04x01 - Familiar Tales

[bunniefuu]

[theme music]

♪ Monkie Kid! ♪

♪ Familiar tales, new adventures ♪

♪ Monkie Kid! ♪

♪ The powers of the king
Rest in his hands ♪

♪ When evil surrounds him
He'll rise up against them ♪

♪ And show them who's the Monkie Kid ♪

♪ The staff out in his grasp
His friends watching his back ♪

♪ 'Cause he's the Monkie Kid! ♪

[suspenseful music]

[whooshing]

[roaring]

[citizens yelping]

[tranquil folk music playing on radio]

[growling]

[roaring]

[dramatic music]

[citizens screaming]

[tranquil music continues]

[uplifting music]

Hmph.

Good morning, ladies!

Morning, MK.

-What a sweet boy.
-Such a dear.

[chuckles]

[staff thudding]

Ha!

[grunts]

[women chuckling]

[male voices cackling]

Monkie Kid! It's your worst enemies, Jin…

And Yin!

The Gold and Silver Demons!

[trilling yell]

[gasps]

Hmph.

[engine starting]

-[car horns honking]
-[MK exclaiming]

[roaring]

[blades ring]

[Yin]
With our legendary Golden Serpent Shears,

we'll give this city a nice little trim.

But a dye job's gonna cost extra,

and the only color we've got

is red! [cackling]

[MK] Hoo. Them some big scissors.

[yelping]

[Mei] Anything else!

Literally drive anything else, MK!

[laughing]

Hey! I'll have you know this baby's
got loads of miles left in her!

[engine sputtering]

[groaning]

Oh, man!

[laughing]

[sarcastically] Oh, no!
It's the Dragon Girl!

[both] What are we gonna do?

[gasps] What's this?
Inside my pretty new robe?

Ah-ha! Ne Zha's Universal Ring!

[grunts]

[Mei laughs]

[all scream]

You don't stand a chance
against our relentless onslaught

of magical artifacts
we've somehow managed to steal.

Prepare to meet your demise!

Eventually!

[both cackling]

[chuckles] Is that all you got?

[grunts, exclaiming]

[powering up]

[Mei screaming]

Mei!

[yelping]

[exclaims]

Hm?

Phew! [chuckles]

Nice catch, Monkey Man.

[both] Yeah!

[blades ring]

[power thrumming]

Here… comes…

Oh, bugger!

Mummy!

…White Horse Dragon Girl
Monkie Kid Team Attack!

[blades thudding]

[whooshes]

-[citizen 1] We're saved!
-Our heroes!

I always liked that MK.

[Jin and Yin screaming]

[both grunt]

[epic music]

Alright, hang on a sec!

Why don't we just all sit down
and figure a nice, peaceful resolution?

-[bonks]
-Oof!

[Yin] Yeah, a post-battle group hug
and off you go, eh?

[nervous chuckling]

[mimics chuckle]
The time for hugs… is over.

[energy pulses]

[Jin and Yin screaming]

I believe they've learned their lesson.
Right, lads?

Yes, we swear it!

We'll never steal
or do anything bad again! Honest!

Alright. But this is the last time,
we mean it!

Keep them noses clean!

-[Jin] No worries!
-[Yin] Yeah!

[both] Smoke b*mb!

I wasn't really
gonna slice 'em and dice 'em, you know?

I just-- I just thought
we looked cool and edgy.

But, like, what if this is the point
in our hero's journey

where things get a little bit…

[in dramatic voice] …darker?

[over phone] Uh… Sounds… great, MK.

Better toss this one

on the "potentially-Lady Bone Demon
level threat" pile.

Yep. Wanna lock
those puppies up tight, cause…

[Lady Bone Demon whispering]

…I have definitely had my fill of…

world-ending related activities this year.

M-MK, are you--

Well, better get this fat stack
to Flower Fruit Mountain.

Monkey King will know
what to do with all this junk.

In my trunk.

-[chuckling awkwardly]
-Oh. O-Oh.

Uh, you good to go on your own, MK?

Yeah, of course! You know me.

I'm good, all-good-all-the-time all good.

Later, Mei!

