List of Bubble Gang Recurring Characters and Sketches - Recurring Segments

Recurring Segments

4 Oras Parody of GMA Network's primetime newscast, 24 Oras
Ang Dating Doon A parody of a popular religious program, Ang Dating Daan, interpreting fairy tales and children's literature instead of religious scripture. The sketch was hosted by Isko Salvador as Brod Pete, Cesar Cosme as Bro. Willy and Chito Franscisco as Bro. Jocel. In the 2007 version the sketch is called "Doon Dati" or "Du'n Dati", with Ara Mina as Kapatid na Rosa, Wendell Ramos as Kapatid na Mel, Ogie Alcasid as Kapatid na Toto, and Michael V as Kapatid na Auring. Du'n Dati is an obvious parody of Iglesia Ni Cristo's Ang Mga Nagsialis sa Samahang Ang Dating Daan
Ang Bagong "Diks" Features portmanteaus of English and Tagalog words applicable to everyday Filipino culture.
Ay Witness A parody of a Public Affairs late night program I-Witness.
Baklantika Parody of Atlantika by GMA Network.
Bakokang A parody of GMA Network's Bakekang.
Betty La Kea Parody of telenovela, Betty La Fea.
Buwang Jini A parody of KBS Drama Hwang Jin-Yi
Sine Sinta Kita (formerly Box Office Okray (BOO)) A sketch shown during or after the Metro Manila Film Festival in which they criticize all the film entries for that year.
Captain Gargle Parody of Captain Barbell by GMA Network. It features Michael Ricketts, a spoof of Mike Enriquez.
Channel B A Parody of Channel V
Coach Calmado the sketch is about a coach played by Michael V. that yells on people whenever they do something wrong
Commercial Spoofs Parody of commercial advertisements. Michael V. and Ogie Alcasid are the mostly seen characters on the commercial spoofs.Diego Llorico is also moderately seen.
Di Ba Ate with Mare at Panget Parody of the network's debate show, Debate with Mare at Pare. It is hosted by Diego Llorico and Mykah.
D Moon New Parody of Twilight's sequel New Moon starring Ogie Alcasid as Eduardo (spoof of Edward Cullen), Rufa Mae Quinto as Mella (parody of Bella Swan), Antonio Aquitania as Jacol (parody of Jacob Black) and Michael V. as Daniel, Mella's new love interest who is later revealed to be a married womanizer. Hence, his wife calls him demonyo (demon/devil). Hence, the title. Appeared only once and aired exactly one week before Christmas
GNA Splash Report Spoof of GMA Network's hourly news update, GMA Flash Report. Before and after the segment, they will splash water to the anchorman, Ivan Submarina, a parody of GMA newscaster, Ivan Mayrina.
Hayop Man ay Tao Rin
Hi Men Trio An acoustic duo composed by Ogie Alcasid and Boy2 Quizon. Their songs are composed of poorly-written lyrics either they composed or sent by viewers nationwide.
Horrorscope Michael V acts as Madam Rocha, a psychic who tells horoscopes, but with a ridiculously twist. She has two white crystal balls, instead of one, in front of her, and only stops making hand movements (like that of a real crystal ball) if "she" sees the viewer "face-to-face".
Iskulto Finish
Itsura Mo! A sketch showing facial expressions on different situations.
Iyo Tube A parody of the video uploading website, YouTube. The sketch features different videos uploaded by certain people, all wearing tube-tops. Regularly, five videos play: (1) Francine Prieto and Maureen Larrazabal play two large-chested women who flaunt their beauty, hyping themselves as perfect and unattainable; (2) Wendell Ramos and Antonio Aquitania give political commentary in tube-tops where they raise or lower their tops accordingly if they say "upload" or "download"; (3) Ogie Alcasid plays "Jun Tukmol", a political activist; (4) Diana Zubiri and Michael V give various commentary, but as a couple with a dishevelled appearance; and (5) Francine and Maureen continue their self-beauty-flaunting.
Jowa In The Palace Spoof of koreanovela Jewel in the Palace
Kamandog A parody of GMA Telebabad's Kamandag.
Kung Mabawi Man ang Ulam A parody of Sine Novela Presents Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap previously aired on GMA Network. (Only appeared once)
Sinasampal Kita A parody of Sine Novela Presents Sinasamba Kita previously aired on GMA Network. (It showed 2 of the cast of the show, (guest) Valerie Concepcion and (regular) Wendell Ramos) (Only appeared once)
Kunsensya Michael V. plays the conscience of characters leading to different circumstances. This sketch shows Michael V's ability to impersonate his fellow cast members. So far, Antonio Aquitania, Diego Llorico, Mykah, Ruffa Mae Quinto, Keempee De Leon and Ogie Alcasid have been parodied in this sketch.
Lito's Night of Music Lito performs classical world songs. The title is a parody of a defunct GMA musical show "A Little Night of Music."
Marilawin A spoof combination of Marinara and Mulawin, both defunct telefantasia series of GMA Network. It is about a gay half-mermaid, half-Mulawin named Marilawin who is a son of a mermaid and a Mulawin. He has his human form in which he has a male upper body and female lower body, thus, he was always seen dancing using his hips (due to the fact that the woman's movements were gentler and more graceful than that of a man, and that his lower body was from a woman).
Maika A spoof of Majika (Only Appeared once).
MEV (Music English Version) Michael V's parody of popular Tagalog song translated to English in a literal way.The songs were later compiled into an album named Bubble Ganthology on 2006.
Mga Tenga Ni Panghelita Spoof of primetime GMA Network Teleserye Mga Mata ni Anghelita.
MTB (Myusik Tagalog Bersyon) Michael V.'s parody of popular English music videos translated to Tagalog in a literal and often humorous manner. The songs were later compiled into an album named Bubble Ganthology on 2006.
Muchas Grasas This skit is about the family of Taong Grasa in which they were "high-class" family by talking in English and they proved that the rich people are "low-class" and filthy (in contrast).
OPM Parodies Music video parodies of popular Filipino artists and bands. Song lyrics are usually composed by Michael V..

