| “ | Hey, I'll tell you what I'm gonna give you, Snakes. I'm gonna give you 'til the count of ten to get your ugly, yellow, no-good keester off my property, before I pump your guts full of lead! | „ |
| ~ Johnny Valentine threatening Snakes. |
| “ | Keep the change, you filthy animal. | „ |
| ~ Johnny Valentine's most famous quote. |
John R. Valentine, referred to as Johnny, is a minor character in Home Alone and its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, appearing as the main antagonist in two in-universe gangster films, Angels with Filthy Souls and its sequel Angels with Even Filthier Souls.
He was portrayed by the late Ralph Foody in both films.
Biography[]
In Home Alone, after Kevin was mistakenly left behind when his family went to France for Christmas, he finds a tape and watches a movie that his uncle would never let him watch the night before called Angels with Filthy Souls, and is seen watching it while eating a huge bowl of ice cream. In this film, Snakes met up to Johnny to inform that he got the stuff and asks for the ten percent of the money. Johnny said that "Acey ain't in charge no more" and that he is upstairs taking a bath and will call Snakes "when he gets out" (though it's implied Johnny killed him). Johnny pulls out his Tommy gun and tells Snakes to get out before he counts to ten. As Snakes calmly tells Johhny that he is leaving, Johnny cuts the count short "One, two...TEN!" and shoots away, rapidly killing Snakes. Johnny laughs maniacally and said "Keep the change, ya filthy animal!". Kevin then paused the movie and called for his mother.
Later on, Kevin uses this movie to trick a pizza delivery guy into thinking an adult was ordering the pizza by pausing out Snakes' parts to use some of Johnny's lines to talk to the pizza guy.
Later, Harry tells Marv to check out the house near the basement. Recognizing that it's Marv, Kevin plays the movie to thwart him as well by tricking him into thinking that there are insane and dangerous adults in his house. Kevin uses fireworks to make things more believable. Marv runs back to the van and tells Harry about the situation.
In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Kevin watched the sequel to Angels with Filthy Souls entitled Angels with Even Filthier Souls in his hotel room, while eating ice cream again. In this film, Johnny smokes and said "Hold it right there" to his girlfriend Carlotta, claiming that he could smell her getting off the elevator. Carlotta said that she was singing at The Blue Monkey last night, which Johnny doubts, saying that she was smooching with his brother and other guys (such as Snuffy, Al, Leo, Little Moe with the gimpy leg, Cheeks, Boney Bob, and Cliff) and said that he could go on forever.
When Carlotta protests, Johnny says he believes her, but then takes out his Tommy Gun, saying that his gun doesn't believe her. Carlotta pleads for her life, so Johnny tells her to get down on her knees and tell him she loves him. After pretending he's going to let her go, he tells her to get out of his apartment before he counts to three. When he reaches two, he shoots rapidly, killing her, and laughing maniacally in the process. Johnny then says, "Merry Christmas, you filthy animal!" and fires a few more shots. He then says, "And a Happy New Year" before firing one more shot.
Kevin uses this movie to trick the hotel staff, a police officer, and a security guard when they come into the room to confront Kevin about his dad's stolen credit card. Kevin hid in the other room and used Johnny's lines to talk to them, pausing out Carlotta's parts, and making them and the others believe that "there's an insane guest with a gun" in the room. Kevin takes that as the opportunity to go through the emergency exit, but got caught by Marv and Harry.
Trivia[]
- The title of Johnny's film is likely a reference to the 1938 film Angels with Dirty Faces.
- Initially, Michael Guido was to play Johnny, and Ralph Foody Snakes. The roles were swapped as Foody had knee surgery and couldn't get on his knees.
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