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:''This article is about the pilot episode. For other uses, see [[Johnny Bravo]].''
:''This article is about the pilot episode. For other uses, see [[Johnny Bravo]].''
{{Infobox episode
{{Infobox episode
|image= [[File:WAC 102 poster.jpg|300px]]
|name= Johnny Bravo
|image= [[File:WAC 103 poster.png|300px]]
|caption= Poster ad.
|caption= Poster ad.
|prodno=  
|prodno=  
|premiere= [[February 26]], [[1995]]
|premiere= [[March 5]], [[1995]]
|run_time= 7:30
|run_time= 7:34
|cast= [[Christine Cavanaugh]]<br />[[Allison Moore]]<br />[[Kath Soucie]]
|cast= [[Jeff Bennett]]<br />[[Soleil Moon Rye]]<br />[[Maurice LaMarche|Maurice La Marche]]<br />[[Roger Rose]]<br />[[Mae Margaret Whitman]]<br />[[Pat Musick]]
|music= [[Thomas Chase]]<br />[[Steve Rucker]]
|music= [[Louis Fagenson]]
|writers= [[Genndy Tartakovsky]]
|writers= [[Van Partible]]
|directors= Genndy Tartakovsky
|directors= Van Partible
|art_directors= [[Craig McCracken]]<br />[[Paul Rudish]]
|animation_directors= [[Robert Alvarez]]
|previous= Changes
|previous= Johnny Bravo (pilot)
|next= The Big Sister
|next= Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women
|title_card= [[File:WAC 102 title card.png|300px]]
|title_card= [[File:WAC 103 title card.png|300px]]
}}
}}
'''"Dexter's Laboratory''', later known as '''"Changes"''', is the second episode of ''[[What a Cartoon!]]'' It aired on [[February 26]], [[1995]] on [[Cartoon Network]]. It was written and directed by the creator, [[Genndy Tartakovsky]]. This, along with "[[The Big Sister]]," "[[Old Man Dexter]]," and "[[Dimwit Dexter]]" were back door pilots to what led to ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' being commissioned as a fully realized series in [[1996]]; the "Changes" short was then integrated as the third segment of the fourth episode.
'''"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 (TV series)|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.


==Detailed summary==
==Detailed summary==
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{{CastTop}}
{{CastTop}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mom (Dexter's Lab)|Mom]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Narrator (voice only)
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Kath Soucie]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Maurice LaMarche|Maurice La Marche]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dexter]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Johnny Bravo (character)|Johnny Bravo]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Christine Cavanaugh]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jeff Bennett]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dad (Dexter's Lab)|Dad]] (photo)
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Johnny Bravo characters|Little girl]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Mae Margaret Whitman]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dee Dee]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mary (Johnny Bravo)|Mary]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Allison Moore]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Soleil Moon Frye]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Albert Einstein]] (poster)
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Johnny Bravo characters|Gorilla]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Roger Rose]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Mel Gibson]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Johnny Bravo characters|Grandma]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Pat Musick]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Johnny Bravo characters|Robber]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice La Marche
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Robber's mother
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Robber's wife
|-
|-
{{CastBottom}}
{{CastBottom}}
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* [[Earth]]
* [[Earth]]
** [[United States]]
** [[United States]]
*** [[Dexter's residence]]
*** [[Aron City]]
**** [[Dexter's lab]]
**** [[Aron City Zoo]]
**** [[The Aron City School "O" Defense]] (mentioned)
**** [[Julie's Tea House]] (mentioned)


==Objects==
==Objects==
* Animal changing remote
* None
* [[Pops]]


==Vehicles==
==Vehicles==
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==Music==
==Music==
The ''What a Cartoon!'' theme song was performed by [[Gary Lionelli]]. The episode's main music was composed by [[Thomas Chase]] and [[Steve Rucker]]. The director of music production was [[Bodie Chandler]].
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==
==Crew credits==
* Art directors: [[Craig McCracken]], [[Paul Rudish]]
* Layout artist: [[Virginia Hawes]]
* Background artist: [[Jane Nussbaum]]
* Executive producer: [[Buzz Potamkin]]
* Executive producer: [[Buzz Potamkin]]
* Supervising producer: [[Larry Huber]]
* Supervising producer: [[Larry Huber]]
* Line producer: [[Bob Onorato]]
* Line producer: [[Bob Onorato]]
* Unit production coordinator: [[Nicole Pouliot]]
* Animation director: [[Robert Alvarez]]
* Additional layout artists: [[David Fulip]], [[Virgina Hawes]], [[Craig Kellman]], [[Miles Thompson]]
* Animators: [[Andy Bialk]], [[Jun Falkenstein]], [[Mark Kaulser]]
* Design assistants: [[Dana Jo Granger]], [[Barbara Krueger]], [[Donna Zeller]]
* Design assistants: [[Miriam Boardman]], [[Barbara Krueger]]
* Casting director: [[Kris Zimmerman]]
* Casting director: [[Kris Zimmerman]]
* Talent coordinators: [[Cindi Lyn Peltier]], [[Jill Ziegenhagen]]
* Talent coordinators: [[Cindi Lyn Peltier]], [[Jill Ziegenhagen]]
* Supervising sound engineer: [[Ed Collins]]
* Supervising sound engineer: [[Ed Collins]]
* Recording engineer: [[Preston Oliver]]
* Recording engineer: [[Preston Oliver]]
* Background stylists: [[Jane Nussbaum]], [[Martin Ansolabehere]]
* Background supervisor: [[Al Gmuer]]
* Background supervisor: [[Al Gmuer]]
* Background artists: [[Joseph Binggeli]], [[Bonnie Callahan]], [[Jonathan Goley]], [[Craig Robertson]], [[Leonard Robledo]]
* Background artists: [[Joseph Binggeli]], [[Bonnie Callahan]], [[Jonathan Goley]], [[Tim Maloney]], [[Leonard Robledo]]
* Ink and paint supervisor: [[Alison Leopold]]
* Ink and paint supervisor: [[Alison Leopold]]
* Color stylist: [[Casey Clayton]]
* Color stylist: [[Casey Clayton]]
* Final checker: [[Nelda Ridley]]
* Final checker: [[Nelda Ridley]]
* Ink and paint artists: [[Etsuko Fujioka]], [[Meling Pabian]], [[Lydia Swayne]]
* Ink and paint artists: [[Kimberly Conte]], [[Joanne Plein]], [[Patrice Torocsik]]
* Graphics artist: [[Iraj Paran]]
* Graphics artist: [[Iraj Paran]]
* Camera operator: [[Dan Larsen]]
* Camera operator: [[Dan Larsen]]
* Executive in charge of post-production: [[John Forrest Niss]]
* Executive in charge of post-production: [[John Forrest Niss]]
* Animation checker: [[Beth Goodwin]]
* Animation checkers: [[Beth Goodwin]], [[Bob Revell]]
* Xerographists: [[Star Wirth]], [[Martin Crossley]], [[Richard Wilson]]
* Xerographists: [[Star Wirth]], [[Martin Crossley]], [[Richard Wilson]]
* Track readers: [[Jim Hearn]], [[Kerry Iverson]]
* Track readers: [[Kay Douglas]], [[James Hearn]], [[Carol Iverson]], [[Kerry Iverson]]
* Supervising film editor: [[Tom Gleason]]
* Supervising film editor: [[Tom Gleason]]
* Post-production supervisor: [[Gayle Mnookin]]
* Post-production supervisor: [[Gayle Mnookin]]
* Post-production coordinators: [[Valerie Menk]], [[Gail D. Silvers]]
* Post-production coordinator: [[Gail D. Silvers]]
* Sound services: [[Advantage Audio]]
* Sound editor: [[Michele Douglas]]
* Sound editor: [[Michael Warner]]
* Re-recording mixers: [[Larson Sound Center]], [[Doug Gray]], [[Anthony Constantini]]
* Re-recording mixers: [[Bill Koepnick]], [[Jim Hodson]]
* Negative consultant: [[William DeBoer, Jr.]]
* Negative consultant: [[William DeBoer, Jr.]]
* Video services: [[Four Media]]
* Video services: [[Four Media]]
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* Executives in charge of production: [[Joe Mazzuca]], [[Catherine Winder]]
* Executives in charge of production: [[Joe Mazzuca]], [[Catherine Winder]]
* Program executive: [[Margot McDonough]]
* Program executive: [[Margot McDonough]]
* Development executive: [[Dan Smith]]
* Development executive: [[Ellen Cockrill]]
* Produced in association with: [[FIL-Cartoons]], [[Jaime Diaz Productions]]
* Computer animation services: [[Cambridge Animation Systems]]
* Production executive at FIL-Cartoons: [[Bill Dennis]]
* Manager of computer technologies: [[Jeannine Roussel]]
* Overseas animation director: [[Jaime Diaz]]
* Computer assistants: [[Duke Heberlein]], [[Jon Hooper]]


==Release==
==Release==
Dates are in order of release:
Dates are in order of release:


* United States: February 26, 1995 at 7 pm on Cartoon Network<ref>Winfrey, Lee ([[January 14]], [[1995]]). [https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jan/14/network-featuring-several-new-cartoons/ "Network Featuring Several New Cartoons"]. Retrieved [[January 10]], [[2022]].</ref>
* United States: March 5, 1995 at 7 pm on Cartoon Network<ref>Winfrey, Lee ([[January 14]], [[1995]]). [https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jan/14/network-featuring-several-new-cartoons/ "Network Featuring Several New Cartoons"]. ''The Spokesman-Review''. Retrieved [[January 10]], [[2022]].</ref>


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
* Some of "Changes" had been previewed in the ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' episode "[[President's Day Nightmare]]."
* Van Partible is uncredited as the writer.
* Of course, the big irony is that Dee Dee is getting mad at Dexter for going into her room without her permission.
* Whitman would later be cast in the main role of [[Little Suzy]]. Musick and Whitman are also mother and daughter, respectively.
* There's a tiger on the cereal box in the kitchen that says, "They're good," a parody of Tony the Tiger's catchphrase, "They're great" for [[Kellogg's]] Frosted Flakes.
* 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.


==Errors==
==Errors==
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==Home availability==
==Home availability==
* In the United Kingdom and [[Ireland]]:
* In [[Australia]]:
** [[March 27]], [[2000]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Dexter's Laboratory: Volume 1]]'' on VHS.
** [[October 10]], [[2007]]: [[Madman Entertainment]] releases ''[[Johnny Bravo: Season One|Johnny Bravo: Season 1]]'' on DVD.
* In the United States:
* In the United States:
** [[July 3]], [[2001]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[Dexter's Laboratory: Greatest Adventures]]'' on DVD.
** [[June 15]], [[2010]]: Warner Home Video releases ''Johnny Bravo: Season One'' on DVD.
** [[October 12]], [[2010]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[Dexter's Laboratory: Season One]]'' on DVD.
* In [[Australia]]:
** [[February 13]], [[2008]]: [[Madman Entertainment]] releases ''Dexter's Laboratory: Season 1'' on DVD.
** [[October 25]], 2017: Madman Entertainment releases ''[[Dexter's Laboratory: Collected Experiments]]'' on DVD.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:43, 20 July 2023

This article is about the pilot episode. For other uses, see Johnny Bravo.
Johnny Bravo
WAC 103 poster.png
Poster ad.
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.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

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

Objects

  • None

Vehicles

  • None

Production

Development

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: March 5, 1995 at 7 pm on Cartoon Network[1]

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.

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References

  1. ^ Winfrey, Lee (January 14, 1995). "Network Featuring Several New Cartoons". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
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