Some notable spoofs are:

  • Mamaw by Kayo Kasi Eh! (Narda by Kamikazee)
  • Ulam by Douche (Ulan by Cueshe)
  • Di Na Magigisa by "'Regine' (ang bilas ko)" (Di Ka Nag-iisa by Regine Velasquez)
  • Chaka Nya by 'Churang Cuneta (Sa Kanya by Sharon Cuneta)
  • Wag Na Wag by Kitchie Na Day (Wag na Wag Mong Sasabihin by Kitchie Nadal)
  • Isaw Nga by Shout Boarders (Ikaw Nga by South Border)
  • Don Don by Shame Rock (Hold On by Shamrock)
  • May BO Na Ako by Shame Rock (Nandito Lang Ako by Shamrock)
  • Mas Tanga 'ko Sa'yo by Rey Bolero (Pangako Sa'yo by Rey Valera)
  • Kung Kailangan mo Bato(?) by Rey Bolero (Kung Sa Sandaling Kailangan mo Ako by Rey Valera also)
  • Hala Pack-Up by Eraseyourheads (Alapaap by Eraserheads)

Most of these are featured in Michael V.'s latest album, Michael V.:The Bubble G. Anthology.

Ortigas vs. Mendiola
Pambansang Panggulo A recurring sketch focusing on Ongpong Dela Cruz's campaign for the 2004 Philippine Presidential Elections.
Paningit Francine Prieto explains derivations of Tagalog and English words.
Pinkantadia and Eateria Parody of GMA Network's Encantadia and Etheria.
Pinoy Gago and Pinoy Jenyo A parody of Eat Bulaga's Most Popular Segment Pinoy Henyo.
RAMPAGE:GUlat ni Bel Tiongco Spoof of GMA Network's defunct newscast, Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco
Remember Wen Hosted by Evilyn Magpayo (Ate Ebs for short). Based from Maalaala Mo Kaya of ABS-CBN

and Magpakailanman. It was replaced by the sketch Tita Herminigilda.

