''Tropa Mo Ko Unli Spoof'' (formerly known as ''Tropa Mo Ko Unli'' and ''Tropa Mo Ko Nice di ba?'') is a

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show broadcast by TV5. It aired from September 14, 2013 to July 4, 2015, replacing ''

Lokomoko ''Lokomoko'' (''Lokomoko'' is Filipino for ''Niloloko mo ako'', English for ''"You're Fooling Me!"'') (formerly ''Lokomoko High'', ''Lokomoko U'', ''Lokomoko U Ang Kulit!'' and ''Lokomoko: La-Bus'') is a Philippine television sketch comedy show ...

'' and ''Tropang Kulit'' and was replaced by ''LolaBasyang.com''. The title is a merger between ''

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'' and ''

Lokomoko U ''Lokomoko'' (''Lokomoko'' is Filipino for ''Niloloko mo ako'', English for ''"You're Fooling Me!"'') (formerly ''Lokomoko High'', ''Lokomoko U'', ''Lokomoko U Ang Kulit!'' and ''Lokomoko: La-Bus'') is a Philippine television sketch comedy show ...

'', resulting in

Ogie Alcasid Herminio Jose Lualhati "Ogie" Alcasid Jr. (born August 27, 1967) is a Filipino actor, singer, songwriter, comedian, director and producer. He is best known for his songwriting and collaboration with other musical artists. He has appeared in fi ...

's return/arrival to TV5. Launched on September 14, 2013, Tropa Mo Ko Unli is one of the 8 newly launched weekend programs under the "Weekend Do It Better" block of the network. The show had its first revamp in June 2014 which resulted to the program's renaming as "Tropa MoKo Nice Diba?!" and the second one that led to the new season as "Tropa MoKo Unli Spoof" in January 2015. The show was ended on July 4, 2015.

Segments

Parodies

*''Amazing Rice Philippines'' - parody of TV5's reality competition show '' Amazing Race Philippines'' *''Anino & Abundat Tonight'' - parody of the

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's primetime talk show '' Aquino & Abunda Tonight'' *''Balitang Dos Siyete Singko'' - parody of

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's former newscast, Balitang 60 *''Battle of the Brainless'' - parody of defunct RPN quiz game show “Battle Of The Brains” (original parody segment from

) *''Beking News'' - spoof newscast using gay lingo *''Binoy Big Brother All In Edition'' - parody of the ABS-CBN's reality show Pinoy Big Brother: All In'' *''Chef Boy Lagro: Kusina Monster'' - parody of GMA's cooking show, Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master *''High Iskul Bukol Musical'' - a combined parody of Disney's ''High School Musical'' & IBC and TV5's sitcom, ''Iskul Bukol'' *''Magandang Gaboom, Beki!'' - parody of the ABS-CBN's Saturday defunct current affairs program '' Magandang Gabi... Bayan'' *''Kapag Nasa Katwiran, Ibaklaan Mo!'' - parody of the ABS-CBN legal drama ''

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'' *''ShoShow A. All the Way'' - parody of TV5's comedy talk show '' Jojo A. All The Way!'' *''Sarap Diba?'' - parody of GMA's cooking show

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*''The Laysa Mae Toyo Show'' - parody of GMA's talk show ''

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'' *''The Lethal Wife'' - combined parody of the 2014 ABS-CBN drama ''

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'' *''Terry Third Eye'' - combined parody of Terry Third Thursday and 2012 TV5 horror and suspense series

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*''Maria Brazo de Mercedes'' - parody of ABS-CBN telenovela Maria Mercedes *''Walang Relasyon'' - parody of Radyo5 92.3 News FM and AksyonTV's program ''Relasyon''

Original segments

*''Chaka Diaries'' *''Paminta 101'' - (starring Vin Abrenica, Ogie Alcasid, Alwyn Uytingco and Edgar Allan Guzman) *''PatawaRin'' *''Poke-Pokan'' *''Gandumb and Gandumber'' *''Watch Next?''

Recurring characters

*Ryan Secret - Parody of ''American Idol'' host and AT40 Radio DJ Host

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, played by Ogie Alcasid *Williard A-Cheng - Parody of ABS-CBN News correspondent Williard Cheng, played by Edgar Allan Guzman *Chef Boy Lagro - Parody of Chef

Boy Logro Pablo Logro, also known as Boy Logro or Chef Boy (born June 29, 1954), is a Filipino celebrity chef known for his cooking shows, ''Idol sa Kusina'' and '' Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master''. Early and personal life Logro was born into a fishing fam ...

, played by Ogie Alcasid *Laysa Mae Toyo - Parody of Ryzza Mae Dizon, played by Ogie Alcasid *Alvin Elchika - Parody of ABS-CBN Newscaster

Alvin Elchico Alvin Elchico (; born January 30, 1974) is a Filipino field reporter, newscaster, broadcast journalist and television host working for ABS-CBN and DZMM/DWPM. A business reporter early in his career, he was the sole journalist to report from i ...

