Johnny Test

Johnny Test
Genre	Science fantasy Action-adventure Comedy Science fiction comedy Animated series
Created by	Scott Fellows
Developed by	Aaron Simpson
Directed by	Chris Savino (season 1) Joseph Sherman (season 2) Larry Jacobs (seasons 3–5) Paul Riley (season 4) John Lei (seasons 4, 6)
Voices of	James Arnold Taylor Louis Chirillo (seasons 1–4) Trevor Devall (seasons 5–6) Maryke Hendrikse Brittney Wilson (seasons 1, 5) Ashleigh Ball (seasons 2–4, 6) Ian James Corlett Kathleen Barr Lee Tockar Andrew Francis Bill Mondy Scott McNeil
Theme music composer	Kevin Manthei & Kevin Riepl (season 1) Ian LeFeuvre (seasons 2–6)
Opening theme	"Johnny Test Theme", performed by Aaron Molho (season 1) and Ian LeFeuvre (seasons 2–6)
Ending theme	"Johnny Test Theme" (instrumental)
Composers	Kevin Manthei (season 1) Ian LeFeuvre & Ari Posner (seasons 2–6)
Country of origin	United States (season 1) Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	117 (234 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Loris Kramer Lunsford Sander Schwartz (season 1) Scott Fellows (seasons 2–6) Michael Hirsh (seasons 2–6) Lesley Taylor (season 2) Pamela Slavin (seasons 3–4) Toper Taylor (seasons 4–6) John Vandervelde (seasons 5–6)
Producers	Scott Fellows (season 1) Chris Savino (season 1) Pamela Slavin (season 2) Jennifer Picherack (season 3) Dave Beatty (season 4) Audrey Velichka (season 5)
Running time	20–22 minutes (2 11–minute segments)
Production companies	Warner Bros. Animation (season 1)[a] Cookie Jar Entertainment (seasons 2–6)[b] DHX Media (season 6)
Original release
Network	Teletoon (Canada)
Release	September 17, 2005 (2005-09-17) – March 1, 2008 (2008-03-01)[c]
Network	Cartoon Network (U.S.) Teletoon (Canada)
Release	November 9, 2009 (2009-11-09) – December 25, 2014 (2014-12-25)
Related
Johnny Test (2021-2022)

Johnny Test is an

The series revolves around the adventures of the titular character, Johnny Test, an 11-year-old suburban boy who lives with his parents, his "super-genius" 13-year-old twin sisters, Susan and Mary, who are scientists and best friends with each other, and a talking dog named Dukey. They reside in the fictional town of Porkbelly, which is somewhere in the United States. Johnny is often used as a test subject for his genius twin sisters' inventions and experiments, ranging from gadgets to superpowers. Their experiments often cause problems that he must resolve, and he must sometimes fight villains in the process. He occasionally saves the world with his sisters' inventions.

In 2013, Teletoon announced that Johnny Test was going to receive a seventh season,

Johnny is a mischievous and unpredictable boy who causes many problems (often reaching within the city). His best friend is his anthropomorphic talking pet dog, Dukey, who Susan and Mary gave human-level intelligence and the ability to speak in an experiment. With Susan, Mary, and Dukey by his side, Johnny can live any kid's dream, only to find that most dreams don't turn out as hoped. Johnny is very hyperactive and often messes with his sisters' inventions, causing trouble and mayhem, but just as often proves himself to be clever, such as frequently tricking his sisters or saving the day from whatever danger happens to show up. He is also stubborn, and like many kids, he doesn't like school; if anything, he will often go to great lengths to avoid any work, often using his sisters' inventions to do so, resulting in himself and others in trouble. Despite this, he shows compassion often and always realizes and tries to fix his mistakes.

One of Johnny's main nemesis is Eugene ''Bling-Bling Boy'' Hamilton, a rival of the Test sisters and

• Johnny Test (voiced by James Arnold Taylor)
• Dukey (voiced by Louis Chirillo (seasons 1–4); Trevor Devall (seasons 5–6)
• Susan Test (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse)
• Mary Test (voiced by Brittney Wilson (seasons 1 & 5); Ashleigh Ball (seasons 2–4 & 6)
• Hugh Test (voiced by Ian James Corlett)
• Lila Test (voiced by Kathleen Barr)
• Gil Nexdor (voiced by Andrew Francis)
• Mr. Black (voiced by Bill Mondy)
• Mr. White (voiced by Scott McNeil)

