Doctor Benton Quest

Doctor Benton Quest
Always pessimistic, but still a brilliant scientist.
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Race Bannon Bandit Hardrock Jessie Bannon
Occupation	Scientist
Works for	The U.S. Government
Goals	Investigating strange occurances
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Not mentioned
Other relative(s)	Father-in-law, Doug Wildey, in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Marital status	Husband to Mrs. Quest
Son(s)	One biological son, Jonny Quest One adopted son, Hadji
First appearance	JQ: "The Mystery of the Lizard Men" (1964)
Played by	John Stephenson (1964) Don Messick (1964-95) George Segal (1996-97) Charles Howerton (1996) John de Lancie (1996-97) Neil Ross (2000-07) Eric Bauza (2015)
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Doctor Benton C. Quest is a scientist and one of the main characters of the Jonny Quest animated franchise. His voice was originated by John Stephenson, though he was shortly replaced by Don Messick.

The widowed father of Jonny, Doctor Quest is a scientific genius who works for the U.S. government. He is in the forefront of research in many other areas, and is called upon to investigate strange occurrences around the world.

Appearances

TV series

• Jonny Quest
  • 1.1 "The Mystery of the Lizard Men"
  • 1.2 "Arctic Splashdown"
  • 1.3 "The Curse of Anubis"
  • 1.4 "Pursuit of the Po-Ho"
  • 1.5 "Riddle of the Gold"
  • 1.6 "Treasure of the Temple"
  • 1.7 "Calcutta Adventure"
  • 1.8 "The Robot Spy"
  • 1.9 "Double Danger"
  • 1.10 "Shadow of the Condor"
  • 1.11 "Skull and Double Crossbones"
  • 1.12 "The Dreadful Doll"
  • 1.13 "A Small Matter of Pygmies"
  • 1.14 "Dragons of Ashida"
  • 1.15 "Turu the Terrible"
  • 1.16 "The Fraudulent Volcano"
  • 1.17 "Werewolf of the Timberland"
  • 1.18 "Pirates from Below"
  • 1.19 "Attack of the Tree People"
  • 1.20 "The Invisible Monster"
  • 1.21 "The Devil's Tower"
  • 1.22 "The Quetong Missile Mystery"
  • 1.23 "The House of Seven Gargoyles"
  • 1.24 "Terror Island"
  • 1.25 "Monster in the Monastery"
  • 1.26 "The Sea Haunt"
  • 2.1 "Peril of the Reptilian"
  • 2.2 "Nightmares of Steel"
  • 2.3 "Aliens Among Us"
  • 2.4 "Deadly Junket"
  • 2.5 "Forty Fathoms Into Yesterday"
  • 2.6 "Vikong Lives"
  • 2.7 "The Monolith Man"
  • 2.8 "Secret of the Clay Warriors"
  • 2.9 "Warlord of the Sky"
  • 2.10 "The Scourge of Skyborg"
  • 2.11 "Temple of Gloom"
  • 2.12 "Creeping Unknown"
  • 2.13 "Skulduggery"
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
  • 1.1 "The Darkest Fathoms"
  • 1.2 "Escape to Questworld"
  • 1.3 "In the Realm of the Condor"
  • 1.4 "Rage's Burning Wheel"
  • 1.5 "Ndovu's Last Journey"
  • 1.6 "Manhattan Maneater"
  • 1.7 "East of Zanzibar"
  • 1.8 "Assault on Questworld"
  • 1.9 "Ezekiel Rage"
  • 1.10 "Alien in Washington"
  • 1.11 "Return of the Anasazi"
  • 1.12 "The Alchemist"
  • 1.13 "Trouble on the Colorado"
  • 1.14 "In the Wake of Mary Celeste"
  • 1.15 "Amok"
  • 1.16 "Besieged in Paradise"
  • 1.17 "The Spectre of the Pine Barrens"
  • 1.18 "Heroes"
  • 1.19 "The Ballad of Belle Bonnet"
  • 1.20 "In the Darkness of the Moon"
  • 1.21 "The Secret of the Moai"
  • 1.22 "Expedition to Khumbu"
  • 1.23 "Ice Will Burn"
  • 1.24 "Future Rage"
  • 1.25 "Alligators and Okeechobee Vikings"
  • 1.26 "To Bardo and Back"
  • 2.1 "The Mummies of Malenque"
  • 2.2 "Rock of Rages"
  • 2.3 "Bloodlines" (mentioned)
  • 2.4 "Race Against Danger"
  • 2.5 "The Dark Mountain"
  • 2.6 "Cyberswitch"
  • 2.7 "Undersea Emergency"
  • 2.8 "Nemesis"
  • 2.9 "DNA Doomsday"
  • 2.10 "Ghost Quest" (mentioned)
  • 2.11 "Nuclear Netherworld" (mentioned)
  • 2.19 "The Bangalore Falcon" (mentioned)
  • 2.20 "Diamonds and Jade" (mentioned)
  • 2.21 "The Edge of Yesterday"
  • 2.22 "The Haunted Sonata" (mentioned)
  • 2.23 "General Winter"
  • 2.24 "Night of the Zinja" (mentioned)
  • 2.25 "The Robot Spies"
  • 2.26 "More Than Zero"
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  • 1.1 "Bannon Custody Battle"
  • 2.8 "Peanut Puberty" (no lines)
  • 3.9 "Return of Birdgirl"
  • 4.3 "Babysitter" (no lines)
  • 4.6 "Juror in Court" (no lines)
  • 4.7 "The Death of Harvey"
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
  • 1.25 "Pawn of Shadows" (no lines)
  • 2.14 "Heart of Evil"
• Teen Titans Go!
  • 5.47 "Cartoon Feud" (picture)
• Jellystone!
  • 2.12 "Mummy Knows Best" (picture)

