Was Johnny Bravo ACTUALLY Made For Kids?

For many people that grew up watching Johnny Bravo, we think of this Macho Ladies Man in a fondly nostalgic way. But looking back on Johnny Bravo as a whole, the question that must be answered is, Who Was This Made For? Through the lens of modern media, it seems a character like this would never get made today, but are most people misunderstanding Johnny Bravo and his purpose within the show?
#JohnnyBravo #CartoonNetwork #Nerdstalgic
Written by Katie Congrove
Edited by Nick Murphy

[@Nerdstalgic]

What other kid shows were not REALLY made for kids?

[@susear5939]

Ed, Edd n Eddy was clearly made for young adults, people in their late teens.

[@DrRESHES]

City Hunter

[@Jabberwockybird]

Animaniacs? Striperella. Jk

[@jonasquinn7977]

Totally Spies, that was a fetish machine

[@xblade149]

@@DrRESHES city hunter is targeted to teens and young adults between the ages of 13 to 19 that's doesn't count .

[@RanOutOfSpac]

“A lady doctor? Has science come this far?!” That freaking killed me.

[@pierredeuj3593]

pretty based

[@tathnousoxide9707]

That hits hard now (im looking at you jodie)

[@torterrapin4719]

For once I can actually use the LOL and not be lying.

[@AQWguy]

@@torterrapin4719 same here, I was surprised by how much that got me

[@desoulate4765]

😂 oh shit haha

[@cassius573]

For a guy that gets rejected that much, his confidence and self-esteem are legendary.

[@cybremystica93]

That’s what being delusional does to someone, as he never experienced any character growth 😅. But I agree.

[@LordRaiden]

I belive the creators said that he's actually somewhat successful and gets laid from time to time, but it's much funnier to only focus on his failed attempts.

[@SpinoRexy733]

@@LordRaiden So he has a reason to be confident to some extent, getting wins every now and then is enough to keep people in general going.

[@NBAfan679]

@@cybremystica93 of course a girl would say that. Most guys never get that level of confidence in a lifetime.

[@Britta_no_filter]

Narcissism will do that 😂

[@DonPeyote420]

I think you left out one detail: Johnny, despite his macho facade, is living with his mother and is constantly broke. Like Sterling Archer from the Archer series, he's a deconstruction of the male hero protagonist.

[@lfreece2]

You're a dissolution of whatever manhood had been capable of rising to .

[@awill3454]

It’s mentioned in the video that he lives with his mom

[@5mviews69]

He wa 17 tho

[@silentj624]

@@5mviews69 he's a teenager?!

[@vassilyvodka2638]

@@silentj624 he's basically a Jojo character in a American cartoon

[@LinkRocks]

It's so funny how muscular he is in the upper body, yet seems to get beat up a lot by people who are way smaller than him. I love this show.

[@lukewright9031]

In reality a lot of bodybuilders are like that. Being buff doesn't necessarily mean one is athletic.

[@cjpatz]

We actually reference him to guys who skip leg day.

[@denny414]

@@justawesome275 no

[@senaya]

Muscular men from the gym don't necessarily know how to fight unless they also do some sort of martial arts training.

[@Skolkostoitsamolet]

@@lukewright9031 that if you compare them to a martial artists. For normal people they are pretty strong and often even have better stamina.

[@Vivi_9]

"Don't worry I don't bite" "Does SHE?!" Fucking legendary lmao

[@MyViolador]

ironically lots of people want to smash Velma now

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

@@MyViolador yeah no kidding. It probably thanks to the live action Scooby Doo movie we're she was made pretty hot in which case we all saw what has a lot of potential

[@cobaltundead]

When we were young, we liked daphne for looks. Now? Velma for her personally or other things

[@zinbx]

LMAO

[@willdill4987]

Dude that one line made me wanna watch this episode again 🤣

[@sabahaddinzaim]

As a kid I didn't truly understand Johnny Bravo but it was one of those shows I loved. I think it is at least an iconic show even if it has flaws or no growth in characters or arcs whatsoever because simply it doesn't need it. That's why it can be continuous and what makes it unique. It works without a huge plot, it works with the goofball of a main character just doing what he does.

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

What's not to understand 🤔

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

@@blackguyofthesouth2161 exactly

[@eksortso]

@Shin Shaman Well, take a look at Nerdstalgic's first Phineas and Ferb video. There was a show with a consistent style and theme (and production staff) where nobody changed all that much. And it worked surprisingly well, even with new movies and stories. Johnny Bravo was just as static and worked just as well. Heck, he was way more popular overseas, even.

[@yusukeelric]

I did. because i knew adults that were narcissist manchilds like him. And i completely understood the point of the character. i was 10

[@dcbandit]

Ditto. I was too young to really understand what Johnny was doing wrong, I just thought his failures were hilarious. Most of every reference went straight over my head. I remember the show fondly for the "Hey baby", doing the monkey, and the snappy poses.

[@AConnorDN38416]

The Sensitive Man episode actually took things a step further but revealing at the end that the guy trying to teach Jonny how to get women was an asshole too, because his whole sensitivity routine was just a strategy to get laid rather than sincere respect. In the end, he was called out for being a pick up artist and shown to be even more loathsome than Johnny’s hyper masculine baffoonery.

[@freddiesimmons1394]

At least johnny is honest

[@Deathkill06]

Johnny Bravo was way ahead of it's time imo

[@matthiasmatsson2690]

Nice guy syndrome.

[@pinoyanime2412]

As a kid who grew up in the 2000's, I enjoyed watching Johnny Bravo. I still watched it from time to time with other shows I've grew up with.

[@Littlevampiregirl100]

same. i think even as a kid you get the premise of the show. the guy is funny, good looking, but so obnoxious that no one tolerates him. i think they also got it across well enough that the women were most often above him, smarter than him, from the looks of their professions and demeanor. so you could laugh along as a kid even if you did not get all the details

[@riskvideos]

Same. Now that we're adults, there's another layer of these cartoons to enjoy that we missed as kids. Most importantly, the jokes and references.

[@DacLMK]

Same. Born in 1999, I used to watch Johnny Bravo on Cartoon Network a lot, along with the other great shows from the time.

[@alvallac2171]

*2000s *I grew (also, I've = contraction of "I haVE," which goes with "grown" not "grew," but "have grown" isn't the right verb tense in this case)

[@SAFIS448]

Same

[@jonahromero7476]

Ed, Edd, n Eddy and Johnny Bravo both rely on the same humor of "It's Always Sunny" for kids. You get characters who never change, bother the people around them, are idiots, and you laugh at them failing but love to see them on screen. You kinda want them to win, but you know they don't deserve it.

[@LilySaintSin]

I think the gang from it's always sunny has changed a bit though.

[@LilySaintSin]

@@Aether-Entropy I think that's latest seasons are good. Especially season 15.

[@nefwaenre]

Exactly!! Very well said! This is why i loved both of these shows so much. It appealed in such a manner that others didn't. Like, i never rooted for them, but just loved them being goofballs. That's the beauty of it. Much like Doof.

[@jonahromero7476]

@@LilySaintSin I guess to be more specific, "They don't improve"

[@MagicTurtle643]

Agreed, although I remember Double D being very redeemable. I could be wrong though.

[@dr.badguyreviews6785]

Fun fact, Johnny Bravo is HUGE in india. They even commissioned their own TV movie several years after its cancellation, called "Johnny Bravo goes to Bollywood".

