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''Johnny Test'' is an
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created by
Scott Fellows Scott Fellows (born September 28, 1965) is an American television producer, writer, and director. He is known for creating the Nickelodeon shows ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' and ''Big Time Rush'' and the Cartoon Network (originall ...
, originally produced in the United States by
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and later produced in Canada by
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. It premiered on
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on September 17, 2005, which continued to air the series through its second and third seasons. The rest of the series aired on
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starting on January 7, 2008, in the United States and internationally. In Canada, the show premiered on
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on September 3, 2006. The series revolves around the adventures of the title 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 (either in the United States or Canada). 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 originally announced the renewal of a 13-episode seventh season and a three-part special, but it was unproduced after the show was cancelled. However, on May 6, 2020, WildBrain confirmed that a revival series has been picked up by
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for two seasons and a 66-minute
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, which released in 2021 with Fellows returning as showrunner and executive producer.


Plot

11-year-old Johnny is part of the Test family, consisting of his 13-year-old genius twin sisters, Susan and Mary, and his over-the-top parents. His mother "Lila," is a businesswoman, and his father, "Hugh" is an obsessive-compulsive
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. Hugh's two biggest obsessions are cleaning and cooking meatloaf. The Test Twins frequently use Johnny as a
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for their various experiments and inventions in their laboratory filled with highly advanced technology built over the Tests' household attic. Most of them involve trying to impress their pretty boy-next-door neighbor, Gil, for whom both harbor a deep love and obsession, although their attempts to come up with some way to attract his attention usually fail. Johnny is a mischievous and unpredictable boy who causes many problems (often reaching within the city). His best friend is his
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talking pet dog, Dukey, who Susan and Mary gave human-level intelligence and the ability to speak in an experiment. Because Johnny has Susan, Mary, and Dukey by his side, he can live any kid's dream, only to find that most dreams never 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. One of Johnny's main nemeses is Eugene "Bling-Bling Boy" Hamilton, a fellow arch-rival of the Test sisters and
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of Johnny and Dukey, yet also has an unrequited crush on Susan. Another is Sissy Cutler, a tomboy who often serves as Johnny's rival/friend; the two may have crushes on each other, but both frequently deny and compete against each other. Missy, Sissy's pink
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, is Dukey's rival/crush. A third is Bumper Randalls, the school bully who constantly picks on Johnny. Meanwhile, the General from the
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Area 51.1 and Mr. Black and Mr. White, two federal agents from the Super Secret Government Agency (SSGA), are shown to be close friends with the kids and often get them out of trouble or recruit them for an assignment, help them, distract, or annoy the Tests on various occasions.


Episodes


Characters

* Johnny Test (voiced by
James Arnold Taylor James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969), also known by his initials JAT, is an American voice actor, writer, producer and podcaster. He is known for portraying Ratchet in the ''Ratchet & Clank'' franchise, the main character Tidus in '' Final Fa ...
) * Dukey (voiced by
Louis Chirillo Louis Chirillo is an American-Canadian former actor. He is of Colombian descent. He is famous for voicing Keefe in '' Zoids: Fuzors''. He has also voiced Shaman in '' ''Pucca' and Dukey on the first through the fourth seasons of ''Johnny Test' ...
(seasons 1–4);
Trevor Devall Trevor Devall (born November 10, 1972) is a Canadian-American voice actor and podcaster. He worked for various other studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for years, before he relocated to Los Angeles, California, US in 2013. Early life ...
(seasons 5–6)) * Susan Test (voiced by
Maryke Hendrikse Marÿke Hendrikse ( ; born February 23, 1979) is a Bahamian–born Canadian voice actress who works primarily for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has played several roles in anime, most notably Revy in ''Black Lagoon'' a ...
) * Mary Test (voiced by Brittney Wilson (seasons 1 & 5);
Ashleigh Ball Ashleigh Adele Ball (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress and musician, known for performing with the rock band Hey Ocean!, as well as voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the ''Barbie'' film ...
(seasons 2–4 & 6)) * Hugh Test (voiced by
Ian James Corlett Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of Studio B Productions' animated series ''Being Ian'' and ''Yvon of the Yukon''. One of his best-known animation roles was the first En ...
) * Lila Test (voiced by
Kathleen Barr Kathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is best known for voicing Marie Kanker and Kevin in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' and Trixie Lulamoon and Queen Chrysalis in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. She also voiced Henri Richard Maurice Du ...
) * Gil Nexdor (voiced by
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) * Mr. Black (voiced by
Bill Mondy Bill Mondy, sometimes credited as Bill Monday, is an American film and television actor. Career He is best known for his appearances in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (in the episode " Armageddon Game") and '' The Dead Zone''. He also made gue ...
) * Mr. White (voiced by
Scott McNeil Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the best-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notabl ...
)


