History ComicBook / JohnnyTurbo

** Claims that the [=TurboGrafX 16=] is the first 16-bit console and that “FEKA” is lying about how their consoles are the 16-bit ones. Except that technically, the [=TG16=] [[HowVideoGameSpecsWork had a 8-bit CPU]] [[note]]t’s the graphical subsystem that is 16-bit, but most people count the word size of the CPU when referring to the console, not the word size of the GPU[[/note]].

* UnknownRival: NEC seemingly chose to make Sega their primary enemy in the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars for no other reason than they were the only other major video game company selling a CD console at the time. If Sega even knew about the Johnny Turbo campaign, which is doubtful, they didn't feel the need to respond a smear campaign of their own.

** For no good reason, the JT ads chose to focus exclusively on (admittedly very good) {{Shoot Em Up}}s ''Gate 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 ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' at the time.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the third and final issue, the comic drops the FEKA plot entirely. Instead, it decides to take the piss and remove any subtext about Johnny and Tony's relationship. The comic begins with Tony remarking that he spent all day in the kitchen, presumably making the plate of cookies Johnny is shown having, and when he goes to bed we see that he owns books with titles such as ''Lace and Leather II'' and ''The Joy of Wax''. When he falls asleep, his dreams of a starry space filled with bondage gear and female accessories among other odd imagery. And at the top of one panel, what looks two planets at first glance are actually a pair of naked breasts with the nipples half hidden. Tony is also shown getting more and more excited and titillated as Johnny shows him the games from the [=TurboDuo=]'s 3 in 1 pack-in CD until he all but blows his load at the revelation that Bomberman is a secret fourth game.

* GuestFighter: In VideoGame/CrystalCrisis.

Interestingly, Brandstetter has decided to keep using the character since the founding of his new company, Flying Tiger Entertainment, as part of a series of Creator/DataEast arcade-to-console conversions known as ''Johnny Turbo's Arcade''.

* TakeThat: If you assume that "Feka" is pronounced similar to how "Sega" is, it makes the name of the company "Fake-uh".

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Johnny likes hammering in that the [=TurboDuo=] games are more ''intense'' that the Feka's... whatever that means.

* AbortedArc[=/=]LeftHanging: The despite the second issue ending with FEKA plotting to take down Johnny Turbo, the third issue is devoted to promoting the [=TurboDuo=] through an odd dream sequence. Since that was the last story of the series, the FEKA plot went unresolved.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the third and final issue, the comic drops the FEKA plot entirely. Instead, it decides to take the piss and [[HoYay remove any subtext about Johnny and Tony's relationship]]. The comic begins with Tony remarking that he spent all day in the kitchen, presumably making the plate of cookies Johnny is shown having, and when he goes to bed we see that he owns books with titles such as ''Lace and Leather II'' and ''The Joy of Wax''. When he falls asleep, his dreams of a starry space filled with bondage gear and female accessories among other odd imagery. And at the top of one panel, what looks two planets at first glance are actually a pair of naked breasts with the nipples half hidden. Tony is also shown getting more and more excited and titillated as Johnny shows him the games from the [=TurboDuo=]'s 3 in 1 pack-in CD until he all but blows his load at the revelation that Bomberman is a secret fourth game.

* SkewedPriorities: Instead of trying to promote the [=TurboDuo=] or its games, the comic spent most of it's time insulting Sega or making asinine assertions that the Sega CD was inferior simply because it came out after the [=TurboDuo=] and needed the already super popular Sega Genesis to work.

Interesting, Brandstetter has decided to keep using the character since the founding of his new company, Flying Tiger Entertainment, as part of a series of Creator/DataEast arcade-to-console conversions known as ''Johnny Turbo's Arcade''.

* AbortedArc[=/=]LeftHanging: The despite the second issue ending with FEKA plotting to take down Johnny Turbo, the third issue is devoted to promoting the [=TurboDuo=] through a odd dream sequence. Since that was the last story of the series, the FEKA plot went unresolved.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the third and final issue, the comic drops the FEKA plot entirely. Instead, it decides to take the piss and [[HoYay remove any subtext about Johnny and Tony's relationship]]. The comic begins with Tony remarking that he spent all day in the kitchen, presumably making the plate of cookies Johnny is shown having, and when he goes to bed we see that he owns books with titles such as ''Lace and Leather II'' and ''The Joy of Wax''. When he falls asleep, his dreams of a starry space filled with bondage gear and female accessories among other odd imagery. And at the top of one panel, what looks two planets at first glance are actually a pair of naked breasts with the nipples half hidden. Tony is also shown getting more and more excited and titillated as Johnny shows him the games from the [=TurboDuo=] 3 in 1 pack-in CD until he all but blows his load at the revelation that Bomberman is a secret fourth game.