[@abrahamhashimi4747]

I have to see this.

[@AbeM.]

Ah so that's why he had that movie!

[@littlebaldedone]

I remember that movie, I forgot the plot, but I did remember enjoying it

[@juliusnepos6013]

@@AbeM. oh, now I know

[@jadeknowsbest1674]

OMG I have to find this right freaking now. That sounds like nothing I've ever seen before and I want it.

[@AntimatePcCustom]

"A woman doctor?! Has science really got that far?!" Got me laughing 🤣

[@amied7361]

Johnny isn’t that bad, Johnny actually moves on when he gets reject and learns from his mistakes

[@BootstrapsBootstraps]

He moves on, yes, but he does not learn from his mistakes ;)

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

he doesn't learn from his mistakes...

[@alvallac2171]

*bad. Johnny *gets rejected *mistakes.

[@kimberlyoldschool]

My husband and I started watching this show in the early 2000’s, when we were both in our 30’s, and we both wondered what kind of kid this show was for? 😂 Now we’re in our 50’s, and my husband will still do the Johnny dance when he sees an opportunity…

[@iruga7379]

If i ever see your husband do the dance i will ask if i can join him hahaah...and im 32 yo.

[@MrGrimjaw]

Loved johnny bravo

[@rmglover3191]

52, here. "Do the monkey with me!"

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@iruga7379 33 and I'm right there with ya!

[@Jake_7978]

You married the right guy lmfao

[@DiegoRodriguez-kq5hw]

If I remember right, which I might not at the end of the episode that the guy teaches Johnny about respect, Johnny finds out that the guy was really just manipulating women. So then Johnny sticks up for women and says that while he loves them and wants a date, he would never be deceptive to get them.

[@darkness21princess]

Yes. The person who wrote this never saw the show. For the point the were making the best episode would have been the one we're Johnny becomes a woman. I don't think the writer at Nerdstalgic did his research for this one and definitely he never saw the show.

[@saigotheanimator1098]

What episode

[@saigotheanimator1098]

What episode

[@hyperx72]

@@darkness21princess Or could've just missed that episode

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@hyperx72 which basically means he missed a vital point and thus had a biased perspective. Ergo the conclusion is null and void.

[@macsnafu]

Johnny Bravo may not have been all that profound, but he always made me laugh. As an adult, of course. I grew up in the 70s.

[@TheBlueGoldenHawk]

I remember my dad also liked watching it when it was on TV in the late 90s/early 2000s

[@dsxa918]

That kind of helps me understand it, youre saying that. I'm watching this, seeing what bothered me about the show, even as a child. I reasoned that it was the narcissim that bothered me, quickly, but it also might have been too ironic for my comprehension of entertainment. Something that's almost captivated me as I've grown up, is identifying in my childhood -self, what I was rejecting when I chose to watch or not watch some shows. The lack of character development would have bothered me.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

exactly, it has merit, even if not much. but that's totally ok!

[@parodysam]

A lot of animated shows were made for families. They were intended to have a mix of stuff for both adults _and_ kids.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

but this one almost only has adult stuff

[@l.4165]

What’s a family

[@Blaze-zm7zt]

how?@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447

[@garteroid8892]

​@@l.4165 idk

[@DigitalxGamer]

While it’s true that shows like Gravity Falls are great, not every show needs to be deep, complex or have copious amounts of character development to be good. In fact, I’m kind of finding myself longing for simpler shows these days, where continuity isn’t really relevant

[@_Shay_]

Honestly gravity falls type shows just started in the last 5 years. There are still way more shows that are like SpongeBob where there’s no big over arching plot. Like Gumball, Regular Show, phineas and ferb, like the first half of adventure time and countless more.

[@venturatheace1]

Agreed

[@rhammer6068]

@@_Shay_ I still love how Adventure Time started that way to give us a good feel for the characters, then eventually started adding in character development as time went on

[@justjess6636]

I like story driven shows, but I also like dumb goofy stuff like Chowder. (Well, the jokes aren't really dumb though, but you get the idea.) I watched Chowder and Avatar The Last Airbender pretty much the same amount. (and a bunch of others, of course)

[@justjess6636]

@@rhammer6068 I really liked that show because it revealed everything kind of slowly, and it almost felt like you had to "figure" it out before they leaned straight into it.

[@De_La_Soto]

Favorite Johnny Bravo moment: The episode where he goes to jail, but he gets sent to the female prison because they thought he was a woman. And when the female inmates find out he's a man, they start making "appointments" with him 😂

[@Player-re9mo]

I don't remember that episode. How could they mistake Johnny of all people for a woman? 😂

[@EkoBahamut]

@@Player-re9mo you have to know that the show is not meant to be taken seriously... His name was misspelled so it sounded something like Jeanie, so they put him in a female prison for that

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

OP is 100% correct Jailbird Johnny Season 2 Episode 5b They do in fact start making appointments with him when they realize he is the only man in their vicinity. Damn.

[@_Shay_]

@@HotDogTimeMachine385 does appointments mean what I think it means?

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

@@_Shay_ I think that's where they were going yes. The ladies become veeeeeery excited when they hear there's a man inside prison with them.

[@zoe6174]

I am a girl and i find Johnny really fun, i love to watch it, and really wished that he could get a girlfriend at the end. Idk why so many people are problematic about this cartoon.

[@anotherrandomguy8871]

I didn’t fully watch it but judging by how goofy yet more adult (and funny) the show seems, I think that this show just wasn’t meant to be taken seriously at all and just wanted to be funny and charming, but then people did the complete opposite of not taking the show seriously and then called it problematic.

[@cunningflop]

wokeness

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Johnny voice: Hey baby... I'm not sorry

[@jacquesfromguat2077]

I can tell you as a guy, a lot of times we just feel like Johnny.

[@denny414]

The way hes so self absorbed i doubt you'd have a healthy relationship with someone like him in real life..

[@vmaninc.761]

He truly was a misunderstood character he may have been a big lughead but he had a heart of gold that the girl his little friend and his mother saw he just was in serious need to be taught how to talk to women and treat them the way he treats his mother!😁😉👍🔥💯

[@griffinmaxwell789]

Absolutely loved this show as a kid. My family and I still watch the Christmas special every year. Looking back though, JB should have 100% been on Adult Swim had it been around when it first aired.

[@yusukeelric]

It would have tanked. The point of Johnny was to be a cautionary tale punching bag for kids. Adults would get tired of johnny fast.

[@MrZer093]

@@yusukeelric I dunno. Remember that the show was packed with 70s pop culture references too. This was also the start of the era of “adults liking children’s shows too” after shows started having more, uh, “interesting” content after The Simpsons became massively popular. Other animated shows followed suit, even ones for kids, and some adults liked it. I mean, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law was one of the first shows on Adult Swim and it succeeded even with a stupid protagonist that never really changed. His antics were funny and it was filled with Hanna Barbera references (with a bonus by making the references more adult in nature like outright saying Shaggy and Scooby are always high). But it’s tough to argue hypotheticals because well, they’re only hypothetical.

[@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323]

@@MrZer093 I mean, Velma claimed Shaggy and Scooby weren't high, they were just stupid... yes, i know the whole case was based around marijuana, but the Mistery Inc. insisted they didn't really take drugs, even when they had no obligation to...

