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* FairySexy: Tala, the celestial sprite who introduces the student characters to the titular class, depicted as a luminous nude humanoid (albeit with BarbieDollAnatomy).
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* IndianBurialGround: The Plaza of the Gods was built over the ''aswangs''' old temple, which makes it very easy for them to mount a counteroffensive by terrorising the mallgoing populace overhead—[[spoiler:and to capture the members of the Mythology Class, when they visit it to celebrate the completion of their quests]].
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* TakahashiCouple: Misha and Rey
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* SealedGoodInACan: Most of the ancient jars simply contain mythical creatures and spirits with no ill intentions, and the class' job is to hunt them all down and return them to their jars—- think ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'', in most cases.
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* SealedGoodInACan: Most of the ancient jars simply contain mythical creatures and spirits with no ill intentions, and the class' job is to hunt them all down and return them to their jars—- think ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'', in most cases. (Though a number of them can still be quite unpleasant—one scared the shit out of Misha and attempted to bite her until Sulayman returned it to a jar.)
* SymbolSwearing
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** Nicole doesn't seem to balance her other classes that well though—in one scene she dozes off in one of her general-education subjects, with the rest of that class looking on disapprovingly.
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** Nicole doesn't seem to balance her other classes that well though—in one scene she dozes off in one of her general-education subjects, with the rest of that class looking on disapprovingly.disapprovingly.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Nicole notes that Misha does tend to attract ''engkantos''—in part because she had something of a sceptical response to them in the beginning.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Nicole notes that Misha does tend to attract ''engkantos''—in part because she had something of a sceptical response to them in the beginning.
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The dog demon who tailed Nicole is thrown into a truck headed for an ''asusena'' shop—i.e., an eatery that serves ''dog meat''. Plus, the guys who pick him up also find the magic sword capable of killing demons like him.[[note]]Stray dogs in the Philippines are sometimes cooked and eaten as an appetiser at beer-drinking sessions.[[/note]]]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The dog demon who tailed Nicole that got away from Kubin's attack is thrown into a truck headed for an ''asusena'' shop—i.e., an eatery that serves ''dog meat''. Plus, the guys who pick him up also find the magic sword capable of killing demons like him.[[note]]Stray dogs in the Philippines are sometimes cooked and eaten as an appetiser at beer-drinking sessions.[[/note]]]][[/note]]]]
* TheMall: The Plaza of the Gods. It plays a huge role in the graphic novel mainly for being built, IndianBurialGround-style, over the ''aswangs''' old temple, [[spoiler:and is marked as such on the "Kneeling Aswang" drawing]]. The latter chapters of the comic involve a tour and shopping spree through the mall as the class' gift to their mentors—which then culminates in [[spoiler:the ''aswangs'' kidnapping them]], at which point the climactic conflict shifts into high gear.
* TheMall: The Plaza of the Gods. It plays a huge role in the graphic novel mainly for being built, IndianBurialGround-style, over the ''aswangs''' old temple, [[spoiler:and is marked as such on the "Kneeling Aswang" drawing]]. The latter chapters of the comic involve a tour and shopping spree through the mall as the class' gift to their mentors—which then culminates in [[spoiler:the ''aswangs'' kidnapping them]], at which point the climactic conflict shifts into high gear.
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* BobHaircut: Angie.
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-->''Never take things for granted. Never ignore what is obvious. For just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' will always have a way of surprising you.''
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-->''Never take things for granted. Never ignore what is obvious. For just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' will always have a way of surprising you.''
-->''Never ignore what is obvious.''
-->''For just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' will always have a way of surprising you.''
-->''Never ignore what is obvious.''
-->''For just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' will always have a way of surprising you.''
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* AerithAndBob: Western names and their derivatives for the students (Nicole, Gio, Sam, Rey, Misha, Gina, Lane, Angie, Edward, Lisa, and an actual Bob), vs. indigenous or Asian names for the mentors and heroes (Datimbang, Kubin, Sulayman, Aili (?), Tala, Lam-ang). Even Datimbang herself goes as "Mrs Enkanta" knowing that her students are used to Westernised names.
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* AerithAndBob: Western names and their derivatives for the students (Nicole, Gio, Sam, Rey, Misha, Gina, Lane, Angie, Edward, Lisa, and an actual Bob), vs. indigenous or Asian names for the mentors and heroes (Datimbang, Kubin, Sulayman, Aili (?), Tala, Lam-ang). Even Datimbang herself goes as "Mrs Enkanta" knowing that her students are used to Westernised names. (Lusyo the ''tikbalang'' is a sort of intermediate case, as he has a Hispanic name rendered in Tagalog spelling.)
