Was Johnny Bravo ACTUALLY Made For Kids?

For many people that grew up watching Johnny Bravo, we think of this Macho Ladies Man in a fondly nostalgic way. But looking back on Johnny Bravo as a whole, the question that must be answered is, Who Was This Made For? Through the lens of modern media, it seems a character like this would never get made today, but are most people misunderstanding Johnny Bravo and his purpose within the show?

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Written by Katie Congrove
Edited by Nick Murphy

[Nerdstalgic]

What other kid shows were not REALLY made for kids?

[cassius]

For a guy that gets rejected that much, his confidence and self-esteem are legendary.

[RanOutOfSpac]

“A lady doctor? Has science come this far?!”

That freaking killed me.

[sabahaddinzaim]

As a kid I didn't truly understand Johnny Bravo but it was one of those shows I loved. I think it is at least an iconic show even if it has flaws or no growth in characters or arcs whatsoever because simply it doesn't need it. That's why it can be continuous and what makes it unique. It works without a huge plot, it works with the goofball of a main character just doing what he does.

[DonPeyote]

I think you left out one detail: Johnny, despite his macho facade, is living with his mother and is constantly broke. Like Sterling Archer from the Archer series, he's a deconstruction of the male hero protagonist.

[LinkRocks]

It's so funny how muscular he is in the upper body, yet seems to get beat up a lot by people who are way smaller than him. I love this show.

[Vivi_]

"Don't worry I don't bite"
"Does SHE?!"

Fucking legendary lmao

[jonahromero]

Ed, Edd, n Eddy and Johnny Bravo both rely on the same humor of "It's Always Sunny" for kids. You get characters who never change, bother the people around them, are idiots, and you laugh at them failing but love to see them on screen. You kinda want them to win, but you know they don't deserve it.

[dr.badguyreviews]

Fun fact, Johnny Bravo is HUGE in india. They even commissioned their own TV movie several years after its cancellation, called "Johnny Bravo goes to Bollywood".

[AConnorDN]

The Sensitive Man episode actually took things a step further but revealing at the end that the guy trying to teach Jonny how to get women was an asshole too, because his whole sensitivity routine was just a strategy to get laid rather than sincere respect. In the end, he was called out for being a pick up artist and shown to be even more loathsome than Johnny’s hyper masculine baffoonery.

[pinoyanime]

As a kid who grew up in the 2000's, I enjoyed watching Johnny Bravo. I still watched it from time to time with other shows I've grew up with.

[kimberlyoldschool]

My husband and I started watching this show in the early 2000’s, when we were both in our 30’s, and we both wondered what kind of kid this show was for? 😂 Now we’re in our 50’s, and my husband will still do the Johnny dance when he sees an opportunity…

[DiegoRodriguez-kqhw]

If I remember right, which I might not at the end of the episode that the guy teaches Johnny about respect, Johnny finds out that the guy was really just manipulating women. So then Johnny sticks up for women and says that while he loves them and wants a date, he would never be deceptive to get them.

[De_La_Soto]

Favorite Johnny Bravo moment:

The episode where he goes to jail, but he gets sent to the female prison because they thought he was a woman. And when the female inmates find out he's a man, they start making "appointments" with him 😂

[AntimatePcCustom]

"A woman doctor?! Has science really got that far?!" Got me laughing 🤣

[amied]

Johnny isn’t that bad, Johnny actually moves on when he gets reject and learns from his mistakes

[DigitalxGamer]

While it’s true that shows like Gravity Falls are great, not every show needs to be deep, complex or have copious amounts of character development to be good. In fact, I’m kind of finding myself longing for simpler shows these days, where continuity isn’t really relevant

[griffinmaxwell]

Absolutely loved this show as a kid. My family and I still watch the Christmas special every year. Looking back though, JB should have 100% been on Adult Swim had it been around when it first aired.

[sdani]

I think one big part of what makes Johnny Bravo work is that Johnny is, when it comes down to it, someone who looks to what society says is "cool" for advice in living his life, thinking that if he does what the "cool" person always does in the movies and shows, he'd be happy.

In doing so, Johnny not only alienates himself from those who might grow to like him, but also pushes away the few friends he does have in fear of society's warnings about "lame" people coming true, be it his kid neighbor, his nerdy peer, his loving mother, or the old man who runs his local diner.

[parodysam]

A lot of animated shows were made for families. They were intended to have a mix of stuff for both adults _and_ kids.