History


Origin and development

On February 16, 2005,
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's unveiling of its new fall schedule for the 2005–2006 television season was announced by
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, featuring its returning series ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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'', alongside four new series: ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Transformers: Cybertron'', and ''Johnny Test''. The aforementioned schedule was announced by The WB/Kids' WB Entertainment President David Janollari, Kids' WB Senior Vice President and General Manager Betsy McGowen, speaking to advertisers and the media press during the Kids' WB
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sales presentation in New York. ''Johnny Test'' was created and executively produced by
Scott Fellows Scott Fellows (born September 28, 1965) is an American television producer, writer, and director. He is known for creating the Nickelodeon shows ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' and ''Big Time Rush'' and the Cartoon Network (originall ...
, who also created the
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series ''
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,'' ''
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'', and ''
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''; Fellows had also served as the head writer for ''
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''. The show premiered on September 17, 2005, on Kids' WB's Saturday morning lineup of its weekly fall schedule, alongside ''Loonatics Unleashed'' and ''Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island''. The episode pair "Johnny to the Center of the Earth" and "Johnny X" marked the series premiere. 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 received a slightly higher number of viewers on average in the United States: 2.6 million viewers per 2nd-season 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. 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
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, 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 James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969), also known by his initials JAT, is an American voice actor, writer, producer and podcaster. He is known for portraying Ratchet in the ''Ratchet & Clank'' franchise, the main character Tidus in '' Final Fa ...
as the voice of Johnny Test) instead. The original production design (including character designs, prop designs, and background designs) was created, provided, and contributed by
Matt Danner Matthew Thomas Danner (born June 30, 1981) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, director, producer and voice actor. His credits include work on ''The Ripping Friends'', ''¡Mucha Lucha!'', ''The Looney Tunes Show'', ''Xiaol ...
and Marc Perry, and then later worked on by producer
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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. 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. 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.


Production

The remainder of the first season was produced in-house by
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, but since the show was a U.S./Canada co-production, some of the animation production work was outsourced to Canadian animation studios
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and Top Draw Animation, as well as South Korean animation production company
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, which also provided the original main title animation opening. Storyboarding of some of the episodes was done by Canadian animation studio
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. Many of the original crew of the series' first production season consisted of alumni of well-known animation studios such as
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and
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, as well as artists from the
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, including
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, Marc Perry, Paul Stec, Matt Danner, Joe Horne, Mike Kazaleh, Brian Larsen,
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,
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, Nora Johnson,
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, Ray Leong, Chris Battle, Casey Mitchum, Pat Ventura,
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, J.C. Cheng,
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, George Cox III, Frederick J. Gardner III, Allan Penny, Justin Schultz, Christopher D. Lozinski, Dane Taylor and Rita Cooper. The original version of the show's
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and all of its
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s were both written, composed and conducted by
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, with creator Scott Fellows having written and provided the
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to the theme song.
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was provided by
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, with voice direction by
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. The merger of
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and
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into
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had resulted in many budget cuts for the show, leading to the show being put on hiatus.
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, another Canada-based entertainment company, under their then-new action-adventure brand Coliseum, who previously had production assistance in the first season, decided to take control of the series' production. Due to this change, the writers, storyboarders, and art crew who worked on the first season were let go, resulting in an entirely new crew managing the show. Also, the budget of the show dropped dramatically, leading to seasons two and three of the show being animated in
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by
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.Evidence of behind-the-scenes archives at
the Collideascope Animation blog site
'
The show's opening theme was later changed for the rest of the series, with it being made of recycled episode footage. On March 1, 2008, the episode pair "Johnny X: A New Beginning" and "Johnny X: The Final Ending" aired. It was originally intended as the series finale; however, the series was renewed for a fourth season. Although Warner Bros. left the series' production, the credits still listed Warner Bros. as the trademark owner of Johnny Test so far until the last season. The fourth season was animated at
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with animation assistance from Seventoon Inc. and Philippine Animators Group Inc., which are both located in the
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. It finally premiered in high-definition on Teletoon on September 10, 2009, 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. 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. Ashleigh Ball also returned for the roles in this season. The sixth season premiered on Cartoon Network in America 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 (''
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'' had produced 117 episodes and two specials, while ''
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'' was co-produced between Seasons 3–5).


Revival


Web shorts

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 has been revealed.


TV series

In May 2020, the show was picked up by
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for two additional seasons, along with an
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. The series has an updated look, provided by
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, and was released on July 16, 2021.


