Clip from TVB’s “Journey to the West” [II] (1998).
If I had thought TVB went overboard with this sequel, well, they were definitely not proving me wrong with scenes like this! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pray tell, TVB, why was the Spider Spirit (蜘蛛精) and the White Bone Spirit (白骨精) back in the plot, when they have either “returned to form” (打回原形) or been irrevocably killed in the first installment? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If I didn’t know any better, I’d have assumed this was a standalone comic skit on JTTW — and it probably would have been better that way…
But, despite all I’ve said above, I have to admit, I did find this scene pretty funny, if only because I like Mariane Chan (actor who played 白骨精) a lot, and it was great to see her again even though her character really had no business being back! LOL.
Guess I should ignore plot continuity issues and just pretend this is indeed a standalone JTTW comic skit! LOL. Because taken on its own, I did LOL at a “split-personality” 白骨精!(^^)
White Bone Spirit: Ah! Great Sage! (Aggressive Voice) I’ve been looking for you for a long time! Hahahahaha! (End Aggressive Voice) Wait that’s no good, sorry!
孫悟空:你唔係又諗住替你老公報仇吧⁈
Syun1 Ng6 Hung1 (Sun Wukong): Don’t tell me you’re still thinking of avenging your husband⁈
White Bone Spirit: Of course not! Ever since…(Aggressive Voice Again) I got defeated by you, (End Aggressive Voice) I’ve turned over a new leaf, I’ve even become sworn siblings with these good folks, and now we do good together and share everything!
Black Bear Spirit: Well one day, Gun1 Jam1 (Guanyin) said I had become smarter, therefore, allowed me to leave the mountains and gave me back my freedom…my heart was filled with happiness and was really touched, therefore, I decided to start on my journey of doing good! Just coincidentally then, I bumped into these like-minded friends, therefore, we decided to stick together and also called ourselves the “Six Celestials”, it makes it easier for people to call us! Haha!
沙悟淨:噉你就還埋俗,成埋親,生埋蘇蝦啦?
Saa1 Ng6 Zing6 (Sha Wujing): Oh so you returned to a secular life, got married and had kids?
Black Bear Spirit: Actually it’s like this…Second Aunt from the next village has been barren for three years and her husband threatened to divorce her if she could not produce. (Saa1 Ng6 Zing1: I’ll carry!) It was so sad just hearing about it! Oh thanks! (hands baby to Saa1 Ng6 Zing1)
Black Bear Spirit: Therefore, since that Fourth Aunt (also) from next-door has eight kids, I was thinking I’ll just take one of hers and give it to Second Aunt. Both parties will benefit!
豬八戒:嘩!咁冇陰功啊…
Zyu1 Baat3 Gaai3 (Zhu Bajie): Wah! Aren’t you horrible…
黑熊精:咩呀?…
Black Bear Spirit: What-why?…
豬八戒:喂!骨精!你攞住咁多銀兩,又偷返嚟㗎?
Zyu1 Baat3 Gaai3 (Zhu Bajie): Hey! Bone Spirit! What are you doing with so much silver ingots, did you steal that too?
白骨精:梗係唔係啦!我哋都不知幾叻呀!黃老爺呀,大把錢,十世都使唔完啦!我哋咪係幫佢散緊啲囉!
White Bone Spirit: Of course not! You don’t know just how clever we are! Old Man Wong has money aplenty, he wouldn’t be able to finish it all even in ten lifetimes! So we’re just helping him distribute his money a little!
黑熊精:係囉!
Black Bear Spirit: Yeah that’s it!
豬八戒:唉!睬你哋都傻啊!做到噉!
Zyu1 Baat3 Gaai3 (Zhu Bajie): Sigh! I’ll be silly if I even acknowledge what you guys have done! Unbelievable!
孫悟空:你哋噉做善事唔得㗎!
Syun1 Ng6 Hung1 (Sun Wukong): You guys can’t do good deeds this way!
黑熊精:唔係噉做,應該點做呀?
Black Bear Spirit: If not like this, then how should we do it?
孫悟空:你哋真係離譜呀!我都已經冇分寸嘅啦!你哋仲過份過我呀!
Syun1 Ng6 Hung1 (Sun Wukong): You guys are really ridiculous! I’m already considered as reckless! But you guys are even more reckless than me!
That time when 孫悟空 (Syun1 Ng6 Hung1) was only more interested in showing off his new toy to his new best friend, 白骨精, and snubbed 恩恩 (Jan1 Jan1) yet again!LOL
† Subs in screenshots are in Standard Chinese, translations are based on spoken Cantonese.
* n.b.: My best estimate of what 孫悟空 said. Not 100% sure because he was mumbling out his words.