- 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[]
- Main article: Benton Quest (The Real Adventures)
Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest[]
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Voice actors[]
- John Stephenson: Five episodes of the original season 1 in 1964. He was replaced because he sounded too similar to Mike Road's Race Bannon.
- Don Messick: The original season 1 aired between 1964-1965; revival "season 2" aired in 1986; 1993 Jonny's Golden Quest TV film; 1995 Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects TV film.
- George Segal: Season 1 of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest aired between 1996-1997.
- John de Lancie: season 2 of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest aired between 1996-1997 (due to an overlap of production, both seasons aired at the same time).
- Eric Bauza: Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated: Heart of Evil aired in 2012, The direct-to-video film, Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest, in 2015.
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
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Mystery of the Lizard Men (1964), season 1, episode 1.
- ↑ Jonny Quest #3, page 2. Comico. 1986.