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*Tonyong Bayawak*
Tonyong Bayawak
Genre	Action; Fantasy; Thriller;
Based on	Tonyong Bayawak (1979); by Jose Yandoc
Written by	Honey Hidalgo; Dindo Perez; Shugo Praico;
Directed by	Jon Red; Dondon S. Santos;
Starring	Coco Martin
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	Emilio E. Siojo
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Dreamscape Entertainment Television ; CCM Creatives
Original release
Network	ABS-CBN
Release	March 6 –; May 29, 2010
Related
	Pepeng Agimat; Elias Paniki;

Tonyong Bawayak (lit. 'Tonyo the Water monitor') is a Philippine television drama fantasy series broadcast by ABS-CBN. This series is based on the 1979 Philippine film at the same title, the series is the third installment of Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla. Director by Jon Red and Dondon S. Santos, it stars Coco Martin. It aired on the network's Yes Weekend! line up from March 6, 2010 to May 29, 2010, replacing Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla: Pepeng Agimat and was replaced by Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla: Elias Paniki.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Overview

1979 film

Agimat: Ang mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla presents Tonyong Bayawak is a TV adaptation of the 1979 film Tonyong Bayawak ("Tonyo the Lizard") which starred Ramon Revilla Sr. as the titular Tonyong Bayawak. In the film, Tonyo gains invincibility after killing a golden wild boar in the forest which also rendered him cursed, as his head transforms into that of a wild boar whenever he gets enraged.^[5]

It also starred Boots Anson-Roa, Rosemarie Gil, and Paquito Diaz. The film was directed by Jose Yandoc.

Plot

Tonyo Dela Cruz (Coco Martin) is a responsible father who hunts monitor lizards for a living. One night, he was out hunting when he saw a band of men sexually assaulting a woman. He tries his best to save the woman, and the woman manages to escape but Tonyo gets stabbed to death by the assailants. They then dispose of Tonyo's body in the river, thinking he was already dead. Just then, a fairy appeared and granted a privilege to Tonyo that changed his life forever - the fairy chose him to take possession of the Agimat (amulet). The trinket took the form of a belt buckle that gives him the abilities and instincts of a monitor lizard (bayawak), transforming his arms into a reptilian's and granting him superhuman abilities. He then takes revenge on the men by slaughtering them one-by-one.

Tonyo's wife Maring was assaulted by the same syndicate Tonyo encountered in the forest, she was sexually assaulted by the leader and her skull accidentally crushed. Tonyo, after finding out about this, gets enraged and tries his best to track down the syndicate responsible for his wife's death.