, played by Ogie Alcasid *Anthony Imbiyerna - Parody of ABS-CBN Newscaster & Host Anthony Taberna, played by Alwyn Uytingco *Derek Randy - Parody of TV5 host and actor

Derek Ramsay Derek Arthur Ramsay Jr. (born December 7, 1976) is a British-Filipino model, actor, and TV host. He has an exclusive contract with GMA Network. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ramsay froze his contract with GMA Network. Ramsay is currently inact ...

, played by Ogie Alcasid *Kuya Biik - Parody of Roderick "Kuya Dick" Paulate, played by Ogie Alcasid *Amy Bisaya - Combined parody of

Amy Perez Maria Armida "Amy" Parale Perez-Castillo (; born September 5, 1969), also known as Tyang Amy, is a Filipino television and radio presenter. Noted for her strong opinions and distinct brand in hosting, she has since established herself as a depe ...

& Amay Bisaya, played by Gelli de Belen *Ted Fantalon - Parody of ABS-CBN Newscaster Ted Failon, played by Edgar Allan Guzman *Papa Bench - Parody of Bitag host

Ben Tulfo Bienvenido "Ben" Teshiba Tulfo (; born March 15, 1955) is a Filipino television and radio personality, entrepreneur and former government official. He is primarily known for producing and hosting ''Bitag'', a reality public service television ...

, played by Alwyn Uytingco *Loyd De Bora - Parody of TV5 host & reporter

Lourd de Veyra Lourd Ernest Hanopol de Veyra (; born February 11, 1975) is a Filipino musician, emcee, poet, journalist, TV host, broadcast personality and activist who became famous as the vocalist of the Manila-based jazz rock band Radioactive Sago Proj ...

*Dyosa Ka Soco - Parody of GMA newscaster

Jessica Soho Maria Jessica Aspiras Soho (; born March 27, 1964) is a Filipino broadcast journalist affiliated with GMA Network. She is the host of the news magazine program ''Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho'' on GMA, and was the news anchor for '' State of the Na ...

, played by Ritz Azul *Guys Amoygas - Parody of ABS-CBN reporter and host Gus Abelgas, played by Long Mejia *Atty. Gel Kanta Maria - Parody of Radyo5 92.3NewsFM's Relasyon host Dean Mel Sta. Maria, played by Ogie Alcasid *Tootchie Luz-Valdez - Parody of News5 chief Luchi Cruz-Valdez, played by Gelli de Belen *Bruno Dacuycoy - Parody of

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, played by Long Mejia with several skits *Doris Bigote - Parody of ABS-CBN News Reporter

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, played by Empoy Marquez *Etching Pulido - Parody of ABS-CBN Showbiz News Reporter Gretchen Fullido, played by Eula Caballero *Vickie Moreorless - Parody of GMA Newscaster & Reporter

Vicky Morales Victoria "Vicky" Torres Morales-Reyno (; born July 10, 1969) is a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter. She is a co-anchor of GMA Network's early evening newscast ''24 Oras'' since 2014, and the host of the Saturday afternoon ...

, played by Gelli De Belen *Boy Abundo - Parody of ABS-CBN variety talk show

Boy Abunda Eugenio "Boy" Romerica Abunda Jr. (; born October 29, 1961) is a Filipino television presenter, publicist, and talent manager. Known as the "King of Talk", Abunda has presented several talk shows centered on the Philippine entertainment indus ...

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Cast

Main cast members

Alwyn Uytingco Cipriano Alwyn Sumulong Uytingco III (born February 11, 1987), better known as Alwyn Uytingco, is a Filipino actor. Early life He was born on February 11, 1987 in Quezon City, Philippines. He was educated at the Marist School (Marikina). Car ...

Eula Caballero Lou Eula May Caballero Simo-Samson (born May 23, 1995), known professionally as Eula Caballero, is a Filipino former actress. She is known as the first ''Star Factor'' grand winner. She also played the role of Holly Posadas in the TV mini-seri ...

Empoy Marquez Julius Erman "Empoy" Ramos Marquez (born July 3, 1981), also known mononymously as Empoy, is a Filipino actor, comedian and host. He is best known for playing the male lead in '' Kita Kita'' (2017), the highest-grossing Filipino independent ...

*Long Mejia *

Tuesday Vargas Marizel Sarangelo-Placido (born November 9, 1980), known professionally as Tuesday Vargas, is a Filipino actress, singer, comedian and a resident judge of TV5's ''Talentadong Pinoy''. Personal life Born as Marizel Sarangelo-Placido on Novemb ...

