Don't take this the wrong way, I love animation, but I just don't like this show. And I will try to give good enough reasons to why I don't like it.
This has been picked up by several reviewers I know, but I don't find the concept of this show particularly original. It was a nice idea at the time, but when I tuned in and watched enough episodes to form an opinion there is a little too much of a Dexter's Laboratory influence here. I am not sure whether to call it a rip-off or just a show that suffers from being unoriginal, either way that's one reason for me disliking the show.
Another reason is the animation style. I have seen worse, especially in Shaggy and Scooby Doo:Get a Clue, which seriously makes me want to gag thinking about it, but is it just me or isn't the animation really crude here? Not just in the colours which are very flat, but also in the character designs which are very ugly. I don't think much of the backgrounds either, some of them are very static.
Words cannot describe how much I detest the music. Sorry, I just dislike it, I find it incredibly repetitive and generic. The incidental music is forgettable, and although I am more a classical music enthusiast, even I can tell there is a bit of American Idiot in the theme song. Great song, but if they are using it for inspiration or whatever isn't it a little irrelevant.
I haven't even got to the worst parts yet. Where Johnny Test fails epically is in the writing, story lines and characters in my opinion. The writing is juvenile and unfunny and the jokes make me groan rather than laugh. The story lines are childish, predictable and simplistic, with a lack of invention and further suffer from bad pacing as every episode is rushed giving little time to breathe.
The characters? Where to start, they are all so annoying. The title character? Right. Johnny Test is for me one of the most obnoxious and irritating protagonists you will ever find on an animated show. If you hate Eliza Thornberry(I don't, others do, don't know why though)or Timmy Turner(I do) or Elmyra from Tiny Toon Adventures or Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain(she can be annoying when she is given lacklustre material) or even Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory(don't mind her, but she does have her annoying moments) I think you will hate Johnny Test more. His dog companion is no better either the less said about that accent the better, while the parents are uninteresting stereotypes.
Any redeeming qualities? Not really, unless you want to bear in mind the voice cast are very talented, that is when they have something decent to work with. If you want a good show on Cartoon Network, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, PowerPuff Girls and Samurai Jack are your best options. My advice for this, skip it, watch it if you want, but for me it is not great... at all. In fact it is pretty darn bad. 1/10 Bethany Cox
This has been picked up by several reviewers I know, but I don't find the concept of this show particularly original. It was a nice idea at the time, but when I tuned in and watched enough episodes to form an opinion there is a little too much of a Dexter's Laboratory influence here. I am not sure whether to call it a rip-off or just a show that suffers from being unoriginal, either way that's one reason for me disliking the show.
Another reason is the animation style. I have seen worse, especially in Shaggy and Scooby Doo:Get a Clue, which seriously makes me want to gag thinking about it, but is it just me or isn't the animation really crude here? Not just in the colours which are very flat, but also in the character designs which are very ugly. I don't think much of the backgrounds either, some of them are very static.
Words cannot describe how much I detest the music. Sorry, I just dislike it, I find it incredibly repetitive and generic. The incidental music is forgettable, and although I am more a classical music enthusiast, even I can tell there is a bit of American Idiot in the theme song. Great song, but if they are using it for inspiration or whatever isn't it a little irrelevant.
I haven't even got to the worst parts yet. Where Johnny Test fails epically is in the writing, story lines and characters in my opinion. The writing is juvenile and unfunny and the jokes make me groan rather than laugh. The story lines are childish, predictable and simplistic, with a lack of invention and further suffer from bad pacing as every episode is rushed giving little time to breathe.
The characters? Where to start, they are all so annoying. The title character? Right. Johnny Test is for me one of the most obnoxious and irritating protagonists you will ever find on an animated show. If you hate Eliza Thornberry(I don't, others do, don't know why though)or Timmy Turner(I do) or Elmyra from Tiny Toon Adventures or Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain(she can be annoying when she is given lacklustre material) or even Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory(don't mind her, but she does have her annoying moments) I think you will hate Johnny Test more. His dog companion is no better either the less said about that accent the better, while the parents are uninteresting stereotypes.
Any redeeming qualities? Not really, unless you want to bear in mind the voice cast are very talented, that is when they have something decent to work with. If you want a good show on Cartoon Network, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, PowerPuff Girls and Samurai Jack are your best options. My advice for this, skip it, watch it if you want, but for me it is not great... at all. In fact it is pretty darn bad. 1/10 Bethany Cox