Sun Wukong (Disney)

Sun Wukong is the main protagonist of Monkey King: Elements of Destiny.

History
Sun Wukong is born from a magic stone that sits atop Mount Huaguo. This stone is no ordinary stone, however, because it receives the nurture of heaven (yang), which possesses a positive nature, and earth (yin), which possesses a negative nature, and thus is able to produce living beings (according to Taoist philosophies). When the stone bursts open one day, it reveals a stone monkey that can already crawl and walk. As his eyes move, two beams of golden light shoot toward the Jade Palace and startle Yuhuang the Jade Emperor. When he sees the light, he orders two of his officers to investigate. They report the stone monkey, and that the light is dying down as the monkey eats and drinks. The Jade Emperor believes him to be nothing special. On the mountain, the monkey befriends various animals and joins a group of other monkeys. After playing, the monkeys regularly bathe in a stream. One day, they decide to seek the source of the stream and climb the mountain to a waterfall. They declare that whoever goes through the waterfall, finds the stream's source, and comes out again will become their king. The stone monkey volunteers and jumps into the waterfall. He finds a large iron bridge over rushing water, across which is a cave. He persuades the other monkeys to jump in also, and they make it into their home. Sun then reminds them of their prior declaration, so they declare him their king. He takes the throne and calls himself the Handsome Monkey King. This happiness wouldn't last. When one of his older monkey friends dies, the Monkey King is very upset. He decides to strive out of his island on a self made raft, in search of an Immortal to teach him knowledge and how to beat death. He eventually found and studied under Subhuti, and quickly become the latter's favorite student, to the point that Subhuti taught him the secrets of the five elements and the 72 Transformations. After intense training, Sun bid farewell to his master and returned to his home. On hearing that Dragon Kings possess many treasures, and in search of a weapon, he travels to the oceans and finds the palace of a Dragon King. At the entrance, Sun asks for an introduction, the guards allowed him to see the Dragon King Ao Guang. Inside, he introduces himself and encourages the Dragon King to bestow him a weapon. Quickly realizing Sun is quite formidable, the Dragon King feigns willingness and hospitality, ordering his underlings to bring out weapon after weapon. Sun tests each weapon, but none are robust enough for the Monkey King who is unhappy at the situation. Sun then acquires the Golden-banded staff Ruyi Jingu Bang, the stabilizer of the Four Seas and a treasure of Ao Guang, the dragon-king of the Eastern Seas. Sun is the only creature strong enough to wield the staff-like weapon and there is an instant affinity between them. The Golden-banded staff can change its size, elongate, fly and attack opponents according to its master's will. It weighs 17,857 pounds. When not wielding the weapon, the Monkey King shrinks it down to the size of a sewing needle and stores it in his ear. In addition to taking the magical staff, the four Dragon Kings challenge Sun to see if he is worthy. After Sun defeats them, they give him Fengchizijinguan, Suozihuangjinjia, and Ousibuyunlu. Sun Wukong thanks the Dragon Kings and leaves happy. Upon his return to the mountain, he demonstrates the new weapon to his monkey tribe and draws the attention of other beastly powers, who seek to ally with him. Sun met Niu and became sworn brothers with him, and are good friends. Sun goes to Meido located in the Yokai Realm. He wipes his name out of the Book of Life and Death, a collection of books claimed to have every name of every mortal alive and the ability to manipulate lifespan, along with the names of all monkeys known to him. Sun got the title of "Great Sage Equal to Heaven", while Niu got the title of "Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven". Yuhuang heard about this, and to stop Sun and Niu from becoming too dangerous, he offered them a place among the gods. However, they rebelled against them. Sun ate three types of peaches, drink wine, and swallowed pills. He was locked into a cauldron, and eventually escaped, with the ability to recognize any evil. They fought 100,000 warriors, the 28 Mansions, the Four Heavenly Kings, Nezha, Juling Shen, and Erlang Shen. With no options left, Yuhuang decide to surrender his battle and never bother them again, which Sun and Niu left Heaven triumphantly. One day, during an ambush, Sun was gravely wounded, and Niu carried him for days, searching for help, until he came upon the temple, where Buddha used his infinite power to heal Sun instantly. Buddha begins telling him about the numeration he made. He and Buddha made a bet about the comparison how powerful they are. He leaps and flies to the end of the world. Seeing nothing there but five pillars, the Monkey King believes that he has reached the ends of universe. To prove his trail, he marks a pillar with a phrase declaring himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven (and in some versions, urinates on a pillar ). He then leaps back and returns to Buddha's palm to claim his victory in winning the bet. Sun Wukong is then very surprised to then find that the five "pillars" he found are merely fingers of the Buddha's hand, finding it impossible to believe. Buddha tells the duo they will await for the path of Buddhahood. 500 years later, Tang, a monk, who traveled to India and took the duo as his students. He even accepts Zhu and Sha as his students. He taught the trio about Buddhism. However, Niu wanted to destroy Buddhism and attacked many innocent people. Sun confronted his fallen friend in a fierce battle that shook the earth until finally, he defeated him. In a fit of anger, Tang banishes Niu for assaulting China. But Niu swore revenge and reclaim what's rightfully his. Following Niu's exile, Sun was given Buddhahood.