[@brettmastema7056]

I think the show would have been even better had it been made for an older audience, although would it have been as successful? Adult cartoons need a longer story and have fewer episodes where they get treated like 30 min comedies. I am grateful for what the show was and that there are people that still get a kick out of it besides me. I think it's one of the only cartoons I will still turn on that was made for kids.

[@korab.23]

Was just thinking the same. I think it narrowly avoided it because of his mom and Susie... and his lack of success!🤣

[@DatsVatSheSaid]

The thing people didn't get is the positive trait about Johnny: he genuinely adores women. Yeah, he's a creep but I don't think he's ever said anything bad about any woman ever.

[@Hakajin]

Yeah, like in that one clip, he's surprised to see a woman doctor, but he's definitely not upset about it. He doesn't know how to take a hint, but at the same time, he doesn't get bitter toward women who reject him. What makes it work is that Johnny means well... He just don't know how to act.

[@dragons_hook]

Yeah Johnny is definitely not misogynistic. I was surprised to see that was put in the intro.

[@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323]

I mean, he has said some sexist stuff on some occasions, but i still don't think he is a genuinely bad person...

[@iBloodxHunter]

@@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323 Chauvanism =/= Misogyny

[@ad2094]

@@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323 you're making an attribution error, that because sexism is bad and Johnny does sexist things, he's bad. Our society is sexist, most people start there and unlearn to varying degrees if they work at it. Johnny Bravo is a show about a guy that sees every woman as a potential sexual partner and badgers them till they harm him in a "funny" way. He doesn't see the women as individuals and he is constantly harassing women, but because he's "likeable" and the women beat him up, the harassment is just skedaddled over. That's a pretty common trope in anime as well. People focus on the likeability of the male character and downplay his actions to the female characters, who we always see through their lens as a potential sexual partner.

[@serpert8311]

I feel like everyone is missing an important bit, Johnny's dad is never mentioned or even shown. He lives with his mom and is a complete mama's boy, and was probably had to learn how to get chick's, considering he went from a skinny dude to a muscle bound "hunk", it makes alot of sense why he is the way he is. If I remember correctly, the creator said he hookups frequently off screen, he just sucks at getting dates.

[@KevvoLightswift]

The creator actually said that he gets plenty of dates, but those don't make for funny episodes.

[@TheRealVorynDagoth]

​@@KevvoLightswift I'm glad that he got some dates

[@fluidthought42]

​@@KevvoLightswift Yeah, watching Johnny be ditched mid-date for a lame excuse or just straight up ghosted isn't exactly a dynamic episode.

[@brare45996]

Where did the creator say that?

[@alvallac2171]

*chicks (plural non-possessive) chick's = singular possessive (or a contraction of "chick is/has") Apostrophes are for contractions and possessive nouns, not for pluralizing. *a lot Two words, not one. Think of it like this: a few, a little, a bunch, a _whole_ bunch, a lot, a _whole_ lot. *hooks up (verb phrase) hookups = plural noun *screen. He (to fix your comma splice run-on)

[@achannelforeducationandgam2596]

The most confident cartoon on the planet. He had a positive attitude. Hilarious show. Please dont ruin it for us.

[@sirfizz6518]

This doesn't ruin anything lol... it's actually very much positive

[@paolaalmazan6441]

Here, let me correct it: Please, Mindy Kaling, don't ruin it for us.

[@jerkoardalic]

If Jonny Bravo was made today as a spin-off, the poor dude would probably end up as a simping cuck.

[@denny414]

@@paolaalmazan6441 I heard The shrew is going after powerpuff girls next

[@TomboyGamerGal]

@@denny414 She better not...

[@199NickYT]

Johnny Bravo is definitely one for the "you missed the entire point by idolizing them" compilations

[@mrpizzacat8273]

I believe you can respect him never giving up. And like the guy, I sure did. But looking at Johnny and wanting to imitate him is a no go.

[@199NickYT]

@@mrpizzacat8273 I think there's a clear difference between just liking a character and full-on idolizing them.

[@mrpizzacat8273]

@@199NickYT that’s true. Johnny isn’t someone you should idolise

[@Icewind007]

This was still from a time where cartoons didn't have to emulate "good" people. They were silly and they knew it. They had questionable actions, and kids are supposed to pick up on that. That is, until idiot boomers came out and thought their kids were idiots, so they spoon fed their kids the "ideal" world in cartoons and hamstrung their now ignorant kids for life.

[@dwaynehicks3867]

That's what makes it for kids, adults don't think like Johnny, he is what a child think a suave man is

[@1sdani]

I think one big part of what makes Johnny Bravo work is that Johnny is, when it comes down to it, someone who looks to what society says is "cool" for advice in living his life, thinking that if he does what the "cool" person always does in the movies and shows, he'd be happy. In doing so, Johnny not only alienates himself from those who might grow to like him, but also pushes away the few friends he does have in fear of society's warnings about "lame" people coming true, be it his kid neighbor, his nerdy peer, his loving mother, or the old man who runs his local diner.

[@yusukeelric]

Johnny is aljmost like a jab at shows that try to teach kids a lesson by making the character learn a lesson at the end of the episode, wich by the 90's was getting old and sometimes obnoxious. Johhny instead was hilarious because the kids still get the lesson in a very subtle way, but Johnny never does. Sometimes he seems like he's about to learn something but goes back to his dumb self.

[@AmeliaOak]

@@yusukeelric exactly, he is just too stupid to learn a lesson.

[@alfsmith4936]

Almost like an unsuccessful Donald Trump.. (I'm not American so don't jump on me like I give two hoots about it, anyone who supports his politics, you funny people.. :P )

[@fitforfreelance]

I think Johnny Bravo was about confidence to repeatedly fail and never quit. He always thought he had a chance and never disqualified himself. Green Eggs and Ham vibes. Maybe even a factor in my entrepreneurial resilience

[@HeavyMedal]

The whole base concept of series is all wrong because what Johnny was doing were all the right things to get a woman in the real life and the opposite what Sheldon the teacher in “sincere” was teaching to Johnny were all the wrongs because Sheldon’s teachings were about manipulating the women by being a nice guy and believe me it won’t work in the real life and you can’t deceive a woman into a one night stand nor into a relationship by manipulations because women are the social experts of human kind, words, attitudes and all the other social cues are basically women’s business in life opposite of a man’s rational logic. So you got to be open, honest and direct to any woman with your intentions with a confident and reckless attitude, all women love this type of interactions with a man especially with a masculine man despite what they tell in main media. This tv series basically made to make children feminine and weak by teaching them the right acts and moves as bad with some unwanted bad results. This isn’t the only show have been created to wash children’s brain that time and it still happens, they still wash young men’s brains with movies and series. In conclusion; that is the most precise and guaranteed way of getting woman what Johnny was doing but in the show they made it look like the wrong way and deceived people and by this way they deluded people into a very much wrong and opposite concept of mating and romanticism.

[@comfortme]

@@HeavyMedalt he was going about it in the wrong way.. he is self absorbed and lacks respect for personal boundaries, which is usually what lands him a rejection in the show. you’re right about being direct about what you want, and johnny is, he’s just disrespectful. i think it’s good that they punish him for it. what would this show teach kids if he was always rewarded for treating women like a piece of meat? i mean if you’ve watched the show you could see that a lot of the time he does something to deserve rejection. there is literally a line where he asks to see what’s under a lady’s clothes, as well as going up to strangers and kissing them. i don’t know about you man but i think whatever message they were sending was a lot better than approving of that. it’s also very assuming to think that the message loud and clear was to be a nice guy. as a kid watching this i always thought that he was punished for being disrespectful, not for wanting to bone.

