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Let's face it, as common as the name "John" and its derivatives may be in [[Real Life]], in works of fiction the particular derivative "Johnny" [[Rule of Cool|manages to sound quite cool and awesome in its own way]], no matter how many ways it's spelled. And especially more so if the name-bearer is a [[Badass]] in ''some'' capacity.
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== Comic Books ==
* In [[Marvel Comics]]:
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* John Laurinaitis, the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations of WWE and Interim General Manager of Monday Night Raw, formerly wrestled under the name "Johnny Ace".
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* The title character of ''[[Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar]]''.
* [[Wild West|Old west]] outlaw [[wikipedia:Johnny Ringo|Johnny Ringo]], self-termed "King of the Cowboys" and a player in the OK Corral story (on the Clanton side).▼
* In [[The Fifties]], movie star Lana Turner dated a gangster named John "Johnny Stomp" Stompanato. (That is, until Turner's daughter killed him.) He showed up in ''[[L.A. Confidential]]'', too.▼
* [[Johnny Depp]].▼
** Funnily enough, "Depp" actually translates to "idiot" in German. Johnny Depp himself is apparently very amused by this.▼
* [[wikipedia:John Burgoyne|"Gentleman" Johnny Burgoyne]], though [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on how "cool" he is.▼
== Toys ==
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* [[Johnny Test]], who gets into all sorts of wild hijinks with his sisters' science inventions.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' villain Johnny 13 has control of a [[Living Shadow]] which causes bad luck toward anything it passes through (as a nod to the superstition of the number 13 being unlucky). He's also a [[Badass Biker]] whose motorcycle [[Cool Bike|can race up walls and fly]].
== Real Life ==
▲* [[Wild West|Old west]] outlaw [[wikipedia:Johnny Ringo|Johnny Ringo]], self-termed "King of the Cowboys" and a player in the OK Corral story (on the Clanton side).
▲* In [[The Fifties]], movie star Lana Turner dated a gangster named John "Johnny Stomp" Stompanato. (That is, until Turner's daughter killed him.) He showed up in ''[[L.A. Confidential]]'', too.
▲* [[Johnny Depp]].
▲** Funnily enough, "Depp" actually translates to "idiot" in German. Johnny Depp himself is apparently very amused by this.
▲* [[wikipedia:John Burgoyne|"Gentleman" Johnny Burgoyne]], though [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on how "cool" he is.
* The [https://www.johnnyrockets.com/ Johnny Rockets] restaurant chain.
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