History Series / JuanDelaCruz

* WhenDimensionsCollide: Peru-ha opened the portals of the realms of the kapre, tiyanak and nuno to the human world unleashing chaos. The kapre, tiyanak and nuno [[EldritchAbomination soon began terrorizing humanity]]. This will keep our heroes distracted from Peru-ha's real plan, [[spoiler: to collect all gems from five different dimensions for a crown that would give her tremendous power]]. Our heroes eventually locks the portals.

* OverprotectiveDad: Ben Galang, to his daughter Rosario. He is distrustful to Juan being with his daughter and wants to put Rosario away from danger so he is not keen with Rosario going either with the Kapatiran or Juan. [[spoiler:Aside from loving Rosario so much that he considers her as his own son, Pepe the real father of Rosario has entrusted Rosario to him]]

''Juan dela Cruz'' is a UsefulNotes/{{Philippine|s}} [[PhilippineSeries television drama]] directed by Malu Sevilla. Juan dela Cruz was first aired on February 4, 2013 on ABS-CBN and international network TFC and is the second Filipino series to broadcast and filmed in high definition. The series was produced by Dreamscape TV.

* HerowithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:Juan, when his identity as the Anak ng Dilim was revealed to the public. The public forgets that Juan is also the Tagabantay and the Kapatiran decided to go after him and kill him to prevent the dreaded prophecy]].

* {{CrazyJealousGuy}}: Kael, was extremely possesive with Rosario. After Kael was dumped by Rosario, who laters enter a relationship with Juan, he [[CrazyJealousGuy grews extremly jealous]]. This led him AxCrazy going as far [[MurderTheHypotenuse to try to kill Juan]] [[IfICantHaveYou so that Juan can't be with Rosario]].
** This doesn't end here though, after his father found out that Juan was the real Anak ng Dilim he felt that his father [[ParentalFavoritism is playing favorites]] which added to his motivation to kill Juan. He felt that Juan robbed him of his girl (Rosario), destiny (being the Anak ng Dilim), [[WellDoneSonGuy and his father's approval]].

* {{Yandere}}: Kael, was extremely possesive with Rosario. After Kael was dumped by Rosario, who laters enter a relationship with Juan, he [[CrazyJealousGuy grews extremly jealous]]. This led him AxCrazy going as far [[MurderTheHypotenuse to try to kill Juan]] [[IfICantHaveYou so that Juan can't be with Rosario]].

The series follows the story of Juan dela Cruz (Creator/CocoMartin), a orphan child who was raised in a church in a town by Catholic parish priest. After the priest was killed by a thief, Juan was taken care of by the priest's sister in the city. Unknown to Juan he was a half-aswang, the son of the Haring Aswang and the prophesized Anak ng Dilim who is fated to lead the aswangs to dominate over the humans. However his mother is a Tagbantay and a human. The Tagabantay is tasked to defend the humans from the dreaded aswangs and as the son of the Tagabantay, Juan is set to take over his mother's role when he grows up.

* AnotherDimension: The engkantos, nuno sa punso, kapre, tiyanak resides in their own realms separated from the human world. The mode of travel between dimensions is a [[CoolGate cool gold circular gate]] which can be summoned and opened only by certain diwatas and engkantos.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Anito ng Saragnayan, a stone resembling a face [[GemEncrusted adorned with purple crystals]]. It serves as a medium for the aswang goddess Saragnayan to communicate with the aswangs, particularly the Haring Aswang and the babaylan. It is said that in order for the Anak ng Dilim to fulfill his destiny he must touch the anito. [[spoiler: Actually the anito is a {{Summoning Artifact}} that would released the rogue diwata Peru-ha (Saragnayan) from her imprisonment. She was later released though even though the anito was locked away in a briefcase. Juan touched the location where Peru-ha was trapped in a cave, unknowingly releasing her]].

** The aswang's color motif is purple, represents deception.
* {{Christianity is Catholic}}: It is inevitable to a series made in a Catholic-majority country.
* {{Creature Hunter Organization}}: The Kapatiran, they fight the aswangs to keep people safe.
* {{Driven to Suicide}}: after his final battle with Juan, [[spoiler:Agor opted to finish his own life instead]].
* {{Evil Laugh}}: Peru-ha and Agor. [[spoiler: Agor while possesed by Peru-ha has a different but more irritating evil laugh.]]
* {{Evil Versus Evil}}:

* {{Enemy Within}}: The Anak ng Dilim within Juan.

* GiveHimANormalLife: [[spoiler: Pepe asked Cora and Ben Galang to take care his daughter, Rosario so that Rosario can have a normal life, while he leads an anti-aswang vigilante group]].