[@tanker00v25]

​​@@HeavyMedalI love how much you generalize and pull easily disprovable shit out of your ass

[@luckynhlanhlatshabalala2475]

Sheldon J Plankton

[@xxMpEGxx]

​@@HeavyMedalFirst of all: women can be deceived by men, who act and play nice. Second: its just a cartoon about a macho and the hilarious situations he ends up with. Its not some deep social commentary.

[@hishamhilal8332]

The fact that this probably wouldn't have been aired today makes feel privileged to have actually been able to watch it as a kid

[@shaunorbin1121]

"The Sensitive Male", referenced here, kinda undermines the entire point of Johnny's character. He wants women, frequently hits on women, but does not think of them as playthings or less than. After the last song, when the 'sincere' man is found out as manipulative, Johnny himself closes the short by saying "What a jerk." He wants women, yes. But he will accept what they say to a date. Why do we like him? Not because he's a 'lovable loser', which he is, but that at his heart he's actually a good person. If anything, Johnny Bravo makes an excellent case for both strong women and consent.

[@Lekiamh]

You are correct, though that doesn't undermine Johnny's character, I'd say it strengthens it. Johnny is a caricature of the "alpha male," physically strong and imposing, always assertive and undaunted when met with resistance. He appeals to young guys' understanding of sexuality, while he always is made to fail the persistence he shows is admirable. There is another layer to the show which wasn't really mentioned in this video, in that the women are always shown to be lean, fit, in well to do careers, and never going for the "alpha" male like Johnny, when of course the reality of our world is that a lot of girls do chase the Johnny's of this world. It adds to the hilarity of Johnny always getting rejected, he's failing where any other guy would succeed most of the time.

[@HeavyMedal]

The whole base concept of series is all wrong because what Johnny was doing were all the right things to get a woman in the real life and the opposite what Sheldon the teacher in “sincere” was teaching to Johnny were all the wrongs because Sheldon’s teachings were about manipulating the women by being a nice guy and believe me it won’t work in the real life and you can’t deceive a woman into a one night stand nor into a relationship by manipulations because women are the social experts of human kind, words, attitudes and all the other social cues are basically women’s business in life opposite of a man’s rational logic. So you got to be open, honest and direct to any woman with your intentions with a confident and reckless attitude, all women love this type of interactions with a man especially with a masculine man despite what they tell in main media. This tv series basically made to make children feminine and weak by teaching them the right acts and moves as bad with some unwanted bad results. This isn’t the only show have been created to wash children’s brain that time and it still happens, they still wash young men’s brains with movies and series. In conclusion; that is the most precise and guaranteed way of getting woman what Johnny was doing but in the show they made it look like the wrong way and deceived people and by this way they deluded people into a very much wrong and opposite concept of mating and romanticism.

[@squotty_patty4478]

@@HeavyMedal well, apart of the thing that Johnny was acting narcisitic and self-centered, not listening to women and keep on blabing about himself, you might be right. Being masculine and confident might be a key to get a womans heart, especially being honest. But when it comes to Johnny, we have to look a bit deeper. He was raised without a father, and his mom was overprotective, and that made a giant impact on him. His kind of father figure was his friend barman Pops, but his main source of male model were mainstream medias and teen papers. He is meant to be a caricatural representation of a macho, who's big and strong, but dumb. But when you look closer, there was noone to raise him properly. In the episodes he is a dumb, funny character, but in the end he's just a lost kid who doesn't know other life, still living with his mother might not be a bad thing, what's bad is her being overprotective over him, even tho he's a young adult.

[@HeavyMedal]

@@squotty_patty4478 yeah, apart being narcissistic and self-centered and not listening to woman you are right on points being fatherless and living with an overprotective mother. Women love narcissistic, self-centered reckless and funny men, you must be a narcissistic and self-centered and reckless until your woman commits herself to you emotionally and physically or else no woman will commit herself to you. After her commitment then you can lower your defenses. This is one of the main rules to success with women. I am talking with experience btw.

[@squotty_patty4478]

@@HeavyMedal guess that's it for me then, cause I'm not really self centered and especially not narcissistic, it's hard to be when you don't even like yourself XD

[@ElSelcho77]

I was 18 years old when my parents got a satelite dish that could receive british free tv (were living in germany at the time). I loved this! Not as much as Dexters Lab, though (still have the VHS with most of the episodes). Thanks for the upload, hubbahubba.

[@WardancerHB]

exact same story here! Ein Bruder im Geiste :-)

[@xm26legend31]

One of the things that I learned as a kid is that I guess in life theirs a thing as " she is out of your league " but watching him just pursue no matter who they r or what background has actually influenced me into being confident in those that I like and was willing to give it a shot. I knew it was a cartoon but that's what I saw is just a man who loved his mother and was determined to find the one. Even Jonny had his down moment but that never stopped him and either should any of us. For johnny being a cartoon the thing he taught any of us is to not to be afraid. That's my look on it.

[@joshuaB.Nicholas]

Facts I learned as well back in the day as well I did the same thing.

[@davyheijlands1956]

This show is a true gem and I loved it as teenager. The fact the show portrayed how Elvis would fair in the '90 made it even more special

[@cjweezil5206]

If I had a nickel for every time Johnny Bravo hooked up with an animal, I'd have like 10 cents. It's not a lot of money, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@Hamantha]

It’s always a good day when you get to quote Doof

[@RetroFan2.0]

Ah yes the Antelope, Moose, werewolfess, and the island of dr Moreau episodes 😂

[@redsteel1151]

It's weird how constant and relevant this joke seems to be.

[@redakdal]

its weird that the only types of females he was able to get to like him were animals. though I watched JB a lot as a kid, and while johnny never really got with a women, there was one or two girl (besides animals ) that did genuinely like him, but sadly it didn't last long because of one reason or another.

[@Diet_Black]

According to the narrator Johnny never went on a date.

[@broodjebamibal]

Johnny Bravo lived with his mom and his best friend is a young girl. The joke is clearly on him almost all the time.

[@Cooper_246]

Why do you keep saying he's a misogynist? He doesn't hate women, he's trying to date one.

[@gibusspy5544]

Dude, I remember watching this as a kid before school. Nostalgic AF. I feel like Johnny Bravo was meant to be for some sort of Adult Swim prototype that CN delayed for some reason (considering there was only a 5 year gap) and Bravo was rebranded as a kids show

[@AlexR2648]

The total lack of development is also fitting for the 70s aesthetic, since shows back then were designed to be shown out of order in syndication.

[@redrobins731]

Y’all speak on these cartoons as if they were 100 years ago lol until the past decade or so, most kids cartoons were episodic and not meant to show much in the way of development. It was just about watching established personalities get thrown in various wacky scenarios.

[@apaintbrush.]

@@redrobins731 the 70s were 52 years ago. Historians wait 20ish years before classifying/studying an era.

