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These are references made to Johnny Depp or his movie characters in television shows, movies, books, music, etc. If you know of any, please e-mail me. Thanks!
From BAD BOY
by Olivia Goldsmith
Spotted by Nancy
Tracie is a writer for a newspaper trying to help her friend, Jon, turn from geek to cool...
On Page 43...
He quickly crumpled the newspaper and tried to hide it, pulling out the latest Little Nickle. He smiled when she sat opposite him in the booth.
“Sorry I’m late,” she said. “Nice try, but I already saw the butcher job. Marcus always cuts my best parts. Could my editor be Edward Scissorhands' evil twin brother?”
On Page 98-99...
“Tracie, I'm not changing my name,” Jon insisted.
“How about Johnny?” she asked. "Guys named Johnny are cool. Johnny Depp, Johnny Dangerlously, Johnny Cash. They were black and they’re intense. They’re heartbreakers.”
On Page 163...
“You don’t realize the sacrifice I’m making for you, “ Tracie said as she sat Jon down in the chair. “Just look at me. I’m the one that really needs a haircut, but just remember, you owe me big for this.” She stepped back and leaned against the counter. Then Jon was approached by Stefa, who was like Edward Scissorhands crossed with Riverdance. He kept snipping and stomping his feet and jumping.
On Page 210...
“I had a hard time figuring out what type of guy he is,” Beth said. “I mean, at first he looked like a tough guy – you know, a kind of Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting. But then he was more like an eccentric, kinda like Johnny Depp in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Once we got talking, I saw he had this really sensitive, sweet side, like Leonardo DiCaprio in Titantic . . . “
From BEFORE SUNRISE
by Diana Palmer
Spotted by Emily
Page 64-65:
"I'm not Don Juan. But if I pretend I am," he said, leaning toward her, "I might get lucky."
She laughed with pure pleasure.
"Didn't you see that movie with Johnny Depp, when he thought he was Don Juan?" he teased. "It worked for him. I thought, why the hell not? You never know until you try. But I had to lose the cape and the mask. The sheriff wanted to call in a psychiatrist."
From CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN
by Dyan Sheldon
Spotted by Hil
On Page 4, Lola says, "You may not believe this, but I once bumped into Johnny Depp in the East Village."
On Page 19, Lola says, "That was when I caught Mrs. Gerard looking at me. I'd seen that look before. Kind of awestruck but worried, as though she just realized I was related to Edward Scissorhands and couldn't touch anything without cutting it into shreds."
From THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
By Lauren Weisberger
Spotted by Betsi and El
On page 109:
I'd grudgingly decided to go with James after Alex had canceled, mostly because he wouldn't leave me alone. It seemed utterly impossible that a single interesting thing would transpire at a party for a book about highlights, but I had to admit that I'd been surprised. When Johnny Depp had come over to say hi to James, I was shocked that he not only seemed to have a full command of the English language, but had even managed a few funny jokes.
From FEELING SORRY FOR CELIA
By Jaclyn Moriarty
Spotted by Aremea
On page 80, in a letter from the (fake) Society of Beautiful People:
Saxon Walker is one of the most prized members of our Society. He has regulation sea-blue eyes, an exquisite nose, and his cheeks have patches of pink that shift around to his ears when he's embarassed.
He could be the son of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis.
He could be Brad Pitt's cousin.
He could be a Greek god...."
From GIRLS NIGHT IN
"The Truth Is Out There" By Marian Keyes
Spotted by Natalie
On page 202...
While Ros slept, Bib watched telly with the sound turned off and kept guard over her. He couldn't figure himself out -- his time here was limited, they could find the spacecraft at any time so he should be out there cruising, checking out the females, having a good time at someplace called the Viper Room. Owned by one Johnny Depp, who modeled himself on Bib, no doubt about it. But instead he wanted to remain here with Ros.
From A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS
By Dave Eggers
Spotted by Rose Marie
On page 152...
"Listen, man, I don't know why you guys were f*cking with us, but now my f*cking wallet's gone."
"We didn't take the wallet, amigo," he says.
Did he just say amigo? That's so weird, so 21 Jump Street, that he'd actually say amigo -
From INTO THE FIRE
By Richard Laymon
Spotted by Christine
Chapter 18, page 132...
"Tonight, for the first time, I've fucked a woman. I've killed two men." Norman whooped again through the open driver's window. He felt stronger than Superman. Cooler than James Dean. Meaner than Satan. Cuter than Johnny Depp. "I'm the king of the world!"
From THE KID (What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant)
By Dan Savage
Spotted by Tae
On page 8...
