Johnny Test
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Johnny Test is a TV show that aired from 2005 to 2014, as well as the name of its main character—a cartoon kid with hair that made him look like his head was on fire. The show was highly controversial due to its unoriginal premise, ripping off Scooby Doo, Family Guy, The Fairly OddParents, Jimmy Neutron, Dexter's Laboratory, Men in Black, Star Wars, Wacky Races, and even Garfield. Johnny Test, however, managed to stand on its own, creating a unique blend of pop culture references.
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jack Hoffman, and I have hated this flame-haired prick ever since my eyes were cursed with having ever seen his face, and I'd better not see a single person defending this show after reading this whole page. I MEAN IT!!!!
History[edit | edit source]
Zerex on YouTube said in his Johnny Test videos we needed to do our research, and acknowledge how "good" the show was at one point. Well, we did our research, and the history of the show is even more morbid than we thought. Maybe our lives would've been so much better if we didn't do any research on Johnny Test. We should've only remembered Johnny Test more as a Canadian show that first aired on Teletoon before being imported by Cartoon Network, or even Cartoon Network wanting to collaborate with Teletoon to rip off Dexter's Laboratory; but nope. The more we actually learn about the show, the worse things get. And if you're expecting us to find something "good" about this show, then you seriously have PTSD, and really should see a therapist, because there's literally nothing redeemable about this horrid show. Seriously, you have no right to defend this show!! There's no defending Johnny Test at all!
You see what happens when you listen to Zerex on YouTube? You start to lose brain cells and defend the worst in animation like The Problem Solverz and The Nutshack, yet slam Hazbin Hotel!
Origin and development[edit | edit source]
Johnny Test was conceived by a very sad man named Scott Fellows, who probably had an awful childhood, with an abusive mother and a father who thought getting milk was more important than taking care of his own son. That's the only reason I can come up why someone would want to ruin so many children by injecting them this garbage through their eyes. He deliberately wanted to destroy the animation industry, and the WB, by creating this abomination of a show. Sure, his work on The Fairly OddParents and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide was good, but Johnny Test was by far his most toxic creation yet.
Scott had tried to pitch this godawful show to Nickelodeon in 1995, but the executives were smart enough to say no, as even they knew no one in their right mind would let their children see this, and it would've outright made the company lose a lot of money; so much, that they would've shut down had they picked this show up as an original series. A very rare instance of a disastrous company like Viacom doing something smart for once. Unfortunately, rather than letting the idea die in peace, which would have not stalled humanity's progress, Scott would sadly end up having his way by pitching it to Kids' WB instead. They would later regret their decision, choosing to give the show to the Canadians instead of just suing Scott for violating the Constitution. How? Scott Fellows was actually super happy his show killed off the WB!
This is because Mike Lazzo, who ran Toonami and Adult Swim during that time, uttered that infamous quote of how shows for adults shouldn’t have good animation (or any at all), and kids' shows should only be bright, colorful, and loud. And just when you thought we'd be safe from Johnny Test, the broadcasting rights would move from the CW to Cartoon Network in 2008. And Cartoon Network began to treat this damn show like their cash cow until Teen Titans Go! came—which is just as bad, honestly. Oh, and yes, they constantly use the whipcrack sound effect in every episode. Scott Fellows wanted to use the whipcrack sound constantly. Gee, I wonder why?
Production[edit | edit source]
What Scott Fellows wanted to do was take a show that went through seasonal rot in its last two seasons, and rehash it. How? You want to know why people don't wanna acknowledge how good this show "was"? The first sign Johnny Test was the spawn of the devil was when they decided that it was a good idea to let Chris Savino produce it. Let me repeat myself. Chris Savino was the producer of this show. Chris Savino produced it! Chris Savino … was the producer … and the director, … OF THIS FUCKING SHOW!
