[Journey to the West] Tang Monk Meat

Sun Wukong was pinned beneath Five Elements Mountain by the Buddha for five hundred years, and somehow developed a fondness for gossip.

The Earth God: Everyone wants to eat Tang Monk's flesh now.

Demon A: I heard eating Tang Monk's flesh makes you immortal.

Demon B: I heard eating Tang Monk's flesh keeps you beautiful and youthful.

Demon C: I heard Tang Monk's flesh is really delicious. (Drools.)

Sun Wukong: The other stuff doesn't matter. That last one has to be true. (Ponders.)

Then one day, the legendary delicious Tang Monk appeared!

Sun Wukong: So many people want to eat Tang Monk's flesh. Maybe I should give it a try too?

And so Sun Wukong set off with the number-one food supply, the White Dragon Horse; number two, Zhu Bajie; and their errand boy, Sha Monk, to fatten up Tang Monk and escort him on the wonderfully smooth (treacherous) road to the Journey to the West.

In the end, Sun Wukong discovered that they had all become Buddhas.

Becoming a Buddha = no more eating Tang Monk's flesh...

Sun Wukong: Then let's put it another way. We can