"Like a lot of people, male and female, I have no interest in messing around with actual teenagers, but grown men who could pass for teenagers? Matt Damon? Johnny Depp? Brad Pitt?"
From LOVE AND OTHER FOUR-LETTER WORDS
by Carolyn Mackler
Spotted by Betsi
On page 59-61:
Upon reaching our building, Mom shot in ahead of me. I caught the door an inch shy of closing. As I entered the lobby, she disappeared into the elevator.
"At least you could have held...," I started to say, but as I approached the automated doors, I stopped short. Mom wasn't the only person inside. And not only that, but the other person happened to be the most gorgeous guy I've ever seen in my entire life.
"Got it?" he asked me, releasing the 'door open' button and pushing 15, the top floor.
I tried to speak but no sound came out.
As the doors closed, I attempted to hide the fact that I was staring at him. He was in his mid-twenties, with shoulder-length black hair and angular cheekbones dotted with enough stubble to put Kitty's senior men to shame. And his lips. I could have written a dissertation about those lips. Moist. Succulent. Very kisser-friendly.
He was also a dead ringer for Johnny Depp, who I happen to think is the sexiest person alive, even though Kitty pointed out he's old enough to be my father.
'It's not like I'm planning to marry him,' I responded. 'But even if I was, plenty of May-December relationships work out fine.'
'Sure, if you've got a thing for drool, dentures and Depends,' Kitty pshawed.
My legs were shaking so hard I was convinced Johnny Depp could tell. I glanced down. Omigod. Why had I never noticed before that my beat-up old sneakers made my feet look huge?
"You just move in?"
She continues to refer to him as J.D. through the next few paragraphs, until her mother says...
"Nice guy," Mom murmured, unlocking the door. "He looks like that movie star. I can't place him, though."
From LOVE HAPPENS
By Sarah O’Brien
Spotted by Najat
On page 519...
“Guess what?” Kevin said, into my hair.
“What?”
“When I was coming down here to look for you, I met this guy and I’d
swear he was Johnny Depp.”
I pulled back and looked into his face. “No way! I got to see John
Malkovich and you saw Johnny Depp – I knew there wasn’t any justice.”
“It gets weirder,” he said. “I stopped him and asked if he’d seen a woman
in a white dress and he didn’t answer me at first so I was going to walk
away and then he said, “Are you Kevin?”
“No way!”
“I swear.”
“And?”
“And I said, “Yeah, I’m Kevin, and he said, “She went thataway,” and
then he walked off.”
From METRO GIRL
by Janet Evanovich
Spotted by Ina
On page 25...
"Shopping for shoes. Having dinner in a nice restaurant. Any movie with Johnny Depp in it."
"Honey, that's all girl stuff. And Depp's done some pretty weird shit."
From MR. MURDER
by Dean Koontz
Spotted by Laura
On page 207...
"He has endured abuse and anguish and betrayal and loss like Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago, like William Hurt in The Accidental Tourist, Robin Williams in The World According to Garp, Michael Keaton in Batman, Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night, Tyrone Power in The Razor's Edge, Johnny Depp in Edward Sissorhands."
From OFF THE CUFF
by Carson Kressley
Spotted by Libby
"If you're a young guy, or exceptionally cool, a simple necklace made of a piece of suede cord with a little piece of silver hanging from it - either a cross or some sort of ethnic token - can look really hot with an open shirt or with a t-shirt and denim. It's very rock and roll. Very Johnny Depp."
Later in the book...
"As for earrings, I'll be honest: I don't like them. For 99.9 percent of men, I think earrings make you look like an out of date rock star or a pirate, and neither is particularly enviable look. In very rare instances, someone like Johnny Depp or Lenny Kravitz can get away with earrings."
From THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT
by Jill Mansell
Spotted by SavvyAngelUK
"Everyone had laughed about her behind her back, and Doug had been embarrassed because, let's face it, lookswise, he was no Johnny Depp. Girls weren't exactly falling over themselves to go out with him."
Later in the book...
"Poor Zac. I don't suppose he enjoyed it much, either," said Nancy, to be fair. "He probably wiped his mouth, too, when we weren't looking."
"If Johnny Depp kissed me, I wouldn't wipe my mouth," Mia beamed. "Not for weeks."
"You might if he dribbled."
"He wouldn't. Johnny would never do that."
"Ah, but you don't know," said Nancy. "He could be the slobberiest kisser on the planet, but nobody's told him so he doesn't realise."
"You know, I always thought I liked you." Mia looked wounded. "But I don't anymore. That's a terrible thing to say about the love of my life."
