Super Inggo

Super Inggo is a Philippine fantaserye aired on ABS-CBN. Its main character is Budong (Makisig Morales), a 10-year-old kid who dreams of becoming a real-life and full-fledged superhero. Unbeknownst to him, he possesses superhuman strength and abilities which he inherited from his Superhero father and Villain mother. The series started August 28, 2006, replacing Sa Piling Mo, and ended its first season run on February 9, 2007, and was replaced by Maria Flordeluna. ranking number 2 in the nationwide Philippine Nielsen ratings. On November 3, 2007, the show went on air again as a prelude installment, titled Super Inggo 1.5: Ang Bagong Bangis. ABS-CBN re-aired the series with the title Super Inggo: The Director's Cut on September 22, 2008. Super Inggo was developed by a group of certified 1980s kids, who have started working for TV, led by Liendro Candelaria. Missing their childhood campy heroes and missing the love teams of That's Entertainment, these creative minds pitched the concept of the superserye purely for the fun of seeing their heroes go through marriage and parenthood. The pilot episode got rave reviews from ABS-CBN top management, so taping went full steam ahead. But the biggest hurdle was when the all succeeding episodes got rejected because they were too "gothic." Thirty-five half-hour episodes rewritten, re-shot, re-edited and re-scored. The producers saved what they could of the original taped episodes, and shot new takes. Result: a six-month delay. But the most shocking was Mark Anthony Fernandez's hairstyle that changed from short to long in two consecutive scenes — an offshoot of tapings shot so far apart. The story focuses on its 10-year old central character named Budong who dreams to be a full-pledged superhero. Unknown to him, he possesses superhuman abilities that he inherited from his superhero father and Evil Mother, Bugan. Raised by his adoptive mother Pacita, he grew up to be a street smart kid together with his best friend Jomar.