This Is How You Write The Perfect Ending (LEGO Monkie Kid: Season 4 Special) 

If the show ended here I wouldn’t even complain. Every season always one ups the last and sets a bigger and more interesting story to tell.

The contrast between Wukong and MK is so interesting to me. Wukong spent his whole life obsessed with amassing more and more power, even after he had more than he would ever need. Meanwhile MK is terrified of power and just wants to live a simple life. And even if his methods were kinda flawed, you can tell Macaque tried really hard to streer MK away from that path. The whole lesson he tried to teach MK during "Shadow Play" was to not get so caught up in the pursuit of power that you neglect the people in your life.

it blows my mind that the monkie kid being a MONKIE kid was a plot twist

Something I really love about Wukong is that, he basically has the same storyline as Rose Quartz, except he's still alive and able to redeem himself.

I love seeing people talk about this show and your analysis on Mk’s character, but I would disagree with your take about Mk’s character at the end of the season. Mk as definitely grown as a character, but to say that him tapping into his monkey form was an act made through self-realization isn’t quite true. To me him using that power was more of a breaking point for him, a point where he had enough of azure lion and is then filled with anger, frustration, and distraught leading him to use his new form. On top of that although he claims that he’s not a “mindless beast” I don’t think you can say he really has control of his power either. This mainly comes from his uncharacteristic form of confidence paired with his raw rage that he lays onto Azure, in his new form he doesn’t really seem like the same Mk. I agree that by the end of the season he acknowledges his larger role in the world, but I still don’t think it’s something that he fully understands quite yet nor is totally ready to confront, maybe even still be trying to avoid. In the end I agree that he’s grown to confront and fix the mistakes of his past, but now he’s trying to hide from his future and from what he’s to become.

Season 4 and the season 4 special is the reason why Moinke Kid is such a great show having MK have to prove that he might be taking up the mantle of the monkey king he isn’t like him and he isn’t putting his friends in danger and that you can change even when mistakes are made

This show is amazing and more people need to talk about it !

Oni Lloyd crawled so Monkey MK could sprint at breakneck speeds.

I’m so glad I watched this series and got the chance to meet Azure. He was never a bad guy. He just needed accountability. You can feel how hard he’s trying to make a positive impact, but sometimes life just makes that so difficult. When faced with choosing between our friends or our convictions, we find out who we really are. That’s the price of leadership. The throne never comes for free. Also the voice acting is clearly top tier

There's definitely going to be a season 5, there's no way the makers of Monkey Kid aren't going to reveal who let Asure Lion out.

Honestly they handled mk's monkey form better than lloyd's oni form. I mean i kinda expected mk to turn into a monkey but I never thought it would actually happen. For lloyd I had a feeling since the oni trilogy that lloyd could turn into an oni but they ruined it as it was only for a few seconds. And garmadon told lloyd the overlord could be defeated permanently if he used his oni form but still used the ultra dragon. Meaning the overlord isn't dead and will return one day.

Now that someone's put it into words, MK and Aang from ATLA share a lot of similarities, though Aang comes to terms with his powers a lot sooner in his series

I still think there will be a season 5 because of that ending but maaan i love this show

No one gonna talk about how Azure lion is voice by the VA of vegeta and son wukong Is voice by the VA of goku?

season 4 as a whole was truly amazing, i love mk's arc in this season

I would like to see a precule series of Wukong and see his journey to see how he bacame the Monkey King. we could see the journey of the qest and see these adventures we heard but never saw, and it could be told in the after season 4 and Wukonf telling everyone about his adventures

Great analysis! So much of this lines up with my own analysis of this season. (Also I love how a good chunk of the video was just clips from s4e7.) The big thing I disagree on is MK "coming to terms with" and "embracing" his powers in the special. I'd say he's _still_ afraid of hurting others (case in point: the ending, where he reiterates his desire for things to stay the way they are now), and he's _still_ afraid of his own powers (after the transformation disappears, he's still glitching, and he stares at his glitching body in fear ). The epic battle with Azure isn't him embracing the powers; it's the powers bursting out because he can't keep them in check any longer, and also because that's the only way he can protect Sun Wukong (who, in s3, said that his powers come to him when he needs them most). He _does_ learn a few things. First, after Macaque's pep talk, he realizes that he's not bound to his destiny and that he can make his own choices. However, as the buildup to the battle shows, he's still _afraid_ of that destiny, and he's really just shelved that thought so he can focus on dealing with the problem at hand. When he finally uses the monkey form, we see full-on the effects of four seasons of character development, but he's not yet in full control of that form (he can't summon it at will, and after it wears off, he's still glitching). Shelving it is one way to overcome a fear, but it doesn't actually address it. … Which leads us into season 5.

Ah yes. The better Crystalized Oni ark

Nicely done video!! You certainly changed my perspective on his monkey form, I thought it was an alter ego hijacking the fight. The form being his true self, unrestrained by his fears makes a lot more sense.

