History YMMV / JohnnyTest

** In yet another example of how ''Johnny Test'' [[GenreKiller fundamentally destroyed the image of Canadian television animation]], people frequently use the show as proof that Creator/{{Teletoon}} uses the cheapest and laziest possible production values for all its original productions, despite the fact Teletoon isn't even an animation studio (and doesn't even have an in-house one like Creator/CartoonNetwork does) and is simply just a network that just orders episodes, funds them, and gives executive notes to the production crew. The real producers of 'Johnny Test'' are Canada's Creator/CookieJarEntertainment (now part of current owners, Creator/WildBrain) and America's Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation, having been commissioned to make episodes of the show for Teletoon (in fact, nowadays Creator/FamilyChannel handles the show in Canada).

** [[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 are {{Short Runner}}s (and contrary to what some claim, 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, the real reason for its longevity was simply that its low budget and surprisingly good ratings allowed the networks to make profit very easily and thus motivated them to air it as much as possible and continue ordering new seasons.
** In yet another example of how ''Johnny Test'' [[GenreKiller fundamentally destroyed the image of Canadian television animation]], people frequently use the show as proof that Creator/{{Teletoon}} uses the cheapest and laziest possible production values for all its original productions, despite the fact Teletoon isn't even an animation studio (and doesn't even have an in-house production company for that matter) and is in fact just a network that's involvement generally involves little more than ordering episodes of shows, lending them ''some'' funding (although they're not the sole donators to any show's budget), and giving executive notes to the production crew. In fact, '''''NONE''''' of Teletoon's original shows were actually made by them, but rather, they were the creations of numerous animation and television studios across Canada (in the case of ''Johnny Test'', the real creators of the show were Creator/CookieJarEntertainment); the only reason Teletoon's shows are called "original productions" is because they were ''originally'' created for/commissioned by the network.

* AmericansHateTingle: While the show wasn’t exactly huge in Canada, it has much more vocal detractors in the United States, especially since Canadian cartoons (broadly speaking) [[MadeInCountryX often have mixed reception at best in the USA anyway]]. While the fact it’s actually an American-Canadian co-production frequently flies under the radar (or is outright ignored), the fact that it was {{Adored by the Network}} has been major fuel for the show’s near-universally-despised reputation in the US.

* 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 flack for lazily copying other shows such as ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''), improved comedy (such as the episode ''Silence of the Johnny'', which featured a TakeThatUs 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).

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One criticism is that a majority of the episode are Johnny focused and his antics that affect others. But rarely give the spotlight to any of the other characters outside him. Yeah there are subplots on occasion (Susan and Mary's attempts to woo Gil for one), but they hardly pop up in later seasons,

** [[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 are {{Short Runner}}s (and contrary to what some claim, 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, the real reason for its longevity was simply that its low budget and surprisingly good ratings allowed the networks to make profit very easily and thus motivated them to air it as much as possible and continue ordering new seasons.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: Some fans feel this way about the new theme song, which is only about ten seconds long.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The switch from TwoShorts to simple QuarterHourShort didn't seem to be taken well by some fans, since it mimics the feel of how Cartoon Network releases its shows since TheNewTens.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This wasn't the first Cartoon Network show to use the whipcrack sound effect constantly. One of its shows created by Creator/CraigMcCracken called ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' used the whipcrack sound effect for its characters in almost every episode. Though in that show's defense, it usually used the sound effect for things like finger pointing while this show used it for literally every time a character moves a part of their body around.

** ...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 the infamous transformation of the weak Magikarp into the powerful Gyarados]])... but come VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon, we're introduced to the weak Cosmog, which is [[LateArrivalSpoiler secretly]] capable of evolving into the powerful legendary Pokémon Solgaleo (in Sun) or Lunala (in Moon.

* AmericansHateTingle: This show has quite a few vocal detractors in the United States, especially since Canadian cartoons in general [[MadeInCountryX tend to have mixed reception at best in the USA anyway]]. The fact that it was {{Adored by the Network}} has been major fuel for it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The updated animation style is one of the more praised improvements to the revival series as the characters are a lot more expressive in terms of movement, and the color palette is very gleam. It helps that Stephen Silver, who is best known for his character design concepts from shows like ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' and ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' provided design concept for this series.
* 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 as it received praise for its improved animation, (It helps that Stephen Silver designed the character models) more creative episode plots that helps it flesh out more than the original's episode plots as they were given flack for lazily copying other shows such as ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', improved comedy such as the episode ''Silence of the Johnny'' which featured a TakeThatUs towards the show's overuse of the whipcracking sound effect, and the characters are a lot better written namely Johnny as he TookALevelInKindness and his failed attempts at being edgy are downplayed.

