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5/10
The show had a good start, but then went downhill...
braydenpoole30 September 2020
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Johnny test certainly one of those shows am I right? But anyway johnny test I actually thought the first season of the show was actually pretty decent i mean not the best thing to exist but I thought it was something it had great characters outstanding voice acting and good animation, the second season was average id say its not as good as season one was but it was alright. But as the show moved forward it became more annoying and may i say fast paste. You may notice a few things when comparing the older episodes and the newer episodes and that is the quality of the animation the animation went from good and hand drawn to bland and mediocre flash animation in season 3, and the voice acting became noticeably annoying (particularly for Johnny himself) and lackluster compared to earlier episodes. The plots for some episodes in later seasons can be dumbed down at times and generic. The last thing bad I have to say about the newer seasons is its paste the show moves way to fast at times not giving you a break of silence. But now ima go over some things the new seasons do good. One thing is the character designs most of them do stay the same as they were in season one, and there are some genuinely funny moments in the newer episodes and as said earlier the show was good in its first two seasons, they do change up the episode plots at times to be much more creative. I don't think the whole is the worst I have ever seen, then again I enjoyed seasons 1, 2, & 3 (somewhat) of this show. So I would give this show nothing higher than a 7, but nothing lower than a 6.

Rating 7/10 (Pretty Good)
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5/10
It's terrible
yaakovthegeek19 December 2021
I used to watch this when I was 8, and I loved it for some reason. Now when I look back at it, I don't know how and why it lasted that long. I would give it 1 star, but since it gives me good memories when I was younger, I will be generous and give it 4 more stars.
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6/10
good, but needs more work
reggiesdocs8 March 2021
This show isnt all bad, some people hate it, personally i like it. sometimes the jokes are too repetitive, but ill still laugh though. to all the johnny test haters out there, go jump off a bridge.
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1/10
No. Just no.
ththaymes37815 June 2011
This is simply a bad example of animation. To sum it up, the stories are unoriginal, the characters are obnoxious and unsympathetic, and the entire affair is an unpleasant insult to the intelligence of the viewers. Even the musical score is annoying and an ear sore. If they had any brains, they would finally cancel this abomination of animation. In short, don't bother. Worse yet, Cartoon Network has somehow deluded themselves into thinking that this is their biggest hit. They therefore over-broadcast this crap to levels that we wish Disney would take Phineas and Ferb to. In fact, this is the anti-Christ of cartoons - the anti Phineas and Ferb, if you will. Long story short: don't even think of giving this crap a chance.
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1/10
Cancel it already!
jediforce1024 February 2013
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I'm stunned to see a show as bad as Johnny Test hasn't been given the ax like it should have been years ago. It's not only one of the worst cartoons to ever hit the air, but is also one of the biggest rip offs of all time. The show centers around the Test family(What kind of last name is Test anyway?), in particular on Johnny, a "cool" 11 year old kid who is often subjugated to experiments by his twin sisters, Susan and Mary, in their laboratory. Throughout the way, Johnny, his sisters, and his talking dog, Dukey, have to deal with crazed villains and other adventures. The premise doesn't sound that bad, but after you see how it's handled, you'll be wishing this show would be canceled.

If you watch this show, you'll quickly realize how much this show looks like Genndy Tartakovsky's hit show, Dexter's Laboratory. I don't mean it rips it off a little, it rips it off almost point for point. From the whole idea of the secret lab by the sisters, to most of the character designs, and to how some of the characters act, you'll know this is nothing more then a cheap clone of Dexter's Laboratory. Unlike that show though, this one here goes and scrapes the bottom of the barrel and is nothing like the beloved Dexter's Laboratory.

If there is one word I could describe Johnny Test, it would be repetitive. Everything in this show is so repetitive and monotonous. The plots are downright recycled and all pretty much play out the same way. Johnny wants something, Johnny gets his sisters help using one of his sisters inventions, Johnny misuses the invention, something goes horribly wrong, Johnny has to fix the mess with his sisters and dog, and Johnny admits he's wrong and says he's sorry and will never do it again. Rinse, recycle, and repeat and you got this show in a nutshell. Very rarely, and I mean in a blue moon, will you see some two-parter episode, but even then those are recycled. It's not just the plots though, it's pretty much everything else. All the jokes are repeated and are NEVER funny at all, especially that "Whoa, didn't see that coming" joke. The same dialogue is used from time to time in other episodes. Even the same sound effects and zooming in of the camera when a character freaks out is overdone.

