John the Bopper (Character)

*This article is about the character. For the article about the creator, see John the Bopper.*

**John the Bopper** is the title character of the John the Bopper YouTube channel, created by and based on the creator of the same name. He is the main protagonist of several of the channel's series, including RANDOM THINGS, Obvious Things, The Origin Of and Motel 31, and was the main antagonist of Fake News. He made his debut in the first episode of Obvious Things. He is also the protagonist of RANDOM THINGS The Movie and The Quest for the Golden Mask, and supporting character in A RANDOM THINGS Christmas Carol.

## John the Bopper

John as he appears in RANDOM THINGS - Mug

## Character Information

### Aliases

JTB
John

John Prime (by Evil John)

Captain Strong Guy

### Appears in

RANDOM THINGS• Obvious Things• Fake News• The Origin Of• Motel 31• Etc.

### Portrayed by

John the Bopper

Depending on the version of John, certain traits are more apparent or are amplified. The traits that each version of him generally shares are his tendency to get easily bored and by extension his need for fun or adventure, his ability to run his mouth, his lack of awareness in tough situations, his strong sense of self and similarly his inflated ego, his quick-witted remarks and his temper. He is shown to deeply care about his friends, even though he can sometimes come off as mean-spirited. He has also regularly shown a distaste for being told what to do and values his freedom of expression, as well as the lives of others. The opposite is shown in his Fake News counterpart, in which he, for the most part, ruins the lives of those around him and straight up lies to the masses for his own gain and to vie for control over public opinion. On occasions where he fights others, such as RANDOM THINGS The Movie, he can get extremely serious to the point where he refuses to stay down if it's over something he really cares about.

He will regularly go out of his way, even rushing into danger, for the dumbest possible reasons if it is for something he's even mildly interested in. This can be seen as a selfish tendency or just extreme curiosity or interest. Despite this, during and after the events of RANDOM THINGS The Movie, he shows little to no interest in his interdimensional abilities or how he even got them. This naivety also makes him almost fearless, showing no real worry in perilous situations since he tends to be optimistic in believing everything will turn out fine.

He is also shown to be passively intelligent, as he built both a cloning machine and a time machine in his spare time without knowing how. Though over the years he has become much more perceptive, such as how he outsmarts and deals with the obstacles he faces in Motel 31, and when he developed a strategy to stop Dr. Destructo in RANDOM THINGS - Superheroes.

He gets extremely excited about Christmas.

## Abilities and Powers

**Cloning:** John has been shown to have learned to clone himself in order to create more actors for his videos.

**Strength:** He has been shown to be amazingly strong, being able to knock out most people in a single hit.

**Reflexes:** John has amazingly fast reaction time, as seen when he managed to dodge all the lightning-fast punches Evil John threw at him.

**Warping:** John, like some other characters, possesses the ability to warp between realities. He's not very knowledgeable about how to use it, so he had to rely on Lily and Backup Plan Matt's warp power throughout RANDOM THINGS The Movie.

**Dimension Control:** John is the only character with the ability to create, destroy and manipulate universes without using the Universal Script, as well as the only character able to access the World Beyond Reality without the use of an item that would allow him to access it otherwise.

**Magic:** John is capable of channeling magic through wands, such as when he turned Vin into a frog.

## Trivia

- The character of John the Bopper has cameoed in multiple series such as Fox, a comic series created by his friend Lily, and has been used in projects by other people, a lot of which were shown in the Super Special Holiday Christmas Special.

- John is left handed.

- Apparently, his record for most ribs eaten in a single sitting is a "staggering 12."

- John has appeared in the most episodes of every series he has been featured in, for obvious reasons.