* CondemnedByHistory: Believe it or not, the show was actually fairly popular during its early years on Creator/KidsWB – having a higher budget and completely different production team, not to mention Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation having a hand in its production, probably helped. When Creator/CookieJarEntertainment took over the responsibility of production after Kids WB died out in 2008 (Creator/WarnerBros still owns copyright and trademarks), the show's quality began to drop severely due to significant cuts to its budget and the show [[AdoredByTheNetwork became oversaturated]] on both Creator/{{Teletoon}} ''and'' Creator/CartoonNetwork due to its ratings being good enough on both channels to recoup its very low budget. Fed up with its constant rerunning at the expense of more well received shows, many members of the notorious online "cartoon community" [[note]]A ''very'' loosely-defined group of animation enthusiasts who tend to be united by their polarizing opinions regarding recent animated works [[/note]] helped fuel hatred of the show, making it out to be the worst cartoon ever. The series nonetheless continued production well into 2014, but ultimately ended with little fanfare after TV producer David Straiton filed a lawsuit against series creator Scott Fellows (who at that point had zero involvement with the show) for not crediting him as a co-creator. While not as universally reviled today, it remains deeply unpopular with a majority of animation fans overall.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The updated animation style is one of the more praised improvements to the revival series as the characters are a lot more expressive in terms of movement, and the color palette is very gleam. It helps that Stephen Silver, who is best know for his character design concepts from shows like ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' and ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' provided design concept for this series.

* [[SugarWiki.AwesomeAnimation Awesome Animation]]: The updated animation style is one of the more praised improvements to the revival series as the characters are a lot more expressive in terms of movement, and the color palette is very gleam. It helps that Stephen Silver, who is best know for his character design concepts from shows like ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' and ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' provided design concept for this series.

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* WereStillRelevantDammit: Probably the worst example of this would be the Website/YouTube (or rather, [[BlandNameProduct "Snoobtube"]]) episode... in 2010. In fact, looking up the website redirects the user to Nick.com. Coincidentally, Nick is also known for trying to be hip with the kids.

** In yet another example of how ''Johnny Test'' fundamentally destroyed [[MadeInCountryX the reputation of Canadian television animation]], people frequently use the show as proof that Creator/{{Teletoon}} uses the cheapest and laziest possible production values for all its original productions, despite the fact Teletoon isn't even an animation studio (and doesn't even have an in-house production company for that matter) and is in fact just a network that's involvement generally involves little more than ordering episodes of shows, lending them ''some'' funding (although they're not the sole donators to any show's budget), and giving executive notes to the production crew. In fact, '''''NONE''''' of Teletoon's original shows were actually made by them, but rather, they were the creations of numerous animation and television studios across Canada (in the case of ''Johnny Test'', the real creators of the show were Creator/CookieJarEntertainment); the only reason Teletoon's shows are called "original productions" is because they were ''originally'' created for/commissioned by the network.

** One notable example is "[[Literature/TheHungerGames The Hungry Games]]", which is yet another racing episode, so the government-orchestrated fight between minors has been downgraded to... a race for ''a pizza''. Not just any pizza, but the last pizza in town. And the episode ends with Johnny giving a preachy lecture about sharing.

** A meta-example. People sometimes use this show to prove that [[MadeInCountryX all Canadian animation]] [[HitlerAteSugar is terrible]]. What many people don't know is that creator Scott Fellows and Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (Johnny's voice actor), along with most of the show's writers, are Americans. Furthermore, the series was produced in association not just with Creator/{{Teletoon}}, but also the American networks it aired on, with Creator/KidsWB funding on the early seasons and Creator/CartoonNetwork funding the later ones, meaning the show is actually part American.

** [[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 are {{Short Runner}}s (and contrary to what some claim, these laws have been around since the inception of Canadian television '''and''' also apply to ''live-action'' shows like ''Series/{{Degraasi}}'' and''Series/TrailerParkBoys''). While ''Johnny Test'' did fulfill said content laws, the real reason for its longevity was simply that its low budget and surprisingly good ratings allowed the networks to make profit very easily and thus motivated them to air it as much as possible and continue ordering new seasons.

** [[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 are {{Short Runner}}s (and contrary to what some claim, these laws apply to live-action shows too and have been around since the inception of Canadian television). While ''Johnny Test'' did fulfill said content laws, the real reason for its longevity was simply that its low budget and surprisingly good ratings allowed the networks to make profit very easily and thus motivated them to air it as much as possible and continue ordering new seasons.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This wasn't the first Cartoon Network show to use the whipcrack sound effect constantly. One of Craig McCracken's shows ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' used the whipcrack sound effect for its characters in almost every episode. Though in that show's defense, it usually used the sound effect for things like finger pointing while this show used it for literally every time a character moves a part of their body around.

* AmericansHateTingle: This show has quite a few vocal detractors in the United States, especially since Canadian cartoons in general tend to do poorly in the USA anyway. The fact that it was {{Adored by the Network}} has been major fuel for it.

* CondemnedByHistory: Believe it or not, the show was actually fairly popular during its early years on Creator/KidsWB – having a higher budget and completely different production team, not to mention Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation having a hand in its production, probably helped. When Creator/CookieJarEntertainment took over the responsibility of production after Kids WB died out in 2008 (Creator/WarnerBros still owns copyright and trademarks), the show's quality began to drop severely due to significant cuts to its budget and the show [[AdoredByTheNetwork became oversaturated]] on both Creator/{{Teletoon}} ''and'' Creator/CartoonNetwork due to its ratings being good enough on both channels to recoup its very low budget. Fed up with its constant rerunning at the expense of more well received shows, many members of the notorious online "cartoon community" helped fuel hatred of the show, making it out to be the worst cartoon ever. The series nonetheless continued production well into 2014, but ultimately ended with little fanfare after TV producer David Straiton filed a lawsuit against series creator Scott Fellows (who at that point had zero involvement with the show) for not crediting him as a co-creator. While not as universally reviled today, it remains deeply unpopular with a majority of animation fans overall.

* BileFascination: Some people watch it because of how shoddy it is.