Characters
Plot Points
Quotes/Themes
Whyke,Mugica & Brown Reading
Fate & Destiny
100

This mischievous protagonist is born from the Demon Orb

Who is Ne Zha?

100

Ne Zha did this to the fishing village

What is burn it down?

100

Ne Zha says, “I am the master of my own ___.”

What is Destiny?

100

When animation first arrived in China in the early 1900s, it was called katong, a borrowed word meaning this.

What is 'cartoon'?

100

The prophecy claims Ne Zha will do this to the world

What is destroy it?

200

Taiyi Zhenren is this to Ne Zha

What is mentor?

200

Ao Bing hides his identity as this kind of creature

(LIGHTING QUESTION!!!)

What is a dragon?

200

The movie challenges the idea that people are born this way.

What is good or evil?

200

Chinese animation has long been expected to show this quality to prove it represents the nation.

What is 'Chineseness'?

200

Ne Zha is cursed to die at this age

What is three years old

300

This character is born from the Spirit Pearl and is destined to be Ne Zha’s opposite

Who is Ao Bing?

300

Ne Zha and Ao Bing form this unlikely relationship

What is a friendship?

300

Ne Zha’s struggle represents society’s treatment of this kind of individual

What is an outcast?

300

The article explains that modern Chinese animated films highlight this technology to symbolize progress and modernity.

What is CGI/Digital Technology?

300

The object that splits into the Demon Orb and Spirit Pearl

What is the Chaos Pearl?

400

Ne Zha helps save a little girl from this

What is a demon (Yaksha)?

400

Ne Zha's parents do this to cheer up Ne Zha towards the end of the film

What is throw him a birthday party? 

400

The film blends traditional Chinese mythology with this modern genre

What is animation/fantasy?

400

During the Cultural Revolution era, animation was sometimes less strictly controlled because it was seen mainly as entertainment for this audience.

Who are children?

400

This theme drives the movie’s central conflict: destiny versus this

What is free will?

500

Ao Bing's father 

Who is the Dragon King?

500

Ne Zha and Ao Bing's ____ are saved at the end of the film

What is their souls?

500

The core message of the movie is that people can

What is choose their own destiny?

500

The early 2000s marked a resurgence in government attention to the potential of Chinese anima-
tion as a form of ____ power

What is 'soft power'?

500

Ne Zha is destined to be killed by this

What is lightning?