Bandit

Bandit
Species	Dog (bulldog)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Jonny Quest Hadji Doctor Benton Quest Race Bannon Hardrock
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Not mentioned
First appearance	JQ: "The Mystery of the Lizard Men" (1964)
Played by	Don Messick (1964-95) Frank Welker (1996-97)
Bandit in the 80s second season.
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Bandit is the loyal pet bulldog belonging to Jonny Quest, and one of the main characters of the Jonny Quest animated franchise. His voice was originated by Don Messick.

Character description

Bandit is a loyal and intelligent pet to Jonny, and takes aboard in the Quest family's various adventures due to the bond the two have. Although he gets into threatning situations in their missions, he is luckilly spared from such danger. Because he is also smart, he actually seems to understand what Jonny, Hadji and the rest were saying, even if his form of communication is limited to barking.

He is a small white bulldog, named so due to a black mask on his eyes.

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"
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  • 2.8 "Urges" (no lines)
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
  • 1.3 "In the Realm of the Condor"
  • 1.10 "Alien in Washington"
  • 1.11 "Return of the Anasazi"
  • 1.12 "The Alchemist"
  • 1.13 "Trouble on the Colorado"
  • 1.17 "The Spectre of the Pine Barrens"
  • 1.20 "In the Darkness of the Moon"
  • 1.24 "Future Rage"
  • 1.25 "Alligators and Okeechobee Vikings"
  • 2.1 "The Mummies of Malenque"
  • 2.2 "Rock of Rages"
  • 2.4 "Race Against Danger"
  • 2.5 "The Dark Mountain"
  • 2.6 "Cyberswitch"
  • 2.8 "Nemesis"
  • 2.9 "DNA Doomsday"
  • 2.10 "Ghost Quest"
  • 2.13 "Without a Trace"
  • 2.18 "Thoughtscape"
  • 2.19 "The Bangalore Falcon"
  • 2.20 "Diamonds and Jade"
  • 2.22 "The Haunted Sonata"
  • 2.23 "General Winter"
  • 2.25 "The Robot Spies"
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  • 1.1 "Bannon Custody Battle"
  • 2.4 "High Speedy Buggy Chase"
  • 3.8 "Free Magilla"
  • 3.9 "Return of Birdgirl"
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
  • 1.3 "Peebles' Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!"

Movies

• Jonny's Golden Quest
• Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects
• Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest

Comics

• Jonny Quest (Gold Key Comics)
  • #1 "The Mystery of the Lizard Men"
• Laff-A-Lympics
  • #6 "The Discount of Monty Cristo" (no lines)
• Jonny Quest (Comico)
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• Future Quest

Video games

• Jonny Quest: Cover-Up At Roswell

Development

In developing a pet for Jonny Quest, creator Doug Wildey initially planned Bandit to be either a small white cheetah or a monkey. These ideas were overruled by Joseph Barbera, who insisted on making Bandit a bulldog. Unlike the other characters in the series, who were designed by Wildey, Bandit was designed by H-B veteran artist, Richard Bickenbach.

Gallery

Main article: Bandit/Gallery

Behind the scenes

• Bandit is unique among the other dog characters by Hanna-Barbera (such as Scooby-Doo, Huckleberry Hound, and Hong Kong Phooey), in that he is a non-anthropomorphic dog who doesn't speak.
• During an interview, Doug Wildey stated that Bandit was intended to be a bulldog,, although his physical appearance does border traits from other dog breeds such as pugs and boston terriers.

In popular culture

• In the Freakazoid! segment "Doomsday Bet," from a one-off Toby Danger backup feature, Bandit was lampooned as as a cat called Jules.
• In The Venture Bros., a parody of Jonny Quest, there is a recurring gag where there have been several dogs by the name of Scamp owned by the Venture family.
• In The Fairly OddParents TV movie Channel Chasers, Timmy zaps himself into the world of Jonny Hunt, in which the Jonny Quest-like kid Jonny Hunt owns a cat who has the same bandit-like face as Bandit does.
• In the Recess episode "The Coolest Heatwave Ever," Gus revealed that he and his lieutenant father saved the world's economy after they captured DeSilvo while skiing in the Alps. Gus also owned a Bandit-esque dog called Hoodlum at the time. After DeSilvo was captured, Hoodlum barked, causing Gus and his father to laugh.

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