User blog comment:PlantyThePottedPlant/Random Topic Blogging III: Blog Harder/@comment-3473686-20140512232314/@comment-3395649-20140513032919

On a side note, allow me to shed light on why the show sucks so much.

Once upon a time, when the cartoons roamed free, where Nick had Danny Phantom and Avatar in their primes, Disney still had a healthy number of animated series, Cartoon Network was riding the peak of CN City, and the Hub did not exist, there was a network called Kids WB, which showed original programming, as well as some CN shows like Teen Titans. This network had shows like Jackie Chan Adventures, Tom and Jerry Tales, and mostly importantly, Xiaolin Showdown.

In 2005, a new show came to the network named Johnny Test. It was created by a man named Scott Fellows and developed by another man named Aaron Simpson. The staff of the show were highly experienced writers and animators, with the series being traditionally animated. It was seen as a decent show, perhaps a bit too similar to Dexter's Lab, but had just enough differences to go the American Dad route and gain its own identity after a season or two if given the chance. Decent animation, various music intervals, no annoying whipcracks, it was just an average show.

Then, everything changed, when Canada attacked.

When the Kids WB merged into the CW, many programs were dropped or canceled. Xiaolin Showdown perished, despite re-runs on Cartoon Network, Jackie Chan Adventures ended, and Johnny Test went on hiatus.

The show, you see, was partially managed by a Canadian Company, and when the WB merger occured, Cookie Jar Entertainment took over, causing the terrifying spirit of the Canadian Government to possess the show. Everyone who had worked on the show at that point was dropped, as Canada does not allow non-Canadians to act as staff (The reason why Xiaolin Chronicles has a vastly different voice cast). Thus, unlike Cyberchase, which retained a high level of writing quality despite the animation change, Johnny Test's quality sank to a low never seen before. The art style did not translate well into flash, and the new crew took over.

The next two seasons were seen as crap, and in 2007, the show ended, and it could've ended right there.

But sadly, everything changed again when the Stuart Snyder attacked.

2007 was a dark time for animation. The Boston Bomb Scare occured, and the higher ups of Cartoon Network were forced to resign due to the backlash. Most of the original programming was canceled within a year or two, and very few original productions were made to truly fill the void. Attempts for revitilization via the Cartoonstitue project failed as the network cheeses got rid of a great deal of animation, replacing them with live-action programming. Whilst such programming did exist during the early 2000s, they were often times mixed with the animation and promoted it, via the Roger Rabbit effect. The new live-action programming did not do this, and in 2008, Toonami was shut down, a year after Miguzi was shut down. Trying to hide what they were doing, the executives brought in pure Canadian programming, which was not well-received, despite there being a few good shows there, like 6teen, the Total Drama series, and Grojband (Which have their fanbases). Most of the shows brought over were absolute garbage and not very endearing.

Among this cesspool of crap was the new Johnny Test, radically different from when it was first made. The network paid special attention to the show, and began to shove it all over the place, which gave it just enough ratings to be greenlit for a revival, much to everyone's horror. The show was given an enormous number of marathons, and everyone was getting sick and tired of it, since 2009 also brought in the reviled CN Real, which everyone loathed with a passion.

But then, a miracle, CN Real bombed and the network's ratings plummeted. 2010 then saw the creation of Adventure Time, and the tide began to turn. A slew of new shows began to appear, and 2011 marked the end of CN Real, and the beginning of rebuilding the network. Unfortunely, Johnny Test was still around, and began to gather an enormous amount of hate never before seen. The show gained more seasons, to everyone's disgust, and then, more horror, as Snyder brought in new live-action shows, which sucked and also quickly died, which brought relief.

However, Johnny Test would then gain a new amount of hatred, an amount never seen before, as Snyder struck again, this time attacking the DC Nation block. This animated action block underwent a brief hiatus, nothing special, but on the day it was supposed to return, Johnny Test was found in the lineup instead. And then it was announced that the DC Nation block was on another hiatus, as Johnny Test permantely took over the block's former spot.

A wave of fire went towards the show, with everyone beginning to beg for it's cancelation. But alas, the cheap flash animation ensured that it would survive with mimimal ratings, and Snyder continued to sabatoge the animation by bringing in new crap and more Johnny Test.

But then, a final miracle, 2014, this year, Snyder was ousted from power, and everyone rejoiced. It was at this point that Johnny Test began to slightly slip out of the spotlight, as the network has begun to promote it's newer programming, Clarence, Uncle Grandpa, and Steven Universe, along with newer projects.

However, the network seems desperate to fuel this show's lifelines. When Legends of Chima went on hiatus for Season 3, Johnny Test replaced it, and on the preview site for this week, Johnny Test gained three video previews compared to the other shows' one.

All in all, Johnny Test, something that had potential, but then destroyed when Canada and moronic executives raped it and milked it.