Jonny Quest (character)

This article is about the character. For other uses, see Jonny Quest.

Jonny Quest
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Species	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Race Bannon Bandit Hardrock Jessie Bannon Quest Bowl
Occupation	Bowling alley owner in Jellystone!
Father	Dr. Benton Quest
Mother	Rachel Quest
Sibling(s)	One adopted brother, Hadji
Other relative(s)	Maternal grandfather, Doug Wildey
Marital status	Husband to Hadji in Jellystone!
First appearance	JQ: "The Mystery of the Lizard Men" (1964)
Played by	Tim Matthieson (1964-65) Scott Menville (1986-87) J.D. Roth (1996-97) Quinton Flynn (1996-97) Dee Baker (2000) Reese Hartwig (2015) Andrew Frankel (2022)
Jonny in the 1980s second season.
File:TRA S1 Jonny Quest.png The Real Adventures season 1.
File:TRA S2 Jonny Quest.png The Real Adventures season 2.
Jellystone!

Jonny Quest is a young boy and the titular character of Jonny Quest animated franchise. His voice was originated by Tim Matheson, then credited as Tim Matthieson.

He is an adventurer at heart and gets into escapades when he travels with his scientist father, Dr. Benton Quest. He is also joined by his best friend and adopted brother, an Indian child called Hadji, their bodyguard, Race Bannon, and pet dog, Bandit. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was joined by the rock creature, Hardrock, and Race's daughter, Jessie, respectively.

Character description

On the surface, Jonny is an ordinary 10 to 11-year old with blonde hair, an honest face and fair skin. He is commonly seen with a black turtleneck sweater, blue jeans, and a pair of white sneakers. In the original series and The Real Adventures series, he has blue eyes, although they were colored dark in the 1980s season of the former series.

He is a studious and kind son to his father Dr. Quest, though he is shown to be very unenthusiastic and impatient in his schooling, especially homework. But deep inside his othewise average exterior, Jonny is incredibly brave for a child of his age. He is athletic, and has a proficiency in judo, scuba diving, and firearms. He is also resourceful, and is shown taking responsibilities with his homework, showing respect to adults, and being honest to those around him.

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)
  • S.6 "Jonny Quest"
• 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"
  • 2.10 "Ghost Quest"
  • 2.11 "Nuclear Netherworld"
  • 2.12 "Eclipse"
  • 2.13 "Without a Trace"
  • 2.14 "Village of the Doomed"
  • 2.15 "Dark Sentinel"
  • 2.16 "Other Space"
  • 2.17 "Digital Doublecross"
  • 2.18 "Thoughtscape"
  • 2.19 "The Bangalore Falcon"
  • 2.20 "Diamonds and Jade"
  • 2.21 "The Edge of Yesterday"
  • 2.22 "The Haunted Sonata"
  • 2.23 "General Winter"
  • 2.24 "Night of the Zinja"
  • 2.25 "The Robot Spies"
  • 2.26 "More Than Zero"
• I Am Weasel
  • 2.7 "I Am My Lifetime" (no lines)
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  • 1.1 "Bannon Custody Battle"
  • 3.8 "Free Magilla" (no lines)
  • 3.9 "Return of Birdgirl" (photo)
  • 4.7 "The Death of Harvey" (no lines)
• Jellystone!
  • 1.2 "Gorilla in Our Midst" (no lines)
  • 1.4 "My Doggie Dave" (no lines)
  • 1.5 "A Coconut to Remember" (no lines)
  • 1.12 "Ice Ice Daddy" (no lines)
  • 1.13 "DNA, A-OK!" (no lines)
  • 1.10B "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone" (no lines)
  • 1.24 "Bleep!" (no lines)
  • 1.25 "Yogi's Mid-Life Crisis" (no lines)
  • 1.26 "Jellystone Moon Platoon" (no lines)
  • 1.27 "The Sea Monster of Jellystone Cove"
  • 1.28 "Business" (no lines)
  • 1.32 "The Brave Little Daddy" (no lines)
  • 1.36 "Jailcation" (no lines)

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

Biography

The Tagalong Adventures

As stated in the first episode of Jonny Quest, "The Mystery of the Lizard Men," Jonny's mother (then unnamed) passed away from when he was at a young age. The circumstances to how it happened are unknown, though it is likely that the tragedy is what caused Race Banon to become his tutor.

I Am Cameo

Having become old and retired, I.M. Weasel and I.R. Baboon lives at the Old Cartoon Retirement Home, where Jonny also resides.

Everyone's Back in Jellystone!

Jonny is featured as an almost silent background character in the HBO Max series Jellystone!. In this version, he is an adult and runs Quest Bowl, the local bowling alley, with Hadji, who is implied to be his husband (and not his adoptive brother like with other versions of the character).

Gallery

Main article: Jonny Quest (character)/Gallery

In popular culture

• In the Animaniacs episode "The Taming of the Screwy", Slappy Squirrel compares actor Luke Perry to "a very young Jonny Quest."