MagnusForce
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
09/14/2015 00:00:00
Great review. People always seem to forget that Johnny Test had a sense of decency at one point, so thank you for remembering that (I was the age of the target demographic too when it came out). It's might be kinda sad how deeply it fell in quality.
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Began on a High, ended a Low
I was the age of the target audience when this show was first aired in the UK in 2005 (if you count 7-years-old as the TA), and I must say that I enjoyed it a lot. The characters were likable and the episodes were good.
Then late 2008 rolled around (when I turned 10), and for me, that's when the show started to go to the dogs (and in no way I'm talking about Dukey). It reminds me of a quote from said dog, when he said in one episode "I'd rather throw up my dinner and enjoy it the second time", which is what I found the series becoming at this point. Mary and Susan were hinting at the beginning that they only made Johnny their test subject because it was their vengeance on him being a very annoying little brother, but at this point, it just felt like complete hatred. I know brothers and sisters fight a lot, but I found that this kind was like they were actually trying to abuse him.
I'd feel sorry for Johnny, but he was becoming insufferable for me at this point, too. He began as a nice, easy-going kid, but it seemed like the writers were trying to put some story-lines in favour of the horrible sisters, and purposely make him obnoxious so that the sisters have a reason to turn him into a frog or a gorilla. The episode in which he became a "phat" boy was hilarious, but it also made him an awful little shit because of the "karma" subplot. And don't get me started on the "saying Uncle" episode.
It's bad when my favourite character in the series turned out to be Bling-Bling Boy — a character that barely made any appearances, and had eventually kinda fizzled out of the writing, and seemed to only show up when some of the episodes needed conflict because the writers' story-lines were wearing really thin.
And don't even get me started on the episodes. At this point, the creators were running out of ideas so much that the creators resorted to parodies of other cartoons. I don't mind parodies, but when I watch a show that began on original stories with little references here and there, the last thing I want to see is a three consecutive episodes ALL being parodies of shows I'd rather be watching.
I was glad when my TV box eventually removed the Cartoon Network Channel. At least I wouldn't have to see the show anymore, and watch it fall on its head. I wouldn't be the one reading the eulogy at its funeral.