The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (TV series)

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The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (TV series)
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Peter Lawrence: Maybe the people who cling to the old Quest and its attitudes are the same people who have lost American the great affection in which it was held worldwide.[1]
Created by Peter Lawrence
Takashi
Network TBS
Cartoon Network
TNT
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Original release August 26, 1996-April 6, 1997
Run time 22 minutes
Starring J.D. Roth
Michael Benyaer
Jesse Douglas
George Segal
Robert Patrick
Frank Welker
Quinton Flynn
Rob Paulsen
John De Lancie
Robert Foxworth
Producer(s) David Lipman
John Eng
Jennifer Blohm
Margot McDonough
Davis Doi
Jennifer Pelphrey
Music composed by Gary Lionelli
Writer(s) Peter Lawrence
Michael Ryan
Glenn Leopold
Director(s) Mike Milo
Peter Lawrence (voices)
Kris Zimmerman (voices)
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Cartoon Network taking credit where credit's undue.

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, referred to on-screen as Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures, is an American animated sci-fi/action-adventure/supernatural TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for TBS, Cartoon Network, and TNT. It ran from 1996-97, for 52 episodes. It is the third and currently last series after the 1964-65 incarnation of Jonny Quest.

Jonny Quest, now a full-fledged teenager, continues to follow his father, Dr. Benton Quest, all over the globe to explore the wonders and mysteries that man has yet to uncover himself. In Jonny's exciting adventures, he is also joined by his best friends, Hadji and Jessie, and their friendly bodyguard, Race Bannon.

Turner staged a massive marketing campaign to promote the series, supported by 33 licensees, in spite of the turbulent production schedules it suffered and never truly recovered from. The series ultimately failed to achieve the strong ratings it was striving for, and after the completed 52 episodes had aired, Cartoon Network pulled the QuestWorld plug for good.

Production

Development

Casting

Filming

Aftermath

Although a commercial and ratings failure, Lance Falk, a writer and artist for the second pod, had planned to write the next episode of the season, which tentatively titled "Rachel", named after Jonny's late mother.

Music

The music director was Bodie Chandler. The main/end title theme was composed by Gary Lionelli based on the original theme by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, and Hoyt Curtin.

The end credits of each episode always touted Kid Rhino's CD that you could buy, although one never existed.

Episodes

Episode Number Air date
"The Darkest Fathoms" 1x01 August 26, 1996
"Escape to Questworld" 1x02 August 27, 1996
"In the Realm of the Condor" 1x03 August 28, 1996
"Rage's Burning Wheel" 1x04 August 29, 1996
"Ndovu's Last Journey" 1x05 August 30, 1996
"Manhattan Maneater" 1x06 September 2, 1996
"East of Zanzibar" 1x07 September 3, 1996
"Assault on Questworld" 1x08 September 4, 1996
"Ezekiel Rage" 1x09 September 5, 1996
"Alien in Washington" 1x10 September 6, 1996
"Return of the Anasazi" 1x11 September 9, 1996
"The Alchemist" 1x12 September 10, 1996
"Trouble on the Colorado" 1x13 September 11, 1996
"In the Wake of Mary Celeste" 1x14 September 12, 1996
"Amok" 1x15 September 13, 1996
"Beseiged in Paradise" 1x16 September 14, 1996
"The Spectre of the Pine Barrens" 1x17 September 17, 1996
"Heroes" 1x18 September 18, 1996
"The Ballad of Belle Bonnet" 1x19 September 19, 1996
"In the Darkness of the Moon" 1x20 September 23, 1996
"The Secret of the Moai" 1x21 September 24, 1996
"Expedition to Khumbu" 1x22 September 25, 1996
"Ice Will Burn" 1x23 September 26, 1996
"Future Rage" 1x24 October 29, 1996
"Alligators and Okeechobee Vikings" 1x25 November 1, 1996
"To Bardo and Back" 1x26 January 2, 1997
"The Mummies of Malenque" 2x01 September 18, 1996
"Rock of Rages" 2x02 September 28, 1996
"Bloodlines" 2x03 December 13, 1996
"Race Against Danger" 2x04 December 16, 1996
"The Dark Mountain" 2x05 December 17, 1996
"Cyberswitch" 2x06 December 18, 1996
"Undersea Emergency" 2x07 December 19, 1996
"Nemesis" 2x08 December 20, 1996
"DNA Doomsday" 2x09 December 23, 1996
"Ghost Quest" 2x10 December 25, 1996
"Nuclear Netherworld" 2x11 December 26, 1996
"Eclipse" 2x12 December 27, 1996
"Without a Trace" 2x13 December 30, 1996
"Village of the Doomed" 2x14 December 31, 1996
"Dark Sentinel" 2x15 February 10, 1997
"Other Space" 2x16 February 11, 1997
"Digital Doublecross" 2x17 February 12, 1997
"Thoughtscape" 2x18 February 13, 1997
"The Bangalore Falcon" 2x19 February 14, 1997
"Diamonds and Jade" 2x20 March 14, 1997
"The Edge of Yesterday" 2x21 March 17, 1997
"The Haunted Sonata" 2x22 March 18, 1997
"General Winter" 2x23 March 26, 1997
"Night of the Zinja" 2x24 April 14, 1997
"The Robot Spies" 2x25 April 15, 1997
"More Than Zero" 2x26 April 16, 1997

Cast

References