The characters themselves are awful, especially our so called "hero", Johnny. He claims to be some cool kid, but in reality he is a selfish, arrogant, jerk who thinks he's better then everyone else. He constantly disobeys his own family, he'll blackmail someone into doing something for him, he steals the invention his sisters made when they refuse to give it to him, and will use puppy eyes to get what he wants. He's NOT cool at all, this kid is a blackmailer, whiner, and thief. The other characters are no better at all. Not only do some of them steal character designs from Dexter's Laboratory(like Susan and Mary looking like Dexter), but they are just annoying and irritating characters that are unlikable and are forgettable. Even the villains are God awful. Bling Bling Boy is nothing more then a Mandark wannabe and acts like a complete idiot most of the time. Brain Freezer makes constant ice puns that could make Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze from Batman and Robin look like the one from Batman: TAS. None of these characters are likable, much less are they really interesting and cool.

The artwork and animation is another issue worth gripping about. While the set designs are mediocre at best, they all look unimaginable and may even be ripped off from other cartoons, but considering this show and how much it rips off Dexter's Laboratory, that should be no surprised. The animation is just dreadful though and is horrible in almost every way. The characters move in such an awkward way that it looks like they all have arthritis or something and lip syncs seem to be off in almost every scene.

I can't recommend this show to anyone at all and urge everyone to stay away from this God awful piece of garbage. Everything in this show is so repetitive from the jokes, to the writing, and to the plots. The characters, especially Johnny, are awful nor are they likable in any way, shape, or form. The artwork is awful and the animation looks very poorly done. I don't know why Cartoon Network is still letting this show air and giving it new episodes, but I hope somebody there finally realizes how bad this show is and give it the ax. In the meantime though, do yourself a favor and avoid this show at all costs.
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7/10
This show is just so bad that it makes it so enjoyable
evander-642014 July 2019
Don't get me wrong here but Johnny Test is not that bad. Yeah yeah, the character designs might me ugly and unappealing, especially the background characters, Johnny might so irritating, and the rest of the characters may be annoying and unlikable, they're just so lousy that it makes them likable especially Johnny. I actually like how much of Johnny can be because it just winds up being funny to me. I like how whenever someone denies his demands he makes really silly points of what might happen if his demands aren't met. I like how his dad constant grounds his children constantly, i find it so funny everytime i see him appear. I like his dog, he's always there for Johnny regardless. I like his sisters, yeah sometimes their inventions might be abstract but you gotta admit, it is pretty cool. Everybody else is just so annoying that it makes it funny. I pretty much got a guilty pleasure from this show. i like it. its actually one of my favorites. the show its not that good, it could of been better i'll admit, everything seems fine to me. the show could of had higher ratings if everything in the show wasn't executed poorly. otherwise, i like this show.
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1/10
Unfunny jokes+Annoying characters+Terrible animation=Johnny Test
wwe796114 August 2010
The show Johnny Test started out OK. It wasn't good, but if I watched it I wouldn't get angry. Then the animation style changed. After that you couldn't put a gun to my head to make me watch it. Many shows have gone through an animation change. Usually it is just better animation that still follows the same style. So the same style of comedy can be used to match the feel of the animation, but not for Johnny Test. When the animation style changed everything changed. More focus was on people's heads then their bodies. This results in people not moving like normal people. Their movements seem more like puppets than 2-D animated people. The first season animation was much more smooth, and realistic. This animation just feels flat. Due to the animation style changing the writing changed to. Now the show is much less about doing things, and more about the really corny and unfunny jokes. Characters move much quicker than they did in the first season here. Instead of talking to each other they usually have conversations that are way too rushed, or they just yell a lot. That results in the characters being very unlikeable. The fact that such a terrible show is on Cartoon Network the channel that had classics like "Courage", "Ed, Edd, and Eddy", and "Samurai Jack" further shows how Cartoon Network is now dead. Although CN isn't to really blame for the show. That blame goes to "Kids WB" for starting it, but still CN should be ashamed of showing this on their channel. This is one of the worst cartoons I have ever watched.
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8/10
Totally binge worthy
humanistheart19 July 2017
Just found this show this month. I've gone through the first 4 seasons and am enjoying it a lot more than I would have expected for a show with a cartoon dog in it.