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On February 16, 2005,

When the show first aired on Kids' WB, it performed very well in the Nielsen ratings. It ranked as the #1 broadcast program in Boys 2-11 (garnering 2.4/11), ranked as the #2 broadcast series in Kids 2-11 (gaining 2.2/10 in the process) and Girls 6-11 (2.3/11), and ultimately ranking #3 in Kids 6-11 (receiving 3.0/14). Its second season averaged slightly more viewers in the United States: 2.6 million per episode. Its 3rd season's average number of viewers in the United States was 3.1 million viewers. Its 4th season got an average number of about 4.3 million viewers per episode in the United States. Its 5th premiere attracted over 4.7 million viewers in the United States.^[9]

The series was developed for television by Aaron Simpson, with a brief, slightly longer pre-existing pilot short produced by Simpson as well, before the show was picked up as a full series by Kids' WB. Based on Episode 1A "Johnny to the Center of the Earth", the pilot episode was animated roughly in Adobe Flash, but retaining the same plot, used the same color schemes as the aforementioned episode, and was recorded with an American voice cast (retaining James Arnold Taylor as the voice of Johnny Test) instead. The original production design (including character designs, prop designs, and backgrounds) was created and provided by Matt Danner and Marc Perry,^[10] and later refined by producer Chris Savino and art director Paul Stec at season 1. Fellows, the creator of the series who had interested the network in the series' premise, based the titular character on himself when he was a young boy; he based Johnny's twin sisters, Susan and Mary, on his own two sisters, also named Susan and Mary.^[11] In the original pilot and early promotional material of the show, Dukey was referred to as "Poochie".

James Arnold Taylor said that he was not Fellows' original choice for the role of Johnny Test; he had previously voiced the lead character in the initial test pilot. After the show got picked up by Kids' WB! as a series, he was initially going to be replaced by a different voice actor, with a Canadian voice cast instead, but the studio had trouble finding Johnny's initial voice convincing for the first six episodes, so they gave Taylor back the role to redub his dialog for the rest of the first season and managed to keep him on the cast for the rest of the series.^[11] Aaron Simpson, who had developed the series and produced the pilot, was the creator and executive producer's first choice to serve as the producer of the show before he turned it down.

The remainder of the first season was produced in-house by Warner Bros. Animation, but since the show was a U.S./Canada co-production, some of the animation production work was outsourced to Canadian animation studios Studio B Productions and Top Draw Animation, as well as South Korean animation production company Digital eMation, which also provided the original main title animation opening. Storyboarding of some of the episodes was done by Canadian animation studio Atomic Cartoons.

Many of the original crew of the series' first production season consisted of alumni of well-known animation studios such as

The fourth season was animated at Atomic Cartoons with animation assistance from Seventoon Inc. and Philippine Animators Group Inc., which are both located in the Philippines. It finally premiered in high-definition on Teletoon on September 10, 2009,^[20] and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on November 9, 2009. Later, on August 24, 2010, it was announced that the Johnny Test was renewed for a fifth season. As the fourth season before it, it would be a full set of 26 episodes with a 27th episode added to the end; the renewal brought the series total to 92 episodes. The fifth season premiered on Cartoon Network in America on June 13, 2011, along with a new theme sequence with the same song used from seasons 2–4. Starting with the fifth season, Trevor Devall would become the new voice of Dukey, due to Louis Chirillo leaving the series. Similarly, Ashleigh Ball retired as the voice of Mary, Sissy, and Missy at the end of the 4th season, due to her work on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as the voice of Applejack and Rainbow Dash; as a result, she was replaced by Brittney Wilson, Mary's original voice.

On March 12, 2012, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a sixth season.^[21] Like the fourth and fifth season before it, it would again be a full set of 26 episodes; the renewal brought the series total to 117 episodes.^[22] Ashleigh Ball also returned for the roles in this season. The sixth season premiered in the United States on Boomerang on April 3, 2013, and on Cartoon Network on April 23, 2013. With this season, the show reached its 100th episode (and 200th segment), making it one of Teletoon's longest-running original series (Total Drama had produced 117 episodes and two specials, while Totally Spies! was co-produced between Seasons 3–5).

On May 1, 2020, over a year after the announcement, the Johnny Test YouTube channel premiered the first episode of the web shorts "League of Johnnys" on May 2, 2020. Currently 15 episodes have been revealed.

