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A common [[Stock Phrase]], said when [[Lampshading]] somebody's entrance. If you're announcing yourself this way, either you have no friends to announce you or you have a big ego. If you announce somebody else this way, you're drawing everyone's attention to the other person's big entrance.
Occasionally found as a bad guy's [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]].
Born from Ed McMahon's [[Catch Phrase]] “Heeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', it was made popular and haunting when used in the film ''[[The Shining]]'' by [[Jack Nicholson]]. Since then, it had made its way into popular culture as a trope all its own, occasionally with different names replacing "Johnny".
A video of examples of this trope can be viewed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdyJV-lXkcw&t=95s here].
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In the short [[WWE]] fic ''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/170076616-break-out-the-shovel Break Out The Shovel]'', Alexa says the classic "Here's Johnny" when presenting a [[Chekhov's Gun| sledgehammer]] as a joke. Later, she screams "HERE'S FREEDOM".
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Shining]]'': This phase was made famous in the scene where Jack Torrance takes an axe to the door in order to track down Wendy.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssxcaQ8snEY "Here's Johnny"] by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] on his 1986 album ''Polka Party!'', a parody of "Who's Johnny" by El DeBarge which references the McMahon catch phrase.
* There's also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMuqSlao6d8 "Here's Johnny"], a 1995 song by Dutch pop group Hocus Pocus which incorporates a sample of Jack Nicholson's line from ''The Shining''.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* One of the fatalities done by Johnny Cage in ''[[Mortal Kombat X]]'', as he rips his victim from the waist, stating "Here's Johnny".
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** In "Blazed and Confused", after Mr. Jack Lassen punches the chalkboard, leading to Mrs. Hover's classmates, Milhouse pokes through and says "Heeere's... Millie!"
* In the episode "Doug Inc./Doug's Nightmare on Jumbo Street" of ''[[Doug]]'', Doug's dog, Porkchop, does a version of this.
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[[Category:Stock Phrases]]
[[Category:Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]
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