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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking|Sultan]] [[Asskicking Equals Authority|Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat]], [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Muslim chief]] who successfully fended off Spanish incursions into Mindanao throughout his reign.
* The Luna brothers, [[Sibling Yin-Yang|Juan and Antonio]]. The former was a [[Magnum Opus|painter]], the latter a [[Four-Star Badass|military man]].
* Brigadier Gen. Gregorio del Pilar, fought the Americans and died at his [[Last Stand]] at Tirad Pass, which got the [[Fan Nickname]] "[[
* Mariano Gómez, José Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, collectively known as the GomBurZa, three Filipino priests whose execution by strangulation in 17 February 1872, on false charges of instigating a failed mutiny in Fort San Felipe (modern-day Cavite City, Cavite) 28 days earlier, slowly uncorked resentment against Spanish authorities. The mutiny was used by friars to get rid of the liberal Burgos (as well as his associates Gómez and Zamora), who has infuriated them with his advocacy of reforms benefiting native clergymen and attacks against corrupt friars.
* Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino-Chinese altar boy from Manila and member of a Spanish missionary fleet to Japan, executed in Nagasaki for refusing to recant his beliefs. He was also proclaimed the first Filipino saint on 18 October 1987.
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* Rodolfo "Dolphy" Quizon, comedian-actor known for [[Long Runner|his 60-plus-years career]] and [[Kavorka Man|siring many children from several partners]].
* Lea Salonga, theater actress, singing voice of both Princess Jasmine and Mulan in Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' and ''[[
* Fernando Poe Jr., action star and Estrada's [[Heterosexual Life Partners|best friend]]. Died of a stroke after narrowly losing the 2004 Presidential elections to Macapagal-Arroyo. Famous for his film starring him as [[Knight in Shining Armor|a champion of the downtrodden]].
* Eddie Garcia, Poe Jr.'s friend and fellow action star and a versatile actor who can play protagonist or antagonist roles, but is well known either way as a [[Deadpan Snarker]] extraordinaire.
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* Sandara Park, South Korean singer and member of popular [[Korean Pop Music|K-Pop group]] 2NE1 started her career in the Philippines.
* Charice Pempengco, [[Idol Singer]] so popular in America even [[Oprah Winfrey]] claims to be her fan.
* [[Dante Basco]], actor known for playing Rufio in ''[[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o The Dancing Prisoners of Cebu]
* Arnel Pineda, singer-songwriter and current vocalist of American rock band [[Journey (
* [[Megumi Nakajima]], [[But Not Too Foreign|Filipina-Japanese]] seiyuu best known for voicing [[Macross Frontier|Ranka Lee]].
* Allan Pineda Lindo Jr., better known as "apl.de.ap" of the [[Black Eyed Peas]], whose two songs featured Tagalog lyrics ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wESgcExetso Bebot] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wUZw9S2PM The APL Song]), as well as a philanthropist.
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* Comedian Rob Schneider is a quarter Filipino.
* Enrique Iglesias, son of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias has a Filipino mother.
* Hervé Villechaize, one of the villains of the [[James Bond]] film ''[[The Man
* Rex Navarrete, Filipino-American comedian whose jokes focuses on the Filipino culture.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnd711d5GJQ There was a passing reference to a battleship named] [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Agamemnon-class_carrier#Trivia "Magsaysay"] in Episode 48 of [[Gundam Seed]].
** Sven Cal Bayan, [[The Hero]] of the ONA [[Gundam Seed Destiny]] Stargazer is suspected to be Filipino; his surname is based on the Filipino word for 'town' or 'country'.
** Kiki Rosita of Gundam: [[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team]] is also probably Filipina as well, given the setting is South East Asia. Well that and her alleged [[Unfortunate Names|unfortunate name]].
* [[Weiss Kreuz]]. Kritiker agents are trained in central Luzon. [[All There in the Manual|Seriously]].
* [[MPD Psycho]]. Two chapters in volume 7 are set in real-life locations in the Philippines - and the characters even speak in (very polite) correct Tagalog!
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* The Philippines is a part of the Chinese Federation in [[Code Geass]].
* Malcolm Gedoh and Eleki Battery from [[Hajime no Ippo]] are the Philippines Featherweight National Champion and Junior Lightweight Champion respectively. Miyata's rival, the former OPBF Interim Featherweight Champion Randy Boy Junior and his father, Randy Boy Senior, are also from the Philippines.
* Maria Taro Sekiutsu from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* While not (technically) canon, the Philippines is a popular [[Original Character]] in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fandom. Sadly, this has brought ''loads'' of wank, [http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/19768.html?thread=86769720#t86769720 as explained here.]