[@Hayden-tx7jh]

I think the beauty of the show is that it encompasses the full contradiction of its character - Johnny isn’t right in his treatment of women, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a woman in real life say they hated the show because of Johnny. He’s lovable because he’s never malicious, only desperate for love itself, and keeps embodying an attitude towards love that has no basis in reality. People love him because they pity him. He loves and respects women, but his words never match that, and seeing him fail because of the divide there is a very relatable conflict. I think there was just enough of the show to explore this kind of static character. Add any more seasons and it runs the risk of growing stale, or fundamentally altering him to allow the finale of his character arc.

[@yusukeelric]

he's a gold hearted manchild. And some women like that kind of guy, even in the show (the spy woman who had to wipe Johnny's head,)

[@JHawk99]

This is a really brilliant way of putting it. To me, Johnny embodies the struggle to find connection in a world that increasingly isolates us from eachother, I think this context is especially relevant since the show’s heyday was the 90s and 2000s; when the internet really began to shape our world. Johnny educates by negative example, but he’s also a really cathartic caricature of a really specific, masculine fear: “what if by being ‘assertive’ I’m really just being a jerk?” Johnny’s problems are really relatable, even if the way he goes about solving them is exaggerated and misguided. It actually reminds me a lot about the Steven Universe episode where the cool kids take Steven and Lars on a car ride and we see that they’re all really nice, people just think they’re “cool” because they’re laid back, not because they’re aloof.

[@TheLibran1]

You nailed the shows premise so well I suspect you might have been at the pitch meeting.

[@foggyfrogy]

Even today when we see a man trying hard to be someone he isn't to impress the ladies, my parents and me say ,,he's doing the Johnny Bravo!" 😂

[@xamava]

@@JHawk99 why is everyone speaking in italics? why am I speaking in italics?

[@Paschendale2]

I liked Johnny Bravo as a kid in the 90s even if I didn't fully understand what was going on with full context. My biggest memory of the show was that my friend's mom would stop what she was doing and watch it with us. She thought it was funnier than we did.

[@arvindjaq9343]

"Hey judge gorgeous, may I please the court?” As a lawyer I will remember that😂😂

[@spaceamundo9655]

YES! Finally a good channel talking about this misunderstood classic. I love Johnny Bravo, he's a hilarious jerk and someone that could have only been created in the 90s. Yeah, you could argue some things about the show's content, but I don't think it's malicious at all and the whole point of it always ends up being "don't act like this character".

[@yusukeelric]

In most 90's show, the character was the one to learn a lesson at the end of the episode. But In johnny Bravo the kids were the ones to learn by watching Johnny never learn his.

[@LEFT4BASS]

Exactly. Johnny’s actions are never rewarded with a date. He’s not a role model. He’s an example of what not to do.

[@AmeliaOak]

Remember when he gets that exercise machine, and he’s on the beach, and he throws his shirt off? “Off with the wrapper, here’s the candy!” And his muscles look like Mt. Rushmore and everyone is disgusted 😂

[@Castigar48]

Hes an example of WHY YOU NEVER SKIP LEG DAY!!!

[@Sernival]

Well not every cartoon needed a PS a somewhere just stupid for the sake of being stupid and that still applies to Modern cartoons. Although I think it is definitely more common for people to look to cartoons for something deeper because of high school English and because people are spiritually thirsty

[@MkayM254]

Remember how Ed Edd and Eddy finally got jawbreakers and were accepted by the neighborhood kids at the end? Or how Samurai Jack finally went home? Would have been nice to see Johnny Bravo get a girl at the end too.

[@JulianimeIsAmazing]

I think the closest we got to a resolution was in the Santa Claus special where he has to deliver his mom's letter to Santa and by the time he finally makes it and realizes her list is all things Johnny would want and she just wants him to be happy, he has the closest thing to development he ever had, he acts selflessly after having been selfish the entire special and as a result everyone gets a happy ending and I think he even gets a kiss on the cheek from a pretty girl at the end? But that's about it, all Johnny needed was a little growth and perspective.

[@korickarmstrong3468]

Creators of the show have stated that canonically Johnny gets plenty of action, if temporary, the show just displays his failed attempts because thats more funny. I imagine his "successes" are more so just women using him for fun then dumping him.

[@coffeepandacat]

This was a time where parents watched cartoons with their kids for bonding and also to give the kids time to watch. They wanted the parents to be able to pick up on it, while still making it goofy and slapstick for the children. As a kid I did NOT get johnny bravo lol. I didn't understand until looking back at it a couple years ago in my twenties.

[@KrazyKaiser]

"A lady doctor, has science come that far?" To me, that doesn't sound like he's mad about it, it sounds like he's impressed by it.

[@trustmeits610pm2]

Nerdstalgic mentions the School House Rock episode where Johnny gets taught about sensitivity through song... but in that episode he also gets taught about *lying* to women to get what he wants (which is strangely left out of this video.) Johnny will always be an idiot, yet he comes to the surprising conclusion that he can't not be who he is. He refuses to lie to women and pretend to be someone he isn't. Which... actually kind of made me respect him a little. Offensive or not, Johnny is honest with others and himself.

[@KolmCayoz]

Was wondering why Nerdstalgic left that part out. Or why most people seem to forget it🤷🏿‍♂️.

[@iBloodxHunter]

@@KolmCayoz They can't scream "Misogynism!" That way.

[@Ajzan1]

To me, first season of JB was more adult oriented (judging by some jokes) while next ones, where Johnny acted more like a huge child, were for younger viewers. Last season however tried to be mix of both with lot of self-awarnes (genderbend episode for example) and returning classic caracters.

[@yusukeelric]

I believe the change in tone and return to old designs of the last season was because the series were in their last straws, and the writers appealed to the long time fans that by that point were like 10 years older and could get a kick of a slightly more mature tone closer to the first season. even if it was still for kids. Something is for sure, of all CN classics, Johnny got one of the best last seasons, if not the best. I still suffer thiking of what Dexter and Powerpuff girls got for a last season.

[@subutaynoyan5372]

Johnny was created as a mockery of Calvin Klein's imaginations of a man of the time

[@dimwarlock]

It fits, but I don't think the creator has ever say that, I don't think that Johnny's greater purpose is to mock a brand... I think that is a lowest purpose than passing the butter.

[@Ivotas]

This series was better at portraying strong female characters than anything that has been released by Hollywood in the last few years.

[@AshXXMayftw]

This is something I always appreciate about older cartoons I watched growing it. Despite being made for kids, they didn't really treat their audience like kids. They'd sneak in adult jokes or have subtle underlining adult themes. Johnny Bravo though just loved slapping you with that stuff, but I still liked it.

[@yusukeelric]

To me Johnny despite having a slightly mature tone, slipped adult jokes in a more subtle way. I always found Dexter "dads trophy" or PPG " I was also an accident" jokes a little too on the nose, I still laugh , but i admit they were as subtle as a slap to the face.

[@MayhemBryan]

Todays cartoons are all dumbed down for babies , they dont make em like they used to

[@justasimplenobody2666]

There was one episode that actually made me kinda sad cuz he spent the whole valentines day trying to get a date, meanwhile the blind date his mom had set up for him would've actually been the perfect partner for him. And she was, but she ended up being like, a super spy so it just couldn't be..

[@samuraijack0876]

"Momma warned me about women like you. I was hoping she was right." I love this show. 😂

[@jotairpontes]

Johnny’s lines are hilarious, so many great lines.