* {{Hero with Bad Publicity}}: [[spoiler:Juan, when his identity as the Anak ng Dilim was revealed to the public. The public forgets that Juan is also the Tagabantay and the Kapatiran decided to go after him and kill him to prevent the dreaded prophecy]].
* {{Heroic BSOD}}: Juan when his father [[spoiler:was nearly killed in a coup by Kael and Laura]]. Witnessing [[spoiler:his father's brethen turning against him, Juan went into a Heroic BSOD intervened and killed as many aswangs present. He could not bear seeing his father betrayed, even though he was there to kill his father himself in order to proof his loyalty to the Kapatiran. Juan's love for his father prevailed]].
* {{Heroic Lineage}}: All of the Tagabantays, Datu Bangaraw, some unnamed Tagabantays in between, Julian, Amelia and Juan are all came from one lineage

* HumanityEnsues: Aswangs can {{Shapeshifting transform}} to look like normal humans in order to blend in within society. The diwatas and engkantos also shapeshifts tolook like normal humans to hide their elvish ears.
* {{Humans Are the Real Monsters}}: Many aswangs views humanity this way. Many of them wanted a peaceful and secluded life hidden within or away human society. They view the Tagabantay and the Kapatiran as hindrance to this dream.
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: [[spoiler:Juan's mother, Amelia]] is a human [[spoiler: Tagabantay]], while his father [[spoiler:Samuel Alejandro]], is an aswang.
* {{Inferiority Superiority Complex}}: Kael, he was pressured by his strict seemingly cold father, Samuel Alejandro, who raised him and groomed him to be the prophesized Anak ng Dilim, while the audience knew from the start that it our hero, Juan who is the true Anak ng Dilim. He was over-confident yet reckless, going after the Tagabantay to please his father, [[spoiler: even if his father tells him NOT to kill Juan]].

* {{I Just Want to Have Friends}}: Juan, during his childhood, he was ostracized by the townsfolk of San Juan Bautista, save for his adopted priest father. He was shunned due to his short temper and for [[CursedWithAwesome his superhuman abilities]] [[spoiler:due to his aswang heritage]], even though he uses it save others or himself. Despite this, Juan remained a cheerful mischievous yet good-intentioned child due to his upbringings, but beneath [[StepfordSmiler his cheerful facade]] lies an insecure Juan who doesn't have any friends or real parents.
* {{Land Of Faerie}}: The Engkanto Kingdom is resided by the elvish diwatas and engkantos and ruled by a monarch.
* {{My Instincts Are Showing}}: [[spoiler: Pepe]], when he was transformed into an aswang by Samuel Alejandro. He realized that he can't eat vegetables anymore, and his new aswang insticts kicks in. [[spoiler:He tries to hide the fact from everyone, from his vigilante group and his daughter]]. He killed and eat a chicken to satisfy his hunger but eventually began to go after humans. He begged Juan to kill him after his secrets were revealed to everyone with the latter reluctantly kills him due to a call of duty.
* {{The Mole}}: Agor, the [[ManipulativeBastard equally manipulative]] yet most trustworthy right-hand man of Peru-ha. He went far to [[FalseFriend gain the trust of Juan and his friends]] to forward his master's goals.
* {{No Name Given}}:. the aswang baybaylan's name was never mentioned.
* {{Non-Powered Costumed Hero}}: Alakdanman and Tara, members of the self-proclaimed Kapatiran 2.0. Alakdanman wears a scorpion themed costume while Tara wears a superhero mask to conceal her face. Alakdanman was later killed by a mysterious someone. This happened after the final battle between the aswangs and humans was over. Perhaps there are still some aswangs left who decided to stay away from the battle? The killer of Alakdanman was in fact [[spoiler: the Anak ng Dilim, who was separated from Juan's body by Peru-ha just after the final battle]].
* {{Only the Chosen May Wield}}: While it can be held by anyone, the Bakal na Krus can be only be wielded by a Tagabantay.
* {{Overprotective Dad}}: Ben Galang, to his daughter Rosario. He is distrustful to Juan being with his daughter and wants to put Rosario away from danger so he is not keen with Rosario going either with the Kapatiran or Juan. [[spoiler:Asides from loving Rosario so much that he considers her as his own son, Pepe the real father of Rosario has entrusted Rosario to him]]
* {{Parental Substitute}}: Father Cito. The priest may likely not expect to be a father since he has entered priesthood. He adopts Juan after the child's mother died of child birth who was in his church. After the priest was killed he [[TakeCareOfTheKids told his older sister Belen who took over as Juan's foster parent]].
* {{Reckless Sidekick}}: Pikoy
* {{Secret Keeper}}: Samuel Alejandro, he secretly had a relationship with Amelia, a human which is taboo in aswang society. It doesn't help that Amelia was also a Tagabantay. Amelia had a son with Samuel, giving birth to Juan in a church before dying. Samuel wasn't aware that Juan was his son so he thought that Kael was the Anak ng Dilim. After he learned the truth he decided to keep Juan's identity as the Anak ng Dilim a secret from his fellow aswangs to protect his reputation and legitimacy as the Haring Aswang [[spoiler:until he can convince Juan to join his side and embrace his fate as the Anak ng Dilim. He goes far in protecting his son, from kidnapping him and locking him inside a warehouse to protect him from assasins hired by his other son Kael to killing other aswangs just to keep his secret a secret]].
* {{Sharing A Body}}:

