History Comicbook / JohnnyTurbo

If you answered C, you may have been working for NEC in the early 90s as a marketer for their console the TurboGrafx16, because that's exactly what they did: they presented multi-page ads in gaming magazines centering around a "computer expert" named [[AwesomeMcCoolname Jonathan Brandstetter]], better known under his alias Johnny Turbo, and his [[HoYay loving sidekick Tony] in their quest to teach gamers the [[BlatantLies completely unbiased]] truth about the TG-16 compared to NEC's self-appointed rival [[{{Sega}} Se]]--err, [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Feka]].

->C. [[InsaneTrollLogic Throw caution to the wind and go all-out on one of your rivals with a series of comic book-styled propaganda and recycle the same two games within them as "proof" of your machine's superiority while introducing a laughable spokesman.]]

If you answered C, you may have been working for NEC in the early 90s as a marketer for their console the TurboGrafx16, because that's exactly what they did: they presented multi-page ads in gaming magazines centering around a "computer expert" named [[AwesomeMcCoolname Jonathan Brandstetter]], better known under his alias Johnny Turbo, in his quest to teach gamers the [[BlatantLies completely unbiased]] truth about the TG-16 compared to NEC's self-appointed rival [[{{Sega}} Se]]--err, [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Feka]].

** [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] has stated that this argument is analogous to an elementary school kid taunting their peers by going "Na na na na na, we did it first!"

* MemeticOutfit: Everybody's, since they almost [[LimitedWardrobe never appear in anything else]].

#Episode 43: The Master Plan! -- Johnny learns that Feka is marketing [[SegaCD a CD system]] as "the first of its kind," and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous this simply will not stand.]] Johnny takes out the Feka goons who were selling the CD systems, and more in the shadows promise their revenge.

* HomoeroticSubtext: Taken to almost BeyondTheImpossible levels in the last issue, to the point where it might as well just be called Homoerotic Text.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Johnny and Tony. Driven beyond the bounds of human decency in "Sleepwaker" in as much as could be shown to kids.

* {{Demonization}}: They portray their rival companies as being ''evil robots''.

* InsaneTrollLogic: "The Master Plan" consists entirely of the argument that the Turbo Duo is automatically better than the Sega CD just because it was released first. How exactly this equates to having better games isn't mentioned.

Today, Johnny stands mostly as a curious and forgotten footnote in the history of a company which was losing ground in the US to Sega and [[{{Nintendo}} the Big N]], but thanks to the internet and webmaster Sardius, you too can experience the entire saga of Mr. Turbo [[http://sardoose.rustedlogic.net/reviews/jturbo/ here]]. The first two "issues", as noted above, are fairly typical gaming attacks, with Feka presented as a faceless man assisted by [[MesACrowd identityless goons]], but then the third one -- most likely an utter last-ditch attempt for NEC to just make ''some'' sort of impact on the average gamer's mind -- got... [[MindScrew weird.]] [[HoYay Very,]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs very]] [[BrainBleach weird.]]

* {{MIB}}: The Feka goons.

* UnusualChapterNumbers: Starts at 43, then goes to 44 and 45.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Tony has a fricking ''orgasm'' over the ClassicCheatCode to unlock ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' in the [=TurboDuo=]'s included 3-games-in-1 disc.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Tony has a fricking ''orgasm'' over the ClassicCheatCode to unlock ''{{Bomberman}}'' in the [=TurboDuo=]'s included 3-games-in-1 disc.

* {{Retool}}: "Sleepwalker". Feka is out, freaky subtext-saturated dreams are ''in''.

* ShoutOut: "Sleepwalker" takes its splash page almost straight from ''StarWars: ANewHope'''s poster.

If you answered C, you may have been working for NEC in the early 90s as a marketer for their console the [[{{Ptitlel6tk8v0g}} TurboGrafx-16]], because that's exactly what they did: they presented multi-page ads in gaming magazines centering around a "computer expert" named [[AwesomeMcCoolname Jonathan Brandstetter]], better known under his alias Johnny Turbo, in his quest to teach gamers the [[BlatantLies completely unbiased]] truth about the TG-16 compared to NEC's self-appointed rival [[{{Sega}} Se]]--err, [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Feka]].

* SmallReferencePools: For no good reason, the JT ads chose to focus exclusively on (admittedly very good) ShootEmUps ''Gates of Thunder'' and ''Lords of Thunder'' as being the {{Killer App}}s of the [=TurboDuo=]. Even the most casual Sega owner could probably name more games than just ''SonicTheHedgehog'' at the time.

* StrawmanProduct: The [=TurboDuo=] has '''the arcade feel!''' And Feka's pack-in shooter game '''doesn't even compare!''' to ''Lords of Thunder''! But of course, at the same time, Sega was doing the same thing to Nintendo in their own ads.

->''Oh my god! They're not even'' '''''human!'''''

* MemeticOutfit: Everybody's, since they almost never appear in anything else.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Again, Feka's boss.

* TooManyBelts

Today, Johnny stands mostly as a curious and forgotten footnote in the history of a company which was losing ground in the US to Sega and [[{{Nintendo}} the Big N]], but thanks to the internet and webmaster Sardius, you too can experience the entire saga of Mr. Turbo [[http://sardoose.rustedlogic.net/reviews/jturbo/ here]]. The first two "issues", as noted above are fairly typical gaming attacks, with Feka presented as a faceless man assisted by [[MesACrowd identityless goons]], but then the third one -- most likely an utter last-ditch attempt for NEC to just make ''some'' sort of impact on the average gamer's mind -- got... [[MindScrew weird.]] [[HoYay Very,]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs very]] [[BrainBleach weird.]]

* StrawmanProduct: The TurboDuo has '''the arcade feel!''' And Feka's pack-in shooter game '''doesn't even compare!''' to ''LordsOfThunder''! But of course, at the same time, Sega was doing the same thing to Nintendo in their own ads.

--> Episode 43: The Master Plan! -- Johnny learns that Feka is marketing [[SegaCD a CD system]] as "the first of its kind," and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous this simply will not stand.]] Johnny takes out the Feka goons who were selling the CD systems, and more in the shadows promise their revenge.
--> Episode 44: Let 'Em Dangle! -- [[RecycledScript See above]], only this time, there's a great focus on the more recently released [=TurboDuo=], which combined the TG-16 and its CD addon into one unit, a capability which the Genesis and Sega CD lacked at the time. [[SarcasmMode Because everybody who wanted the Sega CD obviously didn't own a Genesis at the same time.]]
--> Episode 45: Sleepwalker -- Johnny's sidekick Tony gets ADayInTheLimelight. And he has one ''hell'' of a dream.

If you answered C, you may have been working for NEC in the early 90s as a marketer for their console the TurboGrafxSixteen, because that's exactly what they did: they presented multi-page ads in gaming magazines centering around a "computer expert" named [[AwesomeMcCoolname Jonathan Brandstetter]], better known under his alias Johnny Turbo, in his quest to teach gamers the [[BlatantLies completely unbiased]] truth about the TG-16 compared to NEC's self-appointed rival [[{{Sega}} Se]]--err, [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Feka]].