Greasy Johnson is the leader of the Them’s rival gang in Tadfield, the Greasy Johnsonites. He’s a hulking, clumsy boy who became a bully out of necessity—it was better to seem powerful as a bully than to just be a “big clumsy oaf.” Though the rivalry between the two gangs is fierce, Adam ultimately realizes that the gangs’ conflict is what makes life fun and interesting. This leads him to his decision to not bring about Armageddon (the end of the world), as he sees the enjoyable gang rivalry as a metaphor for the fight between good and evil on a grand scale. Unbeknownst to him, Greasy Johnson was adopted. The narrator implies that Greasy Johnson is actually the biological son of the American Attaché.
Greasy Johnson Quotes in Good Omens
The Good Omens quotes below are all either spoken by Greasy Johnson or refer to Greasy Johnson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“What you’re all sayin’,” he summed up, [...] “is that it wouldn’t be any good at all if the Greasy Johnsonites beat the Them or the other way round?”
“That’s right,” said Pepper. [...] “Everyone needs a Greasy Johnson.”
“Yeah,” said Adam. “That’s what I thought. It’s no good anyone winning.”
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Greasy Johnson Quotes in Good Omens
The Good Omens quotes below are all either spoken by Greasy Johnson or refer to Greasy Johnson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Saturday
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“What you’re all sayin’,” he summed up, [...] “is that it wouldn’t be any good at all if the Greasy Johnsonites beat the Them or the other way round?”
“That’s right,” said Pepper. [...] “Everyone needs a Greasy Johnson.”
“Yeah,” said Adam. “That’s what I thought. It’s no good anyone winning.”
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