[@leavemealone802]

I do think it was ahead of it's time, but I argue is a show it needs to be around today too. Of course, with Jonny learning every other episode how to be a more respectful guy. Bc was this show basicly taught to kids was, if a guy over-step a women boundaries and limit, he deserved the consequences (at his case, being beat up) Jonny is a cool guy, he is just doesn't understand why he can't get a date and keeps trying. He is naive, but if this show wasn't periodic, I am sure he would act less like a womanizer, SPECIALLY after the episode he lives as a woman for a day I personally love this Himbo, and I wish we had a faithful remake of him I do have a massive crush on him now, I admit.

[@leavemealone802]

I do agree I didn't got the references, but the point was still made

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

It's weird to imagine Johnny Bravo today. You could make the show identical but hysterical incels would scream that "woke politics" are ruining cartoons "nowadays". This show from 1997 had an actual song telling men to respect women. There would be so much backlash from the people that need to be told this the most.

[@denverarnold6210]

@@HotDogTimeMachine385 I agree. I find there's usually only two reason people are that aggressive and toxic about a media like that: it's either truly that bad and distasteful, or it strikes a chord in people that they don't understand or don't, or can't, accept, for one reason or another. And I personally find it cathartic when it's the latter, and the media succeeds regardless of the undeserved hate.

[@onyourleft5648]

I think a remake of Jonny bravo that leans into being an adult education show where a now married relationship psychiatrist in his 40s Jonny and helps people thru their issues An episode on an incel character who loved Jonny Bravo’s early career in entertainment (where his character was very close to our universe’s) and emulates that idea of masculinity but Jonny shows him the better path So the idea of the remake is to allow the lack of change to be that hate stays the same but people can change. The B plot would be something about Jonny realizing and correcting mistakes he made in his past relating to his own misdeeds So it not only shows the short term solutions to being a shitty asshole but that long term solutions exist and that a better path exists Idk just thoughts but seems cool to me

[@denverarnold6210]

@@onyourleft5648 Do you mean Johnny as the psychologist, or he married a psychologist who turned him into a more model boyfriend?

[@89Firegod]

This show is one of the greats of its time! Hilarious as well!

[@Chillton]

My mom's favorite cartoon and cartoon character. I watched it with her in my mid teens, laughing our asses off and to this day, 23 years later we talk in quotes from our favorite episodes and she still buys me t-shirts with Johnny when she finds some XD

[@lucagaibazzi2157]

I just wanna say I never thought I'd hear someone use the Atomic Ninjas OST in a youtube video but damn did this give me nostalgia

[@justcallmeSheriff]

Feel like I need to rewatch some episodes of Johnny Bravo now. When I was a kid, I think I got the message about how his attitude towards women always backfired. But I didn't connect those women were succeeding in male dominated professions, and were disgusted with his backwards attempts at romance.

[@mrpizzacat8273]

I think some of them could tell Johnny was a good guy at heart but he needed to get out of this mental rut before they’d consider his advances.

[@TheSinisterkelly]

Don't forget the girls he got they were either as crazy as him or he earn their attention

[@GoFidoGo]

Not to disrespectful but I cannot understand how so many people missed this. The show aired from when I was 3 to 10 years old and I absolutely got the point. Granted I missed some of the nuance of the women in male dominated careers, but the overall tone of the show seemed so obvious. There was even an episode (The Sensitive Male) where a short, sweet, balding man attempts to teach Johnny how to now be kind, considerate, and respectful when talking to women; practically spelling it out for Johnny and the audience. (Of course i post this literally seconds before he talks about this episode 🤦‍♂)

[@moonknight4053]

I would kill to hear a bravo soundtrack of him singing elvis songs.

[@yusukeelric]

Something a lot of shows could learn from Johnny is being less preachy and just have fun while giving a good message. shows from before and after Johnny Bravo

[@CocoHutzpah]

I always remember the episode where Johnny finds the lord of time or whatever and keeps dramatically saying it's midnight because the VCR time was never set.

[@SimpleeCece]

90s was the peak for tv shows. Animated and sitcom. What a golden age of media. Nothing made in the 2000s so far compares to it.

[@amphibiansriseup596]

Are you seriously gonna say that and then forget Avatar?

[@supaskiltz9877]

@@amphibiansriseup596 tbf everyone forgets about Avatar, that’s why it’s a cult classic and not just straight up iconic like it deserves to be

[@TuxedoTalk]

Johnny didn't have a Dad to teach him how to be a man or talk to women. He worked on his body but there was no one shaping his mind. It's really a tragic show about modern young men.

[@jacktyler9512]

But still it’s one of the coolest show in Cartoon Network history and better than the shows that we see now in days

[@remigusker6024]

The boomerest of takes.

[@Rallosz]

About “modern young men”? I guarantee you there were plenty of men like this in 70s, 60s, 50, and beyond. And there will continue to be men like this 100 years from now. Don’t be such a boomer.

[@jamesl4721]

Lmfao you overthinking it

[@Criegrrunov]

He worked on his body but clearly skipped Leg day

[@queennecra]

Personally, I love the fan theory, that Johnny Bravo wasn't actually an adult, but a boy without an actual male rolemodel in his life and all had to go on were those "alpha males" he read about in "men's magazines" he managed to snatch, while his misadventures were shown from his highly warped perspective of him being "the man in the situation", basically just a delusional daydream.

[@yusukeelric]

Johnny was kind of an example of a kid who grew up without a father figure, There is no mentions of Johnnys father trough the series, his only male role models are from TV and his only friends, a barman that gives really bad advices, and a nerdy guy who is even worse than Johnny dealing with women for most of the show. That's why he's all about image, his male impression is very surface level, And he never really matured, reason why he always acts like a kid. I think you miss that context as a kid and just laugh at johnny being terrible with women and getting what he deserves for it. But as an adult you start piecing together why he's like that. And i find that depth very refreshing. because as an adult, you kind of feel sorry for him.

[@queennecra]

@@yusukeelric I'd say both theories are viable. Plus I don't feel like going back and rewatching the entire show to disprove your point. Kids can have seriously warped perspectives, specially in an unbalanced family situation, and people can grow up to be highly delusional, imature adults. From what I recall of the show, I think we can agree on his mother being erither an active enabler to his behaviour or at the very least, not doing anything to correct it. I can only agree to your second paragraph. I feel a lotta animated kids shows are like this. I gotta say though, Johnny Bravo looeses quite a bit of his impact, when you watch the German translation. It's much less explicit. Partially from censorship, partially because most German cartoon translations are done as cheap as possible.

[@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE]

@@yusukeelric I'm sure pops was his dad. His parents were just divorced.

[@aluzza2541]

One of my fav shows in my childhood. Gonna go find it now and watch it all again

[@anotherrandomguy8871]

Have you made any progress on where you can watch it, because I want to watch it too

[@davicosthacripto6375]

@@anotherrandomguy8871 hbo max ?

[@colettemallory3813]

I really enjoyed your video analysis and essay about this cartoon that I really enjoyed and still love.

[@internetxxx_pl0r3r_xxx77]

It's kind of impressive really. The pervy character that constantly gets beaten and battered through karma is a trope that's still around today, but I don't think any other show pushed such a character as far to the forefront as to make them the lead role and still manage to make it more funny than aggravating.

[@butterlove1605]

You see it so much in things like anime, and it's generally the most unbearable and unlikable trope around and I can't think of anytime I've enjoyed it in them. Yet Johnny Bravo makes it one of the funniest and most enjoybale things ever. It really is all a matter of execution and writing.

