Johnny (The Room)

Johnny is the main protagonist of the infamous "so-bad it's good" cult 2003 romantic drama film The Room, which was directed, produced, and written by Tommy Wiseau, whom also portrayed the character in said film.

Why He Tears Us Apart

 * 1) Johnny himself, despite being the “main protagonist” of the film is a complete psychopath and a generic boyfriend who wants to marry his fiancée Lisa, but it doesn’t go well (see below).
 * 2) He is also a laidback who talks to himself (only in one scene at least (see below).
 * 3) Tommy Wiseau does a horrific job of portraying the character.
 * 4) He has a weird obsession with laughing about anything (even when it's not funny), sex, and football.
 * 5) His and Lisa's sex scene is beyond awkward and uncomfortable.
 * 6) Like the actor who portrays him, Johnny’s origins are completely shrouded with mystery as we barely know much about him.
 * 7) *Though despite that, he was said to have a “lot” of friends and is a “successful” businessman.
 * 8) *Also, considering that his fiancée, Lisa, is apparently in her twenties.
 * 9) Johnny throws fits way too often.
 * 10) Instead of the “bawk” sound of a chicken, he just say “cheep”.
 * 11) When his friend, Mark tells about “a girl with dozen guys” that “beat her up”, he laughs and replies, “What a story.”, instead of feeling sorry about her.
 * 12) He gets angry in his frustrations over the smallest things possible; for example: When someone (including Mark) gently touched him, he rudely replied to "DON'T touch him” and wants him/her to “get out”.
 * 13) Which reminds you, he is very foul-mouthed as mentioned previously in WHS #6.
 * 14) Johnny makes up lies, and terrible ones to boot.
 * 15) He believes all women are evil, and thinks all men are good, meaning that he is sexist or even misogynistic. Some people could even consider him an incel and sexist.
 * 16) Which reminds you, he is also a hypocrite since he believes all women are evil despite him having sex with his fiancée.
 * 17) Johnny is always calm whenever his BFF Mark shows up, regardless of what kind of situation Johnny is in. For example, he is angry, but then all of the sudden he calms down when Mark shows up just because he's his BFF.
 * 18) In a mundane climax, after a fight with Mark, whom thought he, Lisa, the party members, and everyone were "betraying" him, Johnny trashes his apartment (such as throwing a tv away), starts to make a disturbing simulation of using Lisa's red dress and ripping it apart, and it gets "better" when he kills himself with a gun due to how torn up he was, but the bad script and the weak character interactions make it fail.
 * 19) He's a very dull protagonist who is better off being the main antagonist because of his characterization.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He has several memorable lines which are part of the reason the movie has received a cult following. Here are a few of the most notable:
 * 2) *The entire flower shop scene, notably "Hi, doggie!"
 * 3) *Parts of the rooftop scene, notably "I did not hit her. It's not true. It's bullshit! I did not hit her! I did not! Oh, hi Mark." (WHS #11) and "What a story, Mark!" (WHS #3, #9)
 * 4) *The way he imitates the sound that a chicken makes. "You betrayed me! You're not good, you... you just a chicken. Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep!"
 * 5) *"You're lying, I never hit you! You're tearing me apart, Lisa!
 * 6) *"Everybody betrayed me, I'm fed up with this world!"
 * 7) As said earlier, he may come off as unironically entertaining and hilarious.

Trivia

 * Johnny doesn't drink despite how he drank soda off-screen and threw it away to the ground in a rooftop.
 * Tommy Wiseau, the actor who plays Johnny, is very secretive about his life.
 * There is one particular scene in the film where Johnny would laugh at domestic abuse stories told by his BFF, Mark. The reason for this is because Wiseau couldn't refrain from laughing despite being told repeatedly by his co-star, Greg Sestero, that domestic abuse isn't funny and the related dialogue was not supposed to be delivered in a comedic fashion.