LEGO Monkie Kid (2020– )
The Monkey King, retired, mentoring a kid with a delivery scooter.
Five hundred years after the pilgrimage the legend is a legend — so tell the story of the ordinary person who inherits it.
You want the myth at play, or you want ninety minutes a family can actually agree on.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the mythology as backstory, and a Monkey King who is recognisably the same egotist, older.
Changes: the era and the stakes. This is a modern city, a new hero, and LEGO’s own framing of it as a new chapter rather than a retelling.
Whose story is it?
MK’s — the first entry on this list where the Monkey King is the mentor rather than the subject.
How much time does it ask?
At least three seasons plus two specials, and the theme is still running.
LEGO’s first theme built on a Chinese legend, launched in China in May 2020.
Where to find it
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More ways west: Journey to the West (CCTV, 1986) · Havoc in Heaven (1961/1964) · Monkey (1978–1980)