WesternAnimation Funny
Normally, I don't agree with the Double Standard Abuse Female On Male they have on the show, I found the abuse inflicted on him hilarious sometimes since he was a jerk. There are other likable characters like Bunny bravo, Carl, Suzy, etc. The show is hilarious
WesternAnimation Classic
Johnny Bravo is a classic Cartoon Network show. The characters are colorful and funny, and have their own unique personalities. The writing was clever and spontaneous. And the character himself always found a way to make me laugh.
Johnny Bravo is basically about a guy who tries too hard to impress ladies. The character was hilariously built, with an enormous upper body, and legs both shorter than his own hair. His hair style was based on Elvis Pressley's, although it's blonde and he takes it way too seriously. Johnny's personality is pretty self-centered, and other than his momma, he doesn't really respect the other characters on the show.
Still, I see Johnny as a lovable adult child. I usually feel kind of sorry for him whenever the end of the episode isn't in his favor, which usually happens a lot, but he mostly deserves it. Nevertheless, Johnny fits in as a memorable character in Cartoon Network's original collection.
WesternAnimation The retooled version was better
While I believe that both versions of Johnny Bravo - those with and without Van Partible - were funny in their own ways, the ones without Van Partible are actually somewhat better, in my opinion.
After all, what are the complaints about those seasons? Johnny becoming dumber, you've got a point. The art style changed, well, I didn't mind. But those seasons turned the least-popular Cartoon Cartoon behind Dexter's Laboratory and Cow and Chicken into a well-remembered classic. If it weren't for the retool, it'd be on the same level as Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?. (It helps that a lot of the staff of the retool had worked on Pinky and the Brain, and managed to bring that same type of comedy to the show.)
Whereas with the earlier version, there were quite a few problems - first off: the celebrity cameos. While they were often quite funny, a few of them have not aged well - anyone remember who Vendela is? It also got somewhat ridiculous in the last season to the point that Shaquille O'Neal was playing a game against Seth Green for no reason! In the retooled era, there weren't many celebrity cameos (I remember Luke Perry and Dionne Warwick, and that's it) and maybe one or two celebrities doing voices (Annie Potts in "Dude Ranch Doofus") and the show was all the better for it.
Second, the lack of a large supporting cast. Both of the other two original Cartoon Cartoons had large supporting casts. Johnny Bravo had his mother and Little Suzy...and that was that. The addition of Carl and Pops definitely helped the show, and gave more opportunities for plots.
And third, well, I preferred the retooled art style. This may be because that is the version I first saw as a kid in the early 2000s, but I still prefer Little Suzy's later design. (While she doesn't look right in the first episodes of the retool, she gets better by the third season.)
So, in summary, the show was funny throughout, but I still think the retooled version is a tad better.