Extended cast members

Artista Academy ''Artista Academy'' is a Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by TV5. Hosted by Cesar Montano and Marvin Agustin, it aired from July 30 to October 27, 2012, replacing ''Runaway'' and ''Super Sine Prime'' and was replaced by ' ...

top scholars *

Vin Abrenica Avin "Vin" Guiang Abrenica (born May 29, 1991) is a Filipino actor who appeared as a contestant on the reality-based talent search show '' Artista Academy'' and later won the competition with Sophie Albert. He is known for biggest break as Jepo ...

Sophie Albert Bianca Regina Lyttle Reyes-Abrenica (born August 3, 1990), professionally known as Sophie Albert, is a Filipino actress and television personality of European (Spanish-Italian and Irish- Portuguese) and Chinese descent. She joined the GMA Ne ...

*Chanel Morales *Akihiro Blanco *

Shaira Diaz Shaira Mae Berlanga Dela Cruz (born May 3, 1995), known professionally as Shaira Diaz, is a Filipino actress and television host. She is currently an exclusive artist of GMA Network under Sparkle GMA Artist Center. Early life and education Sh ...

*Mark Neumann *Alberto Bruno *Benjo Leoncio *Malak So Shdifat *Brent Manzano *Jon Orlando *Nicole Estrada *Stephanie Rowe

Special guests

John Lapus Jonathan Anthony Solis Lapus (born July 7, 1973), also known as Sweet, is a Filipino actor, host, comedian and film and television director. Lapus is known for his various roles in films such as the '' Shake, Rattle & Roll'' film series. He ...

*Kim Idol *

Martin Escudero Mart Enrico Escudero (born April 11, 1990) is a Filipino actor, model, and television personality. He rose to fame during his stint at the fourth season of '' StarStruck''. He also starred in the indie film '' Zombadings: Patayin sa Shokot si ...

Bianca King Bianca Charlotte King-Wintle (born 18 March 1986) is a German-born Filipino-Canadian former actress best known for playing the role as Noemi Manansala in the thriller drama series '' Sinner or Saint'' (2011), as Aviona in the hit ''fantaserye' ...

Bayani Agbayani Bayani Sequita Rogacion Jr. (born January 3, 1969), known professionally as Bayani Agbayani, is a Filipino host, actor, singer, and comedian. After 15 years at ABS-CBN, he shuttled between his original home studio GMA Network and TV5 for the t ...

Bearwin Meily Bearwin Meily is a Filipino comedian actor, TV host and a vlogger. Early career He started his career in 1995 as an extra in the top-rating sitcom ''Palibhasa Lalake'' in ABS-CBN and eventually became part of the regular cast until the show en ...

*Mahal

Former casts

Wendell Ramos Carlino Xavier Reyes Ramos (; born August 18, 1978) is a Filipino actor. He is best known as one of the original cast members of the GMA Network comedy show ''Bubble Gang''. Career Ramos started his showbiz career in 1995 when he joined the ca ...

Edgar Allan Guzman Edgar Allan Guzman (born November 20, 1989), also known by his nickname and screen name EA Guzman, is a Filipino actor, singer, host and model. He gained popularity after winning the Mr. Pogi 2006 competition on ''Eat Bulaga!'', aired on GMA Ne ...

*Caloy Alde *Chanel Morales *

Valeen Montenegro Valeen Montenegro Vicente-Manuel (born June 10, 1990) is a Filipino actress, comedian and model. Career Montenegro started her acting career as one of the new talents launched by ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN's talent management arm Star Magic ...

Dianne Medina Maria Patricia Dianne Perez Medina-Ilustre (born November 5, 1986) is a Filipino actress, dancer, television host, anchor and part-time model. Medina is also a former member of ABS-CBN's developmental talent agent Star Magic. Early life Diann ...

*Mark Neumann *

Joey Paras Joseph Estrada Paras (February 7, 1978 – October 29, 2023), also known as Joey Paras, was a Filipino actor, filmmaker, singer, screenwriter, playwright, and television host. Paras was a multi-awarded stage and film actor; as well as a televi ...

Ritz Azul Ritz Ann Riggie Villafuerte Alzul-Guy (born January 11, 1994) is a Filipino actress and television host, known for her work as a talent of TV5 and later ABS-CBN through Star Magic. Early life and career She was born in Sta. Rita, Pampanga, an ...

Gelli de Belen Anna Gianelli Yap de Belen-Rivera, more commonly known as Gelli de Belen (born May 25, 1973), is a Filipino actress. She is known for her role as a host of ''SiS'', a daytime television program that ran on GMA Network from 2001 to 2010. Ear ...

Awards

*Best Comedy/Gag Show - 12th Gawad Tanglaw Awards

References

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External links

Tropa Mo Ko Unli Website
Philippine television sketch shows 2013 Philippine television series debuts 2015 Philippine television series endings 2010s Philippine television series TV5 (Philippine TV network) comedy series TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming Filipino-language television shows