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Line 1: {{work}} {{quote\| ''Oh my god! They're [[Not Even Human\|not even]]'' '''''[[Not Even Human\|human!]]'''''}} Okay, quiz time. To effectively market your video game console when it's struggling against two [[Nintendo Entertainment System\|well-established]] [[Sega Genesis\|competitors]], what would be the best course of action to take? {{quote\| A. Purchase advertising space on television or magazines to showcase a wide variety of games you have available on your platform.~~<br />~~ B. Set up demonstration kiosks in stores to let gamers play these titles for themselves.~~<br />~~ C. [[Insane Troll Logic\|Throw caution to the wind and go all-out on one of your rivals with a series of comic book-styled propaganda and recycle the same two games within them as "proof" of your machine's superiority while introducing a laughable spokesman.]] }} If you answered C, you may have been working for NEC in the early 90s as a marketer for their console the [[~~Turbo Grafx~~ TurboGrafx-16]], because that's exactly what they did: they presented multi-page ads in gaming magazines centering around a "computer expert" named [[Awesome McCoolname\|Jonathan Brandstetter]], better known under his alias '''Johnny Turbo''', in his quest to teach gamers the [[Blatant Lies\|completely unbiased]] truth about the TG-16 compared to NEC's self-appointed rival [[Sega\|Se]]--err, [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo\|Feka]]. # Episode 43: The Master Plan! -- Johnny learns that Feka is marketing [[Sega CD\|a CD system]] as "the first of its kind," and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?\|this simply will not stand.]] Johnny takes out the Feka goons who were selling the CD systems, and more in the shadows promise their revenge. # Episode 44: Let 'Em Dangle! -- [[Recycled Script\|See above]], only this time, there's a great focus on the more recently released TurboDuo, which combined the TG-16 and its CD ~~addon~~add-on into one unit, a capability which the Genesis and Sega CD lacked at the time. [[Sarcasm Mode\|Because everybody who wanted the Sega CD obviously didn't own a Genesis at the same time.]]▼ # Episode 45: Sleepwalker -- Johnny's sidekick Tony gets [[A Day in the Limelight]]. And he has one ''hell'' of a dream. ▼ ▲#Episode 44: Let 'Em Dangle! -- [[Recycled Script\|See above]], only this time, there's a great focus on the more recently released TurboDuo, which combined the TG-16 and its CD addon into one unit, a capability which the Genesis and Sega CD lacked at the time. [[Sarcasm Mode\|Because everybody who wanted the Sega CD obviously didn't own a Genesis at the same time.]] ▲#Episode 45: Sleepwalker -- Johnny's sidekick Tony gets [[A Day in the Limelight]]. And he has one ''hell'' of a dream. Today, Johnny stands mostly as a curious and forgotten footnote in the history of a company which was losing ground in the US to [[Sega]] and [[Nintendo\|the Big N]], but thanks to the internet and webmaster Sardius, you too can experience the entire saga of Mr. Turbo [http://sardoose.rustedlogic.net/reviews/jturbo/ here]. The first two "issues", as noted above, are fairly typical gaming attacks, with Feka presented as a faceless man assisted by [[Me's a Crowd\|identityless goons]], but then the third one -- most likely an utter last-ditch attempt for NEC to just make ''some'' sort of impact on the average gamer's mind -- got... [[Mind Screw\|weird.]] [[Ho Yay\|Very,]] [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?\|very]] [[Brain Bleach\|weird.]] Seriously, read the whole thing. [[Narm Charm\|It's much more amusing]] than it should be. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== Johnny Turbo and his advertising campaign provide examples of: ===~~ * [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Johnny and Tony. Driven beyond the bounds of human decency in "Sleepwaker" in as much as could be shown to kids. * [[Big OMG]]: Several, among them the page quote. Line 47 ⟶ 46: * [[Shout-Out]]: "Sleepwalker" takes its splash page almost straight from ''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]'''s poster. Sardius is only too quick to point out that Tony is occupying Leia's position in the pose. * [[Single Tear]]: A random boy's reaction when a Feka goon gloats about how he'll need to spend another $100 for the main Feka console in order to use his shiny new CD system. {{quote\| '''Sardius:''' Mild disappointment is a bitch, ain't it?}} * [[Small Reference Pools]]: For no good reason, the JT ads chose to focus exclusively on (admittedly very good) [[Shoot 'Em ~~Ups~~Up]]s ''[[Gate of Thunder]]'' and ''[[Lords of Thunder]]'' as being the [[Killer App~~\|Killer Apps~~]]s of the TurboDuo. Even the most casual Sega owner could probably name more games than just ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' at the time. * [[Stealth Parody]]: Interviews with real-life employees of NEC at the time, coupled with the downright ''bizarre'' direction "Sleepwalker" took, suggest that the artists and writers were using the comics to make fun of people in the company, as Jonathan Brandstetter ''really does'' exist. As does Tony, if he's the same person as Tony Ancona. * [[Strawman Product]]: The TurboDuo has '''the arcade feel!''' And Feka's pack-in shooter game (''Sol-Feace'', for those wondering) '''doesn't even compare!''' to ''Lords of Thunder''! But of course, at the same time, Sega was doing the same thing to Nintendo in their own ads. Line 56 ⟶ 55: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Johnny Turbo~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Comic ~~Book~~Books]]▼ [[Category:US Canadian Comics]] ▲[[Category:Johnny Turbo]] ▲[[Category:Comic Book]]