Inggo

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A citizen in Barangay Makapagkawanggawa, his adventures go from the mundane, from getting too invested in a story (Inggo's Big Idea) to the thrilling, where Karen worries that she'll get replaced (Tractor's World).

Appearance
Inggo is a tall man, slightly taller than Karen (not counting her horns). He has a standard haircut with bangs, making it 90 degrees. He usually wears simple monochromic t-shirts with a variety of plaid outfits, as well as a bandana around his neck. He sometimes wears a handbag.

Personality
At first glance, Inggo looks like an ordinary person in his rural area, but most of his character comes from Karen, where he gets most of his knowledge at English. Given that at 18 he still attends school, it is safe to assume that his poor English/Taglish is resulted from late learning.

In fact, most of the characters in the barangay suffer from substandard education, like how in Fabulous Mistakes, where the barangay needed to build a library. This Nevertheless, he still joins her lessons, whenever he feels to. Despite claims like this, Inggo denounces one magazine article with such claims as false (Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say).

Some of Karen's mannerisms are replicated by him, although for the most part, he does not seem to misinterpret them. This results in the climax of most episodes, like how his introduction of pronouns end up with greediness from his part (Inggoistic). His sub-par English ends up in some of the humorous moments of the show, like how he gets dumbfounded when English plays another trick on him, or becomes inconsistent again (Keep It Up). And even after learning it, it often ends in awkwardness or slight confusion among others (like how he says 'To build, or rebuild' in the eponymous episode). In later episodes dealing with more complicated topics, such as telling a story (The Gift), he explains topics well, even though Karen needs to check from time to time.

As a farmer, he has tons of responsibilities, and his adolescent-turned-adulthood age clashes with his playful side, like his 'snake gag', where he scares Karen with her ophidiophobia. Nevertheless, his truthful side wins throughout the series, since Eskwela ng Bayan's motifs include very idealized situations based around the Philippines.

English Proficiency
The show centers around his poor or sub-par English skills, which Karen tries to counteract. He is not as trustworthy as her when it comes to remembering (Do You Know the Way to Mang Jose's?), even in other lessons, like how you can compare Ready, Set, Ing-GO and Slay the Dragon with his confusion over the expression 'break a leg'.

However, while the concise and official list of episodes are not listed by PTV/NBN, there are times where difficult or more intermediate topics such as title-making (The Gift) are expressed solely by Inggo alone. Since there are two episodes that deal with prefixes (To Build or Rebuild and Inggo on Wheels) and that the style of the former sticks out, we can assume that is first chronologically.

Karen
It is unknown how they met, or whether or not Inggo bought her, given that Karen should be below him, but throughout the show, Inggo makes Karen as his best friend, showing his loyalty to the carabao. However, due to his slight symptoms of immatureness, he can argue a bit, like how he regretted messing up the stocks (Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right). Despite this, he is often willing to collaborate with her, and knows that in his viewpoint, when they hang out, it is more of a learning experience.

Inggo is shown to really care about her, like how he is geniunely worried that the carabao-napper will eventually get her, although one of the nappers gets caught in the end. While most of the time, Karen barges in Inggo's work area, there are times where the vice versa is the case, like how in Tractor's World, he cries in front of her, but she misinterprets this as being replaced.

Aling Auring
Being his mother, he treats her with respect, most of the time, since he easily gets persuaded to do otherwise. In the episode With a Smile, he becomes less reliable in terms of chores, and instead idles around. He changes his ways shortly after, given his positive work-enforced attitude. In the same episode, when Auring has a sore back, he asks her to rest while he does all the work.

The kids
Most of the time, the kids act as a medium for being more intelligent than Inggo when Karen gives him a lesson, but Inggo is shown to have a kuya-like attitude to them, even to the point where he defends them from a suspected carabao-napper (Your Turn, My Turn) and when he tries to resolve Kokoy and Tintin's dilemma through kind means (Inggo Tells a Story).

Trivia

 * In 'Fill Out the Blanks', it is revealed his full name is Domingo Dimagiba, and is of 18 years of age, which makes him the only character with a known age.
 * He was born on June 24, 2002, making him a Cancer.
 * Inggo gets the most screentime in the show, considering how some episodes have Karen as a minor role (for example, in Your Turn, My Turn!, where she has no choice but to follow the curfew.
 * He is also one of the two characters that sing in the intermissions, the other one being Karen, in her 'Word Detective' skit.
 * He plans of building his own school, with Karen as the school principal.