MK

MK
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**MK** is a noodle delivery boy and the successor of the Monkey King. When MK learned that the Demon Bull King was freed from his imprisonment, he, along with Mei, Pigsy, Tang, and Sandy, went on a quest to Flower Fruit Mountain. However, when he went to Flower Fruit Mountain, the Monkey King appointed him as his successor. MK then defeated the Demon Bull King, earning the title **Monkie Kid**.

Sometime later, MK's power was sealed by Monkey King, who began training him. MK fought many demons, including Macaque, who tricked him and temporarily stole his powers. After the Demon Bull family freed the Lady Bone Demon from her tomb, MK helped Princess Iron Fan and Red Son free the Demon Bull King from her possession.

When the Spider Queen took control of the city and captured the Monkey King during New Year's, MK, his friends, and Red Son traveled to the Celestial Realm to gather ingredients for an antidote to the Spider Queen's venom. MK along with the Monkey King defeated Spider Queen.

Soon after New Years, Monkey King lied to MK, stating he was going on vacation, when he was really looking for a weapon to defeat the Lady Bone Demon. After an encounter with the Bone Demon, MK began doubting himself. Eventually, MK learned that the Spider Queen was being used as a pawn by Lady Bone Demon, who used her to make the bone mech. Lady Bone Demon stole MK's powers and sealed the staff in bone. MK was rescued by Monkey King, who revealed his plan to find the Samadhi Fire.

After the fire was unleashed, revealing itself to be within Mei, MK and his friends defeated the Lady Bone Demon.

With the assistance of Azure, MK and Mei successfully liberated their friends from the Scroll of Memory. Throughout the process, MK experienced visions that led him to the realization that he was a Mystic Monkey, akin yet distinct to the Monkey King. Following the destruction of the protective curse and Azure's ascension to the position of Jade Emperor, MK and his team engaged in a battle against the Brotherhood at Flower Fruit Mountain. In his Mystic Monkey form, MK confronted Azure Lion and emerged victorious.

## Official descriptions

Monkie Kid™ Heroes
Our Main Hero
When MK, or Monkie Kid™, isn’t delivering the BEST noodles in town for his friend Pigsy’s Noodle Shop, playing video games or collecting cool Monkey King keepsakes, he fights ancient demons with his friends.

LEGO® Life Magazine Issue 1 2022
Resourceful and clever, Monkie Kid uses his brains, his sense of humor and the power of the Monkey King staff to defend against dangerous threats of all kinds.

Our hero
Delivery boy and avid gamer. Oh, and battler of ancient demons...

## Personality

MK is a sociable individual who enjoys spending time with his friends and engaging in recreational activities such as playing games. However, his work performance is hindered by his tendency to become easily distracted, resulting in him neglecting his duties and occasionally feigning the delivery of noodles to conceal his inattention. MK is an avid admirer of the Monkey King, claiming to have extensive knowledge of his history and background. Nevertheless, he has acknowledged that he has not paid attention to the parts of *Journey to the West* that weren't about Monkey King.

Upon gaining the Monkey King's Golden Staff, MK seeks to become hero like the Monkey King. However, he tends lose focus on the task at hand, and can be quite impatient. He has severe arachnophobia but can overcome it when his life is at stake. MK is also a bit forgetful.

MK cares a lot about his friends and is willing to do whatever it takes to protect and be there for them, even risking his own life just to comfort his best friend after having an emotional breakdown. MK is incredibly compassionate, accepting and encouraging the help of Red Son and Macaque, even though both were his enemies at the time. He believes that things cannot be judged its worst qualities, and that there is perfection in imperfection. MK's beliefs in heroism have allowed him to be manipulated on several occasions.