To those who are bashing it in long paragraphs I assume you are trolls with no life. I mean really. Who writes several pages on how they hate a kids show?
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7/10
Guilty pleasure
Reckno6422 October 2019
Certainly not a GREAT cartoon, or even a good one. But....I can't say I hated this one. I really enjoyed it as a kid. Sure the characters were stupid, the plots were unoriginal, and the animation was very mediocre. But, there was something charming about it. It's stupidity and absurdness was what made me enjoy it as a kid. It doesn't hold up too well, but there are certain moments of this show I genuinely liked. One such episode was when a beekeeper villain tried to get rid of all candy for his healthier candy bar, and at the end of the episode Johnny and his pals stopped trying to defeat him. Instead they talked it out and came to an agreement that I thought was a very satisfying conclusion to the episode. Other episodes weren't so great, but I tend to remember the better ones. The Johnny X episodes are so ridiculously dumb, highlighted by "Power Poots" and such. But BOOOYYY did I like them as a kid, and I don't really remember why exactly. It was like a crossover with all the goofy villains of the show and I genuinely liked that. The 5th episode of this saga had a pretty sad ending that choked me up as a kid, I definitely recommend seeing it for yourself as it was one of the best in the series (by best, I mean an objective 8/10. Still a dumb episode, but charming).

My review is just here to balance out the overly negative and positive ones that make up the majority. I genuinely though this show was ok. Not good, but not bad. Just ok. I can think of shows that were much MUCH worse than this one for many reasons......
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3/10
Just Go and Watch "Jimmy Neutron"
frendzy14 June 2011
The short and skinny, don't watch this show, and if your kids like this show, go and buy a DVD of either Dexter's Laboratory or Jimmy Neutron and show it to them that there's better programing because you don't want to set your children's standards low at such a young age. There is nothing like having your child become 'that kid' who ends up making the same paper mache volcano every science fair.

Now for the nitty gritty. Johnny Test is a pale, cheaply made imitation of "Jimmy Neutron" from Nick. Heck, just compare the main character's for starters. Johnny has tall wild hair, Jimmy has tall wild hair. Johnny is short statured and bullied by the dim witted gruff bully, Jimmy is short statured and bullied by the dim witted gruff bully. I can go on but I only have a 1,000 word maximum to write this review.

Character wise though, Johnny is not entertaining at all, kind of playing the 'lowest common denominator' of characters. Basically a brat who begs his sisters to make him cool stuff that he ruins and points out the obvious and then at his sisters so that they can clean up Johnny's mess. Jimmy on the other hand was the genius and was made fun of it. He also messed up but that's because of trial and error or maybe something someone 'else' did. Not to mention he cleaned up his own mess, and in a fun and unique way too, showing what he was going to use and for a few seconds you would sit there puzzled wondering how he was going to Mac Guiver it together.

The animation is appalling, basically Adobe Flash drivel. In one episode I even saw a part of a character vanish because it was the same color as the background. Flash isn't 'bad' (I suggest you watch "My Little Poney: Friendship Is Magic" to see some true Flash artwork), it's just that it was made lazily.

Story wise, it's pretty much the same every single episode, with no deviation what so ever. Johnny gets in trouble/wants something/is too lazy to do something, begs his sister's, abuse their invention, states the obvious, cries to his sisters to fix it, sister's fix it and Johnny is declared a hero with something funny at the end. Wash, rinse, and repeat. Though, I must admit there has been a funny moment here and there, it's overall boring and predictable to the point that new episodes are hard to distinguish from the old episodes.

I suggest that you stay away from this horrific show and produce some quality television.
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8/10
This show is something
tmfike21 January 2021
This is like plenty of cheap shows from the 2000s and 2010s, "Teen Titans Go, Powerpuff Girls," something to entertain kids, but can become boring and infuriating, but unlike those shows, this holds up very well. There is plenty of stuff in it that's easy to hate, but there's a charm within that's so great, it just overpowers everything.
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7/10
Dexter's Lab? Nah, It's More Fairly OddParents...
vcannyghin13 June 2006
The first time I watched an episode of Johnny Test I thought ''Now, why does this seem so familiar?''. Then I watched Fairly OddParents and remembered.

Now, some people are saying that it rips off Dexter's Lab. I don't think so, the premise of the show is that this kid who's dealing with problems decides to ask his genius sisters to invent something that will help him solve everything. The premise of Fairly OddParents is that this kid who's dealing with problems decides to ask his magical fairy godparents to poof up something that will help him solve everything. See? Dexter, on the other hand, has a completely different premise. Also, kookier here, the head writer of Fairly OddParents is the creator of Johnny Test.