Great video! I can't help but feel like this is what Lloyd's arc in Crystalized should've been. However, instead of him hearing the bad stuff about Garmadon, he did have to experience it firsthand so that could've been touched upon too. But hey, no point crying over spilled milk and he is great in DR.

As mush as I love Ninjago, this finale did the demon side of the protagonist so much better than Crystalized! The pacing was great and did a fantastic job developing MK.

4:36 That's because in comparison to MK Azure didn't have any real friends to tell him when to stop while Wu-Kong is learning through MK the errors of his past misdeeds like with Macaque. Azure needed his own MK but never got one and unfortunately in the end it was one of his companions/brothers that ended up being the one who did him in.

"Mk isn't scared of being himself anymore?" MK AIN'T SCARED OF BEING A BADASS NO MORE

Season 4 means that much more to mean with makachs voice actor recording all his lines before he saddly passed... Monkie kid is so freaking incredible both story and animation i just wish the episodes were longer so we could have even more ❤❤❤

A suprisingly positiv take on MK's monkey form in the fight against Azure. Becouse to me, this scene didn't look like MK beeing in controle, but more like MK loosing himself in those new powers and his anger over bering tricked by Azure. Monkey MK doesn't even talk like our normal MK. His speach is more like a mix of the ink demon and porty clone. His smile is crazed, his qord choices cockie and resentfull, his fighting stile wild and with no limiter of how much power he is putting into it. Hell, it even concerned Wukong towards the end! I think this video was the first incident of me seeing someone taking MK's monkey form as a positive, while everyone else I interacted with so far (me included) saw it as a big "oh-oh..." moment xD

bro, watching the final battle with "find you flame" playing in the background was 🔥🔥🔥 WILL THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW YOUR NAME!? WHEN WE DANCE WITH DESTINY!!!

I have been wait for this for 4 months now

I finished this series recently and immediatly fell in love with it season 4 being my favorite especially the ink stuff and mk's arc was so good this season :)

I especially like how we finally got context into Wukong and Macaque story and how they became who they are and how it ties into mk story. Great analysis by the way you should touch upon Macaque one day for one of theses as he's also a really interesting character.

AUGH THIS VIDEO IS GREAT. You really went in depth for this one, picking apart all the tiny details that even I failed to miss! If anything, this video makes for a great summary of season 4 as a whole, which is perfect for me because explaining this season to people who have never heard of this show before (aka all my friends) takes like 3 whole hours with no breaks. So thanks for diving deep into the character of MK once again! Hope to see you again for season 5!

I love sunburstduo and this video,i love how you understand that mk monkey form is not evil and is apart of him,it refreshing to see,currently i see the Fandom make mk monkey form into a villain and mischaracterization him. I love how you understood wukong and his character.

I felt like mk needs to go thought a self accepted arc for his monkey form (i dislikw how the Fandom makes his monkey form into something evil,when it not),he got a long way to go and i don't think he become the harbinger of choas,that his fear,he can chose that path way but with how s4 ended i don’t think he will,if the show does a villain mk arc with the monkey form it will feel very disrespectful to wukong and his character.

Literally better than ninjago already

I've been a ninjago fan for a long time now, but after watching all of Monkie kid a few weeks ago, it Completely pushed Ninjago to the side. Monkie Kid is by far the best lego series out there 🔥🔥🔥

Amazing video! This special was truly the best we've had yet and I'm only excited to see what comes next

Thank you SO MUCH for the review. Season 4 is absolutely my favorite season and my favorite content i've ever watched this year and one of the best things i've ever watched.

The ending was basically Crystalized and Dragons Rising together but WAY better

I'm surprised that you didn't mention it but I found it interesting that he denied being mindless but not an animal I felt like it was an omission that his powers are monstrous/animalistic but he was very much in control of them at the moment

I love to see more Monkey Kid Videos! Big thumbs up! 👍 Honestly people need to give Lego Shows a chance, they can and did write wonderful storys with great Characters, that it hourts my soul that so many people neglect them because "Its Lego, It cant be good"

WOW i can't believe lego cooked better then modern mcu when it comes to new characters lol

This show might possibly be the best thing to ever have the Lego name attached to it 😊

I think monkie kid is a really good show but i think you should also make a video about lego dreamzzz is pretty good

Thank you for bringing this all to light, though many will overlook this series it truly is one of the best shows in recent memory, and it’s Lego so it’s like 1000x cooler too

So hyped for season 5

"Do not be so focused on what you want that you don't see what you need to get there." Is a solid bit of advice.

