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  • Americans Hate Tingle: The show wasn't exactly big in Canada, but it was loathed in the United States by many upon announcement due to the stigma of it being a Canadian-produced cartoon created by Scott Fellows, the same man behind Johnny Test, which led to many people hating it on that principle alone (even though Fellows, himself an American, had previously made some fairly well-received live-action shows for American networks) and going out of their way to point out and exaggerate as many of the show's flaws as possible. That said, the show has been decently successful in a number of other countries such as Britain, Turkey, and the Philippines, with episodes having been released there before the U.S. or Canada, including the entire second season.
  • Anvilicious: Like Johnny Test, this show drops morals pretty hard in several episodes.
  • Cliché Storm: Like Johnny Test, the show has been accused by some for rehashing common cartoon plots a lot, even repeating some of its own, although this criticism has mainly been applied to episodes that don't have virus fights in them.
  • Designated Hero:
    • Like Johnny Test, the protagonists have been accused of this by the show's hatedom. The Noobs in particular are often accused of being selfish brats by some, as they often use their Battle Balls for selfish reasons, often causing just as much trouble towards Cornbury as the virus itself as a result.
    • Parodied with The Incredibly Amazing Man, a Smug Super who only cares about using his superheroics for profit and doesn't care one bit about the damage he causes in his fights, even taking advantage of them to build his headquarters in the middle of a busy street! This is even lampshaded by the main characters.
  • Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The show is well remembered in Latin America and South Africa.
  • Jerkass Woobie: Believe it or not, Kevin Reynolds can be seen as one. This is mainly due to the fact that out of all the Noobs, he's the one who falls victim to most of the slapstick. This is especially seen in "How To Care For Your Noob" as you can't help but feel sorry for him when Shope forced Kevin to turn into a gerbil so she wouldn't flunk her science project and she made him do a lot of humiliating things in gerbil form.
  • Misblamed: A meta-example of this is used concerning how people viewed the show. The show's hatedom (which largely overlaps with that of Johnny Test) often use this show alongside Johnny Test to argue that all Canadian cartoons are horrible, especially if they are from Teletoon. However, most of them fail to acknowledge (or are even unaware) that creator, Scott Fellows, is an American. Furthermore, the real creators of the show are DHX Media, not Teletoon, which only funded the show's production and handed out executive notes (although Cartoon Network did some of this as well).note  Ironically, the series no longer airs on Teletoon, having made a Channel Hop to Family Channel (which is owned by DHX) for its second season, although other Corus networks still occasionally air reruns for Canadian Content purposes.
  • Moral Event Horizon: Mr. Wertz was clearly an antagonist from the start, but this was originally because of his paranoia towards Mem and Zen. However, Mr. Wertz crosses the MEH in "Noob Colored Glasses" when he invents a set of goggles that control the minds of anyone who wears them and he uses the goggles to try to enslave all of Cornbury.
  • The Scrappy:
    • Mr. Wertz, due to the fact that he is a Karma Houdini. He has done things would have got him fired, arrested and thrown in jail such as inventing goggles to control all the citizens of Cornbury and modifying the virus underneath the school.
    • Amy Anderson as she is something regulated to a stereotypical Damsel in Distress and doesn't get a lot of screen time. Tyler's romance with her does not show much development and is shown in only a couple episodes.
  • So Okay, It's Average: While the show does have its share of fans and defenders (including a few who had originally believed the show would be as bad as they expected), most people will tell you that it still really isn't anything impressive, and while certainly better than Johnny Test, still suffers from a lot of the same faults as the previous show.
  • Squick:
    • The food that Count Venamus served and contaminated with the virus in "The Noobs Meet Count Venamus" looks pretty disgusting as it somewhat looks like purple gelatin with a bunch of loose hair and junk on it.
    • The swink eye infection as portrayed in "License To Noob". Those who got infected with it had green infectious substances all over their eyes and in one scene, Zenblock's eyes were seen dripping with such substance when he took over the pirate eyepatches he was using to cover them up.
    • The scene where Mr. Wertz ingested the virus laced potion that he created in "Noob Go Viral". Watching the Noobs ingest the other virus laced potions in Mr. Wertz's underground lab in order to escape is also somewhat disgusting.
  • Strangled by the Red String: The relationship between Tyler and Amy is considered to be half baked as their relationship was seldom mentioned and was only focused on for a few episodes and it didn't get any mention in the season one finale.
  • Tainted by the Preview: Johnny Test haters assumed the show was bad as soon as they heard it had the same creator. However, once it actually came out, quite a few people warmed up to the series, and while it still isn't seen as a masterpiece by anyone, it did develop a small fanbase who consider it far superior to Johnny Test.
  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
    • Memnock and Zenblock as they were likable characters who got put in some boring episode subplots and have a borderline lack of A Day in the Limelight episodes. They were given more focus and screentime in season 2 though.
    • Any of the Noob's parents also count too as they basically got pushed aside to be only used when necessary with Kevin's parents being the biggest suspects.
    • The leaders of the Benevolent Alliance (General Blorgon, Hedies, and Tecknut) only appear in a handful of episodes despite their importance in the show's main plot and are rarely seen in combat. Many viewed felt that more could have been done with them. Some felt that these leaders should have intervened at Memnock and Zenblock's feud in episode 26 and forced them to reconcile but that never happened and the Noobs were left to clean up the whole mess.
    • This is what the alien characters in the show get in general as the show overly focused more on the human characters, pushing the alien characters to fill in secondary roles.
  • What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: This show has a rating of TV-Y7-FV rating in the U.S. and Canada. However the main premise involves kids being accidentally dragged into an intergalactic war that they have to fight through. Their are also multiple references concerning very dark topics like war, murder, genocide, and bioterrorism. Memnock and Zenblock in particular are implied to be suffering from PTSD (as evidenced by their terrible sleeping habits like sleepfighting). If it wasn't for the very light and comedic tone and setting of the show, the age rating would have been set higher.


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