Johnny Test (TV Show)

Happy 18th anniversary with **Johnny Test** (**2005**-**2023**).

***Johnny Test*** is an **American**/**Canadian** animated television series created by **Scott Fellows**. It premiered on **Kids' WB,** on **The WB Television Network**, on **September 17th**, **2005** and concluded its run on **December 25th**, **2014** (**January 2nd**, **2015** in other countries) with **6 seasons**. Despite the merger of the **UPN** (**CBS Corporation**) and that programming block's parent channel into **The CW Television Network**.

The show still continued to air on **Kids' WB**, on **The CW**, with its **second** and **third seasons**, through **October 28th**, **2006**, to **March 1st**, **2008**. The series currently aired in the **United States** on **Cartoon Network** starting on **January 7th**, **2008**, and in **Canada** on **Teletoon**, on **September 8th**, **2006**. The series aired on **Cartoon Network** in over **75 countries** in **19 languages**. It also aired on other channels that vary by country. The show was produced by **Warner Bros. Animation** for the **first season**, then from the **second season** by **Teletoon**, and **later seasons** by **Cookie Jar Entertainment**. Starting from **season 6**, the show is produced by **DHX Media**.

On **May 2nd**, **2020**, ***Johnny Test: The Lost Web Series*** premiered on **YouTube**. However, the **first episode** was **privated 2 days later**.

In **January 2020**, **WildBrain** announced that their **Vancouver studio** was hiring for a new ***Johnny Test*** project separate from the **web-shorts**. On **May 6th**, **2020**, **WildBrain** confirmed the series had been picked up by **Netflix** for **two more seasons** and a **66-minute interactive special set** for release in **2021**, with **Fellows** returning as **showrunner** and **executive producer**. The first of which was released on **July 16th**.

## Plot

**Johnny**(\*) is the troublesome, narcissistic, curious, spoiled and widely disrespected member of the **Test family**(\*), which consists of his **super-genius 13-year-old twin sisters** (**Susan** and **Mary**), his talking (and talkative) **companion dog** (**Dukey**), and his **over-the-top parents**, **his mother** (**Lila**), who is a **full-blown workaholic businesswoman**, and **his father** (**Hugh**), who is a **obsessive-compulsive househusband** who likes **total hygiene** and **meat loaf**.

The **Test twins** use their **younger brother** as a **guinea pig** for their **other experiments** (thus their surname of **Test**) in their **secret laboratory**, with which they try to impress **Gil Nexdor**, their **pretty boy next-door neighbor**.

In some **episodes**, throughout the **series**, **Johnny** often messes with his **sisters' inventions**, causing trouble and mayhem, but just as often proves himself to be extremely clever such as by frequently tricking his genius sisters into giving him gadgets or superpowers in order to use them in combat and other situations, or saving the day from whatever danger happens to show up, like unwillingly battling evil villains found in **Porkbelly** and/or anywhere else in the process.

At times **Johnny** will try his **worse** to **tackle many issues**, often using his **sisters' inventions** to do so and often putting himself and/or others in **danger** as a result, and then try to undo the disasters and messes that he has done. His main **arch-nemesis** is **Bling-Bling Boy** (Real name: **Eugene K. Hamilton**) a fellow arch-rival of the **Test sisters** and frenemy of **Johnny** and **Dukey**, who has a big crush on **Susan**, who does never reciprocate his feelings, and often **resorts** to **try** and **force** her to be **his girlfriend**.

On the **other hand**, fellow bully **Bumper** and **The General**, from the army base **Area 51.1**, and **Mr. Black** and **Mr. White**, two **federal agents** from the **Super Secret Government Agency** (**SSGA**), sometimes help, distract, or annoy, the kids on most occasions.

## Broadcast History

### The early years (from 2005)

***Johnny Test*** began airing in the **United States** in **2005** on **The WB's Saturday morning** block, **Kids' WB**. It was tested for **unused pilot episodes** on **October 2nd**, **2004** and released to **TV** on **September 17th**, **2005**. On **September 9th**, **2006**, it began airing in **Canada** on **Teletoon**. During the airing of the **second season**, The **WB** and **UPN** merged into **The CW**, where it would air the **second** and **third seasons**. The show was cancelled on **December 25th**, **2014**, in other countries it ended on **December 29th**, **2014** or **January 5th**, **2015**, however the show still aired reruns on **Cartoon Network**’s sister channel **Boomerang** until **2016**, as well as international **Cartoon Network** channels until **2019**, with it last airing on **Cartoon Network** in **Latin America**, though reportedly they still air it on the **Cartoon Pop** block in **Latin America**.

### Cartoon Network

***Johnny Test*** premiered on **Cartoon Network** in the **United States** on **January 7th**, **2008**. Shortly after, in **March 2008**, the **series** concluded its run on **The CW** network after the **third season**. ***Johnny Test*** would air **new episodes** on **Cartoon Network** starting with the **fourth season** on **November 9th**, **2009**. During all of this, the show continued to air on **Teletoon** in **Canada**.

### Show cancellation

Despite the confirmation of a **seventh season** in **June 2013**, the **series** ended after the conclusion of the **sixth season** on **December 25th**, **2014**. When **James Arnold Taylor** (**Johnny's voice actor**) was asked about the **seventh installment** in **June 2015**, he claimed that there were no plans for it. A **seventh season** was confirmed in **May 2020** to release to **Netflix**.

### The Lost Web Series

On **March 15th**, **2019**, it was announced by the official **Johnny Test YouTube channel** that **new episodes** would be **coming soon**. On **May 2nd**, **2020**, **over a year** after **announcement**, it **premiered**.

### Netflix revival

On **January 2020**, it was **announced** that **WildBrain Studios** in **Vancouver** was hiring for a **revival** of ***Johnny Test*** which is **separate** from the **web-series**. The **show** will be **picked up** from **Netflix** for **two more seasons** and a **66-minute** interactive special, set to be **released** in **2021**. Many **beliefs** are it will **premiere** in **May** or **June**.

## Trivia

* This show was based on the childhood memories of the creator **Scott Fellows**.
* The show was recently released in **Netflix** (**Japan**) on **September 1st**, **2015**, **10 years** after the **original release**.
* The “**Johnny**” part in the logo uses the font “**Badaboom BB**”.

## Captions

(\*) 1: **Johnny** (**Johnny Test**) comes from **Dubai** (**United Arab Emirates**).

(\*) 2: **Test family** comes from **United Arab Emirates** (**Johnny** from **Dubai**, **Hugh** (Dad) and **Lila** (Mom) from **Abu Dhabi**), also **Mary** from **Singapore** and **Susan** from **Germany** (**Johnny**'s sisters).