** Interestingly enough, it turns out that Himaruya's recently decided to make the Philippines canon.
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* Grail of [[Wildstorm]] comics.
* Matt Fraction attempted to make a Philippines-based superhero team, [[wikipedia:Triumph Division|the Triumph Division]], in [[Iron Man]]. Most would contest that he [[Did Not Do the Research]].
* The international indy cult-favorites [[Everything's Better
* An issue of [[Power Girl]] had the titular hero save an area of the Philippines from a massive tidal wave. It was even revealed that [http://i44.tinypic.com/1o17bb.jpg she knows how to speak Tagalog].
* Sentry [http://pics.livejournal.com/ficticons/pic/0008prt4 visited] the Philippines during Marvel's [[Dark Reign]] to save people when Mt. Pinatubo (which caused the 2nd largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century) became active again.
* Filipino-American artist Whilce Portacio intended ''[[X-Men]]'' character Bishop to be Filipino, but the higher ups decided that his lineage be of Aboriginal-Australian origin.
* And when Whilce got to do his own book, ''Wetworks'', he took the opportunity to put in a number of Filipino shout-outs, like at least one character exclaiming "Susmaryosep!" (a Filipino shortening of the classic Western exclamation "Jesus Mary Joseph") and having Filipina celebrity Regine Velasquez portrayed as a reporter. The Vampire Nation is said to be inspired by the Philippine mythological creature, the ''aswang''.
* Leinel Francis Yu had also taken some opportunities to put in some Filipino shoutouts, like in his work with writer [[Mark Waid]], ''[[Superman
* And speaking of [[Mark Waid]], at one or two points in his career he had a curious frequency of Filipino shoutouts, like the ones in ''Superman: Birthright''. In his ''[[Flash]]'' story ''The Return of Barry Allen'' Linda was wearing a World War II jacket with a Philippine flag on it, and another popular Philippine fastfood chain, ''Jollibee'', could be seen in one panel. And in ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', at the part where {{spoiler|[[Superman]] starts to bring the whole United Nations building down on the people inside it, one of his would-be victims seems to be Filipino; [[Blind Idiot Translation|spelling and grammar issues]] aside, he calls Superman a "''sira'' (broken) ''ulo'' (head)," a Filipino term for crazy, who is about to kill (''papatayin'').}}
* In the [[Twilight]] graphic novel, Bella does a web search on vampires; one of the search results is for "danag", a vampire from Filipino folklore.
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* In the ''[[The Bourne Series|Bourne Trilogy]]'', Eskrima was chosen to be the protagonist's choice of martial arts.
** The latest one, ''Bourne Legacy'' was shot in the Philippines, most notably along Taft Avenue and along Escolta.
* ''[[
* ''[[Platoon]]'' is shot in Laguna.
** Ditto ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.
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* A Filipino chef is seen cursing at Mason as he is escaping the hotel in ''[[The Rock]]''.
* In ''[[Big Fish]]'', the "Vietnamese" ventriloquist was speaking [[Bilingual Bonus|in Tagalog]].
* The Filipina maid in the movie ''[[
* In ''Problem Child 3'', Big Ben can be seen trying to call a Filipina girl long distance.
* In ''The Hunt for Eagle One'' where it was set in Mindanao, a group of US Marines are sent to rescue captured a US Marine and a Filipino Captain while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons.
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* That [[Internet Backdraft|infamous]] [http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2007/10/filipinoa-outra.html incident] involving [[Desperate Housewives]].
* The Philippines was mentioned as a place to earn money by gambling on drinking games on [[Heroes]] Season 3 Episode 21.
* The original ''[[Hawaii Five
* [[The Sopranos|Tony Soprano]] once extorted (violently) a Filipino-owned laundromat.
* [[Laurence Fishburne|Dr. Raymond Langston]] of ''[[CSI]]'' describes an ''aswang''.
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* The [[PS 1]] game ''Nuclear Strike'' has a bonus mission set in the Philippines.
* In [[Daiteikoku]], the Philippines is obviously a territory under [[The United States|Republic of Gamerica]], named as Manila 2000. There is also one admiral whose name is Lala Manie, who left to defend the territory after the same man left with the same [[I Shall Return|words]].
* ''[[
* [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090109035218/cnc/images/thumb/3/32/Yellow_Zones.png/620px-Yellow_Zones.png This map] from ''[[Command and Conquer]]: Tiberium Wars'' shows the Philippines is a yellow zone. Oh well, it could have been worse.
==== Web Comics: ====
* [[
* Jason from [[Multiplex]] is part-Filipino and so is the webcomic's author Gordon McAlpin.
* Vinson Ngo, a.k.a [[Bleedman]], creator of [[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]] and [[Grim Tales
== The Filipino flag ==
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