04x02 - New Adventures

[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! ♪

[Demon Bull King laughing]

Such foolishness!

Now, tell them what you said next.

[inhales deeply]

"You dare insult me, you old cad?!"

"I shall henceforth be known

as the Great Sage, equal to heaven!"

-"I will muck out
-[all laughing]

your pony stalls no longer!"

"Monkey King out!"

[all laughing]

[chuckles] Wukong, we're to believe
you gave the Jade Emperor such lip?

Well, I'm paraphrasing,
but you get the idea.

They're calling it…

[dramatically] the "Havoc in Heaven"!

[bird chuckling]

What an insolent little chimp you are.

[Macaque scoffs]
You're really going through with this?

[Monkey King] Correction.

[burps]

We're really going through with this,
like always.

Monkey bros
gettin' into some cheeky mischief.

[giggles]

Look, Wukong. I get you're excited.
I-I do, but,

crossing the Jade Emperor
is gonna have consequences,

-and you're not listening.
-I'm the Jade Emperor.

-[sighs]
-Hilarious little monkey.

[bird] You always were
the most cowardly of the bunch, Macaque.

Slinking around
in the shadows like a rodent.

Well, I, for one,
am done squabbling for scraps.

Indeed. The Jade Emperor and his followers
have lorded long enough with no regard

for those they rule.

[Demon Bull King] The realm
is well overdue for new leadership,

and I think we all know
the best man for the job.

[muffled squealing]

D'aww! When did you become
such a big sweetheart?

Not you!

A true leader
should be meek, strong, and handsome,

like Azure Lion.

[bird] Yes. [chuckles]

Azure would look perfect on the throne.

[elephant] An ideal figurehead indeed.

[Azure chuckles]

I'm flattered, truly, but…

were it not for Sun Wukong
bringing us together, I…

Without you,
none of this would be possible.

Your courage to stand up
to the Celestial Host

has inspired us to finally take a stand.

To make a true difference in the world.

And I could think
of none other more suitable

to lead us on our conquest
than you, brother.

[gasping gleefully]

-[bird] Yes! [laughs]
-[elephant chortles]

Alright, if you insist.

Relax, bud.

When this is over,
we'll be back here baskin' in the sun,

gettin' fat on fruit for the rest of…

well, forever!

Like we always wanted.

[chuckles] Whatever you say, Wukong.

So you're saying
you unlocked a cursed scroll

and were attacked by DBK, Iron Fan,
Spider Queen, Ne Zha,

and some other demons
you've never seen before?

No, I'm saying
we were attacked by ink versions

of DBK, Iron Fan, Spider Queen,
and all those other ones you just said.

And that Monkey King
was sucked into an ancient scroll

that you found in his room full of junk.

[Sandy] And now, you're thinking
Mr. Tang's gonna use his newfound powers

to free our mystic monkey!

Right?

[Pigsy] And, uh…

if that amazing plan doesn't work?

Hey.

Ah. [chuckles] Don't worry about it, guys.

I figure this is just
another cheeky little adventure.

If fighting Lady Bone Demon
was a marathon, this is like a… [stammers]

a half marathon.

Ideally, less. You know? Short sprint.

Uh…

MK, you okay, my guy?

-Yep!
-[air whistles]

[whooshing]

[grunts, sighs]

Okay. No ink demons.

Phew! When we get Monkey King out,
we're gonna look back and laugh.

Oh, how we'll laugh!

[forced awkward laughter]

Whoa.

Monkey King…

is a hoarder.

[Sandy] Hey, I think I found the scroll.

Sandy, wait!

-[lightning crackles]
-[ink squelching]

[Sandy] Uh…

-[ink creatures whispering]
-[ominous music]

A'ight, Tangy! You're up!

Whoa! [exclaims] Uh.

Hm.

Give our mystic monkey back
or you're gonna learn why they call me

Mr. Tang!

-[power thunks]
-[Tang grunts]

[Pigsy] Anytime now.

[Tang] Uh! Give it a minute!

-[ink Tang Sanzang whispering]
-[Tang yelping]

-[ink Sha Wujing roaring]
-[all exclaim]

[ink Tang Sanzang]
Your journey is not complete.

[ink Zhu Bajie] This fool has no strength.

[ink Sha Wujing] Your fear makes you weak.

[ink White Horse Dragon]
You are but a footnote.

[Tang gasps]

I'm not sure
my sweet magic moves did the trick.

You think?

[ink creatures roar, whisper]

[MK and Mei grunt]

[Mei yelps]

[MK pants]

Huh?

[Pigsy grunts]

[all exclaim]

[MK] No!

[rumbling]

[ink creatures cackle]

[Mei gasps]

[speeches overlapping]

[whooshing, ringing]

-[MK grunts]
-[ink creature growling]

What the hay?