Anyway, about the show itself, I think I like it better than Fairly OddParents (which wouldn't have been the case if Fairly OddParents hadn't turned into the definition of loud and obnoxious). The jokes are funny and I actually laughed a couple of times (that's rare, I don't do that very often).

Overall, a fun show.
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1/10
Kids may like it, but I for one find it unoriginal and annoying
TheLittleSongbird17 August 2010
Don't take this the wrong way, I love animation, but I just don't like this show. And I will try to give good enough reasons to why I don't like it.

This has been picked up by several reviewers I know, but I don't find the concept of this show particularly original. It was a nice idea at the time, but when I tuned in and watched enough episodes to form an opinion there is a little too much of a Dexter's Laboratory influence here. I am not sure whether to call it a rip-off or just a show that suffers from being unoriginal, either way that's one reason for me disliking the show.

Another reason is the animation style. I have seen worse, especially in Shaggy and Scooby Doo:Get a Clue, which seriously makes me want to gag thinking about it, but is it just me or isn't the animation really crude here? Not just in the colours which are very flat, but also in the character designs which are very ugly. I don't think much of the backgrounds either, some of them are very static.

Words cannot describe how much I detest the music. Sorry, I just dislike it, I find it incredibly repetitive and generic. The incidental music is forgettable, and although I am more a classical music enthusiast, even I can tell there is a bit of American Idiot in the theme song. Great song, but if they are using it for inspiration or whatever isn't it a little irrelevant.

I haven't even got to the worst parts yet. Where Johnny Test fails epically is in the writing, story lines and characters in my opinion. The writing is juvenile and unfunny and the jokes make me groan rather than laugh. The story lines are childish, predictable and simplistic, with a lack of invention and further suffer from bad pacing as every episode is rushed giving little time to breathe.

The characters? Where to start, they are all so annoying. The title character? Right. Johnny Test is for me one of the most obnoxious and irritating protagonists you will ever find on an animated show. If you hate Eliza Thornberry(I don't, others do, don't know why though)or Timmy Turner(I do) or Elmyra from Tiny Toon Adventures or Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain(she can be annoying when she is given lacklustre material) or even Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory(don't mind her, but she does have her annoying moments) I think you will hate Johnny Test more. His dog companion is no better either the less said about that accent the better, while the parents are uninteresting stereotypes.

Any redeeming qualities? Not really, unless you want to bear in mind the voice cast are very talented, that is when they have something decent to work with. If you want a good show on Cartoon Network, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, PowerPuff Girls and Samurai Jack are your best options. My advice for this, skip it, watch it if you want, but for me it is not great... at all. In fact it is pretty darn bad. 1/10 Bethany Cox
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1/10
Worst Excuse For A Cartoon!!!
destoroyah9888623 September 2008
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I want so badly to give this piece of GARBAGE a zero, unfortunately, there isn't, so, I had to give it a 1 just to warn you about how stupidly terrible this imposter of a familiar cartoon really is! The characters look like they were drawn by pre-schoolers, no, wait, I've seen pre-schoolers do better! I prefer "Misadventures of Flapjack" to this terrible excuse for a cartoon! I'm probably saying what others have said, two words: RIP OFF!! Remember that episode of Dexter's Lab when they raced go-karts down that volcano? yeah, Mister Fellows even cashed in on that idea and failed! They even ripped off Shadow Lugia in that one episode that parodied Pokemon!(he even cashed in on that franchise!) That one character is a cheap rip off of Mandark from Dexter's Lab! Mister Fellows needs to be sued for statutory infringement for this piece of crap!! Everyone has their own opinion, but those of you who like Johnny (RIP-OFF) Test, your'e just lying to yourselves. Do yourself a favor, change the channel when this rip off tries to disgrace your screen!
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1/10
Go watch Dexter's Laboratory, Dexter's Lab is better than Johnny Test
intomyworld4424 April 2012
Johnny Test is a show is completely a 100% blatant rip-off of dexter's laboratory. i had these johnny test images stuck in my head for like 67 days and 23 weeks. i 100% do not find anything funny, but dee dee, mee mee, and lee lee are being offended by this rip-off show. i agree with the people who rated this a 1/10 or a 2/10 ratings. remember action 52 used to be a bad game on the NES, or superman 64 on the Nintendo 64? johnny test's ratings belong to action 52 and superman 64. i'm sorry, but cartoon network really needs to can it with the horrible cartoons, and make some excellent new spin off shows like the dee dee, mee mee, and lee lee show, or the panini super show, a spin off of chowder.
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7/10
Its Alright
cookiethief200026 July 2013
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When i watched this show when i was little, my parents wouldn't let me. however, im watching it now and i think its funny, in the end there is a certain moral, more or less. I don't think i would let kids under 10 watch it, because several times, the parents show there disliking of their kids. But usually it turns out OK in the end.

