Episode guide
Monkey: Season 1
26 episodes · premiered Oct 1, 1978
A Buddhist monk, a mischievous monkey, a pig spirit, a kappa and their horse embark on a long, adventure-filled journey to retrieve holy scriptures.
- Episode 1: Monkey Goes Wild about Heaven Oct 1, 1978 · 45m Mischievous King Monkey is summoned to Heaven, where he steals the heavenly peaches, and eats them to gain immortality. He fights two of the Emperor's officials, and all three of them are…
- Episode 2: Monkey Turns Nursemaid Oct 8, 1978 · 45m Buddha sends a messenger, the Boddhisattva Kuan-yin the Compassionate, to find a holy man to make the journey from China to India to fetch the large vehicle scriptures. She chooses the boy…
- Episode 3: The Great Journey Begins Oct 15, 1978 · 45m Tripitaka and the ever-impatient Monkey begin their perilous journey. Arriving at a village terrorised by a greedy and lustful monster, Monkey thus faces the wrath of Pigsy and his deadly…
- Episode 4: Monkey Swallows the Universe Oct 22, 1978 · 45m Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy, Tripitaka and the horse enter a land ruled by the demonic Golden Horn and his wife, Silver Horn. Bewitched by a beautiful lady, Pigsy discovers that all is not what…
- Episode 5: The Power of Youth Oct 29, 1978 · 44m In his mountain kingdom, the immature King of Youth dictates that everything old is useless. When the pilgrims approach, he decides to kidnap Tripitaka to gain the attention of Heaven and…
- Episode 6: Even Monsters Can be People Nov 5, 1978 · 45m When Monkey kills a girl and her elderly parents, Tripitaka is left with no choice but to punish him and send him back home to his mountain of fruit and flowers. No one believes Monkey's…
- Episode 7: The Beginning of Wisdom Nov 12, 1978 · 42m Desperate for water due to the intense heat, the pilgrims find that the nearest village is completely dried up. The local water monster, who has a taste for the souls of boys, had cursed…
- Episode 8: Pigsy Woos a Widow Nov 19, 1978 · 44m When Monkey saves a pretty widow from the Demon Spirit of Great Snakes, amorous Pigsy falls snout over trotters in love with her, but she only has eyes for the celibate boy priest…
- Episode 9: What Monkey Calls the Dog-Woman Nov 26, 1978 · 44m When the magistrate Lord Li's stepdaughter is kidnapped by bandits, Monkey reluctantly takes on the job of catching them. He soon learns that the bandits are not what they seem, but their…
- Episode 10: Pigsy's in the Well Dec 3, 1978 Tripitaka is visited in a dream by the restless spirit of the deceased king of the land of Cockcrow. He tells Tripitaka he was murdered by a Taoist magician and thrown into a well; for the…
- Episode 11: The Difference Between Night & Day Dec 10, 1978 · 43m 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…
- Episode 12: Pearls Before Swine Dec 17, 1978 · 43m The once-prosperous land of Codslow is ruled by three animal-strength immortals, and its enslaved people are dying of hunger. The immortals depend on pearls, paper and wine for their…
- Episode 13: The Minx and the Slug Dec 24, 1978 · 43m 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…
- Episode 14: Catfish, Saint and the Shape-Changer Jan 7, 1979 · 45m 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…
- Episode 15: Monkey Meets the Demon Digger Jan 14, 1979 · 45m While 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…
- Episode 16: The Most Monstrous Monster Jan 21, 1979 · 44m 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 hears about Monkey's magic…
- Episode 17: Truth and the Grey Gloves Devil Jan 28, 1979 · 45m Following a terrible sandstorm, the pilgrims find a village where everyone has been killed by the evil Grey Gloves Devil, a magician with the power to hypnotise and control anyone who…
- Episode 18: Land for the Locusts Feb 4, 1979 · 45m As 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. Led by the power-hungry Demon…
- Episode 19: Vampire Master Feb 11, 1979 · 44m The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Buddha's Law invites Tripitaka and his disciples to stay as his honoured guests. He tells them of the difficulty in controlling the black magicians…
- Episode 20: Outrageous Coincidences Feb 18, 1979 · 43m To escape from a deadly blizzard in the Himalayan foothills, Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka take refuge in a small cave. With Tripitaka's death from starvation looking imminent, Monkey…
- Episode 21: Pigsy, King and God Feb 25, 1979 · 45m The pilgrims arrive at the Kingdom of Red Hog, where pigs are sacred. The people hail Pigsy as their new King and God. Tripitaka discovers that the current king is a disguised demon, the…
- Episode 22: Village of the Undead Mar 4, 1979 · 45m In a deserted village, the evil male demon Wun-Lung and three beautiful witches await the arrival of Tripitaka, Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy. If they can make the four travellers believe in…
- Episode 23: Two Little Blessings Mar 11, 1979 · 45m Forty 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. As…
- Episode 24: The Fires of Jealousy Mar 18, 1979 · 45m The pilgrims enter the Kingdom of Lo-Chun, the Queen of Fire, where they are prevented from continuing their journey by the active volcanoes in the Fire and Flame mountain range to the…
- Episode 25: The Country of Nightmares Mar 25, 1979 · 44m On 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. All humans who go there are eaten, and…
- Episode 26: The End of the Way Apr 1, 1979 · 45m Tripitaka and his disciples are just a few days away from reaching India - they can clearly see the Gold Temple of the Thunderclap ahead. The King of All Geological Ages appears and says…