 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
Johnny Test
- Cartoon Network, WB
- Genre: Kids' Animation
Common Sense Media says
Kid-friendly 'toon is more imaginative than most.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Johnny's sisters experiment on their younger brother without their parents' knowledge, which might give some older siblings mischievous ideas. There's also some potty language and cartoony physical humor.
What's the story?
Johnny Test (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) is an 11-year-old kid who likes to play air guitar and wants to impress his friends. Everything seems pretty normal ... until his sisters begin to experiment on him with the vengeance of amateur mad scientists. With Mary and Susan's help, Johnny gets powers such as the ability to travel through time or gain supernatural intelligence when he dons a pair of pants. Other experiments have silly side-effects like hairstyles that change in the blink of an eye.
Is it any good?
Surprisingly inventive and not as violent as other cartoons in this genre, JOHNNY TEST is an age-appropriate choice for kids. The only thing worth mentioning: All the experiments Johnny undergoes are unattended by adults, which allows all types of zany plots to unfold. But as long as he's in one piece by dinner time, Johnny is free to be experimented upon every day.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about Johnny's parents' role reversal. Hugh is a stay-at-home dad, while Lila is an extremely busy working mom. How do real families cope with sharing roles? How have these roles changed over the years?
Which of Johnny's powers would you most want to have? Would you
be willing to go through a dangerous experiment to get a special
ability?
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- Parents
- Teens & kids
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Not very imaginative
This is just the same nonsense cartoon just different characters with more potty language. I don't know why so many cartoons have to use such bad language. There has to be better writers with better imaginations out there somewhere!
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Kid, 10 years old
March 21, 2011
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Lazy animation and dumb stories not the signs of a good show.
Johnny test, is a plain, normal, show which is just ugly.All I can say is that they should take the ''Test'' out of Johnny Test and replace the ''Test'' with ''Bravo'' (basically saying they should play Johnny Bravo.).All kinds of cheesy violence and phrases everywhere such as ''Darn It!'' plus potty launguage.There is some mild violenxe, but it's not a big threat.This should be popular with grade-schoolers but it's not good at all which makes it... Crappy, in one word.More for boys than family, good at some parts, but be warned, most parts are lame.Right after you watch, decide if you like this show or not.
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Kid, 11 years old
May 4, 2011
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I like this show.
HTFMime, do I have a problem? NO!
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something for 7 and up
Great, Johnny Test is a completely imaginative show where he and dog usually make mistakes, but solve them throughout the show.
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Terrible
This TV show repeats the jokes too much, don't make any sense, and has cheesy imagination. The story is also very lazy.
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2-3 Please Watch Spongebob 4-13 You Can Watch It 14-17 Don't Watch It 18+ with kids
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Stupid, stupid, and more stupid.
This show is just plain stupid. There "jokes" are just plain annoying and rarely funny. Even when their jokes ARE funny (which happens once every fourty episodes) all it can do is make you crack a smile a bit, and they get really old too. It is a pretty cute show, but for me this isn't entertainment.
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Kid, 10 years old
January 16, 2011
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i love it!!!!!
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Johnny's Test: B-
This is an ok show. I honestly like it a little and think it's something to watch when I'm bored. The animation may be a little cheesy and lazy, but the story, nevertheless, is compelling. I don't like how the story seems to repeat itself though. I find that in every episode, it is the same thing with a monster trying to destroy the city.
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Amateurish Show
Not scott fellows greatest work
though the 4th season was a massive improvement over
the last 2 seasons
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| Topics: | magic and fantasy, adventures, book characters |
| TV rating: | TV-Y7 |
| Networks: | Cartoon Network, WB |
| Cast: | James Arnold Taylor, Louis Chirillo, Maryke Hendrikse |
| Genre: | Kids' Animation |
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