Johnny 5 is alive!

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After making a robot out of my son’s Duplo blocks today, I shouted “Johnny 5 is alive!” but confused my wife. Apparently, the direct quote doesn’t appear in Short Circuit (“Number 5 is alive” does appear) which she has seen several times. It isn’t until the very end of the movie that Number 5 takes the name Johnny 5. So of course, it must be in Short Circuit 2 which she’s only seen once. But I can’t find any video evidence for that line in the sequel.

“Johnny 5 is alive” is all over Youtube plus this Robot Chicken clip but I can’t find the original source of the quote. How did the misquote become the more common pop cultural phrase? Help me out here!

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You mean like “Play it again, Sam”, “I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more”, “Beam me up, Scotty” and “Luke, I am your father” ?

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“Just the facts, ma’am.”

“Billions and billions…”

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Last year, when designing a small machine for a university class, one angle of it in SolidWorks made it look a little like Johnny 5.

I and another team mate were 28-29 years old, and immediately reacted and started joking about it. The other two guys - both about 22 - had no clue what we were talking about.

This made us sad, and made us feel rather old! I loved the Short Circuit movies when they came out!