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One of [[Cartoon Network]]'s first original characters, '''Johnny Bravo''' was based partly on [[Elvis Presley]] and partly on [[Henry Winkler]]'s character from ''[[Happy Days]]''. Johnny takes a little too much pride in his appearance, and has little, if any, success at romance or anything else he tries - not that this fazes him much. He also tends to run into celebrities, including [[Farrah Fawcett]], [[Donny Osmond]], [[Adam West]] and the cast of ''[[Scooby
In seasons 2 and 3, Cartoon Network retooled the series [[Executive Meddling|without creator Van Partible's input]]. They also lost the writing contributions of both [[Butch Hartman]] and [[Seth MacFarlane]]. The series reverted to its old style for the last few episodes of the 65-episode run (which took place between July 14, 1997 and August 27, 2004).
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* [[Adam Westing]]: In addition to the [[Trope Namer]] [[Adam West|himself]] there's Donny Osmond, [[Don Knotts]], [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], and [[Shaquille O'Neal]].
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of ''[[Mary Poppins]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' (specifically, "[[It's a Good Life]]" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"), ''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]'', and plenty of other things. A pair of such parodies actually aired together: one of ''[[Schoolhouse Rock]]'' ([[Hey, It's That Voice!|with]] Jack Sheldon) and one of ''[[Scooby
* [[Aliens Steal Cable]]: In one episode, Johnny becomes {{spoiler|king}} of a planet of {{spoiler|[[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]s}}, and tells them to {{spoiler|install cable}}. The women comply, only to see [[Mel Gibson]] {{spoiler|on the screen}} and lose interest in him.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Cartoon Network's website said that Carl was Johnny's best friend back when he (Johnny) was a scrawny loser. After he grew up and became a macho man looking for ladies, he no longer wanted anything to do with Carl. This isn't really shown anywhere in the show.
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* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Johnny would often interact with Hannah-Barbara characters and even real-life celebrities during the shows first season, as well as the last season when Van Partible returned to work on it.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Johnny Bravo is named after his creator, Ephraim Giovanni Bravo "Van" Partible.
* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: Johnny, despite having such a broad chest and big muscles, is repeatedly beaten in fights, even by those much smaller than him. Possibly [[justified]] in most cases, as he [[
** It should be noted that Johnny's weakness was played up more as the series went. Compare Johnny effortlessly manhandling a crocodile in the pilot with how he's beaten by ''children'' in the era of Carl and Pops - of course, this is more than likely [[Rule of Funny]] at work.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted with a shark in the first season, who plots to eat a contest's worth of surfers, and even eats two characters on-screen.
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