**Monkey King**: “*In order to have full control of your powers, you need self-confidence.*”

**MK**: “*I got self-confidence!*”

**Monkey King**: “*No, you're just loud.*”

—Monkey King and MK

Despite his kind heart, MK is still a bit of a jerk sometimes and he has a bit of an ego, which stems from compensating his insecurities and lack of confidence. He is occasionally inconsiderate of his friends feelings. MK has he said that he often plays dumb to lighten the mood.

Monkey King's absence and Lady Bone Demon's interference caused MK's insecurities to grow. He felt that the Monkey King had made a mistake and that he wasn't fit to be his successor. He hides these feelings and becomes distant from his friends in order to protect them, as he cares about his friends very deeply. He's frustrated with Monkey King's departure in Season 2, though it manifests more as self-doubt than anything else.

In Season 4, MK was shown to express guilt for every bad thing that had happened ever since he had found the Golden Staff, believing that he only makes things worse, and that everything is his fault. These anxieties were later voiced by the protective curse, upsetting MK enough to unlock his Mystic Monkey form.

## Game appearances

### *LEGO Brawls*

MK is a playable character in *LEGO Brawls*. He is the first 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, MK's Hero variant can be unlocked in the final week of Season 14, Team Monkie Kid.

## Appearance

*Main article: MK/Designs*
MK is a teenager with spiky black hair that's kept up by a red bandana. He is small, he has thick eyebrows, and his minifigure has a chipped tooth.

## Weapons & Accessories

### Book

*Main article: MK's book*
MK's book is a red book that contains his writings detailing the history of the Monkey King. The front cover depicts a drawing of MK and Monkey King. The book is also used as a sketch-book.

### Golden Staff

*Main article: Golden Staff*
The Golden Staff is legendary staff owned by MK. Originally, it belonged to the Monkey King, who used the staff to imprison the Demon Bull King under a mountain.

However, during his battle with the Lady Bone Demon, MK lost the Golden Staff after his powers were taken. He later gained it back before defeating the Lady Bone Demon.

### Phone

*Main article: MK's phone*
MK's phone is a handheld object he owns. He mainly uses it as a GPS when he delivers noodles. It is orange and has a cracked screen.

## Abilities

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

### Skillset

* **Staff proficiency** - While not on the same skill level as the Monkey King, MK has shown to adept in using the Golden Staff, albeit with some difficulties such as being initially unable to control its size.
* **Vehicle intuition** - MK has extraordinary skill in operating vehicles.
* **Artistry** - MK is a talented artist, he enjoys drawing but struggles when drawing Tang on some occasions.

### Powers

“*I've got Monkey King powers! I think I'll be fine.*”
―MK [src]
* **Replication** - MK has the ability to make copies of himself using strands of his hair. When he had less control over his powers some of his clones became unstable.
* **Astral projection** - MK 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.
* **Materialization** - Even without the Golden Staff, MK possesses the ability to transform various objects into something new. This is exemplified by his creation of an upgraded Monkey Mech through the utilization of stone from Flower Fruit Mountain.
* **Size alteration** - MK can grow or shrink his body.
* **Flaming Fist of Fury** - After playing Monkey King's VR video game, MK was able to unlock one of Monkey King's abilities, which let him ignite his fist and throw various fire punches.
* **Shapeshifting** - Like the Monkey King, MK can shapeshift into one of his 72 forms.
	+ **Known forms**:
		- Bird
		- Eagle
		- Gorilla
		- Spider
* ***Invincibility*** - MK was immune to any form of physical damage. Unlike most of his powers, which were removed by Lady Bone Demon de-powering him in "This is the End!" until Season 3, this power was removed by Monkey King himself in "Bad Weather" to reduce MK's power to a more manageable level.
* **Gold Vision** - Gold Vision is a power that allows MK to see through demonic illusions.
* **Magic cloud** - MK can generate a somersault cloud to use as transportation.
* **Giant** - MK can create a giant avatar made out of golden energy.

