Race Bannon
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Race Bannon | |
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Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Affiliation | Intelligence One Doctor Benton Quest Jonny Quest Hadji Bandit Jezebel Jade Hardrock |
Occupation | Government agent Government bodyguard |
Works for | The U.S. Government |
Goals | Protecting the Quest crew safe from all sorts of danger Tutor Jonny and Hadji on various topics |
Father | John Bannon |
Mother | Sarah Bannon |
Marital status | Divorced husband to Jade Kenyan-Bannon in Jonny's Golden Quest, or Estella Vasquez in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest |
Children | One daughter, Jessie Bannon, in the 1990s |
First appearance | JQ: "The Mystery of the Lizard Men" (1964) |
Played by | Mike Road (1964-65) Sonny Van Dusen (1986-96) Robert Patrick (1996-97) Robert Foxworth (1996-97) Thom Pinto (2000, 2005) Michael Hanks (2015) |
Race in the 80s second season. |
Roger T. "Race" Bannon is a government-employed bodyguard for the Quest family, and one of the main characters of the Jonny Quest animated franchise. His voice was originated by Mike Road.
Character description
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"
- 2.4 "Race Against Danger"
- 2.5 "The Dark Mountain"
- 2.6 "Cyberswitch"
- 2.7 "Undersea Emergency"
- 2.8 "Nemesis"
- 2.9 "DNA Doomsday"
- 2.12 "Eclipse"
- 2.13 "Without a Trace"
- 2.14 "Village of the Doomed" (no lines)
- 2.15 "Dark Sentinel"
- 2.16 "Other Space"
- 2.17 "Digital Doublecross"
- 2.18 "Thoughtscape"
- 2.20 "Diamonds and Jade"
- 2.21 "The Edge of Yesterday" (no lines)
- 2.22 "The Haunted Sonata" (mentioned)
- 2.23 "General Winter"
- 2.24 "Night of the Zinja"
- 2.25 "The Robot Spies"
- 2.26 "More Than Zero"
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- 1.1 "Bannon Custody Battle"
- 2.8 "Peanut Puberty"
- 3.7 "Evolutionary War" (picture)
- 3.9 "Return of Birdgirl"
- 4.3 "Babysitter" (no lines)
- 4.7 "The Death of Harvey" (no lines)
Movies
Comics
Books
Video games
Biography
Becoming the Second Dad
The 1980s Adventures
Becoming a Real Dad
Texan Twang
The Texan Has Left the Building
Custody Battle
Race's Final Mission
Running with Tom and Jerry
Race in the Funny Books
Comico's Real World Adventures
The Dark Horse Adventures
When HB Worlds Collide
Development
According to The Art of Hanna-Barbera book, Race Bannon's appearance was modeled after actor Jeff Chandler.[1] Joseph Barbera also wrote that Bannon resembled the title character of the Terry and the Pirates comic strip.[2]
Gallery
- Main article: Race Bannon/Gallery
Behind the scenes
In popular culture
- In the Freakazoid! segment "Doomsday Bet," from a one-off Toby Danger backup feature, Doctor Quest was lampooned as Dash O'Pepper, with Granville Van Dusen reprising his role as Race from the 80s incarnation of Jonny Quest.
- In the Adult Swim series The Venture Bros., Brock Samson was partly inspired by Race.
- 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 unnamed bodyguard-type gave Timmy a bazooka after the Doctor Quest-type invited him along with them after he saved them, referencing how careless the adults are.
- Following its internet spread in 2016, there was a series of political memes of Race Bannon with false captions labelling him as a violently homophobic version of US Vice President Mike Pence.[3]
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- October 4, 2019: The cold opening segment is a fake cartoon titled "The Adventures of Mike Pence: Ukraine, not Me-Kraine," in which Pence (as portrayed by footage of Race Bannon) attempts to distance himself from then-US President Donald Trump, following backlish on his demands for the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden.
- January 5, 2021: In "The Adventures of Mike Pence: The Uncertain Certification," Pence (again potrayed by Race) tries to not follow through with Trump’s demands to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
- September 15, 2021: In "The Adventures of Mike Pence: To Coup or Not to Coup," Race (once more as Pence) turns to former Vice President Dan Quayle to get advise on overturning an election, only to get turned down by his own request.
References
- ^ Sennett, Ted (October 30, 1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera. Viking Studio Books. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- ^ Barbera, Joseph (May 1, 1994). My Life in 'toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century. Turner Publishing, Inc. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- ^ Mike Pence is Race Bannon - Know Your Meme. Retrieved on June 5, 2023.