Mystery Johnson

Johnson as he appears in the story chapter "Faceless in the Crowd"

Mystery Johnson is the main protagonist of *Schwarzerblitz*. Faceless in the crowd, Johnson's main goal is to find answers from various events connected to the Black Lightning Disaster to know how to regain his face and live a normal life again.

## In-game character profile

Quoted from his in-game profile:

> In the last few months, many people living in the city of New Langdon (United Kingdom) have reported sightings of a strange individual who sports an eye-catching yellow outfit but seems to lack any delineated facial features. This quickly caused the rumors to take the shape of an urban legend known as "the man with the hat" or "Mystery Johnson", to distinguish him from similar blank-faced creatures from folklore. The name "Mystery Johnson" was coined by the local newspaper, which reported the first sightings, taking inspiration from an online creepypasta describing a similar creature. The story went viral, generating a huge number of imitators and cosplayers around the world.
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> In reality, the man now known as "Johnson" is a byproduct of the Schwarzer Blitz experiment: apparently, the goal of the scientists was to create the "perfect shadow", someone who could sneak into any facility without being recognized. As a result, Jonhson's face appears as it is oscillating between several different features, creating a completely blurred picture.
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> However, Johnson was just a prototype and was quickly dismissed as a failure, since only his face seemed to retain this ability. After the Euterpe disaster, he managed to reach the United Kingdom by unknown means and to survive there for one year without being found.
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> It is said that he earns a living by working as a private investigator who can only be hired in the deepest depths of the dark web, and that, before being experimented on, he was a high-profile member of Encorp, fallen from grace after a huge failure.
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> As many other stories surrounding Johnson, these could very well be lies.
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## Appearance

Johnson's face is described as "like seeing multiple faces at once," represented by black hairless skin and white eyes. He wears a bright yellow suit with bright yellow pants. He is also wearing a white polo and a navy blue necktie under his suit and black shoes. His main point of interest is his fedora, which matches his suit's color and has a big attachment to, with his moves named after various types of hats.

## Personality

Johnson is a very snarky fellow, down-to-earth and very direct. He doesn't like losing time and he can be downright rude if one isn't on his right side. He's also particularly fond of his clothing style and hat, to the point of a slight flamboyancy. He generally refuses to take off his hat, even while inside someone else's house. Jenn Husler thinks he's doing it on purpose to avoid showing his completely bald head.

He likes bright colors because they make him stand out even if he doesn't have a face, and always dresses in exceptionally flashy outfits.

Johnson is also really open to help people, despite not looking the part, and he's ready to go to extreme lengths to support those he cares about.

## Fighting Style

As shown in **Chapter 2: Faceless in the Crowd**, Johnson is a skilled fighter with an eye for his surroundings. During his confrontation with the Evilobster, he quickly realized his antennae were his weak point, thus overpowering the mutant with realtive ease. What Johnson doesn't have in terms of raw power, is compensated by a keen environmental awareness and intellect.

His fighting style is mostly based on wide roundhouses kicks - both high and low - in combination with a small array of karate punch attacks.

## Concept and inspiration

According to the developer, Johnson's design was inspired by a 1997 Skittles commercial, featuring fruit-faced gangsters in bright outfits. The developer also admitted he might have been subconsciously inspired by "The Mask", with which Johnson shares part of the color scheme and outfit.

Originally, Johnson was meant to have stretching limb attacks, which were scrapped later down the line.

## Trivia

* The developer of the game uses Johnson as his profile picture in almost all of his social media accounts.
* Johnson appears as a background character in the video game TMNTxJL Turbo.
* Johnson appears as a background character in the video game Inaho Town Dynamite Bomb.
* Johnson appears as a guest character in the fighting game Duels of Fortune.

## Quotes

* *"You won't remember my face, so why should I care?"* - intro quote
* *"I will teach you a lesson you won't forget that easily."* - intro quote
* "*Fortunately, I will forget your face in two seconds.*" - intro quote against himself
* *"As if there were not enough clowns in this game..."* - intro quote against Random
* "*Do you know that the channel here is quite deep? I wonder how many days would pass, before someone found a corpse... Accidents happen. People disappear. It's a sad world.*" - Johnson talking to Renzo Rubecca
* *"He's just a man who has no idea of how a normal family works. Who happens to be the adoptive father of a girl who has no idea of how a normal family works."* - Johnson referring to Skeleton Skallen while talking with Lejl

## References

1. ↑ Schwarzerblitz - Mystery Johnson's in-game character profile
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tales from Schwarzerblitz - Tales from Jackson's: Lone Wolf Cub
3. ↑ Tales from Schwarzerblitz - Tales from Jackson's: No Good Deed
4. ↑ Schwarzerblitz - Mystery Johnson's arcade ending
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Schwarzerblitz - Story mode, chapter 2: Faceless in the Crowd
6. ↑ Tales from Schwarzerblitz - Tales from Jackson's: Of Mutants and Men
7. ↑ "Mystery Johnson was designed at the end of the '90s, and was just a mysterious dude without a face. I think I got inspired as a kid by the Skittles commercial. I didn't notice his similarity with "the Mask" until 2015" - Tweet by Andrea "Jens" Demetrio (link)
8. ↑ "I swear, any time I see The Mask I think that I have been subconsciously inspired by him for Johnson, together with that 90s Skittles commercial with fruit gangster" - Tweet by Andrea "Jens" Demetrio (link)
9. ↑ "2nd of May, 2016. I had just started animating Johnson. Originally, he had a zoom punch. Oh, boy the memories." - Tweet by Andrea "Jens" Demetrio (link)