* SkewedPriorities: Instead of trying to promote the [=TurboDuo=] or its games, the comic spent most of it's time insulting Sega or making asinine assertions that the Sega CD was inferior simply because it came out after the [[TurboDuo]] and needed the already super popular Sega Genesis to work.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Johnny has no superpowers other than his surprisingly impressive strength.

* {{Hypocrite}}: The Second Comic advertises about how "Johnny Turbo continues the fight against the deceptive propaganda of FEKA Inc.'s Master Plan!". As Linkara points out: [[SarcasmMode "What better way to fight propaganda than by portraying your business rivals as hideous, demonic creatures, who laugh about how evil their plans are, like]] WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|and the Planeteers}} [[SarcasmMode Villains!? What a WONDERFUL way to fight against propaganda!"]]

Today, Johnny stands mostly as a curious and forgotten footnote in the history of a company which was losing ground in the US to Creator/{{Sega}} and [[Creator/{{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]], along with AtopTheFourthWall, which you can view [[http://atopthefourthwall.com/magfest-mega-post-1-2012/ here]] and [[http://atopthefourthwall.com/comic-book-quickies-2/ here]]. They have also been turned into motion comics in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykCG8970LW4 this]] video. 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.]]

!!Tropes:

* {{Hypocrite}}: The Second Comic advertises about how; "Johnny Turbo continues the fight against the deceptive propaganda of FEKA Inc.'s Master Plan!". As Linkara points out; [[SarcasmMode "What better way to fight propaganda than by portraying your business rivals as hideous, demonic creatures, who laugh about how evil their plans are, like]] WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|and the Planeteers}} [[SarcasmMode Villains!? What a WONDERFUL way to fight against propaganda!"]]

* 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.
** [[WebVideo/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!"

* MegatonPunch: In "Let 'Em Dangle!", Johnny somehow uses [[AwesomeButImpractical a running uppercut]] to send a Feka goon flying. He punches another goon clear out of his shades, leaving them hanging in midair. Undamaged.

--> '''Sardius:''' Mild disappointment is a bitch, ain't it?
* SmallReferencePools: For no good reason, the JT ads chose to focus exclusively on (admittedly very good) {{Shoot Em Up}}s ''Gate 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 ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' at the time.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Johnny likes hammering in that the [=TurboDuo=] games are more ''intense'' that the Feka's...whatever that means.

* TakeThat: If you assume that "Feka" is pronounced the same way "Sega" is, it makes the name of the company "Fake-uh".

* {{Irony}}: Johnny's beloved ''Lords of Thunder'' was eventually ported to the Sega CD. And if you [[ColbertBump got interested in it because of the comic,]] this was probably the ROM you downloaded. Also, NEC did end up making some games for Sega.

* BowtiesAreCool: Tony sure thinks so.

* {{Irony}}: Johnny's beloved ''Lords of Thunder'' was eventually ported to the Sega CD. And if you [[ColbertBump got interested in it because of the comic,]] this was probably the ROM you downloaded.

* {{Irony}}: ''Lords of Thunder'' was eventually ported to the Sega CD.

* JohnnyMcCoolname: The main character's superhero identity is Johnny Turbo.

* MaliciousSlander: The comics show FEKA trying to scam customers to purchase the CD Console, without telling them that they need to get the 16-Bit System for it to even work...despite this information being clearly advertised on every Sega CD Box, Sega never tried to lie about that! So, the Comic was accusing Sega of things they weren' even doing!?

* SmallReferencePools: For no good reason, the JT ads chose to focus exclusively on (admittedly very good) {{Shoot Em Up}}s ''Gate 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[[note]]''Sol-Feace'', for those wondering[[/note]] '''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.

Today, Johnny stands mostly as a curious and forgotten footnote in the history of a company which was losing ground in the US to Creator/{{Sega}} and [[Creator/{{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]], along with AtopTheFourthWall, which you can view [[http://atopthefourthwall.com/magfest-mega-post-1-2012/ here]] and [[http://atopthefourthwall.com/comic-book-quickies-2/ 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.]]