5. Johnny Copper - 86 votes
Johnny Cooper is the only one of the current crop of
villains to make the top 10 in our poll. A gang leader with
enormous cunning who thrived on adrenalin and with a warped
sense of what family and belonging means, he killed his own
brother rather than let him leave the gang/family and be
happy elsewhere.
I don't recall them doing a "gang" storyline before this, so
it was quite a novelty to see Johnny and his gang in the
diner, and to see the locals frightened by their menacing
presence. Johnny was doubly effective as a villain because
even when he was not on screen you know he was around. He
robbed Amanda's mansion, he got drugs planted on Brad, and
he even beat up his own brother to try and manipulate the
locals, before he eventually arranged for him to be killed.
He bribed the screws at the local jail to ensure he got
access to Ric, but at the eleventh hour Ric was sprung from
jail when those very bright cops (that was me being
sarcastic) at Summer Bay police station finally realized
what was going down. We last saw Johnny as Ric left the
prison a free man, with Johnny behind bars, still labouring
under the delusion that the gang and all that that entailed,
was the most important thing in the world. Poor Poor Johnny.
Johnny is played to great effect by Callan Mulvey, whom many
remember from his days on Heartbreak High. He IS Johnny.
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