History Main / HeresJohnnyHomage

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTkETDkKXP4 An ad]] for Bing that parodied ''The Shining'' had the "Jack" character say, "Hey, guys! They have a maze back here when he sticks his head through the wall."

* The WhatIf mode for ''VideoGame/SpiderMan'' has Scorpion saying "Here's Johnny!" after he breaks down a door and jumps through it.

''The Shining'' came out in 1980, but the trope's roots are OlderThanTheyThink. The scene itself is a ShoutOut to one from the 1921 silent film ''Film/ThePhantomCarriage'', where the main character does the same to get at his family, while Jack's catchphrase (which [[ThrowItIn wasn't even in the script]]) is actually one to Ed [=McMahon=], the announcer of television {{Long Runner|s}} ''Series/{{The Tonight Show|StarringJohnnyCarson}}'' who would introduce host Creator/JohnnyCarson with a very drawn-out "Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!" since the very first episode in 1962. While the catchphrase was very famous in television history at the time, it wasn't until ''The Shining'' that the public conscience forever associated it with the AxCrazy Jack Torrance, followed by many future works referencing or spoofing his famous scene to the point of becoming a {{Stock Parod|ies}}y in its own right. The fact that Carson stepped down from ''The Tonight Show'' in 1992 also helped, as it [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece ensured that new generations]] [[PopCultureIsolation would have no idea what "heeeeeere's Johnny!" was meant to reference]][[note]]To be fair, Creator/StanleyKubrick didn't get the joke, either. He moved to the UK in 1960, a full two years before Carson became host of ''The Tonight Show'', and Nicholson had to both explain the reference and convince the notorious [[ThePerfectionist perfectionist]] director not to use a different take[[/note]].

A common trope in tension-inducing scenes is the classic AxeBeforeEntering, where a character breaks down a door with a weapon, usually an axe, in order to get to the victim cowering behind. Then came its TropeCodifier, ''Film/TheShining'', known for one of its most iconic scenes where a crazed Jack Torrance, played by Creator/JackNicholson, hacks apart the bathroom door with an axe, behind which his wife hides.

'''Homer:''' Heeeere's Johnny! ''[the camera pulls back to reveal an empty room]'' [[CatchPhrase D'oh!]]\\

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' episode "A Dandy Handy Man" Beetlejuice infuriates a Creator/JackNicholson-faced [[IncrediblyLamePun jackhammer]] who during the attack cracks up a door and taunts "LEEEEEET'S GET HIM!" terrorizing him and Lydia.

* ''Manga/TheStoryBetweenADumbPrefectAndAHighSchoolGirlWithAnInappropriateSkirtLength'' sees Vice President Kaoru Kogori do this in chapter 32 as he sticks his face between the crack of a door and its frame while he intimidates two students about to agree to go to a dance party together by saying "Intimate contact will be considered an inappropriate relationship...", making him resemble Jack Torrance's SlasherSmile through the broken door.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie'': When visiting Capper, one of the ponies opens the door to leave, and is greeted by Verko saying "Here's Verko!".

* The Creator/WhoopiGoldberg film ''Burglar'' has the Johnny Carson version [[spoiler:as a clue to the identity of the killer, whose name is also Carson.]]

''The Shining'' came out in 1980, but the trope's roots are OlderThanTheyThink. The scene itself is a ShoutOut to one from the 1921 silent film ''Film/ThePhantomCarriage'', where the main character does the same to get at his family, while Jack's catchphrase (which [[ThrowItIn wasn't even in the script]]) is actually one to Ed [=McMahon=], the announcer of television {{Long Runner|s}} ''Series/{{The Tonight Show|StarringJohnnyCarson}}'' who would introduce host Creator/JohnnyCarson with a very drawn-out "Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!" since the very first episode in 1962. While the catchphrase was very famous in television history at the time, it wasn't until ''The Shining'' that the public conscience forever associated it with the AxCrazy Jack Torrance, followed by many future works referencing or spoofing his famous scene to the point of becoming a {{Stock Parod|ies}}y in its own right. The fact that Carson stepped down from ''The Tonight Show'' in 1992 also helped, as it [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece ensured that new generations]] [[PopCultureIsolation would have no idea what "heeeeeere's Johnny!" was meant to reference]][[note]]to be fair, Creator/StanleyKubrick didn't get the joke either-- he moved to the UK in 1960, a full two years before Carson became host of ''The Tonight Show'', and Nicholson had to both explain the reference and convince the notorious [[ThePerfectionist perfectionist]] director not to use a different take[[/note]].

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* During Pope Asano's game of tag in Chapter 11 of ''Manga/KoroSenseiQuest'', he catches Mimura while peering between two trees, making a face that looks exactly like Jack Torrance in the "Here's Johnny!" scene.

* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In the episode ''Aw Shucks!'', Lumpy the moose tries to get a crow out of his house, and the crow eventually seeks refuge in his bathroom. Cue Lumpy (with axe in hand) breaking through the door, complete with a Simlish "Heeerrrreee's Lumpy!", pictured above.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[SpeakingSimlish Eeeeeeere's Womwhee!]]]]

Most homages consist of a character reenacting the scene by breaking down a door, wall, or some other barrier, or/after which they peek from behind the door or hole, and say Jack Torrance's iconic line or some variation of "Here's <Proper Noun> --y/ie!", usually with a SlasherSmile.

->"Oh, Polnareff, here comes Alessi!"