Johnny Knives

Johnny after losing his knives

Johnny Knives is a mini-boss and a high-ranking member of The Petty Thugs, first fought in The Wilted Lands of Homeflower alongside DeeDee and Big Enormous. He's wild and crazy, and loves knives. He enjoys using high-damage attacking moves, making him the damage dealer of the trio of him, Big Enormous, and DeeDee.

In battle, Johnny Knives has one Griftable item - his Knives - at a rate of 70%. If stolen, Johnny will become Johnny No-Knives, and will become significantly weaker, as well as depressed.

## Attacks/Actions

* Johnny Knives will attack, dealing physical damage to one party member.
* Johnny Knives will flail wildly, dealing physical damage to all party members.
* Johnny Knives will cackle maniacally, charging up for a powerful attack.
	+ On the next turn, Johnny Knives will attack, dealing physical damage to three random party members (300% total).

### Johnny No-Knives

* Johnny No-Knives will attack, dealing physical damage to one party member.
* Johnny No-Knives will toe the dirt, doing nothing.

## Grift

* Knives (70%)
	+ Changes Johnny Knives into Johnny No-Knives, changing his attacks and lowering his attack by 10.

### Rematch

Johnny Knives may be fought again at Blue Staff River in Sweet Melody alongside his boss, Punch Tanaka, and one of his previous allies in battle. Who the player fights in this battle is determined by which direction they go in to chase the Thugs when they split up. Going north will take Johnny Knives out of the fight, going east will take DeeDee out of the fight, and going south will take Big Enormous out of the fight. If Johnny Knives is fought in this second battle, he will have boosted stats, as well as two additional moves. You will still be able to steal his Knives, however, and his skills as No-Knives remain the same.

* Johnny Knives will attack, dealing physical damage to one party member.
* Johnny Knives will flail wildly, dealing physical damage to all party members.
* Johnny Knives will attack with a poisoned dagger, dealing physical damage to one party member and inflicting Sick.
* Johnny Knives will cackle maniacally, charging up for a powerful attack, and may do one of the following next turn.
	+ Johnny Knives may attack, dealing physical damage to three random party members (300% total).
	+ Johnny Knives may cackle maniacally, charging up for a powerful attack.
		- On the next turn, Johnny Knives will attack, dealing 200% physical damage to three random party members (600% total).

## Grift

* Knives (70%)
	+ Changes Johnny Knives into Johnny No-Knives, changing his attacks and lowering his attack by 40 and his defense by 10.

## Stats

### Money

0

After losing to you at Blue Staff, Johnny Knives will reappear as an NPC in the Kingland Arena and Sacred Lantern areas. He will leave the Petty Thugs and reappear with a fancy new katana at Tetsuya Kawaii. He will not re-fight the player until the final (optional) Special Exhibition at the Arena, unlocked after beating the game and completing the King Rank. He will have much higher stats, as well as an all-new array of attacks.

## Attacks/Actions

* Johnny Katana will attack, dealing physical damage to one party member.
* Johnny Katana will tense his body like a python, waiting to strike, Countering all physical attacks dealt to him this turn for 300% physical damage.
* Johnny Katana will tense his battle-trained muscles, charging up for a powerful attack, and may do one of the following next turn.
	+ Johnny Katana may slash like a maniac, dealing 150% physical damage to all party members.
	+ Johnny Katana may slash with expert precision, dealing 150% physical damage to four random party members (600% total).
	+ Johnny Katana may go in for the kill, instantly killing one party member.

### Johnny No-Katana

* Johhny No-Katana will cry, doing nothing.

## Grift

* Katana (-50%)
	+ Changes Johnny Katana into Johnny No-Katana, changing his attacks and lowering all his stats except for his agility to 1, as well as making him take 200% more damage to everything.

## Trivia

* In the past, he had a strong love of cats, to the point where he owned ten of them and went by the name "Johnny Cats"
	+ His cats are named Tire Fire, Switchblade, Onion, Shark Attack, Wheezy, Gums, Rough Customer, Pit Stain, Licorice, and Punch Jr.
		- Johnny named all of his cats except for Wheezy, who was named by Deedee due to the wheezing sound it makes, as the name implies, keeping her awake all night.
* He is afraid of the dark, as revealed in the Blue Staff River.
* His dual-wielding of knives might be a reference to the boss Frank Fly from Earthbound.

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211119215313/https://jimmyandthepulsatingmass.tumblr.com/post/644426361439715328/out-of-curiosity-what-were-the-names-of-johnny
2. ↑ https://jimmyandthepulsatingmass.tumblr.com/post/666942549549776896/did-any-of-the-other-tpt-members-help-in-naming