[engine whirring]

-[tires screech]
-[objects clatter]

[Pigsy groans] He's not even pretending
to deliver noodles anymore.

[ethereal folk music]

[Monkey King] Wonderful.
Like I didn't have enough junk already.

Huh?

Oh-h*! Ne Zha's gonna flip
when he finds out I have this!

-[ring thuds loudly]
-[monkeys yelp]

Seriously, though. This is a great haul.

Yeah. I saved a bunch of people too.

Oh, yeah? You're doing good
out there, bud. Real good.

It's actually amazing
how quickly you're mastering your powers.

When I was your age, I--

[MK]
You were fighting the Celestial Armies

and generally swinging
your big ol' tail around

to get what you wanted.

Well, I was going to say
"making regrettable life choices",

but yeah, thanks for laying it out.

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but…

you actually might've already
done more for this world

than I ever have. [chuckles]

[pensive music]

Yeah, well…

I'm kind of the one always getting
the world in trouble to begin with, so…

Ah, I wouldn't say that.

[MK] Well, I let DBK take your staff
and use it to destroy the city.

Well, that's true.

[MK] And it was my hair that
somehow made Spider Queen super powerful,

who also destroyed the city.

Yeah, I still don't really get
why that happened.

[MK] And I practically gave Red Son

the magic key
that freed the Lady Bone Demon,

who also destroyed the city!

[Monkey King grunts] Ah.
You gotta learn to let that stuff go, bud.

Besides, literally every one of those guys

were people I've rubbed
the wrong way to begin with.

Believe it or not, I wasn't always
the easiest to get along with.

What? But you're always
so cute and cheeky.

I know! Anyway.

The point is: mistakes happen,

but so long as you leave the world
in better shape than you found it,

then it's all good. Right?

[Lady Bone Demon's memory]
That pursuit only leads to one thing:

pain.

Honestly, I'm kinda liking the world
how it is right now.

So, if it could just stay like this,
forever,

that'd be awesome.

Yeah, well,

forever's a long time, bud.

Trust me.

[pensive music]

Well, think that's all of 'em.

[monkeys chattering]

Hm?

Oop! This one nearly got away from us.

Looks like some kind'a, um,
magic bundle of sticks or something.

MK, wait!

[lightning crackles]

-[ominous music]
-[ink bubbling]

Uh-oh!

Aah! I did a thing!

[squelching]

[MK and monkeys yelp]

[grunting]

[ink creatures whispering]

[moans]

[menacing chuckle]

-[MK yelps]
-[roaring]

The Demon Bull King?!

I-I-I thought we were cool!

[intense music]

[roaring]

-[MK grunts]
-[ink Iron Fan laughing]

Monkey King, what are we supposed to do?!

-[ink Macaque screaming]
-[MK] Monkey King?!

-[ink Macaque] You're nothing!
-[ink Ne Zha] Wukong, what've you done?!

-[Tang Sanzang] Monkey, no violence.
-No!

[MK yelps]

[grunting]

[grunts]

Hmph.

-[grunts]
-[ink squelching]

[yelps]

[groans, pants]

[gasps]

[male voice 1 distorted]
You would betray your own brothers?

[echoing] …brothers?

[male voice 2 distorted]
Some monsters can never change.

[echoes] …never change!

[laughing echoing]

Uh-oh.

[yelling]

[MK screams]

[grunting]

[wincing chuckle]

You know, you make
a couple of mistakes in your life,

and no one ever lets you live it down.

[straining] Looks like
the ghosts of my past

have finally caught up with me.

[groans]

[ink squelching]

MK, you've gotta seal that scroll

no matter… what!

What?! But how?

-[screeching]
-[ink creature yelling]

[echoing laughter]

[MK panting]

[ink burbling]

All good!

This is totally fine!

I'll figure it out!

-[laughing nervously]
-[distant roaring]

[yelps]

[screaming]

-[magical chiming]
-[MK yelping]

[grunts]

[ink creatures whispering]

-[seal thudding]
-[voice] No!

[ink creatures moaning, whispering]

[breathing heavily]

[closing theme music]

[music ends]