Besides Flavio's love interest, supporting characters in the series include a boy sidekick and an old hermit-like adviser. For example, in the first film adaptation "Ang Panday", there is a boy named Lando (portrayed by Bentot Jr.) that serves as Flavio's buddy and an old man named Tata Temyong (played by Lito Anzures) that serves as Panday's adviser. Panday's initial enemies are ordinary bandits, criminals and even Spanish soldiers and then later he battles supernatural beings including witches, ghosts, flesh-eating beasts and demons. His archnemesis is demon prince Lizardo.