50 Fun Facts About Johnny Bravo

Who created Johnny Bravo?

He pitched it to Hanna-Barbera's What a Cartoon! showcase from his college senior thesis.

Johnny Bravo is loosely based on which two icons?

The creator wanted "this '50s iconic James Dean-looking character that talked like Elvis".

Who voices Johnny Bravo?

He was cast purely on his young, hyped-up Elvis impression; he also voices Dexter's Dad in Dexter's Laboratory.

Johnny Bravo was the second Cartoon Cartoon; which show was the first?

Johnny ran from July 1997 to August 2004 as the second show under the banner.

What is the name of the town where Johnny lives?

It is a nod to Elvis Presley's middle name.

What is the nickname of Johnny's mother, Bunny Bravo?

Voiced by Brenda Vaccaro, she is lively and sensible and wears cat-eye sunglasses.

Who voices Bunny Bravo?

Mae Whitman voices Little Suzy and Tom Kenny voices Carl.

What is the name of the talkative neighbourhood girl whose name Johnny rarely remembers?

She is voiced by Mae Whitman, later the voice of Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

What is the surname of Carl, the geek who idolises Johnny?

Tom Kenny voices him; Johnny bullies and bosses him around anyway.

What business does Pops, who gives Johnny advice, run?

Voiced by Larry Drake, he serves food made from atypical ingredients.

Master Hamma teaches Johnny what?

He never considers Johnny a real student, the weakest and most pathetic in the dojo.

Which teen idol recurs as a cheery character who irritates Johnny, voiced by himself?

Adam West, Shaquille O'Neal and Seth Green were among the other guest stars.

What power does Jungle Boy have besides super strength?

The feral child, voiced by Cody Dorkin, appeared in season one but never returned for season four.

Johnny's middle segment in season one was meant to parody which 1970s show?

"Johnny Bravo Meets..." was to feature 1970s icons; guest stars appeared informally after season two.

Which Hanna-Barbera characters made cameos on the show?

Speed Buggy, Jabberjaw, Yogi Bear, the Blue Falcon and Huckleberry Hound also turned up.

What was the title of the creator's college thesis film that became Johnny Bravo?

It was about an Elvis impersonator, voiced by his roommate Christopher Keene Kelly.

At which university did the creator make his thesis film?

When the soundtrack was accidentally destroyed, actors and musicians performed it live at the screening.

What happened to the thesis film's soundtrack just before its screening?

Lee J. Bognar assembled the cast and musicians to perform it live, sound effects included, to a standing ovation.

Which Michael Jackson film inspired Johnny's whip-crack posing sounds?

The creator borrowed Jackson's "impetus for using whip snaps and cracks" for every pose.

On which showcase did the first Johnny Bravo short air on March 26, 1995?

Two more shorts followed: Jungle Boy in "Mr. Monkeyman" and Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women.

In the first short, Johnny tries to impress a zookeeper by catching what?

The short was animated in-house at Hanna-Barbera with digital ink and paint.

Where does the name Johnny Bravo partly come from?

Van Partible was born Efrem Giovanni Bravo Partible; a Brady Bunch episode also used the name.

In The Brady Bunch episode "Adios, Johnny Bravo", which Brady takes that stage name?

He changes his name to sign a record deal; the show borrowed it for its hero.

How many episodes made up the first season?

The whole run totalled 67 episodes over four seasons.

How many episodes aired across the show's four seasons?

The first three seasons were produced by Hanna-Barbera, the fourth by Cartoon Network Studios.

Which future Family Guy creator wrote for the first season?

He and the creator were the only two cartoonists at Hanna-Barbera straight out of college.

Which animation legend served as creative consultant and mentor on season one?

The creator's stated goal was "animation reminiscent of the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons".

Who directed the retooled second and third seasons after the creator was fired?

The retool changed the visual style, tone, humour and characters; season four reverted to the original feel.

In which year did the creator return for the show's fourth and final season?

The season aired in 2004, and he co-directed every episode of it.

The show was Cartoon Network's highest-rated program in which year?

It drew a 4.4 rating among children aged 6 to 11, its target audience.

Which NASCAR driver raced a Johnny Bravo-painted Chevrolet in the 2005 Sharpie 500?

Johnny appeared on the hood of the No. 5 Kellogg's car after the series ended.

Which Johnny Bravo writer went on to create The Fairly OddParents?

He left after season one for Nickelodeon's Oh Yeah! Cartoons, where the OddParents shorts began.

Which Johnny Bravo writer created the Disney Channel sitcom Sonny with a Chance?

He has also written and produced The Fairly OddParents since its 2001 premiere.

What was JBVO, which ran on Sundays from April 2000?

Viewers wrote in or used the website to request cartoons from the channel's library.

On JBVO, Johnny had to fast-forward through a requested episode of which show?

Half-hour shows were excluded, so he skimmed it with commentary and apologised to the caller, Jennifer.

Who presented the weather on Toon FM, JBVO's European spin-off?

Brak from Space Ghost was co-host.

Which actor was attached to star in a planned live-action Johnny Bravo film in 2002?

Variety reported Warner Bros. had the rights; nothing has been heard of it since.

What was the title of the 2009 Johnny Bravo video game for DS and PS2?

The PS2 version came out only in Europe and Australia; the DS version came to North America.

What well-known Johnny Bravo phrase appeared on T-shirts?

The show was nominated for four Annie Awards, a YoungStar Award and two Golden Reel Awards.

Johnny Bravo was Hanna-Barbera's first production after which corporate deal?

The same takeover saw the creator fired after season one.

In which country was the creator of Johnny Bravo born?

He was born in Manila in 1971 and moved to the US at nine months old, growing up in Salinas, California.

Which three future cartoon creators did the show's creator room with at Hanna-Barbera?

Their shows became The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory.

Johnny Bravo's creator went on to direct which Amazon series based on James Dean's books?

Van Partible directed Pete the Cat from its 2017 debut; he has also taught animation workshops at Loyola Marymount, his alma mater.

The voice of Johnny is an impression of Presley at what stage?

Bennett, born in Houston, later voiced the Man with the Yellow Hat in Curious George for 16 years.

Johnny's voice actor won an Annie Award in 2012 for voicing which penguin?

He also won an Emmy in 2016 for Transformers: Rescue Bots.

The 2009 special Johnny Bravo Goes to Bollywood was made exclusively for which market?

Famous House of Animation in Mumbai produced it; the creator was the only American involved.

When did the second, retooled season premiere?

The retool changed Johnny from a womanizing Elvis impersonator into a brawny halfwit.

Which character does Johnny outwit by pointing at the VCR clock?

In seasons one and four, when the creator ran the show, Johnny was allowed to be a little smarter.

Which DC Comics anthology first featured Johnny Bravo from 1999 to 2001?

He later appeared in Cartoon Cartoons and Cartoon Network Block Party, and IDW picked up the licence in 2013.

What does Johnny tell Suzy after she phones to ask him over?

The show's adult humour got through because, as the creator said, "No one was really watching Cartoon Network."