### Transformations

* **Mystic Monkey Form** - In "Pitiful Creatures," upon encountering the protective curse of the Scroll of Memory and being compared to the Monkey King, MK experienced a transformation, gaining the appearance of a spiritual primate including longer hair at the sides, a dark black tail, visible ears, and a pale orange marking over his eyes. In the beginning, MK would have flickers of the transformation during moments of great stress and/or anger. In "The Emperor's Wrath," MK gave himself to his hidden power, and accessed the transformation completely. In his Mystic Monkey form, MK is far more powerful than ever was in the past, with his already immense physical attributes as the Monkey King's successor being greatly augmented even further. He also gains the ability to fly and manipulate golden Chi energy to increase the force of his already destructive attacks. MK's power in this form is immense, great enough to savagely beat the Azure Lion even when he had the Power of the Jade Emperor.

### Weaknesses

* **Mortality** - As a human, MK possesses a mortal body, so is highly vulnerable to any forms of injuries, sicknesses, and death.
* **Arachnophobia** - Due to the appearance of an average arachnid, MK possesses an irrational fear of spiders, being incapable of concentrating whenever encountering one as it often leads to trouble for himself and others. Because of this, the Spider Demons took advantage of MK's fear for their plans, with one example being the time when MK's arachnophobia led to Spider Queen's plan to take over Megapolis during New Year's.

## Etymology

**MK** is an in-universe nickname, presumably a reference to his love for the Monkey King. There are several gags about how MK is in some way his initials, and his real name remains unknown.

## Behind the scenes

* During the writing of the pilot and first season, MK's name was abbreviated as "MKid" while Monkey King was abbreviated as "MK". This may be how MK's name was chosen.
* He is considered an enigma by Ashe Jacobson, as most people don't know much about MK, such as his real name and age.
* Although he is seemingly a teenager, MK's exact age is not confirmed. According to Ashe Jacobson, one reason for this was because the *Monkie Kid* crew wanted fans to feel like the characters could be any age.
* MK's status as a Mystic Monkey is changed between the original and Mandarin dub in Season 4. In the original, MK is said to be destined to become a Mystic Monkey seen as a demon, while in Mandarin, he is specified to be a Stone Monkey like Monkey King.
* In *Monkie Kid Almighty Game Challenge*, MK is shown with several non-canon transformations, all of which are recolors of Monkey King's transformations.

## Trivia

* The reason he currently goes by "MK" is because his full name is too long to say.
* MK's main outfit is heavily based off of Monkey King's classic outfit.
	+ The headband references the circlet, the headphones represent his neckerchief and they both have orange tops as well as black shoes and red pants.
* While MK's age is purposefully left ambiguous, it can be assumed he is at least 18 years old, as that is the minimum age for legal driving in China.
* Judging by the concept art, at one point in production, MK worked at a Monkey King themed restaurant rather than Pigsy's Noodles.
* MK likes listening to future funk music.
* MK, as of "Calabash", has been working at Pigsy's Noodles for at least two years.
* Despite being described as an avid gamer, MK isn't a very good player, as his Monkey Mech technique is button-mashing and he initially skips every tutorial of Monkey King's VR video game.

