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
Marital status	Husband to Rachel Quest, deceased
Children	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)
Dr. Quest in the 80s second season.
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest|The Real Adventures season 1.

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"

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"
• Jonny Quest
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• Future Quest

Video games

• Jonny Quest: Cover-Up At Roswell

Gallery

Main article: Benton Quest/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Doctor Benton Quest/Toys

In popular culture

• 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.

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  Dr. Quest and Jonny cleared at airline check in.