Johnny Bravo (series)/Season 3

The third season of Johnny Bravo premiered on August 11, 2000, during Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoon Fridays block. The season ended on June 14, 2002.

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Next:Fourth Season

History

During production, the crew was given the news that Johnny Bravo was not going to be renewed for another season. This lead to members pitching their own ideas for a cartoon, including the late storyboard artist Dave Schwartz, who suggested a spin-off starring Little Suzy. While the idea was liked, it was soon decided that she would be given her own episode instead, "The Great Bunny Book Ban". As the writers were aware the series (in its current form) was coming to an end, the episode "Get Stinky!" functioned as a finale.

Although these episodes were produced in 1999-2000 and were to air until mid-2001, Cartoon Network moved the last two premieres to June 2002, causing a year-long hiatus. It was generally assumed Johnny Bravo had ended and that the two holiday specials were going to be the last additions to the series until 2003, when news broke that a fourth season had been green-lit with creator Van Partible back at the helm entirely.

While the third season was airing, there was a bit of backlash online by fans and critics, namely on cartoon message boards, such as the ToonZone (now Anime Superhero) forums during the early 2000s. The most common criticism regarded Johnny's stupidity being over-exaggerated for laughs and the zanier plots. However, some saw these as improvements to the show.

Episodes

This is a list of shorts (or segments) in Season 3:

1. Luke Perry's Guide To Love
2. In The Line Of Johnny
3. Fugitive Johnny
4. Virtual Johnny
5. Hunted!
6. Hold That Schmoe
7. Candidate Johnny
8. Air Bravo
9. Johnny B. Badd
10. Scoop Bravo
11. The Incredible Shrinking Johnny
12. Backdaft
13. The Johnny Bravo Affair
14. Biosphere Johnny
15. Spa Spaz
16. Fool For A Day
17. In Your Dreams
18. Some Like It Stupid
19. Dental Hijinks
20. Little Red Riding Johnny
21. Pouch Potato
22. Jurassic Dork
23. Full Metal Johnny
24. Mascot Academy
25. Johnny On Ice!
26. Robo-Mama!
27. 20,000 Leagues Over My Head
28. I Dream Of Johnny
29. One Angry Bravo
30. Carnival Of The Darned
31. A Walk On The Stupid Side
32. Lone Star Bravo
33. Enter The Chipmunk
34. The Great Bunny Book Ban
35. Toy Boy Johnny
36. Frankenbravo
37. Lord Of The Links
38. Bootman
39. Freudian Dip
40. Lodge Brother Johnny
41. Chain Gang Johnny
42. Lumberjack Johnny
43. Auteur! Auteur!
44. Runaway Train
45. A Reject Runs Through It
46. The Island Of Mrs. Morceau
47. The Color Of Mustard
48. Third Dork From The Sun
49. The Hansel & Gretel Project
50. I.Q. Johnny
51. Get Stinky!

Trivia

• There are a few brief "crossover" gags involving Cartoon Network's other original programming, such as an appearance from I.M. Weasel during "In Your Dreams" and a reference to Ed, Edd n Eddy in "Biosphere Johnny."
  • As a "fourth wall breaking" gag, Johnny even mentions watching the network in "Lumberjack Johnny."