Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-19267090-20131101033926/@comment-24.181.236.110-20131101230729

Sun Wukong is an old Chinese myth, and there are thousands of spin-offs of him. I grew up knowing up him as a fictional character very common in China to the point where everyone knew the name (which is true).

Also, if his weapon is based off of his namesake as well, he's likely to have a staff that changes size as a weapon.