Keep it Up

"You know what? Katrina is always cheerful today, but she is cheerfuller today because of the high score she got."

- Inggo, while Karen rapidly shakes her head. ' Keep it Up'  is an episode of Karen's World, aired in 2002.

Synopsis
Inggo and Katrina's grades match up with the intrinsic rules of adtectives.

Plot
Inggo and Katrina come to Karen, looking a bit frustrated. He says it is the arrogance of one of his classmates named Rico, who frequently boasts about his high grade in the Science Exam. However, they do not know how to correctly compare their grades to his. Karen introduces them to adjectives and their degrees of comparison. For example, 'high' is the positive degree, 'higher' is the comparative degree, and 'highest' is the superlative degree.

She also tells them that words with more than two syllables ('arrogant' is an example) should be followed after a 'more' for comparative degree and a 'most' for superlative degree. Rico then arrives, praising himself for his high grade. When Karen asks if he studied or not, he replies with not as much conviction.

Rico returns, disappointed. He tells Karen that he has failed, which she believes is his reluctant lack of studying. On the other hand, Katrina and Inggo had the highest scores on the exam. When 'cheerfulller' is revealed not to be a word, the adjective discussion begins once more. Some two-syllable adjectives use 'er' and 'est', but a solid rule is for words with suffixes.

The word 'completer' is not a word as well, but this confuses both him and Katrina. Karen defends her language, believing that it is important to read all the time. The idea of irregular adjectives, which are 'good', 'many', and 'bad', make sense, considering that their rules are actually implemented. They also hear about Rico's failing grade, and eventually leave after excitement for spreading the news.

We see Inggo and Katrina study early, with a masterful approach over adjectives' degrees. Rico then apologizes and asks if they accept him to study with them too, a decision in which both agree. In the stinger, it seems as if they had the highest grades out of everybody, but when they were asked what they should do after, Inggo wants to celebrate, while Rico wants to study for the next exam.

Transcript
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Cast
Tonipet Gaba as Inggo Monica Llamas as Karen Jason Pastoral as Rico Noreen Aguas as Katrina Sara Carbonell as Voice Talent

Trivia

 * The word 'gooder' is actually a real word, but 'better' sounds better, which is why it is given a question mark rather than a cross.
 * Inggo's school attire takes up 4/5 of the episode.

Errors

 * The animation for Nina and Aling Perla often lags.
 * Aling Perla does not look at her when she is talking.