Super Masa A superhero loosely based from former President Joseph Estrada. His power comes from a bread he'd made. Masa is a Filipino word for mass, a large number or amount or extent. The word was used in his presidential campaign in 1998 (Erap para sa Masa). The word also means knead if used as a noun.
Tips Ahoy! Ogie Alcasid hosts this segment, showing his viewers the how to handle different situations from the mundane to the important, such as being late for work and preventing electrocution while in the shower.
Yabang o Panget Parody of Eat Bulaga's defunct game segment Laban o Bawi.
Okrah A parody of Oprah.
Idakdak Mo Parody of Eat Bulaga's game segment Itaktak Mo. (Only appeared once)
Trip Ko Lang A parody of Wish Ko Lang.
Yours Truly, Junee Lee An interview segment hosted by Junee Lee (a fictional character played by Michael V.). The segment spun off a talk show entitled Celebrity Turns with Junee and Lani.
Pulis Pang-kalokohan Parody of Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan. This skit is about the two policemen who have a plan to arrest anyone with comical jokes.
Lavandera in the Palace: Pulis Pangkalooban Combined parody of Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, La Vendetta, Jewel in the Palace, and Jumong.
Copy Princess Parody of GMA Koreanovela Coffee Prince.
Poor Factor Parody of American reality show Fear Factor in which the characters are from Muchas Grasas segment. (Only appeared once)
Ang Spoiled A little brute Angelina (Ogie Alcasid) who is so bratty and asks different orders on her nanny (Michael V.) Her orders always bring her nanny to worst. Angelina's notable quotes are "Yaya, you're such a loser!", "Big Deal" and "Whatever" in which she has her own finger gestures (that is, the L; Y, which resembles peace sign; and W finger gestures, which mean Loser, Yaya, and Whatever, respectively).Sketches show Angelina and her yaya in many places,such as in the mall,in school and somewhere else,but most sketches show them both in Angelina's house,notably inside her room. Angelina's character was inspired from Angelica Pickles of the Nickeloderon TV series Rugrats, while the Yaya was inspired from The Nanny.
Moymoy Palaboy (second Iyo Tube) Moymoy Palaboy is a duo that does a webcam performance "singing" local and international hits using their lipsynch acts. The duo was discovered on YouTube, where they have upload their webcam videos of Filipino and foreign songs with lipsynch acts.
Sumbong Sumbong kay Bonggang Bongbong A spoof reality investigative program hosted by Bongbong, a gay parody of Ben Tulfo, producer, director, and host of Bitag, as well as his brothers Mon, Raffy and Erwin Tulfo. It focuses on everyday mannerisms of society, like pushing the elevator button many times by different people, calling on the cellular phone while on the escalator, balikbayans talking in exaggerated American English while gone for only weeks, etc. In the end, they will be hit by a gavel. Even though the segment is a spoof of Bitag and its sister program Bitag Live!, it is also a parody of other programs of the Tulfo Brothers, such as Isumbong Mo Kay Tulfo, Wanted and Mission X (now Tutok Tulfo).
Gagambala A parody of GMA primetime Gagambino and Spider-Man. This skit is about a heroic "villain" named Gagambala who attempts to distract people or making mischievous ways on them using his own tambourine.
Notable quote: "Ako si Gagambala at gagambalahin ko kayo." (lit. "I'm Gagambala and I'm gonna disturb you.")
Chikadora the Exploiter A parody of Dora the Explorer.Portrayed by Michael V. and Diego Llorico.
Tsimoy Records A parody of Pinoy Records.
Tulis! Tulis! A parody of TV5 show Pulis! Pulis!.
My Husband's a Woman A parody of the Korean drama My Husband's Woman, currently showing at Telebabad. (Only shown once)
Karton Karakters A sketch of normal people live in a house made of carton box and personalities wearing carton boxes as their clothing.
Kwarta o Karton A parody of the former game show Family Kwarta o Kahon (Only shown once)
Family Few A parody of the game show Family Feud (Only shown once)
Tio Petto and Panopio A parody of Mister Geppetto and Pinocchio. As of July 10, 2009, it has shown 7 episodes.
Dingga A parody of Darna with Michael V as Ading, a lame man who, whenever he ate a magical bubble gum will transform him into a gay superhero named Dingga. The enemies shown in this spoof was also inspired by Darna's early foes and the character from Dark Horse Comics, first of which is Baklang Impakta, which is a parody of Babaeng Impakta and Hellgay, which is the parody of Hellboy.
