Johnny Test

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.

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......

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.

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.

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.