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Best Cartoon of 2005

The award for best cartoon of 2005 comes down to Johnny Test and the Life and Times of Juniper Lee.

(The worst cartoon of 2005 is Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island, by the way.)

Johnny Test is a kid with flame-like hair whose sisters, Susan and Mary Test, are scientific geniuses. They use Johnny as the test subject for their experiments. There is also a talking dog who drinks a lot of coffee. The show is very funny although the humor does get into the potty sometimes. Like how Johnny got the power to emit giant flaming farts and the dog's name is Dukey.

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee is about a young girl named Juniper Lee who becomes the Te Xuan Ze. The Te Xuan Ze is kind of like the vampire slayer except her job is to keep the magical world from interfering with the regular world. Most people in the show can't see magical creatures, but Juniper has a little brother, Ray Ray, who can and she is also accompanied by a Scottish, talking pug named Monroe. Ray Ray is my favorite character on the show. The humor of the show is mostly pretty innocent and campy and thoroughly enjoyable.

And the award for Best Cartoon of 2005 goes to...

Johnny Test!

WOOOOOOO!!!

Johnny is a happy, outgoing boy who eagerly confronts new adventures. Although the show is more silly than serious, Johnny's problems, no matter how implausible, are solved through intelligence and determination.

Juniper Lee, by contrast, is all about magic. Yeah, she's clever and determined, but she's also a whiner. It's always, "Waaaa! I can't tell my friends that I have magic powers." It's also a very PC show that does its best not to offend both in specific and general content. Funny though it is at times, it's not nearly as good as Johnny Test.

You can catch Johnny Test on the WB Kids line up on Saturday mornings.