Misspelling Gee A spelling game show (spelling bee) parody where the host gives an English word and mispronounces it and 2 students misspell the given words.
Haka Haka (Bukakabukaka) A parody of Discovery Channel's science television program Mythbusters. Starring Michael V. as Jamie Hyneman and Ogie Alcasid as Adam Savage. They test the validity of various superstitious beliefs of Filipinos.
Don't Etching Me Parody of Showbiz Central's Don't Lie To Me It is hosted by Michael V. as Sweat.On February 3, 2012, there is another parody called Don't Die To Me, where instead of using a lie detector, the guest is tortured in order to admit the rumors about him/her.
Padre and Sam Parody of ABS-CBN's May Bukas Pa
Queen Sang Joke Parody of GMA Koreanovela Queen Seon Deok.
CheChe Bureche A comic sketch featuring Ogie Alcasid as the kind Cheche (nicknamed "Che") and Michael V. as the mean Bureche (nicknamed "Bure"). Cheche and Bureche were twin sisters living with their father (which was played by Antonio Aquitania). Whenever their father leaves for work, Bureche usually terrorizes Cheche with her vile antics, but usually becomes the victim of her own schemes. Wendell Ramos plays their love interest, a boy next door with a Justin Bieber-inspired hairdo.
TLC (Tender Loving Championship) Parody of Ultimate Fighting Championship, The Slogan is "Dito Sa TLC, Walang Sakitan at Puro Sarap" (Here at TLC, No pain but Pure Relaxation.)
Bubble Gang Fliptop Features the Filipino Rappers from Fliptop, the first Filipino Rap Battle League who do rap battles with each other along with the cast. It only has three episodes.
Pinoy Gago Parody of Eat Bulaga's game segment Pinoy Henyo.
Balitang News An Inter-Dialectical spoof newscast which used in Tagalog then in English. Eleuterio Ignacio (played by Ogie Alcasid), wearing a Barong Tagalog, is speaking in Tagalog while Electronic Ignition (played by Michael V.), wearing a suit, is speaking in English. These two personalities are both the same in translation (in a literal manner), including their names. They both wear black pants and glasses as well. (note: Balitang News' logo is similar to that of GMA News TV)
Pickup Lines A reboot of Bubble Gang Fliptop in which instead of a rap battle, it is a verbal battle using romantic puns commonly known to Filipinos as "pickup lines." Since this was originated from the Fliptop sketches, the characters still wear hip-hop attire. The Pickup Line Battle is composed of a preliminary round wherein two contestants will try to impress the woman moderator named Neneng Bakit, or simply Neneng B., played by Sam Pinto, using their pickup lines. The winner of the match will be determined by audience impact, and moves on to face the "undefeated" Pickup Liner named Boy Pickup, played by Ogie Alcasid. In the end, Boy Pickup, who sometimes show up his trademark Zippo lighter, will remain undefeated, despite the fact that his pickup lines are so deep only a selected few can understand its true meaning. He is being cheered on by one of the audience named Boy Backup (played by Eri Neeman, who is also a writer for the show), which gives Boy Pickup enough audience impact to win the battle. Michael V., meanwhile, plays the role of M.C. Bits, the host of the sketch. Other characters include Bagwis (Dennis Trillo), Pushback (Boy-2 Quizon), Dahon, Sukli (Moymoy Obeso, who always bring coins, hence the name, meaning "change"), and Bagoong (Roadfill Obeso), who never wins even a single pickup battle, hence the name which is a reference to the word "balagoong" meaning always losing. Guest Pickup Liners include Bisugo (Betong), Boy Chicha (Chris Tiu), and Pusoy (Paulo Avelino who later moved to ABS-CBN).
Dish Ko Lang! Parody of GMA Network's Wish Ko Lang
Dan and Serye Parody of GMA Network's Time of My Life
Boxing Trainer/Ang Boxing Coach A two-part boxing sketch with Michael V as Johnny Santos and Ogie Alcasid as Benjo. In the first episode, Johnny was training for an amateur match in Wildbox Boxing Gym (an obvious parody of Wild Card Boxing Club, a Hollywood Boxing Gym owned by Manny Pacquiao's head trainer Coach Freddie Roach) until he met Benjo, his substitute trainer after finding out that the boxer's coach has flu. During the training, he says several words that Johnny cannot understand such as "himu jaba", which is in fact one of the boxing combination moves. Near the end of the training, Johnny became upset when his trainer says lots of gibberish and beats Benjo up which Johnny interpreted as the trainer's orders.