Release


Broadcast history

''Johnny Test'' premiered in the United States on September 17, 2005, on
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's Saturday morning block,
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. One year later, it aired on
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in Canada on September 8, 2006. During the second season, The WB and
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merged into
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, which aired the second and third seasons; the latter season premiered on September 22, 2007, and concluded on March 1, 2008. On January 7, 2008, the show debuted on
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, which aired the remainder of the series, and ended on December 25, 2014.


DVD releases

NCircle Entertainment has released five DVDs. ''Johnny Test: Johnny & Dukey'' and ''Johnny vs. Bling Bling Boy'' were released on December 23, 2008. ''Johnny X and Super Pooch'' was released on August 11, 2009, ''Extreme Johnny'' was released on December 1, 2009, and ''Game Time'' was released on May 4, 2010. On February 21, 2008, Liberation Entertainment released the complete first season on DVD in the UK, 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
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. They have subsequently released the first four seasons on DVD in Region 1. The fifth season was released on May 5, 2015, and the first five seasons (with all discs from the separate season sets) were released on September 1, 2015.


Reception


Critical

Joly Herman of
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had written and posted a review of ''Johnny Test'' on
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, at the time of the show's original debut on
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. 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.


Awards and nominations

In 2006, the first season of the series was nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation at the
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and a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Television Animation (for the episode pair, ''Deep Sea Johnny'' and ''Johnny and the Amazing Turbo Action Backpack'') at Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA. In 2007, the second season of the show won a
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for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series (for the episode pair, ''Saturday Night's Alright for Johnny'' and ''Johnny's Mint Chip'') and in 2008, the third season was nominated for another Gemini Award, this time for Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series (for the episode pair, ''Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3'' and ''Stinkin' Johnny''); finally, in 2010, the show, in its fourth season, was nominated once more for yet another Gemini Award, this time wholly for Best Animated Program or Series (for the episode pair, ''Johnny Cakes'' and ''Johnny Tube'') and had been awarded a Grand Prize for Best Program - All Categories at the Alliance for Children and Television's 2009 Gala award ceremony, which ultimately marks the series' owner,
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's first ACT award.


In other media


Toys

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had partnered with restaurant chain
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to offer a promotional ''Johnny Test'' toy campaign at its
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and
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restaurants in the U.S. and Mexico, one of the four custom-designed premiums with the purchase of their Cool Kids Combo meals; The campaign ran from June 28, 2010, through until August 24, 2010, with Carl's Jr. also having subsequently presented a ''Johnny Test'' soccer-themed promotion in Mexico, which lasted June 7 – July 25, 2010, to coincide with the country's
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activities. Philippines-based fried chicken chain
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advertised a similar toy campaign in their Kids' Meals as well, in the form of their ''Amazing Adventure Chasers'' mini-toyline. In 2014,
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signed a master toy license with Imports Dragon.


Video games

On January 21, 2010, another partnership had emerged between
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and the mobile application developer Jirbo that resulted in two ''Johnny Test'' video games produced by the developer and made available exclusively for download from
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, for free and for the iPhone,
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and
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. The first game, ''Johnny Test: Clone Zapper'', finds Johnny Test and Dukey engaged to combat an army of Johnny clones they accidentally created from a clone machine, with the help of two special laser zapper guns as their only weapons to defeat the clones and destroy them personally, and the second game, ''Johnny Test: Bot Drop'', sees Johnny, Dukey and the Test twins going on a rescue chase, with Johnny and Dukey both piloting a bot drop plane to use the robot clones of Johnnies (first seen in '' 101 Johnnies'') for the titular "Bot Drops" to eject them to safety in a moving rescue vehicle driven by Susan and Mary. In the plot of that latter aforementioned game, and like in each level of the game before it, Johnny has to aim and time to drop the robots so they will land safely onto the vehicle, then Johnny Test has saved the day once again. Both games are typical shoot-slinging and side-scrolling games that in all utilize the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad's unique multi-touch capabilities and scrolling, and, as a whole, players of both games can compete for worldwide high scores list of each level of the game and competitive players. Later in Spring of 2011, the series was finally officially licensed by
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for a new third, and fully console-handled video game, this time, however, to come out on
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; a sneak preview and trailer of the game had been already included on the complete first and second seasons DVD set and was released on March 29, 2011.


Comic books and graphic novels

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announced in April 2011 that they would be publishing a Johnny Test
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along with another Cookie Jar Group property, ''
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''. The book was subsequently published with the title ''Johnny Test: The Once and Future Johnny''.


Amusement park

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in Granby,
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also has an
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called "Parc Johnny Test Collection."


References


External links


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