American Born Chinese A Monkey on a Quest (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 31 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

American Born Chinese

A Monkey on a Quest (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 31 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jin is pressured to make a statement after an offensive meme video of him goes viral.

Director

Dinh Thai

Writers

Vali Chandrasekaran (written by) | Gene Luen Yang (based on the graphic novel by) | Kelvin Yu (created for television by) | Lawrence Dai (story editor) | Aaron Izek (staff writer)

Composer

Wendy Wang (music composed by)

Cinematographer

Alan Poon

Editor

Yu Jung Hou

Casting Director

Leslie Woo

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Edit Released

Updated May 24, 2023

Release date

May 24, 2023 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 12 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben Wang Jin Wang Jin Wang See fewer	Mean Girls (2024)
Yann Yann Yeo Christine Wang (as Yeo Yann Yann) Christine Wang (as Yeo Yann Yann) See fewer	Ilo Ilo (2013)
Chin Han Simon Wang Simon Wang See fewer	The Dark Knight (I) (2008)
Ke Huy Quan Jamie Yao / Freddy Wong (credit only) Jamie Yao / Freddy Wong (credit only) See fewer	Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jimmy Liu Sun Wei-Chen Sun Wei-Chen See fewer	Light the Night (2021)
Sydney Taylor Amelia Taylor Amelia Taylor See fewer	Marked Men (2025)
Daniel Wu Sun Wukong / The Monkey King (credit only) Sun Wukong / The Monkey King (credit only) See fewer	New Police Story (2004)
Michelle Yeoh Guanyin Pusa Guanyin Pusa See fewer	Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Mahi Alam Anuj Anuj See fewer	Mean Girls (2024)
Stony Blyden Andy Andy See fewer	You're Cordially Invited (2025)
David Bloom Josh Josh See fewer	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
Justin Jarzombek Travis Travis See fewer	Grimcutty (2022)
Ethan Rich Greg Greg See fewer	American Born Chinese (2023)
Brian Le Zhu Bajie / Pigsy Zhu Bajie / Pigsy See fewer	Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Rosalie Chiang Suzy Nakamura Suzy Nakamura See fewer	Turning Red (2022)
Larry Bates Coach Garrett Coach Garrett See fewer	Big Little Lies (2017)
Sophie Reynolds Ruby Ruby See fewer	L.A.'s Finest (2019)
Andrew Leeds Patrick Patrick See fewer	Barry (2018)
Michael Carbonaro Bozo McDingdong Bozo McDingdong See fewer	The Carbonaro Effect (2014)
Tim Bagley John John See fewer	Somebody Somewhere (2022)
Shey Bogumil High School Student (uncredited) High School Student (uncredited) See fewer	The Tale of a Village
Gina DiGiorgio Student (uncredited) Student (uncredited) See fewer	The Double Life of a Billionaire Heiress (2024)