Movies

• Jonny's Golden Quest
• Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects
• Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest
• Scoob! (no lines)

Specials

• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (mentioned)

Comics

• Jonny Quest (Gold Key Comics)
  • Issue 1: "The Mystery of the Lizard Men"
• Jonny Quest
• Jonny Quest Special
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• Future Quest

Books

• Jonny Quest Annual 1966
• Jonny Quest Annua 1967
• Jonny Quest and the Lost City
• Jonny Quest's Adventure with the Secret Tunnel
• Jonny Quest: Adventure with the Salt Plot
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
  • #1 The Demon in the Deep
  • #2 The Forbidden City of Luxor
  • #3 The Pirates of Cyber Island
  • #4 Peril in the Peaks
  • #5 Evil Under the Ice
  • #6 The Monsters from Beyond Time
  • #7 Journey Into Q-Space
  • #8 Attack of the Evil Cyber-God
  • #9 Trouble on Planet Q
  • #10 The Lake of Terror
  • #11 The War of the Wizards

Video games

• Jonny Quest in Doctor Zin's Underworld (no lines)
• Jonny Quest: Cover-Up At Roswell
• Dr. Zin's Assault

Gallery

Main article: Doctor Benton Quest/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Doctor Benton Quest/Toys

In popular culture

• In the Weekend Update sketch in the Saturday Night Live episode "Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum," Rob Schneider contests the FFC's ruling that cartoons aren't educational because a cartoon such as Jonny Quest has pro-social values in positively showing gay men, with a picture beside him of Doctor Quest and Race.
• In the Freakazoid! segment "Doomsday Bet," from a one-off Toby Danger backup feature, Doctor Quest was lampooned as Doctor Vernon Danger, with Don Messick reprising his role as Doctor Quest.
• In The Fairly OddParents TV movie Channel Chasers, Timmy zaps himself into the world of Jonny Hunt, in which he becomes part of an escape with the titular, young Jonny Hunt and his team from a laser-firing robot shaped like a scorpion in the jungle. The old man who was also presumably Jonny's father, invited Timmy along with them after Timmy saved them, referencing Doctor Quest's carelessness in taking his son on dangerous missions.
• In the Family Guy DTV movie Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (which was later edited for TV as "Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure"), Stewie talks to his older self about the job he once had as an airline check, where he accepts entry for Doctor Quest and his son, but not for Hadji, who he retains for a security inspection because of his race.
• In the film The Incredibles 2, Dash watches the end of the Jonny Quest episode "Arctic Splashdown," where Doctor Quest fires the laser that knocks down the enemy ship.

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  Dr. Quest and Jonny pass an airline check.

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