Samurai Bravo

"Laundry Day?"

- Samurai Jack and Johnny Bravo said at the same time on the Laundry Day CN bumper

Samurai Bravo is the slash ship between Jack and Johnny from the Samurai Jack and Johnny Bravo fandoms.

Canon
Samurai Jack and Johnny Bravo are the protagonists of their respective television shows. Their shows aired at roughly the same time on the same channel (Cartoon Network).

The two of them first interacted in a "Laundry Day" bumper during the CN City era. In it, Johnny and Jack are at their local laundromat at the same time, and give each other awkward glances as they notice each other. They're both doing their laundry in little more than their underwear. Johnny sees how Jack is pulling a pink cloth from his washing machine. Both ask "Laundry Day?" at the same time and laugh about it awkwardly. Jack makes a comment about Johnny liking black shirts "quite a lot". Johnny counters by saying that it looks like "Jack likes it in pink". Jack cringes at the comment, to which Johnny replies with an apologetic "I'm just sayin'" and shrugging. They then see Blossom entering the laundromat, noticing Jack's pink cloth and pulling a pink dress from Jack's washing machine herself, apologizing for leaving it there and accidently dying Jack's cloth pink. The bumper ends before Johnny could comment on that.

Behind the Scenes
This fanbase become so big that the director of the Launday Day bumper and CN City acknowledge the pairing and endorsed it.
 * The director of the CN city and directed "laundry day"  (Geoff Valent) confirmed   when they made this commericial  it was "proving manliness " but when they made it, it looks like they were flirting
 * Year 2018, Jack and Johnny's Former English voice actors, Phil Lamarr and Jeff Bennett also acknowledge  this ship pairing and made a video of them flirting (?)

Fanon
Samurai Bravo is one of the most popular crossover ships in the Cartoon Network fandom. It's mainly rivaled to Jinkies Bravo. After the release of Samurai Jack Season 5, it became popular to depict Jack in something of a love triangle between Johnny and Ashi, but with the twist that Johnny is interested in Jack this time.

Around 2015 or 2016 on Tumblr, Janie Lee (junkmixart) created a fan comic about the pairing based on the CN bumper "Laundry Day." After fans saw the short fancomic. Fans understood their dynamic and the pairing began acquiring large fanbase and official crossover ship name. The idea of depicting them as a Battle Couple is also popular, often drawing Johnny as a samurai himself and getting his own weapon. Since both of them are fairly beefy guys who are frequently shown shirtless, the ship is naturally popular with gay men and it is rather common to interpret their interaction in "Laundry Day" as awkward flirting.

On AO3, Samurai Bravo is the most written crossover ship for Johnny and the second most written for Samurai Jack. It is also the first most written crossover ship in the Johnny Bravo tag and the third most written in the Samurai Jack tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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