I love the ongoing battles between jhonny and B.B. Boy. I have never watched jimmy neutron, because i thought it was dumb. I have never seen jhonny quest, either. but even if jhonny test is a combination, I think that jhonny test turned out alright. Although most of cartoon networks shows suck so bad, i think jhonny test turned out the best.
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1/10
No.
pandemiusvex25 April 2012
This show is awful. There's absolutely nothing to like about it and you'd have to be bored or mindless to enjoy spending your time watching it.

The characters aren't likable. I'm not sure why they exist. The animation IS bad, and hard to look at. Other, older shows DID look better. This doesn't remind me of anything from my childhood it just makes me feel bad that someone might relate it to something that was fun to watch and "original." I never saw it before last year. I thought it was something Cartoon Network made up to fill in for the things that are missing now that were better. It isn't filling in much.

Johnny's a cheesy, obnoxious character who's nose goes up to the top of his forehead. That much is annoying. It doesn't seem like there are many variations in the episodes, how are there more than a few episodes? Jimmy Neutron, Dexter's Laboratory, the Fairly Oddparents, Spongebob, sure they were all good shows but even Spongebob is getting bad, and Nickelodean still hasn't come up with any other cartoons that are good enough substitutes for what's gone from there.

As Told By Ginger was also good, and different. People need to start coming up with better ideas for a television series because this is extremely disappointing.
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10/10
I love this show!!!
tdavis-433 February 2007
I do not understand how anyone could not love this show! A boy with flamed blond hair with 2 genius sisters, a stay at home dad and a smart mom.

The genius sisters love to experiment, and Johnny is the favorite subject. Often this leads to adventures and things to fix -- like a ray gun that gets rid of zits invented by the twins because a failed experiment has everyone in the town pizza faced, alas a giant zit monster forms from the 'residue' and threatens the town, ala 'the blob' -- Whatever happens, the kids always manage to 'pop' their way our of every pimple in pretty well adjusted ways and still manage to get home in time for dinner.

Some of the episodes are a little childish, but this is a children's show. I always try to catch it just for the wildly imaginative situations.

I see brilliance in it, and in how it teaches children.
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7/10
It's okay
cartoonnewsCP15 October 2017
I used to watch this a lot as a kid cause it was always on. The characters are decent and the writing is okay. I have to agree that the show has its bad moments, but it's not unbearable like Teen Titans Go!

I'm surprised it lasted 6 seasons. I thought it was going to end after 3.
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3/10
A loud and unorganized mess.
daves_train26 February 2010
As you can guess by my rating and my title of this review that I don't like Johnny Test. Now I think I know what people are going to say, " How do you know how bad it is? Have you ever watched it?", I did watch this show a couple times because I am studying film and animation and this just doesn't hold a candle to my standards.

I want to first talk about the animation because it is one of the most confusing things I have ever seen. Like the first two seasons or only first season had hand drawn animation. I thought it was a nice show to look at when it was hand drawn but then it switched to flash animation and the quality went down by a huge amount.

So that is one strike in my eyes but lets look at the story of the show. It tries way too hard to be like Dexter's lab but there are differences because instead of one red headed scientist there is two and they are both female. There is a talking dog(why?), and the parents attitudes are switched somewhat. I have others but I don't think I can write them here ( I don't mean cursing but I mean I don't know if there is a limit for words.). Everything else though is spot on, even a DeeDee character Johnny himself. It just tries so hard to be Dexter but it just seems to me like a heartless knockoff.

Lastly I want to talk about the jokes. Remember in Dexters lab some of the jokes involved yelling? Yes, yelling can be good for a joke or two but Dexter's lab also had sly remarks that made me have to go back and check to get the joke. Johnny Test just forgets all that and just yells 50% of the time and stops the music whenever a stupid joke or one liner appears. That isn't comedy, thats stupid comedy (I know what some people are thinking. Isn't three stooges stupid comedy? Watch that and Johnny Test back to back and you laugh more at the first option.). Sometimes the jokes are based on bizarre situations which, like Chowder, makes me mad. I have a rule for cartoons and comedies all together: To much bizarre doesn't equal comedy, it makes you just think "what am I watching?".

