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Johnny Bravo

★ 7.3 1997 · 1990s 4 seasons Cartoon Network

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Synopsis

Johnny Bravo tells the story of a biceps-bulging, karate-chopping free spirit who believes he is a gift from God to the women of the earth. Unfortunately for Johnny, everyone else sees him as a narcissistic Mama's boy with big muscles and even bigger hair. In short, he is the quintessential guy who 'just doesn't get it.' No matter what he does, or where he finds himself, he always winds up being his own worst enemy.

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Cast & Crew

Jeff Bennett

Jeff Bennett

Johnny Bravo (voice)

Brenda Vaccaro

Brenda Vaccaro

Bunny Bravo (voice)

Mae Whitman

Mae Whitman

Little Suzy (voice)

Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny

Carl Chryniszzswics (voice)

Kara Vallow

Kara Vallow

Producer

Trivia about Johnny Bravo

While attending Loyola Marymount University, Van Partible produced his senior thesis project Mess O' Blues (1993), an animated short film about an Elvis Presley impersonator voiced by his LMU roommate, actor Christopher Keene Kelly (Blacklist, Succession) and recent LMU film school graduate, writer/producer/VO Artist Lee J.

Bognar (JAG, The Expatriate Act, Sioux Me, SNL, The Man Show) who worked with Partible to re-write his short story and lend their voice talents to the project, even animating some of the cells.

The musicians played acoustically and the voice actors provided the sound effects when they weren't speaking their lines.

For the new short, Partible revised his main character from Mess O' Blues, renaming him "Johnny Bravo" and making him "this '50s iconic James Dean-looking character that talked like Elvis." He was also inspired by Michael Jackson's "impetus for using whip snaps and cracks" (like in Captain EO) for whenever Johnny striked a pose.

Voice actor Jeff Bennett was cast as Johnny, based solely on his young, hyped Elvis impression.

The short, titled Johnny Bravo, was aired on Cartoon Network's animation showcase, World Premiere Toons, on March 26, 1995.