Little Johnny

Around the world

Joke characters similar to Little Johnny are known in many countries. Please don't add entries without references or articles

• Francophone world: and are encountered in film and books, to name a few:

  • , a French - Belgian - Luxembourgish film directed by
  • Les Blagues de Toto, French animated television series broadcast since 2010
  • Les Blagues de Toto, French animated television series broadcast since 2020
  • Les Blagues de Toto, comic strip by Belgian author

• Germany: Kleines Fritzchen (Little Fritzie); see German humour and East Germany jokes

• Greece: Τοτός (Totós)

• Italy: (diminutive of Peter): The character became famous in Italy between the 1970s and 1980s. Multiple films about Pierino were made, all starring Alvaro Vitali, including:

  • Desiderable Teacher (1981)
  • Desiderable Teacher 2 (1982)
  • (1982)
  • Desiderable Teacher 3 [it] (1990)

• Netherlands, Flanders: Jantje, a stereotype of the average little Dutch boy, a diminutive of Jan

• Spanish-speaking: (diminutive of Jaime), Pepito: (diminutive of Pepe, and Benito. Jokes about these little travieso (mischievous) kids are part of the culture in Spanish-speaking countries, and they are a useful tool for language and culture acquisition. Many of these jokes have to do with school for with family. Many of them are of question-answer type, where the boy interprets the question is a way different from teacher's or parent's intention. Others are puns or plain silly.

• :At school:

• ::"Pepito, please name five animals that give milk." – "Five cows, señorita."

• ::"Pepito, what do you think an ideal school should be?" – "Closed, maestra, closed."

• :At home:

• ::"What will you be when you grow up, Pepito?" – mama asks. – "Much bigger."

• Sri Lanka: Amdan (Emden)

• Poland: In Poland, the naughty boy is Jasio, littla Jan. He is culturally close to Russian Vovochka, however in addition to traditional school and home environments, there is a layer of Jasio jokes related to the Catholic Church.

• :After mass, Jasio approaches the priest:

• :Your sermon was fucking good, padre!"

• :You can't say that, my son! Repent!"

• :But your sermon was real fucking good shit! I even decided to donate 1,000 złoty to the church."

• :No shit???!"

• Russia: Vovochka (diminutive of Vladimir)

• Romania: Bulă, Alinuța

  • In 2006, TVR netwoork conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considers the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time. Bulă was voted to be the 59th greatest Romanian. Please don't add entries without references or articles --

Female version

• Italy: Pierina [it] (female version of Pierino):
  • Quella peste di Pierina (1982), produced by Riccardo Billi

References

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References

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5. Bernard Lefort, "Le personnage de Toto dans les histoires racontées par les enfants", In ''Cahiers de la recherche de Corium-CRIH'', 1995, no. 3 : Féminin/masculin, humour et différence sexuelle, sous la direction de Vincent Martin.
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8. "Pepito Jokes for Spanish Learners".
9. (March 6, 2011). "Tracing Amdan and finding Emden". The Sunday Times.
10. Agata Przyborowska,[https://uwm.edu.pl/slowianie/pliki/article/330/2011%20Agata%20Przyborowska%20-%20Bohaterzy%20anegdot%20jako%20przyk%C5%82ad%20stereotypizacji.pdf JĘZYKOWY OBRAZ ŚWIATA W DOWCIPACH (polskie dowcipy o Jasiu i rosyjskie dowcipy o Wowoczkie)]
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