* SwissArmyWeapon: The Bakal na Krus at its known peak can transform into various weapons including a sword, crossbow, whip a staff. [[spoiler: It can also transform into a shield, a form which was first used by Juan in known history]]. The cross weapon can also unleash a white light that would kill all aswangs and other hostile supernatural creatures within its vicinity. The white light was only used by Datu Bangaraw [[spoiler: and Juan.]]
* {{The Usurper}}: Peru-ha, tried to take over the throne of the Engkanto Kingdom from his brother, Mana-on. She believed that the throne was rightfully hers, which was denied to her by his father, Kanla-on, in favor of her brother. [[spoiler: She felt she was not loved by her father. The true reason she was not chosen to be succeed her father is because she was not a pure diwata]]. She failed though and was locked in a cave somewhere in the human world. [[spoiler: Kael, [[CallingTheOldManOut too tried to usurp his father's role]] as the Haring Aswang with the help of his mother and a bunch of other aswangs and succeeded but was later dethroned by his father]]. Peru-ha finally usurped the Engkanto throne, kinda, when she [[spoiler:possessed Reyna Nerea. Her plan was later foiled by Juan. She later set a kingdom of her own composing different creatures, the kapre, nuno, tiyanak and the aswang]].

* {{Was Once a Man}}: The first aswangs, led by Datu Alipio were once normal humans until Saragnayan turned them into aswangs.
* {{Waif Prophet}}: Belen, a fortuneteller and the guardian of Juan. She spends most of the series worrying about Juan but she occasionally dreams prophetic dreams. In one instance she dreamt of Father Cito's death [[YouCantFightFate tried to warn Father Cito]]. She tried to subvert the prophetic dream by convincing Father Cito to go in a trip to Manila with Juan but failed to convince his brother who is skeptical of prophetic dreams. Father Cito was eventually killed by a thief and took Juan to Manila and served as Juan's guardian.
* {{When Dimensions Collide}}: Peru-ha opened the portals of the realms of the kapre, tiyanak and nuno to the human world unleashing chaos. The kapre, tiyanak and nuno [[EldritchAbomination soon began terrorizing humanity]]. This will keep our heroes distracted from Peru-ha's real plan, [[spoiler: to collect all gems from five different dimensions for a crown that would give her tremendous power]]. Our heroes eventually locks the portals.

* {{You Are Not Alone}}: Juan's allies, the Kapatiran, the diwatas and engkantos, [[spoiler:the tikbalang and the whole Filipino masses]] where there to support him in the end.
* [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Fate]]: The series tries to subvert the trope.

* HumanityEnsues: Aswangs can [[Shapeshifting transform]] to look like normal humans in order to blend in within society. The diwatas and engkantos also shapeshifts tolook like normal humans to hide their elvish ears.

* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Juan's mother, Amelia is a human Tagabantay, while his father Samuel Alejandro, is an aswang.

* {{I Just Want to Have Friends}}: Juan, during his childhood, he was ostracized by the townsfolk of San Juan Bautista, save for his adopted priest father. He was shunned due to his short temper and for [[CursedWithAwesome his superhuman abilities]] due to his aswang heritage, even though he uses it save others or himself. Despite this, Juan remained a cheerful mischievous yet good-intentioned child due to his upbringings, but beneath [[StepfordSmiler his cheerful facade]] lies an insecure Juan who doesn't have any friends or real parents.

* {{Evil Laugh}}: Peru-ha and Agor. [[spoiler: Agor while possesed by Peru-ha has a different but more irritating evil laugh. Whe he does, viewers often find his evil laugh awkward but humurous because he appears to be man laughing like a

* {{A Darker Me}}: The Anak ng Dilim, the darker side of Juan. [[spoiler: It is actually A separate personality within Juan, later [[EvilTwin separated from Juan]] by Peru-ha]].
* {{A God Am I}}: Peru-ha, [[spoiler:after failing to seize the Engkanto throne, she sets herself a bigger goal to be the ruler of all realms. She is introduced herself to be a Goddess to the aswangs who worshipped her dearly]].
* {{Ancestral Weapon}}: The Bakal na Krus has been handed down through generations, the LegendaryWeapon was first wielded by Datu Bangaraw, it was handed over to generations. Juan's cross weapon was also wielded by his mother, Amelia and his grandfather, Julian.
* {{Another Dimension}}: The engkantos, nuno sa punso, kapre, tiyanak resides in their own realms separated from the human world. The mode of travel between dimensions is a [[CoolGate cool gold circular gate]] which can be summoned and opened only by certain diwatas and engkantos.
* {{Artifact of Doom}}: The Anito ng Saragnayan, a stone resembling a face [[GemEncrusted adorned with purple crystals]]. It serves as a medium for the aswang goddess Saragnayan to communicate with the aswangs, particularly the Haring Aswang and the babaylan. It is said that in order for the Anak ng Dilim to fulfill his destiny he must touch the anito. [[spoiler: Actually the anito is a {{Summoning Artifact}} that would released the rogue diwata Peru-ha (Saragnayan) from her imprisonment. She was later released though even though the anito was locked away in a briefcase. Juan touched the location where Peru-ha was trapped in a cave, unknowingly releasing her]].
* {{Color Motif}}:

The series follows the story of Juan dela Cruz (Creator/CocoMartin), a orphan child who was raised in a church in a town by Catholic parish priest. After the priest was killed by a thief, Juan was taken care of by the priest's sister in the city. Unknown to Juan he was a half-aswang, the son of the Haring Aswang and the prophesized Anak ng Dilim who is fated to lead the aswang to dominate over the humans. However his mother is a Tagbantay and a human. The Tagabantay is tasked to defend the humans from the dreaded aswangs and as the son of the Tagabantay, Juan is set to take over his mother's role when he grows up.

When Juan grows to be a young adult, Juan joins the Kapatiran, a vigilate group whose goal is to destroy the aswangs, to train as the next Tagabantay. Later on the story, a race of fairies, the Engkantos and the Diwatas comes to help Juan in his task which seems to have a bigger role on the long-lasting conflict between the aswangs and the humans.

* {{Ancestral Weapon}}: The Bakal na Krus has been handed down through generations, the [[LegendaryWeapon legendary weapon]] was first wielded by Datu Bangaraw, it was handed over to generations. Juan's cross weapon was also wielded by his mother, Amelia and his grandfather, Julian.

** [[spoiler: or the unleashed Anak ng Dilim, wears black clothing because {{EvilWearsBlack}}]].
** The aswang's color motif purple, represents deception.

* {{Driven to Suicide}}: [[spoiler:Agor]] after [[spoiler:his]] final battle with Juan. [[spoiler:He was almost defeated by Juan but opted to finish his own life instead]].
* {{Evil Laugh}}: Peru-ha and Agor. [[spoiler: Agor while possesed by Peru-ha has a different but more irritating evil laugh. Whe he does, viewers often find his evil laugh awkward but humurous because he appears to be man laughing like a woman]].

* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her a Normal Life]]: [[spoiler: Pepe asked Cora and Ben Galang to take care his daughter, Rosario so that Rosario can have a normal life, while he leads an anti-aswang vigilante group]].
* {{Good Shepherd}}: Father Cito.
* [[GodOfEvil Goddess of Evil]]: Saragnayan, the goddess of darkness worshipped by the aswang. She is the creator of the aswang The same goddess who presented the Anak ng Dilim prophecy to the aswangs. [[spoiler: Saragnayan, is in fact Peruha, a rouge diwata who seeks to dominate all realms]].

* {{Holy Burns Evil}}: Holy water, is one of the weaknesses of the aswang which causes irritation upon contact. Aswangs can still enter churches though without harm.
* {{Humanity Ensues}}: Aswangs can [[Shapeshifting transform]] to look like normal humans in order to blend in within society. The diwatas and engkantos also shapeshifts to look like normal humans to hide their elvish ears.

* [[HumanMomNonhumanDad Human Mom, Non-human Dad]]: Juan's mother, Amelia is a human Tagabantay, while his father Samuel Alejandro, is an aswang.

* [[InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn In the End, We Are on our Own]]: Samuel Alejandro [[spoiler:suggests]] to Juan [[spoiler:that they are now alone having their own kind turn against them. The aswangs to Samuel which led to Samuel's dethronement and near-death and the humans to Juan after the public knowing that Juan is the Anak ng Dilim]].

* {{Only the Chosen May Wield}}: While can be held by anyone, the Bakal na Krus can be only be wielded by a Tagabantay.

* {{Secret Keeper}}: Samuel Alejandro, he secretly had a relationship with Amelia, a human which is taboo in aswang society. It doesn't help that Amelia was also a Tagabantay. Amelia had a son with Samuel and gave birth to Juan in a church before dying. Samuel wasn't aware that Juan was his son so he thought that Kael was the Anak ng Dilim. After he learned the truth he decided to keep Juan's identity as the Anak ng Dilim a secret from his fellow aswangs to protect his reputation and legitimacy as the Haring Aswang [[spoiler:until he can convince Juan to join his side and embrace his fate as the Anak ng Dilim. He goes far in protecting his son, from kidnapping him and locking him inside a warehouse to protect him from assasins hired by his other son Kael to killing other aswangs just to keep his secret a secret]].

** [[spoiler:The Anak ng Dilim within Juan, the Anak ng Dilim [[SplitPersonalityTakeover eventually take overs]] Juan's body. Juan later overwhelms his darker side to regain back his body]].
* [[SwissArmyWeapon Swiss-Army Weapon]]: The Bakal na Krus at its known peak can transform into various weapons including a sword, crossbow, whip a staff. [[spoiler: It can also transform into a shield, a form which was first used by Juan in known history]]. The cross weapon can also unleash a white light that would kill all aswangs and other hostile supernatural creatures within its vicinity. The white light was only used by Datu Bangaraw [[spoiler: and Juan.]]

* {{UnwittingPawn}}: Numerous

*** [[spoiler:Belen instructed Juan to do so due to her prophetic dream. Belen's prophetic dream is erroneous and has been manipulated by Agor]]

The series follows the story of Juan dela Cruz, a orphan child who was raised in a church in a town by Catholic parish priest. After the priest was killed by a thief, Juan was taken care of by the priest's sister in the city. Unknown to Juan he was a half-aswang, the son of the Haring Aswang and the prophesized Anak ng Dilim who is fated to lead the aswang to dominate over the humans. However his mother is a Tagbantay and a human. The Tagabantay is tasked to defend the humans from the dreaded aswangs and as the son of the Tagabantay, Juan is set to take over his mother's role when he grows up.

The series also has a midquel, ''My Little Juan'' which gives the viewers a better glimpse on Juan's childhood, apparently due to the main series success.

** While earlier in the series, Juan only wears a red camiso de chino while on his Tagabantay persona, he laters wears different colors to symbolize certain things according to Noel Flores, the visual designer of the series.

[[caption-width-right:300:Juan with his [[SwissArmyWeapon Swiss-Army Weapon]], the Bakal na Krus]]

* {{Yandere}}: Kael, was extremely possesive with Rosario. After Kael was dumped by Rosario, who laters enter a relationship with Juan, he [[CrazyJealousGuy grews extremly jealous]]. This led him {{Ax-Crazy}} going as far [[MurderTheHypotenuse to try to kill Juan]] [[IfICantHaveYou so that Juan can't be with Rosario]].

''Juan dela Cruz'' is a Philippine television drama directed by Malu Sevilla. Juan dela Cruz was first aired on February 4, 2013 on ABS-CBN and international network TFC and is the second Filipino series to broadcast and filmed in high definition. The series was produced by Dreamscape TV.

* {{A Father to His Men}}: The Haring Aswang is the highly respected figure in the aswang society and is honorifically called Ama or father by his constituents. Samuel Alejandro, the Haring Aswang cares greatly to the wellfare of his race. He would never kill an aswang, except if it would be for the betterment of the race in the long term or [[spoiler:to protect his secret, that Juan is the Anak ng Dilim and not his other son, Kael. Also, he truly cares for Juan and was aware that many of his brethen will unknowingly kill his Tagabantay son who is also the Anak ng Dilim, the Dark Messiah of their race]].

* {{Allegorical Character}}: Juan dela Cruz represents the common Filipino.

* {{Badass Princess}}: Mirathea, she is not your typical princess, In fact she was sent to the human realm by her mother Nerea to save their world from the Anak ng Dilim prophecy. She is the best archer in her land and she kicks aswang butt too.
* {{The Chosen One}}: As a son of a Tagabantay, Juan was tasked to be the next Tagabantay, the only one that can wield the Bakal na Krus, an iron cross that can change into various weapons. However he is also the prophesized Anak ng Dilim, the Son of Darkness, who is fated to lead the aswang to dominate over the humans. The story unsurprisely seeks to subvert this trope, with Juan who tries to reject his fate as the Anak ng Dilim upon learning the dark prophecy regarding him.
* {{Celibate Hero}}: [[spoiler:Mirathea, she is too busy in saving her home as the princess of the Engkanto Kingdom, she has feelings for Juan, but she actively shuns the possibility for them to be together. She respects Juan's relationship with Rosario]].

* {{Forgiven But Not Forgotten}}: Samuel often does this to his wife and his son, Laura and Kael for defying him.

* [[LukeIAmYourFather I Am Your Father]]: Juan was happy to out that Samuel Alejandro was his real father, until he learns the real identity of his father.

* {{One-Man Army}}: Juan is shown to kill multiple aswangs single-handedly, without the help of anyone. Samuel Alejandro also has demonstrated this. He is not a Haring Aswang for nothing after all.

* {{Protagonist Title}}: duh. The main hero of this series is Juan dela Cruz, the same as the series.

* [[SailorsPonytail Sailor's Ponytail]]: Samuel Alejandro, although he later ditches the hairstyle and adopts a {{Barbarian Longhair}}.

* {{A God Am I}}: Peru-ha.

* {{Badass Princess}}: Mirathea

* {{Creator Provincialism}}: The series has multiple settings which involves various supernatural realms. Settings in the human world is restricted to the Philippines though.
** America is mentioned when [[spoiler:Ben and Cora considered moving with their adopted daughter Rosario, to America, where some of their relatives live]]. Apparently the rest of the world doesn't care with the supernatural events happening the Philippines even though in one instance [[spoiler: a hegemonic rougue diwata by the name of Peru-ha threatens to conquer the human world with her vast army of aswangs, kapre, nuno and tiyanaks.]] No Americans to come to aid? maybe the Visiting Forces Agreement does not cover supernatural threats? Maybe the rest of the world is too distracted, with their own supernatural problems. Which involves vampires and werewolves perhaps?
* {{Creature Hunter Organization}}: The Kapatiran

* {{Color Motif}}: While earlier in the series, Juan only wears a red camiso de chino while on his Tagabantay persona, he laters wears different colors to symbolize certain things according to Noel Flores, the visual designer of the series. Juan, [[spoiler: or the unleashed Anak ng Dilim, wears black clothing because {{EvilWearsBlack}}]]. The aswang's color motif purple, represents deception.

* {{Creator Provincialism}}: The series has multiple settings which involves various supernatural realms. Settings in the human world is restricted to the Philippines though. America is mentioned when [[spoiler:Ben and Cora considered moving with their adopted daughter Rosario, to America, where some of their relatives live]]. Apparently the rest of the world doesn't care with the supernatural events happening the Philippines even though in one instance [[spoiler: a hegemonic rougue diwata by the name of Peru-ha threatens to conquer the human world with her vast army of aswangs, kapre, nuno and tiyanaks.]] No Americans to come to aid? maybe the Visiting Forces Agreement does not cover supernatural threats? Maybe the rest of the world is too distracted, with their own supernatural problems. Which involves vampires and werewolves perhaps?

* {{Evil Versus Evil}}: Laura and Kael against Samuel. Samuel Alejandro against Peru-ha.

* {{Humanity Ensues}}: Aswangs can transform to look like normal humans in order to blend in within society. The diwatas and engkantos also shapeshifts to look like normal humans to hide their elvish ears.

* {{Yandere}}: Kael, was extremely possesive with Rosario. After Kael was dumped by Rosario, who laters enter a relationship with Juan, he [[CrazyJealousGuy grews extremly jealous]]. This led him {{Ax-Crazy}} going as far [[MurderTheHypotenuse to try to kill Juan]] [[IfICantHaveYou so that Juan can't be with Rosario]]. This doesn't end here though, after his father found out that Juan was the real Anak ng Dilim he felt that his father [[ParentalFavoritism is playing favorites]] which added to his motivation to kill Juan. He felt that Juan robbed him of his girl (Rosario), destiny (being the Anak ng Dilim), [[WellDoneSonGuy and his father's approval]].

* {{Yandere}}: Kael, was extremely possesive with Rosario. After Kael was dumped by Rosario, who laters enter a relationship with Juan, he [[CrazyJealousGuy grews extremly jealous]]. This led him {{Ax-Crazy}} going as far [[MurderTheHypotenuse to try to kill Juan]] [[IfICantHaveYou so that Juan can't be with Rosario]]. This doesn't end here though, after his father found out that Juan was the real Anak ng Dilim he felt that his father is playing favorites which added to his motivation to kill Juan. He felt that Juan robbed him of his girl (Rosario), destiny (being the Anak ng Dilim), [[WellDoneSonGuy and his father's approval]].

* {{Heroic Lineage}}: All of the Tagabantays, Datu Bangaraw, some unnamed Tagabantays in between, Julian

Juan dela Cruz is a Philippine television drama directed by Malu Sevilla. Juan dela Cruz was first aired on February 4, 2013 on ABS-CBN and international network TFC and is the second Filipino series to broadcast and filmed in high definition. The series was produced by Dreamscape TV.

* {{Heroic Lineage}}: All of the Tagabantays, Datu Bangaraw, some unnamed Tagabantays in between, Julian, Amelia and Juan are biologically related.
* {{Holy Burns Evil}}: Holy water, is one of the weaknesses of the aswang which causes irritation upon contact. Aswangs can still enter churches though without harm.
* {{Humanity Ensues}}: Aswangs can transform to look like normal humans in order to blend in within society. The diwatas and engkantos also shapeshifts to look like normal humans to hide their elvish ears.
* {{Humans Are the Real Monsters}}: Many aswangs views humanity this way. Many of them wanted a peaceful and secluded life hidden within or away human society. They view the Tagabantay and the Kapatiran as hindrance to this dream.
* [[HumanMomNonhumanDad Human Mom, Non-human Dad]]: Juan's mother, Amelia is a human Tagabantay, while his father Samuel Alejandro, is an aswang.
* [[LukeIAmYourFather I Am Your Father]]: Juan was happy to out that Samuel Alejandro was his real father, until he learns the real identity of his father.
* {{Inferiority Superiority Complex}}: Kael, he was pressured by his strict seemingly cold father, Samuel Alejandro, who raised him and groomed him to be the prophesized Anak ng Dilim, while the audience knew from the start that it our hero, Juan who is the true Anak ng Dilim. He was over-confident yet reckless, going after the Tagabantay to please his father, [[spoiler: even if his father tells him NOT to kill Juan]].
* [[InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn In the End, We Are on our Own]]: Samuel Alejandro [[spoiler:suggests]] to Juan [[spoiler:that they are now alone having their own kind turn against them. The aswangs to Samuel which led to Samuel's dethronement and near-death and the humans to Juan after the public knowing that Juan is the Anak ng Dilim]].
* {{I Just Want to Have Friends}}: Juan, during his childhood, he was ostracized by the townsfolk of San Juan Bautista, save for his adopted priest father. He was shunned due to his short temper and for [[CursedWithAwesome his superhuman abilities]] due to his aswang heritage, even though he uses it save others or himself. Despite this, Juan remained a cheerful mischievous yet good-intentioned child due to his upbringings, but beneath [[StepfordSmiler his cheerful facade]] lies an insecure Juan who doesn't have any friends or real parents.
* {{Land Of Faerie}}: The Engkanto Kingdom is resided by the elvish diwatas and engkantos and ruled by a monarch.
* {{My Instincts Are Showing}}: [[spoiler: Pepe]], when he was transformed into an aswang by Samuel Alejandro. He realized that he can't eat vegetables anymore, and his new aswang insticts kicks in. [[spoiler:He tries to hide the fact from everyone, from his vigilante group and his daughter]]. He killed and eat a chicken to satisfy his hunger but eventually began to go after humans. He begged Juan to kill him after his secrets were revealed to everyone with the latter reluctantly kills him due to a call of duty.
* {{The Mole}}: Agor, the [[ManipulativeBastard equally manipulative]] yet most trustworthy right-hand man of Peru-ha. He went far to [[FalseFriend gain the trust of Juan and his friends]] to forward his master's goals.
* {{No Name Given}}:. the aswang baybaylan's name was never mentioned.
* {{Non-Powered Costumed Hero}}: Alakdanman and Tara, members of the self-proclaimed Kapatiran 2.0. Alakdanman wears a scorpion themed costume while Tara wears a superhero mask to conceal her face. Alakdanman was later killed by a mysterious someone. This happened after the final battle between the aswangs and humans was over. Perhaps there are still some aswangs left who decided to stay away from the battle? The killer of Alakdanman was in fact [[spoiler: the Anak ng Dilim, who was separated from Juan's body by Peru-ha just after the final battle]].
* {{One-Man Army}}: Juan is shown to kill multiple aswangs single-handedly, without the help of anyone. Samuel Alejandro also has demonstrated this. He is not a Haring Aswang for nothing after all.
* {{Overprotective Dad}}: Ben Galang, to his daughter Rosario. He is distrustful to Juan being with his daughter and wants to put Rosario away from danger so he is not keen with Rosario going either with the Kapatiran or Juan. [[spoiler:Asides from loving Rosario so much that he considers her as his own son, Pepe the real father of Rosario has entrusted Rosario to him]]
* {{Parental Substitute}}: Father Cito. The priest may likely not expect to be a father since he has entered priesthood. He adopts Juan after the child's mother died of child birth who was in his church. After the priest was killed he [[TakeCareOfTheKids told his older sister Belen who took over as Juan's foster parent]].
* {{Protagonist Title}}: duh. The main hero of this series is Juan dela Cruz, the same as the series.
* [[SailorsPonytail Sailor's Ponytail]]: Samuel Alejandro, although he later ditches the hairstyle and adopts a {{Barbarian Longhair}}.
