly accepts Sandy's favor and helped him, despite it being one of the three tasks that kept stressing him out. Instead of telling Sandy the truth, MK created an MK Clone to help Sandy paint his boat, as he didn't want to upset Sandy. However, when the plan backfired when the Artist Clone started threatening Sandy, MK head over to Sandy and rescued him.

#### To Catch a Leaf

**Sandy**: “*No, no, no, no. I'm strictly a water adventure kind of guy.*”

**Tang**: “*MK's life is at stake!*”

**Sandy**: “*I'll do it, for my friends!*”

—

#### The Winning Side

“*Don't worry, gang. We just have to keep moving forever and ever until we're-* ”
―Sandy

#### The First Ring

“*Don't worry, gang. We just have to keep moving forever and ever until we're-* ”
―Sandy

#### The Brotherhood

“*He didn't mean it, Pigsy. He's just at that age where his body is changing into a... hairy, little magic monkey man. He'll be okay.* ”
―Sandy after MK leaves his friends

#### The Plan Man

**MK**: “*Step 1: Break into the Celestial Realm again using Sandy's awesome new blimp.*”

**Sandy**: “*Uh... it wasn't really built to be a team vehicle. It's more of a—*”

**MK**: “*Sounds like you're all over it, Sandy.*”

—

## Information

### Description

#### Noodles or Death

“*And you're the kid old Monkey King chose?* ”
―Spider Queen

#### Revenge of the Spider Queen

“*Hmm. After all I've won and lost and won again, you think I was really gonna let some* boy *take it from me. Bye bye, problem child.*”
―Spider Queen

#### 72 Transformations

After learning how to use his 72 Transformations, MK had to get Pigsy's noodle sign back after it was taken by the Spider-Bots. He soon discovered that the Spider Queen was planning to rebuild the Spider mech and believed that she planned to attack Megapolis again. When MK destroyed the spider mech, MK was surprised to find out that the Spider Queen was rebuilding the mech to use it on Lady Bone Demon and saw that the Spider Queen was only being used as a pawn for the Bone Demon's plans.

MK tried to convince the Spider Queen that they should work together to stop the Bone Demon, but the Spider Queen refused, saying that she doesn't need his help, and that she'll take over Megapolis no matter what stood in her way. As Spider Queen was about to attack MK, his powers triggered him and he transformed into a gorilla, overpowering the Spider Queen. He was about to attack her until he saw how vulnerable she was. Spider Queen admitted her defeat, but MK said it wasn't too late for her.

After Lady Bone Demon confronted the two, Spider Queen fought her to buy MK time to escape.

## Information

#### Duplicatnation

“*Wow, MK. You look like hot garbage. Tired?*”
―Tang

When MK was stressed out from all the activity he was doing, he asked for Tang's help and thanked him when the latter showed him how to make duplicates of himself.

#### Noodles or Death

“*It's Tang! Oh, I realized now, Tang is also missing. What is this?*”
―MK
Unlike with Pigsy, MK did not notice Tang was missing.

While trapped in the Silken Web Cave, Tang revealed he sees himself as a father figure for MK.

#### Dumpling Destruction

“*And there's only one person with the smarts, the bravery, and the heroically awesome hair to be my wingman on this mission of certain death.*”
―MK

When a Celestial Dumpling attempted to strike Earth, MK recruited Tang as a teammate to help him go to Flower Fruit Mountain and find something that could destroy the Celestial Dumpling, as they both are professionals when it came to legends regarding Monkey King.

But during their time there, MK began to get annoyed by Tang on how he was acting during the search his knowledge of Monkey King. Eventually, after a battle with Huntsman, MK and Tang were able to make amends and stop the Celestial Dumpling, saving Megapolis.

#### Cooking with Chang'e (Episode)

**Tang**: “*Yeah, not like we wanted to go to the moon or anything anyway!*”

**MK**: “*You know what? We will have fun. Okay, bye!*”

—

#### Benched

**Tang**: “*Did you do any drawings of me, MK?*”

**MK**: “*Yeah. They're over there. I didn't like how any of them turned out, though. It was hard to make you look, uh, cool. You know, you get it.*”

—

While traveling with the others, MK tried to draw Tang, but had trouble making him look "cool"

Later on, when MK and the rest went to Lantern City to win the talent show, he formed a band for the team. However, when Tang asked what could he do, MK instead benched Tang by placing him as the band's manager.

#### The Great Tang Man

“*It's Mr. Tang! Hey, Mr. Tang! Wow, nice gold jangly stick. You gonna use it to beat these guys up?*”
―MK

#### Pig Napped!

“*I just think that maybe — and don't be offended by what I'm about to say — maybe if you spent a little less time complaining and a little more time thinky thinking, then we might have found our friends by now? Maybe?* ”
―MK

#### The Brotherhood

“*Azure's been lying to us, MK.*”
―Tang

#### The Jade Emperor

“ *Mr. Tang, now!*”
―MK telling Tang to teleport them away

## References

1. ↑ Breen, David (2023-01-29). Monkey King was trying to find MK in the scroll, and he found the stone, which is what MK was seeing in his visions. (Tweet).