"Sweetheart, take these through." Having assembled another pile of bacon sandwiches, Rose pushed the plate into Mia's hands. "Before that greedy father of yours guzzles the lot."
"Rose, do you think Johnny Depp's a slobbery kisser?" said Mia.
"Oh pet, of course he isn't. He's always been perfectly lovely when he's kissed me."
From PENDRAGON
by D.J. MacHale
Spotted by Selene
On page 6...
"I can't transform myself into other people. Believe me, I've tried. Once. I felt pretty stupid afterwards too. How do you "will" yourself to become somebody else? I closed my eyes, concentrated my thoughts, and said to myself: Become Johnny Depp. Nothing happened. Maybe I should have been more specific and thought: Become Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as opposed to Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. It all seemed so silly. Especially since nothing happened. I didn't even bother to think: I want to become black smoke and drift across the room. If I couldn't become Johnny Depp, no way I was turning into smoke."
From THE RED DIARY
by Toni Blake
Spotted by Ardelia
On page 131...
"His eyes dropped to her hands, her dainty pixie fingers. Watching her spin and twist the foam, one way and another, sticking a flower first here and then there -- yellow roses and statice and carnations today -- was like watching someone play piano, or watching Edward Scissorhands cut a tree into shape. He loved Edward Scissorhands because Edward knew about being different -- but at least Edward had his art."
From THE SITTER
by R.L. Stine
Spotted by Holly
On page 26...
I found myself staring at Teresa's giant poster of Johnny Depp.
"Why didn't I notice that before?" I asked.
"It's new." She grinned. "You like?"
I studied it. He had his slick, black hair plastered straight back and he stared out with deep, dark, sad eyes. "Teresa, why Johnny Depp?"
"Because he's not human," she said, staring at it with me. "He's a Martian or something. See his face? It's perfect."
I opened my mouth to say something, but she didn't give me a chance.
"No. Really. I mean, it's perfect. Look at that side; then look at that side. You see? It's symmetrical. Both sides are the same. He's the only human in the universe who has a perfectly symmetrical face."
I nodded. "I see you've made a real study of this."
"Ellie, how many times in life do you see total perfection?"
From STEREOPHONICS: JUST ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PRINT
by Danny O'Connor
Spotted by Nicky
From section "LA Confidential (Part 1)":
"It is, it's Johnny Depp sitting over there by the plants near the door!"
He's not wrong. Edward Scissorhands, Gilbert Grape, CryBaby, Ed-Wood - he's just yards away. Kelly admits that Depp is an actor that he really admires but when encouraged to go over and say hello, he's reluctant.
"I was watching Donnie Brasco on the plane the other day and now he's sat over there and I'm supposed to go and say hello? He's probably never heard of Sterophonics and I'll end up making a prize dick out of myself."
As everyone checks in, Depp's musical dalliances become the topic of conversation. He had a brief spell playing guitar with Shane MacGowan, and more recently he spent time with Noel Gallagher while Noel was writing Be Here Now.
Suddenly Kelly is walking towards the seated area where Depp is chatting to some guy. There's a brief moment of uncomfortable silence, but seconds later the two are talking.
Kelly is trying to explain who he is and why he's interrupting.
Gradually the quizzical expression on the actor's face gives way to a broad smile, and minutes later Kelly's back, grinning like the cat that got the cream.
"I thought, he's just a bloke. That other guy is the director of Backbeat and they're having a meeting about a Hunter S. Thompson adaption. Anyway I said, "Sorry to interrupt, but, er, my name's Kelly and I play in a band called Stereophonics." He stood up and shook my hand. I said "You know Noel, right?" He said "Yeah." I said, "He's just had a baby girl this week." He stood up and shook my hand again and said, "What was your name again, man?" I told him. He said, "Fuck, man, she's had it, are they OK? What's the name?" I told him I didn't know the details but he was like, "Thanks man, thanks; fuck, I'd better call him." I said, "It's good to meet you, see you later!"
From Section "LA Confidential (Part 2):
Travis are congenial hosts but even they, after a couple of hours, fancy a change of scenery, so everyone decides, in true LA rock-star tradition, to retire to the Viper Room. The name alone conjures up images of wealth, fame and Bacchanalia, of Johnny Depp and his pals and of poor old River Phoenix, who died of a drug overdose on the pavement outside.
The Viper Room looks much like any traditional American bar, except smaller, a lot smaller. It's a lot more basic than you would expect, with small wooden tables and a spit-and-sawdust floor.
From TEN BIG ONES
by Janet Evanovich
Spotted by Ina
On pg 236...
