Lost Johnny Bravo and Dragon Ball Z teamup episode found after 23 years
Topics: Film and TV, Anime
Katherine Sidnell
Featured Image Credit: Cartoon Network
Topics: Film and TV, Anime
Rare footage of a crossover between Johnny Bravo and Dragon Ball Z has been found and it’s breaking the internet.
The nostalgic 90’s cartoon partnered up for a special Cartoon Network segment with the lost-lost clip everything you could ever hope for from the sunglass-wearing muscle man and the spikey-haired anime characters.
Fans have even been sharing excerpts of the epic crossover, such as the one below.
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The hair-raising duo appeared in a Cartoon Network segment called JBVO, with Johnny Bravo viewing various shows from the channel.
Ever the self-obsessed, the blonde bombshell would usually talk about shows in which he guest starred in, such as Scooby Doo - which was another classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
With his dulcet tones eerily similar to Elvis Presley’s, it was no wonder that the segment became a smash with audiences at home.
Bravo would also break the fourth wall and take requests from viewers at home and in a surprising twist, one viewer, Jennifer, asked for Dragon Ball Z.
Given the short run time of the segment, just 24 minutes, Bravo has to hilariously speed through his review of Goku and Frieza's infamous 20-minute battle.
Even more ridiculous is the fact that Bravo refers to the young fan as his ‘pen-pal momma’ throughout, despite Jennifer ringing in.
He even references this as Bravo signs off, saying: “There you go. It kinda loses something in fast-forward, doesn’t it, Jennifer?….Well I’m sorry, little lady. I love that show and I love you so I wanted to play it for ya because this is Your All Request Cartoon Show. Thank ya, pretty momma.”
Understandably, fans have been eager to relive their childhood with rumours that the clip still existed, even though the show hadn’t aired in over 23 years.
Even worse, the show often referenced the date it aired meaning that the network wouldn’t have kept copies for re-runs.
Twitter’s @LSuperSonicQ had been so dedicated to finding the long-lost footage though, that they tracked down another user, @SandersPlanets, hoping they had it.
Amazingly, Sander’s mom had worked at Cartoon Network in the early noughties and had kept tones some archival footage.
@SandersPlanets latter revealed that not only did they have the epic crossover but they uploaded all 28 episodes of JBVO to Internet Archive, along with the help of fellow internet super-sleuth Jericho.
Speaking about the found-footage, LSuperSonicQ told Kotaku: “This was one of my favorite pieces of lost media so I’m very glad to see it resurface.”
They added: “It goes to show that no matter how long a piece of lost media has been lost for, there’s always a chance for it to reappear someday.”
Well thank you, thank you very much.