You know who Chris Savino is, don't you? He's the guy who RUINED Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls in their last two seasons. He even fucked up The Flintstones with On the Rocks so much, it even made Seth MacFarlane's cancelled reboot look decent in comparison! He's also the creator of that annoying show about an 11-year-old white-haired boy with ten sisters, the Noisy Family? Yes, The Loud House. It's trash, anyways. This guy is also a huge creep who sexually harassed his workers and got away with it. He also made a furry comic about a cat that wants to fuck his own mother called The Complex Adventures of Eddie Puss which explains why his later work, The Loud House, always seems to be borderline glorifying incest. Scott Fellows was okay with his crimes.
Scott Fellows praised his horrid works at Cartoon Network, he allowed him to produce season 1 of the show, and because of that, along with Coconut Fred, Warner Bros. would do less and less creator driven cartoons anymore. Scott Fellows clearly said "Hey, let's take a show Chris Savino ruined and rehash it by having him as producer AND director!" In this case, it's Dexter's Laboratory. Yeah, Scott Fellows couldn't come up with a better way to rip off Dexter's Lab than to hire someone who RUINED the show! That's right, with the help of a sexual predator, Scott Fellows birthed Johnny Test from Dexter's Laboratory's creative decline. To make matters worse, Scott Fellows actually took inspiration from Chris Savino's sexual harassment crimes, and made running gags based on those crimes, such as Johnny blackmailing his sisters, Susan and Mary stalking Gil, and Bling Bling Boy stalking Susan. I'm not kidding! THOSE WERE ACTUALLY BASED ON CHRIS SAVINO'S CRIMES!!!! Even IMDb knew this show has a connection to Chris Savino's crimes.
You can tell with Chris Savino as producer and director for season 1, there was a massive drop in animation quality with Johnny Test. Chris Savino's contributions to stuff like Foe Paws, The Flintstones: On the Rocks, the last two seasons of Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, and season 1 of Johnny Test are all why people see him as the main reason the 2000s were viewed as a very rough decade for cartoons. He's also the reason why animation didn't recover until Adventure Time and Regular Show came out in 2010; and even their respective creators know how unacceptable this show truly is! They even know about Chris Savino's controversy! Even Louis Chirillo, the original voice of Dukey, was so ashamed to have been on this show, that he couldn’t even forget about the Chris Savino controversy during season one; hence why he retired to Brazil in 2010. You see what happens when Chris Savino gets put in charge as producer and director during season 1?!
Music[edit | edit source]
Out of all the people they got to compose the music for the show, they hired Kevin Manthei. Oh, Kevin! What happened? You were great doing music for Invader Zim! Why did you do music for Johnny Test? Oh, wait—it's because Scott Fellows forced you? The theme song in season 1 totally ripped off "Bastille Day" by Rush. Not only that, but the one in seasons 2 to 6 seriously ripped off "American Idiot" by Green Day!
Animation[edit | edit source]
You thought this show was only a Canadian show made by Cookie Jar? We would've left it that way, if we didn't find out the show was originally made by Warner Bros. Animation. That's when we found out Johnny Test literally destroyed the WB on purpose. Warner Bros. Animation animated season 1 and even its use of hand-drawn animation looked awful. Considering the fact Chris Savino was involved with the first season, it seriously looked a lot like the last two seasons of Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, with these really thick outlines, and cheap hand-drawn animation that's more on par with those lousy cartoons of Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, DiC, and 1960s Paramount Pictures cartoons. Funnily enough, the latter actually influenced the animation style of Johnny Test; and it shows. The use of hand drawn animation in season one really made the show feel like a Canadian show disguised as an American cartoon. Oh, and it looks a lot like the dark age Looney Tunes cartoons from the 1960s as well! Not to mention, they had Paul Stec as art director for season 1, and his backgrounds for Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls are even worse than David P. Smith's.
Warner Bros. Animation was the animation studio behind such shows as Animaniacs, Teen Titans, and Batman: The Animated Series, and they later gave us this! And people thought season 1 was the best season of the show, when really, it's just as bad. When Johnny Test debuted on Kids' WB! back in 2005, it was met with heavy backlash, not even Warner Bros. is happy about having involvement with this show. Nobody wanted to work on Johnny Test during season 1, but Scott Fellows and Chris Savino, so Warner Bros. had to fire Chris from the show, and everyone left, because they didn't wanna be anywhere near that guy. Warner Bros. would later give the show to Cookie Jar Entertainment in season 2, and nothing has changed, except the animation. For those of you who love the UPA/Hanna-Barbera fusion style of the 2000s, "thank" Johnny Test for killing off animation. Oh, and for ruining comedy, too. This show and Teen Titans Go! are the reasons why most modern cartoons have thin outlines, and have to be story driven now!
