"The Sensitive Male!" is the first half of the third episode of Season 1 of Johnny Bravo.
Synopsis[]
The Sensitive Male tries to teach Johnny how to be sensitive, use manners, etc, to try to impress ladies.
Plot Summary[]
Johnny is at the park picking up chicks. He does his usual posing and pet names for a lady sipping a soda. She asks him if he really thinks that all his bravado works to pick up women. When he agrees, she spits her drink at him and leaves. But, a few seconds later, a portly man in a suit offers her flowers and politely compliments her. She gives him her phone number.
Shocked and angered at the turn of events, Johnny demands to know what the man did to get the girl's number. The man explains, in song, what sensitivity is, and offers to show Johnny how to be more sensitive. They see a woman pushing her Dachshund around in a stroller. The Sensitive Male sings about "observation," telling Johnny to use her dog as a way to break the ice. Johnny talks to the lady, but leans against the stroller, making it roll down the street. He chases after the stroller as it heads towards the harbor. The dog nearly falls into the water, but is caught by the Sensitive Male. The lady thanks her dog's savior with a kiss and agreeing to a date.
At the soda shoppe, Johnny sees a cute girl having a milkshake. Johnny is about to start flexing at her, but the Sensitive Male sings about showing her his feminine side. Johnny takes this a little too far and approaches the girl while wearing a dress and makeup. The girl laughs at him and leaves. Later, Johnny and his new mentor see a woman making wishes at a fountain. The Sensitive Male says that calling the woman things like "hot mama" is rude, and sings a song about manners and showing the lady respect. Johnny goes into his usual shtick, but sprinkles in "Pardon me," and "If you please." The girl makes another wish in the fountain and Johnny is immediately trampled by buffalo.
Afterward, Johnny says that being sensitive is not really for him. The Sensitive Male admits that he does not really mean any of the kind things he says. He sings some more about telling a woman what she wants to hear, and that if Johnny only fakes being sensitive, he can have any woman he wants. Johnny brings the previous ladies he had met that day back to hear what the man said, and they get angry for being tricked. They tie him up and prepare to throw him in the wishing fountain. Johnny can only call the man a jerk as the episode ends.
Trivia[]
- This was first Johnny Bravo episode to feature future Family Guy and American Dad creator Seth MacFarlane, who wrote the episode's Teleplay two years after creating the What a Cartoon episode "Larry & Steve."
- This was one of the few Johnny Bravo episodes with production art once featured on the Cartoon Network website's Department of Cartoons (the "D.O.C.").
- This was not the first time Jack Sheldon parodied his Schoolhouse Rock! work. The year before The Sensitive Male aired, Jack Sheldon had also parodied his "I'm Just a Bill" short when he voiced the "Amendment To Be" in the Simpsons episode "The Day The Violence Died."
- Despite being voiced by Jack Sheldon, the Sensitive Male bears a close physical resemblance to comedy legend Mel Brooks when he was younger.
Cultural References[]
- The episode is a parody of, and tribute to, the Schoolhouse Rock! TV series. The late Jack Sheldon, known for voicing characters in the shorts "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill" guest stars as the Sensitive Male.
- In the "Manners" song, the Sensitive Male says to "call 800-ATT instead of just Collect". This is a reference to calling 1-800-CALLATT instead of making a collect call. "ATT" refers to the AT&T phone company.
- Johnny asks what learning grammar has to do with getting chicks. The Sensitive Male comments "Nothing if you're Sly Stallone". This refers to Sylvester Stallone, who played Rocky Balboa in the Rocky film franchise and John Rambo in the Rambo film franchise.
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