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-->''Never take things for granted. Never ignore what is obvious. For just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' will always have a way of surprising you.''
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* HumanSacrifice: The class very nearly became this for Sitan—tied up to stakes awaiting his waking—but they're saved thanks to supernatural intervention from some of the team left at Gina's house (including Gina, Mrs Enkanta, Aili and Nuno).
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* HumanSacrifice: The class very nearly became this for Sitan—tied up to stakes awaiting his waking—but they're saved thanks to supernatural intervention from some of the team left at Gina's house (including Gina, Mrs Enkanta, Edward, Aili and Nuno).
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* TheDragon: Initially, the Master Aswang is this to Sitan.
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* HumanSacrifice: The class very nearly became this for Sitan—tied up to stakes awaiting his waking—but they're saved thanks to supernatural intervention from some of the team left at Gina's house (including Gina, Mrs Enkanta, Aili and Nuno).
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* InsistentTerminology: The ''aswangs'' refer to guns as hammers.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Pedro Penduko'', a folk hero created by comic artist Francisco V. Coching and himself the star of several movies and TV shows since his inception. In this universe, Pedro Penduko is apparently real, and the class takes a trip to his forest sanctuary.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** To ''Pedro Penduko'', a folk hero created by comic artist Francisco V. Coching and himself the star of several movies and TV shows since his inception. In this universe, Pedro Penduko is apparently real, and the class takes a trip to his forestsanctuary.sanctuary.
** Also to action star Fernando Poe Jr (FPJ). One of his classic movies is showing in one scene where he cocks a pistol and shoots at what appear to be zombies—that's how the Master Aswang learns to use the "weird-looking hammer" he found on the El Diablo gang. (He accidentally shoots one of his own {{Mooks}} in the learning process.)
** To ''Pedro Penduko'', a folk hero created by comic artist Francisco V. Coching and himself the star of several movies and TV shows since his inception. In this universe, Pedro Penduko is apparently real, and the class takes a trip to his forest
** Also to action star Fernando Poe Jr (FPJ). One of his classic movies is showing in one scene where he cocks a pistol and shoots at what appear to be zombies—that's how the Master Aswang learns to use the "weird-looking hammer" he found on the El Diablo gang. (He accidentally shoots one of his own {{Mooks}} in the learning process.)
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* AerithAndBob: Western names and their derivatives for the students (Nicole, Gio, Sam, Rey, Misha, Gina, Lane, Angie, Edward, Lisa, and an actual Bob), vs. indigenous or Asian names for the mentors (Datimbang, Kubin, Sulayman, Aili (?), Tala). Even Datimbang herself goes as "Mrs Enkanta" knowing that her students are used to Westernised names.
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* AerithAndBob: Western names and their derivatives for the students (Nicole, Gio, Sam, Rey, Misha, Gina, Lane, Angie, Edward, Lisa, and an actual Bob), vs. indigenous or Asian names for the mentors and heroes (Datimbang, Kubin, Sulayman, Aili (?), Tala).Tala, Lam-ang). Even Datimbang herself goes as "Mrs Enkanta" knowing that her students are used to Westernised names.
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* AerithAndBob: Western names and their derivatives for the students (Nicole, Gio, Sam, Rey, Misha, Gina, Lane, Angie, Edward, Lisa, and an actual Bob), vs. indigenous or Asian names for the mentors (Datimbang, Kubin, Sulayman, Aili (?), Tala). Even Datimbang herself goes as "Mrs Enkanta" knowing that her students are used to Westernised names.
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-->'''Grampa''': "Just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' always have a way of surprising you."
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-->'''Grampa''': "Just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' will always have a way of surprising you."
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The music equipment that the A.U.C. team (Angie, Edward and Bob) devise to play back the "Dance of the Diwatas" song does its job so well of lulling one ''kapre'' to sleep, it ends up ''attracting the'' kapre's ''entire family'' … and the class thought only one had escaped into their era.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The music equipment that the A.U.C. team (Angie, Edward and Bob) devise to play back the "Dance of the Diwatas" song does its job so well of lulling one ''kapre'' to sleep, it ends up ''attracting the'' kapre's ''entire family'' … and the class thought they only one had escaped into their era.to deal with ''one''.