[@ligtningdog6399]

@@butterlove1605 It doesn't work in anime, because the shows still want you take things semi-seriously. But Johnny Bravo, both the character and show itself, never takes anything serious. He takes rejection and punches like he's Wile E Coyote takes explosions.

[@ItsMeHammie]

He's not a perve though. He's outward with his intentions and goes for it.

[@inendlesspain4724]

@@ligtningdog6399 It's more that many of those anime shows aren't self-aware enough about their protagonists being the way they are. However when the shows are self-aware, they can make for very likable loser protagonists. For a comedic example there's KonoSuba. For a more serious attempt at a cautionary tale there's Re:Zero.

[@layonyatsu7203]

@@butterlove1605 lmao anime doesn't go in par bruh what you talm bout, I seen your romance comedy slice of life and those pervy isekai protag shit, none of those are as good and is just the same ass cookie cutter, it's not even good itself for a personality either 💀💀

[@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323]

It was ALWAYS clear to me how the show was clearly intended to mock Johnny...

[@Soluchi-InfiniteCoCreatorGod]

I liked Johnny Bravo. I feel bad that he never really got a date. But, I like the way you summarized it. He should be more Understanding and more Sensitive towards women. 👍

[@MelancholyCrypto]

I loved your take on it, I think this is ahead of it's time.

[@dannybenhur6123]

A 90's show made with 70's nostalgia which is now nostalgia for young adults in 2020s.

[@Thespeedrap]

Who knows how much we have to thank this cartoon by showing that the past relatives went through what we're going through nowadays.I wonder if they're be a cartoon with 90s nostalgia with a future cartoon series I wonder 🤔

[@EssBJay]

'The Sensitive Male' is my favorite episode of the whole show. Not only is the musical motif fun, and not only does it have my favorite gag -- a woman tosses a coin in a wishing well and Johnny gets trampled by a herd of buffalo -- but it ends on a really cool reversal: After Johnny repeatedly fails to get the girl using Bill's tricks, he says that the sensitivity thing isn't going to work because it's just no who he is. At which point Bill finally drops the facade and says, in short, "Who cares? Just fake it like I do!" He's not actually a sensitive, thoughtful guy, he's a pickup artist; a con man; a manipulator. He's every bit as gross as Johnny, thinking of women only as quarry to be conquered, sexy robots to be activated with the proper inputs. He just knows how to dress in the guise of decency long enough to get what he wants. And the final twist: Johnny saw through it! Off-screen he convinced the women they'd been targeting all day to follow along so they could hear the reveal for themselves, and in the end Bill gets dragged away for some well-deserved punishment. For all of his grossness, Johnny is completely honest about who he is and what he wants. It's a key component of what makes him a lovable idiot instead of a detestable one, and it's why a con man's tricks didn't work for him: He won't fake sincerity like Bill does, because he's ACTUALLY SINCERE. He insists on being loved and desired for himself exactly as he is, so it makes sense that he would take issue with a guy who gets with women by lying.

[@redrobins731]

Beautifully stated, and 100% on-point.

[@TheDemocrab]

I think it also shows something about Johnny: He's a genuine guy who wants a partner rather than just some sex but has no idea how to talk to women, so he bases everything he tries on pop culture (Where relationships, etc aren't written very well 90% of the time) meaning he winds up coming off as extremely gross. That's why people seem to like the character despite the clear reasons he could be on the nose in the modern era, tonnes of little actions that he does in various episodes or things he says (eg. Everything you said about the Sensitive Male episode) show that he's actually very considerate of the woman's feelings when he knows what they are. I'm pretty sure there's an episode where he winds up as female, gets pursued by a male and straight out realises how the girls he hits on must feel. This is why it's my headcanon that he's eventually realized the error of his ways, changed his style up a bit and wound up moving to a small mountain town called South Park in Colorado, picking up a job as the school principal.

[@Soluchi-InfiniteCoCreatorGod]

Well said. 👍

[@kingbrahma5005]

The fact he got swole and his voice suddenly deepen in the matter of secs is Goat status

[@mitchliam974]

Johnny Bravo was a very entertaining show as a kid. It's not something I actively sought out but when it came on, I knew I'd be in for some good laughter. Thinking hard on it though, I see Johnny as a macho guy with a good heart who is misunderstood. I'd be so sad-happy to see him actually get the girl because I've watched him fail a thousand times before but, he never gave up. And that's what makes him special to me. Never give up on love or on being a good person.

[@ayoutubechannel3813]

It is no surprise that Seth Macfarlane regularly worked for the show, and he went on to create Family Guy, which is one of the most famous adult cartoons.

[@roderick8167]

Bruh Johnny Bravo to this day is still one of my favorite cartoon network cartoons ever I still get laugh out of loud laughs from this show , but also every time I watch clips and episodes from Johnny Bravo I always tell myself man they got away with a lot of shit back in day, if Johnny Bravo came out today with the same jokes this show would be axed , shoved in a vault and treated like a Mandela effect of it never happening 😂 😂

[@susear5939]

So true. Still laugh out loud. Sad what you say about the show being released now cus it's true.

[@griffinmaxwell789]

I said this elsewhere, but I think Johnny Bravo could still come out today. It would HAVE to be on Adult Swim though.

[@wisconsinking323]

Lots of people say the only way it could air today is if Johnny was gay.

[@yusukeelric]

of the classic CN trio, incidentally Johnny bravo was the one to slip the least adult jokes. You should watch the insane ammount of adult jokes Dexter, and SPECIALLY PPG got away with. And Johnny wouldn't e xist today because current CN thiks kids are stupid and need to be told a lesson right in their face instead of doing the good old "show , don't tell" wich was the entire Johnny style.

[@Vivi_9]

@Shin Shaman you're dumb if you believe this

[@aangitano]

Every joke you played here still worked! I don't know if I understood what I was watching as a kid but as an adult this show is hilarious!

[@Solbashio]

I wish more video essays had this kind of style

[@Player-re9mo]

Johnny really nails the lovable doofus character. He may be offputting to the other women in the show, but he has a good heart.

[@jacktyler9512]

Yeah he always get rejected I think he deserves better I mean his friend carl gets more chicks than him I mean I know he can be stupid and dumb sometimes but he’s funny and not bad looking guy I think he needs another chance

[@BlackMegas]

To be honest he is a good guy just dumb

[@redakdal]

yea, I loved the video, but I think the creator missed a few episodes that showed Johnny in a better light, though its very far and few, johnny does do the right thing in the end, and while I can't remember which episodes, I do know for a fact johnny did have one women that did love him, and I believe at the end of that episode she had to erase his memory or something not character growth, but the overall idea of those episodes were to show while johnny is a jerk, he isn't heartless, especially considering he is a mama's boy, like myself of course.

[@BlackMegas]

@Oswald Cobblepot dude some those girls are extremely violent. Sure it’s justified but to resort to harming every single time is a bit much.

[@iBloodxHunter]

@Oswald Cobblepot Go look up the definition of "harassment" kiddo.

[@christophercampbell4166]

When I was in high school, my buddy and I wrote a short play called, "The Adventures of Chuck Norris and Johnny Bravo." In it, Chuck Norris tries teaching him how to get a girl. It was heavily based on an episode where Luke Perry does the same thing. We actually got first place in a district drama competition for it.