When Cookie Jar took over after season 1, Johnny Test turned into what it ACTUALLY is in disguise as an American hand-drawn cartoon—a Canadian cartoon. You can tell it's based on the cheap use of flash animation. Oh, and get this. Scott Fellows claimed it was because of the merger between the WB and UPN into the CW that "caused the show to suffer budget cuts". Uh … no, Scott, YOU caused the show to suffer budget cuts. NOBODY wanted to work on your show, but you forced them to do so because you allowed a sexual predator involved with this abomination. Really, think about it. Scott Fellows hired Chris Savino to assault those who didn't wanna work on the show. This just shows Scott Fellows literally made a hostile work environment similar to John Kricfalusi.
Premise[edit | edit source]
Johnny Test has the unique premise of having no premise at all. Instead, they just copied whatever's hip and trendy with the kids and throw it into a blender. The episodes were the result of the writers' smoking crack and taking the first concept they could work with, and then see if they could fool their viewers by making them think there was actually some sort of plot.
Characters[edit | edit source]
These characters barely feel like characters at all; they're just machines. Unfunny joke machines! Unlike me, though! I know what you're gonna say. "Oh, but there are moments where they have a heart!" No. There are ZERO heartfelt moments in this shitshow!
Johnny Test[edit | edit source]
Johnny Test (not Johnny Depp or the banker Johnny), as described above, is the main protagonist of the show. He's an annoying asshole with funny hair whose best friend is a dog, because even the show acknowledges this guy would never have a single friend in real life. He also can talk with this dog, which makes it very obvious this kid is on something.
Dukey[edit | edit source]
The poor soul who had to be the offspring of Scooby Doo and Brian Griffin.
Susan and Mary Test[edit | edit source]
Susan and Mary are Johnny's "genius" sisters, although their experiments always end up blowing up in their face, which puts in question their supposed intelligence. They also treat their brother like shit. On top of that, they're in love with the same guy, a poor dude named Gil who has to suffer their constant stalking. Did I mention Chris Savino worked on this show?!
Bling Bling Boy[edit | edit source]
Eugene Hamilton is a pretentious snob that thinks he's hip enough to nickname himself "Bling Bling Boy". He's the main villain of the show, who for some reason is in love with Susan Test, and Johnny has to avoid that his brother-in-law ends up being some posh brat. His constant stalking of Susan is seen as disgusting and malevolent, yet the Test sisters' constant stalking of Gil is seen as quirky and funny. Talk about hypocrisy. Again, Chris Savino worked on this show, and no amount of therapy will ever make this moment okay!
Oh, and he's basically Mandark, because he's an evil genius who has a crush on a main character. He also had a short-lived career in film making, directing only one movie, Uncle Funcles Fucktastic Adventure, which got middling reviews—its only legacy is that "someone" set fifty crocodiles loose in the theater.
Other characters who don't really matter at all[edit | edit source]
- Hugh and Lila Test are just Dexter's parents with their roles reversed.
- Lolo doesn't do anything interesting. Why is she a character in the show the first place?
- Janet Nelson Jr. is discount Trixie Tang, and serves no purpose.
- Sissy is Johnny Test's real crush, and it's creepy.
- Mr. Black and Mr. White are literally men in black.
- The Moonsies are aliens from the moon with … WHY THE [REDACTED] DO THEY HAVE BUTTS FOR HEADS? Why does Hollywood love butts for heads? Even worse, there's a show about them!
- Brain Feezer is basically Chris Chan if he was the Snow Miser.
- Bumper is literally Francis from The Fairly OddParents.
- Gil Nexdor is your generic pretty boy.
