Little Johnny

For other uses, see Little Johnny (disambiguation).

Little Johnny jokes are about a small boy who likes to ask embarrassing questions and has a very straightforward thinking. At times he is well educated in the terminology of sex, while at others he is all too innocent. "Little Johnny" has been trademarked by The Little Johnny Trading Company Pty Ltd which has produced a movie based on Little Johnny jokes called Little Johnny The Movie.

Little Johnny in other countries

Joke characters similar to Little Johnny are known in other countries:

• Armenia: Vartanik
• Brazil: Joãozinho (diminutive of João) or Juquinha
• Bulgaria Ivancho (in bulgarian Иванчо , diminutive for Ivan) , commonly featured with Mariyka (in bulgarian Марийка , diminutive for Mariya) a young girl
• Croatia and Serbia: Perica
• Czech Republic: Pepíček (diminutive of Pepa, itself diminutive of Josef)[2]
• Estonia: Juku
• Finland: Pikku-Kalle
• France: Toto
• Germany: Fritzchen, see German humor and GDR jokes
• Greece: Totos (Τοτός) , Bobos (Μπόμπος)
• Italy: Pierino
• India: Tintumon in Malayalam language
• Latvia: Jānītis
• Lithuania: Petriukas
• Mexico: Pepito
• Netherlands: Jantje, a stereotype of the average little Dutch boy, a diminutive of Jan
• New Zealand: Little Hone
• Poland: Jaś (also Jasio, Jasiu – all diminutives of Jan)[3]
• Spain and Hispanophone Latin America: Jaimito (In Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Ecuador, Pepito)
• Sri Lanka: Amdan (Emden)
• Russia: Vovochka (diminutive of Vladimir)
• Romania: Bulă
• Slovenia: Janezek
• Ukraine: Vovochka (diminutive of Vladimir)

Example jokes

• Ms. Smith stopped to reprove Johnny for making faces: "Johnny, when I was small, my mother used to tell me that if I made ugly faces, at some moment it would freeze and stay like that." Johnny looked up at her and thoughtfully replied: "Well, Ms. Smith, you can't say you weren't forewarned."
• The teacher asks everyone in the class to demonstrate something exciting. When Johnny's turn came, he walked to the blackboard and drew a small dot. "What's that?" the teacher asked, puzzled. "It's a period." – "Well, I see that, but what's exciting about a period?" – "Darned if I know, but this morning my sister said she missed one... Dad had a heart attack, mom fainted, and the guy next door shot himself."