Monkey Season 1
Primal chaos ruled the worlds before Monkey. Now he is upon a journey as long as life!
In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, as endless aeons wheeled and passed.
Time and the pure essences of Heaven, the moisture of the Earth, the powers of the sun and the moon all worked upon a certain rock, old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named “Thought”. Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said, “With our thoughts, we make the world.”
Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch. From it then came a stone monkey. The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!
Episodes
Monkey Goes Wild About Heaven
44mMonkey is summoned to Heaven. He steals and eats the heavenly peaches whilst there and gains immortality.
Monkey Turns Nursemaid
43mBuddha sends a messenger to find a holy man to make the journey from China to India. She chooses the boy priest and bestows upon him the name Tripitaka.
The Great Journey Begins
44mTripitaka and Monkey begin their journey at a village terrorised by a greedy and lustful monster Pigsy and the cannibalistic water monster Sandy.
Monkey Swallows the Universe
43mMonkey, Pigsy, Sandy, Tripitaka and the horse enter a land ruled by the demonic Golden Horn and his wife, Silver Horn.
The Power of Youth
42mThe immature King of Youth decides to kidnap Tripitaka to gain the attention of Heaven and Earth.
Even Monsters Can Be People
43mWhen Monkey kills a girl and her elderly parents, Tripitaka sends him home. No one believes Monkey’s story that they were demons disguised as humans.
The Beginning of Wisdom
40mDesperate for water, the pilgrims find that the local water monster has caused a drought, because there are no boys to sacrifice to him.
Pigsy Woos a Widow
43mMonkey saves a pretty widow from a Demon, Pigsy falls in love with her, but she only has eyes for Tripitaka.
What Monkey Calls the Dog-Woman
42mWhen Lord Li’s stepdaughter is kidnapped by bandits, Monkey takes the job of catching them.
Pigsy's in the Well
43mTripitaka is visited in a dream by the spirit of a deceased king. He tells Tripitaka he was murdered; for years a magician has been impersonating him.
The Difference Between Night & Day
41mAn invisible wall separates the land of night from the land of day. The blood-sucking Queen of Night terrorises the inhabitants of her land, while everyone in the land of day is forced into slavery by their merciless king.
Pearls Before Swine
41mTripitaka and his companions battle three evil animal demons who have taken control of a once-prosperous kingdom.
The Minx and the Slug
42mA village headman and his wife grieve for their beautiful daughter Hai-Min who disappeared a year ago. Lecherous Pigsy offers to go and look for her.
Catfish, Saint and the Shape-Changer
43mThe pilgrims enter a volcanic land that is plagued by earthquakes caused by the frequent quarrelling of two local demons; a catfish demon and a faceless shape-changer demon.
Monkey Meets the Demon Digger
43mWhile climbing a mountain, the pilgrims discover a man who’s been digging a tunnel through the mountain for the past twenty-two years, to provide an easier route for travellers.
The Most Monstrous Monster
43mDesperate to please Chun-Shou, the woman he hopes to marry, the unhappy King of Unicorns promises to find a new toy for her spoilt brat son, little Chen.
Truth & the Grey Gloves Devil
44mFollowing a terrible sandstorm, the pilgrims find a village where everyone has been killed by the evil Grey Gloves Devil.
Land for the Locusts
44mAs the pilgrims continue their journey, Monkey sees that a nearby village is being terrorised by swarms of locusts, and they’re coming in their direction.
Vampire Master
42mThe Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Buddha’s Law invites Tripitaka and his disciples to stay as his honoured guests.
Outrageous Coincidences
41mTo escape from a deadly blizzard in the Himalayan foothills, Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka take refuge in a small cave.
Pigsy, King and God
43mThe pilgrims arrive at the Kingdom of Red Hog, where pigs are sacred. The people hail Pigsy as their new King and God.
Village of the Undead
43mIn a deserted village, the evil male demon Wun-Lung and three beautiful witches await the arrival of Tripitaka, Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy.
Two Little Blessings
43mForty years before the pilgrims’ journey to India, two lovers Chun-Ying and Yu-Lee disobey the God of Fertility Ju-Lee by eloping together - love is forbidden in his country.
The Fires of Jealousy
44mThe pilgrims enter the Kingdom of Lo-Chun, the Queen of Fire, where they are prevented from continuing their journey by the active volcanoes.
The Country of Nightmare
42mOn their way to India, the pilgrims must pass through the Land of Nightmares, inhabited by all the legions of Hell, bad demons and wicked spirits.
The End of the Way
43mTripitaka and his disciples are just a few days away from reaching India - they can clearly see the Gold Temple of the Thunderclap ahead.