History Film / JohnnyDangerously

* HeroesWantRedheads: Johnny ends up with redhead Lily.

** Then there's extraordinary ganster "Johnny Dangerously," although he did pick it himself.

* AndNinetyNineCents: Johnny gets involved with the mob so that he can afford a medical procedure for his mother costing $49.95. The figure was likely chosen for how ridiculous it would sound to an audience in the eighties, but that kind of money [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting genuinely would be a major imposition on a lower class family at the turn of the 20th Century]] - the Kellys were likely making less than $300 a year, so fifty bucks is probably more more than they had at any one time in their lives.

* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster

''Johnny Dangerously'' is a comedic film produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox in 1984, and is primarily an AffectionateParody of gangster movies set in [[TheRoaringTwenties Prohibition-Era]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]]. Creator/MichaelKeaton stars as the title character, a youth who joins an organized crime gang to raise money to pay for medical procedures for his ailing mother. Creator/MariluHenner appears as Lil Sheridan, Johnny's love interest, while Creator/JoePiscopo plays villain Danny Vermin. Also in the cast are Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/PeterBoyle, Creator/GriffinDunne, and Creator/DomDeluise.

* TheReveal: "Johnny Dangerously is [[spoiler:Tommy Kelly's brother.]]" Of course, we all know that (as does all of Johnny's old neighborhood), but the rest of the Dundee gang don't.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Johnny is pretty much loved by everyone, even the Pope. The warden greeted Johnny warmly, even though Johnny is on death row. There's a shirt vendor in the neighborhood who sells "I love Johnny" shirts. The only person who doesn't like him is Vermin, possibly due to jealously.

* AndNinetyNineCents: Johnny gets involved with the mob so that he can afford a medical procedure for his mother costing $49.95. The figure was likely chosen for how ridiculous it would sound to an audience in the eighties, but that kind of money genuinely would be a major imposition on a lower class family at the turn of the 20th Century - the Kellys were likely making less than $300 a year, so fifty bucks is probably more more than they had at any one time in their lives.

* FunWithSubtitles: As the movie opens, subtitles fade in onto the screen to state the year; then a car drives over them, as they are actually plaster props standing in the street.

''Johnny Dangerously'' is a comedic film produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox in 1984, and is primarily an AffectionateParody of gangster movies set in [[TheRoaringTwenties Prohibition-Era]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]]. The title character is played by Creator/MichaelKeaton, portraying a youth who joins an organized crime gang to raise money to pay for medical procedures for his ailing mother. Creator/MariluHenner plays Lil Sheridan, Johnny's love interest, while Creator/JoePiscopo plays villain Danny Vermin. Also in the cast are Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/PeterBoyle, Creator/GriffinDunne, and Creator/DomDeluise.

The movie begins its light-hearted path with an AnimatedCreditsOpening featuring images of Manhattan locales set to Music/WeirdAlYankovic's song "This Is The Life". We are introduced to the owner of "Kelly's Pet Shop," Mr. Kelly, who apprehends a would-be thief and, after being treated to a tough-guy attitude, begins to [[HowWeGotHere tell the tale of his own past]]... the criminal known as "Johnny Dangerously."

''Johnny Dangerously'' is a comedic film produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox in 1984, and is primarily an AffectionateParody of gangster movies set in [[TheRoaringTwenties Prohibition-Era]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]]. The title character is played by Creator/MichaelKeaton, portraying a youth who joins an organized crime gang to raise money to pay for medical procedures for his ailing mother. Creator/MariluHenner plays Lil Sheridan, Johnny's love interest, while Creator/JoePiscopo plays villain Danny Vermin.

** Joe Piscopo pulls this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WEPlSPwWu8 the trailer]], where he knocks out the projectionist who recognises him, then [[MethodActing addresses himself to the audience as Danny Vermin]].

** Joe Piscopo pulls this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WEPlSPwWu8 the trailer]], where he knocks out the projectionist who recognises him, then [[MethodActing addresses himself to the audience as Danny Vermin]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Johnny's nickname comes after he's told that he likes to live dangerously.

* CatchPhrase: Vermin, used multiple times in the form "You shouldn't ''do something bad to me''. My ''family member did that to me'' once." (long pause with index finger extended for emphasis) "Once."
-->'''Danny Vermin:''' You shouldn't grab me, Johnny. My mother grabbed me once. ''Once''.\\
'''Danny Vermin:''' You shouldn't hang me on a hook. My father hung me on a hook once. ''Once''.\\
'''Danny Vermin:''' ''[while in clear pain]'' You shouldn't kick me in the balls. My sister kicked me in the balls once...
-->'''Danny Vermin:''' ''[while being dragged away]'' You shouldn't shoot me Johnny. My grandmother shot me once...

* {{Malaproper}}: Roman Moronie. He'd have given the movie a hard R rating for language if the miserable corksoaker could pronounce a word of it correctly, that fargin icehole.

** Vermin
** And "Dangerously," although he did pick it himself.
* MediumAwareness: 1935

* BrokenAesop: "Crime doesn't pay." Cue his fancy suit, chauffeured car, and elegantly dressed wife. "Well, it paid a little."

* FanService: When Tommy visits Johnny's apartment.

* FantasticSlurs: Mary-Margaret Catherine Dineen, the cleaning lady, can cuss a mean blue streak of these whenever someone walks on the freshly mopped floor.
-->'''Mary-Margaret:''' Dirty Jew! Shanty nigger! White-trash bastard! GO AHEAD, WALK ALL OVER THE BUGGER!!

* FlashbackEffects: The entire movie takes place during a flashback, illustrating the story Mr. Kelly is telling the
would-be thief he caught trying to steal a puppy from his pet store.

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[[caption-width-right:346:Organized crime has never been this disorganized!]]

* TheEighties: It's a period piece, but a comedy, so some jokes were based on when the film was made. Johnny notes that his gang has to diversify, or else [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld the Japanese gangs will run them out of business]].

'''Prisoner:''' That ain't what I said.\\

* FlashbackEffects: The entire movie takes place during a flashback, illustrating the story Mr. Kelly is telling the would-be thief he caught trying to steal a puppy from his pet store.