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== Premise ==
[[File:Johnny Bravo, Suzy, and Bunny Bravo.png|thumb|left|From left to right: Johnny Bravo, Suzy, and Mama Bravo.]]
The series centers on Johnny Bravo (voiced by [[Jeff Bennett]]),{{efn|name=SilkVoice| [[Marc Silk]] has also voiced Johnny Bravo, in bumpers for [[Cartoon Network UK & Ireland]], when the character hosted a programming block on the channel. Silk did not play the character in the show itself.}}
Recurring characters include Master Hamma ([[Brian Tochi]]), a [[Japan]]ese [[martial arts]] instructor who teaches Johnny but never considers him a student due to being the weakest and most pathetic student in the dojo; [[Donny Osmond]] (himself), a cheery and optimistic [[teen idol]] who irritates Johnny; and Jungle Boy (Cody Dorkin), a jungle-dwelling [[feral child]] with super strength and the [[Human–animal communication|ability to speak to animals]].
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Much of the series' humor is derived from celebrity guest star appearances and references to [[popular culture]]. For example, an episode in season 1 is based around homages to ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'',<ref name="commentary2">{{Cite AV media |title=Johnny Bravo Season One DVD Commentary for "The Man Who Cried "Clown!" / Johnny, Real Good / Little Talky Tabitha!" |date=2010 |last=Partible, Van |type=DVD |publisher=Warner Home Video}}</ref> and in another episode, one of the [[Village People]] can be seen in the background.<ref name="commentary" /> The series has had numerous guest stars, including [[Adam West]], [[Shaquille O'Neal]], [[Seth Green]] and the aforementioned Donny Osmond. In the first season, creator Van Partible intended for the show's middle segment to be a form of "Johnny Bravo Meets...", a parody of ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'', which would feature appearances from popular 1970s icons, but guest stars were used informally after the second season began.<ref name="dvdint1" /><ref name="vaninterview">{{Cite web |last=Azar |first=Philip |date=2010-04-28 |title=LMU-originated 'Johnny Bravo' on DVD |url=http://www.laloyolan.com/entertainment/lmu-originated-johnny-bravo-on-dvd-1.2243967 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103132307/http://www.laloyolan.com/entertainment/lmu-originated-johnny-bravo-on-dvd-1.2243967 |archive-date=2013-01-03 |access-date=2010-06-16 |publisher=Los Angeles Loyolan}}</ref> Many [[Hanna-Barbera]] characters had cameo appearances in the series, including the cast of ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', [[Speed Buggy]], [[Jabberjaw]], [[Fred Flintstone]], [[Yogi Bear]], [[Dynomutt, Dog Wonder|The Blue Falcon]], [[Space Ghost (TV series)|Black Widow]], and [[The Huckleberry Hound Show|Huckleberry Hound]].
Adult humor is a frequent presence. In one episode, when Suzy calls Johnny to ask if he wants to come over, Johnny nonchalantly tells her to "[call] back in 15 years when [she is] a co-ed", and in another, when Johnny is hit by a tranquilizer dart and is informed he has only six seconds of consciousness left and to "use it wisely", he immediately pulls out a [[List of men's magazines|girlie magazine]]. In regard to the adult humor, Hartman stated that "being concerned with the content of the episodes wasn't our main focus", and creator Partible remembers: "No one was really watching Cartoon Network ... As far as content, they were pretty lenient on all the kind of things that were going on."<ref name="dvdint1" />
In the show's first and fourth seasons (when Van Partible was the showrunner), Johnny was a tad smarter and
▲In the show's first and fourth seasons (when Van Partible was the showrunner), Johnny was a tad smarter and wasn't a complete doofus and was able to react with clever quips. For example in the episode, "Bearly Enough Time", Johnny was successfully able to cleverly trick Chronos the Time Bear. After Chronos told Johnny he had 20 minutes to put him to sleep, which Johnny was able to do with just a few seconds left, Chronos woke up a few seconds later because of the loud alarms and said that Johnny's time was up but when Johnny told the bear he still had 12 minutes left (pointing to the VCR), Chronos said that was just the VCR to which Johnny made his escape.
== Production ==
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