Mei

**Mei Dragon** is a friend of MK and a member of the Dragon Clan and the Monkie Kids. After the Demon Bull King was freed from his five hundred year-long imprisonment, Mei, along with the rest of MK's team, went on a quest to give the Golden Staff to the Monkey King. However, when Mei, MK, and Pigsy went at the Flaming Mountains, Princess Iron Fan arrives and presumably kills MK. Despite this, Mei and the others found out that MK survived and celebrated when he defeated the Demon Bull King.

After several weeks, Mei assisted MK by fighting off demons and the Bull Clones with him and the others. When the Demon Bull King and the Bull Clones took over Megapolis after being possessed by Lady Bone Demon, Mei helped MK by stopping the possessed Bull Clones with the Monkey King while MK was able to save Megapolis again by freeing the Demon Bull King from the spirit's possession.

When the Spider Queen and her Spider-Bots started taking control over the civilians at New Year's, Mei and the rest of MK's team teamed up with Red Son to travel to the Celestial Realm to look for an antidote that can cure the civilians.

When Lady Bone Demon began her plan to recreate the mortal realm after defeating MK, Mei and her friends joined Monkey King on a quest to look for the Rings of Samadhi. But Mei learned that she was connected to the Samadhi Fire by being one its vessels and soon was trained by Red Son to help channel it. Just as she did, however, Mei was captured by a corrupted Monkey King, being used to power the bone mech. However, with Red Son's help, Mei broke free from the bone mech and joined MK and the others in the final battle.

## Official descriptions

Monkie Kid™ Heroes
MK's friend
Mei is from the fabled and prestigious Dragon Family, descendants of the legendary White Dragon Horse. She is smart, kind-hearted, cool and brave and rides an awesome White Dragon Horse Bike.

LEGO® Life Magazine Issue 1 2022
Monkie Kid’s best friend, Mei, knows all about the latest tech and trends. When Monkie Kid is in real trouble, you can count on Mei to save the day.

Key ally of MK
From the fabled Dragon Family, Mei fiercely protects her friends.

## Personality

“*If you're not giving everything you have to protect the people you care about, you are nothing! I would watch my sword shatter into pieces a thousand times so long as I used it to protect the ones I care about. If you're just gonna sit here and screw around, then maybe you don't deserve power.*”
―Mei [src]
Mei is overall an outgoing, enthusiastic, and eccentric girl who loves racing, video games and hanging out with her friends. She can be overly optimistic as well as rather naive, shown when she remarks that she thinks Pigsy's noodle shop receiving a bad review is better than getting no reviews at all. Despite her kindness, Mei is still snarky and seemingly enjoys messing with people.

Mei is a very affectionate person, often hugging and making frequent contact with just about anyone she considers to be a friend. Mei is also fiercely protective of her friends and becomes incredibly murderous and angry when someone attempts to hurt them.

Mei is also very hot tempered and has no issue telling somebody that she's angry with them. Mei's temper often leads to her attacking before thinking and her becoming incredibly frustrated at times. Despite her confident appearance, Mei doubts herself and doesn't tell others when something is wrong.

Mei evidently takes great pride in her heritage, as nearly everything she owns is dragon or horse themed. She is shown to be quite competitive and enjoys the thrill of racing. Mei isn't quickly trusting, even someone who isn't her enemy.

## Game appearances

### *LEGO Brawls*

Mei is a playable character in *LEGO Brawls*. She is the third and final character that can be unlocked after collecting enough Season Trophies in the first week of Season 14 of *LEGO Brawls*, A Hero is Born. In addition, Mei's Hero variant can be unlocked in the final week of Season 14.

## Appearance

*Main article: Mei/Designs*
Mei is a young woman, presumably a teenager. She has short chin-length black hair with two small pigtails, straight bangs, and two dyed green highlights framing her face. The back of her hair spikes out at the bottom. The silhouette of her hair resembles the head of a dragon. She wears pale pink lipstick, and a comical close up implies her eyes are green.

