Johnny Bravo (pilot)

This article is about the pilot episode. For other uses, see Johnny Bravo.

Johnny Bravo
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Premiere date	March 5, 1995
Run time	7:34
Starring	Jeff Bennett Soleil Moon Rye Maurice La Marche Roger Rose Mae Margaret Whitman Pat Musick
Music composed by	Louis Fagenson
Writer(s)	Van Partible
Director(s)	Van Partible
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez
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"Johnny Bravo" is the third episode of What a Cartoon! It aired on March 5, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by the creator, Van Partible. This, along with "Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women," were back door pilots to what led to Johnny Bravo being commissioned as a fully realized series in 1997.

Johnny looks for an escaped gorilla from the zoo to get a date with the zookeeper.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Maurice La Marche
Johnny Bravo	Jeff Bennett
Little girl	Mae Margaret Whitman
Mary	Soleil Moon Frye
Gorilla	Roger Rose
Mel Gibson
Grandma	Pat Musick
Robber	Maurice La Marche
Robber's mother
Robber's wife

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Aron City
      • Aron City Zoo
      • The Aron City School "O" Defense (mentioned)
      • Julie's Tea House (mentioned)

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music

The What a Cartoon! theme song was performed by Gary Lionelli. The episode's main music was composed by Louis Fagenson. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

• Layout artist: Virginia Hawes
• Background artist: Jane Nussbaum
• Executive producer: Buzz Potamkin
• Supervising producer: Larry Huber
• Line producer: Bob Onorato
• Animation director: Robert Alvarez
• Animators: Andy Bialk, Jun Falkenstein, Mark Kaulser
• Design assistants: Miriam Boardman, Barbara Krueger
• Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
• Talent coordinators: Cindi Lyn Peltier, Jill Ziegenhagen
• Supervising sound engineer: Ed Collins
• Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
• Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
• Background artists: Joseph Binggeli, Bonnie Callahan, Jonathan Goley, Tim Maloney, Leonard Robledo
• Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
• Color stylist: Casey Clayton
• Final checker: Nelda Ridley
• Ink and paint artists: Kimberly Conte, Joanne Plein, Patrice Torocsik
• Graphics artist: Iraj Paran
• Camera operator: Dan Larsen
• Executive in charge of post-production: John Forrest Niss
• Animation checkers: Beth Goodwin, Bob Revell
• Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley, Richard Wilson
• Track readers: Kay Douglas, James Hearn, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson
• Supervising film editor: Tom Gleason
• Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
• Post-production coordinator: Gail D. Silvers
• Sound editor: Michele Douglas
• Re-recording mixers: Larson Sound Center, Doug Gray, Anthony Constantini
• Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Video services: Four Media
• Telecine: Scott Ostrowsky
• On-line editor: Brian Schnuckel
• Pre-production manager: Debby Hindman
• International production coordinator: Brooke Williams
• Production assistants: Sandra Benenati, Duke Heberlein, Linda Moore
• Executives in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca, Catherine Winder
• Program executive: Margot McDonough
• Development executive: Ellen Cockrill
• Computer animation services: Cambridge Animation Systems
• Manager of computer technologies: Jeannine Roussel
• Computer assistants: Duke Heberlein, Jon Hooper

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 5, 1995 at 7 pm on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Van Partible is uncredited as the writer.
• Whitman would later be cast in the main role of Little Suzy. Musick and Whitman are also mother and daughter, respectively.
• One of the faces that the gorilla makes is of Bart Simpson from the TV series The Simpsons.
• The gorilla quotes from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet when holding up a fake skull.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In Australia:
  • October 10, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Johnny Bravo: Season 1 on DVD.
• In the United States:
  • June 15, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Johnny Bravo: Season One on DVD.