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Here's a suggestion: Saiyuuki the Japanese title of the v. popular 70's show wherein the Monkey-god escorted the priest Tripitaka to India, based on the novel Hsi yu ch'i ['Record of a journey to the west'].
Monkey could summon a pink cloud (on which he travelled) by waving his fingers in front of his mouth and whistling. Here's a description of Monkey's powers from a fan site:
"He is king of the monkeys, a stone monkey born of a stone egg formed at the beginning of creation, as the introductory narrative relates. His nature is 'irrepressible' and he is the archetypal larrikin - rude, boisterous, boastful, pushy, argumentative and impatient. He calls himself 'Great Sage Equal of Heaven' and has magic powers such as the ability to transform into insects, humans (male or female), animals and even inanimate objects like pills. By plucking a hair from his chest and blowing on it, he can make either a whole army appear or create a double of himself or some other magic trick. In addition, he can detect the presence of demons by smelling them, an ability that is particularly handy and which no-one else has. He was cast out of heaven after eating the fruit of immortality, annoying the gods and irritating Buddha. For that he was imprisoned for 500 years under a mountain and only released to help Tripitaka. He is immortal and indestructible, as was amply illustrated in one episode where he attempted suicide by going out into space, then hurling himself into the Earth. All that happened was that he made a large crater but was quite unharmed. His other magic attribute is his cloud-flying. When in a tight spot or in a hurry, he simply whistles up his cloud, a fluffy pink object which pops out of nowhere in the sky. On this he leaps and off he flies." |
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