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* NewscasterCameo: In the news story about Rex, the TV reporter is played by real-life KDFW anchor Clarice Tinsley.
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Originally aired on November 23, 1997.
Marcus follows the dubious advice of Jimmy, hoping it will lead to them getting to hang out with "the big kids," i.e. Joe and company. Wishbone wants to become a canine hero after seeing a news story about a dog named Rex saving a kid. At the same time, Wishbone imagines himself as Sun Wukong, a.k.a. "Monkey," in the early chapters of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' by Wu Cheng'en.
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!!Tropes
* AdaptationalHeroism: Sun Wukong immediately humbles himself before the Buddha when he realizes that he is not more powerful after failing to leave the palm of his hand. In the source material, he took a longer time to mellow.
* AdaptationTitleChange: The episode refers to ''Journey to the West'' as ''Monkey'', which was the title of Arthur Waley's abridged English translation. However, the episode only mentions the original Chinese author, Wu Cheng'en, so they're apparently not claiming to have adapted it from Waley's version.
* AngerBornOfWorry: The scene where Jimmy and Marcus accidentally start a fire at Pepper Pete's. They run away as the fire alarm starts, with Jimmy saying they probably burned the whole building down. Travis then comes to find the boys before they can run away or hide in the park forever, with Marcus apologizing. It turns out his uncle was both worried that he and Jimmy had gotten hurt and disappointed that they did something so irresponsible.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: As in the original story, the Jade Emperor accepts Monkey's self-declared title of "[[BlasphemousBoast Great Sage, Equal to Heaven]]" because it's meaningless.
* BigWhat: The reaction of Wishbone as Sun Wukong when he finds out that he's essentially been appointed stable boy.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original story, Sun Wukong [[ToiletHumor urinates on the Buddha's finger]]. In this version, he merely [[PawprintStamping leaves a pawprint on the Buddha's finger]].
* CompressedAdaptation: Even taking into account that this is only adapting the first seven chapters of the book, the section that they chose to focus on is still pared down. Monkey's encounter with the Dragon King is mentioned but not shown, and his trip to the underworld is AdaptedOut entirely.
* HeroicDog: InUniverse, Wishbone wishes that he were one in this episode, having apparently forgotten about the heroics that he's already performed in earlier episodes.
* ICantBelieveImSayingThis:
-->'''Damont:''' Jimmy, get lost. The bluff is no place for little kids.\\
'''Jimmy:''' Aw, c'mon, Damont!\\
'''Wishbone:''' No, he's right, Jimmy. The bluff is no place for -- wait a minute, did I just say Damont was ''right''?
* LampshadeHanging: Wishbone's narration points out the bizarreness of an anthropomorphic dog playing an anthropomorphic monkey: "Okay, I'm not really a monkey, but work with me here. It's a character thing."
* PragmaticAdaptation: It's only mentioned that Monkey got armor from the Dragon King, leaving out the MartialArtsStaff that he also obtained at that point. Clearly, the show had to concede to the reality that there's really no way they could have gotten a dog to carry around a staff.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Jimmy spends the whole episode leading Marcus astray, driving him on with the promise that they'll impress the big kids. Instead, they end up causing destruction and getting in trouble.
Marcus follows the dubious advice of Jimmy, hoping it will lead to them getting to hang out with "the big kids," i.e. Joe and company. Wishbone wants to become a canine hero after seeing a news story about a dog named Rex saving a kid. At the same time, Wishbone imagines himself as Sun Wukong, a.k.a. "Monkey," in the early chapters of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' by Wu Cheng'en.
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!!Tropes
* AdaptationalHeroism: Sun Wukong immediately humbles himself before the Buddha when he realizes that he is not more powerful after failing to leave the palm of his hand. In the source material, he took a longer time to mellow.
* AdaptationTitleChange: The episode refers to ''Journey to the West'' as ''Monkey'', which was the title of Arthur Waley's abridged English translation. However, the episode only mentions the original Chinese author, Wu Cheng'en, so they're apparently not claiming to have adapted it from Waley's version.
* AngerBornOfWorry: The scene where Jimmy and Marcus accidentally start a fire at Pepper Pete's. They run away as the fire alarm starts, with Jimmy saying they probably burned the whole building down. Travis then comes to find the boys before they can run away or hide in the park forever, with Marcus apologizing. It turns out his uncle was both worried that he and Jimmy had gotten hurt and disappointed that they did something so irresponsible.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: As in the original story, the Jade Emperor accepts Monkey's self-declared title of "[[BlasphemousBoast Great Sage, Equal to Heaven]]" because it's meaningless.
* BigWhat: The reaction of Wishbone as Sun Wukong when he finds out that he's essentially been appointed stable boy.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original story, Sun Wukong [[ToiletHumor urinates on the Buddha's finger]]. In this version, he merely [[PawprintStamping leaves a pawprint on the Buddha's finger]].
* CompressedAdaptation: Even taking into account that this is only adapting the first seven chapters of the book, the section that they chose to focus on is still pared down. Monkey's encounter with the Dragon King is mentioned but not shown, and his trip to the underworld is AdaptedOut entirely.
* HeroicDog: InUniverse, Wishbone wishes that he were one in this episode, having apparently forgotten about the heroics that he's already performed in earlier episodes.
* ICantBelieveImSayingThis:
-->'''Damont:''' Jimmy, get lost. The bluff is no place for little kids.\\
'''Jimmy:''' Aw, c'mon, Damont!\\
'''Wishbone:''' No, he's right, Jimmy. The bluff is no place for -- wait a minute, did I just say Damont was ''right''?
* LampshadeHanging: Wishbone's narration points out the bizarreness of an anthropomorphic dog playing an anthropomorphic monkey: "Okay, I'm not really a monkey, but work with me here. It's a character thing."
* PragmaticAdaptation: It's only mentioned that Monkey got armor from the Dragon King, leaving out the MartialArtsStaff that he also obtained at that point. Clearly, the show had to concede to the reality that there's really no way they could have gotten a dog to carry around a staff.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Jimmy spends the whole episode leading Marcus astray, driving him on with the promise that they'll impress the big kids. Instead, they end up causing destruction and getting in trouble.