So it strikes out on all accounts. Don't watch this show if you have any respect for comedy in anyway, shape, or form.
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9/10
The comparison with Dexter is inevitable but...
Magallanes13 May 2006
The comparison with Dexter is inevitable but they are really different. The facts is Dexter is more related to a genius (nerd) with a hidden laboratory, with a all-trouble sister, a family that unknown the laboratory and some enemies. Dexter like a child is not credible at all, Dexter think more in the science rather to have joy with their toys.

In opposite Johnny Test is about a more normal kid that have two twin sisters (genius), both try to create some experiment for the own convenience and what's a 8-10 year old child will ask in this situation?.. superpowers, superweapons, supervehicles and such, not science stuff. Also the sisters want only one thing :the heart of the neighbor, in other word the roles are a lot more credible rather Dexter's laboratory.

Also Duke is a good partner.
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7/10
VERY good
mundopies16 February 2021
This show is EXTREME!!!!! What I like. I don't know why people don't like IT, but in my opinion, this show is VERY good.
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1/10
Horrendous.
Ginger_lizm12 December 2008
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My brother is in love with this show, let's get this straight. I completely agree with the people who said it was copying off of Dexter's Lab and Fairly Odd Parents.

I've never really liked fairly odd parents, I mean, some things did make me laugh, but most of the time it's downright annoying and not cute at all. This is almost the same way I feel about Johnny Test. Except, NOTHING makes me laugh on that show. The gags are so stupid and pointless, and to tell you the truth, maybe it's just me, but kids don't DRESS like that! Yes, I do think Johnny's hair is awesome, but c'Mon!

And Dexter's Lab, that used to be one of my favorite shows and I still don't mind watching it. Which makes me disgusted and ashamed of Johnny Test making an absolute JOKE out of that wonderful show!

One more thing. The. Dog. Is. So. Annoying. He is more loud and obnoxious than Johnny! And the gay accent? What the fudge! I hate the dog to death and I hope he dies, because that would be better for kids to see than listening and watching the obnoxious crap that goes on in that show, and picking up a gay accent.

Unless you want you eyeballs to burn into miraculous flames and your brain fried from this show, don't watch it!
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2/10
Definitely for the kids.
Admiral_DongSmoker_III20 September 2008
I had recently been watching Johnny Test in an attempt to find humor in it. I failed, horribly. Cartoon Network usually has a tendency to make their shows enjoyable by all audiences, but Johnny Test is "entertainment" in it's lowest form. The writing is incredibly predictable, and the running gags aren't much gags at all. Kids will love it, and that's about it.

Now, this isn't to say that it's all bad. The original opening theme was actually pretty catchy, but for some reason they took the skeleton of it and figuratively smashed it with a figurative aluminum bat. It's a shame, because that was really one of the best things it had going for it.

Some of the characters could be very interesting, in theory. With a little work, the characters could work well together, but they're too one-dimensional. Then again, this makes it easy for the kids to follow.

The pace is a bit too fast as well. The episodes are too busy, leaving little time for clever writing. This is a real shame, because there are so many interesting concepts that the show brings forth. On the upside, however, the fast pace will stop the kids from losing interest, and that's really the entirety of the target audience.

Overall, the show looks very good on paper, but just doesn't succeed in being funny or interesting. This is a show I want to like, but I'm incapable of it. There's just so much potential that isn't realized. Kids will enjoy it, but that's about it.
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1/10
No wonder why almost everyone hates this Warning: Spoilers
Like many other reviewers said, this is a horrible show and it's a mystery how it lasted so long, considering that it doesn't have any single good redeeming quality: The characters are dumb, unlikeable and irritating, the stories are boring, the jokes aren't funny, the jokes and cultural references are lame and uninspired, the animation style is awful, while the characters designs are incredibly ugly as well (The art from this series is basically a cheap imitation of Genndy Tartakovsky's style, but lacking the charm and stylish appeal that shows like "Dexter's Laboratory" and "Samurai Jack" had)

"Johnny Test" could be easily the nadir of Cartoon Network programming. Not even dreadful shows like "My Gym Partner's a Monkey" or "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi" were as bad as this. I think not even "Mad" (A painfully series which I loathe) was as bad as this one.

0/10(And I would rate with a negative score if I could)
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