A super-powered monkey from Chinese folklore meets more than he bargained for: a sloshing hollow gourd full of pus.
The creature is the Mikaribaba (箕借り婆) from Japanese folklore, a great reason not to shower (because she will literally gouge out your eyes).
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239-Grimm: Give them a Hand
238-Indian Folklore: Blue Raja
237B-Odyssey Finale: To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and not to Yield
237A-Odyssey Finale: The Shape of Things to Come
236-French Fairy Tale: Piece of Cake
235-Korean Folklore: Ghost Story
234-Scandinavian Folklore: Trolling
233C-King Arthur: Not Dead Yet
233B-King Arthur: 'Tis But a Scratch
233A-King Arthur: The Boy with No Name
232-Robin Hood: Public Enemy
231-Irish Folklore: Challenge Accepted
230-Grimm: A Hairy Situation
229-Monkey King: Forbidden Fruit
228-Italian Folklore: Full Circle
227-Greek/Roman Mythology: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Olympus
226-European Folklore: Failing Upward
225-Egyptian Folklore: Kitchen Nightmare
224-African Folklore: It's the Great Pumpkin, Kiali
223B-Samurai Legends: Dinner Party
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