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* UrbanFantasy: Most episodic adventures take place in Metro Manila. A few scenes take place in the outskirts and surrounding provinces.
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* UrbanFantasy: Most episodic adventures take place in Metro Manila. A few scenes take place in the outskirts and surrounding provinces.provinces.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: In this case, saving the world actually counts towards the students' class units, hence it being called a ''class''. (One wonders how Mrs Enkanta managed to get this approved with the university administration.)
** Nicole doesn't seem to balance her other classes that well though—in one scene she dozes off in one of her general-education subjects, with the rest of that class looking on disapprovingly.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: In this case, saving the world actually counts towards the students' class units, hence it being called a ''class''. (One wonders how Mrs Enkanta managed to get this approved with the university administration.)
** Nicole doesn't seem to balance her other classes that well though—in one scene she dozes off in one of her general-education subjects, with the rest of that class looking on disapprovingly.
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** More comically, the music—meant to "charm the savage beast", per the cliché—ends up lulling all the boys to sleep as well. Even Sulayman.
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* ShockJock: Lance. He can be ''extremely'' offensive and insulting towards his callers.
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* EvilDetectingDog: Nicole's adopted dog starts howling as a portent to Sitan's presence. [[spoiler:Though in this case the dog himself is one of Sitan's hench-demons.]]
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* GlamourFailure: Nicole's adopted dog starts howling during a sunset—because he's actually an ''aswang''. All the other ''aswangs'' exhibit the same behaviour.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The music equipment that the A.U.C. team (Angie, Edward and Bob) devise to play back the "Dance of the Diwatas" song does its job so well of lulling one ''kapre'' to sleep, it ends up ''attracting the'' kapre's ''entire family'' … and the class thought only one had escaped into their era.
** More comically, the music—meant to "charm the savage beast", per the cliché—ends up lulling all the boys to sleep as well. Even Sulayman.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The music equipment that the A.U.C. team (Angie, Edward and Bob) devise to play back the "Dance of the Diwatas" song does its job so well of lulling one ''kapre'' to sleep, it ends up ''attracting the'' kapre's ''entire family'' … and the class thought only one had escaped into their era.
** More comically, the music—meant to "charm the savage beast", per the cliché—ends up lulling all the boys to sleep as well. Even Sulayman.
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* BigBad: [[GodOfEvil Sitan]].
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* BigBad: The Master Aswang.
* BiggerBad: [[GodOfEvilSitan]].Sitan]]. [[spoiler:The Master Aswang levels-up to this when—even while ''trapped inside an'' engkanto ''jar''—he manages to assimilate the essence of the now-dead Sitan, remaking himself as a monstrous snake form in the process.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The "Kneeling Aswang" drawing. Nicole initially wonders if it was a mistake that its indigenous/precolonial artist used river symbols for the ''aswang'''s body. [[spoiler:Later she realises it was intentional—the drawing was a map, the body and limbs actually represent the Pasig and San Juan Rivers, and the head gives away the location of the ''aswang'' temple—beneath the Plaza of the Gods, in Makati.]]
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Rey and Misha. More ''romantic'' than ''sexual'' per se, but certainly very belligerent at times.
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* CoolCar: In a huge contrast to [[TheAllegedCar Sam's dilapidated Jalopy]], the new Stallion Cedan 959, with its streamlined shape and bulletproof windows. It was on display at the Plaza of the Gods atrium until the class use it to fight off the ''aswangs'' (especially since they got to Jalopy first).
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* ChekhovsSkill: Even if by accident, Misha's "sickness" (i.e., her tendency to forget or leave behind the ''engkanto'' jars). [[spoiler:One of the jars she misses ends up capturing the Master Aswang when he pokes around inside it out of curiosity.]]
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The ''aswangs''—bloodthirsty demons hellbent on making as many {{Human Sacrifice}}s as possible to appease Sitan, their GodOfEvil.
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* AfroAsskicker: Lam-ang. He's not a black African/-American, but the closest Philippine equivalent—part of the Aeta ethnic group, who are darker than the average (brown, relatively unmixed) Filipino, and have curly hair. He valiantly slices through a bunch of ''aswangs'' when they're accidentally released, [[spoiler:before they overwhelm him through sheer numbers]].
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* ArcWords: Spoken by Nicole's grandfather.
-->'''Grampa''': "Just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' always have a way of surprising you."
-->'''Grampa''': "Just when you least expect it … ''engkantos'' always have a way of surprising you."
