Bullying a Dragon: When the Monkey King breaks free, the Demon-Hunters who were hunting KL Hog earlier all mock him for his height and his flamboyant dress.Bond One-Liner: 'It seems the Mighty Foot has stepped on a nail.'.Bittersweet Ending: Miss Duan (and all the other hunters) are killed by Sun Wukong, but in the process, Tang achieves true enlightenment and binds the Monkey King to Buddha's will, starting his journey of redemption.Beat Them at Their Own Game: One demon-hunter attempts to kill the Monkey King by moving like an animal himself.It's only in this bald state that he reaches enlightenment and take a level in badass. Bald Mystic: After spending the entire movie with long hair, Tang has his hair ripped off by the Monkey King.

While he can turn into one, that scene was merely done to represent his ferocity.

The Monkey King at one point charges and looks like a giant feral monkey.

The animal whose style he's using appears behind him, though when he was first introduced it simply looked like it was a tiger fighting.

One of the demon hunters uses animal style kung fu.

Anguished Declaration of Love: Tang tells Duan he loves her, and always loved her as she lay dying from wounds she took trying to protect him.

And the Adventure Continues: The last shot is the beginning of the Journey to the West.

In Monkey's case, this is a subversion, as he's first introduced claiming that he's reformed, and now a good guy who wants to serve Buddha.

Adaptational Villainy: Unlike most other lighter adaptations of the original novel, the new interpretations of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing are more or less portrayed as they appear in novel, in terms of the level of the atrocities committed.

This causes Duan to fall for him, as she thinks it's incredibly brave.

Action Survivor: Tang has no real useful skills, and tries to take demons on with nothing but a book of nursery rhymes.

Action Prologue: The opening of the film shows Tang helping some villagers fight a fish demon.

Action Girl: Duan is a very capable fighter, and something of a ladette.

So in trying to put back Tang's book of nursery rhymes, she mixed up the words and accidentally created a sutra that summoned the Buddha to strike the Monkey King down.

Achievements in Ignorance: Duan can't read well.

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