[@planetX15]

Well done!

[@christophercampbell4166]

@@planetX15 Thank you! This was like 15 years ago.

[@happysmash27]

I opened in full screen expecting a window box, and, wait... this is actually rendered in 4:3?!?? Amazing! It actually fills most of my 5:4 screen, lol. Thank you so much for making the video in the original aspect ratio with no window boxing!

[@____0____]

I used to go to my Aunts on weekends and she had the old Optus Cable TV Service (Australia). I remember watching this and loving it.

[@jayjaybulldog9180]

I was really lucky enough to watch Johnny Bravo ever since I was 4, it’s one of the best, most funniest and hilarious popular shows of all time. Back when CN wasn’t really for just kids, It was literally meant for kids, teens and adults, My dad loved it and would not explain to me a lot about this show as much but he would tell me about it as I got a little older.

[@MrMapacheumr]

Tv in the 90s was gold

[@ZeroColdx911]

@@MrMapacheumr destroyed by censorship and woke culture

[@Liviuswildcard]

The real question is why isn't it on HBO max

[@JayC0325]

Loved Johnny Bravo so much when I was in college those days.

[@ofoosy]

Thanks for rendering this video in 4:3

[@MrLarry]

My nana passed away almost 2 years ago, one of my clearest memories is her watching Cartoon Network with us and laughing at “poor Johnny Bravo”

[@blossom4237]

I literally went “Oh shit!”, when I saw the title

[@nukeout]

You also gotta remember this was when TV wasn’t on demand. It ran at certain time slots so having a story between episodes risked getting the audience lost if they missed an episode or so

[@nklumia]

this needs to come back its my fav

[@ddpsf]

70's references, actors, and situations were still pretty well known to children of the 90's. With reruns and nick at nite along with cable needing to fill all the airwaves with content, these types of call backs did not miss the mark in the way it may seem by looking back from the modern era.

[@BlueRoseFaery]

Yeah growing up (I was born in 1990) I watched the Brady Bunch, MASH, old Scooby Doo & Flintstones, tons of stuff from the 50s-80s, all the time. Nick at Nite, local stations using it as filler, cable & satellite using it as filler, I was exposed to a ton of old shows that way. And like in the late 90's-early 00s there was a 70s clothing trend, probably influenced from kids growing up watching those shows.

[@johnindigo5477]

I was born in 2002 but I would always watch old shows on TV since that's all that aired. For me it was more 70s to 90s. Occasionally a show like leave it to beaver.

[@sunspotmill1291]

@@BlueRoseFaery Definitely. The 90s was a decade of 70s nostalgia. I remember how 70s nostalgia were everywhere growing up in the 90s and how 80s nostalgia were everywhere in the 2000s too. So I was already familiar with a lot of those shows from the 50s-80s too. It's just like how the 2010s are to 90s nostalgia, the 70s to 50s nostalgia (with shows like Happy Days and movies like Grease), and it seems like this decade will be to some 2000s nostalgia (like Pixar's upcoming Turning Red).

[@iBloodxHunter]

Nowadays it feels like it's all been shoved under a rug. Or a subscription plan.🙄

[@TayoEXE]

Thanks for speaking on this topic. I don't get how anyone thinks this show made women look dumb, helpless, or dependent when the main character constantly meets capable, ordinary women who do a variety of jobs, even leadership, and is rightfully shown to be rejected for his buffoonery and lack of respect. Teaches men what not to do, and teaches women to not settle for a guy who has no respect for you as a person. Even then, Johnny is never necessarily disrespecting them on purpose, the whole gag is that Johnny is an idiot who doesn't seem to get a clue when women constantly deny, rightfully so, for his actions. In fact, the reason he got so buff in the first place is because he wanted to be what he thought a girl he liked deserved. His problem lies more ignorance, overbearingness, and well, absolute stupidity. His heart can be in the right place though, which is why we still sympathize with him to a degree. In other words, the consequences of him never actually getting a date make it clear that the message is what NOT to do. That was clear to me as a kid, and it's even clearer today.

[@ArvelDreth]

He definitely has a big ego, but I think he hits on women the way he does because he thinks they're great and that they deserve a guy as great as he thinks he is. If the premise ever allowed anyone to get through his thick skull, I think there's real potential for a good boyfriend underneath all that cluelessness lol.

[@iBloodxHunter]

Only idiots actually thought that.

[@drmattbarnes1371]

The "don't settle" attitude is why 50% of 30 yr old women are unmarried and over 25% (and climbing) are on anti depressants. Rejecting a guy for a date that would adore you because "strong independent woman..." sure seems to be working out. 🤣

[@kireidoll]

In here unblocking a childhood memory with the mere sight of the animation of the sensitivity song

[@ganiniii]

I was 15 when this aired. I loved it and wouldn't loose an episode. Rumen Petkov just entered my favourite animators top right from the start. Thank you Mr.Petkov!

[@austin5259]

As a kid I always really liked Johnny and still saw him as deserving every punch or beating he got from women

[@arnold20139]

I felt the same way when I was a kid too. Glad I wasn't the only one.

[@silverstarlightproductions1292]

As a kid, most of the jokes flew over my head. I just thought there was something funny about watching Johnny getting beat up by girls all the time. 😂

[@coolspace3078]

Remember that episode of johnny bravo called "Witless" Where a accidental mix up happened and johnny joined a amish community instead of a distant relative of the amish family. The distant relative that switched places with johnny, Eventually met a bunch girls on the road driving on their way to Spring Break and stopped to talk him. Clearly attracted to the relative despite being total strangers to each other, The girls almost immediately offer the relative a ride and to join them. and he happily accepts and the girls looked like they couldn't be more happy and excited about it. BUT what caught my attention was HOW she invited him which was: "We're heading for spring break want to come". "WANT TO COME"?! Why did she end the sentence with "want to come"? Why didn't she speak more completely and say want to come with us? or at least "want to come with?" And she said they were going to Spring Break. What exactly are men and women famously known for doing in spring break? See what I'm talking about here? The sex references they cleverly sneak in.

[@aaronbattin9516]

This show was and still is one of my favourite shows as kid, i get Nostalgia overload when i watch it, i remember watching this with my dad and to this day he still quotes it every now and then especially "Man I'm Pretty" Watching it as a kid i thought it was hilarious and thats the memories i hold onto, its just pure entertainment that's that!

[@Richard_Nickerson]

When I was a young boy and the target demographic, I found this show very entertaining. I understood that Johnny kept failing because this was something you weren't supposed to do, and I liked Elvis and his Elvis impersonation was always extra amusing to me.

[@abrahamhashimi4747]

Didn't animaics do that?

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@abrahamhashimi4747 I only remember Animaniacs very vaguely. It wasn't popular in my house.

[@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323]

@@dingustm617 Are you talking about the way the Warner Brothers would hit on women, and Dot would hit on men? Because i can tell you, they were WILD when they did that, and it's very weird considering they literally look like children... Wakko and Yakko would constantly harass the studio's nurse, among other women, to the point where they literally tried hitting on Ripley once (who offered them a xenomorph as the answer)... also, Dot was completely obsessed with Mel Gibson...

[@OllieConnorsFilms]

The show was a banger

[@bry117]

Thanks for this analysis.

[@sokol5805]

Best show ever. Today I'm 33 and it still makes me laugh like when i was a kid.