text: The third storyline follows Danny, a 16-year-old "all-American" boy, and his Chinese cousin Chin-Kee, who has visited Danny annually for the past three years. Danny is embarrassed by Chin-Kee, who is depicted as a racist stereotype, in traditional queue with buck teeth, speaking in pidgin English. At the story's climax, Danny fights Chin-Kee when the latter refuses to leave. When Danny punches Chin-Kee, he reveals himself to the Monkey King in disguise, causing Danny to transform back into Jin as well. The Monkey King tells Jin that his son Wei-Chen was sent to live among the mortals without sin for forty years but no longer wanted to follow in his father's footsteps of serving humans after becoming sickened by his classmates' self-centeredness. Wei-Chen refused his father's visits, so the Monkey King began visiting "Danny" instead, using the Chin-Kee disguise to remind Jin of his heritage and convince him to rise above negative stereotypes. Jin reconciles with Wei-Chen and finally accepts his Chinese identity. An epilogue image shows the two recording a music video together (based on the Back Dorm Boys).
  Character list
  The Monkey King: A monkey who has lived for thousands of years and mastered all the heavenly disciplines. He yearns to join the ranks of gods, and after being rejected, goes on a rampage. He managed to defeat many gods and goddesses, but was buried under a mountain by Tze-Yo-Tzuh for five hundred years. He was later released by Wong Lai-Tsao and accompanies him on his journey as a disciple. Because of their success, he was granted the role of emissary for Tze-Yo-Tzuh.
  Tze-Yo-Tzuh: Tze-Yo-Tzuh () is the creator of the universe and all the deities. In the part of American Born Chinese that is adapted from Journey to the West, Tze-Yo-Tzuh has the role played by the Buddha in the original story. Yang made this change owing to the fact that he is a Christian (specifically, Roman Catholic) and not Buddhist.
  Wong Lai-Tsao: Based upon Tang Sanzang from Journey to the West. Wong Lai-Tsao is a monk sent on a journey to Tze-Yo-Tzuh. He is promised the Monkey King as a disciple.