## Weapons & Accessories

### Dragon Blade

*Main article: Dragon Blade*

The Dragon Blade is a legendary sword that originally belonged to the Dragon of the West Sea. While the sword can be used by anyone, the user can only unlock the true power of sword when they are a worthy member of the Dragon Clan. It was given to Mei after she used the Dragon Blade to defeat General Ironclad.

Following its destruction by the protective curse, Mei reforged the Dragon Blade to resemble Azure Lion's sword, which she later regretted.

### Phone

*Main article: Mei's phone*

Mei's phone is a handheld object she owns. She often watches puppy videos or takes pictures with it. The case is white with gold horns, the front has a design resembling the face of a dragon, with teeth, a green nose, and black eyes.

### Rings of Samadhi

*Main article: Rings of Samadhi*
The Rings of Samadhi are three special rings that were created by Tang Sanzang to seal away the Samadhi Fire. After the Samadhi Fire was reforged, the rings often acted as Mei's weapon of choice, being one of the ways she can utilize the Samadhi Fire.

## Abilities

*Note: Italicized text indicates all of Mei's former abilities.*

### Skillset

* **Vehicle Intuition** - Mei has extraordinary skill in operating vehicles.
	+ **Motorcycle Intuition** - Mei is very skilled when driving her motorcycle, the White Dragon Horse Bike, to the point where she drove mid-air to catch MK, who was being chased by Red Son.
* **Swordsmanship** - Mei has shown to be an adept sword fighter upon acquiring the Dragon Blade.
* **Physical strength** - Mei is able to hold and carry Red Son without any visible strain.

### Powers

* **Dracokinesis** - Since Mei is part of the Dragon Clan, the family of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, she is able to surround herself in draconic green energy whenever she uses her power.
* **Pyrokinesis** - After Season 3, Mei was able to create common green flames, which succeeded her powers to control the Samadhi Fire, which she, according to Master Subodhi, could no longer wield.
	+ ***Samadhi Fire*** - At first, Mei had difficulty controlling the fire because of her fear of hurting someone with it. In "Embrace Your Destiny", Mei eventually learned how to surpass her doubts about controlling the Samadhi Fire by being trained by Red Son, and used it to destroy Lady Bone Demon. Because of her dragon heritage, Mei can't be harmed by the fire, but still has to control it through controlling her emotions.
* **Astral projection** - Mei can interact with other people through astral projections, thus being able to talk to another person despite not being in the same place as them.

### Weaknesses

* **Mortality** - Mei possesses a mortal body, and is therefore highly vulnerable to any forms of injury, sickness, and death.

## Vehicles

 Dragon Jet | A jet that Mei used to fight the Gold and Silver Demons.
 White Horse Dragon Bike | A motorcycle that Mei often used casually and for racing.
 White Horse Dragon Jet | A jet that Mei owns.

## Etymology

**Mei** is a name meaning beautiful (美) or plum (梅).

## Behind the scenes

* Mei's wig piece was newly designed for *Monkie Kid* as producer Xiaodong Wen, felt none of the (at the time) current LEGO hair pieces were "quite Chinese enough".
	+ Her hair is also styled to resemble the silhouette of a dragon's face. Her buns resemble its horns while the way her loose hair spikes out resembles its beard.
* Early concept art shows Hero Mei with a ponytail instead of her pigtails.
* One piece of concept art also simply calls her "Lóng", which means dragon.
* During the early script writing phase, Mei was given the place-holder name of Mary Sue.
	+ Mei's early characterization was liked by LEGO Senior Brand Manager, Star Zhu, but her character making classist comments was disliked.
* Her actress' vocal performance is partially inspired by series director Sarah Harper.

## Trivia

* Although they confirmed that there isn't any canon age for Mei, Ashe Jacobson sees her as a young adult, at age 23.
	+ One reason for this is because the *Monkie Kid* crew wanted fans to feel like the characters could be any age.
* Considering that Mei's stay in her house during "Coming Home" is referred to as house-sitting, it is likely that Mei doesn't live with her parents anymore.
* Mei's hair-streaks are dyed, as she doesn't have them as a child.
* Mei shares many similarities with Red Son:
	+ Both are descendants of non-human beings yet look like normal humans.
	+ Both have a complicated relationship with their parents.
	+ Both are short tempered.
	+ Both are very proud of their heritage.
	+ In the Mandarin dub, they both hate being called small.
* Mei's last name was revealed as early as "Coming Home", where her parents were credited as "Mr. Dragon" and "Mrs. Dragon" respectively.
* According to Jeremy Adams, Mei's species is undisclosed, as it's unknown if she's a human/dragon hybrid or not.
	+ She is considered to be mortal like MK and the rest of her friends.
* Judging by the posters in her bedroom, Mei appears to be a fan of the bands *My Chemical Romance* and AFI. However, it's unknown if it's the actual band or a reference to it.
	+ While almost definitely unintentional, the band AFI's name stands for "A Fire Inside", which could count as foreshadowing for Mei being the fourth ring of the Samadhi Fire.
* She is very active with her phone, using it to take selfies and livestream. Her livestreams even have an active chat, meaning they may be popular in-universe.
* Mei eats oranges with the peel still on.
* Mei stands out among the Monkie Kids as the first to doubt the Mayor's true identity. Surprisingly, she is unaware of the Mayor's background and his association with Lady Bone Demon, unlike the others.

## References

1. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Revenge of the Spider Queen". *Monkie Kid*. Season 2 Special.
2. ↑ Harper, Sarah. "Familiar Tales". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 35.
3. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Skeleton Key". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 8.
4. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "Benched". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 28.
5. ↑ Fujita, Mark. "Show Me the Monster". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 40.
6. ↑ LEGO® Monkie Kid™ Playsets for Ages 6-10+| Themes | LEGO.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2023.
7. ↑ LEGO® Life Magazine Issue 1 2022 (PDF).
8. ↑ LEGO® Monkie Kid™ Playsets for Ages 6-10+| Themes | LEGO.com.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Adams, Jeremy. "Revenge of the Spider Queen". *Monkie Kid*. Season 2 Special.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Adams, Jeremy; Breen, David; Harper, Sarah; Kai, Yin. "This Imperfect World". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 31.
11. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "The Samadhi Fire". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 30.
12. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "The King, the Prince, and the Shadow". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 29.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Adams, Jeremy. "Coming Home". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 3.
14. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "The Great Wall Race". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 6.
15. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Skeleton Key". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 8.
16. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "Great Grand Dragon of the East". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 22.
17. ↑ File:Monkie Kid-S4Ep2-05-34.jpeg
18. ↑ Harper, Sarah. "Roast of the Monkie Kids". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 43.
19. ↑ "Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC \*krew): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 喬 (OC \*krew, \*ɡrew)... 1.(likely obsolete) large horse 2. haughty; arrogant" 驕 on wiktionary.org
20. ↑ "A LEGO Journey to the East" (Timestamp: 15:51)
21. ↑ File:Mei biker suit minifigure concept art screen 2023 Shanghai International Import Expo.png
22. ↑ File:Monkie Kid concept art Issue 69 blocks magazine page 34.jpg
23. ↑ A LEGO Journey to the East
24. ↑ The Voices Behind LEGO Monkie Kid: ft. Jack DeSena, Stephanie Sheh and Micheal Sinterniklaas (Timestamp 14:10)
25. ↑ Ngl there isn't actually a canon age for Mei that I know of, that was just kindof a guess- I feel like 23 seems about right for her? She's def like, young adult imo. (Reply) (May 16, 2021). Archived from the original on February 20, 2023.
26. ↑ Jacobson, Ashe. Ahaha i consider 23 so young but I'm forgetting that it's all relative. I think that's why the ages are left a little grey- we want people to be able to feel like they could kinda be anywhere and relate. They're just havin' fun messing with Pigsy either way. (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 29, 2022.
27. ↑ Adams, Jeremy (February 2, 20222). *Okay, 1: does that mean that they all are (including Mei) are human/dragon hybrids?* \*Grinch smiling GIF\*.

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