Editing Johnson

{{about|the running gag name from the [[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]] games|the nonfictional basketball player|[[Magic Johnson]]}}
{{character infobox
|species=Varies
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{quote|DANG IT, JOHNSON! I TOLD you to pull up the anchor!|Paint Guy|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
Incidental minion characters named '''Johnson''' appear as a running gag in the English localizations of the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' games. The context of their appearance as well as their species varies game by game, but it usually involves some manner of a superior officer reprimanding or otherwise ordering them.

==History==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
[[File:PMTTYD prologue screenshot.png|thumb|left|250px|One of the [[X-Naut]]s in the crowd is Johnson.]]
{{quote|Where'd [[Mario|th]][[Goombella|ey]] go?! Huh? You! Johnson! Did you see them? Did anyone?|[[Lord Crump]]|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Johnson is the name of one of the numerous [[X-Naut]]s in the [[X-Nauts (platoon)|X-Naut platoon]]. He is called out by [[Lord Crump]] after [[Mario]] and [[Goombella]] escape them at the very beginning of the game, asking if he saw which way they went.

===''Super Paper Mario''===
[[File:SPM Johnson.png|250px|thumb|Johnson (on the right) and a [[Koopa Troopa]] having trapped the [[Hammer Bro captain]]]]
{{quote2|All hail the glorious [[Count Bleck|count]]! Do not resist... Submit to his rule. You will love it.|Johnson|[[Super Paper Mario]]}}
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Johnson is the name of one of the many [[Koopa Troopa]]s brainwashed by [[Nastasia]] to follow [[Count Bleck]]. He is seen when [[Princess Peach]] tries to escape [[Castle Bleck]] during the Chapter 1 intermission, where the [[Hammer Bro captain]] sees him and another brainwashed Koopa Troopa, and demands he drop and do push-ups for his forced insubordination. He and the other brainwashed troops attempt to capture Peach shortly thereafter, but she is teleported away by [[Dimentio]].

===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', Johnson is the name of one of the unseen crewmen of an [[airship]] near the [[Crimson Tower]], presumably one of the [[Shy Guy]]s on board. He failed to perform his task of lifting the anchor after they were done draining the Crimson Tower's paint, thus causing the ship to get stuck and allowing Mario to board and defeat the crewmen.

==Names in other languages==
;''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
{{foreign names
|FreA=Gérard <small>(remake)</small>
}}

;''Super Paper Mario''
{{foreign names
|Fre=Bob
|Spa=Johnson
}}

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[[Category:Koopa Troopas]]
[[Category:X-Nauts]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: Color Splash characters]]
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