Baboy Scouts (a spoof of Boy Scouts) is an adventure story arc of the Philippine comic strip series Pugad Baboy, created by Pol Medina Jr. and originally published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This particular story arc lasts 25 strips long. In 1992, the story arc was reprinted in Pugad Baboy 3, the third book compilation of the comic strip series.
Baboy Scouts Utoy, Paltik and Joma go on a camping trip with their un-named Scoutmaster, who instructs them in the finer points of woodcraft (or at least tries to), such as the use of wide plant leaves as protection from rain, using a magnifying glass to start a fire and of course, knot tying.
This particular adventure showcases the different gadgets used and talents of the three Baboy Scouts, which they use in subsequent story arcs of the strip. Utoy possesses an extraordinary Swiss knife which features among other tools, a hair brush, toothbrush, slingshot, racquet, frying pan, refrigerator, umbrella, hammer, tv set, a Nintendo gaming platform and an All-terrain vehicle. Joma turns his tent into a camouflaged foxhole. Not content with starting a camp fire using a magnifying lens, Paltik uses a flame thrower; he also sets man-catching traps around his tent (he catches the Scout Master).
In the midst of all these hilarious activities, a band of Amazons capture the Scoutmaster for the purpose of having him impregnate their Queen, after which he would be thrown into a volcano as a sacrifice. He attempts to resist the Amazons; first exhibiting his alleged skill in Kung Fu, but finally admitting that he is "gay" and that it would be impossible for him to do as the Amazons want. Rescue appears in the form of Polgas in the guise of a canine version of Conan the Barbarian, albeit shorter. He urinates on the Amazons' feet and they flee in terror. Everyone bolts and escapes the vicinity, afraid that the Amazons might return. They get lost in the woods in the process. They finally stray near the training camp of a band of NPA rebels. Joma, whose father Noli is a member of the band, introduces the Scoutmaster to the camp's commander who sends them all down the mountain back home to Pugad Baboy.
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