Before Wukong got the title of "Monkey King", he had the name "Shihou". After he left Flower Fruit Mountain, he was given the name "Sun Wukong" by his teacher Master Subodhi
The story of "Journey To The West" is incredibly old and popular. The book was published in Nanjing in 1592, this lead to many different versions of The Monkey king to come around! A lot of tropes and plot points obviously left a lasting impact in writing history.(As long as you ignore the Mpreg I guess but you cannot deny that you see. It everywhere.)
There are a few mediums that Journey To The West exists in like: