2078 (Pugad Baboy Story Arc) - Synopsis

Synopsis

The Pugad Baboy gang waits in line at an LRT station. Because of their combined weight, their LRT car breaks off the train and runs right into a black hole that is a time warp. The car suddenly stops and the group alights at the same LRT station, which is now in a decrepit condition. A black-suited man calling himself Taxx Vader (a combined spoof of Darth Vader and a tax evader) tells the group that they are in the future - 2078 to be exact. A friend of Taxx Vader's, Chewbaboy (spoofing Chewbacca) then offers to act as the group's tour guide in the Manila of 2078.

Among the developments and changes they discover are the following:

• The Ninoy Aquino International Airport had been renamed Tan Yu International Airport.
• Bien-Bien Roxas became President in 2028.
• Mandarin has replaced Filipino as the national language.
• Arabs now use the Philippines as a rest and recreation base before returning to their jobs as contract workers in Japan.
• The Japanese had bought the entire United States and turned it into a gigantic golf course with the Americans as their caddies.
• The US President is an African-American woman.
• The heavyweight boxing champion of the world is only nine years old.
• Quiapo is now known as the Gilbert-Willie Yu District.
• The scarcity of water has caused the production of beer to stop.
• Medical science has advanced to the point where coin-operated CAT scan machines exist, animal organs can be transplanted into humans, and human cloning can be arranged.
• Inflation has driven the Philippine peso to such stratospheric levels that even a simple pair of shoes can cost millions each.
• Flyovers dominate the main thoroughfares of Metro Manila.
• The Philippines' population is more than 800 million.
• The Philippine Daily Inquirer is now sold in microchip format.