"I figured they were looking at either Johnny Depp or Ranger. My money was on Ranger. The door opened, and I glanced over my shoulder, just in case, not wanting to miss Johnny Depp. But then not entirely disappointed when it turned out to be Ranger."
From THERE AND BACK AGAIN
by Sean Astin
Spotted by Zoe
On pg 121...
“Why, just yesterday I had a nice little session with Johnny Depp,” Peter said. That got my attention. Johnny Depp is not just a terrific actor; he’s a treasure. I told Johnny when we met at the premiere of Blow that, for an actor, meeting him was like going to Mecca. A bit too fawning? Maybe, but I didn’t care. It meant that much to me, in part because his story reminded me of my story. Okay, he’s an edgier, funkier guy (who else would show up at a premier with Marilyn Manson by his side?), but there were similarities. Johnny had made an impact doing mindless television piffle like 21 Jump Street. He had earned a lot of money but not much in the way of respect. Then he veered off on a different path, choosing projects based on their artistic merit, and somehow it all worked out. He went from teen idol to respected actor. That kind of stuff strikes a chord with me. You can do one type of job for art, but whether the business views you as reaching critical mass before you view it yourself … well, that’s dangerous, that’s a gamble. But you really continue to find yourself and challenge yourself. If your righteous and believe in yourself, you can come back. You can rise from the ashes.
“Why was Johnny here?” I asked Peter.
He laughed, fanned at the air with his hand. “Oh, we were just having a little play.”
That made me envious. The notion that some actors have so much money, and so much time, and so much passion for their craft, that they will invest several hours just to see what types of characters they can come up with. Whether Peter was telling the truth or not- whether Johnny was really there, and whether they were “just having a little play,” I don’t know. I think he was simply trying to earn my trust by sharing stories of his A-list environment. Not that it was necessary, since he had me at “Hello.”
From THIS MUST BE LOVE
by Tui T. Sutherland
Spotted by Geraldine
On Page 34...
"Speaking as the best friend, even I'm not sure what her type is, although I have a hunch Johnny Depp might fit the bill."
From TIME FOR BED
by David Baddiel
Spotted by Rach
On Page 97...
''Clearly I'm not as yet in tune with her sexual preferences, but, for what it's worth, I shouldn't imagine the arrival of Johnny Depp with his pants off would make her look up.''
From VENUS ENVY
by Louise Bagshawe
Spotted by Lisa
On page 24...
Seamus was taken. I told myself this firmly. He was taken by a Patsy Kensit lookalike, so real women, as opposed to goddesses, would have no chance. Men who had the Wall Street Journal flown in every day from New York did not date real women. Who could blame them? They didn't have to. I mean, if I looked like Dolores Mahon, would I condescend to date some geezer from the local chippie? Nope, it would be Johnny Depp and Mr. Darcy off the telly or forget it, boy.
From VIOLET & CLAIRE
by Francesca Lia Block
Spotted by Tova
On page 25...
Just then Steve slogged over. Slogged because of those big pants.
"How's the movie going, Violet?" he asked prickishly.
I answered politely.
"Is that your new leading lady?"
We ignored him.
"She looks just like Sharon Stone. Especially the hair."
"And you're Johnny Depp, aren't you?" was my retort.
I guess someone had been helping Steve with his dialogue because he came back with, "I could look like him and you still wouldn't go out with me. I didn't know you liked girls."
From WELCOME TO TEMPTATION
by Jennifer Crusie
Spotted by hootnippy
"A green sign that read Temptation 1/4 Mile loomed ahead, and Sophie reviewed her situation for the eleventh time that hour. She was going to a small town to make an unscripted video for a washed-up actress she didn't trust. There were going to be problems. They'd show up any minute, like bats, dive-bombing them from out of nowhere. A strand of her dark curly hair blew across her eyes, and she jammed it back into the knot on top of her head with one finger. "Bats," she said out loud, and Amy said, "What?"
Sophie let her head fall back against the seat. "We can't stop here. This is bat country."
"Johnny Depp," Amy said. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Stop quoting. There's nothing to be nervous about, you're just overreacting."
From WHAT THE CARDS SAID (Circle of Three Series, Book 4)
by Isobel Bird
Spotted by Alice
On page 167-168...
"Cool," said Sasha. "So what's my future hold?"
Annie paused for a moment, pretending to look for something in the fridge. She wanted to appear as natural as possible when she told Sasha what she had to say.
"It was about a guy," she said.
Sasha raised an eyebrow. "Am I going to marry Johnny Depp?" she asked hopefully.
"Maybe," Annie said. "But no..."
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