The New Adventures of Jonny Quest

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Jonny Quest
Format Animated/Science fiction
Created by Doug Wildey, Joe Barbera, and Bill Hanna
Starring Scott Menville as Jonny Quest
Granville Van Dusen as "Race" Bannon
Rob Paulsen as Hadji
Don Messick as Dr. Quest and Bandit
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 25 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel Syndication
Original run September 14, 1986 – March 11, 1987
Chronology
Preceded by Jonny Quest
Followed by The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The New Adventures of Jonny Quest was a 1980s continuation of Hanna-Barbera's Jonny Quest animated television series from the 1960s. Debuting in 1986 as part of the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (it completed the fourth half hour of the Sunday line-up) syndication package, this new Jonny Quest series[1] could be seen as the second season to a program that originally aired from 1964-1965 on ABC.

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[edit] Summary

By the mid-1980s, the edited episodes of the original Jonny Quest series (each episode was missing about five minutes of footage edited for time constraints and content) were part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. Thirteen episodes were produced in 1986[2] to accompany the originals in the Funtastic World programming block. These episodes were referred to simply as Jonny Quest on their title cards, and were noticeably less violent and more “kid-friendly”[3] than the 1960s originals.

[edit] New characters

The 1980s Quest series introduced the new characters Hardrock, an ancient man made of stone, and a young girl named Jessie Bradshaw[4], the daughter of a family friend, as a counterpart for Jonny. Jessie would eventually be retconned into Race Bannon's daughter in subsequent Quest stories. Hardrock did not return in any later versions of the program, without background alteration.

[edit] Episode guide

  1. "Peril of the Reptilian"—Mysterious attacks on military installations in the South Pacific lead Dr. Quest to evil Dr. Phorbus, who has engineered prehistoric remains into mutant dinosaur-like "reptile-men" to help him rule the world.
  2. "Nightmares of Steel"—Sheik Abu Saddi asks Dr. Quest for help in dealing with a vicious marauder band who have developed robot horses from stolen from the sheik.
  3. "Aliens Among Us"—A matter transportation device invented by Dr. Quest is stolen by apparent aliens.
  4. "Deadly Junket"—Dr. Zin once again causes problems when he kidnaps Dr. Bradshaw to work on an anti-missile system
  5. "Forty Fathoms Into Yesterday"—After being thrown back into the year 1944, the Quests discover that a time machine discovered aboard a submarine is being used by a German scientist to change the course of history.
  6. "Vikong Lives"—While in the Arctic, the Quests discover an ape-like creature being frozen in the ice.
  7. "The Monolith Man"—Hardrock, a living rock joins the Quest team.
  8. "Secret of the Clay Warriors"—The Quests' receive a plea for help from an archaeologist friend, they arrive to help end the reign of terror by ghostly clay warriors.
  9. "Warlord of the Sky"—An evil scientist plans to rule the skies with an incredible flying craft called the Dreadnought
  10. "The Scourge of Skyborg"—Race tests a new computerized autopilot (CAP), and runs afoul of Skyborg, a renegade half-man, half-robot, who pits Race against CAP in a battle to win the Quests freedom
  11. "Temple of Gloom"—Hadji's old teacher is being forced by the evil Deprave to disrupt a peace conference.
  12. "Creeping Unknown"—A monster made of plants terrorizes the area near a swamp.
  13. "Skullduggery"—Dr. Zin is behind a plan to use tokens of power to gain mastery over the world.

[edit] References

  1. ^ CARTOON FILES MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHT ON: THE JONNY QUEST FILES
  2. ^ The New Jonny Quest Episode Guide
  3. ^ The animation is of slightly higher quality than the original, but their adventures seem a little more far-fetched than in the original series' run.
  4. ^ In order to appeal to the increasing audience of young female viewers, Jessie Bradshaw - the daughter of a colleague of Dr. Quest's and absolutely no relation to Jessie Bannon of TRA fame - was quickly added to the line-up. The roster was completed half-way through the series when Hard Rock - a man made of living rock (don't ask me, man, I've got no idea...) - was thrown into the mix.