* Storyboard director, Ashe Jacobson, has said that they view MK as using he/they pronouns.
	+ MK has also, on several occasions, been drawn by storyboarder, Melanie Shin, with the transgender pride flag.
* MK's characterization is partially inspired by Fry from Futurama.
* Up until "Amnesia Rules", MK was the only character to appear in every episode of the series.
* A LEGO performer appears dressed similarly to MK in 80111 Lunar New Year Parade.
* MK seems to have sponsored a lipstick brand.
* Tang theorizes that MK's hair flap is made of bone and that friendship is stored in his shoulder.
* MK was made a mascot suit character, which was seen at the 2023 LEGO designer signing in Shanghai LEGO stores.
* MK's hyperactivity, trouble focusing, and hyper-fixation on the Monkey King has lead several fans to believe he is coded as having ADHD.
* He has a collection of DVDs of *The Monkey King: The Animated Series*, Monkey King Adventures comic books, as well as other miscellaneous pieces of Monkey King merchandise.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "Smartie Kid". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 23.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Adams, Jeremy. "Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born". *Monkie Kid*. Pilot.
3. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Bad Weather". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 1.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Adams, Jeremy. "Duplicatnation". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 2.
5. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Noodles or Death". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 4.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Adams, Jeremy. "Revenge of the Spider Queen". *Monkie Kid*. Season 2 Special.
7. ↑ Son, Eugene. "Dumpling Destruction". *Monkie Kid*. Season 2. Episode 12.
8. ↑ Fitzmartin, Meghan. "Shadow Play". *Monkie Kid*. Season 2. Episode 17.
9. ↑ Denton, Alan. "72 Transformations". *Monkie Kid*. Season 2. Episode 19.
10. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "The First Ring". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 26.
11. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "Benched". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 28.
12. ↑ Fujita, Mark. "Show Me the Monster". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 40.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Devlin, Deirdre. "Pitiful Creatures". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 41.
14. ↑ Harper, Sarah. "Roast of the Monkie Kids". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 43.
15. ↑ Harper, Sarah. "The Jade Emperor". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 44.
16. ↑ Green, David. "The Plan Man". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 46.
17. ↑ LEGO® Monkie Kid™ Playsets for Ages 6-10+| Themes | LEGO.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2023.
18. ↑ LEGO® Life Magazine Issue 1 2022 (PDF).
19. ↑ LEGO® Monkie Kid™ Playsets for Ages 6-10+| Themes | LEGO.com.
20. ↑ Harper, Sarah. "Familiar Tales". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 35.
21. ↑ Devlin, Deirdre. "The Great Tang Man". *Monkie Kid*. Season 4. Episode 37.
22. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "The Samadhi Fire". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 30.
23. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Breen, David; Harper, Sarah; Kai, Yin. "Time to Be Warriors". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 33.
24. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "The Great Wall Race". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 6.
25. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "The Great Wall Race". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 6.
26. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Kai, Yin. "Benched". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 28.
27. ↑ Adams, Jeremy; Breen, David; Harper, Sarah; Kai, Yin. "Destiny Fulfilled". *Monkie Kid*. Season 3. Episode 34.
28. ↑ Inspired by the classic Chinese story Journey to the West, the series follows the adventures of a young teenager, MK, as he comes into terms of his mission to save the world.
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Teenage hero MK and his friends must save their city from the Demon Bull King, in the LEGO adventure inspired by classic Chinese stories.
30. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Bad Weather". *Monkie Kid*. Season 1. Episode 1.
31. ↑ A LEGO Journey to the East
32. ↑ Jacobson, Ashe. Yeah I think he and Mei are roughly the same age, if I had to guess. I just put a ??? on MK's age for the running gag concerning how little we actually know about him- real name, age, etc. He's an enimga! (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 29, 2022.
33. ↑ 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.
34. ↑ MK Transformations Activity Book 2.jpeg "The Six-Eared Macaque has assigned some tasks to the Monkie Kid. What will the little hero turn into this time? He will turn into an animal, and this animal will only appear once in the bubble." (Monkie Kid Almighty Game Challenge)
35. ↑ Adams, Jeremy. "Sleep Bug". *Monkie Kid*. Season 2. Episode 11.
36. ↑ Driver's license in China
37. ↑ MK Trans Pride, Among Us, Red Son sketch by Mel Shin.jpg
38. ↑ Melanie shin mk mei casual winter.png
39. ↑ Jacobson, Ashe (January 21, 2022). I think it literally came up in a writers meeting a year or so ago, as we were talking about what to have MK do in (x) situation and someone, I forget who, was just like "honestly I think of what Fry from Futurama would do and see if that works.".
40. ↑ Monkie Kid-S4Ep1-02-23.jpeg

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