Monkey
An adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cast:Masaaki Sakai , Shirô Kishibe , Masako Natsume , Miriam Margolyes , Peter Woodthorpe , Andrew Sachs , Peter Marinker , David Collings , Gareth Armstrong , Cecile Chevreau , Maria Warburg , Shunji Fujimura , Jun Negami , Toshiyuki Nishida , Tonpei Hidari , Takayuki Akutagawa , Kanta Ina , Mieko Takamine
S1.E1 ∙ Monkey Goes Wild About Heaven
Monkey is summoned to Heaven. He steals and eats the heavenly peaches, whilst there and gains immortality. He then fights 2 of the Emperor's officials whilst there and all 3 of them are expelled to earth. Monkey gets imprisoned under a mountain, whilst the 2 Emperor's officials are transformed into a pig monster (Pigsy) and a water monster (Sandy). Buddha requests that a holy man must fetch holy scriptures from India, to save the world.
S1.E2 ∙ Monkey Turns Nursemaid
Buddha 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. Joined by the irrepressible Monkey - with his magic wishing staff and magic powers.
S1.E3 ∙ The Great Journey Begins
Tripitaka and Monkey begin their journey at a village terrorized by a greedy and lustful monster Pigsy and his deadly muckrake, and the Mighty River of Flowing Sands and the cannibalistic water monster Sandy. Will Monkey save the day?
S1.E4 ∙ Monkey Swallows the Universe
Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy, Tripitaka and the horse enter a land ruled by the demonic Golden Horn and his wife, Silver Horn. Pigsy discovers that all is not what it seems and Tripitaka and Sandy find themselves a bit tied up.
S1.E5 ∙ The Power of Youth
The immature King of Youth decides to kidnap Tripitaka to gain the attention of Heaven and Earth. When Monkey's powers prove no match for the King's fiery temper, and Pigsy and Sandy are otherwise engaged, who will save Tripitaka?
S1.E6 ∙ Even Monsters Can Be People
When 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. When they discover the truth, Tripitaka wishes he'd never denied the demons' existence.
S1.E7 ∙ The Beginning of Wisdom
Desperate for water, the pilgrims find that the local water monster has caused a drought, because there are no boys to sacrifice to him. With Monkey's cloud out of action, brave Pigsy volunteers to make the ultimate sacrifice.
S1.E8 ∙ Pigsy Woos a Widow
Monkey saves a pretty widow from a Demon, Pigsy falls in love with her, but she only has eyes for Tripitaka. The pilgrims move on, Pigsy stays behind to win her heart. When Monkey goes to fetch Pigsy, Tripitaka and Sandy end up in trouble.
S1.E9 ∙ What Monkey Calls the Dog-Woman
When Lord Li's stepdaughter is kidnapped by bandits, Monkey takes the job of catching them. He learns the bandits secret. Meanwhile, Tripitaka, Pigsy and Sandy spend the night at an inn that's owner has a surprise for Tripitaka.
S1.E10 ∙ Pigsy's in the Well
Tripitaka 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. Tripitaka and his disciples set out to prove that the current king is a fake.
S1.E11 ∙ The Difference Between Night & Day
An 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.
S1.E12 ∙ Pearls Before Swine
Tripitaka and his companions battle three evil animal demons who have taken control of a once-prosperous kingdom.
S1.E13 ∙ The Minx and the Slug
A 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. He finds a slug monster who says he is Hai-Min's reluctant husband
S1.E14 ∙ Catfish, Saint and the Shape Changer
The 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, who can take on the shape of anyone.
S1.E15 ∙ Monkey Meets the Demon Digger
To help an old priest dig a tunnel through the mountains Monkey uses his magic. Only to find that the old priest is really a crow demon that was looking for an egg in the mountain.
S1.E16 ∙ The Most Monstrous Monster
Desperate 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. When he finds out about Monkey's magic wishing staff, he decides this would be ideal.
S1.E20 ∙ Outrageous Coincidences
Tripitaka starts to believe that by eating the frozen pig they found, they have eaten Pigsy and starts to take on the persona of Pigsy.
