Pedro Penduko is a Filipino fictional comic book character created by National Artist for Literature Francisco V. Coching.
In the television version however, Pedro is the son of a mortal and a lambana (fairy) whose adventure begins as he starts searching for his lost father.
Pedro encounters mermaids and mythological spiders, and many magical things on his journey, and even visiting a wizard does not fix his poor hygenie.
A more modern version of Pedro Penduko was created by Regene Estolatan and Jerome Jagonia and published by Epik Studios on January 1, 2016.
He returned to the Philippines in order to track down his heritage and defeat a kapre named Apo Dautan who had been terrorizing a local town.
[4] The character became more popular when it was adapted into the big screen where he made several excursions: James Reid was supposed to play the titular role in "Penduko" but bowed out after a spinal injury.