In May 2020, the show was picked up by

NCircle Entertainment has released five DVDs. Johnny Test: Johnny & Dukey and Johnny vs. Bling Bling Boy were released on December 23, 2008.^[24][25] Johnny X and Super Pooch was released on August 11, 2009,^[26] Extreme Johnny was released on December 1, 2009,^[27] and Game Time was released on May 4, 2010.^[28]

On February 21, 2008, Liberation Entertainment released the complete first season on DVD in the UK,^[29] but as of 2012, no more seasons have been released in a Region 2 format.

On January 4, 2011, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the rights to the series, under license from

Johnny Test home video releases

Season			Episodes	Release dates
				Region 1
	1	2005–06	13	Johnny and Dukey (Episode(s): "The Dog Days of Johnny" / "Johnny's Pink Plague"): December 23, 2008[34] Extreme Johnny (Episode(s): "Johnny and the Ice Pigs" / "Johnny’s House of Horrors" • "Johnny's Extreme Game Controller" / "Li'l Johnny" • "Johnny Dodgeball" / "Johnny & the Attack of the Monster Truck"): December 1, 2009[35] Super Smarty-Pants (Episode(s): "Johnny to the Center of the Earth" – "Johnny's Pink Plague"): February 15, 2011[36] The Complete First and Second Seasons: February 15, 2011[37] Seasons 1–5: September 1, 2015
	2	2006–07		Johnny and Dukey (Episode(s): "Johnny's Pet Day" / "Phat Johnny"): December 23, 2008 Johnny vs. Bling Bling Boy (Episode(s): "Johnny vs. Bling Bling 2" • "Johnny's Got a Brand New Dad"): June 16, 2009 Johnny X and Super Pooch (Episode(s): "The Revenge of Johnny X (JX3)" / "The Enchanted Land of Johnnia" • "Johnny X Strikes Back (JX4)" / "Johnny vs. Super Soaking Cyborgs"): August 11, 2009[38] Game Time! (Episode(s): "The Good, the Bad & the Johnny" • "Johnny vs. Smash Badger 3"): May 4, 2010[39] The Complete First and Second Seasons: February 15, 2011 Seasons 1–5: September 1, 2015
	3	2007–08		Johnny and Dukey (Episode(s): "Here Johnny, Here Boy!" / "Johnny Applesauce"): December 23, 2008 Johnny vs. Bling Bling Boy (Episode(s): "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3" / "Stinkin' Johnny" • "Johnnyitis" / "Johnny Mustache"): June 16, 2009 Johnny X and Super Pooch (Episode(s): "Johnny X and the Attack of the Snowmen (JX5)" / "Johnny vs. Dukey"): August 11, 2009 Game Time! (Episode(s): "Johnny'mon" / "Bathtime for Johnny" • "Return of Johnny'mon" / "Johnny Dukey Doo"): May 4, 2010 Saves the World (Episode(s): "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3" – "Johnny Test in Outer Space"): September 13, 2011[40] The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons: September 13, 2011[41] The Awesome Adventures of Johnny Test (Episode(s): "Johnny Cart Racing" – "Johnny X: The Final Ending (JX6-b)"): February 19, 2013[42] Seasons 1–5: September 1, 2015
	4	2009–11	26	The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons: September 13, 2011 The Many Faces of Johnny Test (Episode(s): "My Johnny Guard" – "99 Deeds of Johnny Test"): September 4, 2012[43] The Awesome Adventures of Johnny Test (Episode(s): "Johnny's New Baby Sisters" – "Johnny's Big Dumb Sisters"): February 19, 2013 Seasons 1–5: September 1, 2015
	5	2011–12		The Complete Fifth Season: May 5, 2015[44] Seasons 1–5: September 1, 2015[45]

Reception

Critical

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Johnny Test received positive critical reviews throughout its run.

Joly Herman of Common Sense Media had written and posted a review of Johnny Test on Go.com, at the time of the show's original debut on Kids' WB. In the review, Herman indicated that the series "is an age-appropriate choice for kids" and was "surprisingly inventive and not as violent as other cartoons in this genre", adding, "The only thing worth mentioning: All the experiments Johnny undergoes are unattended by adults, which allows all types of zany plots to unfold." Herman gave the show three stars out of five.^[46]

In 2006, the first season of the series was nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation at the

On January 21, 2010, another partnership had emerged between

The Granby Zoo in Granby, Quebec also has an amusement park called "Parc Johnny Test Collection."^[58]