-[mellow pensive music]
-[MK gasps]

[blade unsheathes, ringing]

[sighs in awe]

[gulps]

I want that!

[ink bird] Brother.

We are fallen.

[ink bird and ink elephant]
You swore to save the world!

-[sighs]
-[thuds]

Forgive me, brothers.

-[Azure yelling]
-[overlapping speeches intensify]

[Azure grunts]

[epic dramatic music]

[power ringing]

-[chiming]
-[ink squelching]

[booms, rings]

Hmm.

-[MK and Mei yelling]
-[Azure groaning]

[grunting]

Hand over the scroll, children.

[MK] No, you hand over the scroll! Or--

-[whispers] We've got the scroll.
-We've got the scroll!

Now, free our friends,

and we don't have to get physical.

You expect me to believe
you are not responsible

for stealing the scroll
despite it being in your possession?

[both] Yep!

[Mei] We don't even know
what this friend-napper is,

so there's that.

[snickers, chuckling]

[laughing]

He's laughing.

-[sighing]
-Hey! Why are you laughing?!

[chuckling] Okay, okay.

Let's start again.

You must be MK the Monkie Kid

and Mei the White Horse Dragon Girl.

Tell us who you are, guy,

before we mess… you… up!

[Azure chuckles] I've gone by many names.

Perhaps the one you are familiar with is…

[power rings, crackles]

…the Azure Lion!

Or…

not. Okay.

In any case, I am here to help.

The item that imprisoned your friends
is a fragment of the Scroll of Memory,

an ancient artifact
stolen from the underworld.

If not by you, then presumably
by your master, Sun Wukong.

You know Monkey King?

[snickers] Everyone knows the Monkey King.

But yes. He was once my sworn brother.

Hmm. I see. Interesting.

You know who else
was a sworn brother of Monkey King?

You might've heard of a little guy
called Demon Bull King?!

Ah. Well,

the Sun Wukong isn't exactly
the easiest person to get along with.

He's got quite a habit
of keeping people at arm's length.

We were young.

Mistakes were made… [sighs]

…and… some mistakes can't be undone.

-[objects clatter]
-[Mei gasps]

Yo! So does that make you
MK's sworn uncle?!

Oh! MK, you didn't tell me
you had an uncie Lion!

Hey, Mei, you know Monkey King
is not actually my dad, right?

The only reason I can imagine
Monkey King would've borrowed the scroll

is that he's become sentimental
in his old age.

After all, that scroll contains
the memories of his journey to the west.

[MK gasps]

You're telling me

that I'm holding
the Journey to the West legend

in my hand right now?!

[Azure] That,
and a great many other tales, I'm sure.

Everything that has ever happened—

every deed, every word—
has been recorded in the Scroll of Memory.

It's a prison,
designed to contain wicked souls,

forcing them to relive their past misdeeds
over and over again for all eternity.

In order to contain its prisoners,

a powerful protective curse
was cast upon the scroll

to prevent those imprisoned from escaping

and ensnare any who would seek
to free those locked inside,

trapping them forever.

Left unchecked,
that curse would've spread,

consuming everything
'til nothing remained.

I thought I arrived in time
to contain the curse,

but, based on your expressions,
I would hazard a guess

that Sun Wukong has already been consumed,

along with your friends.

But it's fine, right?
We'll just pop this bad boy open

and get them back.

It's too late to save them.

We can't risk unleashing the curse
into the world.

You don't know. We'd risk it for sure!

I won't abandon them when they need us.

If your friendship with Monkey King
meant anything to you--

It meant everything to me.

[sighs]

If your friendship is as
strong as you say it is, then…

perhaps there is a way.

But we need to move now.

-Wait, for real?
-Huh? You're actually gonna… h-help?

We're brothers.
Nothing could ever change that.

[MK] Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

We'll just go in after them, find our boys
in a bunch of cheeky li'l adventures,

beat the curse, and bing-bang-boom,

we're done!

I'll open the scroll long enough
for you to get inside.

But finding your friends,
that'll be up to you.

-We got this!
-Le'go!

In order to escape the scroll,
you need to defeat its protective curse,

but, it's going
to take all your strength combined.

Now, hand me the scroll.

[suspenseful music]

If we're going to do this,
we need to trust each other.

[motivational music]

[Azure] Look out for one another.

You can do this.

[exclaims gleefully]
Thank you so much, uncie Lion!

[chuckles]

Alright.

-Ready?
-[both hum in agreement]

Good luck.

[ink burbling]

-[ink White Horse Dragon roaring]
-[dramatic music]

[both groaning]

[both gasp]

[ink burbles, warbles]

[MK gasping]

[epic music]

[both gasp]

[closing theme music]

[music ends]