The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
The New Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and a continuation of the 1964–65 television series Jonny Quest. It debuted in 1986 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera syndication package, being the seventh and final Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the four and a half weekday/weekend morning line-up. While it is a continuation, the series can be seen as the second season to the original series.
Plot
This series features Dr. Quest and his group as they go on adventures while thwarting different villains, such as the mad scientist Dr. Zin. Some episodes had a stone man named Hardrock as the Quest family's ally.Voice cast
Main
- Scott Menville as Jonny Quest
- Don Messick as Dr. Benton Quest, Bandit
- Rob Paulsen as Hadji
- Vic Perrin as Dr. Zin
- Jeffrey Tambor as Hardrock
- Granville Van Dusen as Race Bannon
Additional cast
- René Auberjonois as Mr. Peters
- Michael Bell as Dr. Phorbus, Radar Station Guard #1
- Candy Brown
- Howard Caine
- Roger C. Carmel as Baksheesh
- Peter Cullen as Patch
- Jennifer Darling
- Barry Dennen
- Richard Erdman
- Bernard Erhard
- Dick Gautier
- Ernest Harada
- Dorian Harewood
- Darryl Hickman
- Georgi Irene as Jessie Bradshaw
- Aron Kincaid
- Ruth Kobart
- Keye Luke as Fake Elder
- Allan Lurie
- Scott McGowan
- Soon-Tek Oh - Dr. Yeng
- Andre Stojka as Simon
- George Takei as Chin
- Les Tremayne as Sheik Abu Saddi
- B.J. Ward as CAP
- Frank Welker as Vikong, Remy
- Stan Wojno
- Keone Young as Radar Station Guard #2
Production and history
In the late 1970s, Hanna-Barbera produced concept art for a new series entitled Young Dr. Quest: The Adventures of Jon Quest, featuring an older Jonny, Hadji, and an adopted Japanese girl. They would be accompanied by pets Bandit II and Oboe, and receive support from Benton Quest and Race Bannon at times. According to Disney historian Jim Korkis, Doug Wildey later pitched the concept as simply named Young Dr. Quest to Joseph Barbera, featuring Jonny as a 22-year old MIT graduate going on adventure with Race and Hadji.By mid-1983, the edited episodes of the original Jonny Quest series were part of The Funtastic World's second season lineup, alongside Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Paw Paws and Galtar and the Golden Lance. Thirteen episodes were produced in 1986 to accompany the original in the Funtastic World programming block. These episodes were referred to simply as Jonny Quest on their title cards, and were noticeably less violent and more “kid-friendly” than the 1960s version.
This was followed by two television films, Jonny's Golden Quest in 1993 and Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects in 1995, with Don Messick, Granville Van Dusen and Rob Paulsen voicing Dr. Quest, Race and Hadji. The 1980s Quest series introduced a new character named Hardrock, an ancient man made of stone. He did not return in later versions of the program.