The Robot Spy
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| Network | ABC |
| Premiere date | November 6, 1964 |
| Starring | Tim Matthieson Danny Bravo Don Messick Mike Road Vic Perrin |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | William D. Hamilton |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Animation director(s) | Charles A. Nichols |
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"The Robot Spy" is the eighth episode of Jonny Quest season one. It aired on November 6, 1964 on ABC. It was written by William D. Hamilton, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Doctor Zin sends a large, four-legged spider robot to a government research facility in the American Southwest, to steal the secrets of a ray gun on which Doctor Quest is working.
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Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as the musical director.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: November 6, 1964 on ABC
- United Kingdom and Ireland: March 3, 1965 at 5:30 pm on BBC One
Behind the scenes
Errors
Legacy
- In 1988, Race recalled firing a gun at the robot in Comico's Jonny Quest #26. It is also on the front cover.
- "The Robot Spies," a 1997 episode of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, acts as a sequel of sorts.
- In 2024, Race lives has turned a spiderbot into his new home in Jellystone in the Jellystone! episode "Snowdodio."
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- 1996: Cartoon Network Video releases Classic Jonny Quest: Dr. Zin in Master of Evil on VHS.
- 1997: Cartoon Network Video releases Classic Jonny Quest: Dr. Zin in Master of Evil on VHS.
- August 15, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season on DVD.
- May 21, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera on DVD.
- June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
- June 11, 2019: Warner Archive Collection releases Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series on Blu-ray Disc.
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- June 3, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera on DVD.