- Zizrar is totally NOTHING! Just a rat wearing a crown.
- The Extreme Teen Team are just Rocket Power rejects.
- Mr. Teacherman is totally useless.
- Hank Anchorman is just discount Chet Ubetcha.
- Dark Vegan is just Darth Vader, but … he's vegan?
- Jillian (his daughter) has a thick valley girl accent and no personality at all.
- The General is also nothing.
- Wacko is just insane.
- The Tickler (his twin brother) is Dan Schneider.
- Mr. Mittens is just retarded.
- Albert (his butler) is Batman's Alfred.
Revivals[edit | edit source]
For years after this bane of humanity ended, my life was improving. I was freed from house arrest, I got a girlfriend, moved to the city, and got a higher-paying job. But then, in 2021, that show HAD to be revived! Huh? Nobody asked for Johnny Test to return at all! Besides Cuties (although it is a good thing that movie was removed permanently), the 2021 revival is another reason why people are unsubscribing to Netflix. Now they did episodes on Pokémon Go!, Daft Punk, Amazon, Orange is the New Black, emojis (as if The Emoji Movie wasn't enough to fuel your hatred towards emojis), Friday the 13th, Beverly Hills 90210, and Evil Knievel. This was literally a clear attempt to bring back a show nobody asked for, a show that killed off the WB, a show that was always the least good show out of everything it had on Cartoon Network, a show that was creatively bankrupt from the beginning! You miss The Cuphead Show!? Well, blame the revival for this show's cancellation!
Also, how did Scott get Guy Moon and Stephen Silver to work on this horrid revival with him? And do you know what happened? My girlfriend left me because apparently doing this review "was mentally disturbing to her" and the police reinstated my house arrest sentence. They may say I'm a butthurt loser who can't ignore the fact a show gets revived, but I know it's the revival's fault! The only good thing about it is, they got rid of the whipcrack sound, but that's not enough to be worth all the things that happened to me! The good news is the revival FINALLY ended, and it should STAY that way, or else! But it's also worth noting this horrid revival, along with Teen Titans Go! AND Velma, all brought the entertainment industry as low as it could go. Johnny Test, Teen Titans Go!, and Velma are all the reasons why NFTs and AI are popular now!
Out-of-nowhere and unnecessary critical reevaluation[edit | edit source]
Seriously, why are people being nice to this show now? I can't believe anyone actually liked this show at all! Are the fans blind and high? Johnny Test was the result of the WB's demise, given Chris Savino's involvement with season 1! Do I have to remind you that the first season was handled by the man who ruined Dexter's Laboratory? So, no. Johnny Test does not deserve a critical reevaluation at all! It deserves more and more hate, especially for how it ruined Kids' WB! by premiering alongside Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island and Loonatics Unleashed in 2005. As explained before, so many people hated working on season 1 of Johnny Test because, like John Kricfalusi, Scott Fellows and Chris Savino wanted to make a hostile work environment, but also wanted to rip off other shows. Scott Fellows claimed it was the merger between the WB and UPN into the CW that caused Johnny Test to suffer budget cuts after season one. Uh … no, it wasn't, Scott. YOU wanted to kill the WB. The REAL reason why Johnny Test became a Canadian cartoon is the crew members HATED working on this show. Scott Fellows intended to blackmail the co-workers if they refuse to work on this show. What kind of blackmailing? Scott Fellows was okay with Chris Savino being a sexual predator towards his co-workers.
You know what? Just talking about this show is bringing me yet again the urge to punch that flame-haired prick's face. That's it, I'm leaving. I can't do it. I can't do it! Fuck Scott Fellows, fuck Chris Savino, and most importantly, fuck Johnny Test!
- Several days after the person who made this review ended it in anger, countless factories producing Johnny Test toys were mysteriously sabotaged by an intruder. Many police officers have also not seen the man they placed on house arrest, stating he escaped.
Other shows that should have never existed[edit | edit source]
Better shows that are worth your time[edit | edit source]
- The Fairly OddParents
- Phineas and Ferb
- Adventure Time
- Regular Show
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Superjail!
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