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Happy 60th Anniversary to Jonny Quest! The series premiered with The Mystery of the Lizard Men on September 18, 1964 at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.

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This article is about the standard continuity character. For other uses, Benton Quest (disambiguation).

Dr. Benton C. Quest is a world-renowned scientist and explorer. He is also the widowed father of Jonny Quest.

Physical appearance[]

Dr. Quest is an middle to late thirties man with red hair, a mustache, and full beard.

Personality[]

Dr. Benton Quest is a man very passionate about his work helping mankind. His inventions are all strictly for defense and improving health and livelihoods of others. While he does have to sometimes leave Jonny and Hadji behind or askew from his missions, he is a devoted and kind father and frequently enjoys bringing the boys along with him when he can.

History[]

Early life[]

When he lost his wife Rachel Quest , the government seeing him as a valuable asset who they didn't want compromised by the weakness of his son being in trouble, ordered Race Bannon as the family's bodyguard.[1] Benton was so devestazted by his wife's death he constructed a experimental time-travel program naming it after his late wife; he only used it once however to prevent the earth from being destroyed by the insane Ezekiel Rage in The Edge of Yesterday

Jonny Quest (1964 TV series)[]

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Jonny Quest (1986 TV series)[]

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Apocryphal[]

Jonny Quest (Comico)[]

Dr. Quest's name is Benton F. Quest in the Comico comic book series.[2]

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest[]

Benton Quest

Benton in Jonny's teen years.

Main article: Benton Quest (The Real Adventures)

Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest[]

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Voice actors[]

Notes/trivia[]

  • Dr. Quest makes a brief cameo in the credits of Scoob!. The Scooby gang visits Quest Labs, and Dr. Quest shows Velma, Daphne, and Fred a screen which features the robot Rosie from The Jetsons.

Gallery[]

Main article: Benton Quest/Gallery

Navigation[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Mystery of the Lizard Men (1964), season 1, episode 1.
  2. Jonny Quest #3, page 2. Comico. 1986.
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