* {{Secret Keeper}}: Samuel Alejandro, he secretly had a relationship with Amelia, a human which is taboo in aswang society. It doesn't help that Amelia was also a Tagabantay. Amelia had a son with Samuel and gave birth to Juan in a church before dying. Samuel wasn't aware that Juan was his son so he thought that Kael was the Anak ng Dilim. After he learned the truth he decided to keep Juan's identity as the Anak ng Dilim a secret from his fellow aswangs to protect his reputation and legitimacy as the Haring Aswang [[spoiler:until he can convince Juan to join his side and embrace his fate as the Anak ng Dilim. He goes far in protecting his son, from kidnapping him and locking him inside a warehouse to protect him from assasins hired by his other son Kael to killing other aswangs just to keep his secret a secret]].
* [[SwissArmyWeapon Swiss-Army Weapon]]: The Bakal na Krus at its known peak can transform into various weapons including a sword, crossbow, whip a staff. [[spoiler: It can also transform into a shield, a form which was first used by Juan in known history]]. The cross weapon can also unleash a white light that would kill all aswangs and other hostile supernatural creatures within its vicinity. The white light was only used by Datu Bangaraw [[spoiler: and Juan.]]
* {{The Usurper}}: Peru-ha, tried to take over the throne of the Engkanto Kingdom from his brother, Mana-on. She believed that the throne was rightfully hers, which was denied to her by his father, Kanla-on, in favor of her brother. [[spoiler: She felt she was not loved by her father. The true reason she was not chosen to be succeed her father is because she was not a pure diwata]]. She failed though and was locked in a cave somewhere in the human world. [[spoiler: Kael, [[CallingTheOldManOut too tried to usurp his father's role]] as the Haring Aswang with the help of his mother and a bunch of other aswangs and succeeded but was later dethroned by his father]]. Peru-ha finally usurped the Engkanto throne, kinda, when she [[spoiler:possessed Reyna Nerea. Her plan was later foiled by Juan. She later set a kingdom of her own composing different creatures, the kapre, nuno, tiyanak and the aswang]].
* {{Was Once a Man}}: The first aswangs, led by Datu Alipio were once normal humans until Saragnayan turned them into aswangs.
* {{Waif Prophet}}: Belen, a fortuneteller and the guardian of Juan. She spends most of the series worrying about Juan but she occasionally dreams prophetic dreams. In one instance she dreamt of Father Cito's death [[YouCantFightFate tried to warn Father Cito]]. She tried to subvert the prophetic dream by convincing Father Cito to go in a trip to Manila with Juan but failed to convince his brother who is skeptical of prophetic dreams. Father Cito was eventually killed by a thief and took Juan to Manila and served as Juan's guardian.
* {{When Dimensions Collide}}: Peru-ha opened the portals of the realms of the kapre, tiyanak and nuno to the human world unleashing chaos. The kapre, tiyanak and nuno [[EldritchAbomination soon began terrorizing humanity]]. This will keep our heroes distracted from Peru-ha's real plan, [[spoiler: to collect all gems from five different dimensions for a crown that would give her tremendous power]]. Our heroes eventually locks the portals.
* {{Yandere}}: Kael, was extremely possesive with Rosario. After Kael was dumped by Rosario, who laters enter a relationship with Juan, he [[CrazyJealousGuy grews extremly jealous]]. This led him {{Ax-Crazy}} going as far [[MurderTheHypotenuse to try to kill Juan]] [[IfICantHaveYou so that Juan can't be with Rosario]]. This doesn't end here though, after his father found out that Juan was the real Anak ng Dilim he felt that his father is playing favorites which added to his motivation to kill Juan. He felt that Juan robbed him of his girl (Rosario), destiny (being the Anak ng Dilim), [[WellDoneSonGuy and his father's approval]].
* {{You Are Not Alone}}: Juan's allies, the Kapatiran, the diwatas and engkantos, [[spoiler:the tikbalang and the whole Filipino masses]] where there to support him in the end.
* [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Fate]]: The series tries to subvert the trope.

* {{Protagonist Title}}: duh.

* {{You Can't Fight Fate}}: The series tries to subvert the trope.

* {{The Chosen One}}: As a son of a Tagabantay, Juan was tasked to be the next Tagabantay, the only one that can wield the Bakal na Cruz, an iron cross that can change into various weapons. However he is also the prophesized Anak ng Dilim, the Son of Darkness, who is fated to lead the aswang to dominate over the humans. The story unsurprisely seeks to subvert this trope, with Juan who tries to reject his fate as the Anak ng Dilim upon learning the dark prophecy regarding him.

* {{My Instincts Are Showing}}: [[spoiler: Pepe]], when he was transformed into an aswang by Samuel Alejandro. He realized that he can't eat vegetables anymore, and his new aswang insticts kicks in. [[spoiler:He tries to hide the fact from everyone, from his vigilante group and his daughter]]. He killed and eat a chicken to satisfy his hunger but eventually began to go after humans. He begged Juan to kill him after his secrets were revealed to everyone with the latter reluctantly kills him due to a call of duty.]]