This show is perfect perfect down to the last minute details

I am going to get this off my chest: Monkie Kid Season 4 had better set up and payoff with its superpowered evil side (Monkey Form) than Ninjago did with its (Oni Form). They had the build up and made it feel like a threat that the audience should fear, and not make it feel like a cop out that didn’t really do anything. My major hope for season 5 is that they somehow build off of the Monkey Form. you don't just give a character like MK this kind of power and then take it away from him the next season. With Mei, it's somewhat excusable since the Samadhi Fire technically no longer exists and is now merged with her, but even then, the Samadhi Fire has noticeably transformed Mei's powers. With MK... there's ZERO excuse for getting rid of that.

Cant wait too watch this video I love ur content

God i love season 4. Wukong past is legit hunting him down. I woukd of loved to see more of the pilgrims but the parels between them and MK ground were striking. And you just have to love camel ridge trio

Honestly the amount of charm, character building, lore, and powerful emotion that this series manages to pack into 11 minutes should make the Wildbrain ninjago writers feel extremely insecure

ANOTHER BANGER I LOVELOVELOVE MK'S ARC

Great video and i love the character analysis for MK! ❤ Also, I have seen tidbit but i dont know where to watch the even 3rd season officially.

Nah still cant believe they god the english voice actor from goku act this

Everytime I hear azure lion and wu kongs voice I think of all might and goku and I die everytime

The thing is this series is my comfort show and I’m so excited for what will come next

There is a season 5 coming. They already done with the voice recording and it supposedly coming out in December or January. This season is going to be the biggest one yet for all.

Holy shit he looks cool in his monkey king form it gives me super saiyan four vibes

okay i don't mind the idea that mk gave in and accepted the monkey form but with all of the trash talk and the type of trash talk mk gave to azure i don't think that mk was truly in control i took it more of a one of those "silent rages" sort of moment like your absolutely angry or in this case out of control but you're still able to keep some form of control but not in a complete or good form if you know what i mean

Great video.

I am still disappointed that The Lego Movie franchise didn´t get it´s own 2D animated series, don´t get me wrong I like Unikitty! and how she got her time to shine on her own show but Warner Bros really missed on the opportunity to just make a show with Emmet and his friends, that way everyone could get their time in the spotlight, there is just so many creative stories to work with on a series based on The Lego Movies, like an episode involving Emmet deciding to make an ant rock band just because, plus it plays on Emmet´s name being another name for an ant which is genius! And Unikitty joins in on it resulting in them creating a battle of the bands with bugs, it then escalates into the two going overboard as they go to the zoo to add more competitors to the competition and free all the animals but they start to realize their mistake as the wild zoo animals begin rampaging through town like that wasn´t obviously bound to be expected, I believe that there is potential for a Lego Movie series to happen in the future but regardless of that, I am excited to see what Universal´s new Lego Movie is about when a trailer for it drops.

like 99 percent sure there is another season.

Monkey MK is just better Oni Lloyd lol

Hey Bendo Bricks what’s Your Next Essay Project Video?

Can you talk about Llodys development

IS THAT LITTLE BIG PLANET MUSIC

The IBO comes by and snaps one back to our world and future, which means no matter how much you change, whats done is done.

I have tremendous foreboding for Season 5 man...

an lego has some of the best showes like dam lego monkie kid,ninjago love them

Always remember you are special no matter what and you have greatness of becoming something extraordinary

Monkie Kid is the only good show still running. Season 4 was amazing. It just gets better every season.

Probobly never been this early on a video before. I'm viewer 4

What music was used 2:22 onwards? Also noce vid

And then there’s the s5 trailer “leak”/animation studio switch

Man, I only have access to seasons 1 and 2, how do you guys get to see 3 and 4 already?

Where are yall finding these episodes??? the last episode for me was episode 10 season 4 when it looked like they were all about to fight the final battle

2:12 Sounds like a remix of The Regi. What is it?

Season 4 isnt the last season

Where can i watch season 3 & 4? What streaming service i need

How do you get you clips for your vidios

where can i watch the show bro..

Where do I watch the full fourth season?

I think Buddah is behind this

Can you one Help me how to find all the Seasons and episodes That's not spreaded across A bunch of streaming services

Where to watch?

where on earth are you watching this, even after like half a year I still can't find any season 4 episodes on the internet

W show

Okay, what is the soundtrack in 2:12?!

WHAT END??? I HAVE QUESTIONS!

I wish😢

bendoooooooooooooooo with another banger monkey vid

Im so sad this series is over

Does anyone know where I can watch all 4 seasons of this???

were do you watch this I really want to watch

Hey Bendo! Great documentary by the way. As much as ninjago is way better, I watched 'a hero is born' and then season 1 yesterday morning and I was really impressed. Everybody was saying it was horrible etc. But although Ninjago is still a better show, Monkie Kid surprised me. I do intend to finish the series.

Wait this was the finale?

Am i the only one who thinks Azure gives off ashore vibes from undertale?

the series does not have the depth u give it credit for bro

Why are kid shows better than the adult shows

Makak means monkey i think

so this is the end of the series?