These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
Canadian cartoons in general tend to do poorly in the USA anyway.
Anvilicious - Not often, but when there is a moral, it is dropped HARD! The worst offender is Johnny Applesauce. Kids don't watch an action show to get a last-second moral like "Petitioning is better than violence". Lampshaded, averted and subverted in later seasons.
Except in X-Ray Johnny, where the "Books is knowledge, and knowledge is power" message is hammered in once a minute with no irony in sight. Johnny Applesauce pales in comparison.
Bile Fascination: Some people watch it because of how awful it is.
Complete Monster: Mr. Wacko. This guys entire character is practically built around Would Hurt a Child, he wants to 'get rid of' kids. The first time he showed up, he just meant to imprison them in their rooms. Second time? He wanted to give them exploding bubblegum and make their heads explode! The only reason the psycho didn't go through with it was his board of directors told him he'd get sued.
Cliché Storm: This show is criticized for rehashing a lot of stock cartoon plots, including its own.
Creator's Pet: Johnny himself. A rare case in which the main character is one.
Ensemble Darkhorse: Dukey and Sissy. Even people who hate the show can't help but like Dukey and Sissy is popular with the fans and is seen in a lot of Johnny X Sissy fanfics.
Also, Mary and Susan. Many people consider them the genuine main characters.
Foe Yay: Bumper does this with Johnny a lot. Whether Johnny is crossdressing or not.
One recent example was in an episode where Johnny tries to change his personality in one of his sister's machines. When he's stuck a smooth-talking British personality, Bumper comments that this version of Johnny "makes his knees like jelly", and that he "has to go and think for a bit", likely about his own sexuality.
Fridge Horror - Has anyone stopped to think about the consequences of messing with Johnny's DNA? And then consider how many times his DNA has been altered.
Hilarious in Hindsight - Not * hindsight* in the strictest sense, but when using the "Superhero Effect" to win Susan's heart an example used is "Mary Jane loves Spiderman". That... doesn't work anymore.
Ho Yay - (Gil and Johnny) - Gil is noticeably always excited to see Johnny. Yet when he sees Johnny's sisters, he can't even remember their names.
And Mr. Black and Mr. White. Come on, don't tell me you haven't noticed!
Done as a joke with Bumper when Johnny's British personality causes him to start to get a crush on Johnny.
Seasonal Rot: After season 2, it was generally accepted that the only way to enjoy the show was by irony. Season 1 was So Okay It's Average, but at least showed some potential.
The show improves slightly in Season 4, though not enough to undo the damage.
So Okay It's Average / So Bad, It's Good: Debatable, some folks think its a okay series, others think it just repetitive. However considering its been running for six seasons and reach the hundreds in terms of episodes. It must be doing something right.
Bling-Bling Boy. He's definitely more creepy than funny.
Stating the Simple Solution: Played with in the first episode with Mr. Mittens. His butler ask why his Doomsday Device needs a timer and instead of just setting it off now. The Genre Savvy Mittens explains it's to get him out of range so he can remain and continue to take care of him.
Squick: The fact that Johnny and Sissy look like they could be related.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks: As of season 5, Dukey has a new voice actor (The same actor as Johnny's Dad). And a lot of fans are not happy about it. They also changed Mary's voice actress, too.
Season 2. But thats mostly due to some fans being put off by the shift in animation after Season One. Compared to Cyber Chase which had did similar but only after four seasons, JT at least had the common sense to switch early.
It says something when the talking dog is the only character who isn't a direct Expy.
They Just Didn't Care - The same footage of the memory of Johnny being giant and shooting lasers out of his eyes was used twice.... for two different recollections.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: A common complaint about the show is that fans would like to see more of the supporting characters get A Day in the Spotlight and a little less Johnny (who is in all fairness kind of a grating character)
Some also believe the show would be much better if Susan and Mary were the leads.
What an Idiot - uh, Johnny, Dukey, those guys wearing facehoods ain't there to serve the art museum.
Johnny's idea to replace toy cereal prizes with real, lethal laser guns for kids isn't such a good idea.
The Woobie - Dukey, who always seems to get frozen in a block of ice or turned to stone. Also, that one episode where Johnny "forgot" his birthday and he sobbed his heart out for nearly the ENTIRE episode.
Don't forget how people go out of their way in the show to point out how ugly he is.
He's not that ugly!
To be fair, if you were a human that looked like a dog, you probably wouldn't meet many people's standard of beauty (yes it's shallow but that's the way it is).
In a new episode, Mr.White told Dukey that he (Dukey) wasn't irrestistable.
Uncanny Valley: Speed McCool and Monkey. Though that's probably intentional.
The stiff, jilted animations and bizzare facial expressions (a lot of characters have blank eyes) are surprisingly unsettling.