In the second part, Ang Boxing Coach, the amateur match between Johnny Santos and Ricky Marcelo (Dennis Trillo) is about to begin. Before the start of the match, Benjo came and told about the bad news that Johnny's trainer has H1N1 (interpreted by Benjo as "Hini") and was hospitalized, and once again, Benjo substituted but Johnny disagreed because of his misunderstood words. Benjo said to forget about it and reconcile, focus in the match, and listen to every move he says. Johnny was doing pretty well, until the trainer said "himu jaba", one of the words Johnny cannot understand (the other two words were "himo dede boobi" and "katumachiku jumama poompoom") which causes the boxer to hold back and knocked out by his opponent until he lost after the third knockout. After the fight, Ricky thanked Benjo for his "professional" coaching because of his "simple" words that Johnny cannot understand. In fact, he told Johnny one of the "moves"' real meaning (i.e. Katumachiku jumana poompoom which means Jab, straight, hook, uppercut).

The second episode, is in fact a parody of the fight between Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao, in which Pacquiao knocked out the British fighter twice in the first round and KO'ing him in the second round. the second episode shows the exact opposite since, Ricky Marcello (parody of Ricky Hatton) knocked out Johnny Santos (parody of Manny Pacquiao) in the same sequence in the original fight.

Ba't Ganun? A short sketch involving asking questions about the society as well as its mannerisms.

For example, Ba't ganun? Hotcake ang tawag kahit malamig na ito? Ba't ganun? (Why is it called hotcake even if it is cold? Why is it?)

Taiko Parody of the famous workout Tae-Bo
Coach Calmado Formerly known as "Mr. Calmado". A sketch about a disciplined yet overly irate basketball coach (despite his name, although he tries to be as calm as he can) portrayed by Michael V. He is short-tempered and semi-psychotic that he threatens students and other people at schools. In the end of each episode, he nearly strips off some of the faculty members such as referees, teachers, librarians etc. and destroys the school's materials and facilities every time he compares "disrespectful" students to people who are stripping off other people He is an obvious parody of MadTV's Coach Hines. It is revealed in the June 29, 2012 episode, Lamay (Wake) that his first name is Hector
Daddy Dearest An obvious parody as well as a teaser for the then-upcoming drama-comedy My Daddy Dearest. The sketch tells about a father (Ogie Alcasid) telling a story to his son about what really happened to the latter's mother (i.e. the former's wife). In between the story-telling, several women kiss "Daddy Dearest" (Alcasid) and afterwards "Daddy Dearest" clarifies who they really are.
Job Interview A short segment that shows a typical initial interview for job applicants. It starts with a boss/interviewer portrayed by Michael V. supposed to conduct an initial interview/exam to an applicant named Mr. San Lazaro portrayed by Diego Llorico. However, a female recruiter shows a questionnaire that is not suitable for a job interview, which is actually a questionnaire of Filipino culture as well as media references (e.g. What's the World's Number 2 Shampoo? which is a reference to the commercial of Head and Shoulders). So the boss tells the recruiter to change the questionnaire and instead, he (the boss) will ask personality questions for the applicant in essay form.
Makapili Kang Muli Parody of the GMA Drama Makapiling Kang Muli
Di Ka Na Maggigisa Parody of the GMA Afternoon Drama Hindi Ka Na Mag-iisa
Lino Blanco Parody of the GMA Drama Luna Blanca
ProteJail Parody of the GMA7 talent show Protege. As the title says, the sketch is a talent show for prisoners.

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