History YMMV / Johnnytest

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The parodies of popular kids' media, including [[Toys/{{Bionicle}} the Mega Roboticles]], [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Smash Badger]] and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Tinymon]] all clearly root the series to the mid-to-late 2000s.
** Some of the technology also dates the series; notably, Lila is shown owning a flip phone.
** "Johnny Tube" features Johnny attempting to become internet famous through [=SnoobTube=], a Website/{{YouTube}} parody. The episode also has a character named Hi-Pitch Hal, a parody of WebVideo/{{Fred}} made during his relevancy.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3uVwxAoUdo I blew up Malaysia.]]"[[labelnote: Explaination]]Mr. White gives this NonSequitur response to Johnny asking him why he and Mr. Black are police officers. The sheer absurdity of the answer is why many consider it to be one of the few jokes that stick the landing in the show.[[/labelnote]]

** Many of the people who worked on the third and fourth seasons ''Dexter's Laboratory'' would move on to work on the first season of Johnny Test, sharing the same directors (Chris Savino), art directors (Paul Stec), and character designers (Andy Suriano).

** Many of the people who worked on ''Dexter's Laboratory'' would move on to work on the first season of Johnny Test, sharing the same directors (Chris Savino), art directors (Paul Stec), and character designers (Andy Suriano).

** ...And in the same vain of Johnny Test spoofs, the episode Johnny'Mon featured a Pokémon parody called "Tiny'Mon", in which the weak Cuddlebuns is able to evolve into the legendary Screechereen (an {{Expy}} of Shadow Lugia from VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness). At the time, no Pokémon was able to evolve into a Legendary, (although the idea is similar to MagikarpPower)... but come VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon, we're introduced to Cosmog, which is [[LateArrivalSpoiler secretly]] capable of evolving into Solgaleo (in Sun) or Lunala (in Moon, along with Kufbu from VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield, a legendary Pokeon that evolves into Urshifu.

* EvilIsSexy: C'mon admit it, while they may be cute at least, you thought this when Susan and Mary transformed themselves into vampires. This applies a bit to their their faux supervillain personas as well

* CriticProof: The show's detractors will tell you that it's one of the worst cartoons ever made; the original show itself ran for six seasons, the revival was able to get past its first season, and it was the seventh most watched children's show on Netflix in 2020.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Believe it or not, Johnny himself. Some people see him as a ButtMonkey and/or even [[JerkassWoobie somewhat of a woobie]] due to his horrid father and slightly crapsack life, while others hate him since he can be very whiny or despicable on occasion.

* BrokenBase: Similar to ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents The Fairly OddParents]]'', many people argue when the show went downhill. Exactly when did the series started going downhill? Was it early at Seasons 2-3, later at Seasons 4-6, or just at Seasons 5-6?

* CriticProof: The show's detractors will tell you that it's one of the worst cartoons ever made; the show itself ran for six seasons, with two more on the way, and was the seventh most watched children's show on Netflix in 2020.

%%** Mary and Susan, on occasion.
* WorldOfJerkass: The [[DesignatedHero titular character]] is a trouble making brat, his twin sisters are [[InsufferableGenius Insufferable Geniuses]] who have a [[StalkerWithACrush stalker-like crush on Gil]], their father is a strict [[FantasyForbiddingFather authoritarian]] who constantly grounds his kids (even when they deserve it), Dukey is presented as the [[OnlySaneMan level-headed voice of reason]], but even he has his moments and everyone else on this show is either an insufferable douchebag or a complete moron.

** Lila in "Johnny Goes Nuts". In this episode, Johnny wants to attend the annual running with the squirrels race, which she forbids him from attending due to it being dangerous (as well as the race being insensitive to people with nut allergies like her). She even shows him a montage of most of the racers being attacked by the squirrels, ending with newscaster Hank Anchorman falling off a cliff attempting to run away from the squirrels. Yet, the episode treats her attempts of keeping Johnny away from the race, such as duct taping him and Dukey to lawn chairs and bolting his door with nails, as bad things, yet all she's doing is keeping her son safe. And at the end, when Lila ''does'' allows Johnny to participate, he gets trampled by the squirrels and hospitalized, proving Lila right all along.
** Similarly, "Sunshine Malibu Johnny" puts Lila in this role for solely wanting Johnny to put on sunscreen before he goes to the beach, but Johnny refuses because "sunblock is cold and icky!". Funnily enough, the episode ends with Johnny getting sunburnt, with Lila delivering the aesop to him.

** [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content Canadian content laws]] are often used by people to explain why this widely-reviled show ran for as long as it did, claiming that the laws mandated a constant churn-out of animation. In reality, Canadian Content laws only require channels to air a certain amount of natively produced content every day and grant funding for Canadian-produced shows rather than requiring a constant production of TV shows; in fact the overwhelming majority of Canadian cartoons and Teletoon shows are {{Short Runner}}s (and contrary to what is frequently claimed, these laws have been around since the inception of Canadian television '''and''' also apply to ''live-action'' shows like ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' and ''Series/TrailerParkBoys''). While ''Johnny Test'' did fulfill said content laws thanks to being partly produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment and partly funded by Teletoon, the real reason for its longevity was simply that its low budget and surprisingly good ratings allowed the networks (both the Canadian and American ones) to make profit very easily and thus motivated them to air it as much as possible and continue ordering new seasons.

* WinBackTheCrowd: While the original series never had much of a strong fanbase to begin with, the revival series is considered a massive step up from the original series. The revival has received praise for its improved animation (it helps that the above-mentioned Stephen Silver designed the character models), more creative episode plots that help flesh it out more than the original's episode plots (they were given flak for lazily copying other shows such as ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''), improved comedy (such as the episode "The Silence of the Johnny", which featured SelfDeprecation towards the show's overuse of the whipcracking sound effect), and the characters being a lot better written (namely Johnny as he TookALevelInKindness, and his failed attempts at being edgy are downplayed).

** Vampire Susan and Mary, especially among the anti-''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fans. The gothic dresses they wear, and their creepy, yet charming dialogue helps.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Johnny Tube", which premiered in 2010, features Johnny attempting to become internet famous through [=SnoobTube=], a Website/{{YouTube}} parody. The episode also has a character named Hi-Pitch Hal, a parody of WebVideo/{{Fred}} made during his relevancy.

* HarsherInHindsight: Hugh Test being an abusive father hasn't aged well due to his voice actor's actions.