Navin R. Johnson

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fictional character film character protagonist

Navin R. Johnson is the naive, bumbling protagonist of the 1979 comedy film "The Jerk," famously portrayed by Steve Martin.

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Label	Occurrences
Navin R. Johnson canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
adoptiveFather	Daddy Johnson ⓘ
adoptiveMother	Mama Johnson ⓘ
appearsIn	The Jerk ⓘ
associatedWith	Opti-Grab lawsuit subplot ⓘ catchphrase "I was born a poor black child" ⓘ
becomes	suddenly wealthy ⓘ
characterTrait	bumbling ⓘ good-hearted ⓘ naive ⓘ optimistic ⓘ
createdBy	Carl Gottlieb ⓘ Michael Elias ⓘ Steve Martin ⓘ
filmDirectedBy	Carl Reiner ⓘ
filmReleaseYear	1979 ⓘ
filmWrittenBy	Carl Gottlieb ⓘ Michael Elias ⓘ Steve Martin ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1979 ⓘ
firstAppearedIn	The Jerk ⓘ
genreOfWork	comedy film ⓘ
homeTownInStory	Mississippi farm ⓘ
invents	Opti-Grab ⓘ
knownFor	comic misunderstandings ⓘ rags-to-riches-to-rags storyline ⓘ
languageOfCharacter	English ⓘ
laterBecomes	penniless ⓘ
loveInterest	Marie Kimble Johnson ⓘ
movesTo	Los Angeles ⓘ Saint Louis City ⓘ surface form: St. Louis
name	Navin R. Johnson self-link ⓘ
narrates	his own life story in The Jerk ⓘ
nationalityInStory	American ⓘ
notableScene	dog mistakenly named Shithead ⓘ learning he is not biologically black ⓘ working at a gas station and being shot at by a sniper ⓘ
occupation	carnival worker ⓘ gas station attendant ⓘ inventor ⓘ
partOfFranchise	The Jerk ⓘ surface form: The Jerk franchise
pet	Shithead ⓘ
portrayedBy	Steve Martin ⓘ
portrayedInMedium	live-action film ⓘ
raisedBy	African-American sharecropper family ⓘ
settingOfStory	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Jerk → mainCharacter → Navin R. Johnson ⓘ

Navin R. Johnson → name → Navin R. Johnson self-link ⓘ