Johnny Test
| Johnny Test | |
|---|---|
| File:Johnny Test.jpg Johnny Test title card | |
| Created by | Scott Fellows |
| Directed by | Matthew Charles Mark Writtenfield Gammy McGarfield |
| Starring | James Arnold Taylor Louis Chorillo Brittney Wilson Ian James Corlett Maryke Hendrikse Ian James Corlett Kathleen Barr Lee Tockar Andrew Francis |
| Country of origin |  United States  Canada |
| No. of episodes | 26 (23 aired so far) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes approx. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Kids' WB (USA) TELETOON (Canada) |
| Release | September 17, 2005 – Present |
Johnny Test is an animated television series on Kids' WB. It premiered on September 17, 2005 and airs Saturday mornings at 9:30am. Nine months later, it was introduced to Cartoon Network UK on January 14, 2006 and then on June 5, 2006, shown every day. It also airs on Teletoon in Canada. The show chronicles the adventures of an average suburban boy, who wittingly plays test subject for his genius twin sisters' various experiments, reluctantly fighting evil villains in the process.
Plot
This show features a boy named Johnny who lives with his sisters Susan and Mary in the Test residence in the town of Porkbelly. Susan and Mary come up with experiments to win the heart of the next-door neighbor, Gil, but they use Johnny as a test subject for their experiments. Johnny also has a super talking dog named Dukey, who has natural dog urges. Johnny likes to take Dukey places, but has to disguise him as a kid. Lila Test (the mom) works like the stereotypical father, and Hugh Test (the dad) is obsessed with meatloaf and extreme cleanliness. However, the only recurring evil force at work is Eugene, who apparently changed his name to "Bling-Bling Boy", and is after a specific date with Susan, even though she has absolutely no interest in him. Other villains include The X-Treme Teen Team, who love anything that says "extreme", and the Mole King, who hates light. This show has a similar visual style and tone of Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents, Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory or Robotboy, and The Disney Channel's Kim Possible, although the name is almost certainly a reference to Jonny Quest. The show was created by Scott Fellows, also creator and Exec Producer of Nickelodeon's "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide".
Production History
The first season was produced in-house at Warner Bros. Animation. Some episodes were storyboarded by Atomic Cartoons in Canada. The merge of UPN and CW resulted in many budget cuts for the show, and resulted in cancellation. Cookie Jar Entertainment, based in Canada, decided to take control of the show, turning it into a U.S./Canada co-production. Due to this change, the writers, storyboarders, and art crew who worked on the first season were let go, resulting in an entirely new crew managing the show. In addition, the budget of the show dropped dramaticly, resulting the show to be animated in Macromedia Flash. Now it's a Teletoon original production.
Characters
- Johnny Test
A young boy who seems to always get in trouble.
- Dukey
Johnny's talking dog and friend.
- Mary and Susan Test
Johnny's genius twin sisters who have him test out their inventions.
- Mr. Hugh Test
Father of Johnny, Susan and Mary. Husband of Lila Test.
- Mrs. Lila Test
Mother of Johnny, Susan and Mary. Wife of Hugh Test.
- Eugene/Bling-Bling Boy
Friendly enemy of Johnny and Dukey, with a crush on Susan.
- Gil
Susan and Mary's crush and other friend of Johnny.
- Sissy
A girl who has a crush on Johnny but tends to hide it very well, and Johnny also seems to have a small crush on her.
Episodes
Trivia
- Eugene/Bling-Bling boy has helped Johnny Test on numerous occasions.
- A frequently featured soft drink is Red Gush (most likely a spoof of the drinks Big Red and Orange Crush).
- Usually once per episode, Johnny's sisters try some form of experiment on him.
- A frequent catch-phase on that show when an unexpected event happens is "Whoa, didn't see that coming!".
- The twin sisters' names, Mary and Susan, might be a reference to the term Mary Sue.
- In the episode "Johnny and the Mega Roboticles", the robots appear to be a spoof of Bionicle. Also, the pink toy rabbit in the same episode uses its' ears like a helicopter, possibly a reference to Jazz Jackrabbit.
- In the episode "Lil' Johnny", the monsters that appear are similar to the Reapers that appear when Rose changes the course of time by saving her dad in Doctor Who.
- A video game called "Smash Badger has frequently appeared in the show. It is